The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 75, Ed. 1 Friday, April 3, 1874 Page: 2 of 4
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The Daily Mercury.—The Daily
Mercury having been transferred from
Houston to Galveston, made its ap-
pearance yesterday, one day in ad-
vance of the time announced.
The proprietor believes, and in this
we concur, that Galveston is large and
wealthy enough to support two morn-
ing paper*. The transfer of the Mer-
cury to this city is no small compli-
ment to the commercial metropolis of
the State, and will doubtless be appre-
ciated.
the defense of German strongholds,
the experiments made during the past
six years having proved them to be
almost impregnable. These defenses
will consist mainly of drilled cast-iron
gun-stands, and iron-clad revolving
turrets, and, it is claimed, will make
the land and sea fortifications of Ger-
many superior to those of any other
government.
Samples, Skimmings, Trimmings
and Perquisites.
The Board of Managers of the New
York Cotton Exchange, at a meeting
held on the twenty-sixth of March,
unanimously adopted a resolution, de-
claring that it shall be the duty of
samplers to take all samples drawn
from the bale by them to the office of
the party by whom the sampler may
be employed. All extra samples drawn
from bales in process of delivery, be-
fore passing the scales, are the property
of the seller, and all extra samples
drawn after passing the scales are the
property of the buyer; but all such
samples must first be taken to the
office of the broker for his inspection,
and in no case to be sold to any junk-
dealer or any other buyer of cotton,
except through a broker. Regular en-
tries shall be kept in the books of the
broker, with the name of the buyer
and «eller fully given. No sampler,
weigher, cartman, or their helpers or
assistants shall be entitled to any cot-
tons, samples, skimmings, or trim-
mings as a perquisites, and if any shall
bell any such cotton, samples, skim-
mings, or trimmings to any party, ex-
cept as aforesaid, .they shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor; and any such
person holding a license from the Ex-
change shall, upon such act being
proven, have his license revoked.
new Books.
Sex ami Education; a reply to Dr.
< larkt-'rt "St-x and Education." By Mrs.
Julia Ward Howe. Boston: Roberts
Brothers ; Houston : E. H. Cushing.
This book contains the views of a num-
ber of thoughtful persons—Julia Ward
Howe, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Profes-
sor Bascom and others. It contains the
testimony of the finest colleges in Ameri-
ca, and is a remarkable work. Dr.
Howe's work was an argument against
the coeducation of the sexes, mainly on
physiological grounds. The writers in
the present volume contend that the al-
leged physical deterioration of American
(or rather Northeastern) women is not
due so much to forced brain work at im-
proper periods, or to excessive mentality
in general, as to want of proper physical
training, exercise and recreation, and to
the tyrannies and distortions of fash:on.
It is an interesting controversy, and is
ably handled on both sides.
A Summer Vacation; four sermons.
Bj Edward E. Ha!e. Boston ; Roberts
Brothers ; Houston : E. il. Cushing.
These sermons are interesting and in-
structive. They treat of "Worship in
Europe," "The Vienna Exhibition," "Pil-
grimages," and "Open Air and Aryan
Virtues." They will repay a careful
perusal.
Ivan De Biron, or the Russian Court in
the Middle of Last Century ; a novel.
By Sir Arthur Helps. Boston : Roberts
Brothers; Houston: E. II. Cushing.
A curious historical study, withal
a pleasant novel, embodyiug psychologi-
cal es well as dramatic interests. The
story is told in original and gracefu
style, and commends itself to the literati
of our city and State.
A correspondent of the Boston Ad-
vertiser has been attending various
sheriffs' sales of real estate in Georgia.
He paints a sad picture—land which
cost lorty thousand dollars going for
six thousand. One plantation oT over
t n"o thousand acres, in Houston conn-
17, sold previous to the war for t .renty-
iivo thousand dollars; afterward, with
stock and farming implements in-
cluded, it brought sixteen thou-and;
it was S'dJ this month for less than
four thousand.
An ordinance to regulate city sur-
veys, and define the duties of the City
Engineer, approved January 21, 1867,
provides that the Mayor shall appoint,
with the approval of the Council, a
City Engineer, who shall be a profes-
sional engineer, familiar with the use
ot instruments in uee by the profes-
sion, and who shall give bond, with
two orjjmore good sureities, in the
sum of $10,000, to be approved by the
Mayor, conditioned that he shall faith-
fully, correctly and efficiently dis-
charge the duties of his office, and re-
quiring him to subscribe an oath to
do so.
The'ordinance declares that it shall
be the duty first of the City Engineer
to ascertain the established monuments
of the city survey, and from them to
extend the surveys of the city, and
establish others, and from them to lo
cate, establish and survey all private
property, and streets and alleys, within
the corporatem limits, when called or
required so to do." The ordinance
declares that "the original plan and
survey, known and designated as the
Groesbeck survey, so far as marked by
actual measurements, and so far as
revived, re-established and deter-
mined by the surveys of Tipton Walk-
er, Civil Engineer, under and by reso-
lution and order of the City Council of
Galveston, shall be and is hereby
affirmed and established as the true
city survey." It is further declared
that "the theory of survey and plot,
as marked on Sandusky's map, as to
the dimensions of blocks and lots,
and the width of streets and alleys,
is also confirmed in each and every
particular, with the exception that
the street known as Avenue B, or
Strand street, is eighty feet in width,
instead of seventy feet, as marked
thereon." The ordinance makes it
the duty of the Engineer to keep
records and illustrations, in books,
"of all city work done by him, per-
taining to grades, streets, alleys, side-
walks, sewers, drains, ditches, public
squares, parks, water-works, or any
other public work." It also requires
"that the City Engineer shall run a
sufficient set of levels, at least on
alternate streets, through the city,
and project said levels on proper level
paper, of uniform scale, with the view
to the establishment of the proper
grades and drainage of the city."
The ordinance approved February
15,1872, authorizing the issue and sale
of the one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars of the bonds authorized by the
act of the Legislature, approved De-
cember 2, 1871, to improve the streets,
declares that all street improvements
made with the funds so raised shall be
in strict conformity with title nine of
the charter, special reference being
had to the provision authorizing as-
sessments and collections on the pro-
perty adjoining any street or streets to
be improved. The portion of the
charter referred to declares that,
whenever the City Council shall deter-
mine to make any such improvements,
they shall cause an estimate to be made
of the probable cost thereof,
by the Street Commissioner, or by some
other officer ol the city, or by a Com-
mittee of Aldermen, and such officer
or committee shall also report a full list
of all the lots, or fractionallots, giving
number and size of the same, and .th.9
and the namos of the owners, if known,
and such other information as may
be required by the City Council, and if
there vbe any lot or fractional lot, the
owner of which lot is not known, the
same shall be entered on said list as
unknown. It shall be the duty of the
officer or oommittee to enter on each
lot or fractional lot, lying and being on
each side of the street, avenue or alley so
to be improved as aforesaid, one-third
of the estimated expense of such work
or improvement on such avenue, street
or alley, fronting, adjoining or oppo-
site such lot or fractional lot, and on
the acceptance or approval of said re-
port and list by the City Council, said
amounts shall be imposed, levied and
assessed as taxes, and shall be a lien
upon tho property until the payment
of the same." The charter then pro-
ceeds to define the method of inforc-
ing the payment of the assessment.
The charter, under the heading of
"The City Council—its general powers
and duties," says : Sec. 8. "To es-
tablish regulate and keep in repair
bridges, culverts and sewers, side-
walks and crossways," "and the cost
of tbe construction of sidewalks shall
be defrayed by the owners of the lot
or part of lot or block fronting on ths
sidewalk, and the cost of any side-
walk constructed by the city shall be
collected, if necessary, by the sale of
the lot or part of lot or block on which
it fronts, together with the cost of
collection, in such manner as the City
Council may by ordinance provide;
and a sale of any lot or part of lot or
block, to inforcc collection of cost of
sidewalks shall convey a good title to
the purchaser."
that Lu Vegas is nofc*»nljr ahead in en-
terprise and natural advantages of all
tbe other towns of New Mexico, but
offers also more and better induct-
menta. to thosu Iooking.fo| a home in
our TemfWy. We have the only
church within our territorial boundary
built of hewn stone, in which Santa Fe
is trying to beat us, but the snailllike
space with which her cathedral is grow-
ing leaves a doubt in our heart whether
she shall ever be able to even come up
to Las Vegas. Our town and county
has also'more flouring and saw mills
than all the othqr counties of New Mex-
ico put together. Silver City may out-
do us in stamp mills, but show us an-
other town wherein exists a door and
sash "factory or planing machine, not
counting the old government concern
at Fort Union. Las Vegas and San
Miguel county raise, buy and ship
more wool and hides than all the rest
of New Mexico together. Trains go-
ing to and coming from the railroads
may evade Santa Fe, Albuquerque and
nearly every town of importance with-
in the Territory, but with the excep-
tion of those coming through the
Sangre de Cristo or Taos passes, none
can pass to Central or Southern New
Mexico without striking Las Vegas.
