Flake's Daily Bulletin. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1865 Page: 1 of 2
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• ¡«Ivtfrttou, June 20, 1865.
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The fttlgliu orsu
As the indications becotoe more po \tiv«
every day that a numerous clique of per-
illing I turned tmalne at táeir old sUnd, on Market ! sons hitherto counted in the general Union
Ptmk t°. H- Koaenberg's store, party, with others like Wendell Phillips,
«* ,l"r who would .««¡fice tbó Unix. t all t«L
to carry ont their own violont ideas, are put-
'hat strength they possess tañer-
an opposi.ion party to the President's
views on n cotiBtrbcfioiHand 'negro suffrage,
we deem it advisubJ^ÉSfc place before our
readers, in simplé it^P'ebnie trtive form,
the tights of fuflragein the States, taking
a- the basis Mr. DugHnne's useful «'History
of Governments," as embracing a condensa-
tion of the State Constitutions, retaining
the peculiarity's of expression used therein :
Maine—'Ihe right to vote may; be exer-
cised by any ¿ítisen of Hie United States
who has resided in the State three xnonihs,
and is not a pauper or a criminal. ■*• .
iSW
zen*, twenty -one years old, are voters.
Vermont.—The privilege of voting is ex-
ercised bjf every good citizen of the United
SttitOF,'Wiio lias r.sidcd in the State one
Each voter is gwofn to c-ist His vote
Oilbert & Co..
GENERAL AGENTS
' AN
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
fctkas £> f xrkkt,
iySdJm Galveston, Teme.
n. Lid stone,
AUCnONEBR AND O N Bit AL CÓMMI3£I0a
1 MKRUiANT,
Xtyt -BuiUing, Market Otrett,
galvkston.
KrralarS«I«* WeAnciday and ía«nríai'
m M''.'.i" ■ ' :—— -«.Us, i' i .... A-K
john vvol3tos, c. o. wbu.s, übabt,bs vibor.
WOIJTOW, WELLS & VIDOR,
CENTRA t COMMISSION MER OH ANTS,
Stiaud (iaivcKton,
Will rocfive C'lM^ou and other produce for sale or
-itinméitt. Will fiecutf orders for Plantation supplies,
whrtn accompaai«?d by cash or secured by consignment
,.f fira lu6ft. inhtnietions will >e- implicitly obeyed.
Socount urtlee promptly .rendered, and proceeds of
Ml ill way ri*a \y waua called for, je36-16m
i . r. «AwviR, Of the firm ( bouujs basse,
•i i¿i j«r, Hlaher & Hall.) Formerly Baker & Boiling.
Bou ids Itaker ft Co.,
cotton and. wool factors
AND
Genera? Commission Merchants.
■' t ■. ' fajfcl. : i :;V' i ,
Office : Strand, Galveaton, Texas.
«y Having a store house whore any olí.,as of goods
can be exponed for sale*, we solicit consignment# for a
wholesale trade. ' julltf
andrew xhil1. a- w. crawford.
Weill & Crawford,
attorneys at law,
GENERAL COLLECTING AGENTS,
and Broker* for th* purchase and aale of
HEAL ESTATE, CORPORATE STOCKS, AND
Benting' of Houses.
bar Will attend to'Uie payment of Taxws on lands
throughout the State. Galveston, Texas.
julldáfcwJm -
b. s. parsons,
— "" ha« resumed the.
Lumber and Commission
in xialveRton.
Has on hand Calcasieu Pine Lumber and Sash. primed
P«nd glazed. Will receive consigumenta and fill orders
for buildinfmatenalfl, Ac &c.
M. 8. Kenton,
broker, receiving, forwarding
and
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Oalvetton, Texas,
oegt ieave to inform his friends thronghqut the coun-
try that he haa opened a general
Forwarding A Receiving Commission Business,
ut the corner of Center airectand the Strano, Galves-
tea, i'exae. 1
lie will attend strictly to all cotton forwarded to him
lee ahiRtnent or aale. Re will also purchase Planter^
h"ppliea. Refera to the bnaineaa men of Texas fnd the
planters generally.
(«al#ée .0B. .Tone 19th. 1865. h-tf
years old, who
in ont! is previous
oigo birth, a vofcjr
have declatei his intention to becoinó
¿en one year preceding election. No negro
Chinaman, or mulatto is allowed to v.>te
We have no means at hand to furnish the
States admitted wince Oregon. In the late |
Slave Stales suQragc was exercised as fbl-
liW« :
Delaware,~{The right of suffrage is ex-
ercised by frde whke male citiseus, ireHi-
dents for i>ne year of the State, and one
month In tW county, who have paid a coun-
ty tax within two years.
