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J.S.BROWN & CO
Importers uud Wholesale Dealer* lu
English, German A: American
II A ii I) W ARE.
Mruiul, Galveston, Tcias
ail)f ifuilhrston
ESTABLISHED—1842.
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GALVESTON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1876.-PRICE-5 CENTS.
VOL. XXXIII.—NO. 2(>2.
HATING ONE OF T1IE LARGEST
Stocks in the South,
We offer extra inducements to the interior
buyer in the following lines of goods:
HARDWARE, TINWARE,
Saddlery, Woodenware,
WAOOJI & BUGGY TIMBER
Iron and Steel.
J.S.BROWN 4 CO.
STRAND, GALVESTON, TEXAS
Tlie Weather.
The probabilities for to-day for the Gulf
States arc clear or fair weather and stationary
or slowly rising temperature, winds shifting
to east and south, rising barometer east of
Mississippi, and falling barometer in the
Southwest.. Cautionary signals continue at the
stations on the Atlantic eoast from Wilming-
ton to New York, and are ordered for Kast-
jM.rt,
Galveston Maximum temperature. «»a5;
ininiruum 50.
Tklrokaphh? Report rp to 4 p. m. Ykstkh-
day. Corsicana — Temperature M; wind
southoast. 5 miles; weather clear. Indianola
Temperature 60; wind southeast; 11 miles;
weather clear Denlson— Temperature 63;
wind southeast, miles; weather fair. Jacks-
l»oro -Temperature 61; wind south, H miles;
weather cloudy. Bracket tsrllle -TemiJerature
til; wind east: 10 miles; weather clear. Eagle
I'ass Tom|>ernture 75; wind southeast; 11
miles; weather clear. San Antonio—Tenij»er-
ature cm; wind southeast; weather clear
Tlio Uovrruor and a Slate Police.
A (ir^iin of (iov. Coke, wliich
cn?it<Mi<la thai lie i* clear of till respon-
iliility on ucromit of the failure of tlie
local execution of the lawh in different
parts of the State for the suppression
«>f ili order and the protection <>f peace-
ful and law abiding cili/.cns, lias staked
its vindication of the Governor on the
assumption that liu would have ap-
proved a l'ill to create " nn extraor-
dinary police, a huj;o system of detec-
tive force." had such a bill been passed
by the Fourteenth Legislature. "All
that can be done in this matter," says
the special organ, "is to organize an
extraordinary police force, a huge sys-
tem <>f detective effort, and this can
only be done by legislative enactment.
During the lifetime of the Fourteenth
Legislature, did the nkwb make the
call, or was the Legislature urged to
pass such law, and docs the Kkws
know t hat < >ov. ('oke would have vetoed
it. had it been passed? If not. then the
attack it makes to-day is wholly un-
nstillable," etc. Thu Nf.ws answered
this challenge in its issue of
Til'—day morning, when it said:
" During the lifetime of that Legisla-
ture the Ntiws did urge the expediency
of creating a mobile police for the State
at large, but it does not know that Gov.
Coke deemed such a measure expedient,
or would have approved micli a measure,
it parsed by the Legislature. Indeed,
< ireiimslances suggested a contrary sup-
position. iiy the constitution the Gov
crnor Is required to inform the Legisla-
ture of the condition of the State, and
lo recommend to it such measures as he
inay think expedient, iu none of his
liu- ages did he inform the Legislature
that the condition of the St ate demanded
the organization of 'an extraordinary
police force, a huge system of detective
effort.' In none of them did he recom-
mend the creation of such a force and
ni b a system as one of the measures
which he deemed expedient. Why
•hould it have been supposed that
lie would approve a measure which
he declined to advocate?" We
now dismiss inference from circum-
stances, and turn to textual proof
that Gov. Coke did not propose to cor-
'eet the manifest dcticicncy of our State
government in executive force hnd en-
ergy by organizing a body of State po-
lice to be controlled by the chief execu-
tive ollicer of the State who is charged
by the constitution with the supreme
duty of causing the laws to be faithful-
ly executed. In his last message to the
Fourteenth Legislature, tinder the head
of " Enforcement of the Laws," the
Governor said:
I can not concur ill the opirtiou »'xprp««f(i by
: oine. 11 in t a regular police force should he or-
ganised and kept up. A body of State police
under the command of the Governor, attached
as they always would be to his interest, know-
ing iiti law but his will, and ready at all times
to oim't, is nn engine of power which, under a
free goternment, should be entrusted to no
man. Such an institution would do violence
t-» f he genius of our government, and the tra-
ditions of our people. Ill the hands of an hon-
»*st, patriotic Executive, its operation would
tend directly t«> weaken the reliance of the peo-
ple on their local authorities and themselves,
by causing them to look constantly totheOov-
eruor and his police for that which should be
done at home, thereby making this force more
ne« ••-;sary every day to the tranquillity of the
State, and in the same proportion increasing
and centralizing the powers of the govern-
ment in the Executive: while in the hands of
an ambitious and unscrupulous Governor, in
addition to these consequences, such force
would be used in times of party excitement for
partisan purposes, and probably for the op-
* ion of the people. The experience of
Texas on this subject ought to 1m* a sufficient
arning for ail time. For the saine reasons
that I would approve an enactment on the
general plan of the one suggested for furnish-
ing an adjunct to the ordinary authorities for
execution of the laws on ordinary occasions, I
would condemn tlie State police system.
On tlie one hand, then, if the Gover-
nor'.* views are correctly reflected l>y
his special organ, it appears that lie l>e-
l ievcs such a Slate police system as he de-
scribes necessary to the enforcement of
the laws throughout 1 lie State. On the
other hand, if he expressed a settled
conviction in the above quoted extract,
it appear* that he is opposed to the sys-
tem, and would have vetoed it, had it
been presented for his approval in a bill
p.i^sod by both houses of the Legisla-
ture. As his position is jointly defined
by himself and his special organ, he is
riverse to satisfying a confessed public
necessity. But perhaps this attitude of
Milf contradiction is not altogether of his
own contrivance. It is just to consider
the outline of an enactment in further
atu e of executive efficiency, submitted
to the Legislature in the same message
from which we h ive quoted. Ilere it
I suggest as worthy of consideration, the
expediency of a law authori/.ing (not requir-
ing-the Governor, when the County Court of
i. \ . ■ unity .it a regular or special term, or the
.in! • au4 District Attorney of the district in-
■ lu ling the county, shall certify to the Gover-
im rthat disorder and lawlessness prevail in
the «• >un»y to such an extent that the ordinary
authorities are unable to execute the process
• thei rurta, pretry the pence end —Hi-
the law. to select from the body of the people
of the i ounty a forcw not to exceed thirty
men. who shall be subsisted and paid by the
, • »uuty, ami armed by the State, and to api>oinf
>mi the men thus selected th«- necessary offl
cer to command them; who shall serve and
act ;»s the sh"riff's posse and under his orders,
.uid assist him in executing process uid pre-
rving the peace; said force to remain in ser
vi. • until the authority on whose certificate it
v i ealied out shall certify to the Governor
t hat the force is no longer necessary, or until
th ■ Uoven.or without such certificate shall
!><• . it disbanded. An enactment of this
h • r • ter would • iffer ■ powerful Inducement
t > fii" ]m ople of each county, in order toavoid
: in cx|»eiise attending its enforcement among
til* in. to prcserv. the p-.ice and ylve their
phy-i- aland moral support to the officers in
fh»- di^'harge «>f their duties. If would cause
ti . in to hold their officers toa strict accounta-
bility f«»r a proper discharge of duty. In the
i»n u^diatepr* »enee of their constituents, the
'!i -ts no-iu wh'»sc certificate the force would
ik* author*/ -d would not ask it unless th"
i». c-. . ty jiMitiii Tit. norculd they fail to ask
It when ressiry. without ttefng n« Id respon
itife f«»r all the disorder in the county-. The
• • x11 aonlinary a rency employed to enforce the
law i-'iHiiir/from tn«* IsMty of the communi-
ty in which t vv.iiiM operate, called Into exis-
1. ... <• bv olb< r . of their «*leeti<m, and under
, M Hiimi i f i!h ir fcwal aitth-.i iti. :. would l»>
;| |»f»fie CV •»: Itahuliry. Mfld would
.1 j. a'» «It • f> 'l ie t«» a re/di/ation of the fa»t
•i: r after all. •» projier enforcement of the
laws depends on themselves.
