The Representative. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Monday, June 5, 1871 Page: 3 of 4
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MISCELLANEOUS.
General Stoneman says the In-
dians of his department, Arizona,
show a disposition to go upon re-
servations and learn peaceful in-
dustries.
An old Michigauder, who al-
ways lifced in wretched poverty,
died the other day, and a box lie
left contained $20,000 in gold and
silver. v,
Nearly one hundred French
prisoners oi war at Stettin have
declared their intention not to re-
turn to France, but to remain ill
Germany.
The Princess Luperano, ot Na-
ples, has just made her appear-
ance as a success! ul dramatist at
the age of eighty-two.
Mormonism has received an-
other severe blow m the opening
ot new mines in Utah, and tne
consequent milux of Gentiles into
the territory.
Brick Pomeroy, naving been
separated from his wife, was late-
ly remarried to a New lork lady.
An Indiana jury gave a young
lady only nineteen cents, out 01
<1$ju,uu0 sue claimed, as a plaster
lor iier fractured heart.
There are about fifteen hun-
dred Americans iu Florence, and
society there has- been, and is now,
m consequence, very gay.-
The Queen ol Holland seeks
the bubble reputation t y wash-
ing Iuh' o-wu caiua. . ,
A husband ot lorty, at Dans-
ville, Illinois, lias a wife aged
twelve and a naif years of age.
Richmond, Illinois, lately slew
over six thousand rats iu one
hunt.
Three men and a woman are
building a house in Brooklyn, and
i iu* weaker vessel carries tlie hod.
iu Miller county, Mo., many of
the lead-miners are making titty
dollars per day.
A semi-millionaire of New Or-
leans forbids any one trusting his
wife on his account.
GAL V ESTON, HOUSTON
A XI)
11KNDKrson KAILR<>AD.
CHANGE OF TIME.
o.v AND aklliil moxoav al'bil 3, 1 d71
I'assenjjer Trains will leave us follows :
I.KA1SU OAi.VltSTO*. LEAINIi HOUSTON,
r! A. M. 7:30 A. M.
•i l*. M. 4:3(1 P. M.
The U A. >1. train from Galveston and thn
•1:30 i'. M. train from Houston, stop at no way
station, except Harrisburg.
Close connections made with the Morgan
Line of Steamers, and Houston and Texas
Central Railroad, and G.. H. Jfc San Antonio
Railway.
Uaggage checked through and tickets sold to
all points ou connecting railroads.
X. A. COWPREY, Receiver.
GALVESTON, II. & II. R. R.,
X, A. COWDREY. Receiver.
Rkcsjvkk's Opfick, ?
GAI.VKSTON, MAY 27, 1871. S
Mr. A brain Cross having resigned th« posi-
tiou of Superintendent of the Galveston, Hous-
ton a't.il Henderson vvlroad, the duties will
k«'-re:tftef iie iifv forni^d !>v the nndersighned.
R"')BKRT Co:.WRLT.. Manager.
Republican Meeting in Brazos
A very enthusiastic meeting
was held by the Republicans of
Brazos county, at which dele-
gates were elected to the Labor
Convention which convenes 011
the 8th inst. Remarks were lis-
tened to from J. H. Thurmond
and others. A series of resolu-
tions were adopted and endorsed
by the meeting:
Resolved, That Ave accord to
Gov. E. J. Davis our heartfelt
sympathy and support, recogniz-
ing in him the able statesman
and true patriot.
Resolved, That the meeting un-
animously favor a general election
this fall, and that commend
those members of the Legislature
who favor an early election.
Resolved, That we regard t he
postponement ot' the election as
a dangerous usurpation of pow-
er and a fatal stab at constitu-
tional right.
Resolved, That we extend a
hearty welcome to Texas to our
distinguished Visitor, Hon. Mr.
Greely, the great champion of
general amnesty and universal
suffrage.
Resolved, That this meeting en-
dorse these resolutions, and that
they be sent to the Brazos Eagle,
Houston Union and liuntsville
Republican for publication.
Alfred Smith, Cli'in.
Geo. G. Jenison, Sec'y.
• The Democracy hereabouts are
exalting considerably over the
Removal of the Hon. ira H.
Evans Speaker of the House of
Representatives. They seem to
regard this as an indication of
trouble in Republican quarters.
They need not be alarmed—it ts
just this very thing of strict par-
ty discipline that will enable the
Republican party in the coining
contest with arch Ku Klux, to
put a final quietus 011 the grasp-
ing schemes of those enemies of
progress and civilization that
are to day trying to revolution-
ize the country and get up a se-
cond rebellion.
MARKET REPORT.
galveston.
Gold 112. Cotton, low Ordina-
ry It, Ordinary 12£, Good Ordi-
nary 13%, Low Middling 14£.
Total sales for the week 0000
bales. Total receipts 5083 bales.
Total exports 4125 bales, of which
f 023 were to the Continent, leav-
ing stock on hand and on ship-
board not cleared 08,873 bales.
New York.
