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DAILY MEI^JURY
From our Evening Edition.
THE LAST AGON¥..£ I
(losiag Swaes of the Confe«era^
How the President ivad BU CaljUie* Sepa-
rated and He **i C4pturs l. " s
Prom the K. O. Herald.
It was the middle of April,
1805, wl?en the news of Lee's sur-
render had been diSosed through
the States of Virginia, iforth and
no QTS
to
petit
the men
satnral
hurry to their fte-
and homes,
war as over.
Great Chief had proclaimed
fact. Johnston had followed
example.
An immense hostile
swarmed through Georgia and
Caroiin&s, and swept the w*
area of the three States with
cavalry. Only by breaking
small parties and taking by-
couid any hope to escape cap
or surrender. There were a
prominent chiefs and-public
cials who sought such
They had not abandoned all he
or they apprehended more serious
penalties and responsibilities t
would be exacted of the soli"
Anninber of these, inclu^4
gressanen and MMH
themselves and directed
course 8onthwe#tward|yv
view of reaching and crossing 1
Mississippi, and joining the fea|e^
army which remained intact!in
that section of the Confederacy
lying west ot this river.
The Government on the March.
This was the conclusion of Pres-
ident Davis and his Cabinet, who^
W
ir
it
Confederacy 'vtas
mournful caval
-and of
shrewd observations served largely
to lighten the faSgues and relieve
the monotony and tedium of the
weary fcarcli. General Bragg
atone, of the great military chief-
if accompanied the President.
There were also the President's
faithful, aids, the scholarly and
elegant ,William Preston Johnson,
tfee* worthy son of a great hero .aim
great patriot, %ho tell on the bloody
hill-side at Shiloh, and the patient
and thoughtful youag jurist, Har-
rison. Thesfr composed the pafty
upon which tested the destinies of
, .. the Confederacy; which repre-
3? [!& sented all that was left of one of
the in* mogt vigorous and heroic revo-
a lotions that ever set at defiance and
Off hope, hel(i at bay for four long years one
^ of the greatest powers on the
globe. - i_r
We need not dwell on; the ad-
ventures and course of this sorrow-
ful cortege. Fixed in their ulti-
mate purpose and destination,they
wer^ sustained by the hope of
speedily reaching and crossing the
Mississippi and placing it as a
great barrier and check between
them and their powerful enemy,
and then reviving the struggle,;Ot
at fefcfefc of securing an honorable^
retreat into North Mexico, whire
the scattered armies of the Coie;
federacy might be again assembled
and marshaled against the foe.
In their progress through the Ca-
rolinas, compelled to move can-
took to
surrender of Jot
t&eir horses and began
march southward. AH3t
peeulia
tone of
al manner.
earliest and pathctic
" d strongly emotion-i •
cteristic of him,
Of Federal cavalry which were
swarming throflgh the country,
they were every where greeted by
the people with tokens of respect,
devot*oji and^a sorrowful enth " '
asm. Exhausted and impovei
ed as tbepeopie were, they pi
ed npba > fche ^representatives of
which they thought wdttl^contri-
bute to their comfort Mid the suc-
cess of their enterprise. It was,
however, deemed imprudent to
halt or camp near any village or
farmhouse, and the most retired
e ussual.routeaoftrav-
rally in the jUdfests,
for"their halting and
xy, whose health had been
some time. The others red'
the side of
shared his dans
J the main roads, and
visages. The party
>f less than a hum
There were a few li
wagons, bearing the 8eant
gage and tents and a few box*
gold—all that remained of
Treasury of the Confederacy,
small guard of cavalry, under
direction of Colonel Wood,
as an escort. The gold was
tmstedjo a pftrty of young ntfd-;
shipmen or cadets. • j
Hie Government, or its Execu-
jxisted. But oi &ifeem-
Cabinefi had iidlen "by
from sickness and
_ This was Mr. Treii;
Secretary of tiie ®j^asu-
W/M for
tey
the President, atod
as and discdiriM
forts, and sough?, hy every means
in their power, to cheer, console
and encourage his spirits. ;..|d
This was a hard task after
surrender of Lee. That event ap-
peared to paralyze the President
His grief frequently found irelief
in eloquent lamentations,
sometimes in harsh censors#^ ajnd
bitter complaints. He was
daily severe upon General Joe
Johnston for his course. His
isters, in pity and sym;
the great agopy of
listened in silence to his pa&dpn
ate utterances, or only in terra
them with suggestions of a h
fill and encouraging character.
The Kxeeatire Cavalcade.
They were an Impressive I
of men, as they rode through
dark forests, threaded the ghx
morasses, or traversed the
and desolate fields of the
gazed upon with tearful interest
by the poor country people who
collected along the road, and 1 "
s and waved t3
In this nsaner the party had
and South Carch Carolina, when on the 30th of
April s event ?occurred, which
changed the order of their march.
lliUHUWU-
md artis-
te were
refferson
their hats ami waved their
kerchief, with a fervid "God bl
you3 for their unfortunate chief.
The President rode his splendid
toy charger with that grace and
dignity which always character
ized him. The dramatic and
tic properties and effects
never lost sight of by J<
Davis in any of the emergencies of
his eventful career. He always
maintained, and even studied, to
preserve the air and bearing of a
chieftain and hero.