Wf|| the Legislature responded to
this recommendation in an act which
the Governor approved. This was in
March, 1875. But we are not informed
of a single instance of any procedure
under the law since it was adopted.
Disorder and lawlessness have more
than once, since then, been flagrant
within a few miles of the Governor's
official residence, without rousing the
law into executive vigor. More than
once, since then, the local authorities in
the same vicinity have been defied and
overpowered by unlawful combinations,
and the law has never been invoked, as
far as we know. We see no evidence
that it has tended to strengthen the re-
liance of the people on the local author-
ities and to educate them in the
habit of depending on themselves for
the proper enforcement of the laws.
We judge by results, and results have
made sad work with the Governor's fine
theory of local sclf-sufliciency and the
distribution of government into a mul-
titude of local semi independencies.
Ilut the Governor, it is proper to say,
did not trust so fur to the intrinsic vir-
tue of his theory as not to admit that at
least the Sheriff and District Attorney
ought not to be entirely the creatures
of the local influences immediately
around them. He said:
Inviowofthe paramount important t<i a
proper ndministration of the criminal laws
that the ofllees of Sheriff and District Attor-
ney should be fitted by competent men, tltni-e
should he no tenderness for those wl,.>se in-
erllciency in those positions imiieri! the prace
of whole communities. liut the constitution
and laws should be so changed as to furnish a
short, decisive and summary method of tret
tin*; rid of them. These two officers k'ing
peculiarly executive iu their character, in-
stead of heinjj entirely Independent, as they
now are, of the Chief Kxecutive of the Stale,
should he required to obey his instructions
pertaining to the enforcement of the laws,
when not in conflict with the constitution and
laws of the State, or tho rights and powers of
the Judiciary.
Let the Governor repeat this sugges-
tion in still more urgent terms in his
first message to the Fifteenth Legisla-
ture, and he will earn the special ap-
probation of all the friends of the
peace, order, security and prosperity
which have their indispensable basis in
the infallible enforcement of the laws.
He may earn the special esteem of the
judicious also by expressly recalling
his scarecrow picture of a State police
as a thing big with danger to the free-
dom of the people. It is always safe
for the people to have a government of
their consent strong enough to secure
all their rights of life, property, liber-
ty and the pursuit of happiness.
In the United States Senate, on Sat-
urday, Mr. Morton presented a petition
of colored men of Texas, representing
that the present State government of
Texas denied them ample school facili-
ties, and asking for such legislation as
will compel the State to maintain a
system of free schools. What foolish
knave or knavish fool put the colored
men up to this nonsense does not ap-
pear. Congress will hardly undertake
to meddle in the matter at present. In
the meantime the colored race in Texas
has just the same benefit as the whites
in the school fund of Texas. Mr. Mor-
ton will make little capital out of this
hobby.
SAN ANTONIO.
♦-
News a 1 Military Headquarters from
Fort Duncan.
Outrageous Conduct of a Trio of
Desperadoes.
» ■
A Mexican Shot Dead by a Citizen of
Frio County.
♦
[SjymiiI to thf Oalettten ]
San Antonio, March 7, 187G.
Early this morning telegrams an-
nounced a fight at Fort Duncan of citi-
zens and soldiers agaiust a band of des-
peradoes. The following telegram ex-
plains the difficulty:
l'oitx Duncan, March 7.—To General
Ord: No tightin<r between soldiers and
Fisher's men. Late last night Fisher
and two men came into town, charged
about the streets, tired about twenty
shots into the house of Judge Stone,
the saloon of Whiff and houses of Don-
ohan and the family of a man killed by
Fisher's party. A number of shots
came into flic pout. Citizens were
terrified. To prevent the mur-
der of good citizens, and at
the request of the magistrates,
I took twenty-five men into town. Not
a shot was tired by a soldier or any one
else. After I got there one of Fisher's
men (Jack Watson, alias Stone.) was
probably mortally wounded, and is now
in the hands of the civil authorities. I
was about to report my action when
your dispatch arrived. Fisher is at
Urge, and will probably be in town
again. Siiavteu,
Lieutenant Colonel.
Last night a Mexican was shot and in
stantly killed by Mr. II. C. Bradbury,
of Frio county, under circumstances
that are hard to explain. The party
shooting claims that the man was about
stealing his horse, and, on ordering him
to halt, was answered with " Go to
li—II" when he fired and instantly
killed him. The District Attorney or-
dered the Sheriff to accept no bail, and
Bradbury is in jail awaitiug action of
the grand jury, which fs now in
session.
Nothing from the ltio Grande to-da\'.
THE GILDED AGE.
DENISON.
♦
Excursionists Coming from Kansas.
[Special to the Galveiton JVcm-*.]
Dknison, March 7, li-CG.
A party of members of the Kansas
Legislature, their wives and daughters,
arrived to-day at noon on a tour of in-
spection through the State. A large
addition to the partv is expected to-
morrow, and the trip is to be continued
South to-morrow night on a palace car
furnished by the Houston and Texas
Central Kailroad. They visit Dallas,
Houston, Austin, Galveston and other
points of interest throughout the State.
Directors of the Red llivcr and Kio
Hraude Railway meet here to-morrow,
to take iiction in regard to commencing
operations. Work is expected to com-
mence at an early day. Theodore Noel,
the irrepressible, is early on hand to ex-
ercise his powers of directorship. Con-
sequently, the succcss of the enterprise
is iissurcd.
Lieut. C S. Ilcintzelman to-day as
sumcd charge of the frontier telegraph,
relieving Lieut. A. W. Grecly, who
shortly starts on a European tour.
A squail of recruits is expected at
('aihlo to morrow, en route to join the
Fourth Cavalry at Fort Sill, (ieneral
MeKcnzie is en rote to l'ort f.eaven
worth from fort Sill, on business ton
Heeled with the latter post.
New post trader to lie appoint til at
Fort Sill. The Belknap investigation is
causing a considerable stir along the
frontier.
Stripping Grantisni of its Su-
pt'rlit'inl Coating.
-— ♦
Yesterday's Revelat ions at the
National Capital.
♦— —
l>4'Y<'to|tuiciit« Damn^int; To
Attorney General
nerrcpont.
■■ ♦
Till' rowilllt' (lUpCSM'lltm-lit ol'
Three Members or
tlie Cabinet.
Covert Efforts of Radicalism to
Throttle Democratic
Investigation.
»
An Exciting Partisan Debate in the
House of Representatives.
»
J udiie Tall, of Oliio, Succeed* Bel-
Uuap a» Sccl-etary of War.
—-
Tlie Ifelknap l>i*2race Viewed
from all Political Mtaua-i*o!ut«
-Opinion* of the Pre*#.
SeiiHatioii** of tlie Day.
Washington, March (i.—The Secre-
taryship of War lias been tendered to
Senator L. M. Morrill. This places
Blaine in the Senate for Morrill's unex-
pired term.
There are about 1000 contracts for the
next four years awarded on "straw-
bids " by the PostofTicc Department.
The bottom facts in the safe burglary
business have been reached by Harring-
ton's confession.
