The Texas Countryman. (Hempstead, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 22, 1868 Page: 2 of 3
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HEMPSTEAD:
WEDNESDAY , ArRIL 23,1866.
wishes for his fatore welfare actuate*
nato advocate his retara to the home
. ,, : . - V. C* • " - &
ancestors. As a race, they
are doomed to certain destruction if
they remain here. Thnv me now
engaged with the white man in a
struggle for their existence—a strug-
gle in which ^Barter has never bee
given, and as history proves, one in
which- the white man has always
come forth triumphant.
The white race destroys every
other race with which it comes in
contact. That - is its history; and
the negro in this country cannot ex-
pect to he an exception to this great
rule.
Then let him hasten to leave this
country, bag and baggage, otherwise,
in common with the Indian, he will
be trampled out of existence under
the feet of the white race, moving in
continuous waves to possess them-
selves of the whole American con-
tinent.
American negro civilisation has
already been established there, and
a continent far : larger than America
is awaiting to receive the immigra-
tion that will redeem it from barbar-
ism, and develop the mineral and
agricultural wealth that Km buried
beneath its soil—that is, if the negro
race is capable of filling such a des-
tiny.
tCTDuiag my absence from Hempstead
business connected with the office, Mr
H. O. Sterrett will act as my represen-
tative, and is hereby authorized to transact
any business connected with the office.
I hope that parties upon whom I msy call
lor debts due the Countryman will lay
by enough to settle all claims.
CHAS. A. BEMAN.
There now! Hurrah for " US "—
"WE." The editor—the responisble
editor—the fighting editor1—has gone
away, to be gone two weeks, and left
US in his place.
Bully!
$fáybe you don't know us. Very
tony for yoq. But bring along a box
of cigars andf we'll allow you the hon-
or of our acquaintance.
He has left us to fulfill all his du-
ties. We'll give the Radicals the
d-—L We'll visit the editorial sweet-
heart; Well smoke the editorial ci*
gars. We'll do the editorial-«blow-
ing. " We'll put on editorial airs.
The public will readily observe that
we labor under no doubts as to onr
ability to perform preparly all editori
al duties. It is fortunate the e {¡tor
is unmarried, like " us," otherwise
we might find It difficult to fill his
place.
If anybody owes the editor" any-
thing, we wonld suggest that they
M step up to the Captain's office and
settle. " They may be assured of a
correct " balance " on the books, and*
in lact, a small discount.
Any bouquets or cake, which the
fair ¿un-iels tnay have prepared for
the editor, and which might spoil be-
fore lúa return, may be sent to us with
the positive assurance that the editor
shall—never see them. Any party
failing to take warning and act accord-
ingly, will be severely commented up-
on in our next.
If any enthusiastic admirer of the
editor wants to present him with any.
thing, we woqjd suggest that now
wonld be a good time to do so.
Finally, any yonng ladies in the
habit of receiving calls from the edi-
tor will receive prompt attention from
us by leaving their names at this of-
fice.
As we don't drink, we warn onr
numerous admirers against sending us
any liquors, as it might raise the
" devil."
All kinds of job work promptly ex-
ecuted for cash.
at Waco.
$30,006
One negro killed another* at Bren-
iurt
year%faas been honored b;
junior editor letter
visit highly appreciated by tfir¡
pie—and one which I (Speaki
ham a few days ago. ple-anct one "B'" jWm) bbanecatl attach totho
Hon. John Hancock, A.
than the fact that this place
gSSJ* tee/iBd especially the Chairman,
tMáóéo* «suingthe cnU apd fixing the time
ngin and place. We can assure our friends
A horrible murder was committed
near Henderson, Texas, on the 2d
inst. Cols. Ward and Ely, of Shreve-
port, La., while on their way from the
former place to Mt. Enterprise, to
purchase cotton, were attacked by two
ruffians, when Col. Ward was killed
outright, and CoLEly mortaily wound-
ed. They had about $14,000,
mostly specie, with them at the time,
which the murderers took. Two
young men, named Robinson andPoe,
both of excellent parentage, are sup-,
posed to be the perpetrators of the deed.
Foe has been arrested, and parties,
aaya the Hendereon Times of the
10th, were searching for Robinson.
