The Southern Intelligencer. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 30, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 25, 1866 Page: 3 of 4
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Te*-oí New o11** ar0 *uthoriacd
&q. toagentforthUpaper.
^ rt*Tw «scute job work in all Its
„er that cannot be rarpaned
" \-d oo teruis that will not fail to gire
^¿pabUe are inrited to gire ua a trial.
¥^" , rT^riptíoñ are a* follows, in «pecie:
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be readily perceired by those who
We "ought to say, "by tbbse
¿ <*Te honor to read," bat we do not
that mode of speech) the articles
** .^tment of our paper, that we en-
* K3ent to the public mind simple,
J^Lghts, in regard to matters fan-
r,' a3 as b community. We consider
f? "tb 0nr notíce that may be bene-
^ v claw of our fellow citizens; and,
#"of being considered troublesome,
'^oally take the liberty of repeating
Wnewing a suggestion.
•soape')at the Present cnn "ar"'
i! coraDletely to perform the
\ «
■ordered completely to perform
^^ted from it, which confines itself
w the politics of the country and
p t news of the day. These things
"Swbttdly interesting to a large class,
- to all classes of readers, and there-
in to them, in other columns of
w the attention they justly merit;
ue other, and perhaps it may be
. interests, relating to the welfare
¡adÍTiduals around us, who compose
¡ty iff which we lire, which must
^¡r proper degree of attention and
«ad which enter se largely into
of every one of those individuals,
^Tieriooslj to increase or diminish its
*. ¿gd jo, while we leave to our
^ political editor, the wide field of
— —1 Qf the world
we, the local editor, content our-
[rffitk the humbler but more grateful
,||rl)rt of devising ways and means by
JT lonebody may be assisted in strug-
fhrthrough the difficulties of private and
2¿ticlifc; and if in Hig-Pig. we are able
1the curiosity of those who like to
[ few vhat happens in the world immediate-
. B0Qtd them, or in some more labored
•tide can m ta a suggestion by which a
jtonnter lidewalk is prepared for the foot
j rfvslkmg heaaty, we feel that we are at
| iMtaetiog 'm the spirit of oar mission, and
i nitatoflt, ia Ail humble way, to do some
| jged hoar generation.
\ ft ia, howerer, only by a pleasant fiction
| Mtditanaraiapposed to know every thing.
Vim not ubiquitous; and there may be
■Km, deeply interesting to many, of which
M mj be entirely uninformed, or which
■faot hire presented themselves to oar
ahrM mind in their real importance. We
«rid be thankful, therefore, for suggestions
Burglar Killed toy a Wonaaa!
Last Saturday night, «boat IS or 1 o'clock,
a man named Robert Howie was shot by Mra.
Caroline Wabrenberger, at her dwelling, on
Congress Arena®, near the river, from the
effect of which he died in a few boars. From
the statement of Hra. W. it appears that the
deceased came to ber residence, and attempt-
ed to enter through a window into her sleep*
ing apartment, by raising a sash. As to his
object in thus invading the domicil of an on-
protected female, nothing has transpired.—
The conclusion in the public mind is that it
was plunder, and, probably, in case of resist-
ance, murder. Those who knew him, how-
ever, state that he waa.aabject, when under
the influence of liqnor, to a species of insani-
ty, and that, by bare possibility, he might
have been mistaken in his whereabouts. Bat
this last supposition is not probable. Howie
came here with the Federal troops, some time
since, as we hear, in the capacity of teamster,
and has been connected with the army, in
one way or another, all the while. Very re-
cently he was arrested by the military, on a
charge of stealing a horse from an officer,
and, we are told, was soon released from
confinement nnder this charge, only a few
days before his death. Under the circum-
stances, Mrs. W. did precisely what any other
person wonld have done, and no blame what-
ever can attach to her. The remarkable
presence of mind and bravery exhibited on
the occasion speak well for her. Alone and
unprotected, she is threatened with violence,
at the hour of midnight, by a powerful man,
for such he was. She qnietly walked to a
bureau drawer, took out a six-shooter, walk-
ed up to within three feet of him, and fired.
He immediately fell back, mortally wounded.
We can but commend the coarse pursued by
Mrs. W. There have been so many assaults
and robberies and burglaries in the city dur-
ing the past few months, that it is natural
people should be snpicious of night prowlers.
We advise every one to be prepared) as was
Mrs. W., for similar visitations, and, like her,
to make short work with all sach visiters.—
Mrs. W. is a respectable lady, in independent
circumstances, and, as administratrix of her
deceased husband, it is more than probable
that Howie and his accomplices, if he had
any, supposed she had a large amoant of
money about the premises.
On account of the almost romantic nature
of this occurrence, and the desire of the pub-
lic to know all about the circumstances con-
nected with it, we append a statement of the
evidence taken before the jury of inques^
their verdict, and the opinion of the justice
officiating, (Brown,) to whom we sre indebted
for an inspection of the papers.
tbs SVIDBKCE.