Marsh and his wife have some infor-
mation about the half million claim of
the Kentucky railroad. It is thought
the present Mrs. Belknap," or somebody
for her, received #35,000 for intluence
in the case.
Evidenccjof Picrrepont's interference
in favor of Belknap is in the hands of
the tJudiciary Committee of the House,
ilmost conclusive. Impeachment is
possible. A prominent member of the
House ar.d member of one of the in-
vestigating committees think three of
the members of tlie Cabinet will be im-
peached. Hcisier Clymer is quoted as
raying that everything in the War De-
partment was salable. Belknap even
sold wharfage privileges about Wash-
ington.
Schenck was recalled on the express
demand of England. The delay in of-
ficial action was to get him safely to
sea.
Ex-Secretary Delano and his son John
will be before the House Committee for
selling trading stations on Indian reser-
vations.
Gideon Welles will be before the Na-
val Committee on Thursday to testify
about the Secor claim.
Committeemen 2n Court.
This morning Representatives Clymer,
Blackburn and Bobbins, of North Caro-
lina, members of the Committee on Ex-
penditures in the War Department, ap-
peared before the Criminal Court, and
stated that they had been subprenaed to
ippcar before the Grand Jury. They
denied the authority of the court to in-
terrogate them as to the testimony of
any witness before a committee of Con-
gress; besides, they are constantly en-
gaged in their duties as members of the
committee, which would make it incon-
venient for them to be present. They
didn't wish to plead their privileges, but
to enter their protest, not only here, but
on the records of Congress, for the
country.
District Attorney Wells said he
thought he could remove the difficulty
presented. In the first place there was
no motive or desire to ask any member
of the committee anything as to any
matter testified by any witness before
the committee, and in the second place,
while appreciating the duties and en-
gagements of the distinguished gentle-
man, he thought the grand jury would
lix such times as would subject the gen-
tlemen to the least inconvenience. To
this they replied that if they were sub-
ptrnaed to go before the grand jury and
testify in relation to any matter, it
would be impossible for them as mem-
bers of the committee to give due at-
tention to the examination of matters
with which they were especially in-
trusted.
Judge McArthur remarked that it
would not be competent for them to
testify as to what a witness said before
the committee, because that would be
only hearsay evidence. He would con
sider the subject, and confer with the
District Attorney, so that when these
gentlemen were wanted they could be
so informed.
The gentlemen then left the court.
The District Attorney to-day sent one
witness before the grand jury, who
were considering the charges against
Belknap, and will send others. Bel-
knap had not, at 1 o'clock, been brought
in to the police court to give bail.
The Ne\r Secretary of War.
Washington, March 7.—Alp ho n so
Taft was appointed Secretary of War.
A" full cabinet concurred. Taft has
been Circuit Jtnl^c of Ohio, and was a
prominent eandi late before the Repub-
lican convention for governor last fall.
Nomination—Josiah Stalling*, post-
master at Collixbus. Miss.
Dyer denies that he or Henderson
inspired articles in Western papers re
lating to Picrrepont's connection with
the Babcock trial. It is certain that
L. M. Morrill declined the Secretaryship
of War. Edward P. Dougherty, who
had the contract for soldiers' grave-
stones at Fredericksburg, Va., says he
never promised nor paid money to any
officer of the government for the con
tract.
William J. Purnam, mcml>er of Con
gress from Florida, is under investiga-
tion about selling a cadetship and of-
fices.
The Legislative, Judiciary and Exe-
cutive appropriation already reduces
the estimate live millions.
Tlie Heiser Story Denied.
The following explains itself:
New York. March 7, 1876.— To the A&ociatrd
Pre**: Please tlenj upon our authority the
statement attributed to Fred Mitchell, or Kan-
sas, and published in a Boston newspaper, to
the HTcet that our house has informed him
that Ex-Senator Steward failed in his first at
twnpt to interest Schenck in the Emma mine
scheme, and succeeded only after he had pro-
cured a letter from Grant, urging him
to accept stock, and that subsequent to
this the Emma mine people bought a gold
draft through us to the order of the President
for S^O.OOO. There is not a word of truth in
the story, as we would be glad to testify
whenever an opportunity is afTorded.
F. L. HEISEK & CO.
Proceedinss Iu Con^rcs*.
Washington. March 7.—In the House Mr.
Lawrence introduced a bill to regulate trad
ing stations at military posts.
The land committee reported a bill subject-
ing land granted to companies to State taxa
tiou. Passed.
Mr. Clymer, of Pennsylvania, rising to a
question of privilege, stated that a suop«ena
had been served on bim last evening, issued by
the Supreme Court of tho District of Colum
bia. as a criminal court of the District of Co-
lumbia. to ap|>ear before that court and tiring
with him all the pajn-rs, checks, documents,
etc.. and to testify in regard to charges j>end
i;ig in that court against the late Secretary of
War. Two of his colleagues, Messrs. Rob bins,
of Norlli Carolina, and Blackburn, of Ken
lucky, had In- -n similarly sutyxenaed.
( i> rn»*r had ap|*eared before that court and
had'stored that in obedience to law le- ap-
) M.ired «t it-; bar to obe}' its order; but as a
member «»f a committee of the Hous** he felt
it would be prejudical to the highest, interests'
of the country that his colleagues and himself
should be compelled to state what had trans
)ired in their committee room. He believed
hat such a course would not only el«>s« the
mouths of all witnesses, but that iu many
cases it
wol'ld drive them from the land.
lie had said, furthermore, that, while not
pleading their privileges as members of the
House, they must, nevertheless, protest
against being examined, and would only con-
sent to be examined after an order being
made specially to that end by the court . The
court had taken time for deliberation, and
had determined, if it needed their attendance
thereafter, to send for them. Ht» had felt it
his dutv to bring the matter to the attention
of the house, in order that the House might
take such action in the matter as it might
deem right , just and necessarv.
Mr. Blaine, of Maine, asked Sir. Clymer if the
court had asked or had desired to ask for any
information that was not contained in the pub-
lished report, and was not a matter of record
and of general notoriety. He could very well
conceive that the gentleman from Pennsylva-
nia might not wish to be called upon in that
ourt to testify of what was siill a committee
secret, but what point of delicacy could arise
as to those matters which were as common as
history could make them he could not see.
Mr. Clymer replied that the court had not pro-
posed to ask them any questions at all. Tney
were to be examined before the grand jury.
If the questions were to have been asked by
the court in the presence of the public, he
might not have had as great an objection, but
he ami his colleagues had felt that, if thoy
were to go before a grand jury, whose pro-
•ec*lings were necessarily secret, that iact
would
strike terror everywhere
throughout the land, and would close all the
avenues of testimony to the House and its
committees.
Mr. Blaine reminded Mr. Clymer that his
own privilege as a member protected him, and
there was no i>ower to compel him to testify.
Mr. Clymer repeated that he had stated toi
the court that he did not intend to plead his
irivilege, that it might not bo said he intended
o excTude anything which should be right-
fully known to the public.
Mr. Bobbins, of North Carolina, another
member of the committee, made a like state-
ment in reference to his being subptenaed, etc.,
and declared it as his belief that the effect, if
not the design, was to ii
and throttle investigation.
Mr. Danford, of Ohio, another member of
the committee, said that he had had no snb-
xena to go before court, but he would like to
enow from the chairman whether and what
additional testimony had been taken before
the committee.
Mr, Lamar, of Mississippi, objected to that
question.
Mr. Blaine—Tlie objection must come from
a most inconceivable motive.
Mr. Lamar—It may l>e a motive that you
misconceive, but nevertheless it is a motive
which I have, and that is the preservation of
imrliamontary order. I maintain that
no member has a right
to reveal the secrets of the committee room.