Maryland.—The right of suffrage may
be exercised by everv white ma'ie citizen
twenty-one years old, who has resided a
year iu the State, and six months iu the
coúniy where He would vute. f.
Virginia.—The right to vote is shared by
all Vldte male citizens resident in the Stite
iwo ^ears, and in a voting district one year
befo election. Votes are itol given by
year.
Business
J. Berlocher,
GENERAL COMNISSION MERCHANT,
Strand. Galveston.
Atoraste in brickbailding*
,w,~...ng and PprwAr/Tr
June 12. lwwi-
(«LUIU^C IU WIVIiVLMIUlUK
RiceivinB aad Porwardinz at lowest rat.es.
b-tf
Ü. V. n. SMITH. DR. D. a. jameson. ' a. H. jonbs.
■SMITH, JAMESON & JONES,
Navasota, Grimes Coiinty, Texas,
Receiving, forwarding and Commission
MERCHANTS.
Away from the dsngera of fire and on the R. R. track.
Goods on commission will be sold at the highestmar-
ket prices and invariahlr governed by instructions.
je24-3md
. TB ♦ OONVER8B.
formerly
iiil:
ARTHUR POIKCY,
,^ w ,|PP^i> formerly ¿y
CONVERSE ft CO. KERR ft POTNCT.
Converse A Poincy,
DEALERS 1> Ft OUR,
iSSfe'rtif ■•••/'
. í/;í Commiteion Merchants,
He. 31. Tchoapltoniaa Street, No. 31
XIV ORLEANS..
Orders for e?ery description pfmirchandlz^ prompt-
ly attended to. Consignments of cotton, hidia aad
produce 4Nip|ted_ •, -.T ,,. ,■ : {-¿SI
We reapectrally offer our services to the fri<>.nd> of
the firma we formerly represerited.
Converge <fe Poincy.
jy3d&w,lm _____ $
BALL, HUTCHINGS & CO.,
r Cotton Factors
and ' - uif,!
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,,
irlw&dlv Galueaton, Tna*.
Greenville Dowel!,
N AND PIIY81CIAJÍ,'
.^OítOÍÍCe street, Galveston.
/ íXtff^í % 14 ' . . llO 'i it-". jtAí • ""
Private -patients taken. Bed and hoarJ AimiMmS 1i
saa/Sltf necessary
WuÁoú
for the '• interest of the commonwealth, as
hi' believe^Minm tó be." ' 'P]-,
Massachusetts¿—Tiie privilege of voting
is enjoyed by every male Citizen tweiity^pne
yenrs of age, not panper or imbecile. lie
must have resided in the State one year and
six mouths in the town or district! where he
claims his suffrage, and must not be'indebt-
ed to .the State on account of taxes. Foreign-
ers must be citizens two years before th y
vote. *
Rhode bland.-—The elective franchise ia
permitted to citizens of twenty years, resi-
dents of the; State one year, and of their
voting districts s^x months. Ea-h votof
must own rekl estate to the amount of one
hundred and thirty-four dollars,* or mnst be
a n itiVtf-born citizen, of t wo years residence
in the State, registered seven days, ana a
tax-payer of one dollar per annum.
Connecticut.—Every white male cfliz m pf
twenty-one years, and of good character, a
resident, of the Stale for one year, and of
his voting district six months, is intitied to
vote. He must first take an oath prescribed
by l w> and fce able to read any section of
Jtoynúed Statesor Coanexti.ut Oon.tit
New York.—The right to vote is held by
every white male citfcen who has resided in
the ' State one year, in the country four
months , and -thirty days iu hiB voting dis-
tiict. Color<;d persons must be residents
thi-ee years, and own a freehold estate worth
$260, taxes paid.
New Jersey. — The elective franchise is
common to all white male citizens, resident
one year in the>8tato, and five months in a
voting district, provided they are not ineli-
gible to special provisions.
Pennsylvania -^The right to vote is held
by every-white free citizen twenty one years
old. He< must have resided in the State
a >ear, and in his voting district ten days
previous to election.. Unless under twenty-
two year¡« of• age, he inust have paid a State
or county tax within two years.
Ohio. - The right to vote is possessed by
every citizen twehty one years old, twho has
resided in the State one year, and in election
district a specified timé.