Go wherever you will to settle on a
piece of government or private lands
and exorbitant prices are asked for
town lots. But here we have q provi-
sion in our town acts, that "whosoever
shall apply for, and within twelve
months from date of application shall
build a house twelve feet square and
eight feet high shall be entitled to a
town lot (ranging from 50 to 75 feet
front and from 150 to 175 feot deep),
without any other cost than $3 for reg-
istration and patent fees."
Show us another city, town or vil
lage in New Mexico as liberal to set-
tlers as Las Vegas; and this is the
cause why the county seat of San Mi-
guel not only bids fair to outstrive, but
already is ahead in the race of enter-
prise and progress of all the other
towns within our tectorial limits.
Where do all the principal cattle and
sheep raisers of New Mexico pasture
their stock in the winter ? Where do
they find as verdant aud luxurious pas-
tures in the summer as here in San Mi
guel county, in the Red river and Pe
cos valleys, of which Las Vegas is the
county seat ?
Where can you find mineral hot
springs so close to the general route of
travel and accommodation of passen-
gers from the East, than right here,
within six miles of Las Vegas ?
Where is there another point in New
Mexico from whose office of general
distribution so many branch mail
routes strike out, as it will be the
case after the first of July next, from
Las Vegas ?
While other towns along the Rio
Grande are pulling down houses for
the sake of saving lumber contained
therein, and therefore show a deserted
and dilapidated aspect, discouraging
and disgusting to new-comers. Las
Vegas is continually building and con-
tracting two and three-story stone or
adobe houses, and this of itself shows
that w3 have a community bent on
progress.
Give us the territorial capital and
military headquarters, and in six
months we shall have the largest,
most substantial and enterprising
town this side of the Missouri river.
.New IQexIco In Ueneral aud
Veicas lu Particular.
Las
We have a wonderful improvement
to note in the mails to this adjacent
Territory. The Vegas Gazette has
reached us in six days from the date
of publication, and contains all the
news up to the beginning of the pres-
ent week. That lively sbeet has just
entered on its second year, and the
editor, having been on the road the
most part of last winter, through the
southern portion of New Mexico, parts
of Texas and Old Mexico, thinks he
has acquired a pretty fair knowledge
of the condition and resources of the
constry, and can give a great deal of
useful information. lie says, with
patriotic pride, that be will "be en-
abled to chronicle, from time to tims,
such facts about the existence of our
mineral, pastoral and agricultural re-
sources as will place New Mexico, not
only on an equal footing with, but in
the front rank of other States and Ter-
ritories." Assuming that he is not de-
ficient in devotion to the nation, the
above extract will answer for his ad-
miration of the Territory; but his pat-
riotism goes on to increase in intensity
as it is more circumscribed in bounda-
ries. He says:
The vindicaticn of Las Vegas and
San Miguel county, in particular, and
of the Territory, in general, shall be
the favorite theme of the Gazette; but,
to come down to the naked truth, we
will say that, if there is no money in
it, all will be in vain; wherefore" we
CDjoin the citizens of the town of Las
Vegis, of the Empire county of San
Miguel and of the whole Territory to-
i get her, to gather around our standard
I aud to subscribe for, and advertise iu
the Gazette, not forgetting to pay up
■ as you go aic-g. W ithout your eid.
fellow-citiflMjs, we are without power1
; and influence; with it, we shall grow
I strong and lire to a mature age.
Now for a sample of his manner of
showing oil the country in the best
light:
We are proud to chronicle the fact
Texas Items,
Limestope County.
bu»y preparing for tbtrlr cl _
and private schftols nourishing *11 over Jl
the county.—The LedgerBnyB: "Last "
Tuesday a gentlemen living near Groes-
beeck, named Babb, had a difficulty with
his wife's nephew, a Mr. Thompson,
which resulted in a fisticuff fight, during
which Mr. T. drew a pistol and shot Mr.
Bobb, killing; him instantly. TnompgBn
then made his escape, and was followed
by Deputy Sheriff J. W. Love. We
learn Thompson was arrested while
asleep on the prairie, near Mt. Calm, last
Thuisday. Our informant reports both
men as highly respected in the communi-
ties in which they lived. Mr. Babb leaves
a large family.'' Again: "Last Tuesday
constable Hord in attempting to arrest a
colored desperado named Win. Watts,
alias ' Major Watts/ at Tehuacana Hills,
was fired upon by the negro .and came near
Texas Press.
We are in receipt of the first number
of tlie Galveston Daily Mercury.
The Kaufman Star says that the News
is indispensable to those who desire the
best newspaper in Texas,jand says:
The Galveston News has long been
thet pride of Texas journalism, and since
its adoption of the cash basis, its im-
provements have been great, embracing
every department. Tho large number of
its active correspondents and the liber-
ality with which the proprietors expeud
their money for the latest news, render it
indispensable to those who desire the
best.
The West Texas Free Press says that
St. Mark's Church, San Marcos, is the re-
cipient of a very handsome church organ,
the gift of generous friends in Galveston.
Among the names of donors published
Kf pate manv at tbe merchants of our
The Clarksviile 1 ribune contains
cheering news from the great cattle
ranges of tho West:
The oldest settlers of Western Texas
say that they have never known such a
quantity of rain so late in the spring as
this year. Stock will faro very well
now as the season for grass growing
was never better.
The Westward Empire man'.ions the
death of a rascal:
We learn that the devil incarnate who
violated the person of a lady living on
Col. Buck Berry's farm, near Foot Out,
in the edge of Bosque county, last week,
was hunted down by the husband of the
lady and brought back to where he com-
mitted the fiendish outrage.
He was identified by his victim, and
then taken to Motheral Gap, where he
was hanged until dead! dead! dead!
And, at last accounts, was lying by the
roadside exposed to the gaze of evil-doers
who pass in that direction as a warning
to them in future, and a feast fdr wolves.
He was captured on Meridian creek,
some sixteen miles from the town of
Meridian, on tho Gatesviile road.
The San Antonio Erpress contains a
letter from Comfort, embodying the fol-
lowing Indian news :
Late in the evening on March 23, a re-
port was brought to Lieut. S., that a
party of Indians had been seen passing
tho upper forts; and although the
weather was not at all pleasant, (for it
was cold and the rain came down in tor-
rents) the Lieutenant immediately pre-
pared for a scout, and the call was re-
sponded to by his noble men. The re-
port had not stated where the enemy
had been seen and the only chance to
meet them was to proceed to the moun-
tains north of this place, and forming a
divide between the Pedernales and the
Guadalupe, which with its deep ravines
forms the best hiding imaginable. No
signs were seen by the Lieutenant
aud the ten men under his command the
first day; and the n'rxt morning (25th)
they were divided in three parties and
sent in different directions.
One of the parties soon had the good
luck to discover five Indians, without be-
ing seen by them. They were well
armed, two with Winchester rifles, three
with pisto's, and they all had bows and
arrows. They were so close by a deep
ravine and a thick bottom (Turkey bot-
tom) that, notwithstanding only five of
the men could be collected (the others
having taken a different direction), the
command "charge" was given. The ob-
ject was to cut the Inuiane off from the
bottom and compel them to stand.
It was no parade ground, over which
tbe charge was to be made ; but it was
made most gallantly and nearly success-
ful. Several shots were fired and re-
turned, and one of the Indians severely
wounded. lie tell, but had just strength
enough left to reach the bottom, where
it was impossible for the minute men to
follow. I think the Indians will find it
rather hot this time, if the other com-
panies are as vigilant as ours.
We are a great deal indebted to Lieut.
S."s company of minute-men for the
safety of our lives aud property, and
they certainly deserve a better treatment
at the hands of the government as they
have received till now.
Foreleu Notes.
The Court of Assizes of the Seine
has just been occupied in trying a man
named Ruant on a charge of forgery.
Tbe prisoner, a man of thirty-two
years of age, had an office in the Rue
du Faubourg Saint Martin, where he
carried on business as a law agent.
The method lie adopted was to supply
false documents in the cases entrusted
to him. His range of practice in that
way was extensive, including registers,
orders of court, powers of attorney,
etc. He imitated tho signatures of
judges, hussiers, officials of all sorts,
avous, aud, iu fact, those of any one
he might consider necessary to give an
appearance of veracity to his nefarious
proceedings. By such means he not
only succeeded in fieccing his clients
of fees, which he stated lie had paid,
but also iu defrauding the State; he
had even gone so far as to procure
stamps, with which he imitated the
als of tho tribu&als, etc. The facts
a-ving been fully proved, ths jury
found aim guilty, but with extenuating
circumstances, aud he was sentenced
to five years imprisonment aud 100
francs fine.
being shot, the ball grazing his whiskers.
He thereupon fired upon the would-be
murderer, and wounded him severely in
three places. Leaving him under arrest
at the Hills until yesterday, lie found, on
returning, that he bad gone some half
mile in trying to escape. Mr. H. had
him taken to Springfield and lodged in
jail. He was an escaped prisoner from
jail."
Live Oak Colntv.—Social parties at
Oakville. Schools progressing finely.
—Stock in splendid, condition.
Cameron Cocntt.—The farmers say
they will make an early and good crop.