Mr. Clymer said that there had been no ad-
ditional testimony taken before the commit-
tee; but he repeated that the attempt to draw
forth what occurred in the committee could
result in nothing but deriment to the public
weal.
Mr. Blaine—There should be no division or
seeming division between the two sides of the
House in regard to the rigorous prosecution of
public criminals. What was the object of this
nvestigation, except to bring oireuders to
criminal justice? The committees could not
mnish, and everybody knows that this was a
brutunifulmen.
Mr. Clymer—I have stated the facts of the
•ase to the House, and if a necessary imputa-
tion arises that some one in this District wishes
to close the avenues of ovidence all over the
country, it is not I who make charge, but the
facts of the case.
Mr. Blaine—The gentleman closes the ave-
nue himself.
Mr. Clymer—I will not permit the gentleman
from Maine to impute to me that which I do
not understand, or make insinuations as to my
motives, which I have not uttered.
Mr. Blackburn, of Kentucky, another mem-
ber of the committee, said he was not sur-
prised at the
uneasiness and nervousness
manifested by the gentleman from Maine.-
He (Blackburn) did not intend to charge that
it was tho purpose of the Executive to intimi-
date witnesses, to throttle investigation, or to
atrord immunity to criminals; but he did say
that, unless the gag process was stopped, the
countrr would believe that that was the pur-
pose. He would believe it, too. lApplause on
the Democratic side, and a question by Mr.
Blaine; 4• What gag process?"] It had gone
forth to the country that the committee had
connived at the absconding of an important
witness, against tho protest of the Republican
members of the committee, but it was need-
less for hi in to say that charge was flatly
falso, and h» onlv wondered that those Repub-
lican members had allowed it to go out on
their authority without contradicting it. He
went on to argue that it would be utterly im-
possible ever to convict the late Secretary of
War, or any other Cabinet officer, except by
the testimony of accomplices, and yet the
House was now to be told that any accomplice
should not testify before a committee except
at his own peril. It was against that he pro-
tested. Ho intimated that the praised " Let
no guilty man escape" would be construed by
tho country to mean, " Let no man escape
who dares to tell
on those who are in authority." He warned
the House that the voluminous investigations
that were now pregressing would be stopped,
and that it would be utterly impossible to-
carry them further successfully, unless there
was a declaration that the testimony of wit-
nesses should not be used against them.
Mr. Lamar, of Mississippi, said that there
should not be any exhibition of party feeling
or excitement in the presence of such solemn
events as were throwing their shadows over
the House. It seemed to him that the voice
of faction should at least be hushed. He re-
garded this mandate, or summons,or subpo'iia,
issued to members of the committee by the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia,
as an outrage on the privileges of this House.
He did not say that the object of the court
was to hush or to suppress investigations. The
question was one purely of Parliamentary pri-
vilege. He regarded it as a violation of the
privileges of the House for a court to issue a
summons to a member and order him to bring
along with him the records of tho House, and
to remain in eourt and not to depart until al-
lowed by the court or District Attorney. .
Mr. Blaine—Does not the gentleman from
Mississippi see, and does not the whole coun-
try see, that, having possession of all the evi-
dence on which an indictment can be found,
and having in its possession every paper in the
case, the House puts itself behind its techni-
cal privilege, and throws itself across the in-
dictment of Belknap, and that to-day It stands
as the obstacle, and sole obstacle, to the in-
dictment of the late Secretary of War.
Mr. Lamar—Neither the gentleman from
Mississippi, nor the country, nor the gentle-
man from Maine, sees any such thing. •
Mr. Blaine—It is nothing but that.
Mr. Lamar—
it is anything but that.
The question is simply whether this House
will permit its record to be at the beck and
call of a District Court.
There is no doubl but that when the investi-
gation is completed it will be within the dis-
cretion of the House to permit the courts of
the country to come in and get evidence, but
not pendente lite—while investigation is going
on and while the committee is taking further
testimony. Such a proposition was monstrous
and ridiculous.
Mr. Blaine said he agreed with Lamar that,
while the affair was in limine, it would be im-
proper for a court to interfere, but that was
not the case here. The question was whether
the House would permit testimony and papers
in the hands of its committees te be sent to
the court. The House could refuse it or send
it: and now, said he, impetuously, "I dare
that side of the House to refuse it." [Applause
on the Republican side and great excitement.]
Mr. Lamar continued his remarks, which he
closed by offering a resolution reciting the
history of the case, declaring the mandate of
the court to be a breach of the privileges of
the House, and directing the members of the
committee to disregard such mandate.
Mr. Kasson, of Iowa, invited the House to
look coolly at the situation developed this
morning. The question was raised here as a
question of privilege on the part of a member
of the Honse who had received
a judicial invitation
to aid in the indictment and punishment of a
criminal.
It wivs an extraordinary case, and one with-
out precedent and against precedent. He
asked whether there had ever been any such
proposition as had been suggeeted "to the
House, condemning a sworn executor of the
laws because he had directed his subordinate
to force those laws? The Grand Jury was
sworn to indi t men guilty of crime within
their jurisdiction, and tne House and the com-
mittee had no right to embarrass the Grand
Jury in the execution of the laws of the
land.
Mr. McCrary, of Iowa, reminded his col-
league that the committee had in its posses-
sion the contract, which must be the founda-
tion of anj- proceeding for indictment of this
offender, and that the contract was probably
the very thing that the grand jurv would get
hold of.
Mr. Clymer remarked that the contract was
between Caleb P. Marsh and John S. Evans,
and that the Secretary of War knew nothing
of it when it was made, nor for two years
afterward.
Mr. Kasson. in the course of some further
remarks, referred to the interview which Mr.
Blackburn, of Kentucky, had with some of
the parties implicated, and suggested that the
Grand Jury might have a desire to eecainine
him about it.
Mr. Blackburn remarked with some heat,
that if the gentleman from Iowa said that he
had liad a conversation with Mrs. Belknap,
and at great length, he would copy the re-
mark of a Senator, and would authorize the
gentleman from Iowa, whenever he heard any-
body making any such a statement, to say that
he had his (Blackburn's) authority for
telling that man hk lies.
[Great excitement.)
Mr. Kasson—Do 1 understand the gentleman
to say that he had no conversation on the sub
jeet involved in this prosecution, involved in
this criminality, outside of the committer
room ?
Mr. Blackburn—I have filed a statement^n
the subject which neither the gentleman from
Iowa nor any other man can impugn.
Mr. Kasson—Then I appeal to that state-
ment and ask if that is not so? If the inter-
view was impertinent to the case why was it
reported and made public, and, if pertinent to
the case, why are not the criminal courts of
the country entitled to it. [Applause on Re-
publican side.]
Mr. Blackburn—Will the gentleman from
Iowa inform the House whether
the newspaper report
is true that he and his colleague waited in a
body on the former Secretary of War.
Mr. Kasson—I will answer the question with
more cheerfulness than the gentleman has
answered mine.
Mr. Blackburn—Then I trust the gentleman
will tell us what occurred and whether he is
the repository of a confession of guilt.
Mr. Kasson—I will respond to a subpoena to
give any statement of facts in aid of prosecu-
tion of crime. Will the gentleman do as much,
or will he plead his privilege and decline to aid
in the prosecution?
Before the committee made its report, there
came a request to the entiro Iowa delegation
in both Houses to call on the Secretary of War.
as he wanted to see them that. day.
We went in the svening. Senators and Mem-
bers, and wo met this statement from him:
When I sent for you. gentlemen. I supposed
there would be some opportunity to be heard
in the House on this subject. I have mow
learned that I am Impeached, so that it is use-
less for mo to treuble you with what I was go-
ing to say as to the evidence in this case:" and
we left him.
Mr. Ainsworth, of Iowa, asked why the Iowa
delegation had left Aim out. [I^ansrhter on the
Democratic side.]
