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GALVESTON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1866.
NO.' 47.
"UfjglllíESS CARDS.
PKTKH BOOH.
wholesale and retail orocek,
IrtWMS the Market ami Brick Wharf,
émitiv on hand ««sorted Groceries, ulso
jwpíConBtau'lJ, potatoes, Onions, Butter,
loduoe. «iwh • *Kroút, etc. AUo, (Joni. Brau ami
ltd, thj Mockery, Tobaron, Begsrs ami Liquor*.
J. BLUM * BRO.,
(Fttfnierly of Galveston "nrt Hu,l"ton'
whoi.esalk hkai.bkh in .
BOOTS ¿it SHOKH,
(j Warren HIM* , New Vorlt.
fkwp constantly ou hiuiiU full Stock iultable
for the Texan Markot, and solicit the
pntronaite of our Texas
frieuda..
411 oritrs pu|,e' "ally attended to.
J. BLUM Ic CO.
| dtoftltwlyil _
H. BLI'M * 00.,
(Sncoewwr to A. Bliuu & Bra,)
Wholesale Dealer in
IWrf". Boot and Nhoni, Hats, Notion , Etc., Etr.
Strand, Galveston.
■cMwlyl 1-2 Wood' Iron Front Building.
KRAFT A THU88INB,
Dealer in
foreign and Domsllc Dry Good*,
| Hat and Cup , Boot and Shoe*, Clothing,
Trunk , Ladle ' and Gentlemen'* Fur-
nishing (¡ood , etc., at
jlOWARl) Si. BUliKllARDT'S OLD STAND,
Md Street, Oalveaton, Texa*.
(ttpMwlyl 1-ils
vonniisioiv.
J. c. Si 8. K. BM1TII.
Of 1st* Borley,
Smith St Co.
m. m. sinulktauy.
Of Robinaon, Slugletary
& Co., Huutsvllle, Tox .
labiza.n A MttiAB.
COTTON FACTORS, GALVESTON,
Office
Kuhn'S Builbino
|y#dwlyl 1-2 Up Stair .
LAHADIK A BARSTOW.
Importer and Dealer* in
kuos AND MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS,
| VARNISHES, COLORS, FIRE BRICK.
GARDEN SEEDS, etc., flt&,
uer of Market and 33d St*., Galveston Texaa.
uuMwtll 1.2
II. WOLF A CO.
pUI.ESALE DEALERS IN DRY COODS,
HouhIoji, rr«XllH.
letfulJ.v solicit the patronage of their old
■ and the public generally.
let* executed with prompt lie* and diapaldi.
lUOdwtlral 1-3
JKNHK MTANCKL,
IORXEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
tialvmton, Texan.
Ofllce iu front of Po*t-Ofllce.
mpt attention to business.
pMwlyl 12
Tl'PW, BI UTIH A CO.,
Importer* and Wholesale Dealers In
& Domestic Fancy Gfó o<lw
and
VANKEE NOTIONS,
1402 Broadway, rorner Walker Hi.,
New Vobk.
t *•" . Sam'l E. uiiktis,
l McKtllOA.n, Jos. W. Fuiuman.
dlvSs
BIBTIS, FREM'H A WOODWARD,
talay Kfrcot, - . . New York.
Importer and Dealer* in
"'y, China and GHuMnwttre,
Brittanla and Plated Ware,
Kerosene [.amp*, Fixture*, Ac.
alio
pufacturer* ot
<* rd'« Patent Vlf- VtUnntlng Lanterns,
j*1 -vet '"vented for burning Petrolonni.)
fPr* '"' warded ti* l y our old Mend*, or oth-
J receive Immediate attention.
BURTIH, FRENCH Si WOODWARD.
iva
. "• «lubnn
VAN VtmUílfilER,
* I
j" r T O \ a a o K K R S,
Ralveaton.
