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ESTABLISHED—1842.
GALVESTON, SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 1875. PRICE-FIVE CENTS.
VOL. XXXV.—No. 57.
Gooda all marked in plain figures. One
price only, no deviation.
Terms: Cash On Delivery.
Store Cloned on Snndays, m*l
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if Kupland £17,000. Cotton receipts at
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i ii VI. t.IUI'.UTY AND STATE LIMITS.
Ucorge Ticknor Curtis lectured bc-
Ifore the New York Association for the
IAdTaaceneat of Science ami Art on
Tueiditjr evening. Ho defended ami
I explained the old idc.i that the sover-
| eign power in this country is not
rested wholly in the Government of
(the United rttit.es. Ho said that the
stutcsmeu of all sections who made the
(''institution understood that political
sovereignty or government is capable
of division ; that as tho people
c.u h State after the revolution had a
perfect and absolute right of inde
pendent self-government, it was both
theoretically and practically possible
to transfer to a given depository cer-
tain of their political powers for spc
citfo purposes, while they reserved all
other powers to themselves; that this
idea of the divisibility of sovereignty
lies at tho basis of our political system
and that a central government can hav
a complete sovereignty in respect to
curtain powers, and at the same tlin
that the local governments can have
complete sovereignty in respect to all
other powers. He then reviewed the
discussions and disputes on the sul
ject of national sovereignty and State
rights, culminating at last in the late
civil war, and then said :
Of course, I do not inian to say that
tli r« were not in the South various pa<
sioiis, personal ambitions and erroneous
idn.H concerning tile value of the Union
working to produce the disruption which
w.> afterward «a# ; but 1 do iuimb to say
that pervading tbe wbole seething mass
of public opinion and feeling that swept
those States out of tbe Union, there was
n i msclentlous conviction that in fight-
ing for tbe right of secession, they were
lighting for a cause th.it was deducible,
and that was to them deduced, from tbe
i.ature of tbe Constitution. Upon tbe
wbole therefore, I think that the history
of thu world scarcely aiTords a parallel
instance of a great conflict of
opiuion so clearly marked and
distinctly traceable in its growth aud
consequences, resulting in a civil war.
fc when you consider that that conflict of
opiuion concerned not th.< nature of rival
dynasties, but the na'ure aud character
ni a free government, and I think from
the whole history there are certain con-
clusions t > b< drawn, and th it it is time
to draw thetn.
The first is that State secession from
the i ui hi as a constitutional right is as
d. ad for any practical purpose as the
th us .n ls »f brave men who were slain
in asserting and defending it. All tho
intellectual elements of course remain as
they were, but a resort to arms has
settled the question. Tho next obvious
deduction is that, while the war iins set-
tled the principle that the powers of the
government were irrevocably granted to
the people of every State, its powers re-
main definite, specific aud limited. If
ever the State limits ard obliterated for
the purposes of government, and all the
elements of political aud governmental
authority ure fused into one mass with
the physical force of the nation, we shall
see a government more despotic than that
of Uussia, aud one that will not be any
more careful of liberty, because it may
rest on universal suffrage. Finally, since
the great object of tbe war has been at-
tained in the suppression of the right of
secession, since its results have produced
a new condition of society in the Souil
ern States, aud since it is an admitted
fact that those States are relegated to
their normal right of self-government,
there remains nothing for us to do but
to aid them in the best way we can in ail
justing the internal relations of their
people to each other.
As constitutional law analysis goes
in this country in these days, Mr.
Curtis is, doubtless, a very respectable
type of his class. Hut evidently he
treads with no steady step on the
perilous edge of things when he de.
nies the right of secession under any
circumstances, and yet asserts the ne-
cessity of preserving the local sovc
reignty of each of the States as the
only preventive of a despotism worse
than that of Russia. A so-called sove
reignty which has no right to vindi
cite itself agaiust instant
must not be permitted to exercise a
sovereign discretion, in face of danger,
as to means of self-preservation.
The logic of Mr. Curtis goes round
n a hopeless circle. It mocks us with
a glittering definition of rights that
can command no remedies. Mr. Cur-
is forgets, or fails to see, that, though
sovereignty—fundamental, transcen-
dental sovereignty—may be divided as
to its organs, it is absolutely indivisi-
ble as to its essence. His attempt, by
analyzing written constitutional law,
to get at the seat of ultimate authority,
recall-! by steep contrast the exposi-
tions on that subject which have been
contributed to political philosophy by
Orotius, Puffendorf, Hobbes, Locke,
Gasscndi, Burlamaqui. Ho seems to
think that political liberty depends en-
tirely on express forms and conven-
tional demarcations. At least he de-
nies the right of a people, oppressed,
or threatened with oppression, in spite
of such forms and demarcations, to
look for defense or for redress, not in
elTete and spiritless muniments, but to
the reserved and living forces of civil
society.
American freemen can hardly afford
to accept the theory of Mr. Curtis.
When Texas was an independent re-
public, she liad within her national
boundaries no State limits, no local
sovereignties; and history does not re
cord that her government during that
period was a centralized power more
despotic than that of Itussin. Sup
pose, for tho sake of illustration, that
she was once rnoro an independent re
public. From the nature of things
she could not be a federative union of
States. Her internal divisions would
be, as they are now, simply municipal.
Her population might become in the
course of time as numerous as that of
Englaud, while there was but one gov-
ernment to embody the fused elements
of political authority, and the whole
physical force of the nation. Itis not
probable that many intelligent Texas
patriots would fear to confide their lib
erties and the political destinies of
their children to a republic so consti-
tuted and so governed. In the sense
of never having been federated, it
would be consolidated, to be sure
But it would be no more a consolida-
tion than England is, or this State is,
now. It is true that more or less
opprcsion might be experienced. But
there never was a republic altogether
free from this reproach. There is no
tyrant worse than an angry and pre-
scriptive majority, and the narrower
the circle of the rule, the more pursuant
and cruel is the tyranny.
The (Jiifiiiitlit'd Jlotel to be Sold.
The State Legislature.
[Special to flie Galveston News.}
or mam
festly impending usurpation, and
which does not dare to protect itself
in the presence of actual peril by the
exercise of a sovereign discretion, can
noi be a sovereignty in soul and in
fact. But this is the only kind of
State sovereignty which Mr. Curtis al-
lows while solemnly admonishing us
that, if ever the State limits are so ob-
literated for the purposes of govern-
ment as to merge all the elements of
political authority into one national
mass, " we shall see a government
more despotic than that of Russia, and
one that will not bo any more careful
of liberty because it may rest on uni-
versal suffrage." Thus he shuts us up
to fearfully hard lines; it may even be
said to positive despair.
In nearly half the Union State limits
have been obliterated for purposes of
government, and political authority, as
regards that section, has been exercised
us one supreme, absolute, undivided
force. Mr. Curtis, indeed, admits as
much. It is only by the grace of
that central force, he lets us under-
stand, that the States which had been
subjected to the obliterating process,
"arc relegated to their normal right
of self-government." He generously
adds that " there remains nothing for
us to do"—meaning the people in his
section of the Union—"but to aid
them in tho best way we can in adjust
ing the internal relations of their peo-
ple to each otlier/' A» he and
fellow countrymen of the North are
outside of tbmie States, they of course
can not aid iu such tin adjustment
from inside positions. Thoy can only
do so through some exterior medium
capable of making a purpose, con-
ceived without, effective within- In
short, they must employ the agency of
tbe national government in composing
internal distractions and cstabliahin
conditions of internal belf-government
iu these States, bo wt are again con-
fronted with the contradiction of a lo-
ry,! sovereignty that must maintain
itself inviolate as the only safeguard
vainst a crushing despotism, aad yet
A meeting of the Hotel Directors
was held last night, when the Finance
Committee reported that since the last
meeting they had made application to
all the stockholders to purchase the
bonds on the terms and conditions pro-
posed, and that the whole amount of
bonds taken was $08,000. The com-
mittee reported that they could not pos-
sibly get any more of the bonds taken.
It was thereupon agreed that nothing
more remained for the directors to do,
that all the means within their reach
to prevent a sale of the property had
now been exhausted. A resolution
was therefore adopted requesting the
President to consult with the attorney
of the company in order that the sale
should be effected so as to secure the
highest possible price under the law
We should remark that an order for
the sale to take place on the first
Tuesday of this month, on behalf of
the judgment creditors, was issued by
the Court some time ago, but was
postponed one month at the request
of tho directors, in order to give them
an opportunity to sell tho bonds, if
possible, and thereby prevent the ne-
cessity of a sale. But as this last
effort to sell the bonds has failed, the
property will now be sold by the sheriff
on the Gth day of April, and will of
course be so advertised by the sheriff.