The debate continued amltl great excite-
ment, and with frequent demonstrations of
applause and laughter on either side of the
House. Mr. Blaine, of Maine, was
the central figure
on the Republican side of the House, at which
all the shafts of eloquenoe and satire were
launcliod from the Democratic side. The do-
bate was of such length, extending over four
hours, that it is impossible to give a connected
summary of it. It was participated in by
Messrs. Robbins, of Norvh Carolina: Single-
ton. of Mississippi; Danforth, of Ohio: Bebee.
of New York: Cox, of New York: Bright, of
Tennessee; Hoar, of Massachusetts: Knott, of
Kentucky; ami Hooker, of Mississippi.
Finally the debate closed, and the
House proceeded to vote on tho
resolution offered by Mr. Hoar, of Massachu-
setts, as a substitute for that of I^amar. and
which proposed to declare that the members
subpoenaed were at liberty to attend the Crim-
inal Court, and to giro such evidence ami pro-
duce such documents as relate to chargos
against W. W. Belknap for receiving a bribe
from ono Marsh. The substitute was rejected.
Yeas 84: nays, 128.
Lamar's original resolution was then agreed
to. Yeas, 130; naj-s, 75.
Mr. Whitthorne, of Tennessee, from the
Committee on Naval Affairs, submitted to the
House the testimony of Elias F. Wolf, of
Washington, formerly book-keeper to S. 1*. &
A. P. Brown, navj- contractors and claim
agents, of Washington, in which he declined to
answer the following questions:
" did you ever
take any money from Mr. Brown, and hand to
anybody connected with the naval service, and
do"you know of any payment having been, in
anj- way, paid to anynody connected with the
naval service?"
Mr. W. also offered a resolution directing
the Speaker to issue his warraut directing the
Sergeant-at-Arms to take into custody the
body of E. F. Wolf, and to bring him to the
bar of the House to show cause whv he should
cot be punished for contempt. Acfopted.
The House, at five minutes to 7, adjourned,
In the Senate the Pinchback resolution was
discussed.
During the debate Mr. Edmunds said ho had
repeatedly declared that Kellogg was only act-
ing as Executive of Louisiana, and he was pro-
tected in that position, as he should have been,
by the President of the United States, in the
Interest of peace; but he had never said, and
never would until he had changed his mind,
that Mr. Kellogg was lawfully elected Gover-
nor of Louisiana. Kellogg was not Governor,
because he did not get votes enough, and the
other man was not Governor because the votes
he got were in violation of every principle of
republican government.
Mr. Hitchcock moved Executive session
amid cries of "Oh. no; let us have a vote."
from the Democrats. Finally Mr. Morton
moved Executive session. Carried by 30 to 29,
Sherman voting with the Democrats.
Adjourned.
Accept* tlie Situation.
Cincinnati, March 7.—Judge Taft
has telegraphed the President, accepting
tin Secretaryship.
Tracking Robrflou,
Philadelphia, March 7.—The House
Naval Committee is at League Island
Navy Yard to-day. They remain here
several days. Proceedings secret.
En Route to Testify.
St. Louis, March 7.—-Gen. Pope is
now en route from Fort Leavenworth to
AVashington, to testify as to frauds al-
leged to have been perpetrated by Maj.
Ingalls, late a^ent of the Five Nations
of the Indian Territory.
WHAT LEADER WRITERS SAY.
l*roiiilnent Ncw»p»p«r« or All Poll-
ttc» on the Fall ol' Rrlknap.
[St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Rep.]
Mr. Clymer would not have been a
representative Democrat if he had not
promptly seized the opportunity of Bel-
knap's downfall to lay all the lilnme on
the party to which fielknnp belonged:
yet it requires only a very little fairness
to convince any one that tho extrava-
gance and consequent corruption which
led to this sensational denouement are
a part and parcel of that extravagance
in American life which knows neither
party lines nor local limitations, which
has produced a crop of swindlers among
aristocrats and vulgarians in New York
and in San Francisco, in Boston and
in Washington.
[St. Louis Times. Dem.l
Grant's effort to screen the Secretary
from the full penalty of his crime, is
an enormity which in itself deserves
impeachment. His criminal carlessness
—to give it the mildest term possible—
xall.s for as severe reprobation as Bel-
Knap's acts of bribery. As he strained
every nerve to save Babcock from con-
viction. so did he make haste to secure
Belknap against impeachment. The
opinion of Congress concerning this
utterly unjustifiahle act is shown in the
unanimous vote by which the impeach-
ment resolution was adopted, in spite of
the accepted resignation. The House
was determined to give the President to
understand, as Mr. Blackburn said, that
he could not "rob an American Con-
gress of a right and power which the
King of Great Britain could not take
from Parliament."
[Chicago Times. In.!.]
The discovery of Belknap's corrup-
tion is a further humiliation and dis-
grace, not merely of Mr. Grant's infam-
ously corrupt administration, but of the
whole American nation. Tlie Credit
Mobilier thievery implicated a Vice-
President, with divers Senators, Con-
gressmen, and " influential" politicians.
It was an extensive ring of swindlers in
which, like the whisky ring, many con-
spicuous rogues were combined to'coun-
tenance each other. The Sanborn ring
swindling and the Pacific mail robbery
also implicated men "high in the confi-
dence of the President."' The vast
whisky ring conspiracy swept into its
vortex of theft many of the nearest and
dearest "cronies" oi the President; but
it, -too, was a giant conspiracy to which
a kind of respectability was given by
its vast magnitude and the conspicuity
of it's rogues. But the villainy of Bel-
knap appears to have been a sort of
sneak-thief operation, in which the offi-
cial rogue stood alone, or almost alone,
in plying the trade of a rascal. The ef-
fect "upon the public mind of the dis-
covery of Belknap's swindle will be
nothing compared to what would have
been the effect of such a discovery lie-
fore tlie war, and the legal-tender swin-
dle demoralized society and converted a
nation of honest people into a nation
of gamblers and rogues.
[New Yord World. Dem.]
But the revelation yesterday made to
the country that one of the members of
the President's Cabinet hits been so
deeply involved in the direct sale of an
important post under his authority its
to make it necessary for him instantly
to put liis resignation into the hands of
the President, far transcends all that
had lieen hitherto fcarvd or uspectcd
of the deplorable conscquences entailed
upon us by the presence in the White
House of a President whose sole rule
in the administration of public affairs
has been the gratification of liis person-
al likings and dislikings. It brands not
the government of President Grant
alone, but the fair name and fame of
the American people, as with the red-
hot iron of the old piison hulks of
England and the modern galleys of
France. It is horrible to be obliged to
print such a story. To attempt for a
moment to turn it to partisan uses
would be to insult the dignity of the
American people.
[Cincinnati Times, Rt*p.]
The shame of Secretary Belknap is
felt to be the shame of the country, and
the disgrace which rests upon his name
weighs heavily upon every member of
the government under which he has
held so high a place of trust. It is vain
to disguise the fact that the crime,
wherever it may really belong, is a pub-
lic calamity of the gravest character. It
is the first time in our political history
that open, pitiful, disgusting corruption
lias entered the cabinet of the United
States: and it casts a foul blot upon the
reputation of our country, upon the
character of our public men, and, more
than all, upon the fair fame of Ameri-
can womanhood.
We can rely upon a Republican ad-
ministration to further this to the ut-
most of its pow?r. The party hits ever
been prompt to punish and turn out all
of its servants who have proved unfaith-
ful. It will not liineh now. The De-
mocracy will move with them, sorrow-
ful, but stern. There is no party ques-
tion here. It is the reputation of the
country that is at stake, and no one but
a ghoul could seek to find political car-
rion in it. No party is responsible for
the existence of dishonesty in this
world; but any party is directly culpa-
ble who fails to punish it to the utter-
most wTlien found.
