The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 260, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 21, 1879 Page: 2 of 4
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Tuesday January 21, 1879.
The special "Washington correspond-,
cnt of the New Orleans Times says the
yellow fever commission will report a
bill to congress establishing a rigid
quarantine between the United States
and infected ports, and that its passage
is almost certain.
The Mexican government has con-
tracted with Messrs. J. R. Black & Co.,
of Philadelphia, for construction of a
railroad from Matamoros to Laguna
Madra. a distance of about 100 miles*
and for a canal of about 00 miles
through the lagune. The works to be
completed in two years.
Tiie Washington Capital says of the
Burn3ide army roeorganization bill that,
as all in it is made dependent of the
general, he should be " incorporated
under the title of ' the grand national
round dancing and osculatory company
for the better promotion of conceited im-
becility in the army of the United
States.'"
A New York physician of promi-
nence asserts that if the silly habit of
kissing each other was abandoned by
women, diphtheria would be a much
rarer disease, He claims to know one
4nstance, where the mother of a diseased
infant went visiting, and communicated
the malady, to each of the ten families
ehe called upon during the day.
The Chicago excursionists landed at
Vera Cruz, January 14, where they were
taken in hand by the authorities and,
after breakfasting at the Commercial
rlub, they were shown about the city,
with which they appeared pleased. The
excursionists took dinner at the Vera
Cruz hotel aud then left by train for the
City of Mexico.
Gen. James Shields, who has just
been elected to the United States senate
from Missouri, to fill out the unexpired
term of Mr. Bogy, will be the first man
who ever represented three different
states in that body, having been senator
from Illinois and Minnesota before be-
coming a citizen of Missouri. His term
will be exceedingly short, ending March
3, of the present year.
A personal difficulty occurred in
the hall of the Louisiana house of rep-
resentatives on Saturday last between
Mr. Cunningham, member from Natchi-
toches, and Mr. Dupre, of the New Or-
leans Democrat, who is state printer.
Mr. Dupre promptly challenged, but
Mr. Cunningham had not accepted-
The trouble grew out of remarks made
with reference to the Louisiana Lottery
company.
The mayor and board of aldermen
should open correspondence with the
municipal authorities of Baltimore
without loss of time, and endeavor to
learn something of how affairs are man"
aged in that thrifty city. Baltimore
Jias the fjnest municipal building in the
country, which was completed for less
than the original estimates. It has also
an efficient fire department, which, for
the last year, cost $10,000 less than
was appropriated for it!
The chicf of the Chinese ligation at.
3iew York is a shrewd observer, and
always has an answer ready for what-
ever question may be propounded. He
was asked recently what would become
of those of his countrymen who wished
to live and work away from China, in
case of the United States deciding not to
receive them. ''They will all go to
Ireland," is the reply he is said to have
given; " that is the only country that
the Irish do not rule."
Mr. Henkle, democrat, member-elect
from the fifth Maryland district, hav-
ing been served with notice of contest
on twenty-six different grounds by Mr.
Crane, republican, made answer that
"the charges and specifications are so
absurd and absolutely ridiculous that
only the promptings of personal cour-
tesy have induced me to make any re"
sponse. I deny all and siugular the de
clarations, charges and specifications
therein contained. If it be your inten-
tion to take testimony in the case, upon
notice of the time and place I will be
present in person or by attorney. It is
cot my intention to summon witnesses
\our own, if they be persons of common
•ense and common honesty, will prove
fell that is essential to my side of the
case."
The Washington correspondent of
tho New Orleans Picatjrrne says that
more than usual importance is attached
to the report of the senate committee
awarding to Corbin the seat now held
by Butler, from the fact that on the
South Carolina senatorship may depend
the partisan complexion of the senate in
1881. If the senate sustains the report
of the committee on privileges and elec-
tions, the senate will stand after 4th
March next 41 democrats, 'M republi-
cans and one independent. Of vacancies
Dccurring on March 4, 1881, five are
those made by retiring democrats from
the states of New York, New Jersey,
Connecticut, Ohio and Pennsylvania,
all of which at present possess repub-
lican legislatures. As these five states
will not improbably have republican
egislaturcs two years hence, the party
:an afford to lose the seat of Bruce, of
Mississippi, and still have 38 represen
tatives in the senate in 1881. Such a
contingency would leave the democrats
in a minority of one; or, assuming ac^
cession to their ranks of senator Davis,
the senate would be a tie, with the cast-
ing vote held by a probably republican
vice president. All this hinges on the
seating of Corbin, acd that *g&in de
pends on the vote# of Paiteraou aud
Conover.
STATE I* RE88.
The Guadalupe Times is informed that
some of the representatives to the legisla-
ture have received ttie support of some of
the great stock men in the west, with tho
understanding that a bill will be pres-
to have the price of the large amount
school land reduced to half of its pi-
value and sold in bulk. The Times <
ments upon the supposed measure, for
existence of which there is some evidn
as follows:
Any one looking at this can see at onc«
what will become of the large amount of
vacant land that is now lying idle. It
would be bought up by tlie stock men and
turned into pastures. This for a short
time will be beneficial to the state, but in
time to come when our fast growing state
will be more denselypopulated it would be
a great drawback. The large immigration
which the west is now getting would be
considerably checked. We believe if the
state holds on to itb school lands for a
while at the same price that it is now sell-
ing at, and only allow it to be sold in sec-
tions. it will be a larger income to the state
and will pay good interest for the time it
has been kept back. Althqngh we are not
opposed to stock-raising, ana believe that
in some portions of western Texas stock-
raising will always predominate over
farming and other branches of trade, we
do not think it proper that a law should be
passed in our legislature that would effect
the settling up of our western country by
good hard-working men like those that
have been pouring into this county for the
last year and a half.
Some late remarks of the San Antonio
Express in behalf of moderation and toler"
ance among newspapers are generally com-
mended. Among them are the following:
Let this folly of crimination and re-
crimination stop. Let us talk about these
differences like men, and not like maniacs
crazed by the desire to hold public office.
Instead of striving to tear down by cre-
ating division by hard words, let us try to
build up, creating union through reason-
ing, argument and appeals, not to passion,
but common sense.
The Corpns Christi Free Press prints the
obituary of Thomas William Ward, assist-
ant postmaster at that place, who died on
Saturday, the 11th inst. The deceased
was the youngest son of the late Col. Thos.
William Ward, one of the heroes of the
Texas revolution, and former commis-
sioner of the Texas land office. The
colonel was U. S. consul at Panama, and
his coolness and courage prevented the
loss of many lives, in the conflict between
the natives and the Americans awaiting
passage to California in that city in 1856.
The Polk county Banner tells the biggest
pig story of the season. It is a whopper:
Gen. T. S. Steal, of this county, on
Christmas day last, killed a hog of his
weighing just 2300 pounds, and the gen-
eral don't brag much of his "stock,"
either.
Either the types have got the Banner's
statement tangled, or the mantle of An-
anias may be fairly worn by the writer
of the above paragraph.
The Cleburne Chronicle is not fanatical
on the liquor question; but thinks some
limit should be placed on the liquor traffic.
It says:
Since last week there has been considera-
ble agitation of the whisky question. It
is easy to see the great harm it is doing the
community, and especially the rising gen-
eration. A great responsibility rests on
the older ones, whose duty it is to guard
and protect the unsuspecting and inexperi-
enced from the wiles of the destroyer.
Cleburne never before had so many saloons
and their twin accompaniments, gambling
dens. The ingenuity of men seems to have
been taxed to its utmost to invent games
of chance and gambling tricks to rob the
gullible. It takes whisky to get a fellow
in a good fix for the gaming tabie, and
whisky is the gambler's bait. Whisky and
gaming will ruin the best young man, as
well as the worst. To rid the town of one
the other will have to be banished. Local
option may not be a complete remedy, but
it has the merit of scotching the evil if not
killing it.
The Gonzales Inquirer reports a meeting
In that town on Monday of last week, " to
petition Mr. James F. Miller to allow his
name to be used as a candidate for repre-
sentative in congress in the sixth district
to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Hon. Gustave Schleicher." The attend-
ance was small and several leading citizens
naturally took the ground that it was pre-
mature; among them Messrs. W. S. Fly,
Mr. Spooner, E. M. Fly. Messrs. Ponton
and Logan took the opposite side, and
quite a debate followed. The Inquirer
says:
The whole matter ended in the appoint-
ment of a committee to wait upon Mr. Mil-
ler and learn his wish in the matter.
Messrs. Branch, Jobe, Logan, E. M. Fly
and T. J. Ponton constitute the committee.
All the speakers paid glowing tributes to
Mr. Miller's many virtues, his fealty to the
interests of his country, and his ability
and eminent fitness for the office. As we
listened to tlie eulogies we forgot that the
sixth district embraced more territory than
Gonzales county, and thought Mr. Miller
was the grand central source of light and
warmth and life.