Heavy receipts of bonded goods at
Brownsville.
Gregg County.—All kinds of im-
provements progressing at Longview,
and the New Era man happy. More
farms opening.
Bexar County.—More mills going up
in this county. Disagreeable weather
continues. Stock men preparing to
visit Kansas. More Grangers organiz-
ing.
Kaufman County.—County in flour-
ishing condition. More new farms
opening. Large crops promised and
farmers busy.
Van Zandt County.—Business im-
proving at Canton. Raining inces-
santly. Cotton continues to go for-
ward to market.——Wills' Point im-
proving.
Henderson County.—District Court
adjourned. Weather unpropitious for
farmers, retarding fanning operations.
Hopkins County.—The county is very
prosperous. Farmers busy, with a
prospect for large crops.
Hays County.—A Grange lias been
organized at San Marcos. Heavy rains
and high streams. Business good.
Red River County.—Improvements
are the order of tho day at Clarksviile.
Rains have ceased, and farmers have re-
sumed work, with a prospect for good
crops.
Williamson County.—District Court
has adjourned, after a busy session.
More rumors of desperadoes. Several
mad dogs have been killed within the
past few days. Farming prospects en-
couraging in the county. Granges or-
ganizing.
Collin County.—Weather favorable
for farmers. Races in order at Piano.
Fine wheat crops will be made in
the county.
Falls County.—The Mercury says
" It is with profound sorrow that we re
cord the death of Judge A. G. Perry,
which ead event occurred at his resi-
dence near Perry Station, on the 22d
instant,(of apoplexy. Judge Perry was
an old settler of Falls county, and the
announcement of his deatb will cause
many a heart-ache of his numerous
friends and acquaintances. The mem-
bers of the bar of this place held a
meeting and passed resolutions on his
death. District Court busy. More
horse-thieves arrested.
Erath County.—Wheat in fine condi
tion, and a large crop will be made.
Substantial improvements at Stephens-
ville. Health of the county good.
Eastland County.—District Court
will meet on the 1st of June, at which
time Flanagan's Ranch will be given an-
other name, and christened as the county
seat. Wheat and oat crops look very
promising. New settlements opening
up. Two hundred voters in this
county.
Grimes County.—Grange meetings.
More Polish immigrants arriving.
—Talk about abolishing the city govern-
ment of Navasota.
Montgomery County.—Mass meeting
of citizens looking to the incorporation of
Montgomery. Rain has become epi-
prospects on account of too much rain.
Anderson County.—District Court in
session, Judge H. M. Bonner, presiding.
The Advocate man poetizes : " After
an unusual amount of rain fall during
the past ten days, the weather is now de
lightful, and all nature speaks a full ap-
preciation of the balmy change. The
forest trees are fast assuming their ver-
nal suit, while the emerald sward at their
feet is gemmed with indigenous flowers
of exquisite hue and sweetness. The
devotees of lovely Flora are culling
from the wild profusion most gorgeous
and beautiful boquets; the birds are sing
ing their sweetest notes ; the herds are
moving with new life, and with anima
ted steps over the young meadow. The
warm sunshine and the balmy breeze
give to the farmer a new energy in the
noble pursuit of agriculture. Full of
life and buoyant with the hope of a
bountiful harvest, he is plowing and
planting his rich fieids with all the
energy and might of manhood. Truly,
now, out of winter's desolation gushes
the genial, lovely spring.'"
Johnson County.—Farmers are busy.
Sunday schools in good condition.
More Granges organizing. Prepa-
rations for the Johnson County Fair.—
Protracted religious meeting at Cle-
burne.
ta be Qgginized and worked ; may private
in<tUi|ve and public aid be use-
fully oombined in them? Appropriate
spheres, respectively, of voluntary and
" " "ative action ; how best to secure the
fiey of voluntary moral means;
how far, if at all, is the work of preven-
tion effectively done in any of the
States? Bases and characteristics of an
efficient general system which shall
gather up all neglected childhood, and
inforce both elementary and Industrial
education; State visiting agencies;
children's and societies, newsboys'
homes, etc., etc.
IV. Juvenile Reformatories. — The
points under this head are left for
statement by the actual workers in this
field. , „ „
V. Prison Discipline.—Mr. F. B. San-
born has prepared the report for the
committee on this subject. His own
analysis of the paper is as follows : 1.
" The various systems of prison discip-
line prevalent throughout the civilized
world, with particular reference to the
Irish or Crofton system, as the best to
replace our American want of system.
2. The applicability of the best system
to all grades of prisons, from the guard
house or lock-up to the prison for con-
victs sentenced for life, including a con-
sideration of county jails and houses of
correction, or workhouses. 3. The de-
tails of discipline in each class of prisons,
including religious and secular instruc-
tion, labor, diet, hospital treatment, the
mark system, ticket-of-leave, etc. 4. The
actual and the possible results of prison
discipline on the convict and on society."
Other points that will no doubt come up
for discussion will be : The possibility
of a unified prison system for each State;
obstacles, and how to overcome them ;
the elements of such a system and the
machinerv required for working it; how
to secure the best administration—1.
Through criminal law reform. 2.
Through the education of pub-
lic opinion ; reformation—the exact
meaning of this term as applied to
criminals; objective and subjective pro-
cesses through which it may be assured ;
substitution of moral forces for physical
in prison treatment; progressive elassifi-
cationjof prisoners; comparative value of
hope and fear, rewards and punishments,
in a system of prison management; whe-
ther prison officers should receive a spe-
cial education for their work; the true
place of work, education, and religion in
prison discipline; proper size of prisons
for effective reformatory work.
VI. Care of Discharged Prisoners.—
The duty which society owes to them;
agencies through which this duty may
be best discharged; has the State a stake
in saving them ? If society has an inter-
est in reforming criminals, is its interest
less in shielding them from a relapse'?
Whether the State should leavo this
work to voluntary benevolence, or do it
through agencies of its own.
The persons invited to participate in
the proceedings of the Congress are:
Governors of States and Territories ;
judges of criminal courts; commission-
ers and superintendents of police ; war-
dens, superintendents, chaplains, and
medical officers of prisons and reforma-
tories; members of the managing boards
of such establishments: secretaries and
members of boards of prison societies,
State charities, and social science asso-
ciations, and other persons specially
versed in penitentiary science and inter-
ested in prison reform.
Houston Jiocal Items.
In
Prof. Sumner, of Yale College, is to
publish soon a history of American cur-
rency.
Prison Heform.
The third annual Prison Congress of
the United States, summoned by the Na-
tional Prison Association, will convene in
the City of St. Louis on the 13th of May
next, and will continue its session for
one week, E. C. Wines, Secretary of the
National Prison Association, publishes a
circular, setting forth the objects and pro-
gramme of the meeting, which embrace
the following: The association has six
standing committees, viz., on criminal
law, police, prison discipline, discharged
convicts, and preventive work as related
to children and youth, and juvenile re-
formatories. Exhaustive reports on all
these topics will be submitted to the Con-
gress by the committees ; while the Sec-
retary will offer, in his annual report, a
comprehensive review of. the progress
and condition of penitedtfary and re
formatory discipline of the several States
and Territories of our Union,and in such
foreign countries as may supply the ne-
cessary data for this purpose. The re-
ports of the Secretary and committees,
which consequently will be before the
Congress for discussion and adjudication,
will embrace the following topics :
I. Criminal Law Reform.—Actual im-
perfections iu existing penal codes and
criminal legi|lation; necessity for re-
form ; how reforms are to be effected ;
greater promptness in the detection and
proof of crime; accelerated speed in
criminal procedure; nomenclature of
erimes; pecuniary penalties; question of
indemnity to persons imprisoned and af-
terward, on examination or trial, ad-
judged not guilty of the crimes laid to
their charge; terms of sentence; substi
tution of reformation sentences for time
sentences ; policy of repeated short sen-
tences; cumulative sentences; abbrevia-
tion of sentences for good conduct; par-
ticipation of prisoners in earnings; pro-
visional liberation; ticket-of-leave
whether prisoners should be required
to plead to their guilt or innocence
false testimony; capital punishment;
crime capitalists—how to be dealt with ;
identification of prisoners previouslv con-
victed—most effectual means for tLia.
II Police.—Nature of police power ;
its proper sphere and limitations ; poiice
of large cities; concentration as regards
the police system. 1. Ought all the
kinds of officers, called the police, to be
united together like a military force ?
2. Ought the entire police force to be
placed under the control of chiefs, with a
gradation of subordinate officers ? 8. Is
there need of an organic union between
the police of cities and of counties or
townships, or had they better be separ-
ate or distinct ? Mode of appointing the
police; partisan politics as an element in
this question ; amount of discretionary
power to be lodged in the police—1st, in
the officers ; 2d. in the privates sub-
alterns ; responsibility of the poii«e;
preventive police; detective police;
police surveillance ; estimation in which
the inwabers of the police force are held;
the police a most useful and necessary
class of officials; how can they be raised
in the regard of society?
III. Preventive agencies as regards
children aud youths.—Obstacles in the
way; neglected children ; their number
and character; industrial schools; how
American Brigands.