Indiana. - The eleotive franchise is poss-
essed by all white citizens twenty-one years
old, who have resided in the State six
months. Fore gnei s can vote if they have
resided in th«' State six months, and declar-
ed their intention to become citizens.
Illinois.—Suffrage is exercised by white
citizens twenty-one years old, resident of
the State one year.
3/Iichiga.m—The privilege qf voting is
common to nil white cilizens twenty-one
years old, reside®t in the State three months,
and teu days in the township or ward. For-
eigners resident two years and a half, who
haye declared their intentions io bec«™«
citizens, may voté without being naturally.
Iowa.—The elective franchise is common
to all free white males twenty-one years Of
age, who have resided in the State six months,
and the county where they vote twenty
days.
AIissoijri.—The previlege of voting is ex
tended td all free white males. Foreigners
who have resided in the State one year af-
ter declaring their intentions to become citi-
zens, are allowed to vote.
California.—The elective franchise is
extended io all free white mules twenty-one
E. JL. Ufiord,
AUCTIONEER AND commission -
amd DBalvr in
general merchandize,
OW StOiid, ffVemonf Street, Oal*«*ie>ri. Trun*.
itrü lí 1866.
merchant
¡ühippi
or-
i of
•t,
ork
Offl-
i onoe
4<juartert;,
% reports
3.^ '
writlfeW ballots, but by the voice in acclama-
tion, unless in the case of dumb persons.
North Carolina.—The elective franchise
is shared by all free white male'* twenty
one years old, who pay taxes. The piivi
lege of voting fir1 Senators is restricted lo
owners of iieehold property, comprising
fifty acres.
South Carolina.—The elective franchise
may be exi reined by free wh.tfe male citi
zens, residents,of the State two years.-—
Every voter muot ówn éiPiy jaores of land,
or a town lot, or puy taxes in his election
district. , ' :'|,V
Georgia.—The privilege is enjoyed bv
white male citizens, twénty-oue years old,
who have r--sided'six months in the connty
where they vote, and paid taxes according
to law.
Kentucky —Every free white male citizen
vent^-one year's old, resident of the Slate
two yegcH, of his county one year, and elec-
tion.Oreclnct sixty days, is entitled to vote.
hes8ee.—The right to Vote is held by
évery free hite made, twentymo years
old, who is a Citizen and resident of his
county six inoi'iths. Male adults i>f ¿olor,
who are allowed to be witnesses, also pos-
sesstherieht'of suffrage. 'j
„ a ^ lli
liist of all free white citizens
twenty-oue 'years o!d, rééideot' oí the State
a y ear, and óf' ttieir parish six months ."';A
voter who rempyee from one parish to
another, is allowed to vote in the former
till; he becomes qualified in the latter.
Suffrage is oxténded to «11
free white citiz ns .twenty-one years old,
residént of the Státe óne year,- and of the
county four months. An elector who tem-
porarily removes to anotar district may
vote in Such district. _ | ¿ '
Alabama.—-llie right to vote is held by
all white Citizens, twenty-oñe years old, res-
ident in the fee a year, And in #<vo(ing
from
mT
these columns
try
cured iu the
the Sabine
the horses may h
■Mllii JW
hty wagons being the alh
above stated, is plentiful on the*
no trouble is at this daté antici-
pated. The expedition is only delayed by
thenon:arrival of the wagons. Baggie is
the everlasting set-back—as Cwsar calls it,
is ^impedimental bella." > • •• ^
On his arrival here, (alen. Mefrittassumed
conimand as follows: « ' .¿U
HKAn<juAitTBR8 Cavalrt Forcs,
ithwest
kuvuv «U VIIV MVUVV W
district three months.
Missouri.—Tha Elective franchise is Open
to all free white citizens twenty-oné years
old, resident in the State a y ear, and in
cctanty or dis&Ict three months. ;
Arkansas—r')L\\Q right to. vote is exer-
cised by free white citizens twenty-one years
old, residents of the State'six months, arid
Of the county in which they reside at the
time of election. .
Florida.—TbQ elective franchise may be
exercised by all, white citizens twenty-One
yéarB old, resident in the State '.two years,
and of a county six mouths, who aré en-
rolled in the ñ^ilhia
Texas.—The right to vote is allowed to
free white males twenty-one years old, who
wero citizens of Texas at the time its. State
Constitution was adopted, and who have re-
sided in the State a year, and in their Voting
district Six months previous to election. If
An election happens to be in another county,
withhi his own district, he may vote for dis-
trict officers. An elector may vote for
State officers wherever he may find himself
at election time.—-JV. (/. Times.
f, r~r~~V? "
Xbe Cavalry Expedition# to Texas.