The Brenham Banner speaks well of the
enterprise of the News in publishing Gov.
Hubbard's message to the legislature, one
of the longest documents of the kind on
record. No other paper has yet printed or
is likely to print the message, good as it is*
The Banner scarcely got a glimpse of the
News mail car which bore the printed
message back to Austin, as it passed by,
"running like lubricated lightning."
The ediitor of the Sulphur Springs Ga-
zette proclaims himself as one not above
the infirmities of our race. He gives the
News the high credit of having Improved
the morals of the press of Texas, and
taught editors to us3 chaste and soft lan-
guage in their columns, but asks why the
News will continue to tempt people to
swear by the way in which the paper i9
folded. Nevertheless the Gazette says:
«4 The vps is indispensable to every one
who deslios to keep posted with the cur-
rent events of the day, particularly in
Texas."
A little too much as well as too little
vigilance and energy may sometimes be
exercised by public officers. The Denison
News reports a case:
Policeman Hall arrested a party Wednes-
day night while in the act of boarding the
north-bound train near the compress, on
suspicion of being the party who stabbed
Mr. Brenner. He took him up town, but
discovering that he was not the party sus-
pected, released him.
Tho Giddings Lone Star and Hempstead
Messenger report a still more inconvenient
case to the party whose identity was mis-
taken. The sheriff of Lee county recently
arrested and brought to Hempstead a man
who so uearly answered the description of
the person who shot and killed Mr. Tom
Bell some ten months ago as to cause many
people to differ in opinion as to whether
or not he was the murderer. Those who
knew the criminal best declared that the
wroug man had been arrested, and he was
released; but nothing is said about any
indemnity to the innocent party in either
case. An officer takes considerable risk in
such cases, as he may be made liable tQ
damages for false imprisonment. Few
people enjoy being victims of such mis-
takes.
The Messenger mentions the passage aP
the railroad last week of the special mail
car of the News, and says it "created more
excitement at the passenger depot than if
it had been a little baby elephant. This
private enterprise has added greatly to
the reputation of the News."
The Corpus Christi Gazette evidently
considers manual labor a part of the agri
cultural and mechanical education of boys
and young men. The Gazette remarks:
The course of training through which a
boy passes at Jsehool is such that he soon
In fact (though we are an old hand at the
business) we do not know what use we
would hare for our etjssors, but for the
News and one or two other go-aheadative
dailies.
The effect of the present high rate of
freights on Texas railroads is exemplified
in the following paragraph from the Waco
rLrciminwr:
Mr. Wheeler, of the shipping firm of
tone & Wheeler, yesterday started for
:-ew Orleans via Shreveport and Red river
with one hundred head of fat cattle. The
route to New Orleans by way of Houston
or Galveston and the gulf is four hundred
miles shorter than the one he has gone, bat
the cost is much dearer—$2 50 on each
head of stock—hence the longer route is
preferred.
The Hempstead Courier, after noting
the passage of the News mail car through
that town, says:
The owners of the News have the en-
terprise, and are reaping their merited re-
ward by a subscription list not equaled by
any ten papers in the state.
The Dallas Hercdd reports the arrest of
a man named J. B. Reed for passing coun-
terfeit money, and adds:
G. W. Cole, deputy U. 8. marshal, who
employed Reed to "work for him several
weeks since, informed a Herald reporter
that he had, just bafore leaving for a west-
ern trip, authorized Reed as his agent and
had given him f 1U0 in counterfeit money,
for him to use in catching those dealing in
tho %i queer," but it appears that he abused
his trust most woefully.
The deputy marshal should rise and ex-
plain. He can hardly be suspected of fol-
lowing the lead of some of the old English
spies and informers, who gave illiterate
people false coin and induced them to pass
it, for the sake of the blood money secured
by the execution of the dupes. For U. S.
marshals to use counterfeit money as a
part of the machinery of their offices, is
something new, unless it is equaled by
some of the devices to entrap people for
innocent violations of the law in relation
to the liquor and tobacco taxes.
The Tyler Courier reports a case of the
enforcement of the law against the prac-
tice of medicine without a license, which
may cause the Inter-Ocean and other radi-
cal sheets to set up another howl against the
proscription of the black man at the south.
In the criminal court of Smith county last
week, Geo. Greer, colored,was tried for ille-
gal practice of medicine. He was defended
by one of the ablest law firms in the city:
The evidence showed that he had given a
colored woman " some rhubarb mashed up
in a spoon," the effects of which were
severe; and that he had given her husband
' some rhubarb and rubbed his legs with
hartshorn." He got the benefit of a $50
fine, and is now in jail for the want of the
wherewith to settle up. He wants to "let
himself out to the highest bidder." He
said he was " sent by God to cure the suf-
fering." We understand that several
white persons have taken medicine from
him.
A little clerical blunder may sometimes
cost people a good deal of trouble. The
Messenger tells how a colored citizen has
been unduly deprived of a portion of his
liberty in consequence of some one writing
•'two" instead of "one:"
Abraham Perry was once a citizen and
a voter in Harrison county. In an evil
hour he listened to the voice of the tempter
and stole a hog. The law bristled up at
this hoggish behavior and brought its tusks
to bear on Abraham, who failed to save
his bacon. He squealed, and to be cured
was sent, not to the bosom of his name-
sake, but to the arms of Cunningham &
Ellis, two gentlemen keeping the Zebra
hotel, in Huntsville. Abraham entered
into an engagement to board with them
for one year, and his term expired on the
27th of December last. As he failed to re-
turn to the arms of a loving and faithful
wife, she applied to our emaciated fellow-
citizen, J. L. Garrison, Esq., to aid her in
her search for her lost spouse. He, in the
kindness of his heart, dropped a postal
card to the penitentiary superintendent,
who replied that through mistake Abra-
ham Perry had been entered as a two-year
man. and was whiling the happy hours
away as a laborer on the Epperson place,
in Brazoria county. He further stated that
he would order his discharge immediately.
DAILY NEW YORK LETTER.
[Special Correspondence of the News.1
New York, Jan. 13.—The question as to
whether transactions in cotton upon the
exohange shall be allowed after 3 p. m., the
official hour for closing, is exciting a warm
discussion. Several attempts have been
made to settle it, but it remains unsettled
The rule of the exchange is that a certain
alty shall attach to all sales after 3 p.
, but the trouble is the rule is not en-
forced. and hence what is denominated a
supplementary market" almost invaria-
bly tallows the hour of 3 and continues
until 8.30, when the building is closed.
It is contended by many members that
they have the right to use the exchange
until their own offices are closed for the
day; that they not unfrequently receive
orders by telegraph to buy or sell cotton
after 3 o'clock, and a laying over of such
orders until next day might, as they often
have, result in serious loss; and this being
the case, they contend (as they pay for the
of the exchange} they should have that
use so long as and whenever their business
during the hours of the day require it.
The matter is now in the hands of the
governing committee for decision.
The market to-day opened at an advance
of 5@6 points, consequent upon a stronger
market at Liverpool, but the tone was not
a firm one at the improvement. Indeed it
is difficult to see how it could be, when
tegins to have contempt for anything which
kill necessitate the soiling of his lily-
white hands, and that when he has gradu-
ated, with all his blushing honors thick
upon him, he looks for something which is
" genteel " and will allow him to retain
his social position. True, we have schools
of instruction in various departments of
industry and science, but the machinery
which moves them is cumbrous, and they
have resulted in but little practical benefit.
A knowledge of the laws of mechanics, of
force and of weight can be learned by the
carpenter at the bench readier, perhaps,
than by the student who wades through
long and scientific treatises. And the
farmer who has gained experience as to
the rotation of crops, and who understands
tfca nature of the soil, can give more prac-
tical information than could be gained at
an agricultural college with all its long
array pf studies. The moment that you
"oegin to attempt to popularize science you
reduce it to the level of a toy or a pastime.
There is no royal road to learning; and al-
though young men and women may go
into raptures over the brilliancy and beauty
of chemical experiments, for ail practical
purposes their knowledge is worthless, and
can not compare with that possessed by
au intelligent workman engaged in the
manufacture of dyes or of phosphates.
We have no wish to undervalue the bene-
fits to be derived from technological In-
struction, but wish simply to point out
that, unless followed up practically it
will neve? succeed in imbuing the youth of
ovir land with that indusprious spirit on
which the prosperity of our county de-
pends so much.
Then the *Jazelte drops down to matter*
of less pith and moment, aad says:
The Galveston Nfws comes to uf, as
usual, replete wi& new? from all sections.
" Nearly all interest in these bonds at Ch
stock exchange ieat an end. The feeling
in them is quite as fiat as in Tennessees
and Virginias."
The latest advices from Kaahville render
it almost certain that nothing will be done
by the legislature towards a satisfactory
composition of the debt. And about the
same feeling prevails with regard to Vir-
ginia.