The highwaymen of Missouri who
have recently become so conspicuous by
robbing railroad trains and killing the
St. Louis detectives who were sent unto
tbem are in many respects extraordinary
men. They have imparted a dignity
and romance to their profession which it
had long since lost, aud have lifted it
above tile degrading depths of petty
thievery. They recall the times when
Dick Turpin and Claude Duval figured
in England before railroads or telegraph
wires were known, aud when fast horses
afforded security against capture. They
are perhaps the best types of highway-
men living, and will likely attract the at
tention of more countries than this before
their exploits are brought to an end.
From a sketch of the leading members
of the band recently published in the
Washington Capital, from the pen of a
writer who had known them personally,
it seems that the party consists Of Arthur
McCoy, the two Younger brothers, the
James boys, and Will Shepherd. They
are all intelligent, and most of them well
educated and well raised. Arthur Mc-
Coy, who appears to be the executive
officer, was, before the war, a resident of
St. Louis, where he occupied a respected
position in society for some time, but,
aluib JpSjUty, hjs -desperate
war. He was regarded as a formidable
character to deal with, and, having no
regard for his own life, became the
terror of his associates. During the
war he served as a Confederate spy—a
school from which he emerged a thor-
ough desperado. The most dangerous
of all enemies is he who attaches the
least value to his own life, aud McCoy
regarded his as worth nothing. With an
iron nerve he united a clear and accurate
sight. His pistol was as uuerriug at for-
ty paces as the arrow of an Indian. A
large fortune has been offered for his
head, but he is still in possession of it;
aud will likely keep it for a good while
vf>t. Fhw men are ambitious of making
the fortune. Many have tried the exper-
iment, bat they have all fallen before his
steady hand and trained eye.
The Younger brothers, John and Cole,
are fit associates for McCoy. Alert,
quick, daring and remorseless, they have
contributed largely to the notoriety of
the gang. They are all ardent aud ro-
mantic, and have often sent communica-
tions to the Kansas City Times, com-
plaining that injustice was done them in
classing them with ordinary thieves. On
one occasion they called at the Times
office late at night, and, while the rest
remained on the street with the horses,
one of the Younger boys went up in the
editorial rooms and talked with the night
editor, telling him that, while they had
no odds to ask of society,
they wanted a fair show. They
never broke in a house, bo said, aud
never picked up anything iu a sly or
sneaking way. Wheu they wanted to
make war on society they went on the
highway, and fought for what they got.
This was just after the band had ridden
up to the ticket office of the Kansas City
exoosition grounds and robbed the gate-
keeper in broad daylight, and in the
presence of ten thousand people. This
was done, too, within twenty yards of a
police station. The few persons who
happened to be standing in immediate
proximity to the scene of course said
nothing, knowing that each one of the
robbers had a cocked revolver under the
long capes which hung over their should-
ers. The Younger boys are from Cass
County, where it is said they have very
respectable and influential relatives. The
writer adds:
The James brothers, Jesse and Frank,
are the ornaments of the party. Jesse,
the elder, is the administrative leader of
the gang. He manages its finances, car-
ries ou its diplomacy, and devises its
strategy. He is altogether a paradoxical
fellow. Outside of journalism or the
learned professions there is not a better
writer nor a more fluent talker tliau
Jesse James in the trans-Mississippi
country that I know of. He is about five
feet nine inches in height, sleuderly
built, of a florid complexion, reddish-
brown hair, bluish-gray eyes, and has
rather sharply defined features. His
home, or rather his mother's residence, is
near Kearny station, iu Clay County,and
his family is one of tho most respected
in West Missouri. His uncle, Mr T. M.
James, is a wholesale merchant of Kansas
City, and one of its most substantial
citizens. I have no idea what made
Jesse James the terrible ou law and des-
perado that he is. There is nothing es-
sentially savage in his nature, and on
the other hand be is a generous, good-
hearted fellow. In the time when he
was a member of society, and before
every man's hand had been raised
against him, lie was as genial and inof-
fensive a voung man as there was to be
found, and one who gave as good promise
of a useful career. But he has become a
terror and a scourge, and seems all the
more dangerous by reason of the intel-
lect that ought to have fitted him to
adorn rather than curse his generatiwn.
Such is a sketch of the band, 011 whose
heads there is a reward of $10,000 offered
bj the Governor of Missouri, $5000 by
the Postoffice Department, and $2,500 by
the Governor of Arkans»s. The robber-
ies they have committed are too numer-
ous to mention, and the murders may be
as numerous.
William B. Astor owns seven
hundred bouses in the city of New
York. A correspondent of the Cin-
cinnati Gazette says; " Truly, the
ways of Providence in thus loading
one man with immense wealth, while
so many of our best citizens are poor,
are indeed mysterious. What a con-
trast does this man present with the
condition of Him who had nowhere to
lay his Read, a condition which is
shared by thousands of our community.
Last week 7000 persons lodged in the
different station-houses in this city."
There are one hundred and fifty-
four Granges organized in Pensylvania.
[Boustaa Report ori*l and Busiasss «
of the News, 43 Main street, near t$e 001
of franklin.! *
District Court.—Th® court mat yes.
terday at 10 o'clock A. M„ and proceeded
to the regular transaction of business. A
large number of cases have been set,
and the term bids fair to be the longest
held for years.
Investigating.—Major Patherijige. of
the Postoffice Department, was in the
city yesterday, having ^ arrived on, the
8-45 a m train from Galveston. Iu was
understood inofficial quarters that Major
Petheridge's mission was from President
Grant through the Postmaster General to
inquire into the alleged charges of de-
falcations against ex-Sheriff Hall, in con-
nection with the postmastersliip at Gal-
veston. Petheridge, accompanied by the
County Attorney, was making the rounds
of the county offices at last accounts.
Ladies' Entertainment.—The Hous-
ton reporter of the News acknowledges
the compliment of a handsome collation
of ice cream and confectionery, presented
by the ladies of the Fifth Ward, from
the splendid entertainment aud supper
given by them Wednesday evening, for
building a chapel. The supper was one
of the most elegant affairs the said re-
porter has seen, and he hereby tenders
hia thanks.
Sixth Wabd.—It is unquestionable
that, while some residents of the Fooitli
Ward, north of the Bayou, desirous de
novibus rebus, do want another—the Sixth
Ward—manufactured out of the Fourth
Ward, if the scheme were left to a ma-
jority of the voters of the city it would
mist unquestionably be voted down.
The people of the city can see no good
reason for erecting another ward, entail-
ing upon the corporation only additional
expense with no appreciable benefit.
The Revival.—So for, while many
conversions have been reported, the
preaching of Dr. Hammond and his co-
adjutors, Doctors Marshall, Armstrong
and Porteus, seems to have failed in
arousing the religious enthusiasm that
has followed their efforts in Galveston
and Austin. There was, indeed, a large
gathering in the Presbyterian church
Wednesday night, but at the 9 a. m.
prayer meeting yesterday the congrega-
tion was not large. Dr. Marshall, of bt.
Louis, addressed tho juveniles at some
length, saying that Jesus of Nazareth
was now passing by, and rebuking growl-
ers, grumblers, etc., as he termed them.
Rev. Mr. Armstrong followed with sound
anecdotes, among them the story of a fino-
looking, intellectual man from the interior
who got converted at one of the meetings
in Galveston. On coming into the meet-
ing he was accosted by one of Dr.
Hammond's party, who spoke to him on
religion. " Go away," said he; " don't
bother me; I came out of curiosity only."
Tbe spirit of conversion took hold of
him: he became troubled, bought a bottle
of whisky and went to his room at the
hotel. He drank to drown his feelings
and, not content with drinking himself,
got a friend to help him drink. But the
whisky was not sufficient, and, becoming
converted, he appeared at one of the last
meetings they "held in Galveston, and
related his experience. Dr. Porteus fol-
lowed, and related to tho congregation
the story of a British man-of-war in find-
ing the ruined hulk of an old wreck in
the Spanish mam, and the rescue of two
sailors therefrom, applying the incident
to the preaching of the Gospel.
Exactly at eleven o'clock Rev. Dr.
Hammond addressed the audience in
his peculiar manner. Dr. Hammond
discoursed from the first verse of the
first chapter of Acts, in regard to the ten
days' prayer meeting of the Apostles,
claiming that in that prayer meeting
there were both Radicals and Conserva-
tives, (meaning, probably, Democrats)
Then he alluded to the portrait he saw
in the capital at Austin—that of Davy
Crockett. Crockett, he said, was a Con-
servative, and the speaker commended to
his hearers his celebrated motto—"be
sure you're right, then go ahead." Ad-
dressing the ministers of the churches in
Houston, many of whom were present,
he blamed them for the poor success of
the meetings held, saying they had not
properly aided him, not knowing their
opportunity.
Immense Cabbage.—Captain N. P.
