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*• C. CHEW, CamipcaiinK Editor.
- TR1VEUNG AGSNT8 <fc COB. FOR TSXAB:
: ,4W« G.CABAHH8, L*.Gran*«-, Texas.
c* t. AJLrB«aT PAli-«ONS, Waco Texas,
f. c. kiyhondi Baq., Aiutin. Texas,
b h. HAKK.1NGTON. Houston, Tx.
Te*
m' of ihf Telegraph :
(IN CUftRBNOY.)
■ je:
for one month, $1 50.
j Tri-Weekly, $9 per year; $4 50 for six
months.
Weekly, per year, $3.
Slnglo oopies 10 oepta.
WEE3K3
VOL. XXXV.—NO 20.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9,186iE!.
WOlfe j ■■* >"
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ESTABLISHED 1834
jmnIMm W the Tines—Letter 3—
Berlew «f the Beeca'trnetUn Lawi,
In the preceding letter, it was shown
that tbe government of the State was
subject in all respects to the military
•' commander, and . to the paramount
' authority of Congress, by the act of
:od' Harsh 2,18697^3' i," .*vf' C
" The -question* nOw for us to deter*
! ttihe iti, did Congress have the power
and authority by the Constitution of
1 the United states.to pass snch laws?
And agfein, aid the existing condition
affairs in the State, at the time,
the niaea$ge of aucb laws
sf Or, in other word8, did
, ... exist ip our State, a government
; '^publican in form, sach as the Con-
stitution of the United is required
guaranty to every State in the
Union by section 5, article 5, there-
of, Congress being the Legisla-
tive Department of the General
government had undoubtedly the
right to say, whether our State govs
eminent Was republican in form or
not. It decided that -it was not, al~
though the people of Texas and Pres
ident Johnson believed to tbe con-
trary. That there existed in Texas at
the time of the passage of the acts re
ferred to, an actualgovernment, with
all the powers, executive, judicial and
legislative, which properly belong to
a free State, cannot be questioned •
such a governmont as existed and
prevailed in each and every one of
the Northern Sates of the Union ; the
preservation of order, the'suppression
of crime, and the redress of private
injuries, were in the same manner in
this State as they were in those. Yet,
notwithstanding all this, the Congress,
who had thq right to judge, decided
•otherwise, and from -that decicision we
have no right of appeal.
To better elucidate the subjeot un-
der consideration, wc introduce the
following extracts from the decision of
the Supreme Court ot the United:
■ ^ totfW-of the State of
str White and Cbiles> ren-
& lief JnstiCe„Chase, ac the
ing^n.^the^h^ay
L State is defined to he, in the or-
dinary term ofthe constitution, a po-
litical community of free citizens, oo
cupying a territory of defined bOua«
daries, andorgsnized under a govern-
. - - .. .11
and limited by a
.in1 and established:
the consent of the governed/. Bob
jr term, is also used to express the
lea of a people or political Comma-
nity. In this sense at is aBedin the
clause which provides that the United
. _ States shall guarantee to every State
- in the Union a republican for m of gov*
' ernmept, and shaH/ protect each Of
: iil them against invasion. * : *f *
* . * when Texas became
one of the United States, she entered
-'""fllto'an indessoluble relation. The
anion between Texas 'andthe Other
States was as complete as perpetual,
' and as indessoivable as the nnion be,
tween the original States. There was
•;' J%0 place for reconsideration or revo
cation, except through revolution or
through consent of the States.
Considered as a transaction under
the- Constitution, the Ordinance of
Secession adonted by the Convention
and ratified oy a majority' of the
citizens of Texfts, and all the acts of
her Legislature intended to give effect
to that ordinance, were absolutely
null. They were utterly without
. operation in law. The State did not
cease to be a State, nor her citizens to
citizens of the Union.
'•? * * * •'Authority* to
suppress rebellion is found'in th3
power to suppress insurrection and
duty oo war, and authority to pro-
Tide for the restoration of State gov*
ernmentf under the constitution, when
subverted and overthrown, is derived
from the obligation of the United
States to msranteeto every State in
the Union^a republican form of gov
ernment. Tbe utter indeed, in the
ease of a rebellion, which involves the
government of a State, and, for the
time, excludes the national authority
from its limits, seems (o be a necessa-
vry complement to the other.
* When slavery was abolished the
new freemen necessarily became a
" ' part ot the people, and the
•till constituted doe State; for States,
like individuals, retain their identity
1 thoujgh changed to some extent in
,t their constituent elements. Audit,
was the State thus Constituted which
was now entitled to the benefit of the
constitutional guaranty.
In the uxercise of the p®wer con«
ferred by the guarantee clause, as in
the exerdse of every other constitu-
tional power, a discretion in the choice
* ia necessarily allowed. Itjis essential
only that the means must be necessa-
ry and proper for carrying into execu-
tion the power conferred, through the
restoration of the State to its consti-
tutional relations under a republican
form of governnfent, and that no acts
be done and no authority executed,
which is eithef prohibited or unsanc
tioned by the constitution. So long
as war cont^n^ed^ u cannot be denier
that the President might institute
temporary governments within insur-
gent districts occupied by the national
c forces, or take. provisional measures
: s in.any State, for, the res-oration of
State government faithfully to the
Union, employing, however, in such
efforts only such means and agents as
were authorized by constitutional
laws.
"But the power to carry into effect
the clause of guaranty is primarily a
legislative power, and resides in Con-
gress, though necessarily limited to
cases where the right!ul government
is subverted by revolutionary viol a nee
or in imminent danger of being over
thrown by, an opposing government
set up by force within the State."
We see that, by the foregoing ex-
tracts from the highest judicial au-
thority known to thelawsof America,
that Congress did have the power and
authority to pass the reconstruction
acts, whereby to establish- a provis-
ions^ government in i the State of
Texas. But that a necessity existed
at the time for the passage of these
laws we deny, but it; matters little
whether those acts are constitutional
or not: by them we see conclusively
it is our duty to abide and 4>bey their
requirements agd provisions since the
proper authority basso ordered.
: " ;.in . MABIUS.
To the Editpr of the 2fclegraph.
It is said that the amount of impu*
dence contained in as man's composi-
tion generally shows his affinity to
the devil. If this be so, we certainly
have some of bis, Satanic Majesty's
most favored "imps in Texas. For
what is there'that exceeds in impu-
dence the eternal preaching of "Hon-
or and Duty" to Southern men who
did their duty during the war, by
men whose abundant stock of patriot
ism has only been perceivable since
the war ended. I refer to the editors
of certain rampant so-called Demo
cratic papers, whose tone is calculat;
ed to destroy the only prospect we
have of a speedy reconstruction and
relief from the military rule that is
subjecting the lives of our citizens
to the prejudiced decisions of courts
martial. The blatant, loud mouthed,
self-constituted champion&of imprac
ticable opinions, are seeking to keep
alive the prejudice of sections, that
should long since have been buried
with the'past. They know that they
sab only hope to flourish in a disor
'ganized and distracted state of public
affairs', and knowing this, the '"bread
and meat question^ forces them: to
keep alive that prejddice. They want
no reconstruction. Adventurers as>
they STe. they - have "burned their
ship, **killed"their stud" and now do
pend upo'n theirdisorganising appeals
to prejudice and their Quixotic cries
of honor hduty! I to sustain them in
their opposition to tkejieace and pros-
perity of our State, it is' not proba-
ble that men of saneminds can.> be
hevethat the course they are ^pursu-
ing wfili result in aught save disaster
toraw*interests. 3 •;i
o Mr. Editor, it is often Remarked that
themeti who were the greatest shirks
era of duty during the war, and took
theleast pains to preservetheir honor,
areno* the greatest .blow hards 'we
ns w8 notes.
Meridian Hill has been suggested* as
a proper site for a new Presidential
Mansion at Washington. \ 1,
The donation of Mr. Peabddyito
Gen. Lee's college consisted of a claim
of about $60,000 against the Statej of
Virginia. ' ; ' '
Mr. John B, Bead, ot Tuscaloosa,
Alabama, has taken out a patent for
making paper. He claims— f
The applicability of the, stalks ot-
the different species of the,i cotton
plant, (Gossvpium,) including / tiie
fibrous, the ligneous portion, and- the
pith of the entire plant, to the wUtu*
racture of paper, papienpachie acpl:
its compounds, the whole to be crush;
ed, boiled and beaten together, and
made into paper, or paper-palp, sub-
stantially as herein described^- -■
Less than 200 Bishops have'dficlinfd
to attend the Ecumenical Council.
Dr. Sumner, Bishop of Winchester,
England, has resigned his See.
Greely says there is hope for the
payment of the natioual debti as a|l
negroes are opposed to repudiation. ?
Greely, in speaking of the despera-
does in Tennessee and Arkansas, thus
gives Texas a left handed compli-
ment : , .
We can understand how these semi-
savage scoundrels are not to be easily
exterminated in Texas, but it is mor^j
tifyiug to find them flourishing quite
within the limits of civilization.
The estate of Col. Butler, (broth#
of Gen. B. F.) turns out insolvent, m
was thought he had made immeus^
sums in New Orleans during his brotbf*
er's occupancy of that city. > •' .; -:-£
The Journal Officiel publishes an
imperial decree appoihtin^ General'
Laboeaf, Minister of War, to succeed*
Marshal $eil, deceased. V/ i &
1 r ■ '«^ ! 1 ..C, , ;- 5
t ;• ; ■ TEXAS ITEMS. • \"l
^ ware. Lackawana and Westflrn C.
season that those
plan ted early and succeeded in.
ing good stands;' havej sustainci
damage from, the worms than,
who planted tWo. or three weekf„
' lie. George B. Nichols, Sfip^^inL
dent of th© Buffalo Bayou, Brazos &
Colorado Bailroad, contemplates vis-
iting Gonzales at an early day! with
the view of gej^ing our citizens to aid
him in the construction of a bridge
T , - , „ , across Peach 'Creek. All he asks is
In facj, (yon. cau^ scarcely finq, i^at our citizens furnish the neeessary
one of these. 'smarS ^ AlW editors amonntof lumber and he.will obligate
BY TELEGRAPH.
Washington, Sept 6.-^-At 5 o'clock
this morning, Bawlins' cough became
more troublesome and respiration dif-
.ficalt. At 11 o'clock to-day, he was
asleep. One of the watchers is Gen.
J. E. Smith. Nourishment and istim*
ulantB have been frequently adminis-
tered, the physicians hoping to sots-
tain his fast waning strength until the
return of the President, who is hourly
expected.
Affairs .in France, owing to the ill-
ness of Napoleon appear in an excit-
ed and serious condition, as witnessed
by the decline in rentes, which are
quoted at" 69f 75e against 7lf 35c. \
Norfolk, Sept 6—Part-of-the crew
of the British bark Ezra, which went
ashor^ on Body's Island, have arrived
and report that in attempting to reach
the shore in a small boat, Capt. Har
lis, his wife and chief mate, one boy
and two seamen were drowned. The
vessel will probably be a total loss.
Philadelphia, Sept 6—Argument
commenced to-day in the e;reat cons
tested election case before the Court
of Common Pleas, Involving all the
officers, municipal a«jd government,
who received certificates last October.
The evidence taken fills four hundred
pages. The argument will occupy
all week, if not longer, and decision
will not be given before the close of
the month.
Washington, Sept 6—Secretary
Bawlins died at 4:12 o'clock this even
ing.
Delano to day issued the following
order:
All parties having claims in this
office, and all attorneys, claim agents
or other , persons , acting in their be
half or having business with this of
fice, shall be required to communicate
the same in writing addressed to the
Solicitor of the Bureau through the
same in writing, addressed to Solici-
tor of the Bureau through the mttils.
No person whatever connected with
the office Iby official relations, shall be
allowed an- interview with its clerks
or employees, pxcept by express per-
mission of the' Commission or, Deputy
From the Gonzales Inquirer of Sdpt Commissioner or Solicitor.
4th' ..v - ri>' : : K >PtrO«>UTH„Ea^;SejJt. 6—A fire oc-
the
. .. .. , . Dela
ware, Lackawana and Western Com:
jpanyv in this, ^ace^ In a short time
he whole breaker and'out buildings
ip J^agswkJ^e hoisting Appa
" ua; the only meana jjf esoape- tor
d. I
mine lies in die probability that they
have shut themselves up in a remote
part of ^he mine away fromthe shaft.
Those who descended the shaft[ to res -
cue them perished from foal air com-
ing from the mine;,-j ; j t:-j bym: i -
- - ' •
New Orleans Correspondence. 1 a
New Orleans, Sept. i, 1869.!
A beautifui day and night greeted
my first meeting with the bliie waters
for over a decade of years., To the .
attention of C^pi. Fowler Xwas .in-
debted for a first rate "location" on
the pretty steamship the City of Nor-
folk, of,the Morgan Line, on the inside
route. I do not know the name of
the commander or any of his officers,
but presume from the fact that I saw
nothing of them that they were Care-
ful and attentive to the saifety of those
traveling with them. The Norfolk is
a fine little ship pf some 700 tons-'
well appointed, ileanly as most sea-^
going ships are, well ventilated, and
spreading a healthy and substantial
table, Ic is true we did not find the
elegant luxury of the Bagby, but
everything was good enough, es-
pecially to travelers'whose appetites
were seasoned by the invigorating
atmosphere of a gentle sea breeze.
Never was there a more delightful
passage across that arm of the Gulf
from Galveston to Brashear. The
sea was calm and unruffled and almost
mirror'like in its giassy smoothness,
and only disturbed by the long, regu-
lar, undulating swell of the ''ocean's
great nnreBt," like the breathings of
some huge monster enjoying its after-
noon siesta.
I met P. G. Master Perkins, of
Houston, on the Bagby, on his way to
California, and at Galveston we were
joined by P. G. M. Willard Richard-
son, on the Norfolk, also on his; way
across the continent. I presume you
have been advised of the mission ot
these gentlemen to the shores^of the
Pacific, They1 form a part of, the
delegation from the Lodges of jOqd
Fellows of the Atlantic slope, who 'afe
to meet at Omaha on the lOth inst
delegates from the Grand Lodges
from all the States east of the Bocks
Mountains and from Canada, and
thence away across the plains td San
Franciscaf where thfcre will be miny
delegates from the Lodges of Austrp*
Ha and the Sandwich Islands What
a magnificent prtjject f what a', shb?
lime idea ! These reuiasentativeS of
who knowsc§xftetiy .what we ought to
do to preserve honor, intaot, but who
found it;convenient to, he just beyond
the border, .in . the Quartermaster's
Department^ or a '< hospital rat" all
during the war. Do the, people of
Texas, or a single one of them, con
aider it dishonoiable to follow tbe lead
ot our glorious old chieftain, Gen. Lee?
He has accepted the situation, and
favored the election of Walker in Vir-
ginia. Would you consider your
honor tarnished by following the ex
ample of such men as Longstreet,
Hood, and Bieckinridge ? They have
accepted the very doctrines that we are
called upon to ratify,as inevitable; and
their great hearts, incapable ot foster
ing sectional hate, are swelling with
nationallpride. And no w,yoa sticklers,
dare you impugn tbe motives of these
tried chieftains of our "Lost Cause 1"
Dare you say that ''honor breathes
not where they tread t" Then cease
your efforts to destroy the prospects
of peace aDd harmony among our peo<t
pie by dividing their strength in the
coming election, aed if you cannot
make a living by working in the in-
terests of out State, cotton is in bloom
and labor in demand.
Bespectfally, Dan.
Houston, Sept. 3,1869.
fiilTHtra Cmumm Statement. '
FOR THE TEAS ENDING AUGUST 31st,
1869. -a .
Om hamd 8«pt 1,1868.
BaoaiTM duxlag tb« ji
166
I33.4M bale*.
Total 133,63>b«
Xxportei during th* year >33 430 b|
Stock on hand at eloM of j*ar.... Mlbalea
Distributed as follows: At Merchants'
Press, 112 bales; Factors' Press, 38;
Wharf Press, 51, and Planters' Press.
1 bale.
Of the exports, 80,211 bales have
been foreign and 5^,224 to American
ports, vis: To Great Britain to date,
57,582 bales; other continental ports,
22,629; Mexico, 3,165; New Orleans,
10,949; Baltimore, 298; New York to
date; 42,989; Boston to date, 9,203
other ports, 1,066—Civilian.
Conservative Meeting in Gal
veston.—After considerable sound-
ing of trampets, a meeting was held
in Galveston on Wednesday night.
Barnard Lougbery in the chair, H. J
Labatt, Secretary. After considers
ble discussion, the reporter of the
News says:
On motion, tbe meeting adjourned
and if a conservative meeting means
a meeting at which nothing whatever
is accomplished, where everybody
that pleases speaks of things having
no relevancy whatever to the pur-
poses for which the meeting was called
then the assemblage last night may
be pat down as eminently successful,
otherwise we will simply say— "not
guilty." t
himself, to have the yvork completed
within 20 days after the said lumber
is delivered. The bridge will be at
or near tjhe Branches crossing, the ob-
ject being to turn tbe trade of this sec
tion to Columbus. Mr? Nichols is now
at work constructing a bridge over
the Navidad, which, we presume, is
abouff completed at this time.
Messrs. James Turk and Jacob Cor-
roll, who have obtained a charter from
the County Court of Gonzales county
to build a toll bridge across Peach
Creek on the direct line from Gonz-
ales to Hallettsville, viajSweet Home,
inform us to-day that, owing to the
recent overflow, and sickness of the
workmen employed by him. their
bridge is not yet finished, but in
about ten or twelve days from this
date it will be completed for wagons,
stages, etc., which will be a great ac
commodation to the traveling public
and the people of the county generally,
The necessary repairs having been
made to the machinery of the oil fac
tory, steam was raised on last Tburs*
day and grinding operation resumed.
The energetic proprietors inform as
that the mill is now in complete ran
ting order and that they intend to
keep it so. It is their intention to
keep the Oil press at work day and
night until the present crop of castor
beans is pressed out.
The Worms. — We hear nothing
this week regarding the worms fur
tber than that they have disappeared
from tbe fields, leaving (he stalks as
leafless as though they had been sub-
jected to the blighting effects of a
mid winter freeze. . As .there is but
little left for them to work upon.now,
it is to be hoped that our planters
have seen the last of them, not only
for this year, but for all time to
come. >
Notwithstanding the great damage
which tbe crop of the county has sus-
tained from these pests, we are still
of the belief that the jield will raush
fully one third of what was anticipa-
ted prior to the overflow, the estimate
then being reckoned at not less than
six thousand baleB. On the Sandies
fully twp thirds of a crop will be
made, agreeable to the estimate of our
correspondent.
A correspondent of the Inquirer
writing from Hallettsville. says the
health of that town is good.
Crops are good, corn and potatoes
particularly. Cotton is considerably
injured by the wormsand heavy rains
but notwithstanding these drawbacks
there will be considerably more cot-
ton gathered here than there nas been
at any one time since the war. Our
people generally, white and black, are
working and behaving well.
See that proposals are desired for
tha building of a jail at Brenhaau
miners, was destroyed. All efforts to
Stay the flames were unavailing; the
whole structure fell, filling up the
sh aft. O ver 200 men are in the shaft.
They have no communication, with
no chance for air, as the only way for
gating airinto the shaft wasthrough
the main -opening^ which ji filled With
burning timber and debris^of flames.
It if feared .the whole number have
been 'suffocated by smoke or perished
for want of air. The fire departments,
Scranton, Wilksburre and Kingston
are playing streams down the shaft
for the purpose of quenching the fire
there, so the rubbish may be cleaned
out. ; The condition ot men it is
ascertained, will probably take
till to-morrow morning before
any tidings can be received from
them. The scene was heartrending,
and the families of miners there at
work from ail parts of the country
congregated in great numbers. Mer-
chants and in fact the whole popula-
tion of the town turned out to assist.
The loss by the fire amounts to about
$100,000, which is partially covered
by insurance. All the physicians in
the vicinity have been summoned to
attend when the condition of the-men
will be ascertained. The affair cast a
gloom upan the whole community.
Business;altnost entirely suspended.
The miners only resumed work to-day
after a suspension of about three
three months. Among the men in tbe
mines, is Mr. Hughes, the Superinten-
dent.
Washington, Sept. 7. — Fenian
arms and ammunition are being used
by Cabans.
Tbe funeral of Bawlins takes place
Thursday. Departments, except for
necessary business, will remain closed
till Friday.
Gov. Walker, with prominent Vir
ginians, will be present.
Troops will be called from adjacent
posts to assist.
Havana, Sept. 7—Foreign resi-
dents, principally Germans, are en-
listing in reserve.
A batallion of 800 insurgents sur-
prised and repulsed 500 volunteers
near Puerto Principe. Reinforcements
were sent, when the Cubans declined
battle.
On Aug. 16, the insurgents, several
thousand strong, commanded by Que
sada, President Cespedes being pres
ent, attacked Las Tunis; 250 Cubans
were killed. The garrison, consisting
of 450 troops, lost 100 killed. The
fight lasted nine hours.
Sceanton, Pa., Sept. 7—All work
has been suspended in this vicinity.
Two. men who ventured down to
rescue those in the mine perished.
Trains are bringing miners from all
qoarters free of charge to aid in
rescuing the bodies whether dead or
alive. The widows and orphans will
not be less than six hundred. The
prolonged strike jnst closed increases
the destitution. The men who de-
scended the shaft found the doors at
tbe bottom closed and lost their lives
while waiting below for implements
with which to force the doors, which
are supposed to have been closed by
theminers to exclude the flames.
Scranton, Sept. $—The only hope
of safety for 202 men in Avondale
a higher order o^bivilSRSon from two againet their
-gr—T cimtxptmbB meet to ietofcliaiigB
Texas by rail, as of primary impor-
tance tathe interests of this city;
and while they U acknowledge the
fact, each one has his own particular
if or but. Yet there seems to be a
settled conviction that the road will
be completed in the near future."
Tbig is the first day of a new com-
mercial year; the papers of to-day
are crowded with the annual state*
ment of the business of the yfear just
closed, and of so much lmnortancp is
it estimated that all of them have
£ lar8© number of extra
n«««ro f ??e 6dit?r of on® Of the
llL f!!. thia morning that his
20,000, besides this, there are num*
bers of commercial menand statistici-
ans who get up and have printed annual
statements on their own account. As
you Will receive these statements it
is useless for mp to attempt to embody
mi of tiurftcts they may contain.
BaseBall Clpbs, Yacht Clubs and
regattas aire the principal talk about
town-now, out of commercial circles.
; The-Base baflersbaVe recently had a
tour and several contests with other
olab0>in,th£ Western States* in which
they claim to have been victorious in
airbut one, anct now they are &£ofor«
ons to be rremuneTated for their labor
and exphnfce idmain taiftinif4fc£ honor
of the country. . .-JvSf TfiYL iil
The yacht clubs are having a great
timeof: it generally on the Coast,1 com*
meaning yesterday at Biloxi, which I
may say something,,aboo;t hereafter.
:.. :;/i . <m>( la .it'yd
From a gentleman, who? was j^as-
senger at tbe time, WecLeatniof aamo,
cident to the GalvBStonr. train u on
Monday. It happenedost Clear Creek
bridge.; The.bridge gavie Way alter
the engine had passed, and the engi-
neer, Mr. Harper, seeing tbe danger,
put on all steam and tore the engine
away from the train, and thus'no
doubt prevented a more serious acci-
dent. About a dozen stock and plat-
form care were precipitated through
the break, and piling on One another,
stopped the train before the passen"
ger car got to the break. The edgio
neer deserves great credit for his
presence of mind and excellent jildgs
ment in danger, and few men could
have nieir it so admirably. No one
wajshurt.,: '■ <■
, igb • '-^ij
S " • ? rr f • * * ° rr1 A+
A Mutint.—Becently a mutiny was
discovered amofig the crew of the
Chitad States ship Siabine; U^rHig at
CSierheurgf France. jT. ai ■:^Jj td
^ The plot, in which twenty lot Hie
seamen were concerned* was lo have
culminated in the blawing. up oc the
vessel, and had progfesseid as. far as
the Ughting of a fuW'leading tO the
magasine, when it was defoated by
the vigilance trfia oabini bi^.. The
crew, it seems, having bec^cae in--
offlmers
ideas, to foster kindly sentiments, to
bind together with cords of brotherly
love tbe peoples of ^wo dohtiuenjts
and the Islands of,the sea, comprising
one half of the territory ofthe habit-
able globe, and to unite firmly^ all
these distant peoples in the bonds of
Friendship, Love-aad Truth. May
these foot prints, across the continent
be productive of all the good desired
by the most benevolent of the Order
inaugurating this reunion.•
On the road from Brashear,to .this
city there is much to depress as well
as much to cheer the lover of his na-
tive land. On the line of road there
is still prominent the marks of desola-
tion. Koined plantations grown up
in rankest weeds and dilapidated
houses; what were once the. tall
furnaces of sugar houses, are now
broken down and deserted, and' large
traets of the finest sugar region in
Louisiana tenantless. But still there
are many evidences of recuperation
amid this desolation: Many ot the
old plantations are in a fine state of
cultivation, with luxuriant fields of
cane, giving evidence of a large corn*
ing crop of sugar. The rice is being
harvested, and I noticed many fields
where the grain bad been cat and
stacked, and many ripening for tbe
sickle.
The merchants of this city are con-
gratulating themselves upon tbe pros*
pects of a season of commercial pros-
perity. Large quantities of the
produce of the Western States have
already been received, and ir is ex-
pected that a larger business in West-
ern prod ace will be done this year than
the city has witnessed since the war.
This is the beginning of a new era in
tbe city's prosperity, • which is to
restore the ancient prestige of the
great Southern commercial -mart, and
to make the future of New Orleans
eclipse tbe past in commercial pros*
perityt Notwithstanding the years of
dullness and decline in business, tbe
city has been constantly growing in
extent, and improving in its architect
tural beauty. I do not believe there
is a city on the continent with such
charming sabarbs as this. The houses
are tastefally built, all ia the most
beautiful cottage style, aBd each with
its splendid garden and groves of
orange and banana trees, now laden
with fruit. And even if this landscape
gardening was at all monotonous, that
monotony would be continually re
lieved by the tall spire of a suburban
church, or the imposing appearance
of some asylum (of which there are
many in this city) for indigent chil-
dren.
The New Orleans and Houston Bail-
road is a matter of more interest to
Texas people than anything I could
write about, but unfortunately, as
yet, I have not been able to become
posted. There is here# gceat diver*
sity of opinion. There is still a vast
amount of talk abount what Mr. Mor-
gan is willing to do, and about what
the Chattanooga Company are going
to do, but without more reliable in
formation than I uow have, I sliall not
venture.an opiuioo. However, tliere '
is not a New Orleans man whom I
have met with, who does not regard
tbe connoction of New Orleans, with
«Stue, uuuspli-ed lur vgl
deepeittte manner.; The plofe aftdnot
the magazine was exploded^ hdwever,
ayd of the twenty sailprs implicated,
seven were summarily hanged at the
yard ahnor tbe shipi
As the explosion ,wopld rh4Vd^de-
stroyed the crcftf as well as the o&cers,
it is suggested that the men must
have beenfbkdly abused to have con*
ceived the plan of blowing up the
vessel with all it contained tb atoms
The tyranny exercised by naval offit
cera is proverbial^4 A courV martial
wilL probably be convened to enquire
into' the conduct of the officers of the
Sabine.
The story of the; mutiny and execu*
tion reported by telegraph on board
the U. S. ship Sabine, is discredited at
Washington. The Sabine had' on
board abobt 60 midshipmen ef' the
class which graduated last'June, and
sailed from Boston early in Junis.:
We take the following^ from the -
Galveston Civilian:V ' 1
l "VC'-'il
Quite a gale appears-to have pros -
vailed on the coast of Loaisianalast
Saturday, and even New Orleans waa -
threatened by thej waters driven in
from the Lake, by the wiad. People -
living back of Magnolia bridge and
beyond Galvez streets^ were in fear
of again suffering the miseries ot ant
other overflow. The wiadrwhich had
been very blgh foe two daya ftn>ths
north had driven .theiwptQr ,in fy>m *
the Lake unti! the New, Canal waa -
nearly five 1 feet higher than usual.
No serious deaMgey feowevear, appears
to. have been done. k.:ud ifstu
John Allison, Kegister Of the Treas-
ury, and Delano, Commissioner In-
ternal Bevenue, ha^e aooq>tad .invi% -
tationeto stamp the $tatf of Penn-^
sylvania for Geary, while the Bev.
Negro Bureau Gefn. Gregoiy Is to come
'out and renew the agitknon, of which
he was the author, kniong the negroes
of Texas. No man is better calcu-
lated to narrow the issue down to a
question of races than (Step. Gregory.
The editor of theOpelousss Courier
has had the pmasure of greeting Gen.
Majors, of Confederate memory, who
has returned to that parish for the
purpose of purchasing a farm and
engaging in agricultural pursuits. He
is accompanied by Col., Chalmers,
who also likes the country very well
and contemplates settling there, Gen.
Majors is enjoying excellent health,
though not as fleshy as in former
days. •'
,,, V' 8
Chicago has a champion divbrce
man. The latter has had ten wives
in the past eight years; tbey 'are*all
living in tliis city, and the unfortu-
nate man is "doing as wetl as could
be expected." ► < u
1 - .i-.ii?-' .fto
Determined to fi^ht
Spaniards, who are abou
more troops to Caha.
it; out-^the
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