It is superfluous for us to express
our regret and mortification at this re-
sult after between two and three years
of most unwearied efforts on our part,
and on the part of the directors and
some few others, to get a hotel built
that should be a credit and an orna-
ment to the city. When we bear in
mind that the directors are some of the
most prominent men in our city—
among our largest capitalists and most
successful business men—this failure,
after so many trials and the expendi-
ture of so much money, must be any-
thing but creditable to our city. And
yet we, knowing as we do the large
sacrifices of time and money made by
the directors to carry out this enter-
prise, do not hesitate to express our
conviction that they have done all that
could be required of them.
We believe it is strictly true that the
failure is entirely attributable to the
neglect and refusal of many of the ori-
ginal subscribers to pay up their stock.
It was this that compelled the directo-
ry to borrow money to prosecute the
work, and to finally suspend the work
altogether. Suit was brought to test
the binding obligation of the subscrip
tion, and was decided against the sub-
ssribers in the District Court, but the
case was appealed to the Supreme
Court, where final decision has, we
believe, not yet been rendered. But
though it is expeted to be in favor of
the company, yet the delay has proved
none the less fatal to the enterprise.
The amount of money expended in
the purchase of the valuable lots in
the heart of the city and in the build-
ing is not less than $120,600; but,
as the property was bought when pro-
perty commanded considerably less
than the present prices, it would be a
low estimate to put its present value at
$150,000. The amount of the judg-
ment debts for which it is to be sold
is only about $30,000. The sale is to
be for cash, and the title unquestion
able. Under present circumstances,
there can scarcely be a doubt that the
property will be sold at a great sacri.
fice.
FROM CALVEltT.
Murderer Convicted.
Tue News returns thanks for cards
of invitation to a grand masquerade j ">8■ * substitute,
and dress ball to be given by the loyal
subjects of Queen Mab, at Jefferson,
April 2 next. The invitations are of a
beautiful design and finely executed.
As in indicated by their motto, the oc-
canion, no doubt, will be one of " fun,
folly and fantasy; mirth, maslc and
mystery."
Austin, March 13,1875.
Senate.
Bill introduced appropriating five thou-
sand dollars to enable Texas to be repre-
sented at the Centennial Exhibition, was
lost. A motion to reconsider was entered.
Bill requiring that constitutional
amendments to be submitted to the peo-
ple be voted upon separately.
Executive message appointing Hon. J.
L. Camp, judge of the new criminal dis-
trict of Jefferson, Marshall and Palestine
was received and the Senate went into ex-
ecutive session and confirmed the ap-
pointment after being notified of Senator
Camp's resignation.
Bill granting time to the Rio Grande
Railroad.
Weighers' bill reconsidered, amend-
ments lost and the bill passed the Senate
and goes to the Governor.
The Senate refused to concur with the
House amendments to the General Ap-
propriation bill, and asked a free con-
ference.
Afternoon Session.
The Committer of Conference on the
the Ueneral Appropriation bill agreed to
the House amendments, except to in-
crease the amount for frontier defense
to $300,000, and so reported, and the re-
port was adopted.
Bill empowering the Governor to com"
mute the sentence of convicts in consid
eration of good behavior. Passed.
House bill requiring justices in Waller
county, holding office previous to its or-
ganization, to turn over the records to
their successors.
The Sonatn refusing to concur in the
House amendments to the Deficiency
bill, asked that a Committee of Confer
ence be appointed.
Also bill authorizing a tax in school
districts to supply the deficiency in the
school fund.
Honse bill passed authorizing convicts
for petty offenses to be hired out, with
their consent ; also bill granting private
aid to remove raft below Victoria, in the
Gaudalupe river.
Bill paying Cardwell & Co $1200 for
printing. Passed.
Bill to priut tho Penal Code in Spanish
Passed.
House.
A resolution was introduced by Stew
art, of Montgomery, to adjourn on the
20th instead of the 15th inst., which was
tabled by a vote of 39 ayes to 31 nays.
Stewart, of Montgomary, introduced a
bill establishing State sanitary author!
ties ; a bill providing for a State Board of
Health ; and a bill regulating the trans
portation of convicts to the State Peni
tentiary. Referred.
unfinished business.
The chartering of the Gulf, Austin
and .Northern Railroad Company, with
the House amendments, was not con-
curred in by the Senate, and is indefi
nitely postponed.
A bill paying $201 18 to D. H. Carr
for services as special Jndge at Gaines
ville, Cook county, passed.
A bill appropriating $17,403 to pay L.
H. McNally's militia company and the
Galveston companies for services in con-
nection with the Dewitt county trouble,
passed.
Pending the reading of the Dallas and
Southwestern Railroad charter, the House
took up the special order, the Deficiency
bill for the present fiscal year, and
Dansed it, after adopting a number of
amendments.
Afternoon Session.
The bill pending.
The charter of the Dallas and South-
western Railway Company passed.
unfinished business.
Bill creating a lien iu favor of board,
ing house and livery stable keepers on
property left with them for debt. Re-
ferred.
Bill amending the State Penal Code.
Passed.
Bill requiring of witnesses seciecy of
testimony. Passed.
Bill prescribing the mode of service in
certain cases. Passed.
Bill prohibiting the carrying of con-
cealed weapons in cities and towns. Re-
ferred.
Bill providing for tha distribution of
taxes collected for building and repair-
ing school-houses in certain districts of
newly created counties. Passed.
Bill incorporating the Austin, Mineral
and Western Railroad Company. The
terminus te be to Fort Concho. Passed.
Bill reimbursing Rusk county to the
amount of $1000 wrongfully paid by its
officers into the State Treasury. Passed.
Bill extending the time of construction
of the Texas, Mexican Gulf and Pacific
Railway Company another twelvemonth.
Passed.
The General Extension bill, granting
twelve months additional time for the
construction of all the railways in the
State, the International and Great North-
ern excepted, passed after much discus-
sion.
Delany submitted the report of the
Committee of Free Conference on the
disagreement between the two houses on
the General Appropriation bill recom-
mending that the House recede from its
amendment increasing the appropriation
for frontier defense from $150,000 to
$300,000, and that the Senate concur in
the balance of the House amendments.
The report was adopted.
The Senate refusing to concur in the
House amendments to the General De-
ficiency bill for this fiscal year, it was
referred to a Committee of Free Con-
ference.
On motion of Reeves, the bill author-
izing Grayson county to issue bonds was
passed over the Governor's veto.
Smith, of Grmies, called up the Senate
bill submitting the adoption of amend
ments to the Constitution of the State to
a vote of the people, to be voted upon
seriatim. Passed.
On motion of Brown, of San Saba, the
bill authorizing Travis county to issue
bonds in aid of the construction of
courthouse and jail, was passed over the
Governor's veto.
Night Session.
Stewart of Montgomery introduced
joint resolution in reference to Woman's
Rights. Referred to a select committee
of three, to consist of Stewart of Mont-
gomery, Denman, and Chambliss.
unfinished business.
Senate bill regulating assessments in
certain cases. Passed.
Senate bill retiryig the floating debt of
the State, and providing for funding the
same it beU»g disoussed, Epperson offer-
[Spccial to the Galveston News.~\
Calvert, March 13,1875.
Lewis Wilson, colored, for wife mur-
der, committed some three years ago, was
found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree to-day.
The weather has been pleasant during
the past few days. A norther is spring-
ing up this evening. Business ordinary.
Rome, March 14 —Count Marefasky, a
noble member of the guards serving the
Pope, will start from Rome immediately
for N. w York, bearing a bi«retta or of-
ficial notification to Archbishop Mc-
Closky of bis elevation to a Cardinalate,
and in a few days subsequently A. B.
Legati and Monsgr. Rocecatti will follow
with the Cardinal's hat.
Paris,March 13.—Buffet announced in
the Assembly the policy of the Ministry to
be distinctly conservative, and devoid of
characteristics either of provocation or
WASHINGTON.
Washington, March 13.—Minister
Schenck requests his recall from St.
James on account of pressing private
business.
Washington, March 13.—No nomina-
tions to day.
Confirmatins — Boswell, Postmaster,
Camden, South Carolina.