Turner has grown on his vegetable gar
den in the alluvial " bottom" of the
Bayon, a cabbage head weighing nine
teen pounds. It is a monster, and will
illustrate to the readers of the News in
the Northern States the surpassing fer-
tility of our soil, and the superiority of
vegetation in Texas. Capt. Turner has
thus outdone the great champion of
Texas, W. B. Norseworthy, a resident
on the Bayou also.^
daw n with the sun at suuset Wednesday
evening, and the weather yesterday was
fair and pleasant.
The gas works will be completed next
week.
Travel, as appears from the register of
the Hutchins House, is now pretty fair,
New AoTernaementi.
rpo arrive
Legal
rerti
lemevii.
——
i'Sf
few days team. Bio d* Janeiro, per
German schooner " Primus,"
3500 Sacks Coffee,
WiilSh will be sold from wharf at reduced
prices.
Samples can be Inspected at the office ot
III. KAPPRRL.
c
AUTION.
CAUTION.
OFFICE GALVESTON CITT CO., I
March 29, 1S74. )
All persons are prohibited from haallag
earth or sand from any of the lots or land be-
longing to the Galveston City Company, un-
der penalty of the law.
mrJU 3m J. P. COLE, Agent.
6. A. C.—The Officer* and mem-
bers of the Galveston Artillery Company are
hereby notified to attend company drill, SAT-
URDAY EVENING, at ">£ o'clock.
By order of
M. F. MOTT, Captain Commanding.
o. Steel. Orderly Sergeant. ap3 DAElt
By virtus of authority In me vested in a
certain!deed or tnfet.iMde.and executed by
M. ▼. flKoM&tufcn. off the second day of Janu-
ary, 1867, wfaick is of record in the office of
' Clerk of th<rl>fstrict Court of the County
of Galveston, in the State of Texas, in boofi:
V and at the request of
toe ho uer of the note described in said deed
i of trast, and which said deed of trust was
i fciveu to secure—i will sell the property
therein oonreyed, to-wit: All and singular,
the northwest quarter of blocs number one
I hundred and nfty-threo, in the city and
OMitttTof (J air est on. Texas, together with
1 all and singular the improvements thereon,
at public auction, before the Courthouse
door, In the County of Galveston, to the
highest bidder, for cash in gold coin, on
MONDAY, the thirteenth day of April, 1874
Said sale is made to satisfy and pay said
note, which is for the sum of five thousand
gold dollars, with interest at the rate of
twelve per cent, per annum, from the flr*t
lay of January, 1868.
apl td EDWARD T. AUSTIN, Trustee.
■A
UCTION
..AUCTION
Tlie valuable Horses, Carriages, Buggies,
etc., belonging to the Commercial Livery
Stable, on Center street, will be soM on SAT-
URDAY, the 4th instant, at 10 a. m., by O. Pet-
itpain ft Co.
The above comprises seven excellent buggy
and carriage HORSES, two ma^aifioent CAR-
RIAGES, two good family or business BU8-
GIES, HARNESS and sundries.
This valuable stock, etc., will be sold with-
out reserve, opposite the stables on Center
street between Postofflee and Church
streets, the owner, Mr. Louis Gohlke retiring
from the livery business. Notice heretofore
giTen. N. LIDI8TOHE,
ap'J -a Auctioneer.
TMPORTED BERLIN
IN RE. THE HEMPSTEAD CON-
eordia Manufacturing Comp ny, Bank-
rupt.—In the District » ourt of the United
States for the Eastern District of Texas, at
ftalveaton.
To the Marshal of said District:
Whereas, Alphonse Lauve, assignee of said
bankrupt estate, h?s flb d in said c urt his
application for adjud.cation upon the proof of
debt made in said cause by the T*>xa- Bank-
ing and Insurance Company against said bank-
rupt on mortgage bonds for forty thousand
dollars, with coupons, now. therefore, in con-
formity with an order thereon made by the
Hon. Amos Morrill. Judge of said court, you
are hereby oomaianded to notify all parries
interested that said application wili be heard
and said matter determined by said court sit-
ting in bankruptcy at Galveston, on the first
Monday ia May, 1874, when ana where all par-
ties interested desiring to contest said eta in
are notified to apnear aud make such contest.
Witness my hand and the seal of said
©ou t at Galveston this, the eleven h -lay of
Mareh, 1874. GEORGE C. RIVES, Clerk.
Atrueeopy of the original writ, 1 ceitify.
TOM. P. OCHILTREE,
U. S. Mar hal, E. D. T,
mr 13DF ri5t&WBt
TIVOI^I
For sale by
apr3 tf
A. SPORLKDER,
No. 70 Tremont street.
B
OONEKAMP OF
MA AG-BITTBHS.
For sale by
apr3 tf
A. SPORLEDKR,
No. 70 Tremont street.
c
1IIAMPAGNE,
JULES MUMM & CO.'S DRY VERZENAY,
In bond and for sale by A. 8PORLEDEB,
rJ^RU8TEES' SALE.
At the request of the legal holders of
three promis.ory notes executed by H. N
Duble, bearing date May lti, 1872, each for the
aum of eight thousand doliar^oid coin, with
interest at the rate of twelve per cent per an
num after maturity, and all of said notes
being now due. by virtue of the authority iu
me vested by a deed of trust dated the six
teenth day of May, 1872, executed by said H
If. Duble anJ recorded in Falls County, State
of Texas, 1h volume 1, pages 8 and 9 of the
records of mortgages, in said county, to s
cure the payment of said three profljjssory 1
notes, I will sell :it public auction, in ffront
of the Courthouse door, of the County of Gal-
ve»ton, in the Uounty of Galveston. State of
Texas, to the highest bidder, for cash in gold
coin, on TUESDAY, the twenty-eighth day of
April, 1874, between the hours of 10 o'clock.
a. m. and % v. m., tbe foil-wing described
tract of land in Falls County, Texas, it being
part of the Ave front leagues in said county,
granted to T. J. Chambers, and bounded as
follows: Beginning at the N. E: corner of i
survey for Samuel Parker, on W. W. Lang'
south line; thence N. 55 E. 3037 varas
to a corner on tho ioai leading from
Marlin to Waoo. and in W. W. Lang's
south lino; thence S. 54*>34 E. I860 varas to
a corner in tho line of a small survey made
for Saml. Parsons; thence S. 23 W. 1380 varas
to a corner on an oak tree marked u A," near
the two mile post on the road leading from
Marlin to Belton; thence S. 50>£ W. 700 varas
to the corner of 150 acre survey for W. O
Smith; thence N. 45 W. 1314 varas to Smith's
N. E. corner: thence 8. 45 W. 6«X) varas to
Smith's N. w. corner; thence S. 45 E. 12t>4
varas to Smith's S. W. corner; thence S. 47V
W. 550 varas to N. W. corner of the W. Vf.
Woralow survey; thence S. 4t> E. 211 varas to
a corner of a small survey for Parker Bros..
thence S. 44V W. 117 varas fo the corner of W.
~ - - - '' - - 44#" W. 1320
* aid Saml.
Parkerji sui vey; thenca *45 EL270 varas to
"aid Saml.
Legal Advertisements.
gIDEWALK PAVEMENTS.
The following papers were ordered by the
City Council to be publlsked for the lnforma.
tion of the public:
The following majority report of the Com-
mittee was adopted:
GAt.vK»xox, Txxas, March 28, 1874,
To the City Council Of the City of Galveston:
Gentlkhk#—Tour committee, created and
empowered, by a resolution passed tv your
honorable body on the twenty-fourth in-
stant "to inquire generally concerning aU
recent and existing contract, for public im-
provements in the ci y of Galveston having
completed their tabors, begs leave to report re-
snectine the same as follows, to wit. rhe
contraot recently made with
& Co. was, in some particulars, in the opinion
of your committee, improvidentv entered
into by the contracting LPA *£5
the city. We refer more particularly to the
fact that the property-owne s wore not al-
lowed some particular time within which to
mike the oontfmplated improvements.
Your comm ttee have, however—after an in-
terview with Mr. Hitchcock—arranged with
that gentleman to make such changes and re-
ductions in his contract as will obviate and
remove all objections to the same. _ The pro-
posed changes are as follows, to wit:
1—To reduce the price allowed him for
curbing from forty five oents to thirty eents.
Dasrn 'lit to be made as origin*1 ly contracted
-that is to say, in the bonds of the city,
taken at par.
2—To reduce the price allowed him for tne
edging around the pavement from nine cents
to six cents, payment to be made as above.
3—To apportion the cost of filling the side-
walks U' to grade in Juch ma uer as to
ass«ss the same equitably against the re-
spective p.eees of property to be improved.
4—To give the owners of property, situated
within the district to be improved, thirty
days within which to comply with the ordi-
nance directing the said improvements to be
made. Your c ommittee respectfully reoom-
mend that those changes be adopted
ai d, in order to properly execute and carry
out the spirit of the sa-ue, your committee
also recommend the passage by your honora-
ble body of the accompanying amendment
of tbe ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to
provide for tbe filling up, grading, curbing
and paving of certain sidewalks, approved
Feb. 3, 1874."