[Indianapolis Sentinel, Dem.]
In what department of the govern-
ment arc we to look for honesty now?
Is there no final responsibility any-
where to which the people can look for
relief? Just now the chief subordinate
of the department of state comes back
from England under a cloud. For
months there lias been a series of expo-
sures in the Treasury Department. The
revelations in the Interior Department
have developed such an odious condi-
tion of things that nobody believes
there is any honesty in the management
of the Indian affairs. The country has
for years distrusted Robeson, of the
Navy Department. The odor of the
Williams disgrace lias not yet been
cleared away from the Department of
Justice. What is now left to tlie coun-
try of the administration that is worthy
of crcdit? Who of "Republican officials
are to lie trusted? Is there no honesty
an}-where? The Republican press have
scoffed at the present House and their
investigating committees. It has been
declared that nothing has been devel-
oped impeaching tho civil service of
the country. It can not but be expect-
ed that nine-tenths of the rascalities
that have been perpetrated have been
covered up and can not be brought to
light.
[New Y'ork Sun, Aggressive.}
It must not be supposed that Belknap
is any worse than the others because lie
gets justice first. He has done nothing
but what they have done before him.
In its essential character there is 110 dif-
ference between his act and that of Gen.
Grant in appointing men to the cabinet
because they had given him presents.
There is no essential difference between
Mr. Belknap's appointing a post trader
because the man offers to give his wife
$001)0 a year and President Grant's ap-
pointing" a worthless character like Jim
Casey collector of New Orleans because
he is his brother-in-law. It is the sys-
tem now universally known as Grant-
ism, which is dishonest, larcenous, de-
structive alike of public and private
morality. Grant engages in the Black
Friday gold conspiracy, and $25,000 is
sent to tlie White House out of the
profits ; Babcock conspires with the
whisky thieves in St. Louis, and Grant
and Shepherd aid in liis defense and
welcome him back to Washington; Mrs.
Belknap is paid $6000 a year for the ap-
pointment of a post trader; Robeson
steals $911,000 for Secor, induced thereto
by "a present toa lady," and prostitutes
the navy to enrich t he Cattell Ring; At-
torney General Williams steals the mo-
ney to pay for liis wife's carriage and
to pay the wages of his servants; De-
lano and Smith rob the Indians In-
wholesale, and (irant looks on and ap-
proves; Creswell robs in the PostolHce
Department |bv means of straw bid
frauds; Bancroft Davis is proved to be
a bribe-taker by the Legislature of Mas-
sachusetts, and is made Minister to the
German Empire; Secretary Fish has
his son-in-law employed at a large sala-
ry as the agent of Spain, while he gives
a pro-Spanish character to the policv of
the Administration toward Cuba. It is
the same thing in every department,
from the President down. Bribe-tak-
ing, plunder, larceny, Giantism, is tlie
rule everywhere. The only really hon-
est man is Bristow, whom Grant has
just been violently threatening to kick
out, but has n»t dared to do it.
If Democratic institutions arc to be
saved at all in this country, the people
must rise up in burning indignation,
anil not merely drive these persons from
power, but expel this system out of
Washington and out of the country. A
republic whose government is a den of
thieves can not stahd.
[New York Times, Republican.]
It is not necessary to discuss the ef-
fects of General Belknap's downfall on
the fortunes of the Administration or
of the Republican partv. No Democrat
save Mr. Clymer tried to vulgarize a
very impressive occasion by making
party capital out of it. There is no
proof that the President had any excep-
tional facilities for discovering the dis-
honesty of the head of the War Depart-
ment; nor is there any that he was ever
furnished with sufficient grounds of ac-
cusation against him. However this
may be the future of the Republican
party is not bound up with the fortunes
of any of its trusted agents, however
highly placed. When it is proved that
the party, its such, has extended its con-
fidence to any man after lie had been
shown to be a rascal, there will be reason
for disputing its title to public confi-
dence. General Belknap, like some
other Republicans who have departed
from the path of rectitude, was trained
in the Democratic party, and never
abandoned certain Democratic associa-
tions. Neither party need be called
upon to share his disgrace, for his fall
is simply another lesson in human
frailty and another testimony to the de-
based standard of public duty, of which
ail our political life has shown too
many examples during the last ten
years.
Cieii. Slicrman on Belkuap,
[St. Louis Globe-Democrat, March 4.]
Knowing the great value the reading
public would place upon the opinions
and suggestions of Geu. Sherman con
cerning the recent startling exposure of
Secretary Belknap's official delinquen-
cies, a Globe-Democrat, representative
called upon him yesterday for an inter-
view.
Said the General: "I have never
had anything to shock me as this shame-
ful disclosure. I am astonished bej-ond
measure. I have known Belknap a
long time, and never had occasion to
doubt his integrity. 1 know that his
previous record is without a blot. He
has always been regarded as a man of
scrupulous honor. He served with me
during the war. He went out as Major
of an Iowa regiment; subsequently
he was promoted to a colonelcy, and
while we were before Atlanta he was
appointed a Brigadier General on my
recommendation. lie belonged to the
Fifteenth Army Corps, under Frank
Blair, who recommended him to me for
promotion. He was a gallant officer,
and though not educated in a military
school, he learned very rapidly by expe-
rience, and was proficient in all the
commands which he held. lie comes
of a good stock of people. His father
was a Brigadier General during the
Mexican war."
'• Can you think of a cause for Bel-
nap's demoralization?"
"Of course, I do not know the cause,
but having lived in Washington during
his tenure of office, I can form a pretty
good idea of it. In my opinion his
downfall is due more to the vicious or-
ganization of Washington society than
anything else. I refer to the ridiculous
extravagance of those who move in the
first social circles at the capital. Very
few Cabinet officers are able to live
within their means; none can begin to
live within their salaries. While I was
there the only member of the Cabinet
who could stand it was Fish; with his
income of $500,000 u year h« enuld
afford to pay most any price for social
privileges; nevertheless, it cost him
$70,000 a year. Mr. Chandler, who >
has gone into the Cabinet since I came
to St. Louis, is another one whose pri-
vate fortune is so ample that his salary
is no object to him. Outside of these
two none of tlie public officials in
Washington can live within tlicir sala-
ries. I left Washington chiefly be-
cause my salary would not support me,
and because I did not consider the
society there the proper place in which
to rear a family. I received $1:5,500
regular salary, besides $3000 for rent
and horses, making about $10,500 in
all. I outlived this amount ever}'
year, by several thousand dollars.
I had to keep open house all
the time. My family rarely had any
rest from entertaining people, most of
them utter strangers, in whom we could
feel no interest. Besides, everybody
consider themselves privileged to prac-
tice extortion upon any person who
holds a prominent place in Washington.
Gas companies, house furnishers, mar-
keters, etc.. always charged me exorbi-
tant prices, simply because 1 was Gen-
eral of the Army. Now, Belknap got
$S000 a year, and had no outside re-
sources. He had a fashionable wife,
ambitious to lead in society. She must
have money, and there was no other
mode of getting it except by resorting
to unlawful practices. Iu my mind,
this is the key to the disgraceful con-
duct of the Secretary of War."
Louisiana A flairs.
New Oiu.uns, March 7.—Edward
Falircndock and John Henderson, in-
dicted for conspiracy to defraud the
government, were arraigned, pleaded
not guilty, and were bailed in $5000
each.
Mr. Jefferson Davis lectured to-night
to a large audience at Exposition Hall,
on the subject of the Mexican war, for
the benefit of the Louisiana Association
of Veterans.
jTIattcrM in Georgia.
Atlanta, March 7.—A meeting of
citizens to-niglit made extensive prepa-
rations to receive the "great excursion
from the Northwestern States oh the
15th.