In the Senate the discussion of Pinch-
back occupied the day. It was only en-
livened by Morton and Thujman accu-
sing the other of a lack of legal lore.
Washington, March 13.—J. L. Long
states, regarding the Macon (Georgia)
postoffice, that lie has seen Grant aud
Jewell. Belcher will be moved ; Glover
will not be confirmed. The contest is
between Bond, Gove and llense.
CONGRESS.
Senate.
Washington, March 13.—In the Sen
ate, Mr. Edmunds, of Vermont, moved
to amend the resolution for the admission
of Pinchback by inserting the word
"not" before the word "admitted," so it
would read
Resolved, That P. B. S. Pinchback be
not admitted, etc.
He said it was understood that no vote
would tie taken to-day, aud that he would
not call for tbe vote now.
Mr. Tburinan, of Ohio, then took the
floor and spoke in opposition to the ad-
mission of the applicant.
POLITICAL.
Concord, N. H., March 13.—The latest
figures show : House, 191 Republicans,
179 Democrats. Four towns not heard
from. The Senate stands five and five,
with no choice by the people in two dis
tricts. The council will stand three
Democrats and two Republicans. In
vote of 78,000 for Governor, the plurality
did not reach one hundred. Neither
have a majority. Two Democrats and
one Republican elected to Congress.
New York, March 13.—The Louisiana
Committee reassembled this morning
Nothing known as to what transpired.
CIVIL RIUHTS.
Dover, Del., March 13—A State Sen
ator gave notice that he would ask per-
mission to bring in a bill entitled, " An
a t in relation to certain classes of per
sons exercising public employments.'
The bill provides that keepers of hotels,
taverns, etc., shall not be obliged
by law to furnish refreshment or
entertainment to persons whose reception
or refreshment be offensive to the major
part of his customers or injure his busi
ness. Similar provisions for places of
amusement and carriers of passengers.
Montgomery, March 13.—Negroes
swore out a new warrant forCal Wagner
and his ticket agent. The former was
discharged ; the latter was bound over
to appear at tbe next term of the court
bond $500. This case causes several the-
atrical companies to cancel engagements
for this city.
RAILROAD MATTERS.
New York, March 13.—A morninL
paper says the prospects now are that
instead of an agreement between the
Pennsylvania Central and Baltimore and
Ohio roads, there will be a general rail
road war in the course of a few weeks
iu which rates will be cut to very low
figures.
FOREIGN.
Ou "ilie Other Side."
O heart, ray heart, how strange to yearn j
no mote.
With weeping bitter for thy long-lost peace,
( H«>w strange to flud thyself at Heaven's door.
Where all tears cease.
In the fair country where sin enters not.
And where abidetb everlasting rest.
Think you, my soul, your sins tha'l be forgot,
And yet be blest?
No more, no more to hunger there for love.
No more to thirst for blessings long denied,
" Thy face is foul with weeping," but above
Thou shalt be satitfled!
What shall it be to feel all fsirwlthin!
cuaraci.enai.iua Pure as the angels in the highest heaven?
weakness. This statement was made to | | c> f,.f,j KO mortj temptation, and no sin
reassure the industrious and orderly pop
ulation. The address concluded by chal-
lenging a vote of a want of confidence.
The address was received with icy cold-
ness by the Assembly, with no demon-
stration of either satisfaction or dissent.
Tipi'ERARY, March 13—Mitchel re
ceived 3114 votes ; Moore, Conservative,
46.
Tipperaky, March 13.—Considerable
disorder exists on account of some citi-
zens refusing to illuminate in honor of
Mitchells re-election. Several houses
were sacked.
London, March 13.—Messrs. John C.
Impthurn & Co., merchauts'of No. 1 East
India avenue, have failed. Their liabil-
ities are $10,000,000.
Paris, March 13.—The Assembly
passed the military reorganization bill
to-day.
A new Pesident of the Assembly, to
succeed M. Buffet, will be chosen on
Monday next.
London, March 13.—Holland and Den-
mark have ratified the treaty for a postal
union.
Montreal, March 13. — Simpson,
Whitehead & Co., importers of saddlery,
hardware, etc., have suspended, and
Armstrong Brothers, commission mer-
chants, and Green Brothers, boot and
shoe manufacturers, have made assign-
ments.
It is rumored that another large
wholesale house is much straightened
through the iuabilitv to obtain relief
from certain banking houses. The com-
mercial difficulties are attributed to the
stringency of the money market, and the
weakness of monetary institutions, on
which these firms depended.
Prohib-tory Laws.
mr. george dawson's experiences in
boston and other american cities—
iiis conclusions.
That needs to be forgiven.
No more repining—no more vain regret,
Nolougiugto lie down and fall asleep;
O heart—ray heart, how strange when ye
forget
The way to"weep!
O light divine that shineth from His faoe.
In thei fair country that doth need no sun!
O happy soul b - thankful that thy race
Is well-nigh run!
Roll, golden sun, roll swiftly toward tho west,
Dawn, happy day, when many woes bhali
cease.
Come quickly, Lord -Thy people wait the rest
Of Tuine abiding peace.
CRIMINALITIES.
Boston, March 13.—James H. Castley
convicted of the murder of Julia A.
Hawkes, was sentenced to be hung.
Patterson, N. J., March 13.—Ricardo
having applied to the courts for a dis-
charge as an insolvent, his application
was granted to-day. His creditors at
once filed, undertaking to show that he
had got rid of his property in order to
defraud them. The principal creditor is
Walter Schaforthe, the boy to whom a
jury awarded $.5000 for alleged malprac-
tice by Ricardo. The defendant was
committed to jail.
CASUALTIES.
Vicksburg, March 13.—The regular
Vicksburg and Duncansby packet B. H.
Hunt, which left here at 1 p. m. last
evening, is reported to have sunk last
night, thirty miles above here, at the foot
of Island 102. It was caused by running
against drift wood. Hardy Herden, clerk,
jumped overboard and was drowned.
Ten or fifteen negro deck passengers are
supposed to be lost. The boat and cargo
will probably be a total loss.
Sterling, Ills., March 13.—Miller's
distillery burned. Loss $00,000.
New York, March 13.—This after-
noon an unknown man walked into the
planing manufactory at 163 Bank street,
and while the machinery was working,
suddenly jumped into it before he could
be stopped. He was cut up in pieces,
which were swept up and taken to the
aticn house.
ECCLESIASTICAL.
Charleston, March 13.—The Stand-
ing Committee of South Carolina consent-
ed to Jagger's consecration, but refused
DeKoven's.
MINOR TELEGRAMS.
FROM COLUMRUS.
The communication elsewhere on
the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Rail-
road, putd sonic highly seasonable and
pithy inquiries and suggestions. It is
to be hoped they will receivc due at-
tention in the proper quarter, and not
be without ellcct.
[Special te the Galveston News.\
Columbus, March 13, 1875.
The season for planting during the
past week has been favorable. We
have bad gome light showers, but net
enougti to injure good stands.
The amount of cotton shipped from
herfc during the past week was *348 bales.
Also a considerable amount of hides
Good Ordinary cotton is selling at 12c
cjin.
Large quantities of eggs are shipped
daily.
[From the Boston Qlobe.]
Mr. George Dawson, who was formerly
an advocate of the Permissive bill, has
delivered a lecture at Birmingham, Eng-
land, in which, on the strength of his ex-
perience during his recent tour in Ameri-
ca, he declared the Maine liquor law to
be inoperative. Mr. Dawson said he took
a great deal of pains about the drinking
question and ahout the prohibitory laws,
Maine laws and licensing laws. Some-
times enthusiastic Americans came over
here, and said how beautiful the laws
worked in America. They worked, cer-
tainly. His opinion was that the pro-
hibitive laws did lessen the amount ot
driukiug, but at a cost. Wheresoever,
we knew, the law was so stringent,
smuggling became a fine art, and how to
evade the laws that were so strict pro-
duced more moral harm in one direction
than the evil they were trying to check
in the other. One day he said to a man
at a hotel, " Can not a man get a drink
here ? " " Oh, yes," said the man ; " go
along the street until you get to a fruit
shop. Go through that shop and into
the room at the back." Arrived at the
fruit shop he marched in. He entered a
little room at tbe back. Behind a man
were two cupboards and a little counter.
These were all he could see. He did not
know exactly what to do next. How-
ever, he put on a bold face, and said,
" What sort of stuff is Bourbon whisky,
sir ?" The man said not a word. He
opened the cupboard and brought out a
bottle. He (Mr. Dawson) poured out
what he wanted and drank it. The man
gave him a little check on which was
written, " Pay to cashier so many cents."
He took the check into the shop and paid
the money at the counter. This was the
way they evaded the law. The man who
gave him the wliisky did not take the
money for it, and the man who took the
money did not give him the whisky. The
mischief was done. He had the whisky
and he paid for it, but nobody sold it.
Instead of standing up to take their
drink the Americans showed them into
the cupboard, and they sat down here.
The standing drink was illegal. In sit-
ting to drink they were a sort of guests
of the house. In another place he went
to a hotel. He said to tbe landlord:
Can I have a drink, sir ?" He replied :
Yes, if you go up stairs we will bring
up." This was a nice thing for an
English gentleman—drinking in a bed-
room. However, they had it, and they
found they could have any quantity
they liked. The law was most syste-
matically evaded. In Massachusetts
men sold drink openly at the doors. By
and by it was necessary to go down upon
them. Tbe man knew that the police
were coming, and, although he might
have thousands of gallons upon the
premises, there were two or three bottles
laid handy, and with virtuous indigna-
tion the police seized tbe three bottles.
Tbe man was summoned, paid the paltry
penalty, and went back to his work of
drink selling. Whoever wanted drink
could get it in almost any county in
America. The larger part of the prohi-
bitive laws were a transparent farce, an
invitation to dishonesty, an inducement
to smuggling. It was no use getting
angry about this, because the thing was
there and he could not help it. The ma-
jority of Americans declared these laws
to be worse than useless, to be absolutely
mischievous. The testimony of all, ex-
cept a few enthusiasts, was this, that
they forced upon the people a law to
which they were opposed; they turned
their ingenuity into the channel of eva-
sion without diminishing drunkenness,
and they increased amazingly hypocrisy,
lying, meanness, deceit, bribery of offi-
cials, and the general measure, which ate
as a canker into American society, was
regarded as a necessity.
After the Funeral.
[From the Danbury News.
It was just after the funeral. The be-
reaved and subdued widow, enveloped in
millinery gloom, was seated in the sit-
tiug-room, with a few sympathizing
friends. There was that constrained
look, so peculiar to the occasion, ob-
served on every occasion. The widow
sighed.
" How do you feel, my dear," observed
her sister.
" Oh, I don't know," said the poor
woman, with difficulty restraining her
tears. " But I hope everything passed off
well."
" Indeed it did," said all the ladies.
" It was as large and respectable a
funeral as 1 have seen this winter," said
the sister, looking around upon the
others.
'* Yes, it was," said the lady f rom the
next door. " I was saying to Mrs. Slo-
curnb, only ten minutes »go, that the at-
tendance couldn't have been better—the
bad going considered."
" Did you see the Taylors ?" asked the
widow, faintly, looking at her sister.
They go so rarely to funerals that I was
quite surprised to see them here.
" Oh, yes, the Taylors were all here,"
said the sympathizing sister. " As you
say, they go but a little ; they are so ex-
clusive."
" I thought I saw the Curtises, also,"
suggested the bereaved woman, droop-
ingly.
" Oh, yes," chimed in several. " Tlu4y
came in their own carriage, too," said the
sister, animatedly. " And then there
were the li.ndalls, and the Van Rensa-
lears. Mrs. Van Reusalear had her
cousin from the city with her. And Mrs.
Randall wore a very heavy black silk,
which I am sure was quite new. Did
you see Col. Haywood and his daughters,
love?'*
" I thought I saw them, but I wasn't
sure. They were here then, were they V"
" Yes, indeed," said they all again;
and the lady who lives across the way ob-
served :
"The Colonel was very sociable, and
inquired most kindly about you and the
slckuessof your husband."
The widow smiled faintly. She was
gratified by the interest shown by the
Colonel.
The friend now rose to go, each bidding
her good-by, and expressiDg the hope that
she would be calm. Her sister bowed
them out. When she returned she sai ' :
" You can see, my love, what the neigh
bors think of it. I wouldn't have had
anything unfortunate happen for a g od
deal. But nothing did. The arrange-
ments could not have been better."
" [ think some of the people in the
neighborhood must have been surprised
to see so many of the up-town people
here," suggested the afflicted woman, try-
ing to look hopeful.
" You may be quite sure of that," as-
serted the sister. " I could see that plain
enough by their looks."
" Well, I am glad there is no occasion
lor talk," paid the widow, smoothing the
skirt of her dress.
And after that the boys took the chairs
home and the house was put in order.
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Ou tbe Boundary Llue.
Respectfully d-dicated to Father and Mother
David Ay«rs, of Galveston, Texas.
by rkv. preston nash.
I am almost o'er the journey ;
Time's broken hour-glass lit?s
Ju-t beside »i e inthn pathway,
And its loosened sand denies ;
Weary years lie far behind tue,
At my feet the moments die ;
Time pon his scythe is leaning,
While eternitj rolls by.
How sad! yet oh, how sacred!
Is this meeting p ace where Time
Bows his h >ary head in silence
To eternity aubliuie.
Here my feet are on tbe veriure
Which an endless springtime wears,
While my shadow faiiitly lingers
On the suow-aid grave of years.
I'm jus* pausing at the t.hroahhold
Ot a gate that's half ajar.
And a few more flugert•■wehes
And tbe wicket wi.l unbar.
I am looking a» the y:lory
Th*t shines inside the gat«,
And it fl »ods my s«ul iu beauty
As my lingering footsteps wait.
I am listening to*he music
As the golden harp-strings thrill—
Sweet, it *t als in lioly touches
O'er my heart so wrapt and *till;
And the perfumes of a spring timo
On my quickened senses fall
As eternal liowers are bending
To celestial breez js' call.
Th»-re are voices floating round mo
In whispering- soft a?id low;
They are calling just like voices
That I wept for years a*o.
Their touches, holy touches.
As if ai gels kissed my soul;
And some unseen hands caress me,
as if loved ones round me stoie.
I shall wait but little longer.
For the gate is opening wide;
And the Master's voice is calling—
Soon I'll rest me by his side.
" Face to face" I'll see my Saviour.
With the " blood-bought saints" I'll roam;
Like the loved ones gone before me,
Cross the "boundary line" for home.
Warrington, Pensacola Navy Yard,
February 4, 1875.
mentioned will receive the careful con-
sideration of the Mayor and Board of
Aldermen. Truly yours, Physician.
Gulf, Colorado an<l Saiita Fe Rail-
road.
Eds. News—The deep interest mani-
fested by you during the last eighteen
months in relation to the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe Railroad, emboldens me to
trespass 011 you with a short communica-
tion ou that subject. The public gene-
rally, and the suoscribers to the stock
more particularly, are much perplexed to
know wi.at the responsible aud respecta-
ble gentlemen composing the Board of
Directors of that comi any are going to
do about it. The charter required that
$300,000 stock be subscribed and five per
cent, thereon paid in before organization
of the company should take place. A
pamphlet, purporting to be " tbe organi-
zation, charter and bv-biws of the Gulf,
Colorado aud Santa Fe liailway Compa-
ny," has been published, in which it is
set forth that on the 14r,h November,
1873, the Board of Commissioners
reported to a stockholders' meeting
those requirements had been complied
with ; whereupon the meeting proceeded
to the election of a board of directors, in
the list of whom are found the names of
Messrs. M. Kopperl, R. S. Willis, A.
S mt-rville, A. C. Crawford, Jas. Sorley,
H. Rosenberg, D. The. Ayers, John Sealy
and W. L. Moody—names which war-
ranted the expec ation that business was
intended. The first year was a lowed to
pass without results, and in October last
an annual electiou was held, at which a
new board was electtd, comprising very
nearly the same list of directors. Mean-
while a proposition had been submitted
and carried with great unanimity, au-
thorizing a subscription by Galveston
county of $500,000 to the stock of this
company. Preliminary surveys of the
line of road have been made. An
amendment to the charter has been ob-
tained, shortening the distance to the in-
tersection of the Galveston, Harrisburg
and San Autonio Railroad over 20 miles,
and less-ning the cost of construction to
that point nearly half a million of dollars.
