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MDITOR JUTD PUBUSHS.R,
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY*). 1K}8.
'"77 LATEST NEWS.
By the States' mail we have New Orleans
files ta the 18th inst. By the North Amer-
ican, which arrived at Portland on the 14th
iMf we hare advices from Liverpool to the
80th tilt. The America, with three days
later dates, arrived at Halifax on the lfith,
with Liverpool files to the 2d January.
* • Foreign.
Saw Yore, Jan. 14.—The steamship
which left Liverpool on
^e$|y, Disc. 30, has arrived at Portland,
■wsshe brings is four days later tliao
I by Use steamship Africa.
LoM Harrowby will be succeeded in the
■fully
sfw.is
: British Ministry by Lord Clarendon.
" Tie news of the relief of Lucknow is.
confirmed. The slaughter of the rebels]
very great.
The Minnesota, with the United State's
Commissioner, had reached Hong Kong.
Speedy operations against Canton were
It is said that all the exiled Generals
permission to return to
Anothter attempt was soon to be made to
launch the Leviathan.
The steamship America a..-ived out at
Liverpool on the 28th.
Ltvbxpool, Deo. 30.—The sales for two
days amount to 17,000 bales, (Monday and
Tuesday—no market on Saturday,) sppcu-
teton taking 4000 bales, exporters 1000.
- Cotton has advanced Jd. on lower quali-
ties. - -
Private letters state that the sales on
Tuesday, the 29th, amounted to 7000 bales,
of which speculators took 1500 and export-,
en 600 bales.
Middling Orleans was quoted at 6 J, Mid-
* ; Mobile 6, Middling Uplands 5J. The
"i closed firm. - But few parcels were
_ oirthe market.
President Buchanan's message attracted
great attention in England. It was tele-
■ graphed entire from Liverpool to some of
the London Journals, being the longest dis-
patch ever sent by telegraph in England.
' Vie advices from Manchester are more
fltvorable, there being a better feeling in
tl* market. B,
Flour was firm for the better grades.
Wheat had advanced 2d.02d. for the better
Biehardaon, Spence & Co.'s Circular re-
.pacta that the floor market was active, but
■ had declined 6d.01s.; and qnotes common
togood Ohio at 26e.@27s.;JWheatunchang
ed; Indian corn dull at 33s. 6d.@34s. for
mixed, and the same for yellow.
Pork and bacon weir dull. Beef was in
Mr demand. Lard was dull and quotations
_ market was firm ,
Only a moderate business was doing in
Itttfce London money market the demand
for meaey was falling off and rates easier.
1 SiseMMl 7 ^ cent. Loans 4^. Bullion
' hi the Batik of England had increased, and
ft Was expected it would further reduce its
rates of discount one ^ cent, on the 81st
alt. The Bank of Ireland ' had reduced its
ratoof toie#ip3 l)eent. j
A leading stock operator in London failed
heavily on the 29th.
t* i" Hinton Brothers and Tupton, Hooten &
Co., the latter of Manchester, had also
^ tnl' were at
Halifax, Jto. 18.—Theroyal mail steam-
- Ah Afaurica, Capt. WicPmsu, from Liver-
' pes! on the afternoon of the 2d has arrived
here en route for Boston.
, hfvnrooL, Jaa. 2.—Since the sailing of
' tha North America all qualities of cotton
tyfehtly advanced.
Tike sales for four days amount to 45,000
baiee (ae market on Friday and Saturday.}
- Money is slightly easier at 7 to 8 per cent.
There is a growing ease in the money
market hat the bank rates are unchanged.
The bullion in the Bank of England has
decreased £700,000 during the week.
o •' -S<uuola foj account closed 94J@9^. J.'
. . Orlaans Fair, «f; Mobile Fair, 6 1-6; Up-
W'. ?3-16; Orleans Middling,^;
Ifobile Middling, 6J; Uplands Middling, 6.
ne stoek in port amounts to 400,000, of
which 199,000 bales sts American.
The lsaa of the rebels at Lucknow is esti-
mated 7000. A large rebel force is concent
trating at Lynbadad. The 84th Native In-
. tantry mutinied at ChiUgong, and marched
to Dteea.
I'L _ O^e hundred Europeans had gone to in-
tercept them. ' Cawnpore is threatened by
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PUBLISHED ON CONGRESS STREET, NEAR COURTHOUSE SQUARE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, BY E. H. CUSHING.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY, 2?, 1858.
WHOLE NO. 125 1.
a large force from Oude.
said that Spain will consider the
mediation of England and France ended if,
Mexico refuses to accept all the conditions
Wasbhutok News.
Washington, Jan. 14.—House.—Consid-
ering the President's message, 3tephens de-
Aiaafied the arrest of Walker as kidnapping,
atpkaaiMt f°r which the neutrality laws
ptve no authority. He advocated the send-
ing of -Walker and men back, and indemni-
fying their looses.
Blair gave notice of his intention to ask
' * the appointment of a committee to inquire
into the expediency of acquiring territories
.in Central or South Americn for colonizing
Irte Hacks.
" Stanton proposed an inquiry whether
- Walker was induced to go iillibustering by
u the Ostend Manifesto 1 The proposal caus-
ed great laughter.
A resolution to refer the subject to the
Judiciary Committee was amended with in
struetions to inquire into the expedieucy of
mending the neutrality laws. v
The Pacific Railroad was debated. House
adjourned.
Senate.—Houston gave notice of a bill
for the admission of Kansas. After ;in Ex
ecutive Session, Senate adjourned.
Jan. 15.—No session of the Senate.
House.—Burnett's resolution passed, au-
thorizing a special committee to investicate
the sale of Fort Snelling.
A resolution adopted, calling on the Ju-
diciary Committee to send persons and pa
pers relative to Judge Watrous' case to Tex-
as.
Stanton proposed ■ a select committee to
ascertaing who got the $87,000 alleged to
have been paid by manufactoring corpora-
tions in Massachusetts, through Lawrence.
"Stone & Co., to procure a modification of
the tariff. A long debate eusueiL Adjourn-
ed.
EDITORIAL LETTER.
Ho ! for Wa-a-co! was the cry on Wednes-
day morning, the 13th of January, among
the.annual pilgrims to the Grand Lodge of
Free Masons of Texas. From Houston
company with my friends "D. R." the well
known man of the News and E. W. Taylor,
W. H. King and Henry Sampson, three well
known characters—say characteristics—of
Houston, together with a fair lady of Balti-
more (no better known for its handsome la-
dies than represented in that respect in our
company,) and a rough and ready Georgi
an, for whom I have since taken a l'kiug, I
started on the trip. It is now the beginning
of the third day, and we are somewhere in
Brazos county, I suppose six miles beyond
Boonyille at the hospitable house of Mr.
Reed, and between two impassible creeks.
The driver has tried the one ahead of us
and says it is two feet ofer the top of the
stage. So we have quietly settled down
witli the intention of waiting until the ct eek
shall itself take a notipn to settle. Mean-
while I will tell the readers of the Telegraph
how we got here. >
There being two editors alon-; we have
mutually ag/eed to "ride and tie" theedito-
rial horse. " D. R." wrote to the News from
Washington and I presume from the state of
his mind at the time of writing that he did
full justice to> the first day. He was fully
prepared. We had spent the evening from
dark till 12 o'clock in the agreeable occupa-
tion of wading through the mud of the Bra-
zos Bottom. Previous to reaching it, we
had fouhd in several places how thick the
crust of the prairie above Hockley and
Hempstead was, and learned from experi-
ence how to dig a loaded stage out of a bog.
Through the bottom, in more senses Mian
one, for three nrles we plunged, waded,
walked and crawled. "D.Jlt.""onceundertook
to swim, but the mini clogged his move-
ments and he took it out in sundry unmen-
tionable remarks in praise of the roads, the
occasion, &c. But we found Washington at
midnight, stayed there an hour and a lialf
got some supper and ourselves dry at the
fire, and at 2 were again on our way.
The stage road through Washington coun-
ty, I suppose lfeads through a fine CQimtry.
It being my first trip, I was desirous of see-
ing as much as possible, but a dark night
and drizzling rain were not conducive—and
at daylight we were again on this side of
the river, at Hidalgo shoals.
Our only detention in this three miles of
bottom .was in getting a wagon out of the
way, which some unthinking fellow had left
across the road. Half an hour's orying and
lifting, and a "yo heave" ho! that made the
welkin ring, cleared the passage; and day-
light also providentially arrived to help us
along the balance of the.way. A little out of
the bottom we found the house of Mr. Mil-
lican, late Senator in the Texas Legislature,
where we breakfasted. Mr. M.,in his capaci-
ty of neighborhood doctor, was out when we
arrived, attending upon some cases of scarlet
fever, which was raging in the neighbor-
hood. Quite a number of children were
down, and some had died, whilst, others
were not expected to live.
After breakfast, with a fresh team we
started on, and without any adventures
worth speaking of reached Boonville, the
connty seat of Brazos county, by two p.m.
Boonville has the appearance of being a
slow but probably a sure place, with '"'tie
business and few people. I saw but little
of it. Our " hog and hominy " was soon
ready, and we did what justice to it a good
appetite and not over fastidious stomachs
would permit. The eatih^generally on
this route is not equal to that of the St.
Nicholas, New York. Indeed I have seen
better in Texas, and so have most of those
who are along. Sampson made some w _y
faces at it, but that did not improve it, and
he finally did as the rest of ns, shut .his
eyes and went it blind. The young lady is
in Texas for the first time, but she shows a
courage worthy of the occasion, and will
make a better Texan than nine-tenths of
those brought up in the conntry. Indeed,
not one in a hundred who were never out of
the State, have seen as much of what travel-
ers call by the expressive term ' Texas ' as
has she.
We left'Booni '. "e with a clap of thun-
der, and in one of the hardest showers I
ever saw anywhere. Or.'' stage was tight
and we were as comfortable as possible. The
road is over a moderately roll:ng country,
crossing at intervals of about a mile what
in summer are no doubt dry branches. The
rain continued pouring for about an hour,
and the whole country was a sheet of water.
The first stream was low, but they begun
gradually to get b'gher, tunt:' a few miles
out we came to one that was clear across
from bank to bank, and not less titan ten
feet deep in the channel. Our horses could
not swim, nor the driver either, for that
matter, and there was nothing for us but to
hold up and wait till the water would rim
out. We drove to a dry place, and all
hands set-to to getting up branches, pieces
ot wood, &c., for a fire. By this time the
rain w is over. Taylor and King, old cam-
pers ami campaigners, took the lead and in
a much shorter time than I deemed possi-
ble, had a roar' ig fire. Meanwhile we had
fixed the carriage as comfortably as possible
with the expectation of spending, the ni^ht
there.
Some were anxious to fiml out liow deep
the water really was, and so alter consider-
able urging, they got August, our driver,
a young German (and a first-rate driver lit-
is too) to ride a horse across. It w;IS a
hard case : the horse would'nt swim a lick,
but after plunging insanely about for a few
moments, both finally gained other
bank. We were satisfied that (lie stage
would have to stop until the waters sub-
sided. But August was on the other side,
soaking wet, and not daring to come back
After riding about for a while, going on to
the next crdek, and finding that swimming
too, he at last tied his horse. Meanwhile
night had come on, and now all hands re
solved themselves into a committee of ways
and means of getting him back again
Various measures were .discussed. One
would strip to it and swim across after him
—another thought of felling a tree across
the stream. One proposed this and another
that. At last somebody hit upon the happy
thought of throwing him a rope, which he
tied about his body, while all hands seized
hold of the other end. At the word, when
all was - ready, he gave a leap, and was
dragged through in less time than I am
telling it. The first words we heard as he
came to dryland was, "I shwum. I sliwum,
while all hands joined in a shout which
waked the "voices of the night" for miles
around. Those voices would have done the
poet good who tried once to write about
that sort of thing. " Voices of the night
in a Texas*timbcr arc another sort of thing
from those heard in a poet's chamber in
Cambridge University.
Now all got themselves around the fire,
while Taylor and King turned in to spinning
yarns of their adventures in old times, the
hair-breadth escapes in the Vegua, tfie In-
dian fights and a thousand other things of
which both have enough to make a> book.
At 10 o'clock the clouds began to look
threatening again. On examination, it
was found that the creek had fallen so as
to be passable for the stage. A council'
was held, and it was finally agreed to start
and get over before it rained again. The
horses were soou got together, and the
driver, taking the lady and two of us inside,
drove in at the crossing. We thought our
troubles ended, but just as his horses struck
what should have been dry land on the
other side, the whole concern sflick in the
mud, and " there we were again ! " We
were obliged to jump out into the water.
Taylor, who is as strong as a horse and as
tall as a giant, backed up to the door, took
the young lady on his shoulders, after the
manner of Sinbad and the old man of the
sea, and " toted " her to a dry knoll in the
prairie. Meanwhile, we found, a little be-
low the crossing, a tree which had acciden-
tally fallen across the channel, which now
could be got at on both sides. The party
still on the other side, finding no chance,
set to and " cooned" it over. It was
amusing to sec them. I had a favorable
position and held tlib light for them. First
came "Georgia." He had evidently
' cooned" it before, and crawled along
well enough. Then followed D. R., who
«i«- tattrng lils first lesson in this sort of
thing. Ah accident in boyhood has de-
prived him of the good use of an arm. He,
however, hugged the tree with both arms
and legs and committing himself to Provi-
dence, shut his eyes and slowly worked his
way over. Then came Sampson, who gets
mad when he is laughed at, and between
ripping out " at me, because I could'n!
help laughing at his motions, and getting
around the limbs came within an ace of
tumbling off into the raging creek below.
At last, however, he got over safely, and
King followed, doing the thing as he does
everything, just as easy as nature.
Well, we were all on this side, but the
wagon was still in the creek. Another
trial of the horses resulted in a broken
swingle-tree, and council of war. It was
unanimously determined first to get the
stage out, any how. A new swingle-tree
was soon chopped out from a sapling and
tied in. All hands now jumped into the
water, which was wet as water usually is,
and up half .way between the head and
feet of a common sized man. August was
put on the back of the lead horse, while
Taylor seized the reins as driver, each
man being ready at his wheel. At the word
the tug began, and the establishment began
to move. The ihud was deep all the way
up the hill, and it was only after a half
hour of the hardest work of every nian of
us—August, who had dismounted, K'ng,
Georgia, and myself, each at a wheel, Tay-
lor with the reins, D. R. holding the light
a:id giving the word on the top of the hill-
while Sampson was detailed to defend the
lady from the wolves and Indians, that we
got the thing up. The baggage was now
piled on to the rack again, and the party
stowed away in their places inside, and we
drove on. It was now 12 o'clock. About
a mile further on'was another creek and
new bog. This time we all determined to
take it afoot except the lady and Georgia,
who had " broken something in his breast "
at the last bog. August drove through
bulging, while we all rushed through after,
and thus got safely on the prairie again
with only another good wetting
Half a mile further on, we brought up at
the house of friend Reed, where we were
kindly taken in. Fires were soon blazing
on the large hearths, wet clothes disposed
of, pallets made up with the feet to tile
fits and in half an hour we were f'1 in ob-
livion.
It( is now noon and we aregettihg ready
to try the next creek which is three-quarters
of a mile ahead, of which and t he balance of
the pilgrimage more anon. C.
MARRIED,
In Crocket, en the 5th inst., by Rev. Sam.
A. K:ng, Mr. D. W. Lagrone to Miss Sallie
M. Locke, of Leon t'o.
In Centreville, Texas, on the even" ng of
the same day, by Rev. Samuel A. K" ig, Mr.
John Barkly, of Leon Co., to Miss Bcttic
Webb, late of Bardstown, Kentucky.
Oil the II tli inst., near Danville, Ur Skin-
ner of Walker county,and Mrs Mary EBald-
win of Montgomery county.
In Segum, January •>, by TII Petty, Esq.
Mr A Dillon, ofSan Antonio, to Miss Jane
Neil, of Seguin.
FRIDAY, JANUARY
180S.
Jfeg- Galveston items
ne:. issue.
crowded out until
I
We think think following fr'lyentitled 10
a fte circulation in all the papers of the
Union.
'i hi; Tbiitks of Law.'—At -the recent term
of the circuit cor-t of Tazwell, Teun., afel-
low was arraigned for stealing a raw-hiil
He alleged that he had purchased it from a
negro. The attorney for the commonwealth
admitted If statement, and he was acquit-
ted, but was immeil'ately indicted for trad-
ing w'tli negro. Thereupon "ic accused
introduced two witnesses to prove that lie
stolen the hide, when lie was of course dis-
charged: and Inning a'ready been tried for
stealing, lie could 11 • t betrieda second time
for the same Mtfeii^e. and iv:is llms nirned
lunsi'. unpunished. S11<■ ii is the peiTeciiin
of human wisdom.
The lecture by J. M. Smith, Esq.. aj
the Masonic Hall. 011 Wednesday evening,
was well attended. It exhibited great care
in the preparation and extensive reading.
It contained some very beautiful passages,
and was altogether a very creditable effort.
The Rile Major Ifev Hines is at-
tracting crowds of our citizens at his levees,
lie is said to be very intelligent and con-
versable, and is decidedly a favorite with
the ladies. He holds his court on Main
Street, in Henderson's brick building. Go
and see him by all means, for he is a de-
cided curiosity, !> id is becoming quite a
lion. He will only remn;n to-day and to
*
morrow.
ALL SORTS OF ITEMS. r
The American Cotton Planter for Janua-
ry is re -.eived.
A singular epidcm'c is said to be prevail-
ing among the hogs :n Viegir-a.
Horace Greeley has been lecturing "i Illi-
nois. " Shakspeare " was one of Ins sub-
jects.
It has been decided 'n Indiana that the
marriage contract requires no forma'ities to.
make it legal and indissoluble.
There have been 104 " ladies " and only 2
servant girls confined in the Milwaukie jt1"1
during the last year.
A movement is on foot "t Wiscons n to
have the legislature postpone the payment
of taxes till May or June. The Madison
A-gus and Democrat oppose this as eqr'v.a-
lent to repudiation.
The Knickerbocker Magazine for January
is on our table. Clark's editor s table is
second to none, and " Graham is its only
peer among the Northern monthlies. Mr.
Clark is perhaps the best combiner of good
things among the magazinists. .His humor
is more mellow than Lel.mds, his sarcasm
far less trenehaut. Both arc as original as
differeut. Send on for one or bot h of them.
TEXAS ITEMS. ■
The Crockett Printer says the excitement
relative to the improper "poetry " (?) pas-
fid about the streets of that plaes is intense,
and it. hopes the infamous author will be
discovered. It seems some persons are in-
clined to think the "Printer's" types did
They ought- to be aslinied of such sus-
picions.
The Printer is opposed to pariy non- na-
tions for judicial stations.
The same pape says the rights of the
press rcgard:~tg 1 Ti\<tations, trave ng, etc.,
are not understood '*1 Texas.
llaltou says he wants those contributors
who send him ?-tides, stolen from other
magazines, as original to send the printed
copy, because it is more likely to be spelt
and punctual ed correctly.
The obituary poetry "i the last umber
of the Printer " orig'nnl" end a1 most
equal to Tupper.
The San Antonio Ledger say3 that the
corral of the San Diego Mail Company was
entered by a thief and some bags of corn
and blankets abstracted.
The same paper speaks of a ball of the
I. O. O. F. in San >-<tonio, at C.as:-io Iia",
which was a brilliant afiair. That city
boasts many fine look'ng laf'es.
The Austin Inter'genccr says the Apollo
Minbtrels are going to make a tor- of the
eastern part of the State.
ri.ie Intelligence? is still d'sput'ig w'.tli
the Civilian about a Constitutional Conven-
tion. It despairs of " arousing the present
legislature to the danger." It wants itse"
"to be rig: t upon the rccorl," and "re-
commends" its " do-noth:ng-oppose-every-
thing cotemporaries to correct their views
and set the people right." We fear if a
"sound constitutional lawyer" can't, do it,
its no use for t ie Civi^an and Tele^.'aph to
try. The common sense of the people can't
be bamboozled, Paschal.
The same paper gives an account of a
fancy ball at Peck Hall. One lady person-
ated " Hard Times." The Inte""gencer
finds fault, with the room itself as being
wanting in dvuensious, h'gh cei' ng, etc.
Marschalk. what's bt 'ome of the Belton
Independent i We don't get it of late V
The Texas llpngcr has been moved to
Washington. Lancaster is again at the
helm.
The Ranger has an article advocating
railroads, and says—"Wherever they go,
as at the touch of the encho-iter's wand,
life and activity will spr:ng up where all is
now sluggish and decaying. New k-uds of
business will leap into existence and an in-
creased vnpetus be given to those ■' 'cady
in progress."
The Nacogdoches Chronicle of the 12th
inst. was received by Thursday eve' ug's
mail.
The Chronicle is down on Gov. llunnells
for lis iA:"ily exposition of the principles
of the Southern Democracy contained in his
inaugural.
" The same paper says that the Telegraph
has glmced at Kerr's poem on Texas, aud
expects a sequel from the cd:tor of the
•' Rag." You better look out, Cave, for
should your prognostication come true, the
the Kag wil', perhaps, be alter you with a
sharp stick.
The Chronicle wants 'it) Telegraph's
opinion 011 the rn" -oad veto message.
Will you have it now or wait till we'get the
message ?
The Husk Sentinel cotnphrns of mail irre-
gularities between that place and Austin.
We regret to learn Ward Taylor, jr., of
the Jefferson Herald, is i" at his father's
residence, having returned from New Or-
leans unimproved W health, .lo. A. Kirgan
is acting as his pro tan, slntl has got out
a very good paper for the 7th '1st.
The Jefferson Herald suggest the pro-
priety of forming a Lyceum in that town.
The same paper thinks that the tardy-
arriving tri-weekly rim-"-' id' newspapers
Frnm the capitol are ininiiiigaied iniisanre.s,
1 hey arrive weeks ami weeks <dd, and have
to be paid tor by the public.
T1IE NEW ORLEANS ROAD.
For some months past we have heard but
l'ttle in regard to this important public un
dertaking, beyond a simple inquiry as to
what are its prospects and whether it Jl
ever be built. In regard to the former in-
quiry no one in these parts seemed able to
give a satisfactory reply ; but the latter so
obviously bears an answer upon its face,
that we must confess we are not a little sur
prised at its being made. That the road
from ihis point, connecting with an ex" en
siou or branch of the Opelousas & New
Orleans road, will be built in time, is a mat
ter upon which we have never entertained a
doubt. Its advantages are so momfeatly
obvious to the commonest capacity, that we
scarcely deem it necessary to even allude
to them. W nat has greatly surprised us is.
that in a matter of such vital importance to
the merchants and citizens of Houston gen-
erally, so general an apathy should exist in
regard to the matt er. Nor is it a matter of
interest to'IIouston alone—it extends to the
remotest limits of the State. We venture
to assert, and think it can be satisfactorily
demonstrated to any candid mind, that no
Rii'-oad within our borders can ever be
made a pay:ng road, until this or a similar
connection'has been made, so that the im-
mense amount- of produce which will in a
few years be poured into the city of Hous-
ton through the various iron veins now con-
centrating here, has a better aud speedier
outlotthan that nowfi—nished by the Bayou
and Gulf. Of the amount of produce of all
kinds which will be brought here, but a
very small proportion wi" be, consumed by
us, or find this a consumers market. No,
for years to come, this*!11 be but a market
for sale or exchange ; and we must have the
means of send:ng it elsewhere in the short-
est possible space of time, and obtain in lieu
thereof such articles as we will consume.
This fact is forcing itself daily upon the
attention of those whose interest it is to re-
flect upon such aatterB, !>nd the want is
even now elt, though or" roads have ex-
tended but a sma'l 1'"stance into the "nte-
>r.
Every person of any rai'mad experience,
with whom we have conversed, or of whose
opinion 1 we have heard, have expressed the
belief that such a road would be a better
paying road than any other :n the whole of
the Southern, States. With such testimony
of the projects contaip:ug iruate merits, is
it not sir-prising that those whose greatest
interest lies in having the road in speedy
operation, should be so lax ;n com;ng for-
ward to aid the rndertaking ?
We make these brief remarks because we
understand that soon the work upon this
important road will be renewed with enery
—steps having been taken by the D:-ectors
of the Company to visi—o its successful
completion. Also, because we be,:eve that
the city of Houston alone has the power, if
the will were not wanting, to ca. -y the en-
terprise through in sa ety, and we cannot
lie 'eve that liei- citizens will rem^n any
longer blind to their best interests.
YE EDITORS AGAIN.
In our issue of Wednesday we published
the letter of the Editor of this paper from
Whccloek, in which he says that " D. R "
and himself had agreed to "ride and tie"
the editorial horse. From yesterday's News
we cut an account of the first day's trip, con-
cerning which "C." had little to say, it be-
ing " D. R's." ride on the editorial nag, if
we understand correctly their arrangement:
Bound for Waco—Stuck in the Mad—Pleas-
ures of a Day and Night—Houston—Hack-
ly—Hempstead — WasHngton—To Supper
and Off Again.
Washington, Jan. 13, 1858.
Here we are at ir'dnight, just arrived all
covered with mud, wet, miserable andliun-
g.-y, seated by a w .'etched fire, without any
iir-ned'ate prospect of a mouthful to eat or
1' ink, and wait-ng for the stage to start in
an lior- for Wheelock. I left Houston this
morning in company n ith four or five friends
for Waco, and though the accounts we had
of the roads before starting werepretty bad,
they fell far short of what ot'- experience
during the day has proved. The first thir-
ty-five miles being by ra:|way, we got along
very pleasantly, though it was a d'sagreea-
ble morning, and before reaching the cars
in Houston we had to wade through seas of
mud, but that is nothing to any one accus-
tomed to visit the Bayou city after a heavy
rain. The road now extends out to Hock-
ley, which is a small village of eight or ten
houses, put up temporarily 011 the prairie,
while the present terminus remains there.
A disagreeable drive of tiueen miles, over a
rotten prairie, with holes in places wide and
deep enough to bey the stage and passen-
gers, brought us to Hempstead about 3p. m.
l i—;ng these fifteen miles, we had repeated-
ly to get out, and foot it through the bogs,
but we congratulated ourselves on reaching
a place which gave some show of decent en-
tertainment, and sat dow.i to 'a tolerable
dinner, to which we a" d;d ample justice.
Our sorrows had not then commenced, s 1 we
a" mounted the stage, some eleven passen-
gers '"nside p "id out, in • tolerable sp' "its,
hoping to reach Washington by 8 or 9
o'clock atjlatest. Before leav'ng Hempstead
must remark it presents quite the appear-
ance of a flourishing -uland tow a, contain-
ing some build'ngs, and an appearance of
business quite encor-aging to those who
have located there in anticipation of the
completion of the second section of the rail-
way. I was told by an old friend whom 1
chanced to meet there, aud who had decid-
ed on pitching his tent right where hestood,
that some fifteen or twenty mot 3 houses
would have'been bt-'lt, if the lumber could
have been procured. The location is decid-
ly a good one for bus:nesB, and as it bids
fair to be the terminus of the Central Rail-
road for some time, it wi". doubtless soon
become a place of imports nee.
We had not proceeded far on our jor -aey
northwa 'd, wh-n we struck a succession of
ponds on the prairie, that caused the driver
to insist 011 our all turning out, and for some'
three miles we had to wade through-wet and
mud, often knec-ileep, and at. times with a
fair prospect of camping' out all nig it.—
When we reached t ie timber, the road im-
proved s'ightly, till we came to the Brazos
bottom, oppositeCol. Kirby's. By this time
it. was qt'te dark, aud with a lantern in
hand, carj-ied by one of our number, we
commenced navigating some three miles of
timber, on the worst road that can probably
be found in Texas. All who have traveled
the road throqgli this bottom, after heavy
rains, will bear witness lo the fact that for
deep mud holes, broken causeways, bbnd
ditches and ugly slumps, such anotherthrec
miles would be hard to scare up in a month's
journey in any barbarous or civilized coun-
ii v. After thread'ng our way on foot for
nearly three liou-s, ami at times mak'ng
explorations of liquid deposits of uncertain
depths, we reached the bn lk of the river,
which we crossed about nine o'clock, and
where we learned the Fort Henry had gone
i up a tew lxiiir.« previous. Being a'lused up
| wiih walk'ag through the bottom, we got in
I <01 the < tli<-r side, and made the renta'Vng
gii uiiles into town in three hours and half,
having stopped but once; when we had all
to turn out as usual. So far, a more disa-
greeable trip I have never had, and the pros-
pects ahead are anything but cheering.
Since commencing this, which I did to
pass away the time, we have been furnish-
ed with a supper, and made out much bet ter
than I anticipated, so we shall be prepared
to start in a few nfnutes, well fortified for
another fifteen or twenty hour's ride to
Wheelock. D. R.
THE BRIDE OF AN EVENING.
BT FMMA D. E. X. SOUTH WORTH.
CHAPTER I.
THE ASTROLOGER'S PREDICTION.
Reading, a fev weeks since, one of De
Quincey's papers—"Three Memorable Mur-
ders"—recalled to my nvndthe strange cir-
cumstances of one of the. most mysterious
dramas that ever taxed the ingenuity of
man, or required the flight of time to devel-
op.
The locality of our story lies amid one of
the wildest and most pictu-esque regions of
the Old Dominion, where the head waters
of the Rappahannock wash the base of the
Blue Ridge.
The precise spot—Crossland—is a sublime
and beatiful scene, where two forest-crown-
ed ranges of mounta'ns cross each other at
ob1;que angles.
At the intersecting point of these ridges
nestles a little hamlet, named. U-om its ele-
vated position, Altamont.
At the period at which our story opens
tee four estates, in the four angles of the
irregular mountain cross, were owned as
follows:
The eastern farm, called Piedmont, was
life property of Madame Auderly, a Virgin-
ian lady of the old school.
The western and most valuable estate was
the inheritance of Honora Paule, an orphan
heiress,grand-daughter and ward of Madame
Auderly.
The northern and smallest one, called,
from be'ug the deepest vale of the four—
Hawe's Hole—was the property of Hugh
Hawe, a widower of gloomy temper, parsi-
monious habits, and almost fabulous wealth.
The southern farm—named, i.-om the ex-
travagant cost of the elegant mansion-
house, elaborate out-buildings, and highly
ornamented grounds, which had absorbed
the means of the late owner, " Farquier's
Folly"—was the heavily-mortgaged patri-
mony of God -ey Farqc'er Du'aDie, the
grandson of Hugh Hawe, ? td now a young
aspirant for legal honors at the University
of Virginia.
But little benefit to the heir was to be
hoped f'om the inheritance of his father's
burthened property. In the hrst place, old
Hugh Hawe had bought up in his own name
all the cla'ms against the estate of Farquier's
FoUy—doubtless to prevent a foreclosure,
and to save the property for his grandson.
But, unhappily, Godu-ey had mortally
offended the old man by declining an agri-
cultural !:fe, and persisting in the study of
a profession—a course that has re3ulted in
his own disinheritance.
To make tl"'s punishment more bitter to
his g/andson, the old man had taken into
favor his nephew, Dr. Her>-y Ilawe, whom
he had established near h:mself at Far-
qu'er's Folly.
At this time, the disinherited heir, having
finlotieil a ^.erm at the University, had come
down to spend a part of his vacation in his
native place.
It was upon the Sunday even:ng of his
axiival that he found the l'ttle hotel, and,
indeed, the whole village of Altamont, in a
g.-eat state of excitement, f.'om the fact that
the celebrated heiress, Miss Honora Paule,
had just stopped there, and passed through
on her way home.
Those who had been so happy as to catch
a glimpse of her face, vied with each other
in praise of her many charirs, while those
who had not listened with eagerness, and
looked forward to the :nderonifying them-
selves by seeing her at church the next
morn;ng.
The next day, Godfrey Dulanie attended
church, where he saw and fel' in love with
the most beautiful and ;ntellectual-looking
gi-1 he had ever beheld. From the cheap-
ness and simpi:city of her attire, he sup-
posed her to be some poor dependent of
Madame Auderly's, in whose pew she sat.
Godfrey was completely captivated, and he
resolved at once to woo, and, if possible,
win this lovely being for his wife, poor girl
though she was. He was glad she was poor,
because she could for that reason be more
easily won. But on accompanying Mr.
Willoughby, the clergyman, and his brother-
in-law, Ernst Heine, home after church,
what was his astonishment and dismay at
beinj introduced to the supposed " poor
girl," whom he found to be no other than
the celebrated Miss Honora Paule, the; eat-
est heiress and beb.e, as well as the best and
noblest g:-l, in the State of Virginia. She
g/eeted him cordially, ane in a few minutes
the company were busily engaged in con-
versation. The topic of "capital punish-
ment" having been staued, God'rey tu-ned
to Honora, and said:
'I take an especial perronal interest in
4ia\iug capital punishment abo':shed—Miss
Pau'e, do you believe in astrology 1"
Honora started, fixed hct*eyes intently
upon the questioner, and then withd awing
them answered—
'Sir, why d'd you ask me if I believe in
astrology ?"
" Because, Miss Paule, I was about to re-
late for your amusement a prediction that
was made concci.,:ng myself, by a professor
of the black i>"t."
'A prediction," excla'nied Mrs. Wi1-
loujliby, drawing nee*-, with eager earnest.
" Yes, madam,'' replied Mr. Dulanie,
sn "'ng, " a prei,:ction which, ;f I believed,
would certainly dispose me to favor the
abolishment of the death' penalty. Three
years since, while I was sojourning for a
short time ;n the city of Richmond, on my
way to the Up'versity, 1 chanced to hear of
the Egyptian Dervis, Achbad, who was at
that time creat'ng quite a sensation in the
city. His wondgr.ul reputation was the
theme of every tongue.
" Idleness and cu' iositv comb:ned tolerd
me to bis rooms. He requ'-ed a pight to
cast my horoscope. He demanded, and I
gave b:m, the day and hour of my birth,
and then I took leave, with the promise to
retu a in the morr'ng. The next day I
went —"
"We'lt" questioned Honora, eavaestlyj
" My horoscope was a uoaaoR-scope in-
deed ! It prei':cted for me—a short and
stormy l;fe, aud a sharp and sudden death."'
" Good Heaven! But—the details t"
" It prophesied four remarkable events,
the first of which has already cometo pass."
" And that was—"
" The loss of my patrimonial estate !"
"Singular co: icideuce !" i llerrupted
Mr. Wi'loughby, as he arose and joined his
wife f id brother-'" i-law at the other end of
the room.
"I thought so whe^ the prophecy was
fn'filled," replied Godlrey.
"Ai/d the other tbree events ?" softly in-
quired Honora.
"The other three events, they follow
as predicted, must happen with'n the next
two years, or before 1 reach my twenty-fifth
anniversary. The first of these is to be the
unexpected ♦"heritance of vast wea'th."
Upon hearing this, a bright smile played
around the ,;ps of Honora, and banished
the clouds ..-om her brow. She waited a
few minutes for him to proceed, but finding
that he continued s:'cn<, she said— •
" Well, Mr. Dulanie, go 011! what was
the third predicted event 1"
" Do you command me to inform you ?"
" No, sir ; 1 beg you, of coi—tesy, to do
so."
• Very wel'," he said, dropping his voice
to a low undertone, " It was to be my mar-
liacewith the woman I should worship."
A deep vivid blush supplanted the bright
smile that quivered over Houora's variable
face. There was a pausn, broken at length
by her voice, as she gently inquired—
"Andthe fourth?"
The answer came reluctantly, and ia
tones so low as to meet Anly her ear.
"The fourth and last prediction was,
that before my twenty-fifth birth-day I should
perish on the scaffold.".
A low cry broke from Ae lips of Honora
as her hands flew up an^Havered her face.
After a m*nute or two He dropped them
and looking him sieadilyin the face, said
with quiet firmness--
"1 ou doubtless wonder at my emotion.
Now hear me. On the autumn following the
summer in which that prediction was made
to you, I wits in Baltimore with my grand-
mother, and with Mrs. Willoughby, who
was then Miss Heine. Cu*iosity took us to
the rooms of the Egyptian, who was then
practicing in that city. And after some
such preparations as he had used in your
case, he cast my horoscope and read my
ijtu-e. It was this, that before my twenti-
eth b'~th-day, I should be a bride, but never
a wife, for that the fatal form of the scaffold
arose betu-een the nuptial benediction and the
bridal chamber. Such were the words of the
prophecy." She spoke with a solemnity
that seemed to overshadow every other
feeling.
CHAPTER II.
the sybil's circle.
The next day, Honora informed her
grandmother, Madame Auderly, of Qod-
f 'ey's presence in the neighborhood, and
the eld lady sent her only brother, Colonel
Shannon, to fetch him to Piedmont God-
frey accepted the invitation. On his arrival
he found that General Sterne, the governor
elect of Virginia, and his son, had just taken
up their quarters, for