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press, procured a flue rotary job press, and over one
hundred new fonts of job type, besides cuts, rules,
fancy inks, Ac., 4tc., we are prepared to do every
piion of work in our line in a style ansur-
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TEXAS ITEMS.
The State Gazette says that Gov. Pease
has returned from San Antonio. It is be-
lieved the measures he adopted will prevent
the recurrence of difficulties between that
city and the coast. His course has elicited
the approbation of the citizens.
The Gazette advocates the increase of the
loan to railroad companies to ten thousand
dollars per mile.
The Bastrop Advertiser mentions the
opening of the fall term of the District
Court there, under Judge Terrell, who, it
appears, is giving general satisfaction.
The Advertiser mentions that several of
the Bastrop boys have left to join Walker's
command.
The Palestine Advocate gives us a long
and well-written editorial defending Bu-
chanan's Kansas policy.
The Advocate takes very much the same
view .with the Telegraph, concerning the
capability of members of the .Legislature
being elected to the D. S. Senate.
The Advocate contains the proceedings
of the Telico MAufacturing Company.
They have bought the heavy boilers,, ma-
chinery, &c., which we mentioned as pass-
ing throfigh here last-summer.
The Quitman Herald mentions the organ-
izing of a lycenm t her ft. -. ^
The Herald learns that corn is now sell-
ing in the Choctaw Nation for fifteen to
twenty cents per bushel in the northern
portion of this State it is won h fifty cents.
Like the ancient Fgyptians, Judge Gib-
son,-of the Sentinel, has beqn overrun with
frogs. It seems that ladies!have, for some
j cause or ether, taken to sending him speci-
! mens of these interesting animals until his
i premises are alive with them;
The-Waco Southerner mentjans a meeting
of the Democrats of McLenani to be held at
Waco, on the first day of the district Court,
to appoint delegates- t(t, th£ Sate Conven-
tion at Austin, on the 8th of Jitouary. „
The Southerner 'mentions-thif prevalence
of colds at Waco. .>« - A
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The Southerner advocates the election of
T. J. Chambers to the Senate-of^he United
States, and gives a sketch of Ms life, to-
gether with some newspaper notices of his
address to the people when lie rat for Gov-
ernor in 1853. He isproposed & the suc-
cessor of Busk. It is nnfortunat< for him,
that, as in the ciaxtfaB of 1863, his friends
have brought hfin forward after almost ev-
rybody have settled on another mi. Gen.
Henderson seems to be the genejfcl choice
for that position. x
the part of some Mexicans and white mm
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14,1867.
fgf We are requested by a couple of old
fogy, out and out anti bank men, who are
■ow tickled almost to death about ftieir no-
tions, to publish the following. We do it
without comment. They may possibly be
right, and if so we will not say anything
now to take back hereafter. We are not a
little •duberous.'
'An extract from the letter of one ot the
most respectable merchants in New York,
largely engaged in business with Texas, to
R correspondent in Houston, written more
(has* month ago.'
f'lf the Texas Legislature could now but
pass a day or two in Wall street, they would
never authorize banks after that."
Gaubstojt.—A correspondent of the Civ-
ilian is out for Henderson and Oldham for
the United States Senate.
The News mentions the sailing of the
bark Samson for Liverpool with if cargo of
1100 bales of cotton.
The News contains an interesting descrip-
tion of the forthcoming Texas Almanac
We are anxious to see H out. rjjj -
The Civilian mentions the presence of
Gen. Chambers, M^jor Scott and Lt. Gov.
I«lbbo«k in Galveston.
The Civilian says that gardens and vege-
tation generally, present a luxurious ap-
pearance in that city, and the singing buds
are mocking the thanksgiving 'turkle in
the land. „ ?-
j0TWa saw, yesterday, two smiling
countenance^ among onr merchants. One
had barely seven bales of cotton on hand
when that staple fell, and ha had sold it on
the first fall at 18 cents, and the other but
four. The first lost but $100 on his lot, and
the second bat $30. The stuff might go
along for all they cared. They wouldn't
care if it fell to five cents. It wouldn't hurt
them. Glad it fell so soon. If it had kept
ap a month longer, they would have got
their fingers bit off. They don't want to
. buy, and if they did, thpy haven'tgot acent
to buy with just now. Sorry for their neigh-
bors—but its just as they told them
K. B.—It is always the case in an acci-
dent, that two out of fifty foresaw it, and
gave warning. The other forty-eight al-
ways have too mnoh self-confidante to pay
any attention to them.
But keep courage. It is always darkest
and coldest just befor# daj* Something is
going to turn op, or down—or sideways
or some way, we feel sure. Things cannot
always go down. Cotton cannot forever
{all. If it eould, it never would have been
worth 10 cents in September. The cloud
will pats off.' . The fact that the bank ofthe
of South Carolina has suspended
it. Things never got much worse
I they are now, and'yet cotton contin-
ues to be quoted at 9d. in Liverpool. It
may eoas up to big figures agiain—who
knows?
THE COTTON FACTORY.
As to the cost of a Cotton Factory in Tex-
as we will next speak. And we will give
the estimates for such a factory as would
be adapted to any part of the State, one we
will say running 50 looms and the necessa-
ry accompanying machinery by steam.
These fifty looms would, when all,in success-
ful operation, turn out. from 1,500 to 2,000
yards of Lowells per day.
In the first place a building two stories
High, ninety feet long and forty-four feet
wide, in the clear would be required. To
jmt up and finish such a building and set
the machinery in it well at work, would
cost not far from $12,000. We make our
figures high enough to be sure and cover
cost, and for a brick structure, as the dan-
ger from fires, and the difficulty in procur-
ing insurance, &c. &c., with a wooden build-
ing would prove a great objection to it.