Yesterday was the anniversary of
the battle of San Jacinto. Great
preparations have been going on for
some time for x grand celebration at
the battle ground by the citizens of
Houston aud Galveston. We predict
¡I was a "big thing."
A Philosophic Debtor.
The cool politeness of the following,
which we clip from the New. York
Post, would be refreshing on the
warmest days. We suggest that
when the "Gordian ktiot" has beén
cut, the philoapher engage in the ice
cream business* One of bis letters
wonld equal any freezing mixtnre.
" .Texas, Feb. 15,186S
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"Gkntlkmbn—Your kind favor of
the 13th instant informing me that
you hold for collection a slight sus-
picion of debt in the shape of a note
by W. and B., to B. B. and Co., for
<738,17, came dnly to hand. Your
very liberal proposition fills my bosom
with the deepest feelings ot gratitude,
mingled with regret that I am not im-
mediately prepared to accept it in its
full beneficence. ' Money, I have
none; estate real and personal, all
gone—swept off by the relentless
hand of war; bnt I am still young,
hopeful and in high expectations that
I will be able in a very short time to
settle fully with all my creditors,
paying them up to the very last cent
as the law directs. And in order to
satisfy your mind upon the ultimate
success of my plans, I will make a
clean breast of them. My debts
amount to $5,000. Now j have
what the law requires to settle all
claims—to-wit: fifty dollars to pay
the register's fee, and have availed
myself of the financial and legal abili-
ties of George P. Finlay Esq., to en-
gineer the écheme. I have also been
promised the assistance of Judge J.
C. Watrous and Col. Jesse C. Stan-
ce], and in the course of six months
I hope to make the exhibit, which, if
not entirely satisfactory to my credi-
tors, will be a legal liquidation of all
my debts. If you conclude to sue
me, please do so in Judge Watrous's
court at Galveston, as it will be more
convenient to me. My defences will
be on record.
"If you have any other claims due
from me you will find by examination
of my schedule on file in the United
States District Court, that I have ful-
ly provided for their liquidation,
making preferences. Yon will ap-
preciate my disinterestedness in pur-
suing this course, when I assure you
that my business has become s¿ com-
plicated and entangled that nothing
but the sword of the bankrupt law
(God bless Congress for it) could cut
the Goidian knot."
«I am civilitus mortun, and when
my estate is fully administered, I
shall prepare to shuffle off the old
man (peace to his ashes) and put on
the new, fresh-from a resurrection as
the balmy breeze of spring to the
poor invalid, whose heart swells to
bunting at the pleasant prospects of
returning convalescence.
" With high hopes of fntnre glory
honor, wealth and happiness under
the benign influence of a country
whose broad aegis spread its protect-
ing wing over the poor debtor, I am,
gentlemen, very respectfully &c.
Richmond, April 18.—Gen. Scho-
field visited and addressed the Con-
vention to-day. He said the iron-
clad oath of office, int he Constitution,
was extremely objectionable. He
had administered the reconstruction
laws in the §tate more than a year,
and stated that, as the result of his
experience, it wonld be practically
impossible to carry on the govern-
ment of Virginia on such a basis. In
appointing registering officers he bad
fonnd one, or perhaps two capable
persons in a county who could take
this oathj. and yet theie were thirty
civil officers in those counties.
It ia announced officially as the
opinion of Judge Duval that the ben-
efit ot the Bankrupt Act extends to
all until the2d of June, without being
required to show that they are able
to pay 50 cents on the dollar!
The St. Louis artesian w<
reached a depth of 2,906 feet.
The National debt of the United
States is about #S,500,000,000.
An emigrant train leaves Denton,
near Dallas, for California, via
El Paso, on the 25th of this month.
The total number of human beings
on the earth is computed at 3,080,-
000,000, and they speak 3,064 known
tongues.
There are 17,000 children attend-
ing the pnblic schools of Utah. Re-
sult ot the peculiar institution of that
country, we suppose.
The celebrated Gaines case which
has been pending in the conrts so
many years, has finally been decided
in favor of the appellant.
Galveston papers announce the
sudden death of Col. Minor, collector
of the port of Galveston, on Tuesday
last.
The fine steamer Josephine, which
was so badly damaged at sea lately,
has been.placed upon the line be-
tween Galveston and Brasehar City.