All this has been done at some expense
but here the enterprise seems to be
dropped. Stockholders who have paid
installments as they have been requir d,
and citizens who have advocated sub
scripiion of stock by the county, have a
right to expect that this condition shall
not longer continue— hey feel that the
Road nan be built, if proper energy is dis-
played by those in the directory. The
gentleu:en comprising that Board cm not
afford, in justice to their own interests
aud their standing with the com
munity, to allow this great enterprise
to fail solely for lack of the necessa-
ry attention on their part. Galveston
does not control, in the interest of
her commerce, a single mile of rail-
road. It may be said that nearly every
road in Texas is managed in antagonism
to us, or with a view to draw trade and
travel from this city. An impression is
abroad that our people have not the
spirit and unanimity to carry out a great
local enterprise. Some cause for the
opinion may have heretofore existed.
Certainly, the tardy action in regard to
thin road has not been calculated to con-
tradict it; good reason for delay may
possibly have existed. If, however, the
road is to be built, it mu^t now be com
inenced. OlSSEllVEK.
A Blow at Technical Grammar In
llie Public Dictirict Schools.
Reading, Pa., March 13.—A general
suspension of ilie wool hat factories on
account of the large stock and dull trade,
is announced.
Philadelphia, March 13.—The Xa
tional Fire insurance Company proposes
a settlement on the basis of 40 per cent
Salt Lake, March 13.— Brigham
Young returned home from the peniten
tiarv, escorted by friends.
Philadelphia, March 13.—McClure's
paper, the Times, successor to the Age,
makes a fine appearance this morning.
Fall River, March 13.—There are
indications of the end of the strike.
( harleston, March 13.—The difficul
ty in the cotton market was adjusted to
day. The factors are to sell at delivery
weight, buyers taking cotton immediately
from sworn weighemand reweighing it
with a beam scale—all differences to be
referred to a third weigher, whose de
cision is final.
Philadelphia, March 13.—N. B
Brown, formerly and for many years
President of the Fidelity Safety and
Trust Company, is dead.
Cotton and woolen manufactures have
resolved upon making no advance in the
present rate of wages.
Gloucester, Mass., March 13.—The
fishing schooner Sarah H. Cressy hai
been absent eleven weeks, and is given
up as lost. She had a crew of twelve
men. This makes the fourth vessel from
this port that has been lost in the patt
two months, and an aggregate of forty
three men.
New York, March 13.—Customs re
ceipts today, $319,700; for the week
$2532,500 ; imports for the week; $3,177,
453 for dry goods and $4,046,402 for mer-
chandise. Specie shipments for the
week, $664,270, of which $473,400 was
gold coin, principally Spanish, to Havana
the remainder silver.
A Solemn Sketch.
PUFFING AN UNDERTAKER.
[Detroit Free Press ]
" I've taken your paper for twenty-six
years," he commenced, as he reached the
head of the stairs, " and now I want a
puff."
He was a very tall, slender man, had a
face which hadn't smiled since 1842, and
his neck was embraced by a white cravat,
and his hands were thrust into black
gloves.
" I've got a new hearse, a new stock of
coffins, and I want a local notice," he
continued, as he sat down and sighed, as
if ready to screw a coffin lid down.
" My dear, sir," replied the ^an in the
corner, " I've met you at several
funerals, and your general bearing has
created a favorable impression. You
sigh with the sighers, grieve with the
grievers, and on extra occasions you can
shed tears of sorrow, even though you
know that you can't get 10 per cent, of
your bill under six months."
*' Yes," sighed the undertaker, in-
stinctively measuring the length of the
and wondering to
The Hospital Qnention.
Eds. News—The plan proposed in
your editorial of Saturday morning for
placing tbe management of the City Hos-
pital upon a different basis, while not
perfect in all its details, possesses many
excellent features. The plan of placing
the entire control of our Hospital in the
hands of one man, of making one man act
in the capacity of business manager, with
tbe superintendency of all the varied in-
terests of a large hospital, with the en-
tire burden of financial, executive and
medical resting upon him, places the
physician who accepts such responsibili-
ties in a position where he is rendered in-
capable of doing justice either to himself
or to the interests of those whom he rep-
resents. It can be shown that the plan
you have proposed is moro economical,
that it insures better diet and accommo-
dations to patients, as well as superior
medical attention, that there is less dan-
ger of fraud and wasteful use
of the city's funds, that it is
decidedly to the advantage of
the physicians of the city and will afford
increased facilities for clinical instruc-
to medical schools. It is evident that the
new system would prove more • conomi-
cal than tbe old one, the difference alone
between the salary proposed for the
house surgeon and that at present paid
would save the expenditure of from
twelve to eighteen hundred dollars per
year, and the employment of Sisters of
table with his eye,
himself why editors' tables weren't cover-
ed with crape, with rows of coffin nails I Charity as nurses for much less compen
around the edges. ! gation than any others could be obtained,
" Death is a very solemn thing," con-
Learn a Trade.
tinned the man in the corner; " but still,
it is an occasion when one can appreciate
a neat thing. I've seen you rub your
knuckles against door-poBts and never
change countenance ; I've seen you listen
to eulogies on men who owed you for
twenty years before their death, and you
looked even more solemn than the be-
reaved widow; I've seen you back your
hearse up to a door in such an easy,
quiet way that it robbed death of half its
terrors. All this have I seen and appre-
ciated, but I couldn't write a puff for
you."
" Why not ?" he demanded.
" For many reasons. Now you have a
new hearse. Could I go on and say .
Mr. Sackcloth, the genial undertaker,
would materially reduce the expenses of
this otherwise costly department. The
diet and accommodations of patients
would undergo the close supervision of
tiie visiting physicians in their respective
wards, and the lessees enforced to a strict
observance of the terms of contract. The
medical interests of patients, instead of
being entirely entrusted to one man, who
has, in addition, other cares and responsi
bilities, would be divided between the
most competent physicians of the Jcity ;
and in cases whare a division of respon-
sibility and consultation is demanded
the best consultation would always be at
hand. Any attempt at a fraudulent or
wasteful expenditure of funds would
certainly be prevented by the close sur-
veilance of tbe Board of Visiting Physi-
I never look at mv old steel composing has just received a fine new hearse, and ciaus and Hospital Committee of the
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CUBA.
Havana , March 13.—V^lmaseda as-
sembled a number of the wealthiest citi-
zens and requested an advance of 100,000
sterling to pay expenses of bringing re-
inforcements from Spain. The sum re-
quired was subscribed, and Valmaseda
notified officers of volunteers tliey would
soon be needed for temporary active ser-
vice, the battalions deciding by lot whicb
shall go. Six hundred insurgents en-
tered Sagita, and burnt twelve planta-
I tions.
rule that I do not bless myself that, while
my strength lasts, I am not at the mercy
of the world. If my pen is not wanted 1
can go back to tbe type case and be sure
of work ; for I learned the printer's trade
thoroughly—newspaper work, job work,
book work and press work.
I am glad I have a good trade. It is a
rock upon which the professor can stand
firmly. There is health and vigor for
both body and mind in an honest trade.
It is the strongest and surest part of the
self made man. Go from tbe academy to
the printing office or the artisan's bench,
or, if you please, to the farm ; for, to be
sure, true farming is a trade, and a grand
one at that. Lay thus a sure foundation,
and after that branch off into whatever
profession you please.
You have heard, perhaps, of the clerk
who had faithfully served Stephen Gi-
rard from boyhood to manhood. On the
21st anniversary of his birthday he went
to his master and told him his time was
up, and certainly expected important pro-
motion in the merchant's service. But
Stephen Girard said to him :
"Very well. Now go and learn a
trade."
" What trade, sir?"
" Good barrels and butts must be in
demand while you live. Go and learn
the cooper's trade, and when you have
made a perfect barrel bring it to me."
The young man went away aud learned
he tiade, and in time brought to his old
master a splendid barrel of his own
make.
Girard examined it, and gave the
maker two thousand dollars for it, and
then said to him;
" Now, sir, I want you in my counting
room, but henceforth you will not be de-
pendent upon the whim of Stephen Gir-
ard. Let what will come, you have a
good trade always in reserve."
The young man saw the wisdom and
understood.
Years ago, when the middle-aged men
of to-day were boys, Horace Greeley
wrote:
" It is a great source of consolation to
us that when the public shall be tired of
we hope that our citizens will endeavor
to bestow upon it the patronag-i such en-
terprise deserves ? It rides easy, is hand-
somely finished, and those who try it
once will want no other.' Could I say
that ?"
" No, not very well."
" Of course 1 couldn't. You can call a
grocer or a dry goods man a ' genial
friend,' and it's all right; but you aren't
genial—you can't be. It's your business
to be solemn. If you could be even more
solemn than you are, it would be money
in your pocket."