A Washington special says the ways and
means have resolved to report a bill ex-
empting suspended savings banks from
taxation. Tnat is
that have not t
suspended
The International ^Te
reased fdMLi
9 hence f<
December increased
The exports hem
$4,217,380.
what the savings banks
* I would like.
'exas) earnings for
800.
'or the week were
port
change
ury the
ury the bonus of the 90 days interest due
upon them.
New York, Jan. 16.—Europe was evi-
dently a little scared over the $20,000,000
"call" yesterday, as both the o7s and
10-40s are cabled \ per cent, lower. The
banks here are doing all they can to en-
courage the holders of 67s to exchange
them at once for the 4 per cents., which
latter the banks promise to carry for
those who buy them at a very low rate of
interest. That the suggestions of the
banks are obeyed to a large extent is too
gatent to admit of doubt. Yet it is a fact
iat a surrender of 67s for 4 per cents.,
even with the bonus of 90 days interest, is
a less profitable operation by % per cent,
to the holders of the 5-20s than though he
sold his bonds in the open market, which
he can do at about 102, and then bought
his 4s also in the open market, which he
can do at 99%.
At present the rush into 4s is heavy, but
what, when business revives, as it must at
some day, will be the price of the 4 per
cents then? There will then be a selling
movement on the part of many now binring,
and it remains to be seen to what figure
the cheap bonds will descend. That they
are to remain as at present, near par, is
not possible. Some people have an idea
that those buying intend to keep them—sit
down and do nothing—and live on the
interest, but this will be found more fancy
than fact. American industries must at
one day thrive again, and then much of the
money now being locked up in the 4 per
cents will be let loose to add to the wealth
we already possess. Were the contrary to
be the case we should all be on the high
road to poverty.
Attention is called to the fact that an in-
surance company has failed, or gone out
of business, because its United States
bonds have fallen 20 per cent, within five
years; and from this there are many who
argue that refunding is " killing the busi-
ness of the country.
The movement in state and railway
bonds—but almost wholly the latter—
shows no abatement. Included in the
operations to-day were Louisville and
Nashville consols at 108; Ohio and Missis-
sippi S. F., 106)^; North Carolina special
tax, 3; South Carolina non-fundable, 1%;
Rio Grandes &8%<g89%; District® 81
813^; Kansas and Texas, 51%; Union Fa-
cifics, 107>$ ; Central do., 10*%, New York
Central lsts (coupon), 119^; Southern Pa-
rities, 95>^; East Tennessee, V irginia and
Georgias, 101%; and Nashville and De-
caturs, 103. Texas and Pacific lsts were
93 bid, with none offered. Galveston and
Hendersons, 80 bid; 84 asked.
There is a good market in London for
our 4% per cents., which many think will
take the place of the 6Ts later on. They
are not doing so at present.
Money on call averages 8 per cent. Time
loans, with satisfactory guarantees, are
&v.<$3 per cent, for 60 days to 4 months.
Prime business paper ranges from 4 to 5.
M. L. B. Martin <fc Co., an old stock-
house on Exchange Dlace, near Broad
street, suspended at half-past 2. They
must of course have been on the short side
of the market, and the great rise swamped
them.
Mr. Freeman, a trusted broker for the
late commodore Vanderbilt, says prices
are high enough for the present. The
market closed unsettled.
John D. Maxwell, Esq., of the old bank-
ing firm of Clark, Dodge & Co., died to-
day.
The Commercial believes the subscrip-
tions to the 4 per cents are running ahead
of the actual demand from the people.
prices on thi3 side are already from %c. to
:.e. a pound above Liverpool—taking the
run of the months. The various Ameri-
can markets are now being worked on
the present light receipts, but very excel-
lent authorities represent that these are
not due to scarcity, but to the condition of
the southern roads, and that later on thfe
staple will be plenty enough. Some here
are figuring the crop down to 4,800,000
bales—but this is only a re-echo from some
southern eities and finds few believers
here.
One of our banks sent in a $3,000,000 4
per cent, subscription on Saturday, which
will go in to-day's report, and tend to
make the same a large one. It might be
stated here that the amount of subscrip-
tions given for each day are not for that
particular day in Question, but for the pre-
ceding day. At the New York sub-treas-
ury the subscriptions to the 4's are next to
nothing; the banks and street cars take
them cheaper.
Sterling opens the week strong with the
British bank up to 484)^ and 488%. less
1-16. The strength is due to the continued
absence of Western remittances by the
snow blockade, while the Texas and New
Orleans mails are in to the 8th. There is
still a demand to cover the importation of
5.20's.| In the afternoon all the drawers but
their rates to correspond with the British.
The domestic exports of provisions and
tallow from the United States during the
month of December were $ 11,389,341. Yet
with this heavy item under one head, and
the exports of cotton far in advance of last
year this time, there is a scarcity of ex-
change, though this should be attributed
to the absorption by the importation of
67s. Europe don't want our 4 per cents in
exchange for the 67s, but she wants the
gold; and sterling, which represents gold,
is sent to pay for them.
Bar silver is cabled privately from Lon-
don firm with an upward tendency. So
sav the German dispatches.
U. S. 6s 67 and 10.40 bondSj it is said, are
being artificially supported in the interest
of large holders, who are not pleased with
the rapid funding that is going on in the
former—threatening also the latter.
The work upon the Sabine Pass and
Northwestern (Texas) road is to commence
from Lawrence down toward Athens. The
money to build the road is to come from
France, and is so specified in the contract
that was signed in this city last week. It
is not yet settled the number of miles to be
built each year.
Stocks were buoj-ant all day, and rose 1
@2 per cent.; but there was some realiza-
tion at the close- The buying, to-day,
has been on the theory that anything on
the list is cheap, regardless of merit. This
is generally the forerunner of disaster.
New York, Jan. 14.—Subscriptions to
the 4 per cents thus far are over $00,000,-
000. and to-day another call of f10,000,000
5.20s of '67 is looked for. The report of the
past twenty-four hours' subscriptions to
the 4 per cents will probably exceed $10,-
000,000, of which $7,000,000 come to one
banking-house on Nassau street, though
the subscription is forwarded to Washing
ton througn a national bank.
SThe proposition to throw the subscrip-
ons direct with the treasury open to all
and for any amount, with the privilege of
paying in other U. S. bonds, is not relished
by" the banks and bankers who are now
making their "commissions" out of the
public, and the talk is that efforts will be
made to defeat it.
The rumor that Mr. Sherman is con-
sidering one sweeping " callr of all the
67s, has caused uuen comment on the
street, but is not generally credited.
Louisiana consols sold down this fore-
noon to 60; some $35,000 being let go at
that price. Afterward $20,000 were sold
at 60>£, and $15,000 at the same, seller 3.
It is only truth to remark just here that
the feeling is one of indignation at the
course of the Louisiana officials in this
matter of interest. It was not expected of
this once honorable and high-toned state,
so jealous always of her financial and
commercial credit; the latter, thank
heaven, remains untarnished, but the finan-
cial credit of the state is to-day the l'est of
Wall street. But this is not all, the failure to
meet *-he interest on the consols has added
to the general disgust against nearly all
southern securities, and it is a noted fact
that out of the $10,000,^-00 miscellaneous
bonds that have been taken by investors
since the year opened, scarcely $300,000
southern can be counted up; and these have
been confined more to the low-priced North
Carolina* as a speculation, chiefly, than to
what are still hoped to be the trustworthy
bonds of th* several states.
Op the 1st of December Louisiana con-
sols told ix this market at TVh—to-day at
vG— a fall *f 19^ per cent: Had she inter-
est seen announced on the 1st of December
ss assured, and paid when due, the bonds
would have to-day been in demand at
nearer 90 than any other figure.
The CQimnerem thw evening savs;
SAN ANTONIO SIFTINGS.
How a Prominent San Antonlan
HI Used $30,000—Who Is to Take
Schleicher's Place ?
ISpecial Correspondence of the News.1
Sajt Antonio, Jan. 16.—A gentleman in
this great railroad center had a narrow
escape from winning $30,000 in the Louis-
iana lottery. He was the proprietor and
sole manager of one ticket. Day before
lddenly
bounded upward in haste from his chair
as if a pin was there. His eye was riveted
in its socket, but he wasn't riveted to the
chair. He tremulously held the paper
with one hand while he rubbed his eyes
with the other. Then he galloped over to
a large safe, tore it open, yanked an en-
velop from a hidden recess, and com-
pared the figures on his ticket with those
that had won the $30,000 prize. AJ1 O. K.
During the happy day his old friends and
those who wanted to become so, so they
could borrow $5, came in to congratulate
him in vast herds. There was some talk of
nominating him as Schleicher's successor
immediately. The happy ticket was
placed in the hands of a banking firm for
collection. However, to make sure, a tele-
gram was sent to New Orleans in a hurry.