It has been decided in the U. S-
Supreme Court that the rebellion,
being a civil war, suspended the
statute of limitations,
It is reported that George Peaoody,
who was recently at Rome, and had
an interview with the Pope, has be-
come a convert to the Catholic faith.
Washington species say the im-
pression is gaining ground that Gen-
Hancock will be the Democratic
choice for President, and Senator
Hendricks, of Indiana, for Vice-Pres-
ident.
The Flathead and other Indian
tribes of Montana threaten an out-
break. They have been attacked
with the small-pox.
Two sisters lately met in Balti-
'more after forty-eight years' Eepera-
tion. They talked thirty-six hours,
and were still talking at last ac-
counts.
The Maj or of Norfolk resigns be-
cause his pay is too small. In this in.
stance it is the want of money that
makes the Mayor go.
At the time Col. Grenfeldt made his
escape from prison a very heavy storm
was prevailing, and as he left the
island in a small boat, it is feared he
has been drowned.
The anniversary of the I. O. O. F
throughout the United States takes
place on the 26th, hut as it falls on
Sunday, celebrations throughout the*
country will probab'y take place on
Monday, the 27th.
General Mead has issued orders
for the suppression of the Ku lvlux
Klan and other incendiary organiza
tions in his military district. News-
paper publishers who print the-
mystic warnings of the Klan are to
be tried by military commissions.
The dedication and unveiling of
the Lincoln monument took place at
Washington City on the 16th inst.>
President Johnson performing the lat-
ter job. The monument is represent-
ed as being a remarkable piece ot
handiwork. Seventy thousand seven
hnndred dollars pays for it.
The official list of the registered
voters in Texas, including the .revi-
bion, fixes the number at 108,799. At
the election 56,166 votes were polled
—44.6S9 for the convention and 11,-
440 against it. If these last had not
been cast at all, the convention would
have buen defeated. *
A terrible railroad accident occur
red at Port Jervis, Delaware, on the
Erie Yailroad, on the 15th inat., at 2
A. M„ caused byá broken rail. The
sleeping car took fire, burning to
death seven persons; six others were
killed by falling on jagged rocks, and
fifty-two woanded.
It is impossible to venture a con-
clusion as to the ultimate result of
the impeachment farce. The tele-
graph furnishes long detailed accounts
of the twaddle which daily takeB
place at the capitol, but it íb of but
little import, and it wonld be ridicu-
lous to fill our columns with such
stuff. About the best we can do in
the premises Is to furnish onr readers
with the result, when it is made
known.
It is suggested by the. Galveston
News that should impeachment fail,
Congress will remain in continuous
session until the 4th of March next*
If the President be removed, Congress
will close the session at a very early
day, inasmuch as the members de-
sire to go home to look after their
own elections, and to ta
Presidential canrass.
hope may npt |
but tjiafc the
of this peo-
Mg".
iti ves oft!
and some complaint has been made ot
The following
ington editori
Mobile Registers
I have not a doubt that the public
crimes of the past seven years aire to
the delay by. the Execuiive^Commii- faaaxpiatcd ' tod—t it would be to] ¿|,e
Hit Mm Plioinmon in -• <1. _ • ■ il.. f
be
open-hearted bos^
pie may be regéatédlfl
In my former letter I promised to
speak of an aged gentleman living in
this vicinity. I refer to my ancient
friend, Hon. John P. Shelbnrne, now
at the great age of about eighty years.
Mr. Shelbnrne is an old Texian, and
has-resided in this vicinity for more
than thirty years. He has been all
his life a States' Rights Democrat of
the strictest school, and formerly took
a great interest in promoting their
principles frequently representing his
party in former-days, in the County
and State Conventions. I have been
informed, and find the same confirmed
by referring to an old file of the
Austin State Gazette, kept 1n this
neighborhood, that Mr. Shelburne at
one time presided over the Democratic
State Convention that assembled at
Anstic, and was specially welcomed
to the chair in a speech by Governor
Hamilton, in which he alluded to
Mr. Shelburn's life-long services to
the party, and, as it were, (he con-
necting imL between the days of
the Republic, elected to represent the
people of this District in Congress.
He Hvqp with his children, respected
and honored by all who have the
pleasure of his acquaintance.
The people of this place, I am
proud to say, take ?. great interest in
the Brazos river bridge, and thimk it
would be a payiiig institution both to
stock holders and the inhabitants of
the county. The merchants and other
business men of the ph^pe claim that
they can sell cheaper in legal tender,
U. S. currency, than any other place
this side of Ííew Orleans, and they
say that if that bridge should be built,
it would enable them not only to
control the trade, as they think they
do on the west side of the Brazos,
but that the people of Hempstead
and that neighborhood would mostly
come to Nelsonville to do their trading.
I coincide with them in this opinion.
At the same time, I aoi proud to say,
that this people are not possessed of
narrow and- contracted notions of
things, and if they should fail, after
this bridge is built, an bringing the
trade on the east side to this place
they will still rejoice to see Hempstead
and the whole country prosper. But
I will say, and I feel proud to say it,
that unless the pnople ofBellville
will do something towards building a
plank road from the bridge to. that
place, that Nelsonville will take hold
oí ¡he job and bnild such a road in
a direct liue to this place, leaving
Bellville several miles to the south,
entirely out in the -cold. The timber
for making the plauk is abundant in
the bottoms of Palmetto river, (for so
I learn was the Spanish name of
Mill Creek, and by that name I shall
here ter call it.) and it can be readily
converted inlo suitable material al
Brune's factory. Some people may
regard this as visionary, but I do
not, and will " bet my bottom dollar,*'
in legal tender, U. S. currency, that
if Hempstead will build the bridge,
Nelsonville will build the plank
road. Of the superiority of plauk
roads over all other roads, not even
excepting rail roads, I may take oc-
casion to Bpeak hereafter, when 1
trust I shall be able to demonstrate
and prove their advantages beyond a
reasonable doubt.
Since my last letter, Palmetto
river has been very high, overflowing,
the banks considerable. I have not
heard, however, that any of the
Palmetto planters have been seriously
damaged by the overflow. Trade
and travel have bten somewhat in-
terrupted, but as the waters have
tow receded to within tire river baaks
everything has resumed its accus-
tomed activity.
The planters are now quite busily
engaged jtvith their crops, the late
very heavy rains having caused the
grass and weeds to almost get the
upper hand. Prompt work with the
plows and cultivators will soon put
the crops in good condition, and
enable farmers to reap a rich harvest
in the fall. There are no better
up-Iands in the State'tban those in
this neighborhood, bnt they need
constant and unrem'tting labor to
keep the land and crops in good
order,, and I am proud to say also
that as a community, there is no
people who work harder than thosa
in this neighborhood. Many of my
neighbors will be able in a few years
to erect new, handsome and commo-
dious houses, where they can spend
their declining yeais " in ease and
eleganca and all these sort of things,"
as Jack Bell 6ays, and who will
rejoice with tbeir children that they
can now find a more pleasent way of
spending their money than in buying
or his trortiy associates ou the Com
mittee, " ... * *
fttr
told; .
these gentlemen—objections the pub-
lic has not, perhaps, duly corotdered,
and which, we think, are conclusive
against a call at" the present time. At
first, it was not certainly known that
the" Constitutional Convention, so
called, was legally carried; or if so,
when it wouic meet. It will be seen
by the telegraph dispatch, which we
publish, that it will meet on the 13th
of June. Now, it is impossible to tell
what this mongrel body will do—
whpt changes in our organic law it
may propose—what ingenious
schemes it may devise for robbing
the Conservative • white citizens of
their birth-right, and perpetuating
radical and negro rule in this
State. They may change the number
or names of our State officials so that
nominations for the different officers
cannot be made until their labors
have closed. They will, of course,
provide for the election of State offi-
cers, membest of the Legislature and
members of Congress, at the same
time that the Constitution which they
make, will be voted upon. -A
Conservative Convention, after they
have developed their intentions and
made their nominations, will be a ne-
cessity, whether one is held before or
not. Why then have a Convention
before 1 What could one now do ? It
could not act in the dark—it could
not make nominations advisodly—it
could not issne an address without a
knowledge of what the Radical Con-
stitutional Convention will do—in
fact, it could do nothing of impor-
tance except to appoint delegates to
the National Democratic Convention
iu New York on the 4th of July.
Would it be advisable to iucnr the
expense and trouble of two Conven-
tions for this object alone ? It is im-
portant, we grant, that tho State shall
be represented in the National Con-
vention—but cannot this be effected
without a State Convention 1 Sup-
pose, by general Executive Committee
be authorized to consen;, that the
State Executive appoint these dele-
gates. The Committee is composed
of some of the best and most trust-
worthy men of the S:a>, in whom
:he Conservatives have the fullest
confidence, and they ccu'd ascertain
what proper pt isons would be will-
ing and certain to go when appointed.
We i^ake this suggestion for the
serious consideration of our editorial
brethren of the Conservative Press.
We have no other desire than the
good of the party, and we confess
.hat, although anxious at first ourself
fur an early Convention, reflection
has convinced us that it had better
be put off until after the adjournment
of the military Constitutional Con-
vention— One will be absolutely
necessary then, and it will be an easy
matter to get up* two. Will our
cotemporaries consider this matter
calmly and express their views on
this subject? We are sure the State
Committee are anxious to do what-
ever may be be¡si for the good of the
party and the success of its princi-
more negroes, to make more cotton
to buy moreinegroes, and so forth.
I have more matters to speak of,
and if you will indulge me I will
write again. LEGAL TENDER.
New Orleans, La., April 18,
1868.—The election was very quiet
to-day, the whites universally voting.
The polls were crowded to their ut-
most capacity. The vote of this city
will be very large; but few fraudulent
votes have been detected. The lar-
ger pari of the negro vote was ca^t
j to-day, tho negroes in many cases
pies. In the meantime, the county
organizations can be perfected, the
people kept awake, active and fully
prepared for the State ^Convention
when ^ordered. Let us hear from
our editorial brethren, and let us
take counsel together.-fState Gazette.
The following instance of indomit-
able energy on the part of an Irish
mother might well serve as an exam-
ple to thousands who live in hopeless
despair after meeting with one or two
reverses. Such instances of maternal
affection are rare:
The Lynn (Mass ) Reporter tells
the stoiy of an Irish woman, who has
been a mother indeed to her father-
less children. Her name is McCarty.
Her husband was lost in a fishing
vessel from Gloucester, and Bhe was
left with four children, 4he eldest of
whom was only eight years. Find-
ing that she could not bring up her
children respectably in Massachusetts
on her slender earnings, she 'sold her
Inrniture and put her children at a
Catholic school inBrookline, agreeing
to pay a certain stipend for their
board ane instruction, secured a pas-
sage round Cape Horn to California
by working as a stewardess, arriving
safely, went to work there to earn
money and from thence went to Ne-
vada Territory. Everything that
she could save from her earnings was
sent home to lier children, to the care
of a woman wfco had charge of them.
This continued until Mrs. McCarty
became apprised of the unfaithfulness
-of the woman, when she immediate-
ly borrowed money enough to bring
her to Massachusetts—having just
previously sent all she had to the dis-
honest woman—and started to find
her children. They were scattered
around; three of them in families;
one of them had died without her be-
ing apprised of it, and one of them
was where he was ill-used. She
gathered them together and has atart-
ed back with them to California, de-
termined hereafter not only to work
for them, but to have tLe.n where she
can look after them. Snch energy
and maternal fidelity deserves a re-
uebtion the justness of tho Great
.uler overall, who while using bad
men as instruments does not, there-
fore, forget to - punish those evil
instruments, It is no wonder,
therefore, in the light of history and
Mobile Tribune attributes thtí
cotton to the shortness of the
in India, and to the partial fail-
ure of .he attempt to adapt machinery
to>Jbe spinning of the short fibre of
í India. While tbe latter statement
remains correct< it thinks the price of
cotton wi|l not fell to wjtot itw^in
' ' * fall. Until .some
radicals resort to desperate expedients
to hold fast to power. It is more
than a love of lucre and an ambition
for authority that spurs them on.
They fight for safety, for immunity
from the stern decrees of justice, and
to avoid tbe punishment which they
know their treason to the Constitu-
tion has merited. To realize their
just apprehension of the danger it is
necessary to appreciative intensity of
the feeling of hate and loathing which
^ims against them in the breast of
roe constitutional men of the Ncstb.
On tbe committee of managers of
the impeachment against the Presi-
dent are two men, upon whose souls
are the stain of innocent blood. But-
ler hung Mumford in New Orleans
for no crime, but as an example to
strike terror into a community to
assnre.his own safety. Bingham
was the man who gave Mrs. Surratt
to the scaffold. I have good authori-
ty for saying so, for Butler and Bing-
ham are on the record in the present
Congress for the mutual charge and
proof. Do you not suppose these
men think of the future, and that it
is the dread thought of accountabili-
ty that nerves them to sweep from
their path, not only the men, but the
very foundations of government order
which stand between them and assur-
red safi ty 7 This grer t drama is far
from ended, aud before the curtain
drops there are to be scenes as im-
pressive and startling to mark the
moral of the play as any of those
which so fiercely and bloodily opened
the way to the denouement.
A Consequence of Advertising.
—People who don't think that adver-
tising does any good had better read
the following account of a catastro-
phe that occurred recently:
Some practical joker iu Cincinnati
advertised in the Commercial thai
Mr. Charles Pfau, a dry goods mer-
chant, doing busin'ess on Main street,
was in want of a cat —for a good one
ten dollars would be paid. A3 a con
sequence, on Saturday morning, fully
three score and ten cats were thrust
at Mr. Pfau, and for each a demand
of tell dollars was made. The store
was liter illy besieged by boys with
their arms full * of " cats—
Clack cats, white cat*, speckled cats,
lndy cats, Thomas cats, ancient cats,
and juvenile cats.
The Commercial says that during
the day a gentleman covered with
cat's hair, presented himself at their
office, representing himself as Charle?
Pfau, and with many manifestations
of extreme indignation, declared that
he had never liad a cat, and knew
nothing of the advertisement save as
he had seen it in print.
The Indians.—The San Antonio
Herald publishes tlie resolutions of a
meetjng held at Bandera on the 25th
ult., appealing for protection against
Indian depredations. The citizens
assert their loyalty to the government,
and deem themselves justly entitled
to the defence which they ask. Sincc
the removal of the cavalry from camp
Verde they have been without any
protection. They earnestly ask the
Commanding General to encourage
and assist them in organizing Home
Guards, respectfully representing that
without such assistance they are una-
ble to organize as effectively as tbe
occasion requires.
They refe^to the fact that the
Mexican government gives encourage-
ment to the ludians that find refuge
within its borders to depredate on the
frontier of Texas, and characterize
such heinons conduct as it deserves.
t In an accompanying statement they
give an account of fonr murders and
the wounding of two persons in Ban-
dera county by Indians within six
months ; of the breaking np of several
settlements, and the theft of a large
number of valuable horses and cattle.
They learn that the upper settlements
on the Sabinal are being broken up.
and that a number of excellent fami-
lies of Bandera are, in consequence
of continned outrages, preparing to
leave the country. The statement is
signed by the chief justice of
Bandera.—[Galveston News, 19.
There never was a better thing
said than that of Chas. G. Leland,
otherwise known as " Meister Karl,"
about the Now Englanders. Alluding
to their ^ extraordinary penehant for
frying into other people's concerns
and dictating both the political and
social affairs of everybody with
whom they come in contact, he re-
marked that '-a New Englander's
idea oí Hell was a place where every-
body had to mind his own business."
An exchange commenting upon this
says, it is as crisp as Maeaulay*s
saying that «'the Puritans hated bear-
baiting, not because it was cruel to
the bear, but because it gave pleasure
to tbe spectators." Both ere emi-
nently typical of tho present govern-
ing race of this unfortunate countrv.
[N. O. Times.
Washington, April 18.—The tes-
timony forths defense in theimoeach-
a! _7 —. T M V m mf a ^
method is discovered of manufacture
ing the unmixed, India cotton, fyjly
two million V.ales of American cotton
will be needed to meeMhe necessities
of the world* and the Tribune thinks
it fair to suppose that the world-will
be willing to pay a good round price
for what it must have or go naked.
What it calls a fair price is 85 cents
in gold for middlings.
