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r. uoept at the option of the editor, and Utaa
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nlea It, known to tbe editor.
annteatlons dailgaed to edvaneethe per-
or political tetoreeta of tadlrldosls, all
,_/lee and narrlaga notleee. parao X vlndl
ns-of ebaraator, not rendered aei w; by
adverse publ'eatloos la tha reading aoianna of
ftUpaper, etc., «U1 ba published only aa adver-
Correeponlenee embracing tateresllat news
Mllcltod fre* all points, aad wkee deelred will
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Correspondents will 'It cabal ona elda of
tba paper.
Tho prospcotive Influx of emigration
loading landholders to study somewhat
the capabilities of different seetions of tbe
eonntrj to support a population. Grant-
ing that amall farmers will undertake to
cultivate cotton, as they moBt oettainly
will if tho prioo continues anything near
tho preatnt figure, «ome lower country
planters have studied tho natter oyer and
given ns some of tbe remit* of their oal-
eolations.
Fifty aeres of Caney land is worth say
$40 per acre. This is the highest price
ihis land has evei bene. Tbe oapilal in
aaoh a trtot is $2,000. Suppose it be
rented to a farmer, with the privilege of
cutting his wood in the neighboring tim
ber, and of pasturing his stook outside.
Ho most devote perhaps, fifteen acres to
provision orop. On this he will raise corn<
potato**, peas, pumpkins, etc., and gar-
den vegetables enough, with the meat from
hid stock to feed bin family. He
has left thirty-five aorss, on which he can,
ons year with another, valse a bale to tbe
acre. This, at present prices, is worth
$100 per hale or $3,600. Suppose his ex-
penses for cultivating, taking out his own
labor, art $7 50. This is an outside figure.
Suppose all his expenses are $7 50 more.
How suppose he agrees io pay tho owner
of the land one-seventh of the crop aa rant.
Ho will make a e)«an profit of $1,600 for
bis labor/and the «wner reoetving five
bales of ootton w<rth $600, will icoeive
twenty-five per oent. of tne value of bis
land for rent.
Another eelonlation that we have seen
that half a dosen small farmers, by
dividing up a 800 aore plantation 'and
renting it at one-seventh, can, by eoono
mising their foroe, doubling tenuis in a
pressure, etc, add to the profits of tb^
above supposed oase twenty-fire per oent.
Lai it be understood these calculations
are made by plslhten and land ow ners, and
«|lt« them as we reoeivo thein. Tho
items of expense are, we believe, overstat-
ed, bnt one-seventh of a crop is very sranll
rant indeed. In Georgia and Alabama the
usual rent of a plantation is one third to
one-fourth of the crop. In sterile New
England, where every acre has to be fer-
tilised to produoe a crop at all, the "shares"
on which land is cultivated are halves.
Let ns suppose land Hke tbe Caney and
peaoh lands of the Brasoft and Colora4o
bottoms to bo cultivated, Riving the owner
. one-third the nett proceeds. Wo believe
with those practical men W« have convers-
ed with on the subject, thkt a fair trial will
prove that tbe renting of large plantations
in this why will bo more profitable than the
cultivating of then under any system of
i labo* that can now be had.
WWfcavo hoard another suggestion which
it, dial the best and ttOfl tollable negroes
might be allowed to rent such tracts of
land as they oonld cultivate by their own
and swob labor aa they eta oontrol, and
that the proprietor snerels* • sort of su-
pervision over them afcd' advise With them.
We have net so much faith la the success
' of such a pt . It 1s, nevertheless, worth
• ' ";' t , .' '
We pat these ideas out ai two or three
Sf tbe many expedients which are still
tabor people. Many of these expo-
' will be tried next year. We arc
ttat in a general system of ex-
some dueoveries will be made
ent value, and that will assure
that s oonntry like ours, with
such as we bata, «a%not be
It nay be overturn Mi. It
nnr sta^l (and stripes) but
will not b
in onrseli
being renembered ,
be intoiostlng aid valuable aa historical
reminiscences.
i The people of tbe 8tate have yielded to
the authority of The UnTted States, and
given n'p their oherished hope of a South-
em Confederacy. In addition to thic they
have submitted to the emancipation of
their negroes with an equanimity that
should, if any thing oan, inspire oonfi-
denec in their peaceable disposition; aa
act wbioh disintegrated the very struc-
ture of an anoient and cherished form of
society and system of labor, and wbioh
destroyed in a moment the msjqr part of
iheir wealth. And this, too, at a time
when they were almost destitute of
alt pecuniary means in consequence
of a long and wasting war. They
have made up their minds to take
tho oatb of allegianoe to the government
in good faith, and shown a sincere dispo-
sition to barmenUe in the restoration of
the Union by every evidenee consistent
with a decent regard for self-respect. This
is all that tbe government has required of
them, all it can require, and alt it will re-
quire. Are there thoss among us who
stek to indueo tho government to require
more ? They will fail. They will not be
oonntonanoed by the government, nor by
the intelligent and leading Union men of
tbe State. Tbe restoration of the Union,
and the reoonoillation of the two seotions,
are tbe objects which the government has
in view, and not the gratification of pri-
vate malice or revenge, or the promotion
of prurient schemss of personal aabi
Hon.
It is the interest of the country that this
rsooaoilia ion take place, and that the
8tates, and tbe oitisens of the States, be
restored as soon as possible to normal re-
lations to the Oovernment. The Union
oan never be harmoniously preserved by
the proscription, and consequent oontinned
bitterness and opposition, of the Southern
people. This is perfeotly understood by
all who have any reasonable acquaintance
with political history. It is illustrated by
prssent relations between Austria and
Hungary. Since Ibe failure of the attempt
to secede from Austria, and establish an
independent Hungarian repuolio, the liun
ganan people have not for a day ceased
their opposition to that policy of the Em
pire wbioh oaused the original trouble
Even the New York Tribune states that
the majority of the Hungarians no longer
aim at a total separation from Austria ana
the establishment of an independent Hon
garian republic or monarohy; but they
are demanding from Austria, with a mar-
vellous tenAoiiy, the recognition of that
reformatory legislation of 1848 to whiob
the Austrian Oovernment itself had given
its consent. In this demand all the parties
agree, and all the efforts of the Austrian
Oovernment to form an Austrian party in
Hungary have been unsuccessful.
As the new Austrian Constitution of
1859 ignored altogether the legislative in
dependence of Hungary, the Hungarians
unanimously refused to elect delegates to
the Central Austrian Parliament; and it is
chiefly they who, by this refusal, have pre
vented the realization of tbe hopes of the
Austrian Government for a strong Consoli-
dation of all parts of the Empire.
For several years secret negotiations have
been carried on between tue Government
of Austria and the leaders of the National
party of Hungary, and it seems that par-
tial results at least may be expected irom
them. It is a fact that the Emperor, on
his rccent visit to Pesth, was received with
satisfactory iudiuatious of applause. He
declared that he was willing to be crowned
as Klog of Hungary. On the other hand,
tho leaders of tne National party of Hun-
gary arO reported to have given promises
of such chauges in their Constitution as
will harmonize it with the general legisla-
tion of Austria, and, In particular, with a
participation in the Central National As-
sembly.
The greatness of Austria is entirely de-
pendent upon a reconciliation with Hunga-
ry. The combined disaffection of Hungary,
Gallicia and Venetia might at any time
threaten tha* integrity of the Empire; the
friendship of Hungary may yet be suffi-
cient to avert such a danger.
We imagine that the quantity of cotton
suppoecd to be in the State is above the ac-
tual amount. An approximate estimate of
the amount produced since 1861, added to
the crop of that year, and a Careful esti-
mate of shipments slnoo from tbe custom
boose books, leaves a balance of not far
from 1QQ,000 bales. Of this, probably,
35,000 or b0,000 should be set down as lit-
tle better than destroyed by the deterlora
tion from exposure, eto.
The growing crop le not far from half a
crop. If it meets with "too mishap, this will
add 180,000 bales to the shipments from
Texas porta, making, say, 900,000 bales to
be available. The entire stock on hind in
tha Sooth is, w* estimate, about 800,000
balsa. 'The growing orop of the South,
outside of Texas, will Ml considerably
short of half «' million of bales. Ia fact,
we .very much doubt if then wiU be mora
than a million and a quarter bales of eotton
to ba sent forward antil the orop of 1866
comes on;<■ i>- '
If Iheee figures are any where near cor-
rect, the pried of cotton will not fall much
below present qnofetlone,- 'Indeed, the
advancing tendency in Hew York shows
that the oqttoa famine is expected to con-
tinue. Should this be the oase, the pro-
ceeds of the. oetten now lo hand aad grow-
ing in Texas, small as the ambont is, will
be greatly above the valne of any previous
year's exports, hnd ought to enable very
maay of the planter# and mfrrehaqis of thW
State, 4f not ta pay their debts In full, at
least to satisfy their Creditor*.
They, may hereafter] i* tm* that a fsw, and only a few, realise
1 - - - what Is called succecs: but ihey are gen-
erally among the leaet worthy; they have
had, most frequently to resort to ageaoie*
that destroy tbs iageauouiness of tha
mind aad the truthfulness of ike charac-
ter; aad the succsss itself is generally a
very questioaabls advantage. The expe-
rieuoe of all who have lived for the public,
and the observation of all who have wit-
seised the ltves ef public men ia this
country, will sustain ths correctness of
these visws. Ws bsllsw there is a fate, a
providential OB^hiHScat, la tkess things,
to deter thoea whc have OCMS and heart
enongh to ba deterred, fran forsaking or
asglsoting thsaa natural aad divinely or-
dained relatione Ml datM whioh consti.
luts ths trus sphewaad wjrk of human
life. One of the moat notable illustrations
of ths neglect and misfortune of those
who have sacrificed themselves for the pub-
lic, is to be found in the history of the
man who constructed the first ooean stesm-
that ever orosssd the Atlantic.
His asms was William Scarborough, of
Savannah, Georgia. In the year 1818-19,
being an enterprielng man, and of great
meohanioal genius, he caused to be con-
structed in hew York a steamship for this
pnrposs. About three years previously
a small stsamsr, built on the Clyde, had
been sent round t« the southern ooast of
England, and steam had been applied to
porpoees of coast navigation io America;
but no one had oarried out a scheme for
erossiag ths Atlantio by this new mode of
propulsion. In ths equipment of the 'Sa-
vannah,' for suoh was ths name of the
new vessel, Mr Scarborough, invested his
entire property; and after having been
officially visited by President Mouroe of
the United States, the new steamer, in
charge of Mr. S. Rogers as matter, sailed
for Liverpool on the 26th of May, 1819.
Suoh was the prejudice against the appli-
cation of steam to navigation, and so great
was considered the danger of the enter-
prise, that some difficulty was experienced
in procuring a orew; but eventually this
was overeome, and after a most successtul
voyage, partly under steam and partly
under eanvass, ths Savannah arrived in
the Mersey on the 30th of June, 1819, as
reoorded in the Liverpool Mercury at the
lime. Subsequsntly she visited Copenha-
gen, Stookholm, and St. Petersburg,
everywhere being an objeot of great in-
terest, aud shs returned lo Savannah to-
wards ths close of the same year. It was
expected that the Amerioin Oovernment
would purchase the vessel on her return,
but for some reason they declined to do so,
and Mr. Scarbrough, who had borne the
entire expense of outfit and voyage, be-
came so embarrassed that tbe vessel was
neoessarily sold at auction. Some time
afterwards he died in great distress, leav-
ing a family of five 'children, all of whom
have sinoe deceased, witti the exception of
Mrs. Char'otte Taylor, one of his daugh-
ters.
The subsequent developement of the
steam Iraffio between America and other
parts of the world, and especially with
England, so boldly inaugurated by ber
late father, induoed Mrs. Uharlotte Taylor
to memorialise tbe United States Senate
and the H>use of Representatives to re-
cognise the services of ner father by a
substantial grant from the publio funds,
at least to the extent of one-firth ot the
sum be had expended on the experimental
vessel. Some delay unfortunately took
place in tbe presentation of the memorial,
but it was well reoeived in' both houses,
aad Mrs. Taylor secured the interest of
the representatives, both of the Northern
and Southern States, to an extent which
justified the most sacguine expectations of
the ultimate sucoees of her mission.
This wis in the year 1800, ard at ilie fol-
lowiog sitting of Congiess the question
was to have been decided ; but the election
of Mr. Lincoln, and the outbreak of the
war in 18G1, destroyed all this unfortunate
lady's expectations.
Mrs. Taylor uot being allowed to go
South came to England, hoping that
she might be able to run the blockade;
but tne expense was beyond her means.
Reduced from comparative affluence,
was last winter dependent upon the kind
ness of friends in the Isle of Man who
commiserated her exiled condition; but,
with the refinement of a true born lady,
she was anxious to retrieve her position,
and, if possible, once more to recover pos
session of such of her property in Savan-
nah as remained available. What ren«
dered the case more nrgent is the fact that
Mrs. Taylor, who is a lady of literary
tastes, had been incapacitated by illness to
earn anything by her contributions to mag-
azines and other publications.
Tha Liverpool Mercury, from which we
get the narrative, appeals to the public on
her behalf.
NS
W« still aotlevlatUsetfoas (rem striata
quarter*, of the «Mirt of a vary *matf
ntUrly uuinflos^Ual. portion of our
•Risen*, ta havc Un anat Jhedy ef
cf the State be-
their partlclpatioB .1* gtf
v The teat of iheee uUaraaees,
thas basa naah moderated. They
eoafideat as forsisr-
;tk# a*rt
-
' aatora ameat«* w* rasttbs wUhent i«a diMtobaace bf hfe meatal repose, aad' tj^
'&W
It isaa old adage tlut " republics are
ungraleM-," m4 we think It nay he add*
ed that, as a general rul*. all jwWic* are
as nagvetsfel as republic*. He who de-
vote* his Ufa to the s*fvios ef ths pablle,
ia any way whatever, to the aegleet of his
pen^fl iyUtans, aad his domeaUe duties,
interests; aad eajaysseata, nakss a great
«l«talHi,, J-Dl*hppelat**nt aad isgratl-
tntir ere fare to be Ids reward ta lfcle aad,
ta cay nojJtiag of tt* treasares ha ha* *ao
rtfiatfhy thaloes of hiahest yaasa,;Oa
We call attention to the card of J. T. &
Wn. Brady. The old friend* of this house
witl be glad to sss that it is prepared to
do business as heretofore. Having a lo-
cation both in Galvostoa and Houston, it
offers peculiar advantagee to tbe planters
any nerohants of the interior. The firm
hhs a solid foundation and oan offer faoili
ties to shippsrs equalUd by fsw. ,
We ststed the other day that people who I
desired io do* so -might get married udt '
withstanding they could get no license.'
The military authorities, of..lii&JState have,
determined that no excuse shall be left for i
not marrying, by insfrpctiiy; the Comity
Clerks to issue licenses as usual. The fol- j
lowing is a copy of the order :
Orricc or >'kovo>t marshal <!k*sr«l \
lh*i. or I'aXai, July is. I84A / i
Clrrk' of C ontV Count ir h' latorn eJ Ibal j
ihflr tuneil n •« >0 l -ul « M«rrl-«« Lie hi k ix .
Dot ooapraUml by ti e m>uih, :to 1 of miliary Korern* I
meat 01 tue ftitr.
it. U. {.AUUIILIM, Um'.RnoMl. 1
PiUV0 l Cb-u'l. !>l t. Te«a«.
We are gUd to have a chance to publish I
this. It is one of those things in which the )
military have found it discreet to yield to
the demanJs of the people. The young
people had fully determined .to get married
as usual, any way, and like some other
movements within the past three months,
the authorities will maintain their show of
discipline by giving them orders according-
ly. We congratulate all parties on the
favorable solution of what bade fair to
prove a more serious than real conflict be-
tween the people and the representatives of
the government. Marrying may now go
on, and we shall again look for our cus-
tomary rations of cako and wine.
The l.ntcat Opinion ot the Loudon Tltnee
from the London Tlmoe, Jane 17.b.
We are an outspoken people, and make
no secret of our conclusions, but there is
nothing in those conclusions to which any
citizen of the Union need object. We have
been surprised at the abrupt extinction of
the war, but not more so than the Ameri-
cans themselves. Whatever may have
been our speculations or sympathies, we
rejoice that the work of carnage is at au
end. We cordially reciprocate the expres-
sions of amity which reach us from Ameri
ca, and shall not be disbelieved in our pro-
fessions of desire for permanent peace.—
For tho rest, w« can only wait. We can
see nothing of the future, nor will we pre-
pretend to believe that tho revolution is
over. On the contrary, we see that it is
but halt' finished, and that America will
certainly never again bo the America of the
past. "But it may well be something bet-
ter. The blot of slavery, at any rate, is
effaced from its soil, and one subject of con-
tention is removed. The position, too, ot
each State of the Union in relation to the
whole is now defined and established, if not
improved. Then the people have learned
truths and unle arned fal'acies. besides an
dergoiitg that instructive experience which
war seldom fails to yield. We expect, in-
deed, that the Americans of the future will
be more like other people and less I ke their
former selvos.
We will not attempt to flatter them. They
know well enough what we thought of their
civil war, and they will be prompt to com-
prehend that our judgment remains in sus-
pense still. In a few words, they have
won—won against the expectation of the
whole world—but what they htive won re-
mains yet to be seen. Tho result is proba-
bly within their own control. Upon their
policy it will depend whether the South
becomes again amalgamated with the North,
or survives only as a blemish, und a burden
to the republic.
Tho work of reconstruction may bo more
trying than tho work of subjugation. The
present policy of the victorious administra-
tion it is easier to comprehend ihan to ap-
prove. \Ve can well understand that
Americans, after learning to their own cost
what insurrection means, are beginning to
entertain a new idea of its character, nor
are we surprised at tho denunciations now
launched against the crime of "treason;"
but the government of Washington should
remember that between acts of treason and
civil war there is a. recognized distinction,
and that if the discrimination.be logically
somewhat difficult it has in this instance
been made practically easy. The people of
the North know full well that this contest
between them and their fellow-citizens of
the South has, indeed, been a civil war, and
nothingJeesr We need, not appeal to the
gigantic proportions 0/ tho conflict, for the
actual conduct of the strife on both sides
furnishes evidence in abundance. The
belligerents did observe the rules of war,
the captives were considered prisoners of
war, and treated as such. If in the heat ot
the contestant net contrary to the laws of
war was, committed, it was palliated or ex-
plained. In fsfcl* at tho very moment that
the Federal government is bringing the
Confederate President to trial, one of its
own G nerals, thevery soldier who captured
Richmond, is proclaiming to the world that
the " marches, seiges and battles of the
armies of the United States, in distance,
duration, resolution, brilliancy and result,
dim the.lustre of World's past military
achievements,'' We will not stop to meas
nre tho truth of this panegyric, but the very
pretension is enough to show that the con-
test which can be so described was a mighty
war and not a mere rebellion, aud that the
leaders of the South aro not captured trai-
tors, but conquered enemies.
ruhlle llraiih. sons are uuab'.c to procure lime, &o., &c.,
I%ut as the military authorities have all the
Eo. I'm..— By an ordinance dated July means necessary to help prevent disease,
12th, 1805, 1 be Mayor Hates that many an(j a8 ihey, of all others are most inter-
housssand teiieueuis in the oily are occu- j en led hi preventing an epedemio, and hav-
pied by suoh numbers as endangf-r tbe tll^ 1 be means 10 carry it,10 effect all suoh
health cf. Ihe dity, &c., &c. N->w there n. a-uies as are required lo remove tbe
ean be no doubt but suon an ord'int -o - ; local cause of disease, and aa they have
was greatly needed ; but. it does not k° h. en the cause, not intentionally of course,
far enough, and the manner of i>s bving of bringing many of these plague spots
enforced is so loose as to make it almost ! whioh are now so abundant, in our midst,
inoperative. No reguta'iont, nothing defi-; and of which vrowdedness is the worst, I
tile as to the number that shall dwelt in a cannot but think it devolves on them to
certaiu space or room, but simply that it { uce f.eely all power they possess to sus-
A. B. says tbore are too many, fhey must; uin sanitary laws. MEDICA.
remove : and /et another parly, who has a '
mile power in this mat,er. may say ADVERTISEMENT^.
tenement is large enough. In taut, no ,
definite rules are laid down but rule of j w B T,a0MI j. w. bindaxbon
W. B. VINCENT <fc CO.,
Commission Merchants,
MOU COS, Texas,
Will Give per*<OAl attention to the eale of COTTON,
WOOL ud oilier CoiaLry P.olu:e t to uh iur
*10. 11141*3-0
""Galveston Bay Lands tor Sale
1 fin AOUKI OK LAN1>, troullnj 1111 the Bay, half
luvoi watch Is woodlioJ nJ the otuer b«it
pritlrle, bf-n'itl'ul;v situUrd, ud Qcaltliy, beyood
■loubt.
Also SCO AUItm cqii\l!y well Mtunteil, nr.d frontln*
vi the Bay. Ltnd of excellent quality, anil met.
- It u it eil tor • ri-sldence.
A eo 11.00 ACKKS more, equally well situated, front-
ingoutue Biy. The subscriber will sen cheap for
Osib. Applet') J. MORGAN,
July It tafli New Washington. Galveston Bay
A painful rassor that has been startec|L
that the steamer Gen. Banks was lost, on
her wsy from Galveston te New Orleans,
has ne foundation whatever. We have
eaased dllllgeat Inquiry te be made at
Galveston regardicg it and get this reply:
— — ««ae 1 '
The advance in geld in New Orleans is
owing to tha depand of cotton speculators
on Bed Klver, who are now purchasing
oatton for gold ait n meet profitable mar-
thumb seems to govern. Sure'y this is
far behind the times, aud had Ihey looked
over any sanitary regulations they could
have found a cede, which those who are
entrusted with the enforcement of this or
dinanoe could have aoted intelligently by.
We all know that disseases must have a
starting point, and their intensity will be
more or less, according lo the localizing
condition of filth. Stagnant air, &c., &o.
But of all produolng causes, that of crowd-
ing is the worst. In all, epidemic- iheie
are two causes nuoeseary to its develop-
ment: that of Terrine aud MeteriologicaL
True, tbe exact amount of either pecessary
to produce disease is not known, but no
fever can exist without thoso localizing
causes, whioh consists of filth and impuri
ties of all kinds, in the largest sense—and
of all filth orowding is the most iniensif>-
ln8- . ,
Each individual in the course ot a night
vitiates about three hundred cubic feet cf
atmospherio air, rendering it unfit tor res-
piration, and 110 room should be occupied
that does not furnish at least six hundred
cubic feet of air to each individual; and
no rooms with their floors less than six
inohes or afoot from the ground are fi'
for sleepiug apartments, even without
being crowded, as so much fresh air is re-
quired; what can be expeoted when the
smallest aparlmentB are inhabited by teu
or fifteen or more. I heard of one small
house whioh reuted for six dollars per
month, scarcely large enough f ir a family
of five persons, it now rents for 15 dollars,
with a family of fourteen perseus of high
color. As 1 he effete execrations consists
of highly puirecent organic matter, the
gaeses evolved being sulphurated hydrogen
and ammonia, and wbich physiulopy has
shown to be of the deadiist nature, so much
so, that one cubic inch of this gas, iu 1600
cubic inches 01 air will kill a bird, And
man cunuot live where he inspires uir im-
pregnated with the 300 pari; and it Is ful-
Pf.TEIJ J, WILLIS
P. J.
RICHARD S. WILLIS
WILLIS &BRO.,
SUCCKSSOI13 to Mcllheuny, Wlills ft Bro., at their
jiii stand 0.1 Mala Street, will coutluue their busl-
uess of *
Wholesale and Betail Merchants,
General dealers Id Merchandise, Uotton, Wool or other
i'roduce. OonelgtimentBtn alitor said or shipment will
r our attention. fuS twfirn
A. 3. WALKER & CO..
(Successors to Bauodn k Walker,)
Shipping & Commissioii Merchants
IiAVAC'Ai Textia.
WE beg to auouuctj that our olflco Is re-opened for
tho condac of a general Saipplun and Commit,
olou business. V\ e solicit cuus'Ruaiei.U 01 Uotton,
Wool ano other Produce, for sale or siilp.uent, and of
Yljrcha idis , Ac., Inward, by sea, to be toiwaraedto
the Interior.
We plot'ge our faithful attention to all business en-
trUbteJ to uj. luS twin.
C. L. BOLTON,
Commission Merchant
OFFICE. STRAND ST., GALVESTON.
WILL sell cotton for his Irlemls, awl remit proceed
ol sales prj optly; uwl puictmse Plantation Sui>
pileJatthe ltw?st market rates. Bu lno'ti tr iivBucte t
"tilctly on the OAS1I system. Ji;n iwltn
A. C McKEEN &/ SON,
Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants
8 1 KAN1) ST., GaLviaroN.
Take thia oeoaslon to aav to Mtrobanla and Plan-
ter* that we owe no Northim <tcHs, and that un-
der no olreumatanoea will we buy cotton Tnui
being free from all pecuuiary liabilities. Norm <
* 0 , • . cemg tree irom an pecuuiary naoiiiiiei. norm or
ly proven that not so much tue want 01 . south, tbe prooewd* of tbe sale of produce win
food and clothing, but (lie imjiute Hir of j always be ready,aud ibat we will uot receivu
the crowded and ill ventil ated apartments j eba^ea^on^X^oonsig^d
that causes so umoh disease among the I ard furni,h Bagging and Rope
working classos In large towns, where | June 14 twGm. A. O. KcKEEN & SON.
length of life is twenty years less than in
more favored locations. No one agent
pruduces malarial fevers, but every eff«ci
comes from alequate causes, and no dis-
ease can at'ack an individual wiih. ut an
atmo«ptieric, kcal or personal cause, and j
There are in Europe forty-three reigning
sovereigns, not including those who pos-
sess titles only. Of those forty-three nine
talonC'^tQ tbe Roman Qsthollo religion;
bnt onp tof thftnutnber Is otoomtnuoicated;
thWy-bM are''PfmestsfltsTone is of the
orthodox Greek Church ; one a Mahomme*
dan, and the forty third is the Pope. The
Cathplics we two Emperors—Austria and
Frhtw* ; four Ktugir and Qucehs—Bavaria,
Spain, rortngal and Saxony; two Prin
ces—ot Leichteustein and Monaco. The
excommunicated sovereign is King Victor
Einantief. The thirty-dne'Who protest the
Roman Catholic religion are nine Rings or
Queens—of Great Britain, Prussia, Sweden
and Norway, Denmark and Holland, of the
(10. It will not ooatinu* long, as nflow of Belgians. Hanover, Greece and WurtOm
gold from Nsw York ssay bo looked for f.
once. A 4i®swn«s of six to ton per cent. TTMsef; ■ AWi-l'ThiSfcrff Sohwcrti^' Mos4clcn-
tho two oittN to enough to bring a berg-Rtrelitz, Oldenberg ajid Saxe Weimar;
large amount of ooin South.
Tho quotations in Marshall, according
to our tolegraphic reports, put cotton at
83d. ft, oaanot bo transported to aarkct
and sold at n anting prioo whon bought ai
that Agnro. The oottoa nrast haw been
tttll
Tbe want of •nitoln .r
mp*
seven Dukes—Anhault,
sail, Saxe Meiucngen,
Coburg nd . Sc "
Princes—LippeJPi
burg. Reus-'
burg Rud< '
en kn^L
Dati
wick, Gas
Ajinnbur, Saxe-
nine
haum-
ari-
auo-
Hesse-
esso-Ham-
sovereign is
the Hussulmatt
'here are besides in
iblics, two exclusively
afino and Andorra: and
ority of tbe inhabitant*
I witzerlaud, Hamburg,
kfoidandL«M« > J
- :ir, 1 ..
U. LITElt & 10.,
Receiving, Forwading, and
CO1H1HISSION AIEltlQANTS,
those ,1ook1 causes may be called plugue- Wholesale and Retail
spots, consisting of fiMi, crowded and dealers in
bad localities. 1 DRY-GOODS, GROCERIES.
Now all these localising condition* must We h ve a large Warebouie an<) Cotton-yar 1
be removed. Air must be purified by re- and wilt receive Ootiou consigned to at. Pam tiu>
movn.1 bntnrn dennmnnsitinn taltPH nlm-n nf!"me throa«h lhe Cn tom-bon e at this plaoa
movat Derore accomposition taKes piaco or g,ve bond and prooure purniU8 ana forward'an(J
all organic matter, as experience proves I8n the tams aa Instructed.
that disease shows its most malignant form Oar* being an old eitabllahed Home, we solicit
in crowded, ill ventillated portions of all
cities where tho festering poisons only
awaits the meteorological condition to set
its virulence free and usher in death Now,
there can be 110 doubt but we have the at-
mospheric cause every summer, which only
awaits the terrine or local to usher in an
epidemic ; aud as '.his local cause can be
removed, it is a duty the civil authorities
owe to the community not to allow these
local causes to exist, for it must be recog-
nized by all that if sanitary laws arc broken
disease must follow ; and therefore a penal-
ty should be imposed against the City
Fathers for allowing a local cause to exist,
even to the extent of sending them to the
State boarding house for a season. Com-
mon law savs that if you meet with dam-
age from defective bridges, &c., &c., you
have your action, then why not for tho
neglect of sanitary laws t But the ques-
tion is, have we the local causes for pro-
ducing disease in our city ? My opinion is
we never had it more rife, or in other words,
we never had so many planus spots. Take
a few at random. Court House square,
Allen & Fulton's old warehouse and many
of the little bhanties in all parts of town.
So numerous are thay that no difficulty ex-
ists in pointing them out. Another reason
why we mav apprehend disease. There is
a considerable increase iu our population,
badlyj provided in every way to resist in-
fection, huddled together in close apart-
ments, surrounded by filth, etc; or this,
independent of a large number of what I
may call exotics, unacquainted with all the
requirements of a hot climate, and more
susceptible of all its influences.
1 have, however, extended too long for
your crowded paper, yet many imp riant
poin s are lefi umouched. I will ciose by
P'jiuting out some few rules that mav be
of set vioe. First, allow no more than four
persons to sleep in a room ten feet square,
with free ventilation through the room.
Seoond. no tenement to be occupied as
sleeping room unless free air pass through
by doota and windows. Third, no joom
to be occupied with floor less than six
inohes off the ground. Fourth, allow no
offal to be thrown out around tbe dwel-
ling. Fifth, have tubs or strong boxes to
deposit the refuse ip. Sixth, have (he
boxes or ttfbs deposited on the edge of
side-Walk, between ft and 10 o'clock, p. m.
Seventh, have tight-ftitiug scavenger carts-
to collect all such before sunrise next
*nd convey to a place of deposit
where lime &o., will be freely used.
Eights, no ni^ht soil to be rtmoved before
ten u'clook, p. x , and four a. m , if en
take a mile at least from town. Ninth,
all piggerys to be remevtd rut of town.
Tenth, uo stable refute to bo allowed to
remain festering in the sun, but to be re-
moved, before 8 o'clock a. ir. Eleventh,
'as it is impossible to prevent quantities of
dirty water from being thrown especially
around crowded dwellings, let lime be free-
Ijr used under and arouad all such dwel-
lings. Twelfth, let all places whore many,
collect to attend the oalls be provided
With pulverised oharcoal, of whioh, let n
thiok layer bo thrown over suoh placcs be-
fore sun-rise every morning. There are
othorpointa, bat too muak space is occu-
pied. 1 may mention that many poor per-
patronage, and will glv?por«onal attention to the
■ame
Goliad, Texaa, March 17, 186.1. mcliS-iim.
MYJ3H8, BHO. & CO.,
RltiCKIVINO, FOltWARDlNd AND (JENEHAL,
Commission Merchants,
MILLIJAN. TKXAS.
WE! WILL KKEt? coustnntly on hand ft K"o<i n-i>ort-
aient 01 (.latin Dry Hon e, Urocetlf 9. Hardware,
ar.d will aUo purchase cottou, wool. Hour, btdfs, Ac.
June 22 iwlm
Wanted.
A RELIABLE SERVANT—^ord Conk. Washer «n I
I ow r. Lljcral wages t.alJ. apply the >1.!-
linery iitore01 Jul2iilw* MRH. SOllIRMKlt.
NO I'lCK.
rpHE un-'i-rsl^ned Is prepared to sharpen (Jin SihiiIs
JL and Mills, 118 before the war. A'Mrptu t Hicli-
u.ond, J1113dim* C. II. DKNN1SON.
PRINTING FAPKII-21X36 , 20x30, 36tt6, 2fi ..111.
LKT'EK PAl'KR—KiikiIsH, French ami Aiuerl-
«n. WrapnluK Paper, Envelope Paper, Blotting I'a-
er, L' tier C >pytng Paper, etc., etc.
J'jneJO dlm K. 11. CUSIIINQ & 03"
Frank Wibb,
Jams Arbuckli.
F. WEBB Ac Co.,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
Dealers in General Merchandise.
mGd3m
San Antonio. Texas.
NOIICE—I can be lound at uiy old ttand, M.<ln
sirpft, my wife as silent pnrtner, with cash capi-
tal of $40,000, Confederate 7-80 Interest nnte«.
V- fCRANTOV,
Houston. July 11 dSw Tbe old Texlan.
BKKK: HBICP t "
\XTANTKp—At nnee—Ote thou.innd (1000) lot
Vyi BKKVK8.by 8. Morrle & Ilart—to be iloilvered
at lloualon.. Apply at the Fannin H nne.
Jnlyl dlw 8. MORRIS ft HART.
Notioe.
MR. TUOS. A. GARY I* hereby appf I n v
aaent,and will from this day elrn lor n o-
0a>*iti°,n, P- R X«AU1>
July 17,1865. t w 1 tu
Wanted.
AHOUSB TO RKNT—furnlHhed Apply at lhe
oOloe of Depot Qumoiai'i'r. ornar of Main aud
Cougreia streets—u 11 atatr>.
J11IS <<4t
BASTBOP MlLlTftit if INSTITUTE,
THE nett Session will ..UPU oll arft Mjnday of
SepleQiber, With • fall Faulty. Xhe government
an-! conrce of study aa heretofore.
Vr_5rlh,T tnformatlon address the Bnoerlntenrtent
-♦iSfrop: |nf
Wanted.
-A WSWtUR, who Is thorough!? a<jqt>al6't>d with
'l.*" ,ta branches. Anply at the
Austin City BUmp Mills. |n20twSw*
Blaikey's Male and Female Seminary,
,Co*LSs, A. M., Professor of Mathematics and
Mai Ural Sulrnce*.
ti^^°LViTLu;"tu^.,>&,"r of Anc,enl Lau"
JZL TifJ^^^^TgaSiuwei-.
„?b,,ei88#r0n<,*Teria 0f pr®,en' Session opens July
TERMS •,
Par Beaaloo—far Board and Tnltloo S200.no
« r Tuition. „SMto S80.00
vanoe. For Inrthei In ormatlou ddrea>
„ . W. J.COWLE8,
_ . _ PHnclDftl and PruSftetor.
Pusviasvms. June SO. IMS. j- lyldlni
low aa tba cbaaea to pot them in oa^iuieeua.
M. RKOHMAN Jfqo., Anctlonears.
r* ■«
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