«I'd an ofllce in this city for tho purpose
"""Classing Cot t on, and from their long
j* In tlie cotton trade, fee] assured they can
action lo tho*!. who may entrust them
* "UnlnpHs,
M¡¡e merchants of Galveston generally.
J.C. A N. B. Nil ITU A CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
anl)
Comini^Kion MprohHutn.
Ohtkmman's Building, Sthand,
tialrcNion, Tnxtn,
Will give particular attention to all business ei
trusted to their care
octldwlyU*
(iEOBOK E. BIDDLE A CO.,
COMMISSION MEHCHANTS.
Advance made on Cotton, Wool, aud Hide .
Order for the purchase of.all kinds of Merchan-
dise promptly eexcuted.
UKORUE K. BIIIIII.K.
•r. h. (,'latwouthy.
Si John Sthekt, New Yob*.
George E. Biddle, formerly with the late house of
Reid & Tracy, call* the attention of liis friends to
the card above, and solisits a renewal of the associa-
tion* interrupted by the events of the past fow
S?"™: dccSil&wlyS
OEORUE HCHNEIDER,
COMMISSION, RECEIVING
and
Forwarding Merolnint,
Dealer in Groceries and Liquors,
Kuiin's Buildi.no, Strand.
galveaton, Sept 8.1885. dwOml 1-3*
HAHIOW J. PHKLPN A CO.,
C 0 T T <■* N F A C T 0 li S
General Cninminaion Merchant ),
N«. l«a Urarler Htreet,
«
Between Camp and St. Charles
COMMISSION.
ÜPFOBD * JÓNKH,
AUCTION & COMMISSION MEltCHANTS,
(Uflbrd's Iron Front Fire-froof Buildings,}
Tremout Street, neur the Stran<l,
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
E. L. L'kkuhd, «HUblisbed I Wu. H. Jones, at Aransas
lu Galveston 33 year*. | 80 years.
dolO ihvly
H H A C K J, K FORD, BROW* A CO.,
COTTON AND WOOL FACTORS,
snirj'im á: commission merchants,
Sthand, Galvbnton, Texas.
Respectfully solicit a continuance of the
patrons of the old house and
the public generally.
October 3, 1H15. octSdwtlS l-4s
M. H. BBNTON,
(¡ES ERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Berlocher's Building, Straud. ,
Galveston.
Will receive and sell on commission,
Groceries
of all descriptions.
REFERENCE—The planters and business men of
Texas generally. sepdwtfl 1-8*
augSl
ne*y Orleans.
dwflmlta
1. H. A J. B. HYDNOH,
A U a T I 0 N E E R S
aud
Commimion M e r e h a n t 8,
At tialreUoa aad ^utsa,
every
TUESDAY AND FRIDAY, AT EACH PLACE.
We occupy large Flre-Proof Brick Houses at both
places, consequently to our old friends and others
disposed to make u* consignments we offfcr them
safety and abundance «f room for the exhibition of
every description of merchandise and country pro>
duce. We also offer our services for the sale of Real
Est aits*, Furniture, Horses, Carriages, etc., etc.
J. 8. Si J. B. SYDNOR.
tialreston, Aug, 10,1665. dwtf4 12s
J. FRKDKIIICII,
COTTON FA CTOli
and
C ii in m i h k i o n Merohant,
Galvntra.
ocUdwIyl l-ih
BAIL, H ITCH I N UK A CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
anij
COMMISSION MERC1IA NTS,
iyldwly Galveston, Texa*. I 1.3s
J. Kauffmaii 6b Co.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
EXCHANGE ON
New fork, New Orlnuu, Knglaad, France aad
nermaay.
Offer liberul. mlvaiiccs ou produce shipnieutu
to New York, Liverpool, Havre aud Bremen.
Galveston, Dec. lUth. 1865. dwtf
ARTHUR II. EDKY db CO.,
OENERAl. OOMMÍKHION MEBCHANTH,
HENDLEY BUILDING, STRAND,
0ALVB8T0N, TBI AH.
