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SAN ANTONIO
DAILY EXPRESS.
Official Organ of the United
States.
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job work.
We are prepared to do all kind
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and in the best style.
VOL. VIII.
SAN ANTONIO,
TEXAS,
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1874.
NO. 78
MEDICINES.
A. NETTE
APOTHECARY.
His r.'Bt receivtd a large slook n'
mkdl'jinvs.
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' SUH010AL 1N*T»UTMFNT&
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by
3.. \"v<»lfson,
AN antonio,TEXAS.
Audi"'1 «f DRV (loon*. Ci.othinq
Hath, •'»» Ki knituuk. *nd ever*
descriptM,!* »»f Mt»rc t^niiise, [>ruin[ttly
tended to.
jtg-LiMml *,!<'«,.<•« made on eOn*i«D
meuw. . . „ .
Goods at private **'« at Aueiioo Prices
9 b *69d.
OI"7 Commerce Street,
o I SAN ANTONIO, TEX. O I
WATCHMAKERS
xsn
JEWELLERS,
Respectfully inform the public that they
eutered info partnership to carry on a
First Class Jewelry Store.
Every artcile in their lino «f bnsiuesB
manufactured or repaired. Watches and
Jewelry are made to Rive satisfaction at
very reasonable prices.
Constantly 011 liand a large
assortment of American. Swiss,
Gold and Silver WATCHES, fine
Gold Chains and Jewelry, Silver and Sil-
verplated Ware, Clocks, Compasses, Spec-
tacles, Field Glasses, Gold Pens, Pencils
and Penholders.
Call and see for yourselves at the corner
of
Commerce and SI Mary Streets
30-1-dtf.
w. A. BENNETT
j. t. thoknton
BENNETT & THORNTON,
Banker*, »>e:Uevs in Exchanpt
and Government Securities.
Will Pay particular attention to the collection o
Claims at «v\l accessible points in Texas.
1 6-71dtf.
J. KEEN,
52 Main St., San Antonio. Tex.,
Wholesale Dealer in
LiSlUCBS, CIGABS,
-AND—
TOBACCOS.
HAVING opened with a large and com-
plete stock of the above goods, I am
now prepared to sell the following brands
in store:
Camelia Whisky, Monongahola Rye,
" Baltimore 4
Pine Apple u
Magnolia
OliveBrancU
Clark's White Wheat,
Robertson County Bourbon,
Old Crow
Chicken Cock (|
T. O. P.
Dan'.el Boone, (t
PrenchGCoKnac, Domestic and Holland
rin Cordials, Port, Sherry, Catawba,
Haut Santerne Claret, Rhine
' \Yiuea et my own importa-
tiou, by casks and boxes
— ALSO
Alarg itockof
' Imported and Domestic Cigars,
Virginia Smoking and
Chewing Tobacco,
To be eold at a small profit. '23-7-73dly.
w. w. Sharp© & Co.,
PUBLISHER'S AGENTS
>Jo. 25, Park Row, New York,
are authorized to contract for adverting
in our paper.
SIMMONS
THE
FAVORITE HOME REMEDY.
This unrivalled Medicine is warrented
not to con tain-a sinyle particle ot Mkrcu-
ky. or any injurious mineral substance,
but is
PURELY VEGETABLE.
containing those Southern Roots aud
Herbs, which an allwise Providence has
placed in countries where Liver Diseases
most prevail. It will cure all Diseases caus-
ed by Derangement of the Liver anil liowels.
Simmon's Liver Regulator, or Medicine,
Is eminently a Family Medicine; aud by
being kept ready for immediate resort
will save many an hour of suffering and
many a dollar in time and doctors' bills.
After over Forty Years' trial it is still
receiving the most unqualified testimoni-
als to its virtues from persons of the high-
est character and responsibility. Eminent
physicians commend it as the most
effectual specific
For Dyspepsia or Indigestion.
Armed with this ANTIDOTE, all climates
and changes of water and fond may bo
faced without fear. As a Remedy in
MALARIOUS FEVERS, BOWEL COM-
PLAINTS. RESTLESSNESS, JACNDICE,
NAUSEA,
IT IIAS NO EQUAL.
It is the Cheapest, Purest aud Best Family
Medicine in the World!
manufactuukd only by
J. II. Zeiiin & Co.,
Macon, G.a., and Philadelphia.
PRICE $1.00.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
26-2-74-d&wly
GROCERIES.
