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VOL. XXXIV.—No. 303,
I.S.BROWN&CO
STRAND, GALVESTON, TEXAS.
Weather Prognostics.
The probabilities for the Southwoet are
f<*lliii£ barometer, followed by rising barom-
eter, warmer sautherly winds, followed ty
colder northerly winds and clear.weather
Cotton declined yesterday to the extent of
, o. on low ordinary an ! ordina*/ —&c. on
good ordinary, and 0. on low middling
and middling. Good middH°i5 an^ above
remain unchanged. Tb«' sales were light
aud tho market closed weak.
Gold ranged from 113 to 113H, in New York
yoatsrday.
The quotations for spot were revised in
New York ye iterday, and showed a decline of
Itfc. on ordinary, and 1 1« on good ordinary.
Futures opened weak and unsteady, but ral-
lied as tho day advanced, and closed tlriser.
Tin: News, keeping pace with tho march o*
progress and the spirit of tho season, will
celebrate the advent of 1876 by donning a new
dress, and presenting for tho gratification of
old friends i.ew and attractive featuros.
Tho edition of Saturday morning next will
be one of the largest ever issued from the
office; will be on the Isrrestslze of paper
used, on entirely new material, and in addi-
tion to usual reading matter, will contain a
comprehensive commercial review of ope-
rations to the close of tho year, »s well as a
choice variety of other matters of special in-
terest to business men.
During the session of the Democratic Stato
Convention extra numbers of the Nkws will
to issued eaoh day, affording to merchants
and others extraordinary facilities for mak-
ing known to the very people they moat de-
Hlre to cultivate, the facilities afforded by
them for transacting the cemmerclal business
of tho State. Large orders for extra copies
for each day of the week, commencing with
Saturday, January 1, J*r6, have already been
received, and attention is invited to the ex-
traordinary opportunity which will be thus
afforded.
Tho attendance of planters, merchants and
every class of people from tne interior will
be greater during the coming week than for
many month* past, and possibly for many to
come, and those who de*lro an extension of
tr%de relations throughout the State w 11 not
permit the occasion to pass without availing
themselves of the advantages offered by the
news.
The job printing establishment of the News
is without a rival in tbe Southwest, aad
prompt attention will be given to any de-
mands that maybe made on that department.
Orders for papers, advertisements, job
printing or ruling aud binding, left at tho
counting room, will have prompt and satis-
faetory attention. _
Tlic lleneli and the Bur.
It is gratifying to observe the intor-
est which is felt with regard to the
tclcction of District and County
Judtres. It is creditable to tho intelli-
gence and public spirit of citizens out-
side of the legal profession that they
approach this question with hesitation
and dilUdonce as well as anxiety. As-
suming the adoption of the new con-
stitution, it will be instantly put upon
trial, so to speak, iu the courts of first
reset which are organized under its
provisions. If the new bench should
' prove a failure, the new constitution
would stand condemned as fatally at
fault :i a point of vital importance.
The best laws may be reductd to
worthless trumpery .in the hands of
a weak and unworthy judiciary.
Citirens in general can appre
ciate the gravity of this reflection,
and they would be glad to profit by it
in securing the kind of bench which
the emergency dtmands. But how
shall' they do so ? Not one man in
five hundred is a lawyer. Four hun-
dred and ninety-nine out of every five
hundred voters, it is safe to say, are
consciously unable to select from avail-
able members of tho lnr the fittest to
be judge?. Yet every voter who is a
good, conscicntions citizen desires to
select the fittest, and will be satisfied
with none other. But the case is dif-
ferent with members of the bar.
Every lawyer, with some experience
added to his professional education,
can readily distinguish the qualities
that lit or unfit a person
for judicial station. Why not
then, call upon the bar to sug-
gest candidates for the bench, or at
least a list of names from which nomi-
nating conventions or the voters at the
polls could select, with reasonable as-
surance of inaugurating the new order
of things with a set of judges equal
to the great and critical exigency? It
is hardly to be questioned that tho
public would almost unanimously in-
dorse judicial nominations made by a
party convention at the deliberate in-
» stance of the body of the bar. But ju-
dicial nominations by such a conven-
tion, without consultation with the
bar, without its express approval, and
known or suspected to be unsatisfac-
* tory to a majority of lawyers, might
meet with a very dillerent reception.
At all events, if by reason of neglect-
ing to consult the bar, unlit candidates
should be nominated and elected, the
result would be nothing less than a
public calamity.
Mew Kookf.
We are in receipt of "Cross and
Crown," an elegantly gotten up work, in
grsen and gold, from the National Pub-
lishing Company, through Professor
WoodsoD. The book is by James D.
McCatx*, .1 r., aud ietailg "the sufferings
and triumphs of thn men and women
who were persecuted for the religion of
Jesus Christ." The work appears to be
" well written, but from an entirely Pro
testant standpoint. It is well bou.d,
aud illustrated by numerous engravings.
Messrs. Do Witt & Bro., of New Yorh,
. Bi nd us, through J. D. Sawyer, a copy of
" The Chevalier Capeleon," by Fortune
de liuisgohey. The book will be enter-
taining to lovers of French literature.
The filial instinct of that juvenile
Npaninh King is not to be reotrained any
longer. lie iH going to bring his mamma
home if it breaks up tiie Cabinet and
divides the army, too. 11 is determina-
tion is as honorable to the heart of ihe
boy as it is indiscreet iu the head of the
monarch.
KaTIIKK Hiikiim, of the Methodist
< liurcli, the olilrHt minister of the W<>Mf>e]
in Auierici, and perhaps the oldest iu
tho world, departed this life on K'ateu
Island, New Yolk, yesterday.
TUc Constitutional Duty or Com-
mon Defense.
The amounts claimed of the United
States government as set forth in a
letter, published in another column,
to the Texas delegation in Congress
by Governor Coke comprise most as-
suredly a just claim which ought to bo
met promptly by Congress. The items
are a balance of the $,>,000,000 after
paying debts of the Republic—-
Say S 101,113 27
Expended for frontier defense 1.536,417 62
Iudeinuity bonds lost or destroyed
(less interest) 21,000 0)
Aggregating $1,658,530 89
This large sum would bo very accept-
able now when the taxes, though
complained of as onerous and burdea-
some, are insufficient to carry on the
State government. At this date we
learn that the State Treasury is unable
to meet promptly any other demands
than interest on the public debt and
current expenditures on account of
the public schools. The transition from
the present to the cheaper government
under the new constitution would be
rendered inexpensive, aud the oppor-
tunity for testing the economic
features of the new plan would not be
attended with dangers of increasing
the debt and losses from sales of State
bonds if tho Treasury was at this
juncture reipfoiced by the collection
of these claims. Those who have
studied the report of the sale of the
nineteen hundred one thousand dollar
seven per cent, bonds will not be
pleased to see that experiment re-
peated. The report of these sales
made to the Constitutional Conven-
tion shows in round numbers that the
State owes:
In cold bondp $1,900,000
Gold premium on same 25ti,500
Owing iu currrency $2,155,500
Texas received in currency from m
their sale ;l»6tg?115
It has been but a few days since Presi
dent Grant was called upon by the Texas
Congressional delegation in person and
in a body, and appealed to by them to
furnish troops for the protection of citi-
zens of this State acd of the United
States, against aliens who cross the bor-
der to steal, rob and murder ; and the
President's reply was that he did not see
where the troops were to come from—or
words of equivalent meaning. Yesterday
a Mississippi collector informsd him by
telegraph that troops were needed to as.
sist a deputy in the discharge of his du
ties, and forthwith he ordered a force of
cavalry to be furnished by the Dap?rt-
uient CommindiDg the South. Of course
there is an ide difference in the num-
bers of troops needed in the two cases,
but the indifference manifested in the
oaa is in moBt remarkable contrast with
the alacrity displayed in the other.