On his right rode the tall, grace-
ful, elegant and equable Bracken-
ridge. Breckenridge, whose proud
and heroic spirit never quailed be-
fore danger or calamity, and who
now, by his ever-bnoyant and ani-
mated manner, his light and play-
ful conversation, Mid his prompt
and energetic bearing, inspired all
around him with hopefulness of
some honorable issue to what,
seemed a most desperate adven-
ture. f |
On the President's left ambled
the indomitable and inexhaustibly
sanguine Secretary of State, the
faithful, fertile and brilliant Ben-
jamin, presenting an ungraceful
figure oh horseback, with his round,
portly body and short legs, but en
tertalning all from his vast
of information, and by his
wit, his exuberant vivacity
invariable amiability,
Behind them came the corpulent,
rosy-faced and amiable Secretary
of Navy Mallory. Sorely afflicted
in the loss of those comforts and
that ease for which few men had a
keener relish and a more eager
no great effort
the
longing, it required
in Mallory to assm
and
and patriot marching to the
companion, the grave
lauory to assume
determined air of a
fold. His
and thoughtful "Texan Pe
teral Beagan, appeared
General Beagan, appeared in
natural and accustomed character
as a member of an equestrian rov-
ing Cabinet.
The i
camp in the woods, the long
ride on horseback, and all the inci-
dents of an adventurous and peril-
ous journey were far more to his
taste than the confinement and la-
bors of a bureau. There was an-
other disfcingnisedj Texan in the
party, Senator Lubbock, whose in-
and led to the disruption and dis-
persion of the party, and tihe
capture of the President.
These serious consequences re-
sulted from the following inci-
dent ; • j
It happened that ayoung officer,
and a member of the bar of our
city, on the disbandment of the
army in Southwestern Virginia,
had hurried to join, his family,
who were sojourning in the hospita-
ble town of Abbeville, Soutfif Car-
olina. The day after his arrival
in-AbbeviUe being Sunday,at-
tended divine service at the
copal Church of that place.
service was over this gen
was much surprised as a tall and
handsome ht^y approached him,
and addressing him by name, asked
that he would accompany her
home. The lady proved to jbe
Mrs. Jefferson Davis, the Presi-
dent's wife. She inquired of the
leman if he had heard of her
husband, and could he give her
any infmn^tion of his movements,
or aid her to communicate with
him. Thegentleman promised to
call on her the hext day at the
hospitable mansion of Col. Burt
Mid hear further of her wishes and
plans. '
The Wife's Menace.
Promptly at the hour appointed,
he repaired to th&lady's residence,
and held a long interview with
her. Mrs. Davis then stated that
after a long and painful consider-
ation of the matter, she had de-
termined to disembarrass her hus-
band in his impended and tiymg
position, by hurrying with her
children to the coast of Florida,
and there embarking for Nassau,
where she would remain till
close of the war. This, she thought,
was the wisest coarse for her,
looking to her husband's safety
and relief from his domestic cares
and embarrassments, and his great
anxiety on her account. But she
could not bring her mind to thief
resolve of abandoning her hua-
band without communicating with
him and assuring him of her plan,
and obtaining his approval of the
same She therefore desired to
have a message delivered to him,
and knew of no person of whom
she would presume to ask so great
a favor, except a 2Tew Orleans
gentleman,' whom she knew so
well by reputation as a friend of
her husband. Would he .under-
take this mission and render her
this great kindness?
"Most cheerfully, my dear ma-
dam," was the prompt reply. A
fatal acceptance and mission!
Hie note was accordingly read
to him in order that he might
communicate its contents orally in
case he should find it necessary to
when moved by any appeal to his
afiectiohsj the President declared
his great distress at the bare idea
of being thus parted from his wife
Mid children j that they should
leave without a lasUook and fare-
well from IM" Tiiisband and
father who loved them so
deeply. If he could only seetn&n
and Mfed them abroad with his
blessing and his last look and em-
brace, it would cheer and strength-
en and sustain him in the design
which he had contemplated, and
which he was proceeding' to put
in execution. : He would then
place himself at the head of the
trans-Mississippi army and renev^
the struggle for Southern indepen-
dence. He felt hopeful of the
eventual success of that straggle,
or at least of some more honorable
conclusion than his capture or
surrender woUfd bring to the war
which had been waged with such
devotion Mid heroism on the part
of the South.
"I . The Husband Conquers the Chieftain.
;."Bnt can I suppress," he plain-
tively asked, "the voice and im-
of nature, which drag melto
wife and chddren
even, if it had been
otherwise proper, to remonstrate
with the President on the danger o£
turning aside in his coursejrhich
had been marked oat, and which
lay through a country muclf infest-
ed by federal troops. His absolu-
tion was immediately taken, and
he could never be moved when he
had once 'firmly resolved. He
would hurry forward to Abbeville,
and see his wife and children, and.
after taking his last farewell; or
them, would resume his journey
Texasvward. j
ir it Was suggested that, by accom-
panying-his wife to the coast of
Florida, he might there take a ship
for Nassau or Havana, Whence he
could reach Texas withmueh mbre
safety by sea than by land. To
this suggestion he replied that he
would never leave the soil of the'
South for ah hour as long as there
was a hope for her cause. T?he
Presidents determination to pro-
ceed to Abbeville was communi-
cated to his ministers and staff."
It natnrally added to the gloom of
their position. The course west-
wardly from that point would bring
them near the main line of opera-
tions of the enemy's cavalry, and in
the very section where their scout
ingpartiesweremostnumerous and
active. But rio one could complain
or murmur against the President's
determination.
The "party, therefore, resumed
their .march, directing their course
toward Abbeville On the first; of
mm
jexes, all ages, colors and classes
were callcd to their doors and
windows to behold a massing
procession of horsemen. The ap-
proach had been heralded by a
messenger sent ahead. It was
known to all who composed the
cavalcade. This was all that re-
mained of the Confederacy. With
glowing cheeks and bright.eyes,
the women, the young and old,
poured forth iufco the streets, ahd
waiving -their handerehiefe, ajid
clapping their fair liaiids/ wel-
comed the brave and devoted chief-
tain of their adored Confederacy.
