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TELEGRAPH.
HOUSTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1870
ESTABLISHED 1834
Houston.
D. CLEVELAND,
Hotels, &c.
EN TEKPKISEHOUSB
ILATB OLD CAPITOL HOT BIO
HOUSTON VKXAK,
AGKMT KOK
sESSUMS & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
QUOOEHS
NI3KAI,
in ■
MISSION MERCHANTS,
...Main Mtroot 39
TEXAS.
OU8TON,
dcji'ji pxi"
I .WfttfO
VOL XXXV. NO. 953
■ sssfi
b attention to one of tbe largest
d moat complete stocks of
iple, Family and Fancy
GrH.OGEH.IESy
Wter brought to the State.
Wholesale buyers wfH find it to their
interest to examine tbe Stock before
,8i ng elsewhere.
following articles are at FACw
ritlUES, with freights added :
IFIED WHISKY, ,
OLD BYE WHISKY,
DY, TOBACCO,
BACON, LARD,
PORK, CANDLES,
LOUR, SOAP, STARCH,
'AS nod AXLE GREASE.
00 Ilhdss TEXAS SUGAR,
SYRUP,
do
do
|g™ Uu.-I, do
75 half bbls do
Board and Lodging,
Per Bay, $2,00.
The proprietor guarantor an good fare • ma be
lound lit any houu In till* city,; lot ■ Buying of on*
dollarperday. _____
E. L. BREMOND,
Proprietor
HUTOHIN8 HOUSE,
HOUSTON, TEXAS,
S. P. TUBSfER, ....Proprietor.
Is now open in every department tor the
teooptton of tjuestH.
8oar<l by th« Day, Week or Month, with or
without Lodging.
Baard by Ik, Day, II, 8. Currency, 93 SO.
Jaanary « -dtf
R COTTER & CO.,
Wholsaie and Retail Druggists,
MAIN BTRSBT. HOUSTON.
Ayaoonatai,tly r eel*lag traab auppll." ol ..
purii uncra-s.
OAHTOIt OIL. ALCOHOL, dte.,
TOILNT ARTIOLBB;
LURIN'B UBNU1NH EXTRACTS *e.
ALSO—Dealerala tlui celebrated
tTesrllc Compound* at Agents* Prices
vie: —
JIMATIf TO SORBW WORM;
SIIMKP Oil'; iilDK PKti-KUVBIt;
PLANT PRUi'KUTOli; URKHYLlO SO_
LAUNDRY ami DIBlf^FBUTANT BOAI'S
LOUISIANA HOTEL,
R. L. ANDERSON, Proprietor,
FANNIN STREET,
Houston, Texas.
OOM FORT ABLE BOOHS NEWLY FITTBD UP,
Fare Im than any other flrat eln Hotel
la the Clly.
BOARD BY Till DAY, WJSBK OR MONTH,
Terms—$2 00 per Day.
Jannary M-dtf
ST. JAMES HOTEL.
* NKW ORLBANS,
R.S. Morse, - - Proprietor.
apr2: J. O. BARTBL8. Hmuid. dt
75 kegs
do
SUNNY SOUTH HOTEL,
Ooraar of Main Street and Beauregard Avenue,
BHtCNIlAftl, TKXAK,
Mrs. K, J. Ogle, Proprietress.
OUR price* have bom(neatly reduced and are now
lower til.11 at any other ttrat class house, and we
i [uamnun, nnr table and other accommodallnna equal
L and PROMPT attention (Ivan to aaleo'
TON, WOOL* HIDES.
nsignments Solicited,
which liberal ADVANCES will
be made.
^rtiary 2(i-iltf
jX &~HE1TMANN,
Main Htrerl, No. 19.
Houston, Texas.
TUB ONLY
[RON HOUSE IN TEXAS.
ALSO KBBPB ON HAND
tsmiths and Wagon Mak-
ers' Supplies.
till, WIRK. AXLES, TI11MBLBS, BKBIN3, Ac,
llt.mlihe' <!onl alwnya on himrt.
|A-wtf _
MATHHn,
COSMO! OF MAIN ANDUOMMBROK BTKBBTH
' Houston, Texas.