Next the cost 6f machinery. This we give
as it will be found delivered on shipboard
at New York, and is as follows:
1 Willow, *0
2 30 inch pickers ~ 560
14 30 inch cards, 2520
2 Railway drawings, 460
2 Drawing Frames, 1000 •
3 16 Stand Speeders, 960
4 " Warp" Spining fraAes for
576 Spindles, 2160
5 "Filling" Spining frames for
720 Spindles, 2790
1 50 Spindle Spooler, 150
j 1 Warper, 80
2 Dressers, 700
50 'Yard Wide' Looms, 3400
1 Baling Press. 90
1 30 inch Grinding Frame, 80
1 pr. Emery Rollers, 15
14 setts Card Clothing. ~ 840
3000 Speeder Bobbins, 82 50
1500 Warp " 45
2000 Filling •' 55
50 Reeds, - 75
70 Shuttles, 39 20
Heddles, Slide Rest Stools,
Banding, frame, Sparc Lap
Rollers, Scales, &c. &e.. 140
Shafting about * 4000
Engine and boilers, 3000
Add 8 per cent, for trans it,
$23,321 70
1,865 73
Total cost of machinery, say $25,187
Add cost of building, 12,000
I
j FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1857.
i
to get up an insurrection in Limestone and
Ellis counties, during a camp meeting at
Waxahatchie, and run the negroes-1$ Mex-
ico. The thing was discovered ifl|d the
instigators directed to leave. „ J
A post office has been establisied at
Amanda, McLennan county, and Wn. R.
Shield appointed postmaster.
The Southerner says that the late lains
Lave seriously injured the cotton oroti of
that section.
The same paper says that the farners
there are preparing to sow their winter
wheat.
The Paris Patriot speaks in terms of Ap-
probation of Washburn's circus, whicbti:
' going it'there. )- '• v \
The Woodville Messenger objects to mi-
king a democratic newspaper of itself, be-
cause neither pf its editors is a democrat.
The. charter Members of the Sabine & Ri<
Grande Railroad Company, better knownj
we believe, as the Burkeville Company,
have opened subscription books, we see by
1 WUIJ'OW
the Messenger at Woodville, at other pla- t0 have ma(k. Here
ces on the route.
The Upshur Democrat is in favor of
amending rather than abolishing the new
code. . •' ;• • _.;
The same paper says that rather too much
rain is falling now to suit-tie cotton plant-
ers. , Enough corn has been made there for
home consumption and some to-spare. As
much cotton will be made as oan be gath-
ered. The ravages of the boll worm have
been quite partial. On the whole, the crop
wUl be an average one.
The Huntsville Item mentions the burn-
ing of the dwelling house of Capt. T. J.
Sims, on Sunday night week. The fire is
supposed by some to be the work of an in-
cendiary, and by others to be accidental.
The Item learn that Gen. Lewie, after
purging the polls of Montgomery county,
found himself defeated, for the office of
Representative, by five votes, instead of
three, as officially reported. It was close
shaving, any way.
. The Item advocates., the reduction of
taxes. Our taxes are now lower than those
of any other new State, and considering the
extent of her territory and sparseness of
population, less than those of any State in
the Union-
The Valley observes that business is im-
proving in Corpus Christi, and that town is
losing up. We trust it may sometime be
able to look the other way.
The Valley says the Catholic Church in
that cjty is being finished, through the ex-
ertions qf father O'Reiley.
Mexican flour, made from Mexican wheat
by Mexican mills in Mexico, is sold in Cor-
pus Christi, to the satisfaction of fastidious
gastronomers. -
The Valley recommends improvements in
herds of cattle, with a view to their better
adaptation to dairying. We can see no
reason why the western prairies should not
(tarnish butter and cheese, as well as beef
and hay.
The Victoria Advocate has received from
Goliad a specimen of the third crop of figs,
which have matured there.
$37,187,
or in round numbers $40,000will be sufficient
to pay for building and machinery, and set
it to ruuning to manufacture 460,000 yards
of Lowells or Osnaburgs per year, besides
more than 150,000 lbs. of yarns, for sale, in
that time.
We showed the other day that it costs us
to get our cotton made into Lowells now
about 17 cents per pound, when cotton is
worth ten cents and Lowells thirteen. As
we compute it our raw material to keep a
factory of the siie mentioned cmpToy<?tJ;"=it£
TpM oaies, would cost us here ordinarily
$22,500. Our manufactures would sell for
about $60,000, leaving $37,500 for expense
and profit. Now taking 20 per cent, for
capital invested Which would pay profits and
repairs and we have nearly*$30,000 for ex-
penses, Which without going into an analy-
sis of particulars will be looked upon as
enough for that purpose.
Is it not better to -lay out this $37,500
per year in our own community, supporting
an industrious population, and rendering
ourselves independent and so far happier
than as now to pay those who love us not,
for what we'ean just as well have done at
our own doors, and by our own servants?
The man who causes two blades of grass
to grow where there was but one before is
so far a public benefactor. He who by in-
vesting one dollar keeps annually a dollar
more in the State, thus doubling the wealth
of the State ii^ that regard each year, is
worthy of all praise. Forty thousand dol-
lars builds and sets to runninga factory that
will make for us what we now pay out of
the State, thirty-seven and a half thousand
are the two blades for
one.
We will not now investigate this subj#H
'n the matter of manufacturing goods for
exportation. Let us supply horns consump-
ton first.