The answer was discouraging, and it was
confirmed bv the list in the News, which
arrived by the evening train. Typograph-
ical error or a put-up job—ain't sure which
—" cancel my subscription to your invalu-
able paper "—thought it was a joke all the
time, but don't Hank er after any more
such, not Adam's bit, etc.
our next congressman.
Of course there is a great deal of surmise
as to who the coming congressman will be.
It is ail mere surmise, as anything we do
here in San Antonio about it will have to go
to Seguin for appeal and revision anyhow. I
hear the question asked frequently " will
to be
some
_ _T him.
Some people think it would be indelicate
'or him to run for election as 8chleichers
successor. 1 cant see the logic in this.
I had a confidential talk with a promi-
nent lawyer this morning on thi* very
topic. We suggested to each other several
available persons who might be sent to
Washington with advantage to western
Texas. Either member of the firm of
Waelder & Upson, of this city, would do.
tlpson's name has been mentioned before
in this connection. He is a very eloquent
speaker, and would no doubt be willing to
make the halls of congress echo with his
voiee. He is very popular in western
Texas. Maj. Waelder, a very able legal
mind, who assisted Mr. Schleicher very
much in his campaign, would doubtless be
acceptable, but I don't know that he yearns
to leave us. Col. Burgess, of Seguin, was
also suggested. " Burgess." remarked the
prominent lawyer, "mane himself very
popular, even if he was traveling for Ire-
land. He has no obiectionable back record
except that. If we nave got to suffer from
a Seguin nomination, I reckon Burgess
would be the best one 1 know of. He is a
good speaker, too." My informant, who
is a regular subscriber to the News, and
hence well posted, and very intelligent,
did not seem to think Ford (Old Rip) stood
much show, and intimated that Stockdale
was not likely to get it either. Finally,
Ireland run ?" The impression seems to t
that he will not,or if he does, he will get son:
substitute over in Seguin to run for hin
seeing the nomination was likely to go by
default. I suggested the gentleman himself.
I will bring him out at the proper time. I
found out ne was sound on the goose oi3
tion. I refer to frontier protection, it is
the opinion of most of our citizens, but
more particularly those who rent houses
to the government, and who supply the
frontier posts with goods, that this matter
of protecting the frontier has gone as far
as it can with safety to the best and most
sacred interests of the people. As hinted
at in a previous letter, a little more pro-
tection and there will be no more army
contracts. The next congressman will be
expected to insist that the United States
shall compel Mexico not to remove those
Indians too far into the interior of Mexico,
and to insist that they are American citi-
zens, who have as much right to kill and
rob on the frontier a? the white savages
have in some parts of the interior. I may
also mention that the coming man is not
an extreme ^reenbacker.
In the Freie Presse of thi9 evening there
appears a letter from Hon. John Ireland,
in reply to a letter from Kewcomb as to
the correctness of the statement of judge
Ogden that Newcomb had offered to advo-
cate his cause for $1000 during the recent
campaign. Judge Ireland's reply is to the
effect that no such offer was made.
million
be gap tx
ville, has
returned t
LETTER FROM AUSTIN.
Count or Votes for Governor and
Lieut. Governor—Need of a New
Capitol.
[Special Correspondence of the News.l
Austin, Jan. 19. — According to the
count of votes for governor and lieut.
governor, made by tho two houses in joint
session, judge Roberts leads the demo-
cratic state ticket less than a hundred votes.
If the vote for lieutenant governor of
the counties of Lamar and Dallas had been
counted. undoubtedlyMaj. fceyVrs would
have led the ticket. There was consider-
able soreness over the contest foj- nomina-
tion for governor between leading demo-
crats, ana very little, or in fact none at
all, in the selection of a candidate for the
second place. Naturally those who were
most confident of bringing in their favor-
ite leaders, have looked with disfavor
upon the fortunate aspirant who finally
secured the laurels. Local and sectional
iealousies were to a certain extent involved
m the contest for first place on the demo-
cratic ticket. These, it will be remem-
bered, were inflamed and kept up to boil-
ing heat by certain newspapers for a good
while after the nomination, and judge
Roberts, the candidate put forward by a
certain section—the west—and taken up
reluctantly by the friends of the defeated
aspirant from the east—has lost
some votes in consequence of these sec-
tional feelings, supplemented as they were
by the disappointments the nomination su-
perinduced. It was no secret of that day,
when the mantle fell upon judge Roberts's
shoulders, that the friends of one of the de-
spairing candidates for the nomination at-
tributea his defeat in part to the influence
of a certain prominent congressman who
wanted the nomination, and that other
parties thought and said that this place
to be left vacant in congress would be well
tilled by the defeated aspirant for gover-
nor. Bioth projects failed in the result
reached. Men went away from that con-
vention declaring they would never engage
in another conventon, or vote another
ticket nominated by a democratic conven-
tion. Their influence could not have been
very great, and the passions of the hour
could not have lasted long, or all the dis-
affected would have been able to reduce
the vote for Gov. Roberts much below
what it turns out to be. So manifest was
this disaffection at the time that it was
thought by many, and wagers offered, that
judge Roberts would run behind the ticket
10,000 to 20,000 votes. The people of Texas
generally are not so completely wrapped
up in the hopes, fears and ambitions
of politicians as the latter fondly believe.
CoL Bryan introduced a resolution in the
RAILROAD NOTES.
The Texarkana News learns that Mr. W.
H. Barnes, formerly connected with the
press of Sherman, is to be appointed con-
ductor on the T. and P. railroad.
It is stated that Messrs. J. R. Black &
Co., of Philadelphia (of which firm con-
gressman Harmer is a member), have been
awarded the contract for building a rail-
road in Mexico, from Matamoros to the
Lagoon Madre, a distance of 80 miles, with
siding3 amounting to 20 miles additional.
Work on the railroad is to be commenced
as soon as possible, and it is expected that
a steamer will leave shortly with material
and supplies. Most of the labor will be se-
cured in Mexico, being much cheaper than
in this country.
Orange Tribune: According to the Hous-
Telegram CoL Adams, the contractor to
build the gap between Orange and Ver-
i to Hou
iouston from
NibletVs Bluff, being unable to reach Lake
Charles by the overland route, owing to
the bad condition of the roads. He goes to
Gralveiton and will make the trip by
schooner. He could have gone by water
from Orange at half the cost and in one-
fifth of the time. But of course the col-
onel knows what he is about.
Polk Cou7\ty Banner: We are informed
that Bremond's road is progressing slowly,
owing to the cold, wet weather. The
right of way is cleared out nearly to Shep-
pard, which place is six miles from the
Trinity river, and in the extreme south-
west corner of the Win Hardin league of
land, in San Jacinto county and on Big
creek. Two miles ef iron nave recently
been laid east of Cleveland.
»» • * w 01 | a« « ui uui bu n u.
Grading i3 now going 9n In town, and win
300n be completed beyond our western
limits. The late cold weather has retarded
the work, but it is now goiug is with
every prosoeet rf a speedy comtHetion.
house to procure stoves to heat the hall,
and to have the building repaired ana
cleansed. It is a bat cave, and it is thougbt
by practical mechanics to be very unsafe.
Its construction is such that to alter and
repair it would cost as much as to build a
new state house. The public archives, the
state library, and the lives of the occu-
pants of the building, are in all probability
constantly in imminent danger. In mid
winter the atmosphere in Its halls and
rooms is sickening, and in summer the
stench from it pervades the air for
blocks in the direction the wind
happens to blow. This legislature may-
get along smoothly and provide some
way of building & new house out of the
constitutional grant of lands for that pur-
pose, but the talk every day of north
Texas, south Texas, east and west Texas,
heard by reporter at the capital, indicates
a poor prospect for liberal and just con-
sideration Of the necessities of the govern-
ment of all Texas. Besides this, every
man who holds a land certificate, and
every railroad corporation that holds its
thousands of land certificates will oppose
tho immediate reservation or designation
of three million acres of public lands for
any such purpose. If Col. Bryan had in
his resolution called also for an examina-
tion of the building by some competent
mechanic or architect to ascertain as to its
safety he would probably have elicited
some startling facts, or, if I am wrongly
informed, fears shared by many would be
relieved. The money expended to build
the east Texas penitentiary would very
nearlv have been sufficient to build a new
state "house of equal dimensions with the
present une and much better adapted to
the purpose. The prison named will not,
I am convinced, be used by the state in
the next five years. No administration is
going to insist upon the abolition of the
lease system and the return of the convicts
to prison walls wjjere the cost of supporting
two-thirds of them will fall upon the state,
while the revenues are insufficient at the
maximum rates of taxation to support the
government. The money expended at
Lusk would have been much better invest-
ed in public buildings at the capital. But
without money from taxation the consti-
tutional grant of lands will be ample to
erect a fine capitol, if the plans for realiz-
ing upon this large domain proposed by the
senator and members from Travis are not
ungraciously rejected. The sincerity of
tlie declarations of members from the dif-
ferent parts of the state, all deprecating
sectionalism in strong and patriotic terms,
will perhaps le conclusively tested by their
action upon this question.