COMMISSION MKRUHANT AND UBNBRAL
DKALER IN
Sta§rife Groceries, Tobacco,
4 Sugar, Coffee, Flour,
Whiskru, Potatoes, Syrup,
A. choice Bauer, Bacon
Lard, Cheese, Cigars,
pd Jtpplc*. Crackers. Sr.
PAMBpLARattent'on In requested to hi* FIRE
PRdBF COITON WAREHOUSE, disconnected
with MjjBlhor house.
Wpslg omenta of Cotton, Wool and Hides
io)icitaae. Prompt returns made on All conrdgnment*
for nh
October 8S-dtw& wiy
Just Received
Airency of
John Lediard's
Celebrated Hot Liquor*, conalatlng of
I IMPORTED KUXMEL;
PLANTATION BITTERS
Stomach Bitters,
SCNAPPS,In pints;
renenvs Schnapps?
TE WncAT RESTORATIVE j
Cock tan,.
BRANDY COCKTAIL.
rkinil.
OLD TOM GIN i
French it randy.
OLD KENTUCKY WHISKY.
MATna,
I OF MAIN ANt> C0MMBK0I STRBBTS
Houston, Texas,
rstM<
Enrly K"*e Potatoes.
RLIBBT IN MAR
< ii". carT.no,, p-r
,-dll
—A tow barrel, for
CUBHINO.
f tliono of anr other mtabilahmeni In tbefnuth.
8iatf«s flAll At th« Kouau for PKMnairerii, jpljrBTdtf
FAULKNER HOUSE,
CALVERT, TEXAS.
WM. C. YOUNG,
PROriURTOR.
There i« an excellent f,iv ry Stable a
tached to this House.
July (i dCra
WASHINGTON HOTEL,
UALVKBTON, TBXA8.
J. U. COLLKTT, Prn|irletor
PBTBR LOIHBI.LP, 8 If wort
WSf Baccage Wagon, for tbe une of «neiit«, free.
Ancuat 5-dtw*wly
The Houston Uais Company
WARRANT ITS OAS
NOT TO EXPLODE,
Which Iii more than cAn be Rtld of sny otber
kind of Gm now in uae ; And, ah for KoronlneOil, lln
terrible danger** are attested every day by Vi>arfnl Hi
loHionH, In various parts of the country. COAL OAS
.jimuch ohcaper and every way nafer than
(iKii«>lI8 OILS produced from P« trolc um.
All boiiseholdvis should arrange to have Coal Has
In their dwellings, which tht-y can easily nccomp'ish
byapplvin« at the Company's office, at tbu store o.'
T. W. House.
Persona wanting COKR should apply Imme l lately,
as the Company are about making arrangements for
dlnnnRlnirof th« who1<i atoucn.
COAL TAH. suitable for roofing purposes and other
tis<*f>, can always be had in quantity to suit purchaic p.
December 14-d f
H.. WEINER
with |
Dr- FRIEND & LEVY,
Anction and Commission House,
WILL BBLL AT AUCTION BYERY DAY AND
NIOUT.
Conalgnmrat* mllolted, Partloa will pleaae Mod
tbtlrcoodionedey pnvloua tomtle.
t H. WBINBR, Anotloneer,
November ll-dtf
F. DELESDERNIER,
1.11 MAIN STRJSBT 1S1
Houston, Texas.
Has alwara on hand a full Mnortment of
BUILDING MATERIAL.
Afent for
Architectural Iron Works
or RBW YORK.
October llt-dCm
OAPt
HALT 11HMUM bOAP-fur old and ap r«ntl,
neurahlc Kor K tct t<TM, rlueworm. Ac. mcSJWtwU
PAINTS, OILS,
R. COTTER ft CO.
14 MttP connlautly on baud a nil nap,l, of
LINUBBD OIL;
TANNBR8' OILii
NBATSFOOT OIL;
KHROHBNB OIL;
BPlRIT TURrJINT|NBl; S '
VARN1BHBS-.U klnda;
' WHITS LBAD—dry and In oil
KBD ,, h
COUOHS—dry and In oil •
PUTTY:
WINDOW OLA88, *«.,*«. _ '
h30-dtwlr R. COTTIit * CO.
GENERAL LAND AGENCY,
IIOUSrON AND AUSTIN.
ALL peraona having Land
located or Bold, by pla
can have them att<
•tiaea, for UX <
•rtlflcatei they wlnh
yhand*
y all
1 Bold, by plaaiac tbem In my hi
attendeil to. I will locate and pa:
expetiaea, lor oenU, apeale, per cre. I will auo
attend to the payment of taxca, InveatUratlon ol title*,
andaalaoflandtbrouirnont the State.
i. W. LaWRMNOS, Oen'l Land Arent,
Houston aiid Auutln, 1'exaa.
August l dtwiw3m.
FOR BALK.—A fine plantation altu.ted on Cany,
for aale cbuap. J W. LAWRBNOB
aiut r< General Lai c Agent.
Professional.
JOHN BRASHEAR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
ejPROIAIi attention glvan to Probate buainma, ex-
K9 amln( redUrda, aud Real Batate Agenoy. Houa-
lon, Texaa.
CAlao—Agent for the Mound City Life Inanranoe
omi>any. inly laWdCra.
BUTTS. F. N„ Livery, kale and Feed suable, oor.
Milam and Preaton Street*. " " '
Bogglea, Hacks, Sic., to hire.
Huraea, Carriage*,
mijl dty
W. H. PARSONS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
llOifOTONi TKXAM,
WILL practice in th^Ktate and Federal Couits of
Harris and (lalveston counties,
September !7-<ltf
OL1VRR MARTIAL-Praotical Wig Maker and
Hair Dresser; dealer! n Waterfalls, Curls, Braids
Slo., Mo 2 eorner Main and Prairie sts. aprftMy
SCHMIDT, B. P., Druggist and Apolbeoary, Hous-
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HBNDKRSON * WHITFIBM)
JUST
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FOR BALK BY
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OROORR, MAllKKT SQUARB.
Houston, Texas.
Jaauat, w dtf
Letter from Galvcst ju.
As will be seeu by the date, tbe
followiDg letter has been delayed, it
having been written before tbe late
destructive fire in our sister "city.
Oalvkston, February 23.
To the Editor of tho Telegraph.
The Cotton trade in our Southern
portH in generally about this time of
the ye r, at high water mark, and
judging from tlie movemeut in the
stople hero, as far as Galveston goes,
the observation is continued. The
receipts sinco the season opened will
average about one thousond bales a
day—already tbe whole number is in
excess of the aggregate of last year —
aud prospects indicate fully fifty
thousand bales more to come before
the business year closes, Tonnage is
abnudant, freights low, aud thede*
maud good. There are 50,000 bales
here iu preBB and on shipboard, The
amonnt of money disbursed on every
bale from its transfer from tho Rail-
road and Steamboats to the sea going
vessels can scarcely bo less than five
dollars per balo, giving to the various
classes, from the drayman to tho
factor who manipulate this valuable
commodity, say this season, on 200,h
OOO^bales, one million of dollars.
The importance to this city of low
port charges cannot be over estima-
ted, The heavy outlay for lighterage
alono, though paid by tho snip tak-
ing 9a foreign cargo, virtually is a
deduction on the market price of the
staple, aud the day is not far distant
when this will bo more keenly felt
than now. Merchants here are begin*
ning to realize this now more fully
than formerly. The narrow contract
ted viewB of the leading property
holders must be liberalized touch
iDg expendttores for the lmprov-
ment of the bar and harbor naviga*
tion.if they hope to continue to realize
the handsome incomes from their real
estate investments they have hereto^
fore eDjoyed. Ileavyjlreights continue
to be received here steadily, and at
loast two-thirdsof the cargoes arriving
and discharged herefrom New York
and New Orleans, go direct into tho
interior. The Galveston trade prop-
er, particularly the dry goods inter-
est, has fallen off the past season,
from the unusual facilities offered by
New York to country dealers. The
system of long credits which pre-
vailed so freely before tbe war, we
fear, if renewed as fully hereafter by
the great commercial emporium, will
work disastrously.
The times are not now as propi*
tious, however, as former y f°r the
free and liberal extension of credits,
and we deem it fortunate for our sec-
tion that such is the case. The
South nnder lier many reverses, and
not the least, her new labor system,
has much to contend against, has
much to modify and correct in the
new process of assimilation. Her
people are prepared to submit and
labor, confronting the new ordeal of
things with characteristic spirit and
determination, believing that true
policy is to build np their own sec
tion, and shunning tho commercial
vassalage to the Notth which pro
vailed so signally before (he war,
Whatever may be our condition hero
ufter, politically, we can at least, us a
section, avoid financial or coinmar*
cial subserviency or dependence. Wo
look for homo manufactures fo lie
greatly increased hereafter, and tho
South to become rapidly, to a vast
exteut. self-sustaining and self-sup
plying.
The general business of the conn-
tr.v this season has exceeded the most
Bnnguine expectations, and is only an
evidence of what the future will de«
velop. The menns of transportation
from the seaboard to the interior for
months past lias proved inadequate
to the demand. The railroads will
be compelled to increase their facili-
ties, and tho deepening of the bars in
the bay, we coduider, will result in
much good to Galveston ; in fact, it
is simply taking a very contracted
view of the Galveston Bay Ship Chan
nel enterprise, inaugurated by tho
city of Ilgnston, to suppose ita work
prejudicial to the future well being of
this city. We couceive every move-
ment tending to increase the accessi
hility of the interior to this our great
Gulf port, should be uuivorsally ens
couraged.
Tho number of railroads now in
course of actual construction within
the limits of the State, and outside
pointing in this direction, are likely
to carry their bane and antidote to«
gether as far as Galveston is con-
cerned, and she incura the risk nnder
their artiflcializing influence of losing
some of her legitimate trade.
The Texas and New Orleans Road,
when completed, will carry cotton at
a nominal price to that city, or at
dead low rates like those now pre'
vailing from Memphis to Norfolkk or
New York. Cheap transportation
from the interio" to the coast and
from the coast to the interior, is an
essential element in the future proan
perlty of this city, and she is
deeply interested in having tbe
railroad track doubled to your
city aud getting a speedy rail*
road connection with the Trinity, un
der her own special control. These,
with eight or ten feet of water into
Buffalo Bayou, Wbuld en tble her to
meet and neutralize all future oppo*
sitlon, or at least be powerful auxil
iaries.
Home sales of lots in the burnt dis
trict have been made at full prices.
Movements are oil foot for tbe erec
tion of several buildings this spring,
and we expect by fall to witness many
splendid additions to tho already
stately odiQccs that adorn tbe Stranft
and streets adjaoent. Lro.
Tkkuiblk Stkamaoat Disaltkr.
—Cairo, Feb. 23.—Capt. James U.
Marattn, of tho Emma No. 2, writes
the following account of the disaster;
The wiud was blowing very strong
at the time and very cold. The boat
struck a snag on PaleLogls. Imme-
diately all the pumps were put to
work, but the whole bottom of tbe
bow being toru out, it was of no avail.
In less than ten minutes the steamer
careened, nearly capslslng, and up*
setting the cabin stoves. In a mo-
ment tho boat was a sheet of flame.
The yawl was lowered and tbe ladies
all put in, put at the instant it was
let go over fifty jumped for it, sink-
ing it immediately. One lady caught
Capt. Maratta and pulled him under
water two or three times, but, as he
was floating past the wheel, the col •
ored porter caught him and dragged
him up. llo romainod there in an
awful state of suspense, almost
scorchcd to death, until rescued by a
skiff, io about an hoor afterwards.
The mate, Caleb Maratta, and the
pilot, Attenboroi gh, remained on the
forecastle, utmost perishing by tbe
smoke and lire, until rescued by tho
skiff. Tho remainder of the orew
took to the water, but only four
succeeded in reaching the shore. D.
R. Porter, seoond clerk, was the first
to reach the shore, and the carpenter,
second mate and watchman were all
that reached it alive. The engineer,
Lineburger, reached it, but died im«
mediately after. Tbe clerk Wm, Ma-
ratta, was lost when tbe yawl was
sunk, being caught and taken under
bo some of the passengers, aud was
never seen to rise. Thomas Trnn-
nell, the pilot, was drowned in the
same manner. The second engineer
was never seen after the boat took
fire. The bar keeper was seen to
jump on the plank, but was never
seen afterwards.
The crew numbered forty-two, of
which fifteen were lost: forty cabin
passengers and fifty deck passengers,
of whioh sixty were lost; not alady be*
iug saved—making, in all, senty-five
persons lost. All the boat's books be«
ing lost, only a few of the passengers'
names could be ascertained.
Everything possible was done to
save tho passengeira and crow, and
floats, staging, cotton and planks
wero thrown overboard for tbem to
make their escape, but the water be«
ing intensely cold, they wore chilled
to death.
The above statement of Capt. Ma«
ratta makes the disaster much more
lamentable than at flrBt reported-
Pilot Attenborongb, who brought tho
first news here, felt positive that only
twentyxthrce wore lost, as he sup-
posed there were only thirty-five cab-
in passengers and sixteen on deck.—
N. O. Times.
TaAII Whom II May Caacrra.
T<> ttie Editor of tlie Telegraph.
Professor Tyndall lias,recently de-
livered at the Royal Institution, Lon-
don, a most interesting and instruct-
ive lecture on the "Unseen, but ever
present floating particles of matter in
tbe atmosphere, by which we are con-
stantly surrounded, in which we live
and breathe."
He said the presence of this dost,
found in nil town atmosphores, is inw
visible inordinary diffused light, but
is revealed at once by a beam of sun*
light, or other intense lij<ht; and, on
careful examination, is lound chiefly
to consist of organic matter.
The air of Londou is found to be
full of this organic matter ; nor is the
atmosphere of the country entirely
free from its pollution. No one, Pro-
fossor Tyiulall also observed, would,
without repugnance, place his mouth
at the focus of a beam of light to in-
hale tlie finely divided dirt manifestly
prevent; nor, he added, is the dis.
gust abolished by the reflection that
although the uastiness is unseen, we
are churning it in our lungs every
hour and every day of our lives. * *
There is no ruspito to the contact
with dirt; and the wondor is, not that
we should from time to time suffer
from its presence, but that so small a
portion of it would appear to be
deadly to man. • • • There is
reason to believe that such particles
are constantly setting up a putrefac-
tive fermentation whenever they como
into contact with substances sensitive
to their action.
• . * a a •
And now, as to tho atmosphere
which he residents of our city are
doomed to inhale, charged as it is
with the groundxup debris of unre-
moved, constantly accumulating, and
unmentionable filth ; becoming, as it
wero, a now efficient assistant scav-
enger 1
Probably it baa not occurred to some
of our readers, that propelled by our
prevailing views, this acuminated
filth aggregates on each roof, and
finding a "city of refuge" in every
crevice afforded by shingles &c.; pa*
tiently abides its time until a rain fall
may occur, impelling a descent to
the cistern, and therein becoming
a solvent for all impurity, so that
"nothing bo lost."
Dry goods mercnants' counters can
have the dusting brush applied—the
lungs of a human being are, however,
unapproachable in this direction.
With an unwavering reliance on
the expressed opinions of Prof. Tyn-
dall, I beg to submit the foregoing to
the consideration of yourself, your
readers, and to that of our "City
Fathers."
I am, Mr. Editor, your obedient
servant, Sigma.
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Chew, J. C. Evening Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 253, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 26, 1870, newspaper, February 26, 1870; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth232520/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.