" That's so," he said, sighing heavily.
" If it was an omnibus, or a coal cart,
or a wheelbarrow, I could go on and
write a chapter on every separate spoke ;
but it isn't, you see."
He leaned back and sighed again.
" And as to your coffins, they are
doubtless nice coffins, and your prices are
probably reasonable ; but could I go on
and say,' Mr. Sackcloth, the undertaker,
has just received his new styles in spring
coffins, all sizes, and is now prepared to
see as many of his old customers as
want something handsome and durable
at a moderate price?' Could I say that ?"
Another sigh.
" I couldn't say that you were holding
a clearing-out sale, in order to get ready
for the spring trade, or that, for the sake
of increasing your patronage, you had
decided to present each customer with a
chromo. I couldn't say that you were
repairing and repainting, and had the
most attractive coffin shop in Detroit. It
wouldn't do to hope that people would
patronize you, or to say that all orders
sent in by mail would be promptly filled,
and that your motto was : ' Quick sales
and small profits 1' "
He put on the look of a tombstone, and
made no reply.
Board of Aldermen. Tbe co operation of
the Visiting Physicians with the House
Surgeon, would prevent the admission of
persons not properly hospital patients,
and conserve the interests of the city by
attending to the prompt discharge of pa
tients as soon as they have recovered
The proposed arrangement would be ad
vantageous to the physicians of the city,
giving them opportunities for the study
of disease and its treatment, not t.> be
obtained any where except in the ban ds
of a well managed hospital. To medical
schools the advantages of the
new plan are apparent—constituting
members of the medical board,
the t>rofessors would have facilities for
clinical instruction heretofore denied
them. It is true they have had the pri
vilege of giving clinical instruction un-
der the present management, aud all as-
sistance consistent with the circumstances
has been afforded them, but the treat-
ment of the cases was in the hands of
the hospital phyt-icUn, and clinical teach
ing without the power of treatment,
amounts to nothing. The plan which
has been proposed, while new in the his-
tory of the hospitals of this city, is by
no means an untried experiment. This
plan, or a modification of it, is the one
adopted in all the large hospitals both in
this country and abroad, and has been
proven by the long experience of there
institutions to be far preferable to any
other. Various objections have been
urged against this plan. It is stated that
there will be no bids for the lease of tbe
hospital. This objection amounts to
nothing. It will simply have to be
shown that fair compensation for
labor and capital can be ob-
tained when numerous competitors
[Cincinnati Commercial, March 7.1
The city school principals held a meet
ing yesterday morning, in the Normal
School Hall, to discuss the subject of
English grammar, as now taught in the
district schools.
According to the programme for the
day, Mr. E. H. Prichard, principal of one
f the large intermediate schools, read a
paper on " Composition and Grammar."
As the gentleman has been for many
years in the schools as te&cher and su-
pervising principal, his performance may
well b* cousidered as a startling innova-
tion. Mr. Prichard reviewed grammar
as a branch in primar , schools; he
showed that under the best instructors
children are not now learning technical
rammar, but a jumble of definitions and
rules, which they are incapable of apply-
ing to auy purpose. He showed further,
that previous to the twelfth year, pupils
have not maturity and strength of mind
sufficient to understand the so-called
principles of English grammar. The
knowledge, if such it might be called,
which, by definition and rule, is now be-
ing crammed into children under twelve
years of age is but memorized trumpery,
the bulk of whicb retards mental devel-
opment, and the teaching of which is a
squandering of time the instructor might
put to better use.
After reading several compositions
written by pupils on a recent examina-
tion, it was pretty evident that instruc-
tion in technical grammar is practically
useless, as pupils who have been drilled
and crammed with subordin te connec-
tives, predicates, cases and conjunctions,
do not speak or write any better than
those who have learned the use of lan-
guage by reading and writing without
grammar drills. The ge"tleinan con-
cluded with a resolution to dispense with
the present forms of method and matter
of English grammar, as now taught in
the district schools.
The report was received with applause,
and the views presented enthusiastically
concurred in and approved by Messrs.
Laycock, Woolard, Raschig, Mickle-
borough, Dill, Gibson, Evans and others
Mr. Peter H. Clark made the best pos-
sible speech in favor of technical gram-
mar—in the right place ; but, on a ques-
tion by a member, admitted that the re
suits in conversation and composition are
anything but satisfactory.
Mr. Dill moved to amend tbe proposi
tion of Mr. Prichard by devoting the time
now given to grammar drills to memor-
izing and reciting standard compositions,
prose, poetry and dialogues. This raised
a hub-bub, and several gentlemen follow
ed in quick time, to show that the recita-
tion of standard compositions would de-
velop the boys into Devenport clubs, and
communicate to the girls an unsatisfied
ambition to shine in stage performances.
The horrible tendency momentarily came
home to the great moralist, afflicting him
with profound mental anguish ; but
Messrs. Raschig, Laycock and others dis-
persed the pious perturbations of the as
sembly, aifirminn that such a substitute
for technical grammar could easily be
restricted to its legitimate end—the right
use of language aud the communication
of wholesome truth.
mu»ic are well written numbers. We
know, indeed, of no o, era of M. Offen-
back in which be has taken such high
ground as is ' Whittington.' "
Personal.
Mr. John Mitchel is utterly prostrate in
health.
Mr. Knox has been elected Treasurer
of Lee coun'y, Texas.
Mr. Varley, a great English revivalist,
has arrived in New York.
Col. Moody is in New York, represent-
ing Texas as financial agent.
Geo. A. Forsythe, U. S. A , is a guest
of the Grand Southern Hotel.
Mr. C. C. Whittelsey, who was number-
ed among the ol.lest and most resp cted
citizens of St. Louis, died on Wednesday.
Hon. D. C. Giddings and Hon. John
Hancock, of Texas, members of Congress,
were at St. Louis on Thursday. Also
Frank Pierce aud II. D. Maxwell, Texas.
Ex-Governor Stockdale, of Texas, has
accepted an invitation to deliver the an
nual address before tbe societies of Roan
oke College, Virginia, on the 15th of next
June.
The Houston Age says ; " The Alder-
men who visited Galveston tbe other day
desire to return thanks to Commodore
Shearn and C'apt. Christian, of the Nav-
igation Company, and Mr. Trundy, of
Galveston, for courtesies extended.".
Mrs. Goodwin, granddaughter of Pregi
dent Tyler, and also granddaughter of
Thomas A. Cooper, a once-noted actor
aud contemporary of Kemble, Kean,
Cooke and Bootb, ia going to give read
ingo in New York. Sl*e e«o the
firs' question put by Philadelphia society:
Who's your grandfather? "
Mr. Joseph Daugherty, an old citizen
of St. Charles county, Missouri, died ou
the 25th ult. in his81st year. Mr. D,ugh-
eriv was born in Wythe county, Virginia,
on "the first day of January 1795. Iu 1813
he volunteered in the army against Great
Britain and served with honor until the
close of tbe war.
Mr. J. G. Pangborn, of the Kansas City
Times, made a sudden but welcome ap-
pearance yesterday, for a brief sojourn
among hia social and business acquai nt-
ances in Galveston. He reports that the
feeling in the New West on the subject
of direct rail transportation aud a Gulf
outlet at this port is unabated. All the
Congressmen from that section have
united in support of liberal appropriations
for Galvest n harbor, and the Missouri,
Kansas and Texas Railroad has made
valuable concessions to thq movement
which business interests in the New
West, in common with those of Galves-
ton, have so much at heart.
Col. J. A. Weaver, F. M. Weave', J. L.
Whitworth and J. w. Dobbs of Sulphur
Springs, Hopkins county, and H. J. Mc-
Bride from Ca roll ton, are in the city.
These gentlemen came in the spirit of
true Texans. Having done their princi
pal business with Galveston this season
in sending their cotton and finding sales
satisfactory, they are here to buy goods.
Of course our merchants will meet them
in a proper spirit, so that when they go
home they can compare purchases with
New York, New Orleans, or any other
market. It may be presumed, too, that
the G. H. and H. R. Ii , the Texas Central,
and the G. N. R. R. will so fix freights
as to give Galveston as well as these
roads, the handling of one hundred thou
sand bales of cotton from Northern Texas
ana ten thousand passengers for the
coming season.
Cheap Advertisement Column.
NOTICE.
advertisements under the bead
Loot, Fouiid, Byor Sale, For Rent, Wanted,
etc., yot more than three lines, one insertion,
5 O cents; each subsequent consecutive insertion
25 cents, payable in advance.
FOR SALE—FOR. RENT.
IT^OB SALE—THE RESIDENCE FORMERLY
ceoupied by Judge Leslie A. Ihompsoo,
corner 17th street and Br adway. '1 he pro-
perty consists of five lots, with elegant shrub-
bery surrounding it. "
pr< mie>cs.
For terms, apply on the
J. S. THOMPSON. mnl4 lw
Lands in all parts of tfxas sold
through our locai agents at outside mar-
ket price. Taxes paid and titles adjusted. '
a. m. tkuehkart & cd.,
Real Estate Agents,
nihil Galveston, Texas.
f^OR SALE ON EASY TERMS—LOT* 11
and 12, Block 623, on Mechanic street,
near Tremont street.
Apply to
jal 3m sun-wed-fri
f. McDonnell.
IjV>R SALc.—
low for cash.
A UENTLE RIDING PONY;
F. D. Ranney, Avenue P,
between lwenty-flrst and Twenty-second sts.
FuR SALK-ROC KS, SUI ABLE FO« OR-
namenting gardens. Inquire at Black-
smith Shop, corner 27th and Mechanic sts. 2w
OR f-ALE
Calves,
-TWO DUKHAM HEIFER
jed three months, weaned.
Mothers, live-gallon cows. H. N. CONNER,
37th street and Avenue L. mhl4 It*
I. OU SALE. —A FURNISHED C* TTAGB,
-T with 3>-3 lots, and horse and buggy.
SAMUEL BUY' R DAVI.-, 73 hast Strand.
I.IOR RENT—A large comfortable Residence,
with brick cistern, stable, etc., in a good
neighbornood.
n.hl4 tf
McALPINE & BALDRIDGE,
Hendley Building.
FOR RENT.-ONE TWO-STORY DWELL-
iuf. W til jjiuo roouia, a*o</ surne TCry
d«sair&bie catties, nil situate on Avenue
between Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixili
streets. For parti. ulars apply to
J. H. BUR>ETT & COM
mh5 lm Cor. strand and Po*r office st1®.
TWU-STORY DWEll-
h: three COITAGES
Within one block of
L^OR KLNT—THE TWO STORY BUILDING,
J? corner 16th street and Avenue H. No 435.
mh9 lw*
A. L. PFANNSTiEL.
IiVJR RENT—ONbl
. ING, at $30 por month: three COITAGES
at $'-i0 per month each.
City Railroad.
fe26 tf P. IT. HEN NESS Y & BRO.
UVJR RENT—No. 173 Center stree . lately th«
C Galveston Shoe Store, now removed to
73 Market st., bet. Center and 22d. ja22
mX9€ 15 L L A IN EO US.
TOE SALE—AT PROCTOR'S CHEAP
Jj Cash Grocery, 181 and 183 Center street, a
choice Jot of line laying hens, fat turkeys, and
vegetables fresh from the garden. <-»roceries
for casti—cheap! cheap! cheap! Call and exam-
ine. *ml3 2t*
AMES McEVOY, LANDSCAPE AND
Flower Gardener. Shrubbery trans-
planted, ere. Leave orders at C D. Holmes's.
rilHE UNDfcrt&.GiNED ARk PnEPARfcD TO
X contract for the delivery of sand, in any
quantity required, to all parts of the city.
BURNETT & KILPATRICK,
mh5 lm Oiliee corn. Bath and Strand.
|^OK*VENISO>, CORN-l< ED BEEF AND
MUTTON, etc., go to J. H. ROBINSON'S,
Strand, Day Market and Beef Store; or Stalls
27, 28 and 29 City Market. fe23 lm
SAVED IS $1 MADE. MAKE THAT $1
by buy ng y< ur shoes at the Galveston
Store, 173 Market street. f«21
oboe £
TO RENT—A HALF A HUNDRED VACANT
heads, without brains e^ oughtobu'
owners
street.
shoes, etc., at I. Keiffer's, 173 .
their
larket
fe21
WAN TS- LOM'f—FO UNI>.
AirANTED—A WHITE WOMAN TO COOK
YY for a small famity. GEO. FOX,
4So East Mechanic street.
. RTi> Elt. WIlH A CASH
mill4 It*
"yyAMED—A P.
capital of about $3f00, to engage in a safe,
well-established and well-paying manufactur-
ing business. Address P. O. Box 724.
mhl4 3t*
Galveslou a Tea market.
A practical commentary upon a theme
frequently discussed in lliese columns, is
afforded by the efforts Evans & Co. are
now making to establish Galveston as
the tea market of our own State. We
learn from Mr. Durno, who is au fait in
that line, that they are receiving teas di-
rect from both Liverpool and San Fran-
cisco, and are prepared to duplicate bills
made in New York and other markets*
advantageously to buyers, both as re-
gards price and quality. We cheerfully
call the attention of merchants to this
new feature in the commerce of our city.
Wf AN TED—LOTS ON TIME, OR QUAR-
Y T teily payments. No objection to water
lots. Address particulars, P. O. Box 300.
OK WANTED—WHITE, (GERMAN PRE-
ferred) to cook, wash and iron for a small
fami y.
mhl3 tf
Wanted—by a single gkn i leman^
" a furnished room with breakfast, in a
private family. Address K. K
MRS. R. F. GGORGE.
"Corner of L and Twentieth.
\\7ANTED
rY Nurse.
ROOMS AND BOARD.
FOR RENT ROOMS IN A PLEASANT
locality, near the Beach F D. Kauney,
Av. P, bet. Twtntj-flrst and Twenty-second.
TO RENT, WITH BOARD, AT
A. m. Prall's, corner Twenty second
und Wiunie streets. mhl4 6t*
Last Week of tbe Dramatic Season.
Monday and Tu sday, March 15 and 1<»
After careful preparat on will be produced
for two nights only, Agustin Daly's greatest
drama,
UNDER THE GAS LIGHT !
Introducing the
THRILLING RAILROAD SENSATION,
REALISTIC WHAtlP SCENE.
Songa, Dances, beautiful music, etc.
WEDNESDAY MARCH IT, 1875,
BENEFIT OF EL). MAltBLE
Offeubacli's Opera.
The London Athenirum thus speaks
of Offenbach's new opera at " Whitting
ton," which has been brought out at the
Alhambra: " Strange to say, there are
downright comic airs in the score—not
of the modern and vulgar music hall
type, but genuine old British tunes such
as our forefathers sang. What is the
secret of this variation in M. Offenbach's
modus operandi? Is it to be ascribed to
the fact that he married an English
woman 1 Be that as it may, the com
poser is to be congratulated upon
the metamorphosis. Had ' Whitting
ton' been heard by cultivated hearers
without the addition of gorgeous specta
cle and picturesque ballets, and above all
had truly operatic singers been engaged
in the interpretation of the music, it
would have been a great succe s
Whether his refinement of style will
suit the Alhambra audiences, who Beem
to be gratified more by what appeals to
their eyes than by what appeals to their
ears, is difficult to predict, but never was
auy composer worse served by singers
t'uan M. Offenbach was last Saturday
night. M. Jacobi conducted ably wilh
vriy fair hand and au average chorus
and tbe hearers were permitted to dis-
tinguish the many fine points of the or-
chestration aud tbe very dramatic char
acter of some of the concerted pieces.
The sentimental solos out of the common
order was the Bell Song, 'O slumber and
FREMONT OPERA HOUSE.
MANAGER... HENRY GREENWALL.
\ FURNISHED ROOM TO RE%T, WITH
or without board, in a private family and
quiet neighborhood. Address A, News Office.
^Miscellaneous.
Mrs. Groth
Has made an assignment to me of her entire
stock, which 1 am prepared to sell at verv low
prices. A large assortment of STOVES,
TINWARE, etc., choaper than e'sewhere in
the c'ty. J. C. LEAGUE,
mh5 tf Assignee.
Friday, Mart-li 19,
Benefit of MATT B. SM'DER
Stage Manager.
Matinee SATURDAY at two o'clock p. sr.
In Preparation-FLOWERS OP THE FOREST
and THE STRKETS OF NEW YOttK.
Kloudny, iHarcli 21,
Soldi lie's English Opera Bonfl'e
Box shuer now open. Prices for the opera:
Parquette and Parquette Circle, SI 50. Dress
Circle, $1 50. Gallery, fifty cents.
T
II tf MO NT OPE 11 A. HOUSE.
Five Nights and Two fTla&tlnees.
MrSS EMILY SOLDENE
and her most complete
English Ope a Buuil'e < ompany,
With full Grand Orchestra and Chorus, com-
prising fifty performers.
Ulonday Rvenliie, !JIar« h 21. 1875,
Lecocq*s most successful Opera.
U \ D* Tlh Ai\GOf'M DAUGHTER
Mile. Lange Miss Emily Soldene
Tuesday Evening, lUarcli 23,
GRIND DUCHESS. }
The Duchess Miss Emily Soldl:ce
WEDNESDAY MATINEE AT 2 O'CLOCK.
MAOA.1IE ANGOT'S DAUGHTER
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAKCH 24.
GENEVIEVE DE BKABANT.
Drogan Miss Emily Soldene
Thursday Evening, March 25 Clillperlc,
Chilperic, King Henry IV Miss Eoiily Soldene
Friday Evening, Benefit of Miss Soldene
The reigning Parisian sensation.
Hit DAME I/AKCHIDIC.
SATURDAY MATINEE AT 12 NOON,
Grand farewell perf'-rma'-ce,
€»R A D DUC HESS.
Scale of Prices : Parquet1« and Parquette
Circle, $ .50 ; Dress Circle. $1.00 ; Gal ery, 50
cents. Matinee Prices $1 00. Sale of seats to
c mnience Thursday morning, at the Box
office. mchll lw
J^IREMEN'S BALL.
MECHANICS' FIRE CO. NO. «
Will give a
Grand Anniversary Ball,
At the TCHNERS' HALL, on
ST. PATRICK'S DAI'
Applications for Invitations should be ad-
dreseed to p D HICKEY,
Chairman of the Invitation Committee.
TICKETS - -- -- -- - $3 00
mhHlt*
Removals.
O EMO VAL REMOVAL
ia. C. jliLKJlOHII,
Attorney-at-Law,
Has removed to
MOODY & J EMI SON'S BUILDING,
oc28 tfm Strand, Galveston.
mhl3 2t
IMMEDIATELY A WHITE
German and French preferred.
nquire corner Bath and Avenue H. mlO lw*
Rooms
Mrs
PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT BOARD,
accommodations excellent, at Mrs V. A.
WEST LAKE'S, cor. Church and 22d. m^4 lm*
CIGAR FACTORY.
The only one in the MARKET (street.)
Thompson's Building.
A. MARINAS
Invites liis friends, and the public generally,
to call and try his fine
HAVANA AND DOMESTIC CIGARS.
j^IIE LAMPASAS DI-PATCH.
Published every Thursday,
AT LAMPASAS, TEXAS,
IS THE
Very Best Advertising Medium
That could be selected by business men de-
siring the custom of that rapidly filling up
county. Established four years ago, and
Only Paper Generally Circulating
Among tiie Feople tlicre.
Besides, it is one of the best conducted Coun-
ty Newspapers in the State.
•- ubscription (in advance), per annum. $2 00.
For terms of advertising see paper, or ad-
dress 41 DISPATCH,1'
fe27 Gw Lampasas, Texas.
"MIE J. M. BRUNSWICK & BALKE
COMPANY.
Sole Manufacturers in the South and West of
STANDARD AMERICAN
BETEL BILLIAliD TABLES,
With the famous PHELAN-COLI.ENDER
PATENT COMBINATION CUSHIONS,
No. 211 Market St., St. Louli, mo.
Parcpa, Jenny Lind, P^eon Hole and
Virsrinius Tables.
Of the Latest Patterns.
BLLLIAR1) FURNISHING GOODS
OF ALL KINDS.
|3ySeud for illustrated catalogues.,
de4 fri-sun-wedfim*
Le^al Advertisements.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.—
Estate of Chas L. Bolton, deceased.
Administration pending in Galveston County.
AH claims for m ney against the Estate of
C. L. Bolton, deceased, mutt bo presented to
us, at the office of Walter Gresham, within
ONE YEAR FROM TnE FIRST OF JANU-
ARY, A. D. 1875,
for allowance, or pavment of the same will be
postponed until the claims presented within
that time are paid.
Witness our hands this 9th day of March,
A. D. J&5. H.L.LEWIS,
J. T. BOLTON,
mhlO lm Administrators.
men uumnuun ■ ,. . , w , ■ . i;.„
will come forward. It has also been stated dream,' oehc.ou.yscored s ^7^
that the physicians of the city will not be (Whittington a, lady-W); Womu
" You see, if you had stoves to sell, or I willing to expend their time and talents will, air o ^n'^fw'ind thAt blows
dealt in makerel, or sold fishing-tackle, uncompensated. Such is not the case, Dorothy, the G . ' aontrs
evervthinc would be lovely. You are an for fiie-ht nrominent physicians hav.} al- I across the sea. g >
everything would be lovely. You are an fur eight prominent physicians
undertaker—solemn, sedate, mournful. I ready signified their willingness to ac-
Yoa revel in crape, and you never pass a cept positions as visiting physicians. It
black walnut door without thinking how has also been urged that no capable phy-
much good coffin lumber was recklessly I sician could be found to accept the posi-
wasted. The tolling bell is music to you, | tion of House Surgeon at the salary
us as an editor, we can make a satisfactory and tbe City Hall flag at half-mast is fat named. To show the fallacy of this ob
1 i * — — . £.. 2 ' 1 XT T » J 1:1 a - - 1 C I " . 1. ww* 111 a.^,1 V.. . m r *T t A m u t i
livelihood setting type or farming, so
that wliile our strength lasts, ten thou-
sand blockheads taking offense at some
art cle they do not understand, could not
drive ub into the p ;or-house."
And so many a man becomes truly in-
dependent.
on your riba. We'd like to^ oblige you,
but you see how it is."
" Yes, I Bee/' he sighed, and he formed
in procession and moved down stairs,
looking around now and then to see if
the hearse was just thirty-four feet be-
lund the officiating clergyman's carriage.
jection, it will only be necessary to make
it known that the position of House Sur-
geon ia vacant, when there will be nu-
merous applications to fill the vacancy.
At a salary of from $600 to $1000, it can
be satisfactorily and ably filled. It is
earnestly hoped that the facts herein
that of Bell Ringer, ' From hour-glass
and sun-dial Dick's air, 'A 'prentice
linen-draper;' the 'Miaou-Miaou' of Alice;
the'Haunted Kickaboo' of the Sergeant
of Patrol. The duets between Alice and
Dick are nice, but the gem of an opera
is the quartet, 'Love and Money.' While
Fitzwarren aud tne Captain are absorbed
in their bills of lading, Alice and Dick
aside indulged in most impassioned
strains of a romance a deux voir, which
ought to be published as a detached
piece. Tho marches, pageant, and ballet
L. ROUVANT,
124 Treniout St., Galveston,
FINE WATCHES
DIAMONDS,
Jewelry,Clocks and Spectacles
AT LOWER PRKES
than equally good articles can be purchased
Elsewhere in Texas.
Fine Watch Repairing a Specialty,
Having had a thorough experience in the
finest wortahoDs of France. Switzerland and
England. I DO MY OWN WORK.
fe9 lp ROUVANT.
JOB PRINTING.
EVERY VARIETY AND STYLE.
Executed with Neatness and Dispatch, at the j
GALVESTON NEWS JOB OFFICE
ADMINISTRATOR'S SALE.
By virtue of the auth(\rity in me vested,
I will sell, on TUESDAY, the 6th day of April,
A. D. 1875, at the door of the courthouse of
the county of Galveston, between 10 o'clock
a. m and 4 o'clock p. m., the following prop-
erty, to wit: All aud singular Lot No. 4, in
Block No. 218, situate in the city and county
of Galveston, and designatad as aforesaid on
the map of said city in use by the Galveston
City Company, with improvements thereon,
the same being the property of the estate o
Walsingham Maitin, deceased. The authority
for said sale is an order of the District Cout t
of Galvestou counly, made February 27th,
A. D. 1875 for the purpose of making dittribu-
tion of eaid estate among tt»e hei; s entitled
thereto. Said sale will be made to i ho high-
est bidder on a cred x of six months. The
purchaser will be required to give his note
with approved personal security, and execute
his mortgage lor the enforcement of the con-
ditions of said sale. J AMES WALSH.
Administrator of the Estate of *
Martin, dee'd.
mh7 3t sun
! I \RAY-RECEIPTt hlafA,n„
b I f Printed on reasonable teim#
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