The men shouted their huzzas, and
gave vigorous tokens of their un-
conquered loyalty to the eause
which still lived in their, hearts.
■■And even the negroes grinned
with delight,and curiosity to be-
hold, the peat men whose i^ames
were so familiar to them as the
achievers of renowned victories,
in which their masters and old
companions had borne cbnspfcuous
parts. < j
When the cavalcade halted; it
was immediately surrounded by
the leading citizens, who struggled
with a generous rivalry of hospi-
tality, to welcome and entertain
the chiefs of thq fallen Confede-
racy and the Lost Caps& Divided
among the citizens whose houses
Hvere already crowded withrfcf'
guests; tlie President andhis
paniohs were comfortably pi
ded for. ; r
fi: : -..0*^:^0. ■ .' r
The . iaBt Day pf ti e Cq fciera*y.
And on this day, tho ^d of May,
1865, the Confederacy held its last
sitting and consultation as an or-
ganized government. After1 a long
deliberation, the same conclusion
was arrived at: Which had bqen
previously announced. This was
to push1 forward^ the most di-
rect 'Cftewe to Texfts. " Alas 1 this
had bfebome a far;- moi<e difficult
and perilous enterpriser now, from
the deterinihation of the Resi-
dent to move rapidly forward in
the direction of his wife. " Tho
Federal commanded %peared;t6
have- been put on his track, or
ip^ftaps^ey had ascertained the
route' Mid proceedMg of Mrs.
Davis, and suspefeted thai the
husband wonld endeavor to join
his wife. Intelligence had been
brought to Abbeville that a large
FedOTal force was moving to a
point between Abbeville ahd the
^vtuiftah river, with a view of in-
tercepting and capturing the Pres-
^®;thePresident
cording^fj the whole party- was in
the saddle on a dark; cloudy
night, the 3d ^ Maft hdjMwg un-
der cover of darkness to make a
rapid forced march to the Savan-
nah.
gentleman immediately set
about preparing for his journey.
Before doing so, however, he col-
lected some gallant yomig friends,
who were ex-officers of the Con fed'
crate army, Mid organized them
Into an escort to accompany Mrs.
Davis on her journey. She was
to start the next day. It was this
act of gallantry ami honorable
duty on the pari of this volunteer
escort, which subsequently, on the
capture of the President's party,
involved these young men in the
discomfort and ignominy of a
long imprisonment in solitary con-
finement.
Serious BesulU of the Message.
Our New Orleans cavalier start-
camp, twenty miles beyond Lau-
rens. He was warmly received
by tiie President and his staff.
The whole party appeared to be,
at the moment, in cheerful spirits.
But when the letter of Mrs. Davis
was delivered to her husband
there was an immediate change in
his expression and manner. He
seemed to be deeply distressed.
AB his resolution appeared to
totter and break down. In that
rested and lunched 6n its
banks. ' :'V; * ' V ! *
" V ' The Last Festivity.
It was a scene never to be for-
gotten by all who were present.
Under a wide spreading oak the
President, his Cabinet Ministers,
Aids, ami the Generals who had
led large armies in the fiercest
battles of modern times, were
seated on the ground partaking of
a scant lunch, and indulgingin
cheerful conversation. It was the
last occasion of such social inter-
change and conviviality, it was
the brief flicker of cheerfulness, a
momentary gleam of sunshine, to
be succeeded by a long period of
glpom^ grief and wretchedness.
As if apprehensive that it would
be their last opportunity for mirth-
ful indulgence, the whole company
joined in the pervading good hu-
mor, ami momentary oblivion of
the terrible troubles, perils and
trials that environed and oppress-
ed them. There were no artifi-
cial stimulants to provoke such
forgetfolness and light-minded-
ness. Even of the commonest
article of food their supply was
scant enough. But fortunately
there were two of the Cabinet who
were famous bon vivants in their
day, and their services proved in-
finitely valuable to the Confederacy
in the artistic and judicious prepa-
ration and serving of their simple
viands. This fact was the theme
of much jocularity at the expense
of these useful ministers. Even
the austere President could not
miss his favorite joke at Mr.
jamin's great skfll as a g
nome, and his neglect to cultivate
the much more valuable ait for a
revolutionist, of equestrianism.
He greatly feared that if he trav?r
eled through the South with a
Secretary of State who was so in-
different a rider, the disaters of
the Confederacy would be attrib-
uted to Mr. Benjamin's bad horse-
Mr. Mallory, whose ea-
rn anship. Mr. Jttaiiory.
pacions stomach, rubicund face
and undisguised love of comfort
and good fere could not expect to.
escape the general raillery, was-
also twitted with the incompat-
ibility of his large appetite and,
luxurious tastes with the severe
hardships and deprivations of a
struggle like ours. "What cause,"
said the President, "could sur-
vive such horsemanship and such
an appetite of two of its Cab-
inet f1 And in such joviality and
freedom proceeded this last repast
of the sole representatives of tiie
great Confederacy, whose brilliant
achievements in war, but a few
months before, had challenged the
respect Mid admiration of the civ-
ilized world. ,
T™77 . i
Succeeding Gloomy Starch.
But henceforth a truce to all
such frivolity"! The party resum-
ed its march, and pushed rapidly
towards Abbeville. The gloom
which had settled over the little
funeral cortege now increased with
their advance. Even the gener-
ous, affectionate and enthusiastic
reception extended to them every-
where, by the people, only served
to deepen that gloom. What hope
was there that they could justify
and merit these manifestations of
confidence and affection of a peo-
ple who had lost everything ini
this cruel war, and yet had noth-
ing but gentleness, charity and
kindness for the chiefs under
whom they had suffered all these
calamities f
Entry into Abbeville.
The second of May, 1865, will
ever be a memorable one in the
old aristocratic and quiet town of
Abbeville. The people of Iwth
A SThm^ltn^lj gloomy
ana rested ana ranenea on atieile^thr(mgl)c the forests
and swamps of cypresisj 'fostebned
with disteal moss and resonant
with the croaking of frogs and- ^he
hobtings Of the nightbwls; '"-Never
was the$ a pSbre miserable party.
The Pifetdent alone Appeared to
possess any animation. The hope
of seeing and overtaking his wife
and children aroused his energies.
He did not spare his faithful char-
ger and his devoted frieu$S;' To
his companions it' appeared that
they were marching to inevitable
captivity, with all its miseries and
humiliations. They could not but
respect the motives of-the Presi-
dent, but it was obvious to them
that they had abandoned] the only
line of march, which would have
carried thera safely to the Missis-
sippi, as thousands of others had
gone. Now they had deflected in-
to the lion's path. Perhaps there
was a secret thought in the.minds
of some that thep President had
unbent from his high-toned hero-
ism in permitting domestic and
natural affections and ties to.turii
.him from the path q£ duty and pa-
triotism. But where doi we find in
these degenerate days such exam-
ples of stoical, self-command and
subjugation of natural affections
at tiie demand, ,of duty ? , ^ ;
« It would be aa interestiug tfeeme
for dissertation, and speculation,
whether, success of.the origi-
nal scheme of crossing tne Missis-
sippi and rallying tne scattered
forces of the Confederacy in that
extensive region,, with the Bio
Grande for the base of operations,
would have resulted In the event-
ual relief and ,benefit of the South^
.or whether ifcwbnld not £ave only
• 'ded to the many othe? miseries
(which the war inflicted upon our
country. Doubtful as the question
may nqw appear, the Cabinet Min-
isters ^re zealous Mid united in
jdp ,4 _
deeply denlored bv them.
By daylight on the 4th,erf May,
the Executive cavalcade reached
tiie Sdvannah, and effected an —
disturbed passage on the ' "
bridges. Without
west bank , qf th^ riter,
vanced rai. .
ton, Ga* • On th^jp^h
ports of the scouting-parties of
Federals and their movements indi-
cated too clearljf flirit they were on
the qui rib and- in pursuit of the'
President's party, to justify farth-
er progress in a large body. A
consultation was therefore called,
and the conclusion hastily formed
that they should dissolve, dispers-
ing in small parties, and taking by
paths and rarin-roads, each/^ pro-
ceeding ill a different direction.
Mr. Davis having 'ascertained
that he was on? the track Of his
wife and children, would push
forward and join her, accompanied
by A few friends. !
Mr. Benjamin and his brother
lawyer from New Orleans^ Who
had been the gallant bearer of the
note from Mrs. Davis, would pro-
ceed toward# the Florida "eoast,
where they might find some Vessel
or even open boat to take them to
the nearest of the West Indies.
Thence it woald be an easy I task
to proceed to Tex&fe in case of
Mr. Davis's arrival there. ' i ;
After this^ arrangement, the va1
rious parties • took affectionate
leave qf each other and of their
chief, who itt mournfal accents,
^pressed his profound gratitude
for their devotion to him and
begged that they would bear with
th^m tiie same affectionate recol
lections1 ahd feelings, which he
should cherish for each and-all of
them. The tears rolled down the
emaciated cheeks of the chief as
he uttered these fervid words and
pressed the hands of his faithful
followers and companions.
And thus was dissolved and dis-
persed the last organized repre-
sentation and embodiment Of the
"Great Rebellion, as it has been
styled by its, victorious foes, but
which came nearer realizing the
assertion of the ' distinguished
prime minister of England,-of an
organized and complete nation,
than was ever accomplished under
like circumstances and against so
powerful an enemy.
What happened after" this/part-
ing to the parties thereto-—how
the gloomy predictions which the
President's pertina$ous anxiety
to see his wife and children had
eicited, of the wretched and igno-
minious consequences thereof, were
fulfilled—have already been re-i
lated„and do not come within tiie
scope of this narrativ^.. „„iji 5, i "
A far more agreeable act of this
stirring drama, which relates to
the wonderful escapes, the many
exciting incidents and perils by
flood and field, the ingenidtis dis-
guises and strategies, and the
final brilliant triumph and happy
results that attended" the long and
wearisome journey and perilous
voyage of the Secretary of State
of the Confederacy, our former
felloW-citizen, Judah P.Benjamin,
will 2be the subject off ;frrtdre
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ivr: North Side Paklk
CAMPBELL & ROBERTS Proprietors,
- sherman, • v.;:.,; - texas. :
The only first class HoM to Jtofthern Texss.
►DRE LAfcrEB.
yfl
iSii
HAVANA OIQARS.
Wag er ft Herman, -proprtetes of
Brewery in the city, ate bteWtng^some
rest and finest Lager to T*ZM, snd'ium tin
same on draft, with the flaest otgars to tbs Slty.
This firm are alsopre pared io delive Bottled: !«•
ger, freeh and pore, at the hoaaes of our citizens.
Wagner * Herman. Brewers, at Qabel's Brewery
Preston street. ootSMT
JLLIG & GOHLMAS, X I
TAttlin la Furaitura. Owpeta,-Gil Oioth. Hat-
U ting, Window Shades* «ad general Boose
irnrnishlng Goods; Picture Fames, Cornice*,
Iffotfaand Etalr Hattresses made to order. j
MOBBIS' BUILDING, 67 and <H Kdh si,; -
! I aagB-ly. v. HOUSTON,
0
ONFECTIONEBJf.
sm^w prepared to
fall vaii^ty "of 'Home M
ad pore i
sad retail.' Orders promptly QUed;
guaranteed.
J. A. IIKNDBf
No. 16 Oongress *tre«t, near Karke* s^nar*,
H oaaton, Tczaa.
Uayl-6mo "
ly the trule wits
SCHMIDT & E0S8S.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
-f'r- - .".v."#/Mb ~. \
■fVt'
Shrt veport.
Lflnlilar
OontignmectsM DMtcin, Wool,'Hides. Pell
FtUUwrs. TsUo«, 'Be«nMX,.>sbL, " ~
which hberal adraices wflllw rnase^
aug!
v. SALE & MUB3R^,
Commission Merchants,
Wholesale Dealers in ®-: '
Groceries, "WesternProduce,
Plantation Supplies, Wood and Willow
Ware ^i^;i "
And mannfacturers of Tin aadflbee^ iron «
Agents for PBATT'8 Impravsd bo^on G
No. 6 on t^e Levee, Sbrire^ort,. L
aag3S-Sm '.v • ;!( afd'ri * |
or
BEST '«(J! q BOOS^ >
>Ur! litii-L I'-.-ilMiSQTiio. IjLiSjj I
By ttcorgc K. I Coot. J*rle« |1 (Mi.
-3 'i~- * -,fv'U O 7 *' L A' *
For sale by alt Book-sailers., ; '
v 'fi -:ij Jil 3 ;^
JAMES R. ABNDLD,
-r
AGEXT
J.U.&H. M. PAYNE k 00.<of New Orleans, .
GENERAL GROCER
' Commission Merchant, 1
No. 11 Levee Street, Shreveport, La.
Libera) advances made on consignments to
Complete stock of Staple and Fsacy Groceries
always on hand at loiraft cash rates. aogSMm
Jefferson Advertisements.
HARDWARE! HARDWARE!
HARDWARE! j
STEPHEN W. BT^J^E,
Jefferson, - • Texa.%
ang*-dtw8m
E.-W. MORTEN,I
PATKHTEK and MANUFACTOttlfU
. or Vf9
"National Cotfew^
-Jefferson, . • '.'.'"rtis
.'J .'■> .MiV.y
60 to 75 bales of Ootton per honr.
from aO.OOO to ssws
to an ordinary box Oar.
than 7 cents per bale.
PRATT# COTTON OI!fS,
Albertson's Ootton Press Irons,
STOPPLE'S COTTON PRWMNS,
WHEELING WAQO
' .ivJ . i ;:. .. irial
For sale by u. • •«. :
£
HvSCnERFFX.l^S,
augl9-2md&w
Hoastta, Teias,
ARD, DEWEY, & CO.
W
6000 NEW .MA'
ALL SIZES—ALL QUALITIES
Fitted with «v<ry variety of suMrla
.iK
I satiable car Nstltan Inlk.
- /• * <•: =
AT PRICES HBRBTOrOBa UNHEARD OF. 1
WARD, DEWEY & CO,
'Ir*
P«aK*aUary
my«-tf
RK. PABRUali. Undertaker.
• llo Oasss, Osskats, llabogany.
U Prairie street,
•fttended to on re
BAitBWAIUS MEBCHASTb,
■<<'F
" ^ S7 a
ji- - 'it .
JOH N -JHJHENB ACH
— * . r j
}.: "'-V.r 1 h
BOOTS SHOES
OF XTBBT DBSOBIPTION.
Preston HtnAJInxt ts DIsmb Iloaae,
f
^r'M OnlarsPam^JyKUefl: JB
Hotels and Fiublic Bum
ins'housb.
-!"M" ■ Hoorao*..Txzas,
H. P. TURNER, Proprietor, ^
BOARD ET THE DAY. WEEK OB MONTH, WiTIi
;; 0!: OB WITHOUT LODGING.
Board by the day United States oorrency, >3 to.
C
APITOL HOTEL,
(tATE KNTJEBPBIBE HOUSE,)
J&jigpiyl Iv - Ulj
It L. BRSMOKO, '-' j— PBOPBIBTOR
Houston, Sum. ooti-iy
..FREEMAN HOUSE, }
Na-wasota, Texas.
:l.h ! . ISA It. VBKQtAN, ■'
anl*if' ■ • - . J : proprietor.
HOUSE.
MRS. T. J PEAK80M...........Manager.
,:r.Tiin 5«eaf .1 •••)
STEPHEN HKILTON..........i^t*ward.
•fc f iucAiuB, <riULA.a.
Board by day, week or month. T , -,
OsatMl posit ton, within oae sqoars of, the'
C. WfLL*#fr, '
KBBITT HOUSK,.
WailUBfton, Do p.f .
Uentra] position, aadWithin two or threeaqnared
tftUlMSftnMi' ' W-mm tn-j'.nqT
Nartgatlon.
!c'j
For;
Iron Pljto
Bole Agents f(*
Louisiana, Alabama.
Florida, see advertisement of
H
ous'i'on direct
'. it; tx* (if-.*fj::
NAYICJAltON COMPANY.
MMCMITK AND FORWARD ALL FREIGHT
'• CONSIGNED TO THEM AT GALVES-
TON, HOUSTON, HAR&ISBUBG,
[4NDL ¥NGUB URO. ' ]
'..uH- *jjc y ;■ . «.
All OOTTON and other PBODOOE cowed to GAL-
.< VE8TON by their OPEN POUOY OF IN80-
RANGE, withont Expense to 8hlyp«r.
All L.ossca and Dansfes Fronptly
' ' '' Adjusted and Paid. ;. .
Consign to SOTOPON D1HKOT NAVIGATION
COMPANY from aU points Inward and outward.
ysUim". '• a i ?••> jrofair'insAtfk. * '
-.ihb-klojsi :i j jkj&k; r.~> . *;■ !"'5W«Mdont
"W. J. HU'fCSIl.-Vs,
Vice President. ianl-OkWly
OACGEH.
OIL&
or Shape.
OIL for
Texas and
OIL in anoth-
8f ad for one ot oar Price Lisle.
1 B08TI0K, BEYMOOB * OOBSN,
Nos. *5 anl 47 Frost, and and *S Fnl-
«oh streets. New Orleans. angll ly.
Excellent Educational Arrangement.
PHOR MITCHELL, Managing Principal.
V .5'—AT—
,;J^. BI^ACKMAN
: NEW ORLEANS
COMMERCIAL CmMGE;
r- i ■■■ ■■ Established in 38IL H ■
78 Camp Street, Entrance 15 Natchex Street,
Open Day ixsd etbd1h« the entire year, from S a.
m. to 9 v. k. . #
«
Jfc Yaeattoot Scaolarshlps good during Lite
EXCELLENT SUMMEB AEEABGEMEST.
Miscellaneous Advertisements.
C. OLFSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DKUTCHBH ADVOCATE.
; i. . GALVESTON, TEXAS
OfAne, Opposite Postoffioe. P. O. Box No. 1452.
angS-Sm
GEO. GOLDTHWAITE .
CO P. TOBXXB.
tJOLDTHWAlTE k TURMER, i
ATTORNEYS ft COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
.. , VAN ALSTYNE'8 BUILDING,
HOeSMI ' ^ -i , TBXA8.
jy2a-ly .. y..
wtacit,
A fTf RSE Y AT LAW,
A 71
.; iiU-l
B. LIKENS,
, OBSP*f Af- LAW,
HUORl«M...,...„...,;..„; 1CXA8.
CjsviOK—lu Bfce's Bonding, Congress street,
ocoad dooriMn Ftnrt National Bank. jy*-4f
t*U.vfr \
a Importer and Dealer lu « •„.' f •!
PAJHTS, UIl^. Hok^U^. JTAKHSIIER,
io r WALL PAPEB, Ike.; PUBOLINB FLUID,
Oo n c h's Portable Gsi Lamps.
■ufosjfa.rkxAa:'- ,f--'
THIi. JTi .3-. i -. iKjI'iii?, 'Mi !
!
noT«-ly
SAVE YOUR LIYES AKH PROPERTY.
aiU^KAL SPKRll (Mb.
ThU is the gMat Blmninator ot the Age.
It gi ve* a better light ths* sBy oths* OU.
It is positively as safe as Spem cw Laid OU. !
Its lgnmnrP«Mt isaboni S00 deg. Fahrenheit.
It can be haa^tMl careiessiy over fires withont
'aw
It win not tale fire, consequently is absolstely
sate. rK',A -
. it. Writ not smoke, and emits no odor while born-
K-i - i'V, Vrtil
If the' lsmp breaks^ the oil will extinguish the
Itla^f eoonomical as the beat Kerosene OU.
It wUl born in any ordinary Ooal Ott lamp.
It only requires one of par Dual Baroei^ j
It hM been adopted byfloToramect for atfam.
•' hMto, Ships, etc. '
•-B is patented, aod its .naiformlty ia lAsnred and
■j «wti «•> /J
Send for circular, which glres fall
q t'-y BOsncK, seymoub k.
-«and T Front, and 46 aad 48 Falton sts.,
Poydraa.Ng* Orteaas.
HOUSTON CITT LIBRARY.
'ia?oT:
tHp:• irt idU x am 1|> aoi
OYER 12JQA VOLUMB$.
Srl>
it>«.
hi:
Ii>'
!!1
; Terms 15 Cent
,,v< ' * 'li: «1 f £ I ilk
CHANGEABLE AT PLEA 8,U H E.
H i j i See the aewa4ditioiia: , /
AHMADALE—By Wilkle Collins. . ;, '' ''''
. RBAGELONNE—By Dnmas.
CAN USIVEB8AIJ8M BE TBUR
DODGE CLUB—:
' OBEAT H
MI DDLEMABOH—1
NEVTMAOM
TO THE BIT
LUB—By DeMelle.
ABMOMIA—By A. J, Davis.
Wllfele Oolllns.
By Miss Braddo
Ion.
Mayne
News. DuM, Stationery & V)
: r-:i ;i; ;-, BALDWIN k co.,
jyft-tf - 84 Hub Street
T7AULK.UAH W9RKS.
Eih.K tin Ki- fh
>U:Uy,ii
CAB8 OF ALL KINDS
in
manufaotubed vbom the
OF
Liiimut THottouoin.it iea«oiko
And put lagatfaar with baits made from the bes
of material at oar own Works. ^ •
Oifciii |iwspMy«aa*. ■
* " ••• : '.. £*?' PKHKttOV,
; novt-u y " Huastoa. Taxaa.
MACHINE BLACKSMITH
SHOP.
I'll/ !
Curiojr & Racroft
Are new prepared to ds alt warhic th«U liae
with dispatch. Ch&rgse moderate, Shop, oomer
Oomiawrce and Baa Jscinto stress. a^H-lm*
' KAUFMAN STAR.
The Business Manager of Ike
hereby authorised to act as
star, a weekly newspaper j
wfth a circulation of 8B0 in
Zandt, Henderson, Bains, Andulfaoa
rountiee; an d tny contract made by said Bnstnsss
Manager will be complied with oa Mm wart of the
Manager
ESS-
tiling or
respected.
lell-tf
anyjracel^>t s
sxscated by htm for
raftvar-
wlll be
GBEEN I. ciiAEK.
Q.XOBeE H. SLAUtHlTKR,
- attorkby at law,
iioostoii,- - - - tkxas
t'ii & .-> r |
. v w Orrioa courthouse.
Jolt tf
D
R. W. A. DOHMER,
i O O XT Xj 1ST
aubtxm, -
•U; - TKXA8
tetter Box 00. OiSee In
■ Bills of fare, Cards, Bill Beads, Ledgers*
Account Books, and aU kinds of JdbPriAt-
■ i . I . ' •
ing done vrifk neatness and dispatch, at the
Mercury Steam Printing Eztabliekment,
, over the Postqffice.
TRUSTEE SALE.—Whereas on the 4th day of
Inly, A. D. 18ft, John T Whitfield made, execu
tad and AaEfered to I. Baldwin his certain prom
isaory note of that date, doe twelve months after
data, with interest, payable monthly, at tha rate
at thirty per cent per annum from date, for fire
hundred dollars, and to aeoare tha payment of
power to sue the land
described, ia oaaa aaid
property herein-
BOl^lMBOtp^d ftt
maturity, which trust feodia recorded la vol. 4,
pages 41. S and 3, Mor^agea of .Harris County.
Now, therefore, at the request of the legal bold-
er of said note unpaid, I
at aaid trust deed, on 1
tember, A. D. 1878, at the
County, at 13 o'clock M , at
highest bidder, lor oash, aell oae hoadred
seventy acres of land, more or less, with tiie ap-
fleld ota the first day of September, 1888, by
recorded in voL VII, pages 76 and 76, Lsad Beo
ord ot Harris County,
I will make to the purchaser such title as I am
authorized aad required to do by the proriskma
ot said tTMt deed. i. C. O. WINCH.
August 11.1873,
aoglS-td
a. b. '
b. a aan. t B.
IRON WORKS.
Wiggiii, Smith & Simpson,
BBASS AND IRON FOUNDERS
Mannfacturers oi -v-. !
STEAM ENGINES. BOILEBSL
«AFTI GJUW MILLS, PULLEYS,
MILL GEAJUNG, PUMPS, Kra,
All
HOBSTOM. RIASb
I QfJl
irSAfiB) '
JUSTIFY SMALL PKOPITS
• • THE GREAT r~ fc-i
BOOM.,STATIONKRV * MVUC HOUSK
OF THE SOUTHWEST.
Hew Otleana,
1'
with ttoaa of
Loula, is arery-
Pianos! Pianosi
HALLKTT. D A YIS & 00
HAXLETON BB08.... . ..Haw Tort
KABSHALL ft WENDELL. ......Albany
Wa undertake to aell a (trlctiy First OUss Piano
at slower price, and a better Pianoftn- the money,
than any other house in tte trade.
Cabinet Organs.
A fun liae of MASON ft HAMLIN'S CABINET
O BOARS always on band.
Shoot Mnslc.
Orer 89,000 pieees, embracing all that ia new
aad food. Also all tha Operas, Mustc Books, Sa-
cred and Sscalar, Inatruoticn Books. stc. A fall
lins of Violins, Guitars, Aooordeons, Violin Strings,
ate. E. H. GUSHING,
Houston. Tsxas. llfL
jj^' It* HOUUBUl'H Al<| - •
'Exchange and Collection Office.
LOANS NEGOTIATED.
HOUSTON, --- - - -
IR.TOJMO'Sr.A.I-i-
tke aveeill
CHEipOAL PAINT DEPOT.
Mixed «Br Immediate use. Always ready Cor the
brash. Be«atrss no oil, thinner or drier. Sold
by ths galkm only.
h. r. allien,
naxt door to B. F.
.. Sew Orieans Adrertisements,
r-r?- * ■ ' 1 1
BOSTICK, SEYMOUR ft COHEN,
* Late BOSTICK ft SEYMOOB.
i"
HABOWABB, METAL, IHO.K
"AHD PCHPS,
Steamboat, Bai broad and Machine i
STOVES, TINWABE, TINNEB8' STOCK AHD
TOOLS.
The moat-oomplete Stock in ths South.
Goods Sold at NeW York Prices.
■for Steam, Water or Osa,
Oil Globes, Stesm and
Bolts sad Huts. Hot
BiTeta.
Bod, Sheet and
Iron Pipe sad Fittings f
Brass Yalwsa.^Goeia,
«5«
; Vase , Bar,
Plate, Zinc, Antimony.
Brass
Water
Pressed
Blacksmiths' Belkrwa,
Boiler Iron,
Iron. Block Tin,-Tin
Babbit Metal. Sheet Copper, Le d
Pipe, Ostcrn, WeU and Farce Pumps. — —
Iron Wire Oloth, Bice Cloth, Eubbcr, Lubriosting
— _ - — r.Labricat-
iseed acd
an Waste,
Cotton Packing, OMBtters and Mschinists* Stocks
and Dies, Pipe Cutters' Tonga. Wrenches, jack
jveU, and a complete assortment of
4 to 10
inches; Patent Steal Flue Scrap ess. Lamps, Lan-
terns, Headlights. Oil Feeders, a full supply of
Shelf Hardwire, F e«, etc., Tinners' Btoci, stores
And Tinware.
■ - Agenls
For GBAAF ft CO.'s STEEL BBU8HE3, for
Bolier flees, and Cleaning Castings.
For i. H. WESTON'S Premium LXOHTNQiG
BODS. ltd
For I'OWKLL'3 PATENT BsU-GrindJng GLOBE
VALVES. -
For New England ManuUcturtng Oo.'S
HOSE
Screws, Levels, and a
Machinist Tools. Steel Fine
For BUM8EVS PUMPS and 4FELL POINTS.
■ ASHOBOFTS & BLAKE'S STEAM
For DOWNEB'S —
ITS. f
QOMPABE
'aitb
former charges.1'
OUR PBBBENT CHABGES: &
Business Penmanship, full course, - - $16 00
BookEMiiing, D. aadS. Entry, full course, 40(0
AiithaaaUo, Analyse and Philaaophio, full
course, - . , ' . - 90
Commercial Law,8mlth & Deaa^fuD course, it
Stationery, full supply, • • 11 S3
Total, 00
OUB FOBMEB CHABGES;
Baaineaa Penmanship, full ooaroe, . . $J6 00
Book-keeping, D. and S. Entry, full course *0 r
Arithmetic, Analytio aad Philoaophie. full
I course. ■ - i • •
Commercial Law, Smith A Dean, -
Stationery, • -
- SO 00
Total,
(170 00
HO EtTBA CHABGES) NO "INCIDENTAL
* .EXPENSE!"
«• Our present charges "—$100 for s full oooj*
of studies in above branches including Reading..
Spelling, Geography sad History. " Oar former
Charges "—$170, exclusive of Beading, Spelling,
Geography and History. Heboe the cheapness of
present plan over former arrangement
Instruction by the month from $3 to $£.
■ Boys aad Young Men can enter for any of t
Above branches by the morith at the above rati
or secure t scholarship for aH with privilege
fa
loisnre) dnrine
from three to
scho'arshlp
begia and complete at option (at i
life, free of additional charge.
Usual Term to complete a Course,
five months.
To Parents, Guardians, Patrons and
Members of every Household I Eiac
Sons!
"Teach them thai which they wl!i
what they will"
Invest
alifescfa
OBLEANS tC
commercial or
la " head atook. „
pounding and wboae interest is
success, prosperity, honor, fane
To Young Men, Clerks and
member this fact: By stNnimg oor day and ave
from two to flva months you may
B3000. Five Thooiaad Dollars,
-■ V ^. , H > f iltBK
Situations guaranteed to ail those who finish
their course of studies sattsfactorjiy in Buineas
Department. Phonography (short hsnd) aad
Telegraphy taught by e^xMenced aad worthy
Professors,
. Unequalled facilities axe offered to all. young
and old, for obtaining is a few weeks a ttcroogfa
business education and subsequent lucrative and
honorable employment as Boo)
(Store, Steamboat or Baaroad,).or
We ham now perfected *
which we make special contracts ,
parties, guaranteeing our graduates in <
stations on new lines.
Usual time foot completing a course, I
to five months.
Compare "oar present charges" With '■ our
former charges."
g SOliCtt 6 1
of our I
s comparison ot the same
mereiai OoOeges in this dty.
For cJrcahira, conTatslos
formation, please csll, or ad<
aug7-tf
i. W.
0ITT HOTKL.
R. 8. MOBSE, Propria.
, Oomer of Oamp and Oommoa iftr« ^ '
JOHN CALDER,
DEALEB IN ' £(' * •«
hay, corn, oats, bran,
FLOUR, BAKbEY, EYE,
CRACKED CORN, CORK MEAL, BOOK SALT,
i W estern JParoci-uicsc.
No. 97 Peters St., (late New Levee,) and 81 Ful-
ton st, ear. Lafayette, Hew Orlaaoa.
Orders«
aagl2-4m
R. lu BRUCE,
Sh; ... jMHW SI J,?fj
H;ij, Corn, (hits, Brss, Cow
FLOUR, HAMS, POTiJOES, 4c.,
No. 03 La layette street, one door f Mat Tcbocpi
toulas street, Hew OriMBB.
Agfint for HARRISON & 00., Green Turtle, and
Green Turtle Soup, Boast Beef, Bsilad Beef. Beef
Soup. Ox Tail Soap, prepared fa Osnaof S,4and
6 pounds. aaglS-los.
HOVT ft WILCOX,
Commission Merchants,
- iu Whnl—fcfcn pqiiwi In
nojithehn and western
produce,
■VI TKK. CIIKKBK, LAHU,CAKDLKS,
STABCB, BEEF, POBE. VINEGAB, Ac.,
Sit Tchoupitonlss street, • - N«
8. H. HOYT,
H«w York.
sugl>-3m
H. A. WTU30X,
JtOTf fll 1 Mil II
john c. rogers,
Corner Poydras and'
hew objlsajis, ul,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Aad Whotesate Dealer la M *
hat, cobji.oatb, bbah, co an mc al
And a shoic* selection of
SEED BYE. BABLHY and WHEAT
Always oal
■Htfa
wagley & lockart,
Real Hstatfe Agentu,
Oesftssf Street,
We give sped)
selling of BULL
LOANS
Lwmo:
aed aad
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