A TRIP or TBJB J'EITS MAIL CAR.
Journeying from Houston to Austin
and Buck—What Peupli Thought
or the " Little One."
^Special Correspondence of the News.]
Houston, Jan. 30.—By the courtesy o'
captains Swanson and Howe, general and
assistant superintendent o£ the Houston
and Texas Central railway, your corre-
, Kei
the
(ondent was afforded every facility pos-
sible for taking a trip to the seat of gov-
ernment on your special mail car. The
enterprise, as exhibited by you in permit-
ting no impediment to prevent your read-
ers from getting the paper meets with
general commendation, if the enthusiasm
evinced and expressions used by citizens of
the different towns through which we
passed is taken as an earnest of their sen-
timents, even leaving out their natural
curiosity at seeing such a small train. At
Gum Island, Cypress and Hockley, every-
body either went to the station or to their
house-fronts and watched the "Little
One " pass.
Mrs. Ellis, of Hockley, called it "a but-
terfly." but would not agree to buy it for
her little boy, who wanted it. Speaking
of Mrs. tSllis brings to {nimd an old saying,
" One of the best ways to reach a man's
heart is through hts stomach," for her
table, an hour later thafi their usual dinner
time, contained wild duck, prairie chicken,
hog's-head aud turnips, fresh back-bone
and good country butter, besides the usual
condiments furnished at other eating
houses, and as the Texas Central officials
endeavor to please their patrons, the sug-
gestion is thrown out that nothing would
please them better than to make Hockley
the breakfast stand for trains 1 and 4, and
supper stand for No. 3. Passengers on No.
4 would relish breakfast far more at 8
than t>.40 a. m., while those on No. 1 would
prefer 8.55 to 7; especially those who left
Galveston at 4.30 a. m., and had no oppor-
tunity to get breakfast or even lunch at 7.
Those on No. 3 sureJy would prefer 7.15 to
8 p. M., particularly when they remem-
bered the different varieties of game Mr.
Ellis's table was ever supplied with when
his house was the eating stand.
Good eating stations in Texas are, I re-
gret to say, rare, and when a railway com-
pany finds one it should be encouraged,
for nothing so surely attracts passengers
as the knowledge that they will be well
fed on that road.
Hempstead was reached at 4 p. m., and
as we steamed into the corporate limits,
men, women, boys and children came in
large numbers to look at your enterprise
ana pass upon its merits, aud express their
individual opinions.
At Hempstead we remained until Fri-
day and took your large list for Austin
aboard, hoping to arrive before the regu-
lar train, but an unavoidable mishap to the
machinery caused a delay of several hours
at Burton, where the regular train passed
us, and though starting again four hours
after, we reached Austin only 40 minutes
behind it, running the last 30 miles in an
hour. Though darkness prevented the
car being seen distinctly, we found the
branch road, particularly west of Bren-
ham, in vary good condition, the " Little
One riding as smoothly and evenly as a
Concord buggy. While at Austin several
members of the legislature accepted an
invitation and were carried six miles east-
ward and back, the car behaving so ex-
ceedingly well that the gentlemen congrat-
ulated your firm on the swiftness of the
trip as well as the pleasure enjoyed.
Leaving Austin Sunday, 11 a, nr.,
we ran slowly back to Houston,
stopping at nearly every station.
At each stoppage crowds of all ages, sexes
and colors colieat^l around the car, ex-
amining its coEBtructaOa, the machinery
and manner of working, and expressions of
surprise were universal at the rapidity of
its movements. One gentleman remarked:
" Your car attracts as much attention as a
circus. I have often wondered what
kind of a train your special mail ear was;
am satisfied that the Galveston
live institution, and deserves
even a greater amount
now I
News
of patronage than
it receives; it is just what we need in
'Texas." The car is 14 feet long, U feet
high, weighs between two and three tons,
has only 4 wheels S3 inches high, the two
front ones on an axle with two cranks,
which are turned by two engines 4}^x6V£,
and drive the car at rapid speed. The
frame is of wood, but the roofing is of cor-
rugated iron, and protects oocupanteof
the two seats from the sun and weather.
The entire trip to Austin and back to
Houston was as pleasant as the railway
officials could make it, for which they are
hereby tendered thank*.
Hebrew Congregations.
Cincinnati, Jan. 20.—The executive
board of Union American Hebrew congre-
gregations convened here yesterday, fif-
teen congregations joined the union in the
last six months. Resolved, that the
board of delegates on qivil and reli-
gious rights be instructed to take into
consideration the feasibility of active
co-operation with sister societies in Eu-
rope for the purpose ot encouraging agri-
culture among the Jews, and the settle-
ment in this country at such as are willing
to devote themselves to that pursuit on
lands in the west and south.
Report of the secretary of the board of
governor! read. The next meeting will be
held in New York July 7.
Meddling with a Marshal.
Baltimob®. Jan. 80.—In the United
States circuit court, to-day, judge Bond
presiding, W". M Robinson, judge of elec-
tion in the 15th waKl at the late congres-
sional election, pleaded guilty to an indict-
ment charging him with having assaulted
and hindered a United States marshal
while in discharge of duty. Sentenoed to
pay a fine of ene hundred dollars and. four
contbs imprisonment in the city jail.
" The Flood of Tears."
[From the Louisville OegrieWourn&H
The literature below, which 1 copied
from the letter-flies of one of our promi-
nent magazines, was evidently written
liy one of that mighty multitude who
fancy that nothing is easier than becom-
ing an author, ana who cry out " Fa-
voritism!" "Rings!" when their pro-
ductions meet tlie fate they generally
deserve. There is nothing violently
funny about it, bat it may call up a
youthful reminiscence or so in some
burly pork-factor or iron-founder who
began life as a poet 1B0 years ago;
i.
Pittsburgh, Pa., May 7, 1876.—Edi-
tor Mundane Monthly—Dear Sir: In-
closed please find a poem, the " Flood
of Tears," a little tiling of mine, dashed
off in what I considered one of my hap-
piest moods. You will perhaps notice
the similarity between the title and
"William Cullen Bryant's "Flood of
Years," but, upon perusal, you will find
that there the similarity ends. The fact
is, entre nous, I am no particular ad-
mirer of this modern school of poets to
whom Bryant belongs, and I am confi-
dent that you will find nothing to re-
mind you of them in my " Flood of
Tears," nor, as far as that is concerned,
in anything bearing my signature. I
have also been accused of being some-
what Swinburnean, but that impeach-
ment I deny with contempt. I am purely
Fuggian—simply that and nothing
more. I have no loftier ambition. I
copy no one. But this by the way.
As to terms, we shall not disagree
about them. I do not write from sor-
did considerations. Two hundred dol-
lars, say. Very respectfully,
C. G. Fuggy.
P. S.—I, of course, reserve the right
of publishing it in book form, and also
of approving or disapproving the illus-
trations with which you may contem-
plate embellishing it. You are to pub-
lish it just as written. No changes of
yours, remember. c. G. f.
n.
Pittsburgh. May 15,1876.—Ed. Mun
dane Monthly—Dear Sir: On the 7th of
'.his month I sent you, per mail, a poem
for your magazine, entitled the Flood of
Tears. It has now been over a week
since. Did you receive it? If so, please
let me know your decision as soon as
possible. If it did not reach you I will
send another copy. Let me hear from
you by return mail. Truly yours,
C. G. Fuggy.
hi.
Pittsburgh, Pa., May|24, 1876.—Ed.
Mundane Monthly—Dear Sir: I was
somewhat surprised to receive to-day the
MS. of my Flood of Tears, with your
accompanying notification that it was
" declined with thanks." You perhaps
are overcrowded, and the times, I sup-
pose, are rather hard on magazines at
present; and I know that editors, espe-
cially of your high and gentlemanly
standing, are not accustomed to haggle
with their contributors about the prices
of their productions, but if you thought
the sum I named was more than cir-
cumstances warranted you in paying
just now, I assure you it would have
offended me in no way for you to have
told me so. Bear this in mind in our
future dealings, and it will save time
and correspondence. I return the poem.
Take it at $100. Truly, your admirer,
C. G. Fuggy.
P. S.—I am willing to leave the mat-
ter for illustrations entirely with you,
as I know that you employ none but the
best artists. c. g. f.
rv.
Pittsburgh, May 25, 1876.—Ed.
Mundane—Dear Sir: I have concluded
to make an alteration in my '' Flood of
Tears," which I sent you yesterday.
Please substitute the inclosed stanza for
the sixth as in the manuscript.
Observe the happy and effective ar-
rangement of the meter in the opening
and closing:. It is altogether new and
original with me.