Represented in New York
—D*—
HOFFMAN St. CO.
Represented in New Orleans by
EDEY & PINCKARD, IK! Commou street.
auglOd&wtllllauOO
IIBORtlK WHITE BAILOR,
Commi*Kion Merchant,
STRAND, GALVESTON.
Will attend iirtcily^o aU COTTON, WOOL,
GENERAL MERCHANDISE, PRO-
DUCE forwarded to him for ship-
ment or sale.
Refers to C. S. Longcope, J. 8. & J. B. Sydnor,
Houston; Vance Sí Bros., C. L. Pyron, San Antonio;
T. F. McKinney, Austin; Thomvs H. Stone, E. C.
Wharton, New Orleans. sepSOdwtn*
JAMEN HOKLEt,
C O T T O N V A C T 0 li
and
Oeneral Commission Merchunt,
(ialveaton, Texas.
Solicits a continuance or tlae patronage of his old
friends and the public. sepSdwlyl 1-Ss
•waijeh l. mann. moboan momorhies.
MANN A MeMURRIEN,
COTTON ANl) WOOL FACTORS
aud
CommiHHiojtt Merchants,
Ntrand, «alveston.
augaidwtfl I-3s
XH. oswald,' — l'h. flu*.
Galveston. Alley ton
T.0HWAU A CO.,
RECE I VINO, FORWARDING
, and
General Comiuission Mertihandx,
tialratn aad Allejrton,
Tekas. augVd&wtfl JMIs
L. BKU8VKB A CO.,
CnmmissiflB Merchants.
30 oniia Pu. Havana.
We will oxecute orders iktini our friends in Tesan
for such staples as the Havana Market offers. It is
oar intention to keep oursuli'esin the trade with Gal-
veaton. V. L. BEISSNKIt & CO.
üuglldwtfl(l-3
JALWNICK A NMITH,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Strand, Galveston.
septUdwtf I I-3s
N. KUPPKIIL.
(Lato of Lippman Sl Kopperl,)
IMPORTER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT
Galveston,
OstmiLiin's Hniklhiij, Strand,
Always on hand u large assorted stock ot Foreign
and Domestic Dry Good*.
nov39dwly3s
SII.KENST.AiDT Si CO, JOHN FOCKK,
New Orlean . Galveaton.
HILKRNHTACDT A CO.
G-enerHl Commission Merchnnts,
llRNDI.KV'S BUII.DINO, STHAND,
Oalveolon.
JaldiwUm
TELEGRAPHIC.
DINPATCHKH DF THE 17TH AND 18TII INHT.
BRITISH CLlins.
THE HOUSE PASSES THE NEGRO SUF-
FRAGE BILL FOR THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA.
THK FKN1AN SENATE.
OCR NEW HKFRT.
THE LATEST INVENTION
of the
OLDEST AND LARGEST
manvfactubeh8 of
LADIES CRINOLIN
In the World.
Get the Best.
W. 8. THOMSON, LANGDON & CO.,
deeSwdmSs 391 Broadway, New York.
A. JONES.
Manufacturer of and dealer in
D Ifi N T A L MATERIALS.
734 BROADWAY,
New York.
dec83mwls
B. L0BPBR,
CotiNBit Mechanic and Centre Street ,
(Opposite Washington Hotel,)
Has just reopened his former business. He recom-
mends to the public specially his stock of merchan-
dise purchased partially in the North and partially
in Europe. His assortment of Gents., Ladies and
Children's BOOTS and SHOES is large. WOOLEN
GOODS, among them cheap German SOCKS and
STOCKINGS; FANCY GOODS; PETROLEUM
LAMPS; CIGARS; TOBACCO; PIPES, etc., in
'"iff* endeavor will be to sell .onlythe best gocds at
the lowest prices.