They further recommend that a committee
of two or more aldermen, to be assisted by
the City Engineer, be appointed, whose :iity
it shal< be to examine ail questions relating
to or coucertiing the g; ade of the city aud the
survevs gov-rninfr th - streets and sidewalks.
Witt regard to the other eontracts submit-
ted to u* for examination, your committee
would ask further time lo ; eport i.pon them.
P. H. Hensessv, Chairman.
Geokqe Sfaly.
F. C. JIoREBACH.
Etayland Orphans' Home.
For the Galveston News.l
Regular monthly meeting of the Board
of Trustees of Bavland Orphans' Home
met at the office of C. S. Longcnpe, iu
the city of Houston, on Saturday, March
28.1874.
The President, W. J. Hutchins, being
absent from the city, T. W. House was
called to preside. Tlie minutes of the
last meeting were read and approved.
The Treasurer then made his March
monthly report, acknowledging receipt of
$224 40 ; to which the Superintendent
add.-i, medicine, $7 25.
On motion,
Iieselced, That Colonel Ashbel Smith
be empowered and requested to present
the wants of the Home to the citizens of
Dallas, or any other point he may visit in
hia proposed trip to Northern Texas in
April, and obtain such as he may be able
to secure.
Resolved, That hereafter (until fur-
ther notice be given) the monthly meet-
ings of the Board of Trustees shall be
on the last Saturday of each month,
instead of the first.
Adjourned to last Saturday in April,
1864.
H. F. Gillette, Secretary.
Tlie Last Americau Fenla n.
The House Committee on Foreign
Affairs on Thursday considered the
case of Adrian Meghin Condon, of
Cincinnati, the last of the American
Fenians now imprisoned in England.
After considerable discussion »f the
subject, Gen. Banning was instructed
to report the case to the House, ac-
companied by a resolution requesting
the President to ask the British Gov-
ernment to release Condon. Condon
had served faithfully as a private sol-
dier in the Union army, and was on a
visit to his home in Ireland, and be-
came involved in a street riot brought
on by a conflict with the police, who
were escorting a Fenian to prison. He
was tried and sentenced to imprison-
ment for life, and has already served
out six years of his sentence.
New Advertisements.
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Parties having purchased land at our
bfg land sale on Wednesday, the 1st inat., are
hereby notified to call at once and get their
deeds and settle tor same.
apr3 3t C. F. WHITE & CO.
J^AFFLE RAFFLE
One Dollar a Chance.
For a HORSE AND SADDLE, at Johu Duffy's
Bar-room, on the Strand, between 25th and
38th streets, Saturday Evening, April 4th, be-
tween 8 and 9 o'clock. aprS 2t
PERKINS & HOUSE'S PATENT
KEROSENE LAMPS.
We claim for this Lamp, as follows: 1. Ab-
solute safety under all circumstances, both
from breaking aud explosion. *!. It gives
twice as much light from same sized wick. 3
It uses .18 per cent, less oil for an equal
amount of light. 4. It gives no odor in burn-
ing, turned never ao low. 5. The steadiuess
of the flame Is wonderful. 6. It Is ornamental
aud durable; lasts a lifetime. 7. It is a suc-
cessful rival of gas at a trifling expense. 8.
It burns any kind of coal oil—good or bad—
with certain exemption from danger. K.
ENGELKE, Agent, Market st. apr3 tf
IN BANKRUPTCY.—In the District
Court of the United States, for the East-
ern District of Texas. In the matter of
J. Roseufield * Son, Bankrupts. Eastern
District of Texas, 8.S.:
A Warrant in Bankruptcy has been issued
by said Court ageinit the estate ot J. Ronen
field & Son, ot the coui ty of Colorado, and
State of Texas, in said District, who have been
duly adjudged Bankrupts upon the petiiiou
of their creditors, and the payment of any
debts, aud the delivery of any property be-
longing to said Bankrupts, to them or to ; heir
use, and the transfer of any property by them,
are forbidden by law. A meeting of the
Creditors of said Bankrupts, to prove their
debts, and to choose one or mora Assignees
of said estate, will be held at a Court ot Bank-
ruptcy, to be holden at Galveston, in said
District, on the 22d day of April 4. D. 1874,
at ten o'clock A. H., at the office of Edward T.
A-ostin, one af the Registrars in Bankruptcy
of said District.
TOM. P. OCHILTREE,
opr3 2tFri C. 8. Marshal, E. D. T.
Papers of all description
for mercantile purposes, at very low
figures.
P1EKCE A TERRT, Stationers and Printers,
Corner Strand and Center Street?.
apri tf
No. 70 Tremont St., Galvestoa.
J.
SHERWIN,
Archlteot and Building Surveyor,
Avenue I and Seventeenth street, Galveston.
Late of England. apr3 It*
I T. Mettles' p ace; thence N
I varas to a corner in south line of
Parker's sui vey; thence N -45 EuiK
the 9. K. comer of said Saml. Parker's sur-
vey; thence N. 45 W. 1150 varas with said
Parke-'a east line to the pUce of beginning—
oontaining 1103 3-10 acres.
Said sale is made to pay oft full amount of
said three promissory notPS and interest
thereon, in accordance with said Deed of
Trust.
WM. SELKIRK,
aprl tds Trustee.
TRUSTEE'S SALE.
J^ISSOLUTION NOTICE.
The partnership heretofore existing ba-
tweenC. Bothman and R. Newdaahsr, uod.r , fr0mia80r}, n;,te eIecuttll >J}- H. N
the Arm name of C. BOTHMAN St CO., has i oearing date May 16, 1872. for the
been dissolved.
The undersigned will continue th* busintsa
at the old .stand as heretofore.
apr3 3t* C. BOTHMAN.
At the request of tho legal holders of a
H. N. Duble,
HT5U1 Of
(No. 3.)
N ORDINANCE.
Amending sections one and two of an
ordinance entitled 44 An Ordinance to pro-
vide for the filling up, grading, curbi g and
paving of certain sidewalks," approved
February 3, 1«74. March 38, 1874, read first
time.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the City Coun
cil of the City of Galveston, That section 1
of an ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to
provide for the filliug up. grading, curbing
and paving of certain sidewalks, approved
February a, 187«, be, and the same is, hereby
amendt-d so as to r*ad as follows to-wit:
Section 1. That the sidewalks on both siaes
of the hereinafter to be nam*»d streets shall
be filled up, graded, curbed and paved in tho
followiug manner, (that is to eay; the said
side\* alks shall be tilled up or raised to the
grade established by the City Engineer, and
curbed with the best red-heart cypress wood
three inches in thickness, stone or brick, and
a pavement six feet in width, laid in the cen-
ter of the same; the Sdid pavement to be
composed of either asphalt, hard brick l^id
in Portland cement and grouted, concrete
made of Portland cement and other proper
materials, tile*, or stone. That the lowners
of nroperty fronting and abutting unon the
sidewalks hereinafter to be named, shall have
thirty days from and after the pasaage of
this ordinance, within which to make the im-
provements herein provided for: provided,
however, that they execute and complete the
same und^r the supervision of tb© City En-
gineer, and in accordance with the specifica-
tions of said Engineer, on file in the Mayor's
office. Any person doing any of the said
work, or causing tho same to be done, and
fails, refuses or neglects to comply with the
said specifications of the City Engineer, dij
recting t ow the same nhall be done*and exe-
cuted, shall be fined not less than fifty dollar®
nor mure than one hundred. Aud rt is hereby
made the special duty of the City Engineer to
inspect eaeh pince of work as it is being done
or executed, and unless it is being performed
in accordance with the said specifications, ho
shall cause the said work or improvement to
fifteen thousand dollars gold coin, with in-
terest at the rat© of twelve per cent, per an-
num after maturity, payab e on the first d y «-««« tne «nu w«,a «a
of February^ 187^, and by vi tue of authority ^ shopped, and the person or persons so of-
in me vested by the appointment of the legal f®din£Pto fje arrested.
'OR SALE.—A Two-Story Dwell-!
ing, on Mechanic, between 12tk and 13th
streets.
and out
bought and sold.
Two lots of high ground; dwellina
Jr.
and outnouses in rood rep air. County serin
H. M. TKUEHEABT A CO.
F
OR SALE CHEAP!
ONE FRAME HOUSE, (four rooms,) corner
of Avenue I. and Thirtieth street.
ONE FRAME HOUSE, (four rooms and
kitchen,) corner of Winnie and Thirty-second
st reets
ONE FRAME HOUSE, (two rooms and a
kitchen.) and one lot corner of Broadway anil
Thirty-sixth streets. A. J. MOFFAT,
ap3 lw at J. C. Smitk & Co.
fending to be arrested.