Two Cavalry expeditions have started for
Texas, one from Shrevepo#, commanded by
Gen. West, the other iiom Alexandria, La.,
commanded by Gen. Cus tar* Major Gen.
Merritt, commander-in-chief. The object
and aim of thesé expeditions whose destina-
tion is San Antonio, is thus explained by a
correspondent of the N. O. Timan
Military Division Of th<
June 2
General Orders,JNo. 1. ' , >• ^.7
In compliance with General Orders No. 4i
dated June 9, 1865, Headquarters Military
Division of the Southwest, the undersigned
hereby assumes oommand of all the cavalry
forces operating within the Above named
Military Division.
; W. MERRITT, Major Gen.
The expedition, so?led, that ia tp restore
order and aesure tranquility, from the well
-a=Sittiildüur of
will
wfllrk to h« done, the eoun-
unsotUed state. Ssídiéra
. J and
- Áéiibfiir himBelf" princi-
ple,'have gone home without authorization,
are to be paroled fast as foñnd:' Ordnance
stores here located, formerly .belonging to
tho Confederate Government, are to be seiz-
ed, and where not apparent are to be hunted
out arid unburied. Arms, whether tlriwe of
the soldier or Of the former and now dead
Government, are to be gatheréd up, as in the
..«.nes of Northern Louisiana, and trans-
itted to places of Safety. The individual
'Ji
notíAil;
There ia
Wttífé
Wjm -r-
), on the "«
command as a whole, will
^xtermT'
all who are inteiw~
national arm's as we]
their ecant property,
Génerál's w
- 1 ÍMfs the
in greenbacks
ifttest or-
r-irty in
loped by
of the
irl
m
_J The
the country is
ie troops of
se under
ridria aye
to the
passage of an ai
thus ridden of -
the Merritt ex
Gen. West, wl
all four years'
hardships and privatic « y Mre
They are of a class of men educated to bt
soldierly and bmVe. , \
■ ■■/■>■■■*.«. ■ ?. ~~ ' :;■<;——> .
Massachusetts aki thk Nxoao Str-
fbagk QtbstioJt.- The Massachusetts radi-
cals are cjamoroua for universal neirro suf
extendea to ail treewnitematesiwemy-one v"*—r~~-—l -r• V
years old, resident of the State four months, < dsto of Shreveport, June 30th :
/ , w To aid in restoring law and order, ¿ofa-
cilitate peaceful pursuits of husbandry,, to
cause the oomplete dispersion of these roam-
yuure utu, iwiuw" y , v"*-' «««««a,
and of an electoral district or county tUli ty
rlays.
Minnesota.—Franchise extended to all
white male inhabitants twenfy-one years
old, resident in the State four months pre-
vious to election. Foreigners who have de-
clared their intention to become citizens,
and who have been resident of the United
States one year, and of the fi *
months, are allowed to vote.
VWWWV W " P VM W • WUVHV • VM *«
ing bands, is one of the many ob>ucts ol
Merritt's expedition, now encamped on th«
hill sides that border this ro«d to Texas.
The division, foimflrlv th« Spnorul Divi
frage inthe rebelfeutes
reorganization On a
pose that President.
point, -and shall then
faction of
law of sum
yWftt'jVr Or)í1
chusetts being restrU^
over twenty years of age ..
irrite, under this system ir
nearly all the blacks woul'
ahmit. nnÁ-BAVAnth of it
to their
)ncedes tin*
RA'
sion, haa been consolidiited into two b'/ig-jde" . ^r.r,tíití fire
ades, both commanded by Brig. Gen./We6t,l *nioro
led bv Maior Gen M e.u <í10BBe,\ It was a
HJKftfy; I
.a«-
. own
Wm
jale c'-HV ®1
/oani%a<fan^
-the rebel States
üo ' „ tiScluded""'
Radicals of Fanneil * W1jj (
Brother Beeches ? ;i
that before they / *** rifht in
slrnct Preside /
of the electir
, most of
) answer tho
think th.*.
uu u0, — *• i ~mJrm fm w ,m ky. an(j it i9 '
ORBOON.-The right of suffrage is ex- mg genera! order is a chronicle of the orJu^s arerVn/.!Zi
every while male twwty^if #n)?ation ; ( I
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