Galveston, Jan. 10, 16G6, wfim
liilerestinir from Mexico.
JOU11NEV O F T H E EMPRESS.
The Rio Cirande Affhir.
THK PRESIDENT SICK.
The American Colonicntiou Nociely.
JOHN NHKRMAN ELECTED SENATOR FROM OHIO.
NORTHERN AND WESTERN MARKETS.
SOU CLOSED IN N. V. ON THE IHTH AT l«8 T-S.
Celled Clewd lit Si) Cenia.
[From New Orleass papers of the 19th.]
Washington, Jim. 7.—The N. O. Times
special says: British Commissioners on tJie
Colombia commission demand five million of
dollars in gold for improvements made by
British subjects in Washington Territory.
doolittle'h abouhest.
Washington, fan. 18.—Senator Doolittle's
argument of yesterday, in support of the policy
of the President, is followed to-day by n plain,
sensible speech by Senator Nesmith, of Oregon,
who also advocates the President's policy.
The advocates of Provisional States Govern-
ments are disoonraged.
aOQBO 8ÜFFBAOE.
Washington, Jan. 19.—The S. O. Times"
special says : The House passed the bill grant-
ing unqualified negro suffrage is the District
of Columbia by An unexpectedly large vote of
116 to 52.
On the passage of the bill extending suffrage
unqualifiedly in the District of Columbia,
•from .the galleries was almost
The Knoxvilio Railroad will hereafter be
ailed the " Tennesse and Pacific Railroad."
It is designed to uonuect via Memphis and
Little Rook with tho Southern Pociflo Rnilvond
through El Paso.
í1íom washington.
Washington, Jan. 18. —The American Colo-
nization Society reports tho totul receipts.tor
the year at $40,000,000.'
The number of emigrants to Liberia amounts
to 527.
l'bom baltimoiik.
« Baltimobk, Jan. 18.—The House of Dele-
gates , hits passed resoultions endorsing Gen.
¡rant's recent letter, opposing the withdrawal
of Federal troops from the late insurrectionary
districts, and against arming the militia in
those States.
steamer sunk.
Cincinnati, Jan. 18.—Tlie steamer Sherman
was sunk near Paducah, on Tuesday. The
loss amounts to $1-10,000, which is mostly cov-
ered by insurance.
died.
Teiuie Haute, Ind., Jan. 18.—John G. Da-
vis, formerly a member of Congress, died of
apoplexy to-day.
kansas legislature.
St, Louis, Jan. 18.—The Kansas Stats Sen-
ate has passed resolutions favoring the trial,
conviction and hanging of Mr. Davis aud other
leaders of the reoellion equally guilty of
treason.
the ohio legislature.
Columbus, O., Jan. 18.—The Ohio Legisla-
ture has electod John Sherman United States
Senator.
new york markets.
New York, Jan. 18.—Cotton closed quiet
and steady at 52o. Flour 5c. lower. Corn lo,
lower. Sugar steady, mascovado 13c. Pork,
$30. Money easy at 5 per oent. Sterling ex-
aliange dull at 109, Gold 138¡.
chicago mabkets.
Chicago. Jan. 18.—Mess pork, $27 25; hams
sweet pickled, 17c.; lard, 17ic.; hogs, $10
flour corn and oats dull.
from ju.uiix
San Fiíanuisuí; Jan. 14.—Juarez has writtw.
the Mexican Consul from Chihuahua, Dw. I
that all the Inieporialits' efforts to conquer th<
capital have proved futile.
1noekd1aby.
New Yob*, Jan. 15.—The Tribune's Wash-
ington special says the government has infor-
mation leading to tho belief that the recent
fire of the ursenal at Columbus, Georgia, wit
caused by incendiaries to cover the thoil óf
government cotton stored there.
foll the fbeedmen.
Three more invoices of gobds of an aggre-
gate of $20,000 havo just been looeived from
Birmingham, England, for the tVeedmen hera
inpebnal "machine. .