SOME l'L A IN FACTS.
When a newspaper publishes articles
whose scope is to encourage a spirit of libe-
rality on the part of advertising patrons,
the cry of self-interest is generally raised,
and the remarks of the editor are apt to
have little weight. At the risk of encoun-
tering this cry, however, we are inclined to
resume a subject of somewhat the same na-
ture, on which we have been hammering
away, off an on, for more than four years
past. We allude to the requiring, by law,
the publication of Sheriff's and Adminis-
tor's sales, cither in the newspapers, or by
hand-bills, plainly printed and thoroughly
circulated, the object of either, of course,
being to secure publicity.
The usual course at present is, in case of
a sheriffs sale, to post up notices in three
public places in the county where the sale
is to take place. The publicity of the pla-
ces, and style of the notices, is left mainly
to the Sheriff. The day of sale brings to-
gether, ordinarily, the clerks of the courts,
and- one or two others—often not more
than half-a-dozen persons in all, who may
be prepared to bid. Generally, a good un-
derstanding exists between all present, not
to bid against each other. The consequence
is, that in nine cases out of ten, property
is greatly sacrificed, and a few persons are
enabled, by watching the business closely,
to amass wealth at the expense of unfortu-
nate debtors. It is within the observation
of half our readers, that fine landed estates
have been gained, by some persons, in al-
most every interior county. in this way,
while verv few but will call to mind five.
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ten, or a hundred instances where lauds,
well worth a dollar per acre, have been
knocked off at twelve and a half cents.
When a man, through his misfortune, is
unable to save his property from the ham-
mer, it is the part of the State, at least, b^
whose law he is deprived of it, to take care
that a wrong is not added to this evil, and
more than a just amount of his possessions
taken for the satisfaction of the judgment.
Likewise, in the disposal of property be-
longing to the estates of deceased persons,
the same evil prevails. There is loseness
enough in our Probate Courts, and losses to
estates enough occur, conscience,
without the additional'evil h^r^ deferred to.
Now, wi|h good notice, and proper, pub-
licity, there is nothing that will aiffact
people so much as an unreserved saleJaJ?
the Sheriff. Nor, in fact, is there any
means of disposing of property to better ad-
vantage than by a good auctioneer, when
there are plenty of buyers on the ground t
There is no way that a knowledge of sale
can be dissemiuated so well as by advertis-
ing it in the county newspaper, or in case
mere is u. iie tl TTit-
and mechanic, are all pinched. Money is
locked-up, and just when we all thought the
•good time coming' was upon us, lo. it
passed away, like the mirage of the desert,
and we have still to dream of it. and expect
it, as we probably always shall.
If any body wjnts to see hard work
let him go down among the warehouses al-
most. any day now, and he will be satisfied.
Some of our warehouse men, became fleshy
during the suimner, and all had a genteel,
indolent, lazy^sort of way with them. They
look different nOw. You would think some of
them had been drawn through a knot hole
We know of four that we do not believe have
slept an hour in three weeks. As for get-
ting a civil word out of them it is out of the
question. Eight weeks ago, it was pleasant
to call on them, and chat an hour any after-
noon. Now if yotrgo into their premises
you may thank fortune ilsyou get out with-
out having a bale of cotton or a feQx of dr£
goods rolled over you. Seek is ' busi
'(Clapperclaw staggers falls over the
precipice.)
'Mont. 'Down with thee to Pandemoni-
um, remorseless wretch!'
Curtain falls: Finis.
Note.—An injunction against the publi-
cation of the thrilling tragedy, of which the
foregoing is the closing scene, has been
served on the author. He is ready, how-
ever, to give public readings in the princi-
pal cities of the United States and Canadas
on short notice. Persons of weak nerves
not admitted.
The News in publishing the address of
Maj. John Marshall, Chairman of the Cen-
tral Democratic Committee, well says that
it is ably written.
The circular of R. & D. G. Mills of yes-
terday mentions sales of small lots of cotton
at 9J@10 cents for Middling, but says there
is really nothing to be done, for want of
money.
Col. S Turner, of Spring Creek, has
lei on our table an ear of the Wyandotte
orTVabody Prolific Corn, which, it is said,
wij prpduce between one and t wo hundred
buhels per acre.
1 -m—
Winter is coming, sure. The wind
thiamorniiig is chilly enough. The cries
of tie first wild geese of the season were
heat last night. People are fixing up
stov*. and getting out their wiuter cloth-
ing- \ ,
tSt The exhibition at Mr. Bolinger's
Schoo last night was an interesting affair,
and w«nt off much to the satisfaction of the
audieoe. The children under his care,
seem etremely ambitious, and are improv-
ing rapdly,
I9*\he size of wagon loads of cotton is
somethiijr of an indication of the weather,
a sort ofcn ex post fac'o thermometer. A
few day^go we saw on the prairie, above,
ten yokebf exen, hauling with slow and
weary pap, four bales of cotton, or in weight
-hundre<pounds to the ox. This morning
we observed going past our office five yoke
hauling te\ hales. A cool day, and a toler-
able road lakes all the difference in the
world.
19* We «d the pleasure, yesterday, of
a call from «r friend, Maj. Howth, of Aus-
tin county. He appears all the better for
his defeat Ut summer for Congress, ia-
deed, looks in years younger and fresher
than when W saw him last, in the spring.
He gives it uk that the Wacoites have got
the upper hails, and hopes they will use
their power tqhe advantage of the State.
TluuTiu*. uy circulating
hand-bills.