Eugene Robin,
DEALER IN
FLOUR
AND
GROCERIES
Has just received a fresh supply of the
following articles, to which lie invites the
attention of all buyers:
Flour, various brands,
CRUSHED and BROWN SUGARS.
Coffee,
Lard,
Hams, •
Bacon,
Breakfast Bacon,
Claret Wines, in casks or bottles,
Sherry Wine, " " " "
Whiskieu, "
it t, «
LIQUORS, & c., &c.
SEGARS, SEGARS,
Smoking & Chewing Tabacco,
CANNED MEATS,
Vegetables and Fruits,
PICKLES AND SOURCROUT.
Salt and Spices,
Brandy-Peaches and Cherries in glass,
PEACHES,
PEARS,
PLUMS,
PINEAPPLES
and other Fruits in Syrup.
BY receiving frequent supplies he en-
deavors to keep on hand
A GENERAL STOCK OF
GROCERIES
ALWAYS FRESH,
wliicli he offers at
MODERATE PRICES.
FLOUR. As in his bakery establish-
ment he uses large qualities of tlour, he
has always on haud a large stock of the
best, brands. 20-5-73-dly
BLANK DEEDS,
OF ALL KINDS FOR SALK AT TH8
« EXPRESS" OFFIGK.
FAMINE *.
[From the Baltimore Ameriu.]
The terrible spectacle of 25,000,-
000 of people guttering lor want ol
j food—that is, wholly or partially
starving—suggests sufferings which
j in this country of abundance, it is
; scarcely possible for the mind to
| fully grasp. Yet it appears to be
the actual extent of the calamity
j which not only threatens, but is
upon the people of the valley of the
Gauges. The London Times, in
estimating the scarcity, and the
means necessary to prevent starva-
tion, says that "the danger w»is
never greater than it is no. All the
calculations yet made have been
premising that 2.1,000,000 of people,
including one tenth only able-
bodied, required food. We must
not forget, however, that the de-
ficiency is stated at one-half the
entire rice crop of Bengal, and with
out going out of those provinces,
we have 05,000,000 of people or
less att'ected by the scarcity. In
addition to this, we have a possible
large demand from the northwest
provinces—Oude and Madras." This
lamentable famine is owing to caus-
es which first manifested them-
selves last summer and fell. Many
as ate the products of ibe province,
the great dependence of the people
for food is upon rice. It was the
failure of the rice crop of 1873
which has caused the present fa-
mine. The rice harvest is the great
harvest ot the country. Whether
it is to be a good crop or a bad
crop depends mainly on the quanti-
ty of ram that falls in the rainy
season, which extends from early in
June, wheu the southwest monsoon
sets in, till October. Last year
very light rains tell until the middle
of September, when they ceased en-
tirety. Only a small quantity of
rice was obtained in consequence
over nearly the whole of Bengal,
the area ot which, according to the
official returns of 1871, is 239,591
square miles, and its population,
together with that of the native
States subject to its government,
over 38,000,000. The districts com
prised in the present famine area
exteud from the Bay of Bengal
northwest to Oude, a distance of
more than 500 miles. The want of
food is most felt, however, in the
district ot Behar and Patna, on the
Ganges, distant about 300 miles
north by west from Calcutta. Other
districts in that portion of the
province also sutler from the scar-
city.
Those who are fond of hunting up
the coincidences of history will find
that in 1770, little more than a cen-
tury ago, Bengal suffered from a
similar famine and from like causes.
Lord Malon, in his histroy of ling-
land says:
"Anew and more grievous calam-
ity overspread Bengal. The usual
rains having failed, there was no
water in the tanks, and the rivers
shrunk into shallows. 'Ihe rice
fields continued parched and dry,
and could not yield their expected
produce. A terrible famine ensued;
a famine such as Europe during
the last few ages has never known,
even iu its rudest districts, or be-
hind beleaguered walls. Through-
out the wide valley of the Gauges
the country places were deserted,
and the cities, where alone there
might be hope ot food, became
thronged with starving multitudes
from whom piteous cries were
heard * * * Thousands and
tens of thousands of humau beings
died daily in the streets, where the
vultures swooped down and the
dogs and jackals flocked in quest of
their ghastly prey. In calcutta
aloue there were daily employed
oue huudred men ou the company's
accouut, to pile the dead bodies
upon sledges and cars and throw
them into the Ganges. The broad
river itself was so tainted that the
fish ceased to be wholesome food.