Mrs. Caroline Wahrenberger states, under
oath:—I was awaked in the night by the
rattling of the shutter in my sleeping room,
on the ground floor. By the time I could get
op, the window was partly raised from the
outside, and I saw a man standing there. I
told bim to leave, or I would shoot. He re-
i my quarter, in the form of comnnri-
_iu or otherwise, and promise they sLai! PUcd> " l4aise ,he wiadow ' " 1 EMr
> prompt attention; and we should be | not lsav" 1 weot w draw an4 out
pally delighted to find that our friends ! ^ Pisto!; Wh:le * ***
ha to kind aa appreciation of our endears 0,3 the other Slda of lbc 1 caIlfl,i> Johu 1
tofcmote the general (civic) welfare, a* will ¡ Joba ' *ith th" int€ntioa oí Wteuing hira"
iatottkm to come forward as helpers ia j
t* «L
fewn somewhat astonished, as well as
MMd,Mt long since, at hearing a gtntle-
sn of radonbted loyalty offering the sum
i twenty-fire dollars for proper vouchers to
hfact that he had been, and was yel be-
fará te be, a genuine dyed-in-the-wool
AL Of course, we were anxious to Icuow
Uttcuou for wishing to be placed in this
saecategory with known, sallen, and unre-
!■■ *« secessionists. In answer to oar
Bfnriei, we learned that he had a penchant
h «me hierative government contract, or
Mtiril office, and imagined that a reputation
br rebellious proclivities wonld materially
•Í ¡o Hewing the object of his patriotic de
■ti Leyal citizens, by indulging in Buch
"■«b, m^ke themselves ridicnloas, and
■ danger of becoming rocks of offense
■4 ituibling blocks in the way of political
*mb. Where the loaves and the fishes
w too few for the multitude, some will go
•wydiiiatiified.
I to
.nard
^ob recent sporadic cases of violent type,
bare fallen under our observation, we
atrimony will assume an epidemio
ia this hitherto favored community,
; in jocund, care-free bachelors and
i light-hearted maidens. In view of the
: passional crisis and great accident
' which our dear young friends are
i we feel a deep solicitude for their
i welfare, and entreat them to be on
against the fatal shafts of that
rftfle wher, Cupid. And shonld their
'fires of single blessedness, despite all
. 1 P««autions, be suddenly terminat-
Wthe conjugal noose, we will announce
event, with melancholy pleas-
® tbe eolumns of our paper.
T°te in Travis connty, for dele-
>: P® Convention, is as follows :—
■2^,331; Prtse, 139; Bell, 213; Dal-
Allen,V|4 ; Talbot, 18; Sansom,
Wryople is ^gncted Floater from Travis
aties.
meeting of the Methodist
ion, for the present year,
inday, Rev. I. G. John offi-
rnout of Methodists on the
overwhelming. The weather
eable, and no service was
gratified to meet Alf. George, fer-
^ ^Austin, after an absence of over
He has been through the war,
good soldier.
t Alexander has been appoint-
•■anaig have removed their fur-
to the rooms formerly occupied
r on Pecan street. Give them
of James Burke k Co.,
Goldstein's goods has arrived,
take notice.
¡ "When I tume'l round, be Lad ra-'eed the win-
dow to its ful! height. Then I walked to
viithSu ttirec i?<>: or tbe wiadow, adu shot at
h5m. He let the window drop, and fell back-
ward as I «hot. I then went to the door,
fired my pistol in the air, And cal"a«d for as-
sistance. I never saw the jubo bafore.
{ It may be well to state that tbo weapou
naed waa a six-s ho©ttir, and had been loaded
ever since Auguat laat.]
Jlfr. A. Buhn, residihg on the opposite aide
of the street, testifies as follows:—I was
aroused last night, (Jan. 20th,) by hearing
two shots fired, and calls for help, aboat one
o'clock. I came over to Mra. Wahrenberger's.
She told me some one had tried to break into
her honse, and she had shot him. She show-
ed me the window he tried to enter at, and I
found the man lying directly before the win-
dow, on tbe outside. I went home to put on
some clothes, and when I returned I fotad
the man had moved, and was lying by the
fence, at the west end of the house.
Dr. S. TP. Baker, residing about one hun-
dred yards below the dwelling of Mrs. W.,
and across the street, states:—I was called
by Mr. Bahn, ábou half past one o'clock at
night| (Jan. 20th,) to come and see a man
who, he said, was shot," at Mrs. Wahrenberg-
er's. I found, on arriving there, the man
whose body lies befbre yon ; and, upon exa-
mination, fonnd what appeared to he a gun-
shot wonnd in the abdomen, about two inches
to the right and a little below the navel. Oo
examining his elothes, to find the direction
of the ball, I find the ball passed through the
coat and shijt, and, upon comparison with
the wound on the body, passing in a .trans-
verse direction, nnd a little downwasd, to
the left of the spine. On examining the
wonnd with a probe, I fonnd the direction of
the wonnd to corroborate this opinion. The
probe passed easily through the wall of the
abdomen, in tbe direction indicated, to the
extent of four inches. On examining the
body, to see if the ball had passed through,
it was evident that it did not come through,
bat was lodged in the body. I found tbe
man in a dying condition when 1 came, and
so informed him. I think a wound of that
character wonld cause death. I have bo
doubt this wound caused his death. I disco-
vered from his vomit that he had been drink-
ing whisky, bnt apart from this I discovered
no symptoms which might not arise from the
effects of the wound. I told him he mast die.
He remarked, " I have brought myself into a
terrible fix," or something to the same par-
pose."
vssdict of tbs just.
We the Jury find, from the evidence receiv-
ed, that the deceased, Bob't Howie or Hoovie,
came to his death by a pistol shot ia the
bands of Mrs. Caroline Wahrenberger, at her
residence, in Austin city, Travis county, on
the night of January 20th, 1866.—Wm. O.
Otis, L. K. Clifton, B. Melasky, W. A. Pitts,
A. J. Harrell, W* Griffiths.
oronos or ran coost.
From the evidence taken in this ease, it is
the opinion of the undersigned, acting justice,
that the killing of the deceased, Hoovie, oa
the part of Mrs. Caroline Wahrenberger, wm
justifiable homicide.
Jan. 21, 1866. LEANDER BROWN-
Thos. Freeman A Co. have beea receiving,
lately, a lot of groceries.
for sale.
a good place, near
See advertisement.