Mtxicana can go on with their massacre
and Brigandage against the lives and
property of Southern people, but when
a few Southern people eviucs a hostility
toward an unpopular revenue officer, the
Federal bayonet is upon them as quick
as a gleam from its own burnished steel.
Yesterday brought form a new vex-
ation for Mississippi, very convenient for
Oliver P. Morton, pending his election
resolution, and puch as could have been
made to order during the recess. Infor-
mation was telegraphed to Washington
that a certain deputy collector was
harassed and pursued by armed bodies
of men so that he was unable to dis
charge the duties of his office, and here-
upon President Grant ordered the De-
partment Command'ng the South to fur-
nish a detachment of cavalry t. be used
-n the protection of the revenue officer.
Leaving $ 538,385
Upon the last named sum Texas
pays interest, but not a cent of it has
been received or ever will be received
by the State. A nest egg of $1,000,-
000 to prevent the recurrence of such
financial operations in the future
would be furthermore beneficial, as
its collection by |Gov. Coke now
would be a recognition upon the part
of Congress that it is the. duty of the
national government to protect the
citizens of the borders. This protec-
tion guaranteed, and the Texas treas-
ury once more in a condition to pay
current expenses, the people might
assuredly demand and expect low taxes
and unexampled prosperity.
The justice of Gov. Coke's appeal
to the national government, through
the Texas delegation, will be recognized
by all who are acquainted with the
situation and the history of the Texas
frontier, and who understand the let-
ter and spirit of the United States Con-
stitution. No other State in the
Union was ever left exposed for
years to harassment and invasion
from foreign territory as Texas has
been. Nor has any other
State been obliged, under stress of cir-
cumstances, to provide for her defense
against foreign aggressions at her own
expense, not only without indemnity,
but without the promise of any at the
hands of a government constitutional-
ly pledged to protect all the States
within its jurisdiction from violence
from without or from within. Indeed,
this was one of the prime objects
specified in the constitution of 1787
for which the Union was created.
" We, the people of the United
States," declares the preamble of that
instrument, "in order to form a more
perfect union, establish justice, insure
domestic tranquillity, provide for the
common defense, * * * do ordain
aud establ'sh this constitution for
the • United States of America."
In the body of the constitution it is
ordained that " the United States shall
guarantee to every St^te in this Union
a republican form of government, and
shall protect each of them against in-
vasion." It would seem, judging from
the acts of several administrations, and
judging from the words of at least one
President, that Texas was regarded at
Washington as a singular exception
from the general office and obligation
of "common defense." Otherwise,
why has the injunction, that the United
States shall protect each of the States
against invasion, been for the most
part, since the one memorable instance
of efficient protection by the masterly
administration of Polk, a sounding
mockcry to Texas ears ? For-
eign nations may well note
with wonder, not unmixed with
contempt, the spectacle of an
American President excusing with-
out a blush the neglect of this consti-
tutional duty, on the ground of in-
ability to guard American territory
against warlike and plundering incur-
sions from a country so feeble as
Mexico. In face of the excuse, it is
notorious" that the present administra-
tion has not even made a pretense of
testing, in the interest of peace and
safety on the Mexican border, either
the diplomatic or military ability of
the United States. Is it necessary that
a government instituted for the com
mon defense shall decline into general
debility as regards foreign relations by
reason of its preoccupation at home in
fomenting political infelicities and
• nurturing official rascalities ? We do
not think that the American people
will be satisfied to seo such a theory of
their national government maintained
in practice for a great length of time.
The Order of the America Union is
in a bad way. The promulgation of
principles fs a desperate defense against
a determined onslaught by the press of
this country. The reservation in silence
of the means it employs, while it makes
publication of the ends it aims to accom-
plish, is an unmistakable admission that
the means are just what has been
charged—an unrelenting warfare upon
Roman Catholicism. The early dissolu-
tion of the " American Union " may be
expected.
The dispatches throw further light
on the intervention question. It "seems
that the United States is leading the
movement, or, at least, one movement.
This will enable readers to appreciate
how an exclusively European scheme
such as was reported yeaterday, can be
" highly offensive to the United States."
It would ba extremely absurd in our
governmsnt to oppose intervention by
other powers and itself refuse to inter-
vene, while acknowledging that this is
the only hope for coding the strife in
Cuba.
The New York Herald continues its
exposures of the secret anti-Catholic or-
der. A reporter managed to be present
at a meeting of one of the lodges, and
gives a detailed account of the proceed-
ings in the edition of the 22d. Officers
of the order admit that the publication
made by the Herald was mainly true,
but deny that either Grant or Blaine had
been made members.
Tiie telegraph announces that three
days during the centennial have been
set apart for a reunion and demonstra-
tion of the Knights Templar of the
United States, in which Masons from
every part of the globe will probably
participate. This will doubtless be one
of the grandest events of the great ex-
position.
Tiie Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Enquirer says den. Sherman's
speech at the New Eugland supper is
construed into an invitation to Northern
Democrats to unite on him as a candidate
for the Presidency as against a possible
Southern candidate.
TnE dispatches report the civil con-
flict in Sonora waxing warm. A num
her of engagements have taken place, in
eluding one iu which the State forces
were defeated by the revolutionists. The
fact that the latter are from tho better
clashes of the population, argues that the
struggle is likely to ba more than a mere
ir surrection. It is a r. hellion of no
trilling character.
Sidney A. Stockd.vr.e, at one time
Deputy Collector for the port of New
Orleans, and a ftcrward eolhetor of in
ternal revenue for the First District of
Louisiana, died at San Diego, California
on the 20:h inst.
Mr. Randall's retrenchment pre
gramme coatemplates a saving to the
government of forty millions a year, of
which ten millions will b» taken from
the army appropriations.
FORT WORTH.
Tarrant County Democratic Conven-
tion.
\Special to the Galveston Newx.l
San Antonio, Dec. 20,1875.
The Bexar County Convention reas-
sembled yesterday at 'J a. m., and nomi-
nated Geo. R. Dashiell for District Cierk
on the the third ballot.
Ballottine- for Sheriff being next in
order, W. B. Knox, Henry Weir and T.
P. McCall were put in nomination. The
convention balloted all day, and ad-
journed at 5 to 7 r. M ; aud then again
went to work. At last (at 11 P. M.), on
the forty-third ballot, Gen. Kuox was
declared nominated.
B. Lacoste was nominated for Treas-
urer ; L. P. Beck, for Assessor ; E Cha-
vez, for Collector ; Geo. Williamson, for
Iltde Inspector ; I., Navarro, for Survey-
or ; C. L. Wiizbach, for Representative.
The convention adjourned af. 2:30 o'clcck
this morning.
Weather most beautiful and summer-
ike.
The following was received from Fort
Clailt last night at 11 o'clock: About
thirty Seminole Indians attacked the
ail in Brackettsville, aud attempted to
release James Wilson, a convicted Semi-
nole. The sheriff snd a posse fired upon
them, slightly wounding two and cap-
turing one.
SONORA.
iV Conspiracy at the Bottom of the
ltaids.
ScTcral Engagements IJeitveen the
State Forces and the Rev-
olutionists.
The Latter Sympathized With by
Americans at San Diego.
San Fbancuco, Dec. 20 —A dispatch
from San Diego says the true history of
the raid on C'ampo is coming to light.
Almost the entire Mexican population in
that vicinity are implicated, and would
have shared in the spoils in the event of
success.
A dispatch from Tucson says the revo-
lutionist genera! Serva claims to h».ve
recaptured Altar, in Sonora, on the 18th
instant without a fight, and his allies,
the Yaqui Indians, have defeated Pes-
quiera in three different engagements.
Pesquiera's friends deny the report
Both parties while in Arizona refrained
from outrages and paid cash for their
subsistence.
Later news just received from Tucson
s'ates that in a fight between the State
and revolutionary forces, in Sonora, twen-
ty-five miles south of tbe boundary line,
the former were defeated with a loss of
ten killed and a number wounded, and a
number prisoners.
The revolutionists are marchiug on
Hermr si'ilo. Mos' of tbe Americans heie
sympathize with the revolutions, consid-
ering that they represent the better
classes of Sonora.
No news has been received from Col
Biddle's command.
GIDDINGS.
[Special to the Galveston Ne?vs.~\
Fort Worth, Tex., Dec. 29,1875
The Democratic Convention of this
county assembled at the court-house to-
day. Capt. T. O. Moody was elected
chairman aud J. F. Banll secretary.
The convention heartily indorsed the
present administration, snd recommended
unanimously Governor Coke to the State
Convention for nomination to the office
he now holds. J. M Roberts was recom-
mended for Chief Justice of tbe Su-
preme Cours. Ii. S. Walker was recom-
mended as a suitable man for a seat on
the appellate bench ; J. W. Ferris also.
Buck Walton was recommended for the
office of Attorney General.
Delegates were sent to the State con-
vention as follows: IC M. Vandant, J.
H. Smith, Hyde Jennings, W. R Gous",
Dr. A B. Mullin, Dr. A K. Middleton.M.
J. Brinron, James Robinson, J. F. Beall
John D. Templeton, Amos Qaaile, Dr
Juo. R. Wallace, Dr. W. H. Baldwin, II.
J.Thompson, Dr. C. M. Peake, D. J. St.
Clair, J. S. Seine, E J. Turmond, W. H
Davis, F. G. Bransf^rd and John Ilirsch-
field.
We have hsd fiue seasons for the past
ten days and the wheat crop is as fine as
it can be.
Work is still progressing fiuoly on the
Texas and Pacific road.
MARINE.
Arrivals, Departure*, Etc.
Washington, Dec. 29.—The signal
Bervice observer at Sandy Hook reports
that the bark Cientos, reported ashore
yesterday, is off.
New York, Dec. 29.—Arrived—Gen,
Lyon, Egypt, State of Nevada, City of
New York. Arrived out—Norris, Tona
wanda, Premier, lioyal Minstrel, Savau
na, Leamington, Kate liurrel, Rina, Jo-
ven, Enrique, England. Homeward—
Bertha, New Orleans.
Arrived out; Somersett., Audicar.
Roche's Point, Iceland, Dec. 20 —
The steamship l'Amerique, which was re-
cently disabled ftt sea, proceeded to
Havre.
SAN ANTONIO.
Bexar Conrty Nominations—A Semi-
nole Mob Repulsed at Brack •
ettsville.
Cotton Shipments, Weather, Etc.
["Special to the Galveston iVetcs.]
Giddings, Tex , Dec. 29, 1875.
Cofton continues to come in freely,
fetching lOJc. coin. About 7500 baleB
shipped to date from this point: expect
to ship 3500 more.
Tuesday afternoon prisoners escaped
from our new county jail, but were
speedily captured.
Weather spring-like and good.
" 1 HE AMERICAN UNION."
Principles of the Order Officially
Promulgated.
Tiie Means of Altiinirg Its Flit's
Expressly Reserved iu Secrecy.
" Thousands Upon Thousands o!"
Sturdy, Stalwart, Patriotic,
Thoughtful Men."
New York, Dec. 29—The evening
papers publish the following statement
of the principles of tbe Order of the
American Union:
New York, Dec. 28, 1875.—The Na
tional Executive Committee of the Order
of the Au^rican Union deem it advisable
to promulgate a summary of the princi-
ples which underlie and energize their
actions as citizens, as members of tbe or-
der.
1. We accept the Bible as the basis of
all moral and religious government and
educational undertaking.
2. We yield an unhesitating support
to the constitution and government of
the United States and of the several
States.
3. We urge that the present system of
our general unsectarian free school or-
ganizatiou shall be maintained inviolate.
4. We claim that no part of the public
fuuds shall ever be used for the support
or maintenance of any sectarian school
or institution whatever.
5. We are opposed to any interferenc*
in political affairs by any man or body
of men acting in behelf, or by direction,
of acy ecclesiastical body or power, yet
we make no war upon any man's reli-
gious creed.
The objects and purposes of our Order
are few and simple, and we give thom
publicity. The ways and means of con-
ducting our business matter,the methods
by which we propose to secure the de-
sired results, are peculiarly our o'.vp, and
we intend to keep them to ourselves.
Third term or one term democracy or
republicanism, hard money or soft money,
Crooked Whlslty or Slraigli',
are entirely outside of our aims and plans
and receive no attention whatever. To
sustain and advance the ides? above
sumarized, we propose to use a'l lawful
and suitable mersu es at all t.ime3 that
to us seem propitious, with all persons
who labor for their triumphs against all
agencies which seek their overthrow and
destruction. As in the past, go for the
future, we invite and expect to receive
the co-operation and aid of thousands on
thousands of sturdy, stalwart, patriotic
and thoughtful men, who love their coun-
try with au ardor surpatsing that of
party, sect or clan.
By order of the National Executive
Committee. Gso. D. Weeks, Prea't.
Henry T. Holt, Brooklyn, Sec'y.
INTERVENTION.
Tiie United Stales and Foreign
Towers Conferring about Cuba.
New York, Dec. 21).—a special from
Vienna to the Ilerald eays the Secretary
of State of the United Stateo has trans-
mitted to every European government a
circular, dated in Washington, asking an
expression of the views of eac h Foreign
Executive regarding the question of
American intervention in Ouha.
The object of the American cabinet
minister is the obtaining of liata to be
used in the preparation of President
(Jiant's supplementary lmssnge to Con-
gress. All foreign governments have
replied satisfactorily.
England is ready to indorse the inter
mention movement at the present mo-
ment. The other rations express their
willingness to support inteivention, but
hesitate to take the initiative.
WASHINGTON.