Hogs, ducks aud geese, which had
likewise taken part iu devouring
the carcasses, could no longer
themselves be safely eaten; and
thus, as the famine grew greater,
the means ot subsistence, even to
Europeans, grew less. It was com-
puted, not in any rhetorical flight,
nor amidst the horror of the sufler-
ings described, but iD a grave dis-
patch written two years afterwards,
that throughout Bengal this dread-
ful famine had destroyed in inauy
phices one half, and, on the whole,
above oue third of the inhabitants."
Though great famiues now, wheu
railroads, steamships and fleets of
sailing vessels equalize the pro-
ducts of the world, and scarcity at
one point is quickly supplied by the
inflow from other points, are of in-
frequent occurrence, yet the grim
monster of starvation is no new
enemy to the humau race. From
the year 1708 to 1714, B. B., famine
| slew myriads in Egypt. In'Rome,
430 B. C, a famine occurred, so
1 direful iu its ettects that thousands
| of people threw themselves iu the
! 'liber to avoid death by starvation.
Again Egypt guttered in the year
42 A. I)., and again Rome experi-
; euced its horrors iu the year 262,
when a plague aided to decimate
the people. In the year 1872 a
famine ensued in Britain, causing
people to eat the bark of trees.
Thousands died in Scotland in 300,
aud in 310 forty thousand people
perished in England. An awful
awlul famine desolated Plugrigia in
370, and in 450, during the continu
anee ot u famine iu Italy, parents
ate their children. The years 739,
823 and 954 were marked in Eng-
land, Wales and Scotland as yes»rs
ot famine, and iu 1016 all Europe
was stricken with awlul starvation.
The year 1087 saw the recurrence
of the famine in Fnglaud, aud troui
1193 io 1195 want of food and a
pestilence combined combined car-
ried off thousand iu that country
aud in France. England sullered
in 1251 from the same cause, aud in
the famine in that island in 1315
people are reported to have devour
vermin, and the flesh ot horses,
dogs and cats. The years 1335,
1353, 1438, 1505, 1093 and 1748
werd all marked by dreadful fa-
mines in England or France. Ben
gal was devasted in 1770 ; sixteen
thousand persons persished at Cape
de Verdi iu 1775; France suffered
in 1779, and England iu 1795 and
1801. In 1814, 1810, 1822, 1831,
1840 and 1847 great famine prevail
in Ireland iu consequence of the
failure of the potato crop, and in
the last mentioned year Parliament
voted £10,000,000 for relief. In
1861 thousands starved iu the
northwest provinces ot India. In
Algeria, while Marshal McMahon
was Governor, a great famine oc-
curred, aud in 1865 Reugal suffered
from a scarcity ot food.
A Communist woman, sentenced
to be shot, was taken out and sta-
tioned against a wall a large crowd
of street people gathering around
to witness the execution. Just as
us the soldiers were about to fire,
she raised her hands with the
words, "An instant." The soldiers
paused. The woman had on a good
garment; this she took oft, and,
seeiug a woman in the crowd in
rags, went up to her and said,
"Take this; it is a pity to spoil
good clothes." Then she returned
to her place and was shot.
F. GROOS & CO.
Mm\i Liquor Dealers
GROCERS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Commerce Wlreet,
SAN ANTONIO, TEaAS
6-12-7 Id t.f.
DEALERS IN
Guns, Rifles, Pistols, Ammunition
AND
SPORTING ARTICLES OF EVERY
DESCRIPTION.
All repairs on Arms neatly executed.
■l-73d2w-w-tf.
Albert Sadusky,
LOCAL and GENERAL AGENT
— FOR THK —
ate of lociuana
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en:
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Anil a positive remedy for
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Phjsician and Surgeon, 1< 4 DmineSt. N. Y.
MISCELLANEOUS.
ill
SOAP,
SUPERIOR TO A NY < TEIER
Manufactured and made to order by the
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Generl Agency for the United States,
Canada & Cuba,
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Orders received lor Soap and Beef Ex
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Staple and Fancy Groceries
33 Commerce Street,
SAX ANTONIO, TGXAg
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DEALERS IN AND
MANUFACTURERS OF;
Jewelry, Silver-ware, Plated-ware
WATCHES, CLOCKS,
Spectacles,
Fine Pocket and Table Cutlery
RAZORS, SCISSORS,
FANCY GOODS, <fco., <&o,
WATCHES, CLOCKS
AND JEWELRY
Repaired and warravtid;^
No. 11 Commerce Street
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