Higgledy-piggledy, g
The decline of gold in this market occa-
ome talk—almost as much as there
nsed to be aboat fluctuations in Confederate
promises to pay w six months after," Ac
There has not beea a man killed in a street
fight for many a day. It used to be custo-
mary to have a shooting affair every week or
two. Happy change Will the people of
Austin answer these questions: Why is it,
that persons liviag at tbe seat of Govern-
ment, a place of near 5,000 inhabitants,
send their children to neighboring county
towns to get a little schooling ? And what
inducements, in tbe Way of educational fa-
cilities, are held oat for families to settle in
our midst. Don't all speak at once
Waterfalls about Austin appear to be increas-
ing in sise. We see it stated elsewhere tha*
mothers contemplate carrying their infants
a-straddle them when they go risitibg, there-
by saving the expense of servants and little
wagons. In this connection we hear it said
that there is an unaccountable fatality among
the horses in this section, and that their
tails drop off as fast as they die People
are paying up their .State and couaty taxes.
Jury tickets and county warrants are some-
what in demand. These taxes should all be
paid in promptly, as the collector is required
to settle before long. We can't find out the
relative value of county scrip and greenbacks
or we wonld give the quotations We
think the tumble in rents will commence
soon. Let it come, who's afraid? Guar-
dians and others interested will recollect
that Probate Court week commences Monday.
People shdnld settle up their accounts where
they failed to do so at tbe December term,
pay np the cost, and have good consciences
The stage way-bill was picked up in the
road below town last Sunday. The cause of
the failure of tbe mail was explained on it.
A lot of aheep threw the train off the Wash-
ington county railroad near Chappel Hill, and
the mails did not connect in consequence
The Harmonious Minstrels had a full
bouse at Buaas' Hall last Friday evening.
We hear the performance very well spoken of.
Salts for Debt.
Considerably over one hundred actions of
debt were brought at the last term of the
District Court of this county. Already suits
are being brought, in similar cases, for judg-
ment at the approaching Spring term. It is
not an improbable conjecture that a much
larger number of such cases will be instituted
between naw and the meeting of the term, in
May, than was the case last Court. The
question ariaea, ia this suing tbe result of a
disposition on the part of the people to un-
necessarily oppress each other, or is it be-
cause debtors do not manifest a disposition
to settle fairly with their creditors, and to do
the best they can towards liquidating their
indebtedness ? Undoubtedly both reasons
operate in different cases. While we hear of
some who are abundantly able to arrange
old debts in a fair way, and of creditors hnirp
willing to compromise such casea ou a liberal
basis, tbe debtors show no d* g ee of willing-
uta to liquídate, but inclín to shirk, end
rtsort to aii forts of ra*#,ns tof vade paymeot
or gract aec&fity. Oa th« ctt ?r baud, we
bear it said, there are parties who demand
tiiat ornry old obli^atios rba't! be canceled en
a aparte besút-, notryufa ?;?>njy the
cre-tita? may have beea *nfortuu%te, and lost
nearly or quite all by the war. Oí course
there are circumstance entering into nearly
every case that way not l>e precisely applica-
ble to aoy other, yet it is the duty of credit-
ors and debtors, in all caaes, to exhibit, on
tbe one band and the other, a disposition to
settle old score in a spirit of liberality com-
mensurate with the condition the pvople find
themaelvea placed in at the cloae of a disas-
trous period. It is certainly the duty of
every one to pay his debts, if be can, and, if
he cannot now do ao, to offer the best seenrity
in his power ; and it is as certainly the duty
of the creditor, eapecially if he has made any
thing out of the war, or even if he haa lost a
little, to extend every facility in hia power to
hia unfortunate debtor, to enable him to can-
cel hia obligations, and that, too, on a cur-
rency ba#ia.
At s regular meeting of the Lone Star
Chapter No. 6, ia thia city, the following offi-
cers weie elected:
M. H. Bowers, H. P.; B. Raven, K.; H.
Grooms, 8.; J. Harrell, Treaa.'; Swante
Palm, Bee.; D. W. C. Baker, C. H.; H. Tho-
maa, P. I.; J. M. Mansfield, R. * C.; P. S.
Williams, M. 3d V.; G. W. Davis, M. 2d V.;
R. Piatt, M. lat V.
Tobacco and Segara!
B0XE8 ASSORTED BRANDS fine
Chewing Tobacco.
50,000 SBGARS.
Just received and for sale low, by
30 SAMPSON k HENRICKS.
200
FOR SALE!
1 A9^E8 LAND, near Round RocV,
1. UU Williamson county, with comforta-
ble _ STONE HOUSE ; a bold, never-failing
spring, an irrigable garden, a few choiee ap-
ple and peach trees—a first-rate place for a
steam flouring mill, with abundance of wood
and surronnded by a wheat growing country.
Terms cash. Apply to G. W. Davis, Round
Roek, or the undersigned at Salado, Bell
county, Texas. 30ot37 W. A. DAYIS.
Garden Seeds at Wholesale!
1 PAPERS assorted GARDEN
1 UvJv/ SEEDS, just received from Lan-
dretb and other popular and reliable Seeds
men. Also, 50 boxes, containing seeds as-
sorted to suit tbe demands of a retail trade.
A supply sufficient to meet any orders will
be kept throughout the seasou.
JAMES BUREE k CO.
Houston, January 22. ot30
(CHRISTIAN (or Campbellite) Hymn Books.
) At the repeated solicitations of ministers
and friends of the Christian Church, com-
monly known as Campbellites, we have pro-
cured a full supply of the HYMN BOOKS
used by that denomination. Price one dol-
lar each—ten dollars per dozen. Orders for
any number can be filled.
JAMES BURKE k CO.
Houston, January 22. ot30
vmi,
¡tu*1
On Sunday, the 7th inst., Mr. William
Millicao and Misa Elisa Miller.
Sampson A Henricks advertise a larga lot
of Tobacco and Segars. Conn try dealers
take notice.
iflarrieb.