Judge Pierrc]K>ut Decides a Railroad
Tax ihiestion.
Complaint of a Revenue Oflicer being1
Molested in Mississippi.
The Collector Appeals for Troops to
Protect a Deputy.
The President Responds by Ordering
a Detachment of U. S Cavalry.
Decision In a Kallroad Tax C«»e.
Washington, Dec. 2!).—The opinion
of the Attorney General, whether the
.$170,257 tax on dividends of stock of the
Illinois Central lidlroad, owned by non-
resident aliens, should be paid to the
company or t> the nonresident aliens,
was given to-day. It holds that the offi-
cers of the compmy aro trustees of the
stockholders and hold the money earned
in trust for the -/tiers of the stock after
payment of all legal claims against the
company. These stockholders can re-
CDVer from the company any money
due them, and the company can not
defend its own action in a court of law,
on the ground that the money was paid
on some unlawful exaction, and espe-
cially after payment has been declared
illegal by tha highest tribunal. The
government unlawfully exacted the
money from the company, and it
should ba paid back to the company.
The money already paid to stockholders
may be deducted, aud the balance paid
back to the road.
TIte Vienna Dispatcli Confirmed.
It is true, as stated in the special dis-
patch from Vienna, that the Secretary of
Siate has addressed a circular to all tbe
European governments on tbe subject of
Cuban affairs, including a copv to,Spain.
Its contents can not be obtained from offi-
cials here.
Trouble in Mississippi.
Collector of Internal Revenue Shaugh-
nessy, at Jackson,Mississippi,telegraphs
tbe Commissioner of Internal Rovenue
that his deputy, W. B. Iiedmond, had
been driven from his office and home,
and from county to county, in his divi
sion, while discharging his duty, by
armed bodies, who aefy the authority of
the law. Redmond can not discharge
Lis duties without military aid.
In reply, the Commisioner telegraphed:
" Is your evidence positive of Redmond's
pursuit by armed bodies? How numer-
ous are they, and how large a force do
you r< quire?'
To this Collector Shaughnessy replied
by telegraph : " Evidence positive. Red-
mond was notified by the Mayor of Sum-
mit, Pike county, to leave at once, as he
and the peace officers could not pro-
tect him. Armed bodies, numbering
from fif'.v to seventy-five, assert that ha
can't remain in the division. A commis-
sioned officer and 25 soldiers if stationed
at Liberty, Amite county, and instructrd
to support him for thirty days, or until
the offending parties are arrested, would
ba sufficient.. Cavalry is preferred, as
an escort, could accompany him on a
tour through bad counties and have a
good effect."
The papers in the case were transmit-
ted to President Grant, who directed the
military ollieer commanding the Depart-
ment of the South to furnish a sufficient
force of cavalry to enable the proper of-
ficers to cclie'c. revenu s.
llepnrt from rlie Tnscarora.
Washington, Dec. 2!) —The Navy De-
partment has a report from Commander
J. N. Miller, commanding the United
States steamar Tuscarora, dated off Hor-
olulu, Dec. 4, 1875. The Tuscarora left
San Francisco on the 3d of November,
and arrived off Honolulu on the 29tb.
Capt. Miller says : " I will leave here on
the 6:h inst., to carry out the depart-
ment's order of the 14 h of October, in
running a "line of deep sea soundings to
Australia, hoping to reach Brisbane,
Australia by the middle of February, or
before. I have made inquiries at this
place, where there is communication
with the South Sea Islands, in regard to
the kianapping of natives, and the im-
pression is that the practice has been
broken by the English government. A
Capt. Hayes, who has been engaged for
many years in kidnapping, has been
arrested by the Spanish authorities at
the Ladrone Islands."
WSiose Invention tiie Alarm Tele-
grspli Is.
Washington, Dec. 20.—The Commis-
sioner of Patents to-day decidcd tbe in
terference Mse of Watkins, of New
York city, vs. McCullougb, of Richmond,
Indiana, both claiming patents for the
fire and psiice alarm telegraph, which is
now generally in use throughout the
United Slates. The commissioner awards
priority < I invention to Watkins.
KJnsr Out Wild Bell*.
Dispatches from many points north
say the authorities of respective cities in-
tend ushering in the Centennial year
with great eclat, firing of cannon, chim-
ing of bells at midnight, illuminations,
decorat ons, etc.
(Government Sale ol" Cotton Lnuds.
A representative of the Internal Reve-
nue Office has been sent to Beauford.
Squill Carolina, for the purpose of attend-
ing to the int?r<s'.s of the government in
tbe sale of valuable sea jsland cotton
lands in tbe vicinity, which have b;en
ordered sold in con;cquence of the non
payment of direct taxes. Ic is probable
that, if the lands in question will not
bring a proper price, the internal revenue
agent will bid them in for tbe govern-
ment. The sale will take place either
to-moTrow or Friday next.
sive and a list of members of tie
council it desires to summon, and then I
will suggest amendments to the letter,
and submit the names of members I may
ish to invite ; or, vice versa, I will take
the initiative in the preparation of the
paper and nominating the members. 1
believe the idea of a mutual council
originated with me, and I am advised
that 1 have some voice in the constitution
of the council, the platform on which it
is to proceed, and the time of its meeting.
PHILADELPHIA.
Grand masonic Event of tte Cen-
tennial.
Philadelphia, Dec. 29.—In commem-
oration of the centennial anniversary of
American Independence, a reunion of the
Knights Templar of the United States
will take place in this city on May 30th
and 31st, and June 1st, 1876. A grand
parade will take place on the 1st of June,
which it is expected will be participated
in by Sir Knights from all quartern of
the globe.
The Bible Outortlie Sclioois.
At a meeting of the Common Council
this afternoon a resolution was adopted
that the Board of Public Education bo
requested to inform the Council by what
authority the reading of the B ble has
been discontinued in the public schools.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Gov. Kellogg has appointed Geo. B.
Johnson, State Auditor, vice Clinton re-
signed.
Auditor Thayer, of the Canal Depart-
ment in New York State, is suspended
Lodicia Fredenberg and son, convicted
of murder at Utica, are respited in con-
sequence of the confession of perjury
by one of the principal State's witnesses.
Savannah reports that a passenger
train from Macon for that city ran off the
track night before last, killing the engi-
neer and seriously injuring three other
persons.
In Boston, a coroner's investigation
shows that a drip cock had been careless-
ly left open, causing rapid accumulation
of gas, which led to the explosion under
the pavement.
The new bark Stonewall Jackson ar-
rived at Norfolk yesterday from Boston.
A large crowd turned out, and tbe Eighth
Artillery Blues saluted her. She waB
visited by many prominent citizens.
At an adjourned meeting of Missouri,
Pacific stockholders in New York yes-
terday, a resolution was adopted in favor
of appointing a separate receiver for the
road, who iB not a holder of third mort-
gage bonds or in any way connected with
the A. and P. R. R., and requesting the
court to order an election of a new board
of directors at the earliest day practica-
ble.
Nathaniel Carr, s. merchant of Boston,
yesterday took a box containing $50,000
worth of bonds and papers from a safe
in the vaults at the Blackstone National
Bank. While examining the contents,
his attention was attracted by strangers
and the box was stolen. Seven thou-
sand doliars of the contents are nego-
tiable ; the balance are rattroad and other
bonds, which can be replaced.