The entire establishment and good
will of the Atlanta Herald was pur-
chased at sheriff's sale by the Atlanta
Constitution.
FOREIGN.
♦
A Frightful Famine in the Frozen
Isles of Westmannu.
-—♦——
Westnianna Islands.
London, March 7.—The Pull Mall
Gazette.« Copenhagen correspondent
writes that mails from Iceland report
that five hundred inhabitants of West-
mannu Island, a group lying to the south
of Iceland and belonging to Denmark,
are actually dying of starvation.
The fisheries there last year were un-
successful. and the inhabitants, fearing
food would not last them through the
winter, sent to Iceland asking for sup-
plies. Small quantities of supplies
were dispatched about a month ago.
However, a bottle was found on the
coast of Iceland containing!! letter stat-
ing that the supplies on hand were ade
quate only for one week, and famine
was inevitable. The dangerousness of
the sea during the winter months ren
deis communication with the West-
manna Islands almost impossible.
Great Britain.
London, March 7.—The Queen and
Princess Beatrice, with a large escort of
troops traversed several streets to open
the new wing of the London Hospital.
Business at the Stock and Royal Ex-
changes was neglected for the time.
New Grenada.
Panama, Feb. 26.—The National
Congress convened at Bogota February
1st. Two rival deputations claimed
seats. Congress decided that both
deputations should withdraw the cre-
dentials be considered. A scene of ex-
citement followed among the members
anil spectators. National troops were
called to clear the house. Excitement
in the city was intense. A general war
in the republic was apprehended.
MARINE.
Arrivals, Dcpartnrea, etc.
New York, March 7.—Arrived—At-
las. Arrived out—Kate, Prince, Eliza-
beth, Dougal, Westminster, Low, Har-
vest Home, Ada C. Billiard, Florence,
Margaret, Arnevey Skibladner, Kate
Crosby, A. C. Adams, Paul, W. II.
Tucker, Capt. Jenks, Rosalis, Mistle-
toe, Rngula, Oletoa, Laydia, Queen Vic-
toria, Classical, Stayatann, Pennsylva-
nia. Homeward—Tropic, Bull river.
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here yesterday by Mr. Adolphus Busch,
Secretary and Treasurer to E. An-
heuser & C'o.'s Brewing Association, of
St. Louis:
New Orleans, March 6.
Adolphus Busch. care of A. Sporleder, Gal-
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Received the highest premium on
barrel and bottle beer against all foreign
and domestic competition. The Bre-
men beer defeated.
Edward Vorster.
The sender of the dispatch was the
representative of the Anheuser «fc Co.'s
beers at the Great Southern Exposition
now being held at New Orleans. The
same verdict is accorded to the An-
heuser beer throughout the State of
Texas.
SAVE 25 PER CENT!
Call at 113 Market Street
and examine my stock and prices for
WATCHES AND JEWELRY.
Such bargains can not be bought elsewhere in
the State.
Reing a Practical Watchmaker, I can warrant
every watch that I sell to be all that
I claim for it.
L,. ROITAST,
Practical Watchmaker and dealer in Jewelry.
Clocks. Spectacles and Fine Pocket Cutlery,
113 market Street,
ja2J eo*l-im lp Next door to News office.
MAMMOTH POSTERS, i>erhundred 4 00
Programmes, from $0 00 to... 10 00
BRIEFS, per Page 1 00
Cards, per thousand, from $3 00 to 5 00
Envelopes, regular Letter size, per thou-
sand, with Card 4 00
Each additional thousand 3 00
Official size, with Card 0 00
Each additional thousand 5 00
Fancy Ball Circulars. Cords and Programmes
at equally low prices.
Estimates for everv description of Book and
Job Printing furnished. Give us a call and
judge for yourselves.
CARD OF THANKS.
We take this occasion to express our thanks
to our friends and the public for their liberal
patronage bestowed ui>on us in the last thirty
days, during which We were
SELLING OUT AT COST.
The success we have met has placed us in a
position to offer for the present spring season
A Larger and Better Assorted Stock
than we ever kept before. All our new goods
hare been purchased by our Mr. Jacob Son-
nenthiel during his present visit to the North-
ern markets •
CASH,
#nd will be offered at a slight advance above
We invite the Ladies to call and inspect the
Novelties, which are now arriving by every
steamer.
SONNEIVTHIEI, ISItOTIlEKS,
fe26 tf lp 163 Market Streef.
E. ANHEUSER & CO.'S
CELEBRATED
St. Louis Lager Beer,
Brought to this market in
REFRIGERATING CARS,
and stored nere in the
Texan Consolidated lee Company's
BEER VAULT.
The city and country trade and families sup-
plied with Half and Quarter Barrels free of
drayage. Address or leave orders at the com-
pany's office, 2ii4 Postofflce street.
fe29 3m lp E. K. PARKER, Snpt.
E. Anhet-SKR.
President.
Adolphus Busch,
Secretary.
E. ANHEUSER & CO.'S
BREWING ASSOCIATION.
ST. LOUIS
Bottled Lager Beer.
The Best, Purest an<l Healthi-
est Beer in Market.
IX HAS NO EQCAL.
Recommended by the highest medical author
ties in the country-
Sold by all Leading Grocer*,
jyAO 9m lp
Beer! Beer! Beer!
BOTTLED BEER
from the
STAR LAGER BEER BOTTLING CO.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
This is strictly PURE LAGER BEER. War-
ranted to be free from any deleterious com-
pound. Equal to the finest brands in Germany.
For sale by the wholesale grocers and liquor
dealers. Prices lower than any other domes-
tic Beer. Ask for it. Take no other.
J. PAUL JONES, State Agent.
del4 3m lp Galveston, Texas.
II. REYBAUD.
J. F. SIMONS.
REYBAUD a SIMONS.
Importers of and Dealers in
FURNITURE,
Carpeting, Matting, Oil Cloth,
Curtain Shades and Hollands, Table
and Bed Linen, Silver Plated
Ware, China, Glass and
Crockery Ware,
Honse Famishing Goods Generally,
130, m & 124 TREMONT STREET,
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
fe2T eodlml**p
Leon & H. Blum.
SOLE AGENTS
FOR THE CELEBRATED
WENCK
PERFUMES
A^D
Toilet Preparations
ja23 eodSmlp
J. V. WHITE,
wholesale and retail
DEALER IN
Saddlery & Harness,
110 Tremont Street,
Between Market and Mechanic.
Repairing Neatly Done at Reaaon-
able Rates. de«t eocl'tai lp
Cheap Advertisement Column.
NOTICE.
ADVERTISEMENTS UNDER THE HEAD
Lo*t, Found, For Sale, To Bent, Wanted, etc. t
not t/u/re than three litie?, rix word* to a line., on*
insertion, 50 cents; each subsequent insertion 2 <•
cents, payaMe In advance.
WANTED.
TVTANTED A situation as bookeepcr. cot-
y 1 ton sales clerk or correspondent by
geutleman of large experience, and who oau
furnish the strongest city references. Mode-
rate wages expected. Adiress TIB >11 AS. P.
O. Box Hiti. mhS It*
"\\TANTED— A Nurse, to attend to a chil-l
▼ ▼ two years old. Apply to Mrs. T. Goggan,
northwest corner 18th and Church. mhS at*
V\7ANTEL)—A Woman (white preferred* t«i
" Nurse. Apply at No. 204 Cliurch Ktrvet,
between 19th and 20th streets. ml»7 Xt
~\VrET NURSE—White woman wants situa-
▼ ▼ tion as wet nurse. Apply Mrs. Chapmni .
Winnie, bet. 31gtaad 8M rttrtate. ah? '.i '
~\V*"ANTED—A Good Cook. Washer ami
» f Irouer. Apply to Mrs. J. C. Gorham, coi.