Please let me hear from you soon. As
ever, yours, C. G. Fuggy.
v.
Pittsburgh, June 4, 1«76.—Ed.
Mundane Monthly—Dear Sir: The
" Flood of Tears" is again received.
You do not specify any reason for re-
turning it. The price is immaterial to
me. I do not write for money. Send
me $10 and consider it yours.
Hoping this will be satisfactory, and
wishing your peerless and magnificent
magazine the immense and continued
prosperity it so richly merits, I return
the "Flood of Tears." Your most
obedient servant, C. G. Fuggy.
vi.
Pittsburgh, June 23, 1876.—Editor
Mundane Monthly—Dear Mr. Norton:
Again X send you my poem, which I re-
ceived with your '' regrets" this morn.
If it will be of any use to you, I should
be glad to have it appear in your paper
as a voluntary contribution.
Thanking you for your kind and uni-
form courtesy, I am sincerely yours,
C. G. Fuggy.
P. S.—If you think it would be im-
proved by any alterations, you are at
perfect liberty to revise it as you wish,
or, if you prefer that I shall do it, please
indicate them, and I shall be glad to
make any changes you may suggest.
C. G. f.
vii.
Pittsburgh, July 1,1876.—Ed. Mun-
dane Monthly—My Dear Sir: You say
you can not use my " Flood of Tears."
I am very desirous'that it should appear
in the Mundane. If you will insert it I
will pay cost of type-setting, etc., or, if
you prefer, I will pay you at advertising
rates. How much would you chajge?
Be as moderate as you possibly can.
Please give this your immediate atten-
tion, aad oblige, yours to command,
C. G. FueGY.
viii.
Pittsburgh, July 30.—R. F. Norton:
Your last is to hand. You have acted
meanly, impudently, insolently, all
through this business. Of all rings and
monopolies, I despise and denounce
such despicable literary (!!) cliques as
yours as the most contemptible. I am
certain that I don't want to gain its fa-
vor ; no author of merit would. It would
bury him forever. Take your little driv-
eling, groveling, fawning, puny, trashy
pamphlet and go to the devil. I wash
my hands of you and your dirt forever.
But the day will come when you shall
feel my power, and feel it hard. I mean
just what I say. C. G. Fuggy.
N. B.—I will be at the Fifth Avenue,
your city, on the 10th of this month.
You can get anything of me then you
want.
THE FUGITIVE SZA YE BTLZ.
Interesting Reminiscences of Henry
Clay.
Mr. Thomas H. Hazard, of Rhode
Island, writes:
I know that Mr. Clay never regarded
the passage of the fugitive slave law in
any other light than as a temporary
measure, and that while he politically
approved of it, and advocated it because
he deemed it the most feasible constitu-
tional measure that could be carried
through congress in the then excited
state of public feeling, its provisions
were at fault with his higher moral sen
timents. I tried repeatedly, both in con-
versation and by letter, to persuade him
with my feeble powers to modify the
bill so as to allow owners to reclaim
their fugitive slaves and then receive
their value in money in lieu of returning
them to slavery. This, Mr. Clay
thought, would be impracticable on ac-
count of the frauds it would lead to. In
talking with him on the subject, I re-
member once telling him that, however
constitutional the law might be, the
moral sentiment of the north would
never peewit its being carried into ef-
fect, and appealed to him to say, in case
a slave that he knew to be grossly
abused by its master should flee to his
house and throw himself on his protec-
tion, whether he would surrender him
into his hands, whatever the law might
require, Mr. Clay anstvered with em-
phasis, "No; I would not" Subse-
quent to this conversation, which oc-
curred at our breakfast-table, at Vau-
eluse, I received several letters on the
subjects I have referred to, among
others the following, written with his
own hand:
Ashland, 23d November, 1855.
My Dear Sir: I received your favor of
the 14th inst., which I have perused
with much attention and pleasure. It
is full of sentiments of humanity, be
nevolence and patriotism worthy of
your heart. I am afraid with you that
the fugitive slave bill is to give much
trouble. You will have seen that the
south is everywhere taking strong
ground against its repeal, or especial
modification. I fear that your remedy
of paying a portion of the
value of unreclaimed slaves would, if
practicable to be adopted, be liable to
serious objections, and lead in operation
to fraudulent results. I hope that the
law caa be maintained, unless it can be
shown to have unconstitutional defects,
which 1 do not believe. You over-rate,
my dear sir, my ability to allay the agi
tation; but whatever I have shall be
freely devoted to the object, with the
most perfect disinterestedness persona:
ly I had intended to direct my exer
tions at the coming session tc the great
interests ot colonization, and especially
to the object of establishing s line of
steamers on an economical plan, but I
now apprehend that the agitation and
excitement arising out of the fugitive
law will render tbe law inauspicious for
any successful effqrV The ultra south
has seen In the scbeme of colonization,
through the distant vista, a project of
general emancipation. That feeling was
wearing away, but it is aroused again
by what has recently passed, and is
passing, in regard to slavery. It is only
in a period of oglm, when the ^aaeians
are stilled, that an appeal can be favor-
ably made to the south. Without its co-
operation to some extent, it would be
inexpedient to reiy altogether on north-
ern support. You, in your qui^t and de
llghtful retreat at Vaucluse, can form no
full conception of the violence of the
passions boiling over in congress. * *
With great respect, I am your friend
and obedient servant, H. Clay.
Mr. Thomas R. Hazard.
NCTIUESf Etc.
PELICAN ISLAND.
The Understanding on Which It
Vl'as Ceded.
[To the News.1
Houston, Jan. 17.—I see from the pro-
ceedings of the city counil of Galveston
that Pelican island has been levied on as
the property of the city of Galveston.
I was a member of the house of repre-
sentatives of the legislature which ceded
the jurisdiction of Pelican island to your
city. This cession was vigorously and
ably opposed by the member of the house
trom Nacogdoches, who had been secre-
tary of the navy of the republic of Texas
under president Anson Jones. He asserted,
and truly, that as secretary of the navy
he was thoroughly familiar with the hydro-
graphy of the surroundings of Pelican
island; that the island was of great value
to the state of Texas, and that therefore
it should not be transferred to Galveston.
Ashbel Smith, then as now member of
the house for Harris county, admitted
fully the facta alleged by judge O., and
that the island was particularly valuable
to Galveston as a good situation for a
lazaretto, a hospital for contagious dis-
eases and for quarantine grounds for gene-
ral purposes, and that Pelican thus utilized
by and for Galveston, and being situated
at the great marine entrance into Texas,
could and woald be of more benefit to the
state than from any other use that could be
made of it. On these grounds distinctly
the house of representatives passed the
bill to cede Pelican to Galveston.
I could state more facts connected with
the Pelican island act. The debates of the
house were then reported at length, and
probably present a full account of the pro-
ceedings. I have these printed debates at
Evergreen, but not now before me. Very
respectfully, Ashbel Smith.
A Lieutenant Governor Indicted.
Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 18.—Noble A.
Hull, lieutenant governor of Florida, has
been indicted by the United States grand
jury for conspiracy with others in obtain-
ing false returns of the election in Beavard
county. Hull was the democratic candi-
date for congress at the late election from
the second district, and holds a certificate
of election from the governor. He is pre-
sident of the state senate now sitting at
Tallahassoe, and has telegraphed that he
will be here to-morrow without being
served with a warrant.
nARKIED:
RANDELL — THACKARA. — Wednesday
evening, January 15, at the house of the
bride's parents, Mr. Elwood S. Randell to Miss
Lillie M. Thackara. No cards.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Not IVledlcfne, but Food.—The fall
and early winter season is the harvest time for
hacking coughs and debilitating forms of
Catarrh, just as the later spring is the seed
time of malarial fevers. To know a certain
cure of the one, and a preventive of the other,
is to have w.chin our reach the most inestima-
ble blessing jf the period. We do know of them,
for these really marvelous properties are com
bined in Scott's Emulsion of Pure Cod
Liver Oil with the ifypophosphites of
Lliue and Soda.
There is no form of physical waste and pros-
trated vitality that a bountiful use of the
Emulsion will not change to glowing health
and full life and vigor, and then it is not a dis-
agreeable medicine, but the most delightful
kind of food. d&Weod
AUCTION SALES.
Auction Sale.
\T7E WILL SELL THIS DAY, 2'ST INST.,
▼ ▼ at 10 o'clock, at cur salesrooms. Strand—
70 bbls. Potatoes, 40 bbls. Apples, Hams, But-
ter. Cheese and other Groceries; and for ac-
count of insurance, lot of Tinware. Also 1
Horse and Cart.
PARK, LYNCH & CO.,
It AuctioLeers.
Diamonds! Diamonds!
RUCTION SALE THIS PAY AT 10 A. M.
and 2^ p. m.( at our SALESROOM, Strand.
Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry, Etc.
ja21 tf
PARK, LYNCH & CO.