A Labor Convention, composed of dele-
gates from New York, Connecticut and
Pennsylvania, has been in btb.sion at
Tyrone for two days. It adopted resolu-
tions opposing subsidy to tbe Texas aud
Pacific Railroad, and requesting the gov-
ernment to give the Union and Central
Pacific companies certain time to pay the.ir
indebtedness, and, failing in tbat, the
government should take possession of
the road. Resolutions favoring a Na-
tional Labor Convention, to be held in
Pittsburg in April next, and opposing a
third term, were adopted.
NEW TORK.
Doatit of the Venerable Fsillier
Huelini—Alt Atl.vaii.ee iroiii (Jiiftca-
;?:*> JEa*t.
New York, Dec. 20.—Freight or live
stock anvanced five cents per hundred
pounds from Chicago east.
Sale of a Sloop.
The sloop-of-war Delaware, without
furniture or engines, sold for $20,000.
Dcatli of a centenarian Preacher.
Rev. H. Boehm, better known
Father Boehm, the oldest preacher of
th* Methodist Church in the country,
ai d probably the oldest clergyman in the
world, died yesterday at the houee of liig
granddaughter, near Richmond, Staten
Island. Oq the 8th of last Jane the one
hundredth anniversary of his birth was
celebrated at Jersey City by the Newark
Conference, when Father Bjehm sub
mitted an ouiline of his own life and
labor in the Methodist Church, and ad-
dresnes were made by other clergymen.
The excitement of the occasion pros-
trated him, and though he rallied, he
was aga«n seized on the 12th of this
month while attempting to preach in a
village church. He was born in Lancas-
ter county, Pennsylvania ;• joined the
Methodist Church in 1707 ; served in the
ministry in Pennaylvania, Delaware and
Maryland, and was the traveling com-
panion of Bishop Ashbury for more than
thiriy years Father Boehm lias been
in the New Jersey Conference, and as
early as 1842 was on the li.st of supernu-
merary preachers.
A HMlct Do ii x iv 'in Ulrw. Moulton*
New York, D.-c. i'0.—Mrs. Moulton
declined to m**et a Plymouth Church
special committee last evening to confer
upon the preparations and issue of letters
missive for the call of a mutual council!"
She Hiiid in her note of declaration, that
the lime given is altogether too brief for
the grave duly to be discharged. The
better plan, and the one I prefer,
ia for Plymouth Church to sub-
, mit to me a proposed letter luis-
Prodiice.
foreign.
Liverpool, Dec. 29—2.30 p. M.—Mess Poik
81s. Long clear middles 50s.
London. December 20.—Sugar —spot, 2Js;
alloat, 22a 6d.
domestic.
New York, December 20—Noon.—Flour
dull. Wheat quiet and nominally unchanged.
orn dull ana unchanged. Pork quiet at
$20 75@2l CO Lard steady; steam 12 1-10@12
?4[c. 'turpentine firm at 37J£c. Rosin quiet
at $1 65(2^1 73 for strained. Freights are
firm.
New York, December 20— Evening.— Flour
dull and unchanged. Wheat a shade firmer
and a little more doing, chiefly export, at
Si 18(7&$J€2 for new winter and red western;
§1 37 for prime amber Michigan; $1 45 for
amber Pennsylvania; §1 42 for white west-
ern. Corn a cent better and more doing at
l>£c for old western yellow; 64c for do alloat;
l>4(&G(io for ungraded new westtrn mixed and
yellow and New York uninspected mixed;
58(&60c for no grade; 66c for Lew yellow
southern; 65@66Xc for new white southern.
Oats a little steadier at 45c for mixed west-
ern andS'ate; 46^50c for white western and
State. Coffee—Itio quiet; cargoes quoted at
16%<&10J*C, gold; job lota. gold.
Sugar8<^8J£c for fair to good refined; 8%o. for
prime; 5000 bags Brazil sold at 8c; refined
unchanged. Molasses—Hew Orleans quiet at
50^60,3. Rico quiet and unchanged. Tallow
steady at 0 15-lbb, Rosin quiet. Turpent ine
unchanged. Leather firm; hemlock sole, Bue-
enos Ayres and Rio Grande li lit middling
and heavy weights, 25<&27>£c; California do,
23)£®26>£c; common tio, ^3>£<&26c. Wool
quiet and steady; domestic ll-e-'e, 62c: pulled
2u@47c; unwashed. 15@33c; TexiS. 15@43c.
"ork heavy at $21 for new mess. Lard on the
spot firmer; prime steam, 15J£c. Whisky
steady at $1 15.
Freights—cotton per sail 5-16(^,11-32; per
steam, 13 32@%-
Baltimore, Dec. 20— Noon—Flour dull but
steady and unchanged. Wheat quiet aud
steady: Pennsylvania rt*d Si 37(git 38; Mary-
land red $t 15©1 45; amber £1 47(^1 55; white
$1 15©1 45. Corn quiet but firm; southern
white, new, 50@5Sc; yellow, new, 51®6Ic.
New Orleans, December 20.—Sugar steady:
common, 5J£(r&6c; low fair to fully fair, 6J£^
"c; prime, 7>i@73£c; strictly prime, 7,3ge;
choice, 7Xc. Molasses in fair demand; prime,
4'3(^45c; strictly prime to choice, 4s(7?/>2c.
Flour dull; superfine, $4; XX, $4 50; XXX,
$450@$5?5; choice, §6©fi 50. Corumcal dull
at $2 65. Corn quiet at 53056c. Oats steady
at 47(&50c. Bran dull at 00c. llay dull;
prime, $22; choice, $24@$25. Pork steady at
!?2l 50. Dfv-salt meats dull on account of un-
favorable weather, at 8@10^c. Bacon—no
shoulders; sides, 12%@13c. Hams dull;
choi e sugar-cured, 10;£c. Lard quiet; tierce
packers"1, I2#c; refined, 13@i33^o; keir, 13\c.
Cofiee steady; ordinary to prime, 173£@20&e;
Whisky scarcer aud iu demand; rectified,
$1 15.
St. Louis, December 20.—Flour dull and
unchanged. Wheat dull; No. 2 red fall,
$1 oO bid; No. 3 do. $125 Corn dull and
lower; No. 2 mixed 37>4@37/«c. Oats steady
and unchanged. Rye steady at 6 c. Barley
quiet and unchanged. Pork dull; $i0 50
asked, $10 25 bid. i ard nominally lower at
12c. Bulk meats dull and uuchauged; only a
mall jobbing trade. Bacon dull; shoulders,
0'^'c; clear rib end clear sides. 11^^11 %c.
VVniskyduli and lower at $1 10 Live hogs
dud and- lower; good to choice, $6 60@J6 00.
Cattle dull and only a local demand fur
butchers' stock, receipts 4000,
Receipts—Flour. 7tMJ|j barrels; wheat, 72,000
bushels; corn, 3,000 bushels; oats, 1000
bushels; barley, 2100 bushels; cattle, GOO
head.
Fore is: ii Cotton markets.
Liverpool, December 29—Spot quiet and un-
changed. .-ales 10,000 bales; for export and
to speculators 2000 bales. Receipts 6U00;
American 5800: to arrive weaker: sales of
Middling Uplands lower, Low Middling clause.
shippeU for November, per sail, 6 l3-i6c.
Domestic Cotton Market*.
New York, December *9.—Cotton—Net
receipts, 21S1; gross receipts, 1500.
Futures closed firmer. Sales ro-day. 22,000
bales.
December 13 l-16©13>»e; January 13 3-32
<0113}*^; February 13 5-i6J?i13 ll-?j2e; March
13 9-16^13 l9-32e; April 13 13 16(^13 27-32e;
May 14 l-32<gH4 1-16c; June 14^(^11 9-32.
July 14 13-32@14 15-32c; August 15^j'@14
9-lOc.
New Orleans, December 29. — Cotton ir
good demand Sales 0400 bales. Hood Or
dinary 10%c; Low Middling ll%c; Middling
12)£c. Receipts—net, 6941 bales; gross, 8081
bales. Exports—to the Continent, 525 bale»v
coastwise, 1257 bales; to Great Britain, 5115
hales. Stock 25 892 bales.
FOREIGN.
An Impending Cabinet Crisis in
Spain.
Americans in Berlin on the Defec'
sive.
Spain.
Madrid, Dec. 29.—A general election
is ordered for January 20tli. Tk» Cortez
convenes February 15th.
A special says Count Puonroatro is now
in Paris engaged in the official duty of
arranging for the return of ex (iueen
Isabella to Spain.
King Alfonso opppeses the will of the
Ministry on this matter. He defies the
Cabinet, and declares that the Ministers
may resign, but that his mother must
have an asylum in Spain, her residence
to be at Valladoiid, for the reason that
Madrid is not considered a pafe place for
her now.
It is believed that this serious ipsue
has been forced on Alfonso by Isabella
The results will be most disastrous. The
Spanish army will be divided at once, if
the ex-Quean takes any part in the direc-
tion or counsels of State affairs. Isa
bella's return will even cause the loss of
Sagosta to tbe K' yalistB. "
Germany.
Bkrt,tn, t>ec. 29.-—The meeting called
last Monday by the citizens of the
United States residing here, to give ex-
pression to the'r abhorronce of the Bie-
merhafen crime, to protest against uu
just comments of the Herman press, was
held to-night, and was attended by 200
American!'. A resolution was adopted
dt daring that the act of Thomas, or
Thompson, is ia no respect a fruit of
American civilization ; its effect ihe hor-
ror of humanity, not of a nationality; and
protesting against the unjust aspersions
on American character which have ap-
peared in some German newspapers in
connection with the crime.
The Turkish Provlnccx.
Berlin, Dec. 29.—Austria's project for
the pacification of TurKish provinces, re
cently drawn up by Count Audrasi
Prime Minister, has not yet been sent to
tbe great powers, for some reason un
known.
It is reported that, while an agreement
has been made with regard to tho con
trol which the treaty powers should
have, negotiations are pending between
Austria and Russia as to what manner it
should be exercised in.
Fraucc.
London, Die. 29.—A special dispatch
report3 that the Orleans Princes have
decided not to sit in the Senate or Cham
ber of Deputies.
The Due d'Aumale has written a letter
declining the nomination for either
house.
MARKETS.
Financial.
FOREIGN.
London, Dec. 29—Noon.—Erie 14 V-
Paris, December 29.—Rentes 651. 80c.
domestic.
New York, December 29.—10 a. m.—Uold
opened at 113.
New York, December 29—Noon.—Stocks
dull and lower. Money 6 per cent. Gold
113. Exchange, long 4S5#, short 408. Gov-
ernments dull but bettor for 'USs; the rest
are steady. State bonds—Tennessee and
South Carolina lower, and the rest are
steady.
New York, December 29—Evening.—Money
active at 7 per cent, gold bid. Sterling Ex-
change dull at 485X- Gold steady at 113(£&
113>k. Governments dull and strong; new
5s 116*£. State bonds quiet and steady.
stoclrs closed dull, unsettled and lower.
New York Central, 104^; Erie, 1**£; Lake
Shore, ; South Carolina, 97; Tittsburg
89J«; North'western, 39; Northwestern pre
ferred. Rock Island,104%; Pacific Mail
39>£; Union Pacific, 74.
inicw Okleans, December 29 — Gold 113,
Sight Exchange X per cent, discount.
St.erlinsr, commercial, 542(^543 ; Bauk rate
545@516X.
sub-treasury report.
Tho Fub-Treasnry balances are: (Sold, $13,
423,742; currency, $37,600,820. The Sub-Treas
urer paid out $1,330,000on account of interest
and $71,000 for bonds. Customs receipt
$18?,000.
TEXIS FRONTIER.
Letter from Gov. Coke to Our
Delegation in Congress.
Revival of Important Claims Against
the Federal Government.
Over a million and a Hall' ISue tiie
State lor Border !»■ lease.
undone, no tfTort unmade to procure re-
lief. On this subject I refer you also
to Gen. Ord's last report, and believe I
can assure you of any assistance you
may desire from him in procuring meas-
ures for relief.
Very respectfully, your obedient ser-
vant, Richard Coke,
Governor of Texas.
There is to be a sale of unclaimed
postal matter at Washington on Jan-
uary 17. by order of the postmaster
general. AmoDg the 8600 dillerent
articles which yill be offered for sale
ou the occasion, as a testimony to the
carelessness of parties who use the
mails, the papers say there are books,
music paper, engravings, jewelry, neck-
ties, baby clothes, socks, scarfs, violin
strings, scissors, knives, shoe brushes,
stockings, corn crushers, scythes,
stones, toothpicks, charms, shoes,
gloves, asthmatic fumigatcrs, night-
caps, sheeting?, ribbons, saws anil corn
buskers.
Birmingham is the great manufac-
turing city of the world. The follow-
ing are given as among the weekly pro-
ducts of her industry: 14,0,30,000
pens, 0,000 bedsteads, 7,000 guns, o00,-
000,000 cut nails, 100 000,000 buttons,
1,000 saddles, 5,000,000 copper or
bronze coins, 20,000 pairs of specta-
cles, six tons of papier-mache wares,
more than £30,0.00 worth of jewelry,
4,000 miles of iron and steel wire, ten
tons of pins, live tons of hair-pins and
hooks and eyes, li!0,000 gross of wood
screws, 500 tons of nuts and screw
bolts an^ spikes, 50 toes of wrought
iron hinges, 350 miles' length of wax
for matches, 40 tons of refined metal
40 tons of German silver, 100 dozen of
fenders, 3,500 bellows and 800 tons of
brass and copper wares.
Baltimore's winter bonanza is the
oyster bed. The oysters are only
moderately large, the beds are larger,
but prices are largest, even at whole-
sale. On Wednesday a vessel sold
eleven hundred bushels for thirteen
hundred dollars. Ordinary oysters
brought Jfsl 25 per bushel, and very
choice sold for per barrel. Some
of these days the oyster business will
be a leading interest on the Gulf coast
of Texas, and the people of the New
West will beccme familiar with this
choice variety of the hard-shell per-
suasion.
Sr. Charles, La., is a good deal like
a part of Texas, and the Echo of that
place recognizes the fact, and pays the
following handsome compliment to tbe
News :
For a great many years it has ranked
as the leading Democratic newspaper of
Texas, Rnd as one of the most readable
and reliable journals in the South. As
Calcasieu does such a heavy trade with
Galveston, the daily and weekly News
should have a large circulation here.
To the Texas Delegation ia Congress, care
of Hon. S. B. Alaxey:
Gentlemen—I have the honor to call
your attention to the following matters
of interest to the State requiring atten-
tion at the national capital;
1. The government of 'he United
States holds a balance of $101,113 27
due the State of Texas from funds left
in the hands of the former to pay the
debt of the Republic of Texss. No claim
is believed to have been presented sgainst
this fund for the last fifteen years, and
the debt of tho Republic of Texas is be-
lieved to have been fully settled. The
State needs the balance of this fund, and
ought, to have it.
2. 1 send inclosed statements from the
oliice of the Comptroller of Public Ac
counts, showing the amount expended
by the Stato of Texas for frontier de-
fense from the 2S h of February, 1855,
to the commencement of the late civil
war, and from the commencement of
Gov. A. J. Hamilton's administration
after the war to date, the amount aggre-
gating $1,530,417 G3. It will be remem-
bered that by act of the Legislature of
Ttxas, approved February 1, 1850, the
State withdrew and abandoned all claims
against the government of the United
States growing out of Indian depreda-
tions prior to the 28th of February, 1855.
This large amount of money is justly
due from the national government to
Texas, and I hope that such steps as you
may deem wise may be tak?n at once for
the assertion of this claim.
3 I inclose a public debt statement
from the Treasury Department for No-
vember, 1S75, which shows that twenty-
one Texas indemnity bonds and interest
thereou are still unpaid. These
bonds are not in our treasury, and
most probably were stolen duiiug or
after the war, and may be destroyed
or held by parties who fear to pre-
sent them. 1 would be glad to know
what proceedings are necessary or will
be required on the part of the Slate, or
her otiicars, to enable her to demand pay
ment of these lost bonds at the tre.iat.iy,
and, so far as you can do so, to aid in
accomplishing the collection of tli;
money.
4. 1 sent three days ego to each of
your delegation copies of Adjutant Gen-
eral Steele's report on Rio Grande trou-
bles, also copies of tiie memorial of the
late Constitutional Convention of Texas
on the same subject, aad refer you to the
action of the last session of the Four-
teenth Legislature on the same subject,
hfetofore furnished. I beg, also, to re-
fer you to coDies of letters from Gen. Pot-
ter, commanding at Brownsville, to Gen-
eral Ord, commanding the department,
herewith inclosed, in that connection,
and to suggest that if the govern-
ment of the United Statt s does
not afford defense and security for the
people of the border against Mexican in-
vasions, it will be impossible to restrain
the people much longer from organizing
aud following the raiders into Mexico
and retaliating summarily upon the Mex
ican border. Gen. Ord, the able and efli-
cunt commander of the department, is
doing all he can to protect our people,
but he is utterly powerless. A police
force, rather than a strictly military or-
ganization, is required there. If the
President would take into the service of
the Uuited Suues Capt. McNeliy with,
say, 350 m«n, (500 would be better,)
such as he would recruit, they would
protect that country, they would do
such service as the olF'cers and men of
tiie United States Army t'-a/i not or will
do. Tliev never have done any g,Kid
against the predatory bands of robbers
who are devastating that country, and
never will. None but Texas troops have
ever checked their operations at all. If
the United States government will not
protect that border, Texas must aud will,
but it is a burden she ought not to bear,
i I do hope that you will leave nothing
Miscellaneous ('ards.
L. HOUVANT,
Practical autl Tlieoretical
WATCHMAKER
Keeps on hand a large stock of
AMERICAN AND 1HPOKTED
Watches, Clocks,
BUittOSDS, JEWELRY,
SPECTACLES and CUTLERY
At New York Trices.
del! 1p 113 Ularltct Street.
BARGAINS IN
BOOTS & SHOES.
MY ENTIRE ST4JCK
FOR THE NFXT THIRTY DAYS.
I. C. LEVY,
Corner 22d and Market streets,
del th sat tu lm lp
HARRY W. BLAGGE
IW a nit feci nre ra 9 A sent,
IS OFFEHINO
AV GREAT BARGAINS.
At III Tremont St.
GALVESTON.
de21 eodlm lp
STATE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[Recommendations and announcements of
candidates for office, sent in by parties them-
selves or their friends, can only be inserted
as advertisements, and must be paid for in
advance.]
£3^* The Hon. JOIIN J. GOOD, of Dallas,
Texas, is a candidate for Judge of the Ap-
pellate Court. t ja6'70
Cheap Advertisement Column.
NOTICE.
Beer, Beer, Beer.
BOT TLED BEER
— from the—
STAIt LAGER BEER BOTTLINtf CO.
CINCINNATI, OHIO.
This is strictly PURE IjAGER BEER. War-
rented to be free from any deterious com-
pound. rqual to th« fi«e?t brands in Germany
For sale by the wholesale grocers and liquor
dealers. Prices lower than any other domes-
tic Beer. Ask for it. Take no other.
J. PAUL JONES, Slate Agent,
del4 3m lp GalvestOD, Texas.
E. AM LEXISES & CO.'S
ST. LOUIS
Bottled Lager Beer.
The Best, Purest and Healthi
est Beer in Market.
IT HAS NO EQUAL,
Recommended by the highest medical anthor
ititis in the country.
SOLD BY ALL LEADING GROCERS.
oc 30 3m lstp
VIEW OF THE FACT THAT
I THE WILSON SEWING MACHINE
i-» represented by interested parties to be of
" No account," "Wlil wear out ia six nioths,"
etc., we offer the followiog CHALLENGE:
We will select a Wilson 3Iachino—the other
parry to select the sai*o price machine of
their make.
These machines re to be given to a con-mit-
tee consisting of six persons, three machin-
ists aud three cabinet makers. Each party
will have tbe right t.» choose one man of sue*
trade, and they to choose the other two.
Those machines are to be given to tlic com
mifctce for thorough examination and test
th»* machinist* to test and pass upon tho ma
chinery and the cabinet makers like wise upon
the wood work.
Tho test shall bo the most, perfect machine
constructed on the best mechanical princi
pies; *lso quality of material nscd in its con-
struction, both meUU cttui wihhI.
The loser is to pay all expenses attending
the examination, aud forfeit the machine ou
exhibition. BLESSING & BRO.,
Agents for Texas, 171 Tremont fct,, Galveston
ADVERTISEMENTS UNDER THE HEAD
Loot, Found, For Sale, For Rent, Wanted,
etc., not more than three lines, fdncordk to a
line, one in*crti*n, SO cents; each subsequent
consecutive insertion 25 cents, payable, in ad
vance.
FOK SALE-FOB KENT.
Jj^OR RENT—low to a good tenant—Houue
and grounds near Fair Grounds, suitable for
market garden.
Apoly to L. E. Curtis, Telegraph office.
de30 6t
^OR RENT—Two-story house on Avenue I,
between 17th and 18th streets Rent low to a
good tenant. Possession given January 1st.
Inquire at Mrs. fldaas, next door.
de24 9t
TWO-SIOKY HOUSE, on Avenue L, be-
tween Center and Twentieth streets.
de23 tf
Wjl. R. JOHNSON,
Office in Cosmopolitan Hotel.
FOR RENT—ne*idence at reduced rare, ten
large rooms, including kitchen, store, ser-
vant complete order. A. W. SPAIGHT. tf
F
OR RENT—CHEAP—Two brick stores op-
posite the Market, corner 20th and Mechanic
streets. Also, a large hall and nine rooms or
ollices. Apply to 8. H. SE1LING,
del9 lm* Cor. 17th and Winnie sts
/»iy MARKET STREET (next door to
O mJ Flake's), first and second floors to-
gether or separate. Splendid business loca-
iion. Terms reasonable. Apoly next door to
E ENGELKE,
del2 tf 64 Market street.
"IjMJR RENT—Office room in front part of our
J? store, 135 Strand, Ostermann's Building.
A. Stein & Co., Stationers, Printers and Paper
Dealers. dec5
FOR RENT—A comfortable residence, with
eisht or ten rooms, co»venient to buiiness.
MoAlpine & Baldrldge, Hendley Building.
IT^OR RENT—The ttiree-story brick building
on Tremont «treet, now occupied by R. F
George. [no20 -f] A. FLAEE & CO.
FOR RENT—Three Dwelling Houses, one
with 10 rooms and two with 7 rooms each,
all in good order. Also, two stores on Market
street, under the Central Hotel.
Apply to J. L. DARRAGH,
no2 tf No. 13 East Strand.
iHISC Eli L A N EO US.
FOR elegent New Year's presents, Plantr,
Bouquets, Baskets, stands, etc., call on
Mrs. Hamner, 19 and Church street. de293t
WATCHES and Jewelry carefully repaired;
satisfaction Guaranteed ; prices reason-
able, at Leaveck's, Market st, near22d. 28 lw*
F
OR SALE—Eighty flue pairs of the
PLYMPTON PATENT ROLLER SKATES,
and the right to use them in a Skating Rink
in the city of Galveston. Inquire at 132 Mar-
ket street. de28 lw*
F,^OR SALE—ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY
Turkeys, by M. MEYER, Strand, between
26th and 27th streets. de28 3t*
("1 REAT INDUCEMENTS—Fashionable hats
X very cheap, at MR£. WALSH'S.
df21 2w* Postofiicft St.. opposite Exp. office.
CALL at L. Woolt's New Oileans^Show
Store for «entlemen's Boots of all de-
scriptions, and save 25 cents on the dollar.
ROOITIS AND BOARD.
FOR RENT—A niccly furnished front room,
with or without board, in a desirable lo-
cality. Address P. O. Box 317. de23 tf
PRIVATE BOARDiNG—At the Richardson
boarding house, on Public Square, Avenue
H, between 21st and 22d Terms reasonable.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
Good cooking butter. 20c.
Fresh Kan .as, 30c.
del7 lm jos. labadie.
US. KcKtRNON, Importer and Dealer in
JT Fruits, Nut?, etc., corner of Church
and Tremont streets. Consignments care-
fully handled, and orders promptly attended
to. sel6 6m
"VTOTICE—Wholesale Depot for Green Shoe
Boxes, L. Woolf, New Orleans Shoe
Store, 207 Market st., Galveston, Texas. dec7
PERSONAL.
PERSONAL—THE OWNER OF SURVEY
No. 37, 640 acres, in Clay county, Texas,
granted to H. T. & b. R. R Co., can hear of
something to his advantage by addressing us.
H. m. TRUEHEART & CO.. Real Estate
Agents, Strand, Galveston, Texas. de301t
HELP WANTED.
yyAlUXfil)—An active, intelligent office
boy. Address, in own handwriting, stating
where can be found at once, Cotton Factor,
care News office. de30 It
TWO good women for cooking, house work
and * ash and iron for a small family. R.
M. Tevis, cor. Ave. P and 22d street. de29 4t
WANTED—A girl to cook, wash and iron
for a small family. Inqu re at lfc'O Strand,
bet. 21st and 22d streets. de29 2t*
WANTED—An industrious, sober man to
act as porter, and who understands put-
ting up furniture. Apply 116 and 118 Strand.
WANTED—A No. 1 Account Sales Clerk in
a cotton house. Must hare experience.
Address MERCHANT, care News office. 3t*
A WHITE COOK FOR SMALL FAMILY,
(references required.) Apply to Mrs. toe
Laer, A v. L, bet. 28th and 29th, bet. 1 and 3.
AGENTS WANTED—For all the principal
counties in the State for selling and tak-
ing orders for the most salable thing out;
used in every family. Large commission and
extensive territory given to the right parties.
Full particulars can be had by calling on or
addressing HALE & CO., Washington Hotel,
Galveston. del7 lm*
SITUATIONS WANTED.
WANTED—Employment by an experienced
book-keeper, tix years a resideut, and well
acquainted in city. Address W. S., News office.
ANTED—A situation as Gardener by a
man of all work. First-class city refer-
ence. Address "D.," News Office. de29 5t*
MISCELLANEOUS WANTS.
ANTED—A SET OF BOOKS TO WRITE
uo at night. Address
de28 6t* ACCOUNTANT, News Office.
w
NOTICES, ETC.
The man who, on Christmas eve,
left his horse to be shod at my shop, cor-
ner of Winnie and Tremont sts , will please
call, pay charges, aud take him away within
the next three days, or he will be sold to pay
expenses. de30 3t E e. seixas.
PROFESSIONAL.
MRS. ADIX, MIDWIFE, a graduate of the
Obstetric Institute of Madgeburg, Prus-
sia. 16th St., bet. Church & Postoffice sts. 3m
LOST.
A PARROT.
C2 ~ REWARD will be paid for the
taV) UU Delivery of a Parrot,
Taken from Tremont Hotel on 25 h inst.
de29 2t* I. BLUVIENKRON.
Something About Oils
Fra-tt's
ASTRAL OIL.
iiisoliitglv safe, pumfect-
lv udohik^. ai.wa.ys
i; s ■ Koniii.
Illuminating qualities superior to pas.
Bnrus in any lamp without danger of explod-
in" or taking fire. Manufactured expressly
toTtisplnne the use of highly yolatile and dau-
gerous oils. Its safety under every possible
test, and its perfect burning qualities, are
proved by its continued use in over five bun-
dled thousand families. Millions of Bullous
it.iV.- been sold, and 110 accident—directly or
indirectly— has ever occurred from burning,
storing or handling it. Tho immense yearly
loss ill life ami property resulting front the u t'
of cheap and dangerous oils iu the United
•Statos is appalling- The Insurance Compa-
nies and Fire Commissioners throughout the
count ry recommend tho AS THAI. as the best
safeguard when lamps are used. Send for
Circular.
\VM. 1IEN1»I.KV A CO., State Acts.
del lm GALVESTON, TKXAS.
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The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 303, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1875, newspaper, December 30, 1875; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth464746/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Library Consortium.