This thing demands the attention of the
Legislature, and we trust it will not be for-
gotten by the members, when they arrive at
Austin. It liu been made the subject of
discussion for a long time, but for obvious
reasons, all attempts to act upon it hereto-
fore have failed. Either the influence of
the buyers at these auctions, or the want of
a thorough comprehension of the evil of the
present system has interfered, and nothing
has been done.
It has been urged that the costs of publi-
cation are considerable, and that the Legis-
lature ought to do nothing to increase the
expenses, either of Justice or our Probate
Courts. The objection is a futile one. If
it stands, then, to save a five dollars' cost,
our sheriffs and administrators are made to
sacriffice oftentimes ten or a hundred times
that amount, for want of competition in
bidding. Let us have a law requiring a
notice of all these sales to be made to the
people, in one way or another.
The Financial Crash is the theme of a
great deal of writing by editors as well as
of remark by the people. Thousands of
speculations as to the cause, and as towhat
the end will $er have been made and are
being made all the time. All the rotten or
defective institutions and houses in the
country are tumbling in the ruin. In
many cases they bring down sound, and
honest establishments in their fall. This is
one of the evils to be regretted, and the
thing which more than all else makes us re-
gret the crisis. If these humbug concerns,
doing business on unreal foundations, could
fall to pieces every year, without danger to
the rest of the world, it would be a blessed
thing for the straight forward, honest por-
tion f>V the community. The evil would
then correct itself and would be no longer
an evil. But as we now operate, the disease
becomes seated in the system, affecting
every part and portion, and taking such!
complete hold, that it is only now and then, 1
by a thorough prostration and by the most j
active medicines thai it can be got rid of.
The body is, however, all the better after
About that matter of the Cotton Facto-
ry we think we have said enough to show
our readers in both town and country, that
cotton factories on a tolerable scale are
within the means of even a new country.
There are few of the older counties of Texas
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in which there is not the amount necessary
($40,000) that could be obtained for the
purpose, provided a scheme for uniting the
people could be started. At any rate we
ought in all onr largest towns to go ahead
with enterprises of this kind at once. We
should at least aim to supply heavy cotton
goods for own market and all it requires.
We ought to see the impolicy of sending
cotton 3,000 miles to be spun and wove, and
returned, passing through a dozen hands at
least, every one of which has a hook with
one prong, and some with six or eight, which
tears out from a handful to a basketful of
the staple as it passes. This thing is ab-
stractly plain on its face.
But in addition to mentioning this, we
have been at the pains of showing the actu-
al money we pay out for the cotton -goods
we use. We never pay less than seventeen
dollars for the transportation, handling and
manufacturing of every ten dollars worth of
the raw material thus finding ite way back
to ua. Here now is a chance to show a lit-
tle business tact and patriotic policy in the
same act. By making a cotton factory here
we save this seventeen dollars in the State.*
get our goods as cheap if not cheaper, ren-
der -ourselves more independent, and in a
word do the South and Texas as a Southern
State, more real good, than all the well writ-
ten and strongly argued leaders on national
politics which our friend of the Galveston
News can write in a year. That is our vies
W tilt Case. \ ntxlB-sireuiftnening of the
garrison: a little laying in of supplies: a
little cutting off of dependence on the North,
will not only open the eyes of the New Bug-
landers more than all the newspaper articles
in the world can do it, but it will prepare us
for :i\ event that can occur.
i n ;i idition to this, also, we have pub-
lished the actual cost of machinery, build-
ings, &c., taken from manufacturers' pri-
ces, obtained within a month/ from t hem-
selves, and shown just what a certain
amount of capital in this business will do.
It now remains for those willing to interest
themselves in such enterprises, to set about
forming companies and raising the means.
If, next year, we could see one, two, or half
a dozen cotton factories in Texas, in oper-
ation, the getting up of which might be
even remotely owing to these suggestions of
ours, we should certainly believe that we
had dune the State more good than any
other five newspapers in it.
V Professor Sphtnx, an old correspondent
ofthe Knickerbocker Magazine we had missed
for a good while. In the last number of Old
Knick he appears again with the following.
We know of an even hundred of our readers
who will look upon it exactly as we do,and
consequently, publish it. The fate of Clap-
perclaw is_a caution to Jthe Hinglish:
A SPECIMEN BRICK s
From S}'h)/nz's great Tragedy of fiat Burglary,
or the Atrocious Villain.
act v. scene yu.
Scene : a perpendicular rock two hund-
red feet high; six yards square at the top.
Captain Hercules Clappekcbaw, R. N.,
stature, five feet six; circumference, five
feet precisely : hair red ; complexion blue ;
appears mounting a ladder to the summit. As
he reaches the fourth round fruui the top,
the head and shoulder of Clarence Mont-
morency, the ardent and chivalrous young
American, the defender of Isabel De Cour-
cfy, appears at the top of the ladder on the
other side. His elegant figure is attired
with fastidious .taste. The rivals stare for
a moment in mutual astonishment.)
'Montmorency,(inclarion tones.) -Fiend'
-OLAprtBCLAW, (hoarsely.) - Ape!'
•Mont. 'Demon!'
* 'Clap. • Baboon "
•(Montmorency leaps upon the rock.)
'Mont. Here, monster, if you dare the
wards, and although it may not regain per- i encounter, our mortal feud shall end, till I
' meet thee agnin on the blistering crags of
the infernal world!'
feet health at once, yet still it will as-
sume a tone unknown before. So now
when the vomit and purge shall have done
their work and the bile and humors all be
driven out for the time being, the financial
•Clap. -Fool! give bail against Bight by
doing thus!' (He mounts the rock aud hurls
his ladder into the abyss.)