Auctioneers.
AUCTION..
..AUCTION,
TT7E WILL SELL THIS DAY, 21ST INST.,
▼ ▼ at 10 a. m. :
A lot of IMPORTED AND AMERICAN
FURNITURE, consisting of Black Walnut
Tables, inlaid with pearl and plain; 4 black
walnut WasJigtands; 1 large French-ulate
Mirror. (SOx',4 inches, with marble slab; 1
small French-plate Mirror, 3*2x20 inches; 1 sec-
retary: Center Tables; Safes: 1 Parlor Set of
green velvet: 1 Parlor Set of black mohair;
Carpets, Mattings, etc.
Also—Stoves, Tinware, Crockery, Dry Goods,
Notions, etc., etc.
SYDNOR & DINKELAKER,
jan'21 It Auctioneers.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Attention!
A LL LADIES EXPECTING INVITATIONS
to the
MINERVA MASK BALL,
will please be on the lookout
TBCiqi ^VgUXJJG-.
A Card
TO THE CITIZENS OF GALVESTON.
IN REFERENCE TO THE CARD PUB-
iished in the News of the iPth inst., I des're
it to be known that my husband Matt Bullock,
from whom I have separated, has never during
the last two years supported m?, or defrayed
the expenses of our bousekeeping, and I am
not responsible for any debts contracted by
him. [ja-JI It*] MRS. M^TT BULLOCK.
FOR BOSTON.
rpHE A1 BARK
JENNIE SWEENEY,
648 Tons,
—. S. 8. HUDSON, IVaster9
Having a portion of cargo engaged, wiil Lave
dispatch.
For freight engagements inquire of
J. N. SAWRER,
ja2l lw ItE 54 Strand.
Dissolution ofjjopartnersliip.
■VfOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that tea
i.1 firm of
J. H. WA6N0N & CO.
is dissolved, from and after this da?e,
J. M. WAG NOV.
^alvestoa, Jan. 20, 1879. jatl 3t
Arrived and Landing:
4000 Sacks Coffee.
Per Oekooom."
SAMPLES AT MT? OFFICE.
TO ARRIVE:
4000 Sacks Coffee,
ex-alf
ana
M. KOPPERL.
JiRRXVIiD.
PER AMO&
3500 sks. Coffee
m STORE,
5000 Sks. COFFEE,
Ksafiftnan A Runge.
Galveston Gas Works
SZd and Market Straits.
^LL ORDERS OR COMPLAINTS, TO
ceive prompt attention, should be left at Om
Secretary's ©ffica, la '.he
Ostermana Building.
Corner ef Strand and 22d Street,
Between the hours of • aad IS o'clock. tL
IN STORE:
55G0 Bags Coffee
IPftr oiU h*
For sale by
*e Sua vim
W*. QABUCK A CO^
m »ai 1ST 9itm«
OFFICE OF
STREET &JLEBERG.
UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFUT LY AN
A nounce their association in the practice of
the law at Galveston under the above firm
ja;d&W3m
ROBT. G. STREET,
M. B. kLEBEttG.
Notice.
IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT I WILL IN-
troduce into the ensuing Legislature a bill
reaffirming what I know was the intention of
the Legislature in granting Pelican Island to
the City of Galveston, that said island, in-
cluding Its flats, should never become the pro-
~-2i*ty of individuals.
Ja2 dlm&Emon4t GUV M.BRYAN
OrFic* or the C"»-v T*rEA««vniai, f
Galveston, Jan. 17, 1879.
[HEREBY GIVE NOTICE that the Principal
and accrued interest of City of Galveston
Harbor Improvement Bonds,
No. 465 *500,
No. 36H 500,
No. 267 500,
No. 26S 500,
No. 269 500,
No. 270 500,
Total $3,000,
Will be paid at this office FEBRUARY 1, 1879.
Interest on said bonds will cease that day.
janl9 lot R. J. JOHN, City Treasurer.
Galveston, Houston and Henderson R. R , )
Secretary's Office, V
Galveston, Dec. 21, 1878. j
r£HE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK-
holders of the
Galveston, Houston and Henderson
RAILROAD COMPANY
of 1871, for the purpose of electing their Direc
tory for the ensuing year, will be held at their
office in the city of Galveston, on
TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1879, AT 2 P. M.
F. P. KILLEEN,
de22 td Secretary.
B GALVESTON CITf COMPANY
WILL RECEIVE PROPOSALS
UNTIL THE 25TH INST.
FOR THE
Loan of Ten Thousand Collars or Less
'or two years, interest payable semi-annually.
All proposals will state the amount offered and
rate of interest. Right reserved to reject all
offers.
bj order of the Board of Directors.
J. P. COLE, Agent.
Jan. 13. 1879.
LOTTERIES.
Notice.
Office or the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe R'way,
Galveston. Texas, January 7, 1879.
To All whom It may Concern.
■yrOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT APPLI-
cation will be made to the legislature of
the State of Texas, after thirty days publica-
tion of this notice, for an extension of the
time for the completion of the first eighty
miles of the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Rail-
way Company for a period of two yeare.
_ _ M. KOPPERL,
President Guff. Colorado and Santa Fe Ra.il
way Company. j a1^ 80t-
Notice.
orncE of the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe B'way,
N
Galveston, Texas, Jan. 7, 1879.
To all Whom It may Concern.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
I thirty days from and after the first
publication of this notice application will be
made to the legislature of the state of
Texas for the passage of a special law.
authorizing and empowering the county com-
missioners court for Galveston countv to sell
and transfer upon such terms and in such
mode as to said county commissioners court
may seem best for the interest of the county
of Galveston and the citizens thereof of all in-
terest owned by said county as stock, or in or
to stock or shares of stock in the capital stock
of the Gulf. Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Company. M. KOPPERr.
ja8 SOt Pres. G., C. and S. F. Ry. Co.
Special Notice.
ALL persons having claims against me for
work done, or material or supplies fur-
nished, will tile same at the office of the Gulf,
Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad Company,
within the next thirty days.
J*AS. H. BROOKS,
ja71m Contractor.
EDUCATIONAL.
Educate Your Daughters.
NASHVILLE, TENS.
DR. WARD'S SEMINARY.—A first-
Has-, non-sectarian, enjestablisedeehool.
The largest in the South and the fourth in the
United States; 18 teachers, 8 music teachers;
23 pianos, organ, harp and guitar: French
spoken; calisthenic drill daily in new hall;
healtn the first care; weekly leeturei by Van-
derbilt Professors. A beautiful city, fine
churches and GENIAL CLIMATE. Grand
four-story buildings. Moderate charges.
Opens its Spring Session Jan. 2J. For cata-
logue address 6t] dr. W. E. ward.
Prof. Cheesman's
DANCING ACADEMY,
ARTILLERY HALL.
Open every day from 3 till 5 o'clock
P. M. Also, Monday, Wednesday and Fridiy
nights. For particulars see circular, ja5 tf
A
MISCELLANEOUS.
URNETT'S
COGOAINE
A Compound of Cocoannt Oil,
For Promoting the Growth and Pro-
serving the Beauty of the Hair.
It softens the hair when harsh and dry. It
soothes the irritated scalp. It affords the rich-
est lustre. It prevents the hair from falling off.
It promotes its healthy, vigorous growth. It
is not greasy nor sticky. It leaves no disagree-
able odor. It kills dandruff.
Baldness.
Philadelphia, May 29, 1877.
Gentlemen—Hiving used your Cocoaine for
the past ten or twelve years, I take pleasure in
giving as my opinion that no preparation made
in tlis country will keep the hair so soft and
glossy, and at the same time allay all irritation
of the scalp. It will most effectually remove
dandruff and prevent the hair from falling out.
THOMAS ROBERTS,
Wholesale Grocer, 80 South Front St.
Scald Head.
Ottawa, III., April 8,1S7&
Messrs. Joseph Burnett & Oo.:
Gentlemen—For over two yfllrs I have suf-
fered terribly with M scald-head " in its worst
form- A few weeks ago I tried a bottle of your
Cocoawe. The first application gave me relief,
and now the disease is effectually cured. I
cheerfully recommend Burnett's Cocoaiws te
any one suffering with the above complaint.
Yours respectfully, N. C- STEVENS,
ja7
ERKENBRECHER'S
Bon-Ton Starch.
IS ABSOLUTELY ODORLESS AND CHBM-
ically pure.
It is snow-flake white.
It is susceptible of the highest and most last
ing polish.
It possesses greater strength of body than
other trade brands.
It is packed in pound parcels, full weight
guaranteed.
It costs less money than any starch la the
world.
It is manufactured In the heart of the great-
est cereal region o* the globe.
It is sold universally in Ajnerica by grocers
and dealers.
!;« annual consumption reaches twenty mik
lion pounds
Andrew Erkenbrecher.
CINCINNATI.