JBied.
At tbe late residence of Banyan Payne,
near this city, on the 3d January, 1866, his
eldest son Wiley, aged 14 years. Nqjr Or-
leans and Memphis papera please copy.
New ^borrtiscments.
Just Received!
FRESH SUPPLY of GROCERIES, Ac.,
25 sacks Rio Coffee,
18 bbla. Whisky, " Dexter's beat,"
20 boxes Star Candles,
10 boxes asaorted fancy Candy,
100 galla, pore Kerosene Oil,
A large assortment Kerosene Lamps,
10 boxea Glass,
10 bbls. choice brown Sugar,
10 bbla. Crashed Sugar,
A large lot of fresh Garden Sreds,
Ac., Ac., Ac.
We invite the attention of Country Mer-
chants and others to the above, and trust
they will give ns a call before purchasing
elsewhere. THOS. FREEMAN k CO ,
30 Congress Avenue.
RETAIL PR ICRS
AT S. B. BRUSH'S Tin Store-
Salt, per ponnd, S ets.;
Superfino Flour, per pound, 5} da.;
Sagar House Molasses, per gall., 75e ;
Louisiana Sugar, per pouad, 16 2-3c;
Grush'd A p'd do. " " 25c;
Dried Peaces, « " 15c ;
Calico, 8pragae's best, pV y'd, 25c;
Cane seat Chairs, per set, $10 00
Fresh Garden Seed, Coffee, Tobacco, Cider
Vinegar, Wagon Grease, Hats, Shoes, Bleach'd
and Unbleached Domestics, Harneas, Furni-
ture, Wood Ware, Trace Chains, Buggies,
Horse Shoes and Nails, Castings, Pomps,
Lead Pipe, Crockery, aad a general* assort-
of Hoase-Faraishiag Goods; aad, to
i soon, a large aseortmeot of Cooking
arrive
Jan, 25, 1866. 30
S. B. BRUSH.
Mormon Domestic Life.
Mr. Bowles of the Springfield Republican,
writing from Austin, says:
"Polygamy introduces many curious cross-
relationships, and intertwines the branches of
the genealogical tree in a manner greatly to
puzzle a mathematician, as well as to disgust
the decent minded. The marrying of two or
more sisters is very common; one young*
Mormon merchant in Salt Lake City has three
sisters for bis three wives. There are several
cases of men marrying both mother (widow),
and ber daughter or daughters; taking tbe
* old woman' for the sake of getting the young
ones, but having childreu by all. Please to
cipher out for yourselves how this mixes
things. More disgusting associations are
known, eyen to the marrying of a half pister
by one Mormon. Consider, too, how these
children of one father and many mothers, the
latter often blood relations, are likely to be-
come crossed again in new marriages, in se-
cond and third if uot in the first generation,
under this polygamous practice; aud it is
safe to predict that a few generations of such
social practices will breed a physical, moral
and mental debasement of the people most
frightful to contemplate. Already, indeed,
are such indications apparent, foreshadowing
tbe aure and terrible realization.
BHgham Young's wives are numberless; at
least no one seems to know how many he has;
and he has confessed himself to forgetfulness
in the matter. The probability is, he has
from sixteen to twenty genuine or complete
wives, and about as many more women ' seal-
ed ' to him for heaven and glory. The latter
are mostly pious old ladies, eager lor high
seats in the Mormon heaven, and knowing no
surer way to get there than to bo taxed on to
Brigham's angelic procession. Some of these
sealed wives are the early wives of other
men; but, lacking faith in their husbands'
glory, seek to make a sure thing for the future
by the grace of gracious Brigbam.
In many cases the Mornu n wives not only
support themselves and their children, but
help to support their husbands. Thw? a clerk,
or a man with a similar limited income, who
has yield<-d to tbo frseinatious and dt-sirea of
three or four women, arid married them all,
make* hi* home v ith No. I, perhaps, «jk¡ the
tiat Uve apart, ench íiy herself, taking in
■owing or w or ending ia other em-
ployment. to k«vep tip her establishment aud
to be no charge to ber husband. He oookm
aroH(i«3. oiipi iu a whüa, tu make I
"aadftea &e ?els out'
spend* *11 her accuraulnt
biro ns comfortable, and
as possible, so that her >
samted mati nuy bo mol..t „
possible. So tha fellow, if he ia lazy and has
turned his piety to the good account of get-
ting (¡mart w'.v-fi, may really t>o«xd rcand
continually aad Jivo in clotrer, at no pofeibie
expense but his own clothing.— Springfield
Journal. _ ^
I'm Goon for Something.—A young man,
whose blnntness was such that every effort to
turn bim to acconut in a dry goods store was
Joand to be unavailing, received the custom-
ary notice from his employer that he did not
suit and must go.
Bat I'm good for something," remonstra-
ted the young fellow, loth to be turned in-
to t ha street.
" You are good for nothing as a salesman,
anyhow," retorted the principal, regarding
him from a business point of view.
««I'm 6ure I can be useful,-'repeated the
man.
_ow T Tell me how."
<• i don't know, sir ; I don't know."
" Nor do I," and the principal laughed a
he saw the eagerness the lad displayed.
Only don't put me away sir ; don't put
mo away. Try me at something besides sell-
ing ; I can not sell. I know that I cannot
8©11«"
" I know that, too; that is what there is
wrong."
But 1 can make myself usoful somehow,
I know I can."
The blunt boy who could not be turned in-
to a salesman, and whose manner was so lit-
tle captivating that he was nearly sent about
bi« business, was accordingly tried at some-
thing else. He was placed in the counting
house, where his aptitude for figures soon
showed itself, and in a few years he became
not only tbe chief cashier in tbe concern, but
eminent as an accountant throughout the
country.