•Mont. 'Boastful bully of the seething
'urge, behold my pledge' i He tips his own
[For the Telegraph.
INDIA vs.- ANGIlO-SAJCON CIVIL-
IZATION
The entire history of John Bull's domin-
ion in India, never has been truthfully writ-
ten. In fact, it is jne tissue of irreconcilia-
ble contradictions.
For a century has England ruled with an
iron rod, one hundred and fifty millions of
people, differing essentially from Saxon,
Celt or Gaul in color, temperament, reli-
gion and feeling. If,. shutting our eyes to
means, we look only at the results, we must
admit, in no one thing has the immense re-
sources of Brit.tain been so strikingly de-
monstrated.
Yet in proportion to the gigantic extent
of the Indian Empire—in an <*xact ratio
with its marvelous rise, has been the extent
of those dangers which beset it.
Lord Chas. Metcalfe, whose life "was pubs
lished a few years ago, had expressed his
views as to those dangers, which threatened
English rule in India, as early as 1824,—
about the time of the mutiny* at Barrack-
pore; and those views of the then Sir. Charles
Metcalfe, were at that time considered vis-
ionary by those unwilling tobelievein dan-
ger to any part of het Majesty's dominions
In fact, that same spirit of apathy, which
allowed a Lord George Gordon, to inflame
the lower orders of London, until the st reets
of that city ran blood and wine at the cul-
mination of the "No Popery" riots, seems
to have possessed the British public with
regard to the dangers menacing their pos-
sessions in the East.
But why these revolts now
Before us is a number of the North British
Review for August, with alongpaper on the
"Crisis inlndia"—largely colored, of course,
by English prejudices, but- in some respects
candid, and valuable, so far as its facts go.
The writer opines that the withdrawals of
army officers to-the civil departments; the
diminished want of confidence between the
colonial officer and the native Sepoy; the
increased dissemination of English civiliza-
tion and ideas in ihe country: the steady,
and of late over-zealous, progress of Chris-
tian institutions; Have all tended to aug-
ment the jealousy of the native priesthood.
But one great seat of the evil has been in
the "one idea" men at lioiin . Ilinne B
Hall lights, who. profoua<ily ignorant of
Indian affairs, have clamorously demanded
that Government should hurry on the car
of civilization faster than the road was
cleared for it:—in other words, have tried
to make English men of Sepoys, whether
this were feasable or no.
And here, it would seem, Is the one great
drawback to British supremecy. It looks
too much to abst ract ideas of right and wrong,
and neglects expediency, Instead of grad-
ually diffusing, it would choke its-civiliza-
tion down thethroats of a conquered people.
It knows how to conquer its enemies, hetter
than to change foes into friends.. This may
proceed from a virtue, but it runs into a
weakness. Charity is a virtue as well as
truth-telling. The fact that the Anglo-Sax-
on is the highest type of man, should make
him patient as well as valorous. He is
too prone to one-idea-iam. There is not a
little cant about the "spirit of theage."
To return: /
The revolt in India will, undoubtedly, be
quelled by force, but this, if always neces-
sary, would seriously impair the value of
British rule in India. A war of extermina-
tion against 150,000,OOOof people even in a
strictly "practical," dollar-and-cent point
of view, could hardly be profitable.
Yet if John Bull, never very quick to learn,
but like the Bourbons, never prone to for-
get any thing, shall entirely remodel his
system, and progress backwards fin India
at least) so far as the military commision
is concerned, he may learn a valuable les-
son from the recent revolt. But if the
" high pressure" men at home are still bent
on forcing ifcwn Christianity and Auglo-
civilization on men unprepared for it—Brit-
tain will probably one day—aud that not
very distant—learn that her ludian Empire
has gone to the Infernal Regions on the
back of an Exeter Hall hobby horse.
Truth to tell, the civilized world, has an
interest-in this' Indian Revolt, nor do we
consider it at all impossible that the very
men, who are now loudest in their talk of
the spirit of the age, will, in less than
two decades, be the loudest advocates of a
re-opening of the African Slave Trade.
That a great chaos of certain once popular
schools of thought is approaching seems
very evident, abroad as well -as at home.
E. r. l.
The Survey.—All portions of the State,
it is presumed, are favorable to the propos-
ed Geological Survey—not a superficial one,
but a thorough, practical examination of
the whole field of Texas. It is high time the
work was commenced. But to do justice to
an undertaking so unlimited, an efficient
man must be at the head, and ample means
be placed at his control. The Legislature
will doubtless provide both during its pres-
ent session. Dr. Moore, of Houstin, seems to
be pointed out, almost by common consent
as the most suitable chief to take charge of
the work. *
A minute survey of the structure and
mineral and various other valuable depos-
ites of so vast a territory as Texas presents,
will be the labor of years. To cripple the
undertaking in either time or means will
render it unsatisfactory, if not useless.—
Nueces Valley.
COMMERCIAL.
TELEGRAPH OFFICE, 1
". -- ^ - Thursday, Oct. 15, 1857. j
tm-K shouttllie^remcmbered thai our quo-
tations generally represeTrr-vihoiesale qrices.
WEEKLY REVIEW> .
The heavy rains,'the depression in the
cotton market and the general feeling of
discomfort, arising from the financial diffi-'
cult-ies in the north, have all had a tenden-
cy to make business a shade less brisk for
the past week than would otherwise have
been the case. Still our merchants inform
us that they are doing as much as they can
accommodate, and have no ieasure time on
their hands. We notice new faces from the
interior every day and both merchants and
planters front the country appear to be lay-
ing in their usual fall stocks and, supplies.