Judge Field, of California, has received a
box, by the last steamer from California, whioh
)roved to be an infernal maohine, to be S£t oB
iy eleetrioity. recautions we'.. taken, and
nobody was hurt. A line on the lid of the box
'says ; "Last October you decided the PuobU
case." '
the applause .
deafening.
THE FENIANS.
New Yobk, fan. 18—It is announced that
the Fenian Senate will not, under any circum-
stances, acknowledge the authority of Colonel
O'Mahony.
The Fenian Senate did not meet yesterday
for want of a quorum.
the suicide of the spanish admiral.
Lrt (Voltifia, the Spanish organ, oonfesses
the reported suicide of Admiral Pareja, the
Sptwish Admiral, commanding the squadron
blockading the ports of Chili.
the canadian delegation.
The Canadian Delegation at Washington is
not in behalf of the reciprocity treaty, but to
ascertain whether it is possible to establish
friendly commercial relations between the two
countries.
the choleba.
Guadaloupe advices report the deaths by the
cholera to number 140 per day in a population
of 10,000.
the ceshion of bt. domingo.
The rumored proposal to oede St Domingo
to England is creating some excitomeut at Ber-
muda.
fbom havana.
Lopez was to be tried by court martial.
Conspirators to assassinate the Secretary of
War had been arrested at the very moment of
carrying their scheme into execution.
The Empress was outhusiastically receivod
on her
journey
slight shock of earthauak was felt at Vera Cruz
on the 3d. Heavy Im
from Vera Cruz to Orizba. A
Imperial reinforcements
Mo
were on their way to Monterey and Saltillo.
Active operations had been ordered in connec-
tion with Gen. Mejia to secure the speedy pac-
ification of the Rio Grande. The earthquake
was severely felt at Orizba; it was severe at
Puebla, and slight in the City of Mexico.
The Havana SonM'ut of tho 13th says it is
feared trouble will occur at Mata moros, not
with the Government of the United States but
with tlie Federal troops who sympathized
openly with Juarez, and gave him material
aid. Reinforcements of 1200 men reached
Mexioo from Europe the last week of Decem-
ber.
secretary sewabd.
Secretary 8eward had notreached Havana on
tae 13th.
chilian privateers.
Our war steamers were ready for sea, if any
Chilian privateers should make their appear-
ance from Havana.
the rio gbande affair.
The World's Washinjgton special says a
curious rumor prevails that the outbreak on
the Rio Grande was precipitated by the belief
that an understanding had been reached be-
tween our Government and thai of Maximil-
ian, involving the withdrawal of the Federal
troops. Report says the raid was made to
prevent sucn results.
the president.
The Herald's Washington special says tho
President was considerably indisposed last
evening, though no fears are entertained of a
serious illnesA.
from nashville,
Nashville, Jan. 18.—The steamer Rich-
mond is loading with cotton for New Orleans.
louisville markets.
Louibville, Jan. 15.—Tobacco, sales 116
" igs, $ ~
crop, cutting, $50,
pork, $30. B _
sidas, 19J@20c.; sugar cured hams, packed,
25c.; lard, in tierces, 18c.; flour, superfine,
$7 25; corn, 60c.; oats, 50c.; baled hay, $14
whisky, $2 25.
cincinnati
Cincinnati. Jan. 1. r—Flour unchanged
wheat, $1 70; corn 50c.; oats 40c.; hogs, $11
75; lard, 18c.; oottoA 47c.
hhds, lugs, $4 25®4 28; leat, $10@27; new
'■0. Hogs dull at $9 If"
in, shomders, 15@15Jc.; clear
19¿@20
d, in
TELEfiBAPHIC GLEANINGS FROM LATE PAPERS.
louis napoleon.