Gold lllf. Cotton easier but
not quotably lower, Ordinary
12^, Good Ordinary 11£, Low
Middling 10, Middling Uplands
10J, sales 2000 bales.
new orleans.
Gold 112£. Exchange § pre-
mium. Cotton quiet but steady,
Middling 10 to 10J, sales 500
bales.
liverpool.
Cotton steady, Uplands 7f to
, Orleans 7£d, sales 12,000
bales.
Labor and Capital.
The following article, taken
from the Bulletin, so fully ex-
presses our sentiments that we
copy it in full. The editor says:
"There never lias been, in the
history of the question of labor
a more propitious time for its
advocates than now. Many of
the ablest minds of the nation,
and we might say of nations, are
awakening to the fact that labor;
and labor only, produces. Con-
sider tlie question as we may,
and the resiiit is that nothing
produces except labor and there
is no wealth without labor.
The question so difficult of so-
lution as to who or what class of
people shall cast a bollot, is be-
gining to find an answer in the
fact that, if freedom of thought
and wealth or capital shall con-
trol the ballot and consequently
the government, then give to the
laboring class the ballot and you
place it at once in the hands of
the only class who can claim to
be free or possessed of wealth.
Production alone- is wealth,
and only labor produces, there-
fore labor is wealth, and if wealth
commands the ballot, labor com-
mands it by and through its
wealth. If freedom commands
tiie ballot, and few are free save
those whom labor makes free,
the laborer only should have the
bollot, because only lie is free.
Labor makes us free, otherwise
we are the slaves of the laborer,
In this idea we must * remem-
ber alt who produce, labor. We
do not exclude any from labor.
We are not endeavoring to show
who labor, or to prove that all or
none labor. We are only trying
to [trove the great truth that la-
bor alone produces wealth.
There is more actual capital in
labor than there is in relative
values, because labor is capital,
while relative values absorb each
other as circumstances surround
them. A pound of cotton re-
quires precisely so much labor to
produce it, without reference to
its value. That pound of cotton
may be worth a dollar to day and
ten cents to-morrow, but the la-
bor which produced it remains
precisely the same in value to
him or her who possesses it, so
that labor is not only capital,
but it is the wealth of the coun-
try. On this basis we can safely
build, and no power can over-
come us.
The advocates of the labor re-
form movement should very care-
fully analyze all this subject and
guide the ship safely and not
run her upon the breakers. There
is much at stake, and as the time
has doubtless arrived when it
will do to make a forward move-
ment, it will be well to have
clear heads to direct and steady
hands to hold the helm and the
labor reform movement may car-
ry the day most triumphantly.
There is no danger when proper-
ly understood that labor will fail
of its reward, for as labor pays
all the faxes, labor alone should
direct the amount of and the
manner of acquiring the needed
revenue through taxes. When
the people shall have the govern-
ment in their hands and realize
the truth of the great problem
of labor and capital the people
will all be free and progressive.
Call to the Colored People of the U. S.
You are hereby requested to
send delegates to a national con-
vention to be held in the city of
St. Louis, Missouri, September
22, 1871, called by the following
preamble and resolution adopted
by a convention of the colored
citizens of Nebraska, on the se-
cond day of January, 1871 :
Whereas, Abraham Lincoln,
President of the United States,
by proclamation declaring free-
dom fo all American bondmen,
as well as the fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments to the con-
stitution of the United States by
the Congress of the same, forev-
er prohibiting sla very or involun-
tary servitude in all the States
of the Union, and thereby gran-
ting to colored men equal civil
and political rights as citizens of
the American Union; and
Whereas, There seems to be a
great difference of opinion in re-
gard to the proper day to be ob-t
served in commemoration of t he
various events; therefore, be it
Resolved, That we, the citizens
of the State of Nebraska, invite
the citizcus of the various States -
to send delegates to a national
convention to be held in the city
of St. Louis, Missouri, Septem-
ber 22, 1871, for the purpose of
deciding the above question:
also, to take into consideration
what is necessary to be done to
educate the masses of our people
up to the full height of their du-
ty as American citizens. We
desire that the citizens of every
State in the Union shall appoint
delegates to represent them in
the above convention.
E.R. Williams is appointed to
conduct all correspondence for
the State of Nebraska.
"Why, you'd better knock
the door down. What do you
want
"Ocli, my darling! don't let
me wake any of your family. I'm
just using your knocker to wake
the people next door. I'm locked
out, d'ye see, and they've nivera
knocker."
Rap! rap! rap!
JOHX R. T. HAYNES,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
0 coroner,
Associate Justice of the County
Court, Notary Public, Assessor
of the Second Precinct, and
TJ. S. COMMISSIONER
For the City and County of Galveston.
Commissioner of Deeds for the
State of Louisiana.
Efficient Officers in attendance, all business
intrtsted to me willl>e promptly attended to.
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Nelson, Richard. The Representative. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 3, Ed. 1 Monday, June 5, 1871, newspaper, June 5, 1871; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth203064/m1/3/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .