Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 3, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 14, 1857 Page: 1 of 4

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, and 58 bales cotton toB.&D.S.1
L B. Nichols & On., 4 do. to J. Ad
8 hhds. pecana to Wm. Hendly &
■ TT7 ..—_ <
r arriving; theWebater audi
14*. tcToeaday.' 5Ml looks like t
Aftawpa* To-*o*b6w.—The;
omIraüaaoU; theGatveataifro
from New Orleans.
DPAMUMljj ' The i
4 f. k. Agenta, M. B. 3
The Galveston tor
ít>I>. 6. Kills.
BT The brig South, Capt. Parker, sailed]
' ' fork on the 16th ult., and is now dae i
TImSW¿Í>, <
at the wharijand Wi
The (
, Hendley & Co., B. & D. 6.]
Co* -gasftfi .^
Kahn feGo.. Herman,
T.^«^ÍIiri || ^ Ar J
I*ba41< Sabers, BjWi1
ood, Park, Rosh ft Co.
m
4, 1841
1845
.1849
4, 1853
,4857
i Tyler was
n of age at
5the Presidency _
lb of the Presidenta, Harrison and
Presidential eleo
re-electiona of tífe
have
including Hon.
'persons have
eats, of wham, three
ied in office,
are been elected
elevated(by ©lee-
rá: John Adams,
cireai and .
Befering tothe a
is not out of place to say, that 1
IBa, as a role, and for sundry g
¿It has ever seemed to us more
the youthful curiosity to a 11
they have the privilege of, being
an improper tendency, whereby
ted and the child both
^Scenes are sometUneg enacted at t
">r children to witness, yet this >
the presence of ladies. No one
performances in a good «
iderable amount of inti
afeiS
i in them
lex ent
¡«SÍ
field for expansions '' Bear the month! of
BloGrande a large buaineea must, of neoeeslty,
Comas Cbristt «mes next if order, with
■müter Dolnts ilOAff the feabo&rd.
Off ths immediate ooaat bat blaa^ with pér-
* «W^on, «y.foodly r "
loss,} is a star of th#4rst mag^tlde,
time ta come remain one of the *-~ "
of the State, answering aptly to t
rising city of Montgomery, Alabama,
the advantage ??privet navigation with ¿o '
ing linea oi railway from seot'on , widely a]
superinducing a heavy transit business and the
traduction of mammoth machine-making
liahments, foundries, &o., necessarily bringing
population and ateaAU/anhanclng tiia vain# of
nal catate. Herpyh'ntatt
take winga and light af the mol
the railway* beyond; while álndk of her
optton and heaver items on*iiness will be
acted in Galveston; but both, (and here we
Issnewdth many who prophecy the.down
Hoo aten,) will be superceded by a for larger, mi
profitable, self-sustaining, oaab-^ing "
directly in andaround the oity, based npoi^the
oesslty of her position to the pabilo sa a transit ex-
change, and a oentre of maohinery and meohai'
■ a large field of railway and agricultural
mand. i These are hers and eabéot be taken'
her; they constitute a mine of wealth, and the
for a population of tba moat useful and
ble oharacter.
In Northern Texaa, perhaps on the Trinity,
era! rallwaya will converge fro . the Misalsi
intersectthe Central road from Houston and
Ifffpfasg
_ and 28 balee ootton to R. *D. 6.
tó J. Shaokleford, SB do to E. B. Hieh
,94 do to Wm. Hendley A Co, M do to J. C.
Knha áe Co and SS do to J. V. Louden.
mr The Betty Powell* 'c'apt. Wood, from Lib-
erty, arrived laat night with' about MpaSae
and 8 balea cotton to J. C. Knha «Co, 18 do to
Wood £ Power, 4 do to J. Sorley, 6 do, a hl<
Powell A Euthven, 19 hides, 1 bdl peltries to J.
Adiar. ' ' ':ÉÍ¡ÍjMÍÉÍBM
The Batty wiU leave for Liberty on Saturday
alghu
shpuld slw^jíe i ^
cariosities of nature !aa<i
They are great aids i
history and make deep
mind. The mind, of yo
bysuchmeans. Thee
is said to be on a liberal^
assigned,itsbould bel
in witness-
, PAINE.
week, says
■ the testimony
1 him in hi* W
i called in d<
t for
dpbia/
firág
The _____
The decision of the Supreme
ates, recently prói
iwerful infinenee i
eretioal dogmas afl
& ai^tiMórs'.: Ttyj
adgment of seven ot thé
itatioi
i of tbéHi II
i destined toiexi rt a
Jes of
phyuci
exercises
to
iaforms
heri father's
ew York, where! in
that on cbe occa-
he DtoDoaed to her
hovel,
Site had
to
the
entering
iund him
in a red
over his
haggard
to
on the
The
and waa
. nothing
tement of the
prial, entirely
■he saw and heard."
1 ' evidence that
'k Intervals of
that he had
Indeed it requires
to nnderstand the
e. He was aaagnine,
Of limited iniohna-
__ much about the Bible
. acholar, and absolutely
archeology, and philosophy, and
' eicept such as could be gath-
' * trf^ct popular works in the
of hia day, he sat down
a popular atyle some of the
of.iYoltaire, and of Üie common ob-
are naturally sug-
yield to examination
gave him power,
wrote for the mob.—
some in informa-
despised
federal eompact, to lej
.very, in the States or in
negroaaaie not
oftheoonBtltul
of acquiring citizenship
the nation as citlzenB.
deoiderWaa made By'
their deaoendanta, negroei
any aenee whatever as
Thia profound ehnnciatMn
,vea the abolitionist, wit
> equality of the negro
«11. Ha is now oompelfed
rror, or to wage a rdent
I pnlling down, degradi
white citizens of (Ma
political equality, v
. The friends of Uw,
tíq progresa, in the fre
by the decision, while
agitators, <feo. al;e
be degradi:
kingmen ol
Houaton, arrived to-day atlSl <«ook, with 40
, cotton to Ueasra. Powell & Bathven, if do. to
M.h-n Ar.
Wd#,l bundle
y-The Schooner Uncle Bfll.
Sabine, arrived laat night, 11,068 feet .Lumber, to
Saffbrd k Lidstcne, 29 bbls. Tar to Ball Hatchings
4 Co.
il—
veaton, and the • whole, united in one trnnk, will
continue towards sunset. At that junction, I in
the heart ojf ppal fields and the-fineet wheat grow-
ing oounbyin tiie world, will atand one of the
large, rid* and healthy inUnd olties of the Unikn,
one arm reaehing to the Atlantic, the other to the
Pacific, and, looking down the great highway. to
the South, taking in at one view all the
thia side of the Isthmus, may reioieo in 1
wealth and magnificence, as the fruit of a j
reetion of God's gifte by ingenmus, tolling
We shall recur to the aubjeot.
-alav-
upOn
tarritoriea;
#f thia Union in
tor are they
In the
.sütnttpn,the<
, for white men
conaldi
it."
constitutional
Btilhis-
. and seeing that the truly
" his book, he was '
iSt
j. In spite of
drnnken-
_ ition, eX-
his filth, from do-
feel the tnrth of
He had a conscience,
d. The atoiyofhia
of hia death present a les-
poqdered without profit
above, -some one has .
book, to prove to us
e knew that well
the white,
to abandon1hi*
war in fajvor
¡twenty-five mi
r totenáiof"
'iMmot
andpttie!
.tés .áwsi
miklrta
«hat
in the eyesof all the better and
r own alaaa. dpmparatiyely
Aa of the cause of Texaa just before the deo¡
olaah of arms on the field of San Jacinto, ao in
oaSe of Nioaragua, tbe o^proverb la verified—'
darkest hoar i# just before day." And like
tidings from the plains of Texas, so are those
received fSroaa Nicaragua flying through every ni
aad cerner of this land óf liberty;, spreading joy In
millienaof hearta and taroualng anew an enthi
which should néver have subrided tiU
ghted, distracted oonntry was ngeneratod fnd
Americanized. The popular mind of the tTnited
States bad painfaUy conceded that Walker w.
the verga of a desperate Crisis, anii that all
ohancea were againat him. 'Hia obadjutora in
oonntry bad loat hope to a gieat extent andes
appeal for men and meana.'vW<¿underatand
; expedition, had given up
urgeforwánl the oauae, when
os tidinga of victory to the
i ad annihilation to the Alliei
i ¡spelling gloom and giving the
gsnce that the seed so daringly ao;
I il of Central ' jjjjK"
, stnt its fibres and roota deep into
i trunk towering above the _
omise of a tree tbat shall-flourish'
d send off fruitful branches for agea
The nene from Walker may be regaled as sub-
ly deeisive of the oontsst. TiWe will of
be other skirmishes, many obataol
ie before a permanent republican |
be eetabllshed and burturad into
wé think, the govi
irintn h«« artlnt _th
;(|ír; ift'one,' graiW'eci®),. ___ __
break up ttie filibusters, an they
üd .left butj^mtóta
uáblafrmy to find Asir way bao
íúdlt plaoes. They oan combine eflectaal
'Their troops oould only be forced
in chaina and would deaert |by
soon i released. Suoh is tBe oharacter of
peOpi
QT The steanuiliip Charles Korgan, Plaoe, ar
red this morulng feom Indianola, with 144 beef
Settle and 60 Mob peeaná. She leevee for N. 0.
at 4, p. m., cerrying passengers at $5, farelnclu-
Kir. Sydsor had
the railroad^ and leaned that It '
nation to pieas it forward flrbm Berwlok
ing the Sabine about latitude oa*l;_. _ .
Eastern Texas, thereby draining off a vaat tirade
which Gal veaton ia entitled by every natura!
of transit. Heeaniaet&aaaprf! thtí the .
cation of the Galveaton and Henderai railnwd is
déd.
!#■
*tV~ The ateamer Texaa, Capt. Sposia, from K]|
I to its
LW ^Che schooner
Wlsf, La,, ang'
unber, to B. S. Paraons.
The ateamer J. Jenkins, Capt N. P. Spaers,
with our friend J. B. Foster aa purser, arrived^
firam Houaton this mwning, with about 15 pasaén-
gewaíri 100 balea ootton, to J-F. Louden.
Jenkins will leave ^Honaton again to-
to the tid of the oompan{,.hy
- _ . ^ .,etoek, tohuny itaprogieaa into
to B. & D. Q. Mills, 1 v Oalvsatoa, aa weU^|^tygw>«ntry through «Uok
amar. theroad ia tonm , hae a vital lntanat in this mat-
ter, and should give it aeriouS consideration.'- By
the first day of May the Galveaton and Henderson
road ia required to be oómpletsd S6 mUes, 18 of
which is now in running order, with a locomotive
in operation, fthe non-receipt of which materially
retarded the wdrk till this week;) and theoontrao-*
tora expeot, with the extra fÓr#Kf Meaan. £
Jerry, to confíete thewh(je seotion by th«;£8th
instant, Wltat that ia done, we und ..
<xtópjcy will make an exhibit of their affairs, lay
dow a programme for fartMr exteastonfwd.oall
for aid hare and in the country. Then the ^uee-
"on will be fairly presented for our consideration
nd action. In the mean time, let it reoeive"<
reflection
Charlee, from Lake
" With 46,000 foet
The sloop Maggie Jane, OapL Culmell, from
Sabine, arrived last night with lido Rcketa^ 6000
Shingles, to Mr. fcrow, 1600 St«vae| 900 Shinp)a to
Captain, 16 .bbla. Tat to Ball Hutohtngs 4 Co. \
tab Charlea*
Without any noia^and almoet unknown to our
citixens, a handsome lumbér trade has traen btffit
up between Galveston and ^Lakf Charlea¿-4bLoniS
aiana. Our townsman, Mr. B. S^Pgipons, has two,
or three sohoooefs oonstan "
afid Widtor, over whloh'so muoh ery 1ies'b<
made^wasreaUy referring to the surrender of Wa
■ «a ■ " or threeaohoooers oonitant^y^p^f^inithrtradr leave the\ountey, provided he and hia foiloV
Stxaikbhip Atulmtioí—Thifl popular ▼easel,
eom-Jbriáging over pine and oypresa lumber tad •fengW^^jM^jw^molestation. ^ ^
lost and
e flying
elcome in
mttdM by Capt. Henry Shepard, "tMr. Thomas
Kerr clerk, whieh arrived this morning ^nd-Isa vea
at 4 p. m. to-morrow for ^ew Orleans, win here-
after make regular weekly tripe', carrying the mails
between thia port and New Orleans, giving us tri-
weekly maila by the Southern ateamahip 1 ine. We
were of the few who from the flrat admired the At-
lantic, having tried her In 'a storm on her first trip.
She hss gained publio favor ever since. -Her offioers
are kind sod aooommedatlng gentlemen. ^
"'i'/ '' m . < as4' ■ ' —
SrauisHir Gm. Bubk.—This new vessel, Be-
longing to the Southern Steamship company, was
to leave New Orleanethis morning for Galveston,
Indianola and Braxos Santla^o. taking the place of
tie Atlantic in the roote west. The Bask ia un-
of our old friend, Capt .Thomas
'formerly of the Meteor, the Texaa, and re-
cently of the Calhoun, in the Vera Cruz trade.
OT From Kerr county, in the mountains, and
Jackson county, on the coast, our letters leoeived
this morning, say tbát their corn and cO*ton, nev-
er more promising, have Man killed by frost.
NoreoentIndian tronbke in the mountadns,Bays-
county correspondent.
«aeoevci 'X,A .
The steamship GálveetMÍ, whIoh left tUs port
laatMonday night, landed her paHM^tea id New
Orleans, oyer the railroad, in the unprecedented
time Of- 28hours 1 She ttrived.' hdle again a(9>(
tMa mornín¿, bringing paaaengers froníí New Or-
leans in 15% boon. The actual ran at seaV on the
two ^agea, waa about IS hours.
Messrs. Kerr, of the Atlantio; Boyle, of the Gal-
veston; and Jonea «t Có'a Express, have our thanka
"for late papers.
ST We bad the plesaure thia morni ng of meet^
log Mr, Pelto: , of the Pariah of Terre Bonne.
Mr-fP. is one of the largest Sugar Planters In that
Parish. Hs came passenger by the steamahip Gal-
veston, on a pleasure trip of aeveral days in <ur
Island City.
from Gen. Jamie -
•to reoelve a call
lation
men, even among tkeaepwtilentolassee,
ivate life meet the negro on, terms of equaBt
low '¿eirsons and doubters to do so, thus
their total insinoerity, or the absence of alj
reflection and investigation on the subject
various. Twuifioations.
lile vaat numbers will meet the presentíase
phrenzy, spH upon the deoislon
made, and atill cry out for a war ol
andVord into the south ao long áa a poor, ds;
ent sh of Ham is left to beefed, olotbed, nursed tad
proved by his whits -guardian and master; still
be no doubt that great numbers will pstne
hitherto teokleaa, senseless oonrss, tabs
if a oalmer judgment and unite with the
thinking, patriotio portion of the north In
ik. the waves of agrarian degradation ¡¡ow
it overwhelm them in oommon ruin, or
in'ita course.
i.—Mr. H B. Andrew* to-day enter-
duties as Post Master of Galveston
ng jUMtt if not all, of tbe former'olerks. Mr.
\ Boo^ his predecessor, retires aa becometh i
|e, without frowns or growls, but wjtb
iof gentlemanly and official courtesy^
g to Mr.'Apdrewa all the aid in his power
i him at once to discharge bis onerous du-
operly and to the public satisfaction.
) other hand, the vlotory at Blvas ;
i transit route and infuse new life Into <
I volunteering from the UnHed Stt
! arma and amunnition, provisions i
will speedily be seni to preserve t
been gained ; while our own govern-'
no doubt senda minister arid re-open re-
Ith Nioarágua. TbePresident wil} doubt-
belled to reoognise'tbe government de
t open and protectsd, so far aa Ai
-- ti«;bo4oérni|d; agiinst. Brítla¿ jthd
iterferenee. This la hU thit ie ne-
> the Americanization ot the Isth-
in all, every phase of the question
it Ntaarag$it In thia cobntry, and
■■HI . South, to bestir themeelve In
sending folard men and means to aid the cause.
J*t% '' ' "
Mae the
pecially
> Georgetown (Texea) Independent baa been
|ed to Bélton. Within the period of two
r. Marschalk haa been a publisher a. Paaa
, Mississippi, Indianola, San Antonio and
own. Texas, and now he is going to try
, where we hope better luck awaits him.—
ould rémembér, however, that oars is e busi-
vhich demands the untiring toil and energy
hers and editor —that frequent changes
I to consuming fires—and that nearly
i have expired within a twelve-month.
I one in the Washington American has be-
! In favor of Gen. Houston for Gor-
jease Grimes for the Lieutenant.
I Editor:—I presume ta address you as
of aratituih and txotieraUd feet'
hosor, and
eeeratlc Meetings.
ntSiih in fall the pro-
i county' meetings now being held
State. We give mere abetraets,
, in lieu, thereof, -the Conven-
□d Tyler will be very fally atten-
: to be harmonicas, 'however in-
ates for nomination may be.
-Meeting held Match SI, Isaac,
hair, David Barkley, Secretary.
I P. Wiley, for Congress, H. B.
nor, endorsed Governor Pease as
a "faithful, vigbt and model executive," and
pointed as delates to. Waco, Messrs. J. jr.
ear. John C. Thomas, M.
W, Moore, J. Allison, H. H.
I. Swann, James E. Beck, J.
ey, Joshua BurMson, J. Evans,
Patrick, D. D. Alston, John
>er, J. W. Durant, Henry
F. Wood.
-Wm.B. Todd in thaohalr,
iretary. Declared for H. B.
Delegates to Waco, Messrs.
Hooks, L. D. Henderson ,
B. Wooten, Dr. B; B. Bod-
Fulbriebt and Ji
Texaa and South Carolina, looking in fine úattl^
In theadays of nullification hé was the Governor
of SouthCarolina; afterwards minister'from Tex-
as to England; but for SevdfM 'yesirs living in re-
tirement. We have been oompelled on severalbc-
cakons to differ, with the General in regard to our
pnblie debt, In which lie wfilntareeted to a;oon-
siderable amount, but reoegnisfpg in him a high-
toned gentleman, we aie always pleased to meet
him ingood health.
HT We ere Indebted to Jones A Co.'a Exprese,
bra oopy of the late annual report of the Preei-
ent and Direotora of the New Orleans, Opeloosaa
id Great Western Bállroa¿&mpany.
Onr fMend, 8., writes us from Walker
ity tWa floe rain fell there a few days slnoe.
^ fear froat haa visited them aipce.
Oyater deeknow diaemboimas thronvh tha
Call, itanátanú Outlet to th'e'áp
By ae contemplated State Impro
the Qrs en (1^'ronte to the Ctaal,
t navigation, along aOrqe J^ie eager
in plantations, will be secured'^)' Oyster
item of no smell Importance.
■ r j
Gen.km HonStonpaased through Crockett, on
hU wayVoins frotft.Wsahington oity, last Saaday
night. fremihta remarka he thinka of
anythiaguaefeat saffkring his name to be need in
wKh-ta; Ststeoffloo whatever. He said
m hie W
heim
well set
maUns,
work wel^for' tl
Printer.
Bride, Wm.
Lamb, W. 1
John, F. D. Ing
Werren, J. G. 1
M. D. L. Lang, ]
Barkley, John Pj
J. Jewett and ]
Bxs Kivsn CoU
Coartes B. Sutton
Bunnels for Gove
John C. Barks, ^
Wm. P. Cornelia
gem, J. C. Hart, 1
11am.
omi
. aay firmly pi
be euro to prevail lit
farther, and inslata on
fatore aa it bee Called
.«eg of
this coon
The following
will close its
a list of
criminar
ol VIZ
The Huntaville Item says
tamed
of cloth one day this week,
CoumautioH ov p.
pression that tba emo
in our lerge eitiea.
or otherwiae, are an
The commiaaiona of
to |M00r and the
tained
so that
mud
tive
in the county jtó,
, étaS
Greetéywllf
j
A Washington letter
to that
How H
and to
'A
-to resign his senatorship. Appeared
d with ' President Baohanan's - Cabinet
ti thought things were in a fair way to
; things wereln
heat four years.-
The
and oboing
the opposii
union betwi
ingSindold
be Jnatloe Mi
Dred .Scott
ene of the moet
edgea up to them
The greet mi
end the ohief cai
of moderation. Tl
too mnoh; they
'
. m
, addressed a joi
making
r city. He attended
" - •' i-Srt f '
*. wmmencmg
endet6 p.m. i
Self enseoaosd.ia.a 1
¡J pleased with tbe i
sixteen yean,
[ hoars,) found him
, deoided-
The steamship Atlantic Capt. Henry
New Orleans et< p. m. Tuesday, arrived <
at S a. m. thia morning (Thursday) and l
S, making the ran from dook tod
86 hoi-j '
The!
be founds
> by the. Atlentio is interesting and w
thinks the
t end the
come
report of
16th, is entirely without fo
"" lished
to his pub
before abandoned his quart
atetes t
return e considerable amount of mere]
entrance to Lake Charles la abont tl^irty
jT of Sabine, the town being- aome forty
inláVd, at the head of tide^on a river forni
several large bayous. In Its vlolnity are
forests Of nine end cypress and several.-
milla, wá^p the country is settled by^plsnf
Stock raissrt^No other pbrt is so convi
Galve^on, and the people there are o|
their trad? With ear city and seem well ¿lei
Mantean river and lake are some & ..
twenty miles to the eaatwsrd of Lake Chalíte, and.
also oonneot with large pineries. The inhabltehjk
on them and their navigable tribttarin erg,also
trading to some extent with us. ¿fo '
Letter fnai a (eh ^
By the lest steamer we received, a letter from
a gentleman in Maryland, enclosing the price of
snbsoriptlón, tad requesting the " Civilian " to bs
sent to him, stating that he had met a few numbers
of the paper, was plessed with it, and especially
wished to dronlate it in his neighborhood, because
he aéd several neighbors intended to migrate to
Texas next aqfuipn, and desired tdfbe ported in*
regard to máUBÉMritJiin the State. He alao puto
many querier fiugbawered by letter, which it is
impossible for OMR do, -as many aimilar letters
reaoh aa from the ol| States and it would occupy a
large portion of oi
allude to the subject
Texas how máoh tt
Stattf by sending to
papers from Texas.
jset a short time
had come U^oar knowledge,
ence a Traía paper sometli
neighborhood, ¡¡hrobgh its li
fond to them. We
show to oitizens ot
accomplish for the
in the old States
same sub-
some facta which
luatrattyfg the influ-
ía a whole
i, descrip-
tive of improvements, counties and pfcticular sec-
tions. Not leas than 600 copies ef the Weekly
.Civilian are regularly read ont of the State, and
we-know-by letters received, that even its very llm-
ited Circulation in the üA States has haul the effect
of changing the opinioha^jf'goodly number from
anti-Slavery to pro-Slavafr." A friend shoVed us
a letter from Western New York the other daj, in
whieh the writer stated that he had oonstiraled
jmnsemrfBissionary among the aboiltionlgrapnrtt;
vHth' the Galveston Civilian, N. O. Delta an
Fl^gher On Slavery, be bad made sever 1 converts,
and then had á preacher on the stool of repentance
A subscriber to the Civilian In Conneetloat, though
never Soath'ln his life, pursues the same course.
Tmt SoÍth in the Union, is the title of a paper
proposed to be published in New Orlesns by the
Sou^hara Publishing Company, and to be 'edited
by a corps of sou them writers.. The Proepeotus says':
One page will be devoted exclusively to ele
literature, under the control of Mrs. V. E. W.
Cord, who will be sustained by her unrivaled coa
of gifted oontrlbntors, now so popular in the "Pd
lour Magazine," and also correspondents from Ea
, South and Central American Provinces.
Mil advocate the extentlon of Southern terri-
_ and the propagation of Southern Institutions
therein, and will be fbnnd In opposition to arjy thing
soever that Interferes with Slavery. r
All communications to be addressed
" THE SOUTH," New Orleans, La.
rj p,, ili this StiiiBe'
-. .. -i- düBwent parts of T«
tot great liy'ury has been done tot
Froit tree have also s "
CamosmATi,. Asril 6.—The cold
night haa, It Is Opposed, totally deatroj
peaches in this State. • " -4S
here are on fiie in several plaoe 7 and it Is net
feared that nearly all pi the turpentine trees Will"
destroyed. We have advices of the loss of twe
IKeHloaragaa Jlewe—A OeaáM-Mai
oaeat. .
6.—The New Tork Tribune
labes a statement fig one of
Texaa, ttotradMtfiplb thevK
the report of the Riraer. He (
. , ,'gsr) eaya that be is a citizen of M-iBI
and was formerly an adherent of the Governm
of Walks#:says that tha report of WAib
to-deliver to l^_.
The reeult of this correapondenoe waaaooórdin
i(\|f in«t-in the Tribune, that Walker Mfa
id that he and his force subsequently left B!
tor the sea ooaat. *
J|e farther atatee that the Amerloan MM#
in Juan del Sur had appealed to CaaaB in
Canaa replied thathe would pay the expe:
whole force to the United States, wits
exceptiva of-GenrWalker, who must be
fle says tiiat the published letters frfim Hsnn
sen and ethers, purporting to rive aif Sotoun
eoeert- iifaries gained by Walker, \tS Wlidh
SteJ ott-the 19tb ult., the day the Texas left,,
irofess to have been sent by express, to the steal
J'viag a few details and.referring to other lei
whlcn are said to have been purloined on the to
have no signatures and all bear onmiatakable mi
of .fabrication.
StU| Another Version of Walkn
BaXTiMOSX, April.—Official despatches recei
«t Washington, confirm the accounts of Walt
victories. [ The New Tork Tribune's account
given above, we do not credit.]—Dds. Civilia
The River—The V eatber— Steamboi
Louisville, April 6.—'We had onite lute.]
snow last night, and the mercury thia
8 o'clock stood at 88 deg.
There was a great change in the weather
night and it is very cool thia morning. ¿gm
Baton Kougc municipal Election
Baton Rouge, April 6.—At the munioipal t
tion in this city to-day, the Democrats eleoiU
Collector, Constable, Assessor, and five of the
Selectmen. *
Connecticut Rlection.
New Y6bk, April 6.—In tbe elections for S
officers and members of Congress in Conneoti
Eepublieans claim the victory.
iw York, April 7.—The latest- accounts f
Connecticut represent that the Bepublioan S
Ticket is certainly elected by a small majority.
he following Congressmen are elected : I
District, Ezra Clark. Jr., Bepublicau ; Seoond !
triot, Arnold, Democrat; Third Diatrict, I
ney Dean, Be publican; Fourth Diatrict, -
Bishop, Democrat.
judicious pause,
mind to the proper
reokleaa deolamatl
duced Its natural
aent tbe reason ol
thoae
CoaiJtsowB.—The recent bll
the shreds and patehea Of^ll
materiala ib the North, indioate at
Black Bepublleaaa,Enow Noth-
Whlga—the baala of which will
i"s and Curtiss' decision in the
The Boston Courier, former!
X opponents to tbe Bepubl'
tbla st^leT^
> made by the Bepubliean party
of-thelr<deftati was their want
; they demanded
L and made the
bring np the popular
ring neat, a strain of
lUiged in, which pro-
^on among men who repre-
" ' untry as opposed to its
ludge Cartiss embodies
tati-alavery doctrines
t national pat'iotism: it
las nothing ; it fortifles
1 array of hiatorical proof
a is nothing to be added
Upon the ground of this
ilavery sentiment of tbe
i itselt. . And if so, it will
¡long ran. But if it goes
l l7jt will fail In tbe
ipaat.
>.—There ia an im-
bta "of the posta
(from the hire of
-This is a mistake.
Baaie limited by law
[frotn boxea to be re-
iae limited te «2000,
j tbe maximum an-
iof. the. neat lucra-
Fntar Cotton by Banjtoan ax Memphis rae*
" '—The Memphis Bulletin, of Sunday last,
89th nit., baa the following paragrajpb, to which
we call the attention of all who are interested in
the pAsperity of New Orleans, and who, to advance
that prosperity, are promoters of all railroad enter-
prises that will open new avenue by which the
produce of the interior may find its way to this
great commercial emporium:
We take pleasure in ohroniollng tbe first ar-
rival of oottoif, by the Memphis and Charleston
Railroad, -from the Tenneasee Valley. By last
night's train, the first through direot from Tus
oumbia, Messrs. Walker, Nelson & Co. reoeived
twenty-four bales of ootton from Mr.
Diokson of Tusoumbia, Ala. This is but t!
ginning,'the initiatory step, towards openinj
large and valuable trade with North Alab
the entire Tennessee
No doubt of it, friend MoMahan^ and in the
profits of that large and valuabl&.trade now opened
to the Mississippi, this gzM^gemmeroial. centre of
the Southwest U dealraedtoTSSsome alarga partWL ,
the new avenue of commerce the
harleaton Bailroad—cotton from
ions hitherto in a great degree shut out
now find its way to this, the best
In return, goods, wares and merchan-
i, the product of many lands, will find their way
henee efe'Memphis to thoas sections of country.
We congratulate our Memphia friends on the com-
pletion of an enterprise whioh must be very benefi-
cisl to the prosperity of their oity, and we rejoice
with our own oitizena that a new and capaoiouB
feeder to the trade of our own loved Crescent City
is opened.—Pieaywie.
The Work on the Southwest Pass.
We had great pleasure yesterday in a short in-
terview with Mr. Bigbter, one of tbe contractors
FURTHER TELEGRAPHIC ITEM
The Conference*
The Neufchatel Conference was to be held
mediately.
rence in regard to tile Darmlii... Pi
ctpalities will soon convene at Paris.
Auetria ana Sardinia,
t is confidently reported tbat Austria is at
to dissolve its diplomatic relations with Sardinia
Tha Sardinia Chamber of Deputies have vo
a large sum for fortifiications.
The lUexican-Spanieh Envoy.
The Special Envoy from Mexico to Spain
arrived ia Madrid.
The French ~CaMnet.
A modification of the French Cabinet is ur
discussion. It is .thought that (he object is tc
corporate tbe Cabinet with the Department
Htate and the Imperial Household. m
Spain—Hecaii of Coneha.
There is a doubtful rumor in circulation
Concha will be recalled.
The Fire at canton.
It is said that a very large portion oi the cit
añton, both within and without the walls,
destroyed by. the British.
Folea for Circaasia.
ian Minister at Constantinople has
explanation respecting the fitting oi
poles for Circaasia by English s
a force
pathizers.
Bighter, one
for deepen! r g
L'Outre, who repoits tbe wont on the first men-
tioned Pa to be in a highly favorable state of pr
grass. So far, it baa progrenad more rapidly tni
with Government for deepening the S. west Paaa, a
' ' " rk ' : " "
i the Hispan Mexioan
attention'of the
ntry. It may be
Ben,HMH||U|
' policy may
. There are rn-
t with tbia feio concerning the
' .to
«g. atifl 'tn. ^ _ _
nvaaion of
from tha same artist foi
to-be enated ln
; •-- •—r-ioo;*'
"'publican Victories.
_ Louisville, Apr¡j 7,—The munioipal and j
cial elections ar ^ North have been gener
favorable to the fepnblicans. >.
In St. Loais,_^n jj. Wimer, emancipatio
1*600 t0 ^or.> 18 elected oy a maj orit;
ly in Chicago.
Chicago betw
sh sevt
.¿A inquest 1
and the jury returned a vera
police acted in self defen
^ t. China. '.
N*w Yoke, April 1.—It is rumored that 1
Hon. Caleb Cosh;^ frill be aent to China to nei
tiate a new treaty.\\
Naval Force in ^e Chineae Wateri
It is unaerstood that others will shortly be isa<
to increase our naval fa^e íq the Chinese wati
Minieter Mexico.
It is reported that Ez^Qoveroor Rodman
Price, of New Jersey, will
Minister to Mexico.
Appointmente by tSf President.
Baltimoek, April 7 —The Vjllowing appo
menta are officially announced:
Collectors—W. W. W. Wood \t Vickabu
Thadeus San f ord at Mobile.
Fatal
grasa, so tar, it ñas progresase more rapidly
the contraetora expected, and the difficultiea en-
countered have not Vo ved aa great aa waa antici-
>ated. They are now advanoing in driving tbe pilea
br the eaatern wing at the rete of 150 feet per day,
and expect to somplete it, for the dlatanoe of near-
a mile, in about six weaka. It ia calculated that
a wing Will make a channel of between twenty
and twenty-five feet, without tbe aid of the weatern
wing, and leave a width about 8,000 feet for veaaela
to paaa. At present the wing extends abont 1,700
foet, and already visible reaalta are produced, vea-
aelepaaaing in and oat freely through a channel of
thirteen feet is depth. Mr. Bighter affirms that
hia experience contradicts , the opinion prevalent
with many, that the under-tow from the Gulf
would counter act tbe scouring tendency of the cur-
rent produoed by the breakwater, aa the *
tation of tbe tide going out, combined
river current, will be stronger than the influx.
tbe other Paaa the oontraotor* will not co
operations before next folL—JT. O. Delta.
Turn Nbw Tajutt.—Secretary Cobb 1
atruotiona to offioera of the customsrthat all/
wares or merchandise whioh ahall fan in the/
stores bonded warehtmtet on the-1 at day
next, whether now in bond or bonded at
■ ' 1 that date, will be s
New Orleans Market. \
Tuesday, April 1v185",
COTTON—There are some buyers in the marttt,
thus Car we have heard ot only a lew hundred bales *
Sdoar—We notice sales of 100 hhds at about previ
rates. The lower qualities continue very dull.
HoLASsca—The stock ia light and the market d
Nothing of sny moment doing thus ftr.
Floor—St. Louis at $6 12%c.; extra V7 50c. oomc
at $5 p bhl.
Cor*—White mixed at 64c., prime white at, MS?
bushel. ■'
~t. Louis atSS, Ohio at 60c. p boahel.
1 50 p 100 fts,
estern (31, from store St $32 p ton.
■Mess at «S3 p bbl.
-Ribbed sides at Uve. p fc.
live, p t>.
—So at 10>í®llc. p %:
xt—Nothing of any conaeqnenee dolnr.
1 Oil—At $1 SO p gallon.
oust Baos—Heavy atilde.
Cottoh as Mkhfbis.—The Memphia Baiietin
ie 2d inSt, saysi
According to oar cotton statement, made u(
the 1st inst, the receipts of cotton at this {
since September 1st, are 199,811 bales, aga
'884,108 at the ssme date last year; a decrease
84,79? balea. The shipments to the same t
are 19í,48Sbaléa, against SS?,010 last year; a
crease of 82,622 bales. The stock on hand
find to be in all 6,110 bales, against 8,162 at t
date last year. The receipts daring the meat!
March last year were 84,101 bales with tbe {
month they were only 18,022. The abipim
1 jugmrJuLr« -wf -M¡MO bsles, and for
past month 21,100. Theraoripts in the moot)
April laat year were 81,821 bales, and in May
888—-total in the two, montba.61,649.
The fianville (Va.) Bepubliean says tbat moe
the tobáceo plants in that aeetlon have been ki
by the reeent severe weather. The formers
relying on the second sowing for plants.
fW The offioial majority of OrinM. Eov
over Peter W. Gray, for Supreme Jodge, ¿ÍV
Nine^-eight counties made returns—18 did*
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