New Yobk, Jan. 15.—The Tribune's Wash-
ington special states that aprivate letter from
Paris states that the
trustworthy source
atrustw
legislative bodies of the French Empire will
ussemblu about the 18th Inst. * The Emperor,
in his spring address, will express amicable
and peaceful sentiments towards the United
States; and, unless, meanwhile; the relations
of the two countries become hostile, and in-
volve a question of honor, he will promise to
evacuate Mexico as promptly as practicable.
congressional.
Washington, Jan. 15.—Señale.—Mr. How-
ard, of Michigan, offered a joint resolution,
declaring that whereas it appears by the reports
of the Secretary of War that Messrs. Darts
and Clay are held in confinement as having
been concerned in the assassination of Presi-
dent Lincoln, and for the murder of Federal
soldiers held as prisoners of war;, therefore
resolved these reports fully recommend that
they be immediately tried by military commis-
sion. Objected to, and laid over.
elected u. s. senatob.
"Secretary of the 'Interior Harlan has been
elected United States Senator from Iowa, for
the term which commenced on the 7th of
March.
homestead.
The N. O. Star special says the rejection by
a large majority of the bill incorporating the
mammoth National Homestead Company to
providjp homes in the South for settlers, with-
out distinction of color, shows that there is
some reluctance at legislating altogether for
the negro.
mexico.
Washington, Jan. 16.—The N. Y. Herald's
Paris letter says, the Emperor's cabinet is
studying the means of withaiawing from Mex-
ico with as little lost prestige as possible. The
Emperor is desirous of doing so of his own
free will and not under menace.
house of aepbesentatives.
Mr. Coukling, of New York, has-lntroduced
a series of resolutions proposing, on the re-os.
tablishinunt of Federal relationship with the
late rebellious communities, conditions of
absolute renunciation of seoession, the repu-
diation of Confederate debts of all kinds, the
adoption of such measures as will retrieve the
government of the necessity of a standing
ivmy in the South, etc.
Tnesn resolutions were objected to.
money fob the troops.
Wahhinoton, Jan. 15.—Funds are being
dispatched to the military department to pay
off all the troops.
ice dam1ge.
St. Louis, Jan. 15.—The estimated loss of
steuiuers, ferry-boats, docks, eto., in the har-
bor, by the late movements of the ice, is $800,-
000—half of which is probably covered by in-
surnnce.
the beconstruction committee.
A Washington special to the N. Y. Express
says it is believed the Committee' on Recon-
struction contemplate the organization of four
sub-committees of three members, and divide
the South into four traveling districts for these
committees to visit, and report to Congress
some time in the spring or Bummer.
excitement at brooklyn.
Great excitement prevails at the Brooklyn
court house in attempting to empannel a jury
for the trial of Gonzales, tho murderer ot
Otero, every juror having formed on opinion
on the case.
Tho visit South of Mr. Tevely, the Soeohd
Assistant Postmaster General, is .understood
to bo mainly for tho purpose of correcting tlie
irregularities of tho delivery of Northern news-
papers to Southern subscribers, ,
mb. harlan.
Mr. Harlan will not resign tlie Secretaryship
of the Interior till about February, 1887.
gen. grant on the military force in the
south.
Washington, Jan. 15.—Acting upon the ap-
>lication of Gov. Parsons to withdraw the
from Alabama and Georgia, ancl arm
ocal militia, Gen. Grant mado the follow-
plicátil
troops
the loc
ing reí
or the present, and until there is full se-
curity for equitably maintaining the rights and
safety of nil classes of oitizens in the States
lately in rebellion, I would not recommend tha
withdrawal of United States trcopsfrom there.
The number for interior garrison might be re-
duced, but -a force sufficient to insure tranquil-
ity should be retained in the South.
I doubt the propriety of putting arms iii the
hands of the militia.
intbestinq from canada.