0" Erkenbrecher's world-famous Cora
Starch for Food. *. II.
General Agent, Galveston.
feo tu fr 12m
COSTUMES
COSTUMES!
COSTUMES!
tor hire BY
M. ROSSNBAUM,
175 Tremont St.
Aaixaal Suits a Specialty.
DBESS SUITS FO^ CA1JCO BALLS FUB-
Conntrj 0r4er»fr«>iuj»tlj AtUad«l !<;,
i SPLENOIB JBPPOffTOSlTY
WIN A FORTUNE.
Grand Monthly Drawing, 187S
At New New Orleans, Tuesday,
February 11.
LOUISIANA STATE" LOTTERY CO.
This institution was regularly
incorporated by the Legislature of the 8tate
for Educational and Charitable purposes In
1868, with a capital of $1,000,000, to which it
has since added a reserve fund of £350,000. Ii*
Grand Single Number Dratoingt will take
monthly. It never scales or postpone*.
at the following distribution :
CAPITAL PRIZE $80,000.
100,000 tickets at |2 each: half
tickets, $1.
LIST OF PRIZES.
1 Capital Prise $30.006
] °° do 10,000
1 do do 5,000
2 prizes of 2,500 5,000
S lin 1 riOA
9 place
Look
5
20
100
2u0
500
1000
do
do
do
do
do
do
1,000.
500.
100 .
50.
20.
10
approxmatiox priez8.
9 Approximation Prizes of $ 50J...
9 do do 200...
9 do do 100...
5,000
10,000
10.000
10,000
10 000
10,000
2,TOO
1.8UO
900
1857 Prizes, amounting to $1 10,400
Write for circulars or send orders to I®. A.
DAUPHIN, P. O. Box 692, N. O., La.
All our Grand Extraordinary Drawings art
under the supervision and management of
Genls. G. T. BEAD REWARD and
Jl'BAL A. EARLY.
Capital Prize 8100,000. Whole Tickets J10
For farther information, apply to
~ ~ , Gal
i. B. SAWVKR, dalveston.
grand distribution!
Commonwealth Distribut'n Go.
By authority of Commonwealth of Kentucky,
Drawing and details under supervision of pro«-
numm citizens of Kentucky, in the city of
Louisville, on
THURSDAY, .TAN. 30, 1879.
No Scaling;! No Postponement !
PRIZES PAID IN FULL
x cash
Distributed.
TICKETS ONLY 82 00.
Unparalleled Success or tliePopulai
Drawing*.
Read the following attractive list of prizes tor
the January Drawing :
1 Pri7e $80,000 I IOC P'zes $100 ea $10,000
1 Prizo 10,000 I 300 P'zes 50 ea 15,000
1 Prize . ... 5.000 1 500 Pzes 20 ea 10,000
10p zesl000ea 10,t>0 J 1000 P'zes 10 ea 10,000
20 pzes 500 ea 10,000 j
9 prizes $300 each, Approx'tion prizes $ 2,700
9 prizes 200 each, Approx'tion prize* 1,800
9 prizes 100 each. Approx'tion prizes 900
SHMOQ
1.960 Prizes $115,400
Whole Ticket, *2. Half ^Ticket®, $1.
27 Tickets, $50. 55 Tickets, $100.
Remit by Postoffice Money Order, reentered
let:er. bank draft or expn»&. Pull Kgt oi
drawing published in Louisville C<ntrier-J(7Ur-
rurl and New York Herald, and mallad to aS
ticket-holders. For tickets and information
address COMMONWEALTH W£?T£JBUTIO&r
Co.. or T J. COMMiJtFORD. 8e
Journal Bnilding. Louisvilla, Ky.
V till j»nffi 79
de c 31 deed W
Secy, Osntrie,
LEGAL NOTICES.
Commissioners Sale.
TTNDER authority conferred on the under-
signed as commissioners in partition in
case No. 9662. by the decree of the District
Court of Galveston county, at its October
term, 1.378. dated the 8th day of October, 16T8,
we shall offer sor sale and sell at public ven-
due, before the Court-house door, in the city
of Galveston, between lawful hours to the
highest bidder, on the 4th day of February,
1879, being the first TUESDAY in February,
1879, the property hereinafter described, viz:
All the interests of John L. Darragh in and to
the following described t.vo tracts of land ly-
in,r and being in Brazoria countv, state ot
Texas, being parts of the leagues of land origi-
nally granted by the government of Mexico tc
Abbott, Harris. Parker and Richardson, and
having the metes and bounds following, (the
whole known as the Chenango }.lintation):
First tract—Beginning f t he south* est corner
of the tract or land cwaed by Wm. Kenedv,
being a part of the Harris league: said corner
is on the bank of Oyster ci-eek. thtned south
with the meanders of the creek to the north-
west corner of the town's tract, it being a jjai t
of the W. Parker league: said corner 1m also on
the bank of the creek: thence esst 163!££
varas; thence touth 1.452 varas to the south-
east corner of the said town's tract; thence
east 5^80^4 varas to a corner in the prairie;
thence nurth 852 varas to the south line of the
Abbott league; thence east t^ a corner in the
prairie, it being the southeast comer of a tract
of 800acres taken off the Abbott league; ihtn -e
north to a corner in the prairie, designated on
the 29th of March, 18fci, an the division line be-
tween the two tracts into which tlie Chenango
plantation was divided: thence west to the
place of beginning: containing in said metes
and bounds 19^4}^ acres of land. Second tract—
Beginning at the south^a^t corner of Wm. Ken-
edy's tract : thence east along a line designated
on the i-9th of March. 1804, for the purpose i-f
dividing the Chenango plantation, to a pond on
I leagi
e terminus of a line drawn eftst from said
portl
beth'
beginning point; thence north to the northeast
comer of said tract off cf the Abbott league,-
thence Lorth to a point on the north fxjui.'Tary
line of the Harris league, wh^re the western
boundary line of the Richardson league inter-
sects the same, it being the southeast corner
of the Richardson league: theuoe north 61
varas to the southeast corner of the land known
as the Head place ; then-je west 6786 varas to a
corner; thence south 61714 varas to the north
boundarv line of Wm. Kenedy's tract: tlience
west 1515J4 varas to the place of beg nning. so
as to include within said metes and bounds
1856 acres of land, more or less
tract above des^rib
more or 1
The whole
being One-third
nearly, tritl like in'e-est In the buildings, ma-
chinery, stock, tools, etc.. etc.. aud the crop on
the piaee of 19?8. Terms of sale are, one tnir.1
cash on sa/e and confirmation by the court.
one-thtrd at one year, and one third at two
years; notes to bear interest at ten per ceut.
from date of wde, and payment secured by
mortgage on tftfc prtofrty.
ALBERT N MTLL8, i . Q_c
J. M. BURROUGHS, f Commisslocers-
MACHINERY.
c. B. lxe.
D. WKSKR. joshua mimca.
LEE IRON WORKS
O. B. IiZSE & CO.,
Iron & Brass Founders
AND
MACHINISTS.
MANUFACTURERS OF
STEAM ENGINES,
SAWMILLS,
BOILERS,
Mill and Gin Gearing,
Shafting, Pulleys, Brass and Iroa
Pomps, Etc.
Particular attention given to orders for Irs®
Fronts and Castings for Buildings.
All kinds of Job Work solicited.
Satisfaction Guaranteed.
Cor. Winnie and Thirty-second Sts,
(Near Railroad Depot,)
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
OTTttTIsTrfTCOT;
Oh\M manufacturebs
unlf mill supplies.
SEND F0K PRICE LIST.
8XX and 813 INT. ad.,
ST. tiOtJIS
Wanted.
w
J^EALIKS IN EVEBT^TOWN IN TEXAS
ST. JOHN SEWING MACHINE.
Great inducements given. Address
CHENSHAW & JACKSON,
deistf State Managers. Sherman, Texas.
BUSINESS CARDS.
Bennett, Tlnuoton S Lockwuod
BANKERS,
SAN ANTONIO, • - . TEXAS
COLLECTIONS SOLICITED ON ALL
v_ points in the state. Commercial paper
discounted. no28 12m
Cooperage?
philip hirsch,
50. 52, SC( 58 3c 60 N. Fetera St.,
NEW ORLEANS, LA .
Keeps constantly on hand a lakub
and *Ujok ot
Barrel», Half-Barrel, and Kef.,
all sues. Also HOOP POLES. Prices mod.
Satisfaction guaranteed. novjj iU
LIMB - - LIME - - LIME.
P. C. TAYLOR, Austin, Texas,
\f ANUFACTURER of BEST AUSTIN LIME,
dtaler in CEMENT, PLASTER *ud otk«r
^ATERIaL All shipments guar-
an Used. Prices tew as aajr. Uu^lity equal ta
**7 in the world. Orders proasptljr
Responsible agents wanted at everr Texas
tall ttea
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