Section 2. That the second so«tion ^of the
said ordinance hereby amended, shall read
as follows, to wit:
Section 2. That the sidewalks so to be im-
proved *hall be those on both sides of Ave-
nues B, CandE, east from Eighteenth street
to Twelfth street, and west from Twenty-fifth
street to Tairty-third. And on both sides of
Avenue D from Eighteenth street to Twelfth
* -- ——, . — | atroet And on both sides ot Avenues F, G,
bidder, for cash in gold coin, on the twenty 0 j and J from Twelfth street to Thirty-third
second day of April, 18.4, between the Jipurs | Aud on both gides of Twelfth, six-
tecnth,Twenty-eighth and Thirty-third streets
holders of said notes, and by deed of trust
dated sixteenth May, 1S72, executed by said
H. N. Duble, recorded in the county records
of Navarro County, State of Texas, in book
W, pages 561, 5& and 563, conveying 253
acre * of land in Navarro Countyt State of
Texas, to secure the payment of said promis-
sory note, I will sell at public auction, in
I front of the Courthouse door, iu the city and
j County of Galveston, Texas, to the highest
of 10 a. m. and 2 p. m., said 2536 acres of land
la Navarro County, State of Texas, being J
J H. ROBINSON,
BUTCHER,
Stalls 27 and 28 City Market,
Office and Day Market, corner Strand sod
""SPECIAL"ATTENTION fAiu HurrLi.
ING VESSELS WITH THE CHOICEST OF
MEATS.. mr6 3m ana
| >arney's house.
Corner MARKET and TWENTIETH Street®.
FIVE HOT LUNCH
EVERY DAY, from 10:30 A. K. to 1 r. U.
Choice Liquors & Fine Havana Cigars
Always on hand. MUN'N & GARBKTT.
novl8-D-Tu-Fri-una-6mo Proprietors.
B
oat for sale.
The sloop-yacht NELLIE SWEEN1E, ownsd
by B. Sweenie, suitable for a passenger,
freight, mail or pleasure boat, will be sold at
a great bargain. The boat is new and in good
order, and must be sold immediately. Can
be seen at Labadie's Wharf. Apply to
mr28 unatf PARK, LYNCH A CO.
j^obert g. street,
LAWTEB,
Office Removed to OSTERMAN BUILDING,
STRAND,
(Corner of Twenty-second street and Strand).
mnB >!&Klm-una
Amnsemcntfc.
TREMONT OPERA HOUSE,
Friday, April 3.
ElTRA MATINEE BY THE CELSBRATKD
NEW ORLEANS
French Opera Troupe.
LUCIA 1)1 LAMMERMOOR.
Commenting at 12 Precisely,
PAHiJUETTE ASD PABIJUETTK ClRCLK 8 00
Dress Circle go
Gallbry go
Re-engagement for two nights only
Friday Evening, April |,
BENEFIT OF
MISS ALICE KINGSmS^Y,
THE ELFIN STAR,
On which occasion will be presented
Domestic Drama entitled
The Pearl of Savoy.
the
Maris, with songs.,
Lonstalot
ALICE KINQSBUBY
D. a. SMYTHE
Saturday JffaUuee, at a O'Cloek,
I.ITTL.E BAREFOOT.
Monday, April 6,
BAKER AND FAR REN
as
CHRIS AND LENA.
N
otice.
. NOTICE
THE THIRD
ANNUAL MAY-FEST
Will be held iu the CITY OF GALVESTON,
-—on the
First and Secoiid of May,
Like heretofore, and Prizes amounting to
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, will be awarded
for the finest and most appropriate displays
in t e procession of wagons on tbe first day
of the Fest.
Applications must be handed In by the
TENTH OF APRIL to the President, who
wilt give further information aa to rules and
regulations of the Arrangement Committee
H WILKENS,
President.
Jobs Foth, Secretary. mrMD&Wtf
Galveston gift enterprise
ASSOCIATION.
ALL TICKETS SOLD ENTITLED TO A
GIFT.
Drawn Numbers, April 2, 1871.
DISTRIBUTION NUMBER 80.
3—iy—21—22—21 -33-5 40-4 i -C9-70
DISTRIBUTION NUMBER 91.
3-'J-8-1.1-11 -51-54-57-58-72-75-78
I do certify that tho above distribution U
oorrcet. F. L. HANDLE, Superintendent.
I^iust-class posters—
AT .NEWS JOB 0]
omot
part of the T. J. {Chamber's eight leagues in
•aid county, aud bounded as follows: Begin-
ning at the west corner of A. C. King's Bur
Tey, thence west 3390 varas to a stake, from
whioh a mesqui' e eight inches in diameter
bears N. 55 E. distant about 100 varas; thence
S. 15 W. 4 0 varan to the N. 15. corner ot a
survey for R. Hodge; eoutinuing^s ime course
at 12f5 varas A. J*. Alford N. W. corner
thenoe S. 80 h, with hia north line 1738 varas
to his N E. corner; thence S. 10 W. 1900 ra-
raa to his S. E. corner; thence N 80 W. at
1800raras, pass Alford's S. W corner at 834")
varas to R. Hodge's S. K. corner, ou the
cnaniderh »uu 1jbw4b uivimou aiibi tntacw a.
nim w. too varas to the js. W corner of Cham-
ber'* fire leagues; thence S. 52 E., inagn- ti-
oal:y, 500 Yaras, to the S. W. corner of rhe
•toht leagues; thence N. 8-^ E., magnetically,
3d00 vara«, to Cum mine's west, line; thence >T.
30 W. 139 varas to i'ummin/s W. corner;
thence fc. 40 E. with his west line 795 varas to
hi» N. corner on Evan's south line; thence N.
•7 W. with his south line 14S0 varas to his S.
W. corner; thence N. 33 E. with his west line
825 varas toN. W. corner; theuce S 57 E. 1011
▼araa to McMullen's S. W corner, in Even's
N. K line; thence N. 60 E. 1413 aras to Mc-
Mullen's N. E. corner on J. A. Clayton's line;
thence iS. 30 W. wirh Clayton's S. W. line
at 567 varas; pass his N. W. corner continuing
same course with A. C. Kind's S. W. line, at
3467 varas to place of beginning. ^aid sale
la made to pay oft the full amount of said
promissory note, and int rest due thereon,
in accordance with the terms - f said deed of
trust. A.E.CAMPBELL,
mra£9 td JSubstiiute Trustee.
from Broadway to the Strand.
tl<
N
otice of bankrupt sale.
In pursuance of an order of the U. S. Dis-
trjet Court for the Eastern District of Texas,
made oa the 21*tday of February, A. D. 1874.
I w#l sell, before the courthouse door of Wal-
ler County, in the city of Hempstead on
TUESDAY, the Seventh
within the legal Hours
tioa for cash
l>ay of April, 1874,
f sale, at public auc-
170 ACRES OP LAND,
belonging to the bankrupt estate of W.rr. G.
Chapman, situated in said county of Waller,
about six miles i.orthwest from Hempstead,
the same being a part of the J. C. Bartlett
surrey and a pact of the tract heretofore
owied and occupied by said Chapman. The
said land wiil be sole in three separate lots
or parcels, all adjoining the homestead of
said W, Q. Chapman.
1st. 82 acres on the northwest of said home-
stead. 2 35 acres on the southwest of said
homestead. 3d. 63 acres on the southeast of
said homestead.
Also, at the same time and place, and on the
same terms, I will sell the Notes and Book
Aeoounts belonging to said estate.
B. F. ELLIOTT,
marl4 20t Assignee.
Assignee's »ale. in the
District Court of the United states for
the Eaetern District of Texas. In the matter
ef I. W. Jookuach and Selim Rinker, Bank-
rupts.
fij virtue of aa ord-r made by the District
Court of the United States for the Eastern
District of Texas, on the second day ot Marcb,
1874, we. the undersigned, assignees of the
estate of said bankrupts, will sell at the
Auotion and Real Estate House of C. F.
White A Co., in th© ci y of Galveston, on
TUE8DAY, the SEVENTH OF APRIL. 1874,
at publio auction, to the highest bidder, for
oasfe in United States currency, commencing
at 11 o'olock a., m., the following property, be-
longing to the estate of Selim Rinker, bank-
rupt, viz:
The east half of Lot 13, Block 621, in the
ci jr of Galveston. This sale is made to sat-
isfy a deed of tiust in favor of J. L. Darragh.
we wiM sell at the same time and place,
and upon the same terms, the following prop-
erty, situated in the city of Galve.-ton, viz:
1st. 35 feet 10 inches off east side of Lot 13,
and 14 feet 3 inches off west side Lot :2, in
Block 359, with house and improvements.
2d. 98 feet 8 inches off east side Lot 12, and
21 feet 5 inches o£T west side of Lot 11, in
Dlockt^SO, with house and improvements.
3d. AU of Block
<|th. Lots 1. 2, 3 and west half 4 and Lot 12
and west half 11, in Block 216.
5th. Lot|7, in Block 6#7.
W# will also sell at the same time and
plaes, and upon the same terms, the following
lots in th® «ity of Gtalv«»ston-, t «ro-th-rda in-
terest of which belongs to the estate of said
bankrupts and one-third to Sam. Maas. By
agreement Mr. Sam. Maas will join in the ex-
ecution of proper deeds to the purchasers,
▼ia:
Lots 3 and 4 in block 6.
Lots 8, 1-, 10,11 and 12 in block 7.
Lots 5, 6 and 7 in block 65.
Lots 0, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. % of 4 and # of 11 in
block 162.
Lots 3 to 14 inclusive in block 244.