New Yobk, Jan. 11.—The Herald's Toronto
says : "At a meeting of the central Board 6f
Trude, held yesterday, resolutions were pass-
ed affirming that no adequate means exist en-
abling Canada to compete with the Erie
and that
the Welland Canal must be
the great StLawrenoe Lock
h the Erie Caña),
ansí be enlamad,
lengthened <aúl
deepened, and a new canal built between Lake
Champlain and the St. Lawrence. '
Petitions to the home government, \uoking
to a peacful secession, from England and an-
nexation to the United States, or the forma-
tion of a seperatotgovernment,
circulating in the rural district
are said to
districts."
be
cabinet changes.
Washington, Jan. 11.—The rumors of an
impending cabinet reconstruction, which have
pervaded well informal circles for a weak past,
are believed to havo mora foundation in fact
than usually attaches to such reports. Th«
President is known to be anxiously . awnitin*
the European mail, to know whether Mr. AÍ
ams proposes an immediate return from Lon-
don. Tnis, taken in connection with other
small straws, is believed to indicate the coune
of the coming breeze.
the child itubbide.
The Acting Secretary of State, W. Hunter,
in a communication to the President, transmit-
ted to the House, in answer to the resolution*
inquiring concerning the kidnapping, of the
child of an American lady i.i >.ue city of Mexi-
oo by the usurper of the republic, so-called
Emperor, says that no official information
has been received ,at this department in re-
gard to the kidnapping deferred to, and there
is no other information upon that Bubjeat
whioh it is deemed advisable to make public '
at this time.
fbom wilmington.
Wilmington, N. C., Jan. 11.—Two negroes
supposed to belong to the 37th colored regí
ment, entered the house of Samuel N. Connor,
on Middle Sound. There waB in the houses
the time Mr. Thomas Pickett, Mr. Connor,
Mrs. Pickett, Mrs. Carter and Miss Pickett
One of the negroes fired upon them and killMI
Mr. Pickett, two shots taking fatal effect Mist
Pickett was dangerously and Mrs. Carter mor-
tally
I dangerously i
wbunded. Mrs. Connor
escaped afed
brought the neighbors to the scene, but bath
of the negroes had escaped. Efforts are mak-
ing to arrest them.
virginia secretary of state.
Richnond, Jan. 11.—J. M. Herudon, ¡0Í
Spottsylvania, was elected Secretary of the
Commonwealth to-day, after a lengthy uirf
animated debate. Judge Jayne and others
advocated the' election of Col. Lewis, who
was appointed by Gov. Pierpont ot Alexan-
dria. On tho first bitllot, Colonel Lowi
lacked only five votes of beiug elected.
increase in the cotton tax.
Washington, Jan. li.—Mr. Moorehead fcf
Pennsylvania introduced a bill to-day pro-
viding for an increase of tho internal revenue
tax on cotton from two to ten cents per pound.
Should the measure be adopted, it is estimated
that it will produce one hundred million dol-
lars per annum. The resolution passed by
the House yesterday, instructing the Commit-
tee on Ways and Means to inquire into the
expediency of reducing tho impoit duty on
cotton fabrics, is to be at once considered by
that toommittee. R meets with favor from the
Washington, Jan. 11.—The Secretary W
War says, in response to .the House resolution
of the 8th inst., in relation to the appointment
of Commissioners, under the act of February,
they were appointed in the States of Delaware
and Maryland, and, by the President's direc-
tion, in other slave States, and that order Of
the President suspending further appointments
in the absence of any limitation of time tot
ranking them, in tlie apt of Congress, was the
reason for not uppointing Commissioners h>
1Ü1 ftiniisbud by (.tie Treasury, and
for thi.t rc.iHoti tlie payments oh awanls were
Biispenled. T.'io Piefld int's ilircotiot;, it is
•fated, remains unro%ok«d, and the necessity
for the use <.f nil available f.uids for the pay-
ment of troops, and for snpplios, still con-
tinues.
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Flake's Weekly Galveston Bulletin. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 47, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 24, 1866, newspaper, January 24, 1866; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth178723/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.