Broadwaj- and B5th streets. mh5 lw
V STEAI)Y woman wanted to cook, waslt
and iron for a small family. Mrs. LOW-
ENST1EN. P. O., bet. 14th and 15th sts. mlifi *51 *
A COMPETENT DRESSMAKKR W1SI1 (•>?
Amu)c\vmeot the day; will sew Ay rim-
Hies. No. 416 Tlst street. uiir. .it*
T\7ANTED WANTED. ~WA VI K1»
IV *10.000 FOR THREE YEARS.
Payable in one, two and three years, at ten
per cent, interest per annnm. Interest paya-
ble semi-annually. Address
mhf> fit* Lock Boa No, 877.
AV*"ANTED—A Good Cook, Washer and Iren-
t ▼ er, to go into the country. Wages liberai.
Inquire at 163 Market street.' mli-3 lw
LOST.
J" OST—A pair of gold mounted Spectacle?.
between Lacroix's Barber Shop and my dwell -
ing on Church street. The finder wilfbe suit-
ably rewarded.
mhHlt* JOHN DEAN.
FOK SALE—FOR RENT.
J^OR SALE—R. R. Lawther offers for salo
Twenty Ilead of fine Durham Fresh Milk Cow i
with calves at their sides, at his residence, cor.
Av. Q and 89th st. mhS :st
J^OR RENT —Building on Market street, next;
to corner of 28th, suitable for store below ami
dwelling above.
II. M. TRUEHEART & CO..
mh" Real Estate Agent?.
RARE OPPORTUNITY.—A lady desirii k
to leave Galveston wishes to dispose ot!
the furniture and least; of large premises, ad-
mirably adapted for a boarding house. Situ
ation best in tho city. Address Box 78, Gal-
veston. mh7 3t*
I "V.»R RENT—A commodious Dwelling, con-
venient to business. Alro. a store and resi-
dence on Market street, between *3t,h and tf"'tk
sts. Mc ALPINE & BALDRIDGE. Henrtl-y
Building, Strand. . mh7 t:'
T?OR RENT—A Two-Story House on Avenm*
r I. between 17tli and lKth streets. Applj' at
Mrs. J. MA AS, next door. mh7 it*
IT^OR RENT—Two-Story Residence on Win-
nie strvet. between Ktli and 18th streets.
Apply to PI. JAMES, Market st. mh7 Hi*
HORRENT
.. F< >R RENT.
A STORE UNDER OPERA HOUSE,
on Tremont street. Also one Cottage, contain
ing five ro<mis. corner of Avenue o and 19th
streets. Apply to J. P. EVANS, Richardson
:. Marke
Buildings.
ket street.
mb4 unattt cctf
I.X)li RENT—TWO STORKS ir'
I the iron front brick building Nos. f>7 ami
09 Strand, between 28d ami 24th streets.
Also, the office and cotton room lately occu-
pied by J. 11. Burnett & Co., in anine building.
Also, one small store, No. 50 Center street,
in building corner of Strand.
Also, office rooms in building No. 1(39 Market;
street, between 21st and 22d stieets.
Inquire of
mh5 7t lstp II. ROSENBERG.
J OTS FOR SALE,
On a credit of three years, on Avenue O. in
blocks -*55 and 30, between 35th and 37th streets.
Apply to GEORGE BUTLER,
mh5 3t* 63 Strand.
I AND I'KUriFlCATJES of all kinds fur sain
-J at current rates.
mh5 lw j. II. COLLETT.
TX)R RENT FOR RENT.
r A LARGE TWO-STORY HOUSE,
on Avenue I, between 18th ami 19th streets,
fronting North. Enquire of
JNO. SUMMERS.
mh4 tf Prop. Washington Hotel.
J^OR RENT CHEAP—THE STORE lately
occupied by Geo. Besavi, corner of Bath
avenue and Postofflce. Apply to
mh3 tf H. PRTTCHARI).
I7*OR SALE—A thoroughly furnished cottago
residence, containing five rooms, kitchen
and servaat's room; carriage-house, stabl«»
and other outhouses, on three lots, on Avenuo
O, between 18th and 19th streets. For particu-
lars apply next door. nihS lw
F7*OR RENT—Several desirable Houses,
Cottages, and a Cotton Office. Apply t«i
J. H. BURNETT & CO., Strand. fe23 lm
ROOItlS AND ROARD.
Per Month. Neatly Furnished Rooms on
1st and 2d floor, for rent, with pri\: t i
family. S. W. cor. Church and Kith sts. mh8 •" c
OLEASANT ROOMS TO RENT-PERSON:i
1 wishing nice, large and airy rooms, can b«»
accommodated at Waters House. Apply on
premises. mti5 tf
1>ERMANENT or Transient Board and ja*i^-
ing, by the day or month, at Mrs. V. /..
Westlake s. cor. Church and 22d sts. feiiO -*lni
L^OR RENT—Large south rooms. furnislie<l
a or unfurnished, with first-class board. N.
W. corner 17th and Postofflce. felO lm*
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
J^ANKRUPT STORE has opened a largo lot;
of Ladies'and Children's Spring Hats, trim-
med and untrimmed, all at bankrupt prices.
Market, bet. 27th and 28th sts. mh8 2t*
MANDARIN TEA.—Import*d only by tho
Woman's Tea Company. New York. Act-
ive and responsible agcnts| wanted in every
town in Texas. Fresh supply of TEA always
on hand. MRS. K. BURT. Corner 16th and
Postofflce streets. Galveston.
mh8 It*
IF YOU WANT THE VERY BEST OF TIN-
ware for the littlest, money go to
mh5tf LA BA DIES.
GUS. McKERNON,
Importer and Dealer in Fruits, Nuts, etc.,
corner of Church and Tremont streets.
Consignments carefully handled, and orders
promptly attended to. sel6 6m
M1L LIN ER Y—DR ESSU1A K IN ii.
BRIDAL-OUTFITS. Mourning Costumes and
Shrouds, made to order at shortest notice,
by MRS. E. MOORE.
FASHIONABLE DRESSMAKER,
Southwest corner of Broadway and Twenty-
second streets. fe22 3m*
MlSCEIiLANEOl'S.
"^OTICE.—My wife having left my bed ai:d
board without cause or provocation, I will not
pay any debts contracted by her.
mh7 2t* O. CHISOLM.
"VTOTIOE.—In answer to Mr. O.
±y CHISOLM. NEVER having enjoyed tho
benefice of either his BED or BOARD, I can
not possiblv have vacated such privilege.
mh7 It * MR8. OCTAVUS CHISOLM
rrv_) have your Watches and Jewelry repaired
1 at reasonable prices, you must go to LKA-
VECK'S. Market street, near 32d. fe27 lm
DIVORCES legally and quietly obtained for
incompatibility, etc.; residence unneces-
sary. Fee after decree. A. GOODRICH. P. O
Box 1037. Chicago. fe24 lm*
1VTOTICE—Having removed my office to tho
corner of Strand and Twenty-second street;
(I. Lovenberg'scigar store),allparties indebted
to me will please call there and settle their
accounts.
fe22 lm I. C. LEVY.
QAN LOCATE HEAD-RIGHT AND OTHER
Land Certificates that were void under tho
Constitution of 1869: also, late issue of scrip
on forfeited surveys in old counties on good
land for half the land, if in hand soon.
fel6 d&Wtf v J. H. COLLETT.
BLESSING & BRO.,
Photographers A Portraitists.
—We do all styles of—
Portrait Work—Water Color, Criiy-
on, Oil.
Have the best Artists employed, each iu his
line, and we guarantee satisfaction.
COPYING AND ENLARGING
From small pictures a specialty.
Don't give copying work to irresponsi-
ble canvassers until you have examined our
work and compared prices. mh21 f
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