Close Quarters.—A young lieu-
tenant, residing in lodgings, the Sit-
ting-room of which was very small,
was visited by ne of his fashionable
military friend*, who on taking leave
said, alluding to the smallness of his
apartment—"Wjdl, Charles, and how
much longer do you mean to continue
in this nut-sJieU V' To which he
very wittily replied—"Until I become'
a herndl.**
According to a' recent report the
Radicals have been running the ma-
chinery ot government at a pretty
rapid rate From the first of Janu-
ary, 186S, they have expended seven
million seven hundred and ten thous-
and dollars. This is at tho rate of
one thousand one hnndred millions of
dollars per annum. Tbe national
debt of Great Britain, which lias been
many years accumulating, is not quite
four billions.
A Printer in Texas, whose first son?
happened to be a short, chubby little
fellow, named him Brevier Full faced
Jonr-s.
We hope be is np to the '* stand,
ard," otherwise it would be rather'
rough on Jones, jr. •
Gen.
through
It has been suggested that
N. B. Forrest's late tour
Northern Georgia and Mississippi
has something to do with the organi-
zation of the Ku Klux Klan.—[N.
Y. Sun.
It has been " snggested." that you
are a consúmate old fool.
Our thanks are due Mr. Martin
Sterne, IfoustoQ, for numerous favors.
He is one of ; he most genial hearted
and affable gentlemen we have ever
met with, lie can be fouud at the
establishment of his brother, Mr. Saui
Sterne, on Main s'.reet.
The first steam vessel that ever
crossed the Atlantic was the Savan-
n ill, in the month of June, 1S19, from
Charleston to Liverpool.
« M rk Twain" is S. S. Chuñen ,
•Josh Bidings" is Henry \V. Shaw,
•'Jeemes Pipes" is Stephen Massett.
"P. V. Nasby" is D. 11. Locke.
•
WEEKLY PRICES CURRENT
■'a> 11
Texas Couxtuyman Office, £
]leiuj .<iead,April i!, ]8tW. }
Apples, dried, ^ § ]■
" green, libl nrn:e
Red Heads* Jinking I\iw-
ders,6 :;nd£«>z., per doz.
Cracker*, soda
" sugar and en-am
Candv, assorted
" fancy
Chocolate.
Coffee, prime Jiio
Java
nlrot i ii - wuajr, ma uegioeti in many cases' j —"v ,
Wrf e. voting the democratic ticket, aunouuc-1 '85 a"exampkandan eiicourage-
v ' ing their vote to the crowd. 1 Iueut tü ot^L'rs-
Cider, «-liamgagne, ^ cate.
Candles, star, siiart weight,
1'iill weight,
" sperm
Corn, Texas.
Western
Flour, uninspected ."
" superfine _*
" extra
" choice extra
Fruit, raisins, huers, f bx
hi-bo-cs....
" qr-boies....
" lemons
" oranges....
" figs. ft
" prunes, $*.jar
^ " currants,lh
Glass Goods,Pickles diz-eal
" hf-gal.
" " " q-iarts
" " pints..
Worc'r sauro
" " brandy 1 hers
" " peaches
Mackerel, No. 1, kits
No. 2, kite
" ¿-bb].,6hor¿.No.i
4 bbl.,shore,N .1
Molasses, Louisiana, %>■ tal.
" - Texas
" syrup
Nuts—almonds,per lb....
" walnuts
filberts
" pecans...
Onions •
Oils—kerosene, iu cases!
rfiiRk..... ....... ....
Porter and Ale, %*doz <its
Powder, per keg
Potatoes—pink eyes, ^>bbl
Rice, India, lb
Ribbed Sides ..........
Rope, Kentucky
" Manilla *
" Cotton Ties
Salt, Liverpool
Starch, pure, per lb J
_ '■ lb papers
Sugar,Louisiana fair..
" clarified
" crushed
" Texas
Soda, per lit
Bagging, Kentucky.* '"yd.".
•' India
Tea, Imperial
" Young Hyson..
Tobacco, Virginia, $ It....
" smoking..
Mess Pork
Bacon, breakfast....*..*"."".
Hauis, canvassed.....
Hay
Brick, M.
Clear Sides
Lard, prime,iu tierces"*."/
" " in kecs
Butter, testen.
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Osterhout, J. P. The Texas Countryman. (Hempstead, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 22, 1868, newspaper, April 22, 1868; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth180291/m1/2/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.