The heavy^latins appear to have been gen-
eral, and to have Beriously interfered with
cotton picking, cutting the crops a little'
short of previous anticipations. Still, with
good Veather, such as now prevailing, we
may reasonably expect that this change
will be but little. Many are looking for an
early frost, but that may be regarded .with
about the same degree of certainty, as that
cotton will bring any fixed price above
present quotations within a month. It may
be and it may not.
Other crops arc doing about as before
mentioned. The rains are regarded as hav-
ing hijd a favorable effect, on sugar cane,
and with a late frost, a good half crop may
,yl Hi 1 -a"
enced shippers, , that the best plan for the
planter now is, to ship direct to Liverpool,
thus, realizing the best thai can b« done in
a market on which the troubles in NsW
York, will have little influence. It is so
easy matter to decide upon.
Latest news from New Orleans in the
public , prints is of a decline of 2 cents
more, and of sales for middling being madt'
there on a basis of ll@ll^c for middling,
with but few. transactions. In Galveston
these prices an not attainable, and buyers
show little anxiety. ---=
At this point but tfole is doing. We heard
of sates on Tuesday at 10$ cents, after the
receipt of the last news New
Ten cents, however, is aboqt the bast that
can be obtained, and we quote on that
basis— * . • a- ,
Inferior ■* '
Ordinary to Good Ordinary. ......
Low Middling
Middling. -TIT.'
Good Middling ...
Middling Pair
Fair •••" 0
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
Stock on hand Sept. 1, '67, baus 65
Rec'd Oct. 7 to Oct. 14, 2629
previously...............7363—9,992
.? i
Wm
m
Total........ ......10,017
Shipped Oct 7 to Oct 14.... 1878
previously— 4401—6,169
• & £ ■
Stock on hand Oct. 14 8,tM
as follows: . V ' " «
W. B. Vincent's Warehouse 69 .
T. W. Whitmarsh * „...„1072
Allen & Fulton
J. JXIaiiflfc Co:..
Taylor & "Bagby... . ..1.....
Increase of stock since last weak 961
CORRESPONDING DATE USI
Amount on hand Sept. 1 balks 217
Rec'd to Oct. 8.-. :.8,THJ'
... Oct. 8 to Oct. 15 -2,«17—10,735
W-
— g i: jtt"iw
be taken to the mill, many preferring to
seed down for a large crop next year.
Money continues very scarce here, there
being scarcely enough to pay freights by
wagon, railroad and steamboats. The news
from t/he north is worse and worse. By
last dates we hear of the failure of large
houses which stood unshaken in the crash
of'37 and the temporary panic of'47. The
Bank of the Stat e of Sout h Carolina was re-
garded as one of the soundest in the world..
The house of Wm. G. Lane & Co., Bowen &
McNamee. and Harper & Brothers were
looked upon as among those that nothing
could harm. The Illinois Central railroad
stock was worth a month ago 1,13,^ last
week it suffered its notes to be protested
and its stock will not bring 60cts. now.
The stock of the Erie rail road has fallen
from Go to "cts. These were all heavy and
and strong concerns. T^ere is no telling
where the trouble will stop. It is impossi-
ble to say who is safe, and who it will do
to draw on. Hence the difficulty in dealing
in exchange, and consequently the impos-
sibility of selling cotton in a Southern mar-
ket. Exchange is'wotrh here about, say
for New York sight 1$(S,2 per cent prem.
X. 0. sight |(3)1 per cent prem.
In the matter of rail roads we have to re-
port those in operation all doing a heavy
business, probably as good if not better
than any roads of their length in the United
States. The Central road has all the
business it can accommodate, while the
passenger cars come and go daily well filled.
So also of the Richmond & Harrisburg, and
the Houston Tap.
We learu that work has been begun on
the second and third Sections of the Hous-
ton & Columbia road, and the contractors
are exhibiting an energy which augers well
for the early completion of the work.
The grading on the G. H. & H. Road is
creeping along into the city, and will be
done now shortly. A good part of the iron
has already arrived and the balance is
looked for daily.
The iron ready to be laid on the other
roads lies on the wharf awaiting an oppor-
tunity to be forwarded, the roads at present
being too full of business to transport if.
The health of our city is much improved,
'he severe colds &e., noticed for a week or
two are disappearing. There is no fever of
Shipped to Oct. 8.™...\.^__5,t<Sf '4 "V
... Oct. 8to 15 M««r
' - — - 1' '
Stock on hand Oct. 15.4,117
Decrease in receipts to cor. date 7-48 S
Increase of — for cor. week. 12 jr
Decrease of stock on hand, etc...;...... 288
Quotations for corresponding date Car
Middling grades ll@12c.
Hides. ■
Considerable lots of hides are received,
but sales are slow. Prices are so better
than at last week, and if anything--lower.
We quote at 8@10 cents.
Merchandize.
Bagging—India bagging is shbws^l a de-
clining tendency, \nd we are able to qaote,
to-day, at 17@19c., though some lots are,
held at a higher than our outside priee.
Kentucky is worth 20022c. - - *
Candles—Star are quoted at 27cts.,
though the .regular.priee is 30@32e. Ada-
mantine are worth 30@31c.; and Sperm,
1
Coffee—Coffee has a somewhat sdvanc-
-£Sp^ r*
-5$ ...
je
-.5
■V*
body will right itself, persons doing busi- • ladder into the chasm )
ness within their mean* will prosper, and I
speculators generally be turned to the more
useful walks of Hie.