Lot* 1 to 14 inclusive in block 243.
Lots 3 and X of 4 n block 217.
iiots 1 to 7 inci sive in block 213).
Lots 8* to 14 inclusive in block '£46.
Lots 1 to 14 inclusive it. block 303.
Lots 1 to 14 inclusive in block 364.
Lots ♦» and 7 in block 607
Loti
t« 3 and 14 of 4 iu N. W. qr. out-lot 24.
Lots 1, 2, 3 and % of 4 In S. W. qr. out-lot 46.
Lots X of 9, 10, 11, 12. 13 and 14 in S. W. qr.
Out lot 9 .
Lots 10 and X of 11 in N. W. qr. out-let 116.
^l>ts 8, 9,10 and ^ of 11 in N. w. qr. out-lot
Lot* 5, 6, 7. 8, 9. 10, X of 4 and tf of 11 in S.
W. qr. out-lot 25.
Lots 1, 2, 3 and W. tf of 4 in N. E. qr. out
lot 25.
The sale of the above property VH1 continue
from day to day until completed.
ConTeyancos aud notary fees at the ex-
pense of tbe purchaser.
GEORGE P. FINLAY and
ALBERT BALL,
Assignees.
©•lfreston, March 11. 1874. mrl2 tus
CIGARS.—CASTILLO & CO., 120
East Market street, offer for sale an as-
sortment of Cigxrs CHEAPER than : ave ever
beea sold in this market As, for instance.
Kegalia del Key. S-V and $40 per thousand;
Brebar. $50 and S42; Lonrtre-. $5(1 and
Londres Cortes, $<0 and $-3 ; Camdias, $4^;
Oaradones, $36. Orders < rom abroad promptly
attended to. Winning tickets of the Havana
Lot' cry cashed. Post office Box Jfo. 3.
mri:
§
RBAT AUCTION SALE.
. TriU .6*11 «t auction on the FOCBTH ot
•APRIL.neXt unieaa disposed of at private sak>,
at tke Commercial Livery Stables, oa Center
street, between Postofflee and Church streets,
the following, vi»; Seven fin • Hors-s. tvro
Cloee Hacba, two Top Bungles, Kiddles and
Harness. Tne above will be sold at autori-
fle*, as I am determined to close o it.
mrS4 lit* LOU <8 GOHLKK., Pr-'prietor.
z
_ And on both
sides of Twentieth and Twenty-ft urth streets
each between Postofflee street and Broadway.
Sec ion That the said spei iflcations of
the City Engineer be published in the official
journal .of the city tfor the full periodjof|forty
days.
Section 4. That this ordinance go into effect
and t e of force from and after its passage
and due publication.
(Original Contract with MTeasrs. D.
G. Hltcncock A: Co. for Sidewalk
Impro % ententes
State of texas, county of
Galveston—Know all men. That this
contract made and entered into this the
twenty-eighth day of February. A. D. 1874, by
and between the Mayor of the City of Galves-
ton and the Chairman of the Committee cn
Streets and Alleys, as parties of the first part,
and D. G. Hitehcook St Co., as parties of the
second part,
Witxes^eth:
That the said parlies of the first r art, in ac
cor«iance with tbe authority vested in them
by the 'Jity Council ot the City of Galveston,
bind the corporation of the City of alveston
to pay to the said D. G. Hitchcock A Co., in
the bonds of the City < f Galveston, styled
4* Galveston City Bonds for fcidewalk Im-
provement,'1 to be taken at par. the sum of
on.- dollar and seventy-five cents ($1 75) for
each and every square yard cf pavemen' laid
down by them upon the hereinafter o be de-
signated tidewalks* the s>tid pavement to be
compo-ed of asphalt in bulk, rolled solid to
i the thickness of thrt-e incues, and laid down
upon the sidewalks on both sides of the fol-
lowing named streets, that is to say: On both
sides of the Strand, Mechanic and Postoffice
streets, each between £.iKhteenth and Twen-
ty-fifth streets; on both sides of Market
street, from Eighteenth to Thirty third
streets; on both sides of Nineteen h. Twenti-
eth, Twenty-nrst, Twenty-second, Twenty-
third and Twenty-fourth streets, each be-
tw en strand and Post office str ets; and also
on the west side of Eighteenth street and on
the tasii side of Twenty fifth street. Also
the same price to be paid in the same manner
for each and every square yard of the said
pavement laid down by tbem (the naid D. G.
Hitchcock & Co. •, inthe following manner and
upon the following sidewalks—that is to say,
the said pavement to be only six feet in width
aud laid in the center of the sidewalks on
both sides: Of Avenues B. C and E, east from
Eighteenth street to Twelfth street, and west
from Twenty-fifth street to Thirty-third
street; and on both sides of Avenue D, from
Eighteenth e-treet to Twelfth street; and on
both sides of Avenues F, G, H, I and J. from
Twelfth street to Thirty-third street; and on
both sides of Twelfth, Sixteenth, Twentieth,
Twenty-fourth, Twenty-eighth and Thirty-
third street*—from Avenue J (or Broadway)
to the Strand (or Avenne B )
Provided, however, that the said D. G.
Hitchcock & Co. obtain the written consent
of the owners of the property fronting or
abutting upon the said sidewalics to the lay-
ing down or tbe said pavement, which written
cousent or selection of the said pavement
shall be filed in the Mayor's Office with the
City Clerk.
The said parties of the first part slso bind
the corporation of the city of Galveston to
pay to the said D. G Hitchcock & Co., in the
said bonds, to be taken at par, the sum of one
dollar aud twenty-five ceu< 8 ($1 25> for each
and every cubic yard of filling necessary and
needed to be done unon any and all of the
said sidewalks preparatory to the laying of
any pavement thereon. Thw above price is
to include and cover not only the ilihng, but
the grading, tamping, and rolling. The
said parties of tne first vart, alao
bind the corporation of the city of Gal-
veston to pay to the said D. G. Hitchcock
& Co., in tho said bonds, to be taken at par,
th« sum of forty-five (45) cents for each and
every square foot of woode* cvrbikg to be
composed or made of thrke-ivch rku
cyphess, that may be needed or used infilling
the *"
up and grading the said sidewalks prepara-
tory to the putting down of the said pave-
ment or any other.
The said parties of the first part also bind
the corporation of the c tyof Galveston to
pay to the said D. G Hitchcock St Co., in the
said bonds to be taken at par the sum of
nine cents for each and every lineal foot
of wooden curbing of one by six-inch flooring
that may be needed and used in putting down
the said six-foo pavement—tfcat isj to
say, ttiat way De used in putting auy
pavement upon the said sidewalks, the
pavement of whieh ia to be only six
feet in width. Ail of the above work is to
be done and exeouted in accordance with the
ecifications of the City Engineer, now on
e in tho Mayor's office, snd the said Engi-
neer shall make weeUy estimates of the work
as it progresses, and when the amount or
quantity finished and completed, shall, at
tho «bove pj ice, amount to the sum of five
thousand dollars then that amount in the
said bonds at par shall be paid over to the
said D. G Hitchcock St Co.
In consideration of all the foregoing the
sai O. G. Hitchcock A Co bind themselves to
lay down snd fabi icate the said pavemi nt in
the manner and style above set forth and
stipulated; and they also bind themselves to'^T/x
fill, grade, tamp, roll and curb the said side-
walks, as above set forth and stipulated, and
to receive in payment ror all the said work,
the respective prices above statea, and in
thrt bonds of tne eity of Galveston l-tyled
"Galveston City Bonds for Sidewalk Im-
provements, " at par.
They further bind themselves to commence
the said work within tweuty days from the
date hereof, and to finish the same without
unrecessary dt-lay.
(Signed in duplicate. >
In testimony of all which the said parties
have hereunto signed th**ir names and affixed
their seals, (using scrolls tor seals,) this, the
da* and d»te above written, and the Mayor of
the city of Galveston has caused the corporate
seal of the city of Galveston to be hereunto
attached.
C, W. HURLER, Mayor,
J. C OGLE,
Chairman Com. Streets and Al'eys;
D G. HITCRCOCK & CO.
1 k aaa cedar p08ts
lw^UVU FOB SALE.
HOUSE BLOCKS,
Hitching Posts, Curbing, Fence|Poets of all
sizes and leugths. Cord Wood, contracted for
at low prices. Bills for any kind of Timber
filled. Apply at residence, corner of avenue
O and Treinont street.
inrlO 1m* J M. HEISKELL.
JELLING OUT AT COST—
URE4T BARGAINS.
La^ge Stock of Wines aud Liquors, consist-
pure Bye and Bourbon Whiskies, Fine
Brandies sherries. Port, etc. Also, Case
PRINTING at panic prices
By tbe NEWS JOB OFFICE.
ing ofpure Bye and Bourbon Whiskies, Fine
Brandies sherries. Port. etc. Also, Case
Goo !s. inoluded in whioh there are some line
Rhine SV lnes. Will seil at wholesale and retail.
mrlSlm F. MCDONNELL, No. 53 Strand.
Job printing
OF ANY AND EVERY KIND
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