Boys, be sure and be "good for some-
thing." •
A Battle-Field.—A correspondent of the
Boston Transcript, who has recently visited
the Gettvsbnrg battle-field, writes :
The battle-field Is nearly stripped of the
more coveted relips. Where the ground was
strewn with everything pertaining to military
equipment, one may now hunt for hours with-
out finding a single ballet, though if he take a
hatchet along with him he can probably cut
one oat of some tree. Abundant evidences,
however, still remain of the obstinacy and
magnitude of the struggle. At Round Top.
tbe place itself, a precipitous, rocky hill, is
sufficient testimony to the desperate courage
of ita assailant", and the awful execution of
the guns on its summit. On the brow of
Cvmetery Hill one may still see the gun pits
on which tbe Louisiana Tigers made their
mad charge. At Culp's Hill there are long
lines of breastworks made by logs and stones,
about three feet high ; here and there, too,
is a private fortification, where some hero
maght shelter by blocking up with rocks a
cleft in a ledge, or a space between two trees.
Overhead> the trees pierced with bullets, torn
and twisted with shells, or cut off with solid
■hot. are mad witnesses to the fury of the
conflict Government has purchased the land
so that neither plough nor axe shall diatuib
iU
A M-v"* paper states that a colony of fifty
families, principally from that State, is to
embark for Palestine in July noxt. They
propose to settle at Jaffa, the ancient Joppa,
builbing lota having been purchased, and will
earry out with them Yankee improvements,
win a view to resuscitate the great and long
slumbering resources of that once splendid
tend.
Th© princ'pal Canadian papers published
th« President's Message the morning after it
m deHvored in Wwhiugton. The whole doc-
ument must have been telegraphed throngb
Mo. BtpuMicmn.
Latest Mews.
Wasijihgtox, Jan. 13.—The President haa
declined to issue hia proclamation declaring
Colorado admitted aa a State in the Ubmm.
The anbject baa been 8ubmitted to Congrega
The Adjutant'General has isaued an order
protecting from prosecution in the State or
municipal courts of the late Confederate
States all loyal persons charged vritb offeacet
against the Confederate force*, and prohibit-
ing any distinction between white and
black iff this matter.
Our Consul at Liverpool, in his report da-
ted the 19th of December, says the eattle
plague is oa the increase in England and
Scotland.
Seventeen Pardon warrants were isaoed
yesterday, all for parties included in ths
twenty thousand dollar claase. Gen. Rosa,
of Texas, has applied for pardon.
The Assistant Commissioner of freedmen
affairs in Mississippi has been instructed to
assist Gov. Humphreys ia reconstructing the
Miasissippi levees.
A rumor has been prevalent at Fortress
Monroe for a few days of a plot for the libe-
ration of Mr. Davis. Search has been insti-
tuted, but nothing suspicious was discovered.
Sterling Price, Gov. Harris and Gena.
Ewell and Shelby have plantationa at Car-
lotta, Mexico. Gen. Price enthusiastically
says Carlota will become a great city.
Washington, Jan. 13.—An unknown man
called upon Senator Wade on Wednesday
last, asking him to Bign recommendations to
place him iu the Navy. The Senator refused
complying with tbe request, whereupon his
applicant drew a bowie knife. Wade drew a
pistol and threatened to shoot the fellow,
when the latter decamped.
Rumors prevail that Gov. Pierpont is about
to resign.
Richmond, 12.—A rencontre took place at
the Spootswood House to-day between Mr.
Pollard, the editor of the Examiner, and Mr.
Brooks, the correspondent of the New York
Times, for the latter's letter in tbe Times of
the 8th, ridiculing Pollard. Brooks took a
cowhide from Pollard, when Pollard drew a
knife; whereupon the parties were separated.
Portland, Jan. 13.—The steamer North
American put into Queenstown on tbe 31st
ult., with her machinery damaged.
St. Louis, Jan. 13.—The Memphis Packet
Company's wharf was badly damaged by
moving ice yesterday. Tbe old officers of
this company were re-elected yesterday.
Nkw York, Jan. 13th.—The Herald says
the Secretary of War, in conversation yester-
day, stated whenever writs of habeas corpus
reached him for the delivery of the bodies of
the Confederate boat burners, now on trial at
St. Louis, he woald immediately turn them
I*
over to the civil authorities.
About two thousand of the nine thousand
posUoffices ia the Southern States have been
re-opened.
The Military Committee will repoit favor-
ably upon the proposition to create the office
of General in the army, and General Grant
will be tendered it,
Gen. Grant has issued an order mustering
out the 34th Indiana, now at Brownsville,
Texas.
New York, Jan. 13th.—Col. O'Mahony
yesterday received a letter from Head Centre
Stephens, cordially endorsing his action dar-
ing the late troubles, and appointing him the
representative and financial agent of the so-
called Irish Republic in this country.
Washington, Jan. 13.—A bonded ware-
house at tbe corner of Washington and Car-
lisle streets, was robbed last Thursday of
about six thousand dollars worth of silks,
velvets, etc. Four men eoneeru d io tbo
theft have been arrested, ac.d a quarter por-
tion of the goods have been recovered.
A Mfiximilian Express Company is in ope-
ration betwonn Maw York aad Mexico.
Resolutions uave beca introduced In the i „ . ...... . . .
Virginia Lfglsjaturo looking to a re-union of | . ' ' J!v' n, u , " y 1 •
iriSmü lígr I nfr ,v. • ort .«
a bill to thdemaify persons * "T4"?"" i wlatsd to u«.
' Mor " . ior tbe dama-1
aid, was defeated iu
Ctofefe lepnt,
Tbo New York Tribune summarises the
(«port of Geo. Meigs, Q. M. Genn as fallows:
Wa learn, than, that our government dar-
ing ths war bad at iu command over 40,000
miles of railroads; of this, 1,769 miles won
exclusively military, and managed by the
quartermaster's department Daring the last
year of the war there were 6,238 miles of
telegraph; but Os an illustration of bow tbe
armies swayed backward and forward—ne-
ver, however, swaying beyond the grasp of
the electric wire—be tells that there were
15,090 miles abandoned, torn down and re-
constructed daring hostilities. The facility
with which tiiese roads were pot down and
wires pnt np, may be learned from the fact,
which General Meigs mentions with natural
pride, that the Btowah bridge, 616 feet long
and 75 feet high, was built in six days, while
the Cbatahoochee bridge, 740 feet long aad
90 feet high was built in four daya. Daring
the leat year we naed 214,102 horsea aad
68,818 mules. These poor, dear creatures
were hardly ridden, especially when the mer-
ciless genins of Sheridan controlled the cav-
alry of the Potomac. How fearfully he rode
his men will be appreciated when it is known
that a horse did not last a man more than
foar months, and that his army had to be re-
mounted three times a year.
To feed these horses when ia Grant's army
coat $1,000,000 a month. Fifty years ago
the whole government did not cost more
than what was last year paid for forage for
the horses of one of Us armies. If onr read-
era are anxious to know how mneh the horses
of an army cat, Gen. Meigs will inform them.
During the war we gave them nearly
23,000,000 bushels of com, about 79,000,000
bushels of oats, more than 1,500,000 tons of
hay, and 21,000 tons of straw. This does not
include what was gathered from the country.
It was enough, Heaven knowa, for it coat ns
over $155,000,000. Horrible life and blood
exhauster—warl How many 8chools this
would have built—how many miles of rail-
road to the Pacific.
During the last year $105,019,406 was paid
for clothing and equipage. The boy8 were
well clad and ahod. They had about 400,000
jacketa, but, being much on their feet, insist-
ed upon having over 3,000,000 each of trow-
sers, drawers and flannel shirts. They were
well protected*, too, as Uncle Sam gave them
1,746,034 woolen blankets, to keep off the
dew, rain and snow. Nor were they nllowed
to be thirsty, for over 1,000,000 canteens were
strapped to their knapsacks. Between
2,000,000 and 3,000,000 of boots and shoes
kept the stones from cutting their feet, while
at least 6,000,000 of stockings kept their
ever tramping feet easy and warm. About
2,000,000 of knapsacks and haversacks held
their food and clothing. As they marched,
their country's glory waa reflected from ten
thousand flags, while their hearts were made
merry by the music of 1,400 fifes, the shrill
call of 4,000 bugles and the rolling of nearly
16,000 drums.
Cdsiods and Afvectino Homicids.—The
Port Gibson, Misa., Standard of the 30th alt.,
haa the following;
We regret to learn that Gggleston Woods,
of this county, was killed on Christmas day
by his aoo. It aeema that Mr. Woods, being
quite intoxicated, whipped his wife, declaring
his intention to kill her; hia second son, a
small boy, called on an elder brother to come
to the rescue of the mother, and assist in
saving her life. The oldest boy declined to
interfere, whereupon the younger brother
seieed a gun daring tbe altercation, and plac-
ing the. muasle against the father's knee,
fired, wounding him so aeverely that he bled
to death before medical aid coaid be pro-
cared. The little boy declared that he only
vrmtvi to disa.br# bis f&iher so th&t he ftouid
not eoctisue tbe on the mother, which
i? evident from the tnaocer of the sbootir.g.
AU vhe member* of the family justify tbe
little boy—it wm the result of nature'* irre-
sistible iatyuise, that ths son should «k-fsud
the mother. We knew Mr. Wood: he was
BY TCLEORAPH
__ ————t jr.
Ihv* from New York in too day!
—French troqn to bo withdrawn
from Mexico.—Demand of the
French Minuter at Washington.
—Terrible plague in Pruetia.—
The markets.
to tfce liMH|«M«r.
Hoosros, January 24, 1865.
Hew York, Jan. 22.—There eeems to bo ao
doubt that tbe last steamer from Sarope
brought the State Department positive infor-
mation from Paris, that tbe French troops
wonld be withdrawn from Mexico withia a
stated period.
The French Minister, Connt Monthalen,
has demanded of tbe State Department infor-
mation relative to tbe recent captare of boats
and Bagdad by Yankee fillibusters. New la-
formation has been received, and Gen. Sher-
idan been requested to investigate the affair
and punish the offenders.
Tbe World'a Berlin correspondent says
that there ia a panic in the Prussian capital
in consequence of a new and terrible malady
raging in Prussia. Twenty^five per ceat. of
those- attacked die* most horrible deaths.
Surgeons trace tbe malady to a worm that
attacks the hogs, as the Germans are essen-
tially a pork-eating people and prefer rare-
cooked food. Intense alarm prevails among
all classes.
New York, January 22.—Cotton nominally
50, Gold 139|.
Galveston, January 23.—Flour, extra, $14
al5, Gold 1 40.
Houston, Jauary 24.—Cotton nominal, 30c.
Flour, $9al0.
A Question to Radicals.—We have a sim-
ple queetien which we wiah to put to our radi-
cal cotcinporariee, and we hope they will an-
swer it. Should Congress refuse to admit the
representatives of the Southern States to tbeir
feats on the ground that they are out of the
Union, what will they do with tbe stars which
represent thoec State upon '• the old flap ?"
Do they themselves propose to deface the flag
about which they have made such a noise?
Let as have an answer, gentlemen, to this sim-
ple questioo.—Mo. Rep.
A Washington correspondent states the ad
valorem ditties will be done away with by
the present Cougreaa as far aa possible, and o
specific tariff enacted, which will protect not
only the American manufacturers, but also
the Goverumeat, as there will be no meaos of
evading a .specific duty by false invoices.—
Mo. República*.
The finnsiaa GoyermiW , suit oui tw*.> t#!t>-
ftajih ofiicjoi* to nttcrapt to obtain the p^r-
ion of the CLinefe Government ty ruu
their telegraph lints through the dcmialona '>f
the Celestial* to Pekín. The Ce '-níí-'l* ob-
jected, aad tbe otftons withdrew.—áfo- K-p.
■ The MO-
SüLMICJÍK ükttkubii ST MofKf.R
, ¿legislature a few days3Íncebyl -I bite* wtya—Mr. \h uany, Govcruuic-ot
tning vote. " j rwjueüle ns to at ite thsú he baa cor-
rect record tbe int-meuSs
act overwhelming
Washixotok, Jan. 11.—Estimates for pub- ■
lie printing for current yetir iu $2,000,000. !
A special dispatch ?ays revelations concern- !
ing cotton frauds in the South implicate
iiigh military and civil officials, presenting
most astounding disclosures.
Private letters from San Francisco report
blockade of Chilian porta raised, to allow
Chili to attend to Peru.
Paris letters report Napoleon not only anx-
ious but eren now preparing to withdraw hia
troops from Mexico.
New York, Jan. 11.—Cotton firmer—52@,
53. Gold 40f
The Fenian Senate is about to try tbe three
Senators who joined tbe O'Mahony faction
for violation of their oath of office and repu-
diation of the Constitution of Brotherhood.
Gold at New Orleans on the 14th, 138a
138¿; cotton, 49a50.
Tbe Jefferson City Cattle Market on the
11th, shows : Arrived this week 1044 Texaa
cattle ; sales this week, 1344; stock on sale,
1129. Choice, per lb, 10c. 2d and 3d qual-
ity, per head, $15a30.
A very old lady named Cornell has lately
died in Preston, England. Her parents w¡ re
among tbe first to embrace the doctrines of
John Wesley, who, on his visits to Preston,
preached in their honse. Her father waa tbe
first class-leader in tbe Wesleyan connection
Preston, and she herself was christened
by John Wesley.
the ioliirmeuis—f«:d raí and
Confederate--previous to and %'noe the occu-
pation of the city. He will Uku pfeasnre in
answering the inquiries concerning tli. iu ?er-
bally ov by letter, and desires etory pap^r in
the country to notice.
Address Johu C. Dohorty Gt v^rncieat
Sexton, corner Dearborn and State street,
Mobile, Alabama.
A little girl had been playing in tbe street
until she had become pretty well covered with
dust. In trying to waah it off, she did'nt
use enough water to prevent tne dust rolling
up in little balls upon her arms. In ber
trouble, she applied to ber brother, a little
older than herself, for a solution of the mys-
tery. It was explained at once—to his satis-
faction, at least:
" Why, sis, you are made of dast, and If
you don't stop, you'll wash yourself all
taway!'"
Thia opinion, coming from tbe elder broth-
er, was decisive, and the washing was discon-
tinued.
Several wagons loaded with cotton passed
through Belleville, Illinois, a few daya since
en route to St. Loais. The article was raised
in Southern Illinois, where, owing to the fa-
vorable weatber, a large yield was obtained
the]past season.—Mo. Republican 5th.
Gen. Milroy has received, at Nashville,
Tennessee, a collection of human remains
found in ancient graves, in Wilson county,
Tenn. They were taken from rough stone
coffins, made of slabs, put up in the shape of
a box, without tutting or bowing; and none
of them exceeded 24 inches in length, the
average being 15 or 18 inches. There are
aerea of these gravee at different point?, and
there is not a large skeleton to be found.
St. Locis in 1817.—Tbe first steamboat
tbat ascended the Mississippi above the moatb
of the Ohio was the" Gen. Pike," Capt.
Jacob Reed commander. It arrived at St.
Leuia en the 2d of August, 1817. The popu-
lation ol the city was then a little Upwards of
2,000 ; among the men of the place who be-
came distinguished were David BartOB, Wm.
C. Cave, Edward Bates, Robt. Wash, Jamea
H. Peck, Henry S. Geyer, Thos. H. Benton
and Judge Tucker, " who lived in a log cabin
and had his office in a hollow aycamore."
Politeness Undkb Difficulties.—A gen-
tleman, resident of a city not a thousand
miles from New York, had the exuberant for-
tune of five successive wives. He bad bu-
ried them, one alter another, as death made
its demands upon them, and three or four of
them happened to bo in different places, at
quite a distance from each other. Two or
three ol them were in different towns. To bote;
reconcile bis sense of saeredness with hie
sense of order and numerical unity, he start-
ed one day on a toar of collection to bnry
them all in one plaee. He mounted the wag-
on himself and drove around till he bad got
them all together in one load, and then, as
fate would nave it, waa obliged to drive by
the bonae where the lady of his addresses, to
whom be bad offered bimaelf, was sitting at
the open window. Seeing ber sitting, there,
he bowed to her, as any gentleman wonld,
be drove by with his precíeos loa4 of five
coffins with their contents. It waa too much
for the lady; she declared abe never wonld
have bim, and has to thia day kept her word.
Ths Fssv.—Tight shoes inevitably arreat
the free circulation of the blood aad ner-
vous influences throngh the feet, and direct-
ly tend to canse cold feet; and health, with
habitual cold feet, ia an impossibility. A
child should never be allowed to go to sleep
with cold feet; the thing to be laat attended
to, in putting a child to bed, ahould be to aee
tbat tbe feet are dry and warm; neglect of
thia baa often resulted in a dangerous attack
of croup, diptheria, or fatal sore throat.
There are out $450,000,000 legal feeder
notes, and $300,000.000 of ordinary bank
notes. It is proposed to aubatitute legal ten-
dera for the latter currency, thus giving a
circulation of $750,000,000 of legal tender
notes without any common bank notes. To
redeem this currency it Is proposed to make
an annual sinking fond of $50,000,000 of coin,
wl ich would rsdeem the currency in fifteen
years. In reply to the objection of accumu-
lating so much coin, it la said tbo effect would
be simply to retain in the country less than
eur own annual product of gold. Meantime
this gold weald not he inoperative, aa tbe
sinking fund would at once, it ia thought, raise
the legal-tender notes to par.
It is also contended tbat the Government
must adopt a fiaaneial policy which will keep
down the price of gold, otherwise the public
credit must be imperilled. The plan proposed,
it is urged, will do this—will raise the paper
currency in value—and lead in tbe end to the
quiet resumption of the apccie system by the
Government.—Nttcs.
Mr. Henry Drew, Assistant Superintendent
of Public Property, has related to us tbe par-
ticulars of a case of hydrophobia at the village
of Waterloo, which aurpawesin tragic iatereat
almoat any etory of tbe kind we ever read:
Some fix or seven years ago a mad dog
went thro' the village of Waterloo, Jefferson
county, and bit a numbet of anjmaw. Among
others it snapped at tbe leg of a cow belong-
ing to Mr. Babcock. The nim«l was exam-
ined but no mark was found, and it was sup
posed it escaped being bitten. The animal
waa afterward sold to a fay the name of
Garrison, who need her milk very freely, aa
did two of hia ehadren. Some of tbe neigh-
_ idtng Mr. Drew's family, were also.
íupplilfó with the Sink nfbfs cow
At different times during tbe time siucs tbe
cow was bitten there has beeu inexplicable
and fatal sickness among those using her miik,
and two children of Mr. Garrison's, two of Mr.
Drew's and two otters, ha*e beeu attacked
with spams and died in great agmy. Mr.
Garrison ha# also been attacked at times witc
spasms. Tbe mystery of Ibis tickaes was
solved by the Uutth, with every symptom of
hydrophobia, a short time ago, of thu cow
tiigbtly bitten sevea years ago, and in whose
gyetera madness has been latent ever since.
The case is a tingalar one, aad worthy thu
attention of «eientittc men.— Wi*. JovtmI.
\ JlS'i ARRIVED!
ALAKUÍ5, complete ana wcu asstnttti
stock of
Merchandise,
— CONSISTING OF—„
M«i'a aud Boya Hat*, black aad a>sc«tsd
colors ; Boys' black tilk plush Scotch
Caps; Boys' variegated P. L.
Caps; Ladiea' black silk
plash Jockeys.
Overcoats,
Frock Coats,
Sack "
Blouses,
Vests,
Pants,
Drawera,
Suspenders,
Neck Tiea,
Shirts,
Flanaal Shirts,
Heglige "
Black Doeskin, Sacking, Coaeimeret, La-
diea' Cloth, Jeans, Cotton Velvet,
Black Cloth, Tweeds, Linen Dnck.
Gray Flannel, White Flannel, Twilled Flan-
nel, Fancy Printed Flannel, Moire Ao-
tiquea, Ginghams, Alpacaa, De
Laines, Bhsetings, 10-4, Shirt-
ings, DriUinga, Long Cloth.
Stripes, Twilled Cottons, Ticking, Oaoaburga,
TeweHaga, Bleached Domeatic, Bro.
Domestic, Bleached Huckaback,
Dealms, Cambrics, Linens,
, Lawns,
Black French Crape, White do., Bnregea—aa-
aorted—Swisa, Jaconet, Lacea, Ladrea'
Ties, Hoaiery, Silk Handkerchiefc,
Linen Hdkfe, Lace Hdkfs, Lawn
Bdkfs, Madder Hdkfe, Pon-
gee Hdkfe, Cotton Hdkfs,
Waterfalls, Silk Belts, Leather Belts, Belting.
Pearl Shirt Buttons, Pearl Shirt Agate
Buttons, Hoop Skirts, Thread, 8birt
Boaoma, Belt Bncklea, Shoe
Laca and Bncklea, Linen
Tape, Serpentine
Braid,
SilkTwiat, Velvet
Ribbon, Lily White, Thim-
bles, Wora. Braid, Pock. Kniveá,
Gilt Chaina, Nail Brushes, Tooth
Brushes, Hair Combs, Beard Comba,
Pocket Combs, -Toilet Soap, Playing Cards.
Allen Prints,
Pacific u
Simpson u
Solid "
Sprague Prints, Arnold Prints,
" 8birt " London "
American u Engli*h "
Merrimac " Dutchess "
Men's and Boys' Boo ta and Shoes, aaa'd,
Ladies', Misses' and Children's Shoes, ass'd.
Paper, Envelopes, Memorandum Books, Ink.
Coffee, Mackerel,
Teas, Sardines,
Crush. Sugar, Oysters,
Drown " Cheese,
Brandy, Claret,
Brandy Fruits,
Dried "
Can "
Crackers,
Olive OU.
Candies, Raisins, Figs, Cocoa-nuts, Fla-
voring Extracta, Segáis, Tobac-
co, Snuff, Pepper Sauce, Salad Sauce.
Disbea, Dinner Platea, rSoup' Plates, Tea
Plates, Pitcbera, Bowls, Tea Pots, Cream
Pitchers, Sugar Dishes, Baler's
Dishes, Pickle Dishes, Ba*¡
ter Dishes, Cups aad JSancera,'
Ewers and Basins, Basins, Brittauia (.'¿stars
Goblets, Tumblers, Beer Mugs, Corered
Muga, Salt Cellars, Decanters, Cham-
pagne Glasses, Glajg Batter Dieht-s,
Cutiary, Batcher Knivee,
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