Wall street. New York is the cause of most
of our troubles, aud the Brokers Exchange
ihe seat of the lever. Speculating in stocks
there, as well as in lands aud town lots in
the West, has done the work. The first of
January this wiuter will find both stocks
and lands, at pretty nearly their normal
value. It is to be hoped that the specula-
ting poison will be more thoroughly worked
out of the system than ever.
Some of the evils of the present moment
also are iraced to extravagance, an atnbi-
Galvkstox.—The Civilian says thai the
b^rk Dodge cleared yesterday (loth) for
Boston with 570 bales cotton and 3t>3 hides.
The same paper says that Samuel Munks,
a'seamau. fell overboard from the- revenue
cutter Dodge on the 14th, while she was
1 beating up the bay aud was drowned.
any kind, aud we now hear ofno doubts even
■Clap. 'Now. dainty Sir, can you tell me j
what is the difference between the ruler of
theTnrtar hordes aud an unsuccessful nspi- I
rant for renown
•Mont. -Wretch! lean. The one i
great Khan, the other is a great Can't.' ,
'Clap. ■ For a carpet-knight, not bad: | The Civilian says that the schooner Nyiu-
now. nincompoop, tell me, into what inseot j pie, from Brazos river to Galveston with 4 •
is an iceberg transformed whenit sinks into | bales of cotton, was wrecked last Saturday
the bed of the illimitable ocean!' • j ni h, xhe capUin anll crcw, consisting ol
'Mont. 'Execrable assassin: 1 smile in I D
! among the most timid, but that we shall en-
tirely escape serious sickness this year.
HOUSTON MARKETS.
* JeL •-
Ply-
ing tendency, though we are able to quote
yet good Rio at 12J.; choich do., 18@18$e.;
Java 17c. -
Cordage—Manilla plenty at 15016c.;
Hand-made, Ky., ll@12Jc.; Machine, 18
@ 13§c.
- Cobs, Westers—None in
Cons, Texas—By the load, worth $1. per
bushel.-
Flour—But little change in price -of flour:
Fine is worth $6 50@$7 00. Superfine
$7 50@$8 '00. Extra, $8 50@$9 fiCp "
Iron.—Fair sales at same prices. Befaed
Bar is worth 4}@5c; Horse shoe, ;
Hoop 7|08ic; Slab 7@7fc Swedes 6*®7;
Cast Steel 22025; German 13c; Blister,
16018c; Slab Steel 19c; ^NaOs $4 750
$5 so. -4. ,-;>v^
Lard.—Sells now jkt 8}09e. ;
LiJts.—Fair stock, at $2,5008 00.
Molasses.—Supplies moderate, f bids,
of syrup may be bought from 75080c. We
quote 75090. ^ ,.rJJ - j ' *'•'
Pork Mass—Is as last week, at $38 000
35 00 per barrel. Stocks small aaddemanda
light. ' - --Y r>-\-
Bacon Sides.—Clear sides are worth 11
Ribbed 18018$. Stocks —■ >)
Sugar.—We quote an advance in
sugars. Prime is worth 13014.
14£015. Refined 17c.
Potatoes are worth $4 500$5 00. _ y
Salt.—Coarse Salt is plenty in store at
$1 6001 75, and fine sells at $2 000225.f
Spirits—Scarcely any change in prices. ,
Oliver's is worth 37045c.; Rose, 82088c.;
Dexter, 45050c.; Bourbgn, 60076c., do.
Extra old, $1 250$2 00 ; Monongahela,
750$1 50; Claret per bo*, $4 6O0$9 08.
Other spirits, no change. -
Oils—Linseed, $1 20; Lamp, $1 200
$1 25.
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t
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derision at thy poisoned dagger. Thus I
answer: it becomes a bed-berg, of course.'
'Clap. 'Perhaps then, perfumed jackan-
apes, you can explain the electro-magnetic | . , , ,, ,,
difference between the functionary who | ed- an,i probably unsold.
one sailor, each took a bale of cotton and
navigated it ashore the next afternoon near
the mouth of Taney creek, fargo uninsur-
Jto somebody los-
commands yon distant railway train and | es it, who. it is not«likely
the the minion who tends the brakes? I produce in this way.
'Maul. 'With ease: the former being the |
• well able to lose
John Tarbrough, a young lad in Belton
was ssriously injured, we learn from the
Independent, by a tame bear, with which he
was playing. It to the old story—playful
e*bs always get cross when large enough to
do harm, and every body remembers twen-
ty similar eases, and yet pet bears are the
of playthings.
Ths Banger mentions the active appear-
1 of the streets of Brsnham.
LAtyS FOR SALE.
Advertisements on file at this office.
H. W. Marlel Kiomitia, Texas, 325 acres I
Six hawis of Capt. J. B. Reid, of Victoria! threa miles souj, Pine Bluff, Red River co. ■
county, picked 2.8H0 lbs. cotton on the30th
day of September.
The Liberty Gaiette urges the people
east of the Trinity to repair the roads, so
as to make them useful for stages and cot-
ton wagons.
£Corn is quoted, in the Gasette, at 75 cts.,
sweet potatoee 75 cents, eggs 25 cents, and
butter 26030, at Liberty.
By M. B. lr|n, Angelina county, 1101
acres, 3 miles Wgt of Angelina river: also
3000 acres, tillble, in same county, and
<W5 acres on Babn Creek.
the greatest fool in the world,
complexion does that come at last. For
•uch an ambition shows itself one way or
another at {ill times. It is natural in man
kind, and conseijueutly an evil whtcli peo-
ple of character aud right views set them-
selves to overcome.
Speculation and extravagance had pre-
pared the magazine and laid the train, the
failure of the Ohio Ljfe and Trust Company
Cotton is coming iu quite rapidly, the re-
ceipts for the past week being about the
iame as those of the week previous, while
shipments being small, leave a large increase
of stock on hand. The question will soon
arise, what is to be done with this cotton ?
In the present condition of the money mar-
ket, it cannot be sold here except on long
time, and. even then, responsible men are
slow to invest on a falling market In New
York things look no better, monetary affairs
j got worse and worse each week, and cotton
j had fallen there at last dates two cents "f>
lb. In Liverpool the price is still equal to
1 sixteen cent" here, and on this many base
tion, in other words, to be looked upon as I conductor, the latter is of courses non-oon- j Civilian says the steam propeller
... ,. i durtor ' Tweedside, with iron from Cardiff, Wales, for
ror to this <
'Clap. (Losing his temper.) 'Sheep: I j the G. II. & H. road has arrived. She has
! At lanUc^elegraph' CaWe^ should'h* sty led i hee" looked for- ,g0"lv nmc Sl,e wa- out J a hope that the depression here wiH be but
the modern Bosphorus '.'' j l'lc ^ews saVs, days. j temporary. It is well to remember, how-
! 'Mont. 'Because, being attached at one 1 The News learns fron SomersKiiyiev that ever, as we have all along said, that fifteen
| extremity to Ireland, t will become a fa sjjjp channel troiu Aransas to Corpus 1 cents is a verv high price, and a rale which
i mous crossing-place for bulls. And now, t j 1
ruffian,' (clarion tone again,) -answer me i ( l,rle" Is being cut 11 feet 4 inchesdeep and i« much easier for the market to fall from
this: why is a paralyzed cock-roach like a j 40feet wide. The drege throws regularly 1 than to rise. Particularly will it be found
fictitious narrative V
•Clap. •( With a sinking sensation in his
stomach, but keeping up a bold face in his
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICES. . _ _
Austin county. Wm. Bradbury, estate of set it on fire and the explosions which have I desperate predicament.) 'Solve that dis-
J. D. Starke, de«l, Oct. 3, 1857. j followed have proved it to be no bovs' play. ' g «™g problem yourself, puppy! Hercules
Bell county, ^1. H. White, estate of T. Tk.«.iif.r ,rfV™ Clapperclaw, H. N., disdains such butchery
" . ,157.
E. White, Oct
Red River cou:
of Blewitt Stewai
, D. B. Pritchelt, estate
dec'4, A*g, 1857.
Everybody feels it. The small farmer of New
England, the wheat grower of Ohio, and
the ootton planter of Texas, the merchant
of his royal mistress's English.'
' Mont. ' Because it is a num bug,' (an
'umbug.)
from 1,<(00 to 1,500 cubic yards of earth per hard to regain when once yielded from to
day. , the extent of "is. cents in three weeks.
The News says that Hendley i Co. ofthst i Buyers were demanding concessions at
city are having a ship built for theGalvestou j latest dates with a dull market for the s<
trade of 1,000 tons measurement. She is to [ son in Liverpool, and our next news thence
be called the National Guard, and will be j will be of a downward tendency. Still it
out this winter. lis supposed by many of our most fcxperi-
Ami the N. O. Bwllttm.
NEW ORLEANS MARKET.
Saturday, Oct. 10, 1&7.
COTTON—We notieed in our Inst re vie
sales during the fore pert of the week of
4700 bales, subsequently to which we I
2000 bales on Tuesday, which 1
ported until the ensuing day,
total 6700 bales. We stated at T
that the market was so completely unset*
tied that we were compelled to omit all
quotations, but that Low Middling lo Mid-
dling had sold at die reduced rates of 18}
0I3jc. The business since lias- been at
still lower figures. In fact, buyers have
been so completely driven from the market
by the impracticability of placing exohaage
that to bring them out at all, it has been
necessary for factors to make further lite-
ral concessions. Thus ths principal sal*
yesterday was at 12c. for Middling. The
business of the three days comprise 2500
on Wendesday, 2500 on Thursday and 1009
yesterday, making an aggregate of 6000,
and a total for the week of 12,700.
The receipts since the 6th inst. con
16,394 bales against 31,241 during the 1
responding period last year. Exported
6609 bales, embracing 2005 to Liverpool,
2681 to Queenstown and 1923 to Bremen.
Weeks receipts 40.354 bales. Exports 10,-
148: leaving on hand a stock ofM,117talss
against 118,776 same time last year. The
receipts proper since 1st Sept. to date (ex-
clusive of those from Mobile, Horida and
Texas by sea) amount to 109,869 bales
against 155,319same time last year—show-
ing a decrease of 54,160 bales. ThedeereoM
at all the ports up to the latest dates re-
ported, is 85,964 bales, (182,487 against
218,431.) Refiwring to our remarks above,
we omit quotations.
NEW ORLEANS CLASSlriCATKm.
As3 milcting f tftet sf lAumpttl.
tnferlnr (old)......
Ordinary •• .......
Good Ordinary "
LowMiddting .(new!....
Middling « ;
Good Middling........ " ......
Middling Pair •* ... .......... —m—
Fair... " %
The Advocate calls eh the citissns of Vic-
toria to repair the old cemetery of that
place. Nothing speaks so well for the right
feeling of a community as to see a t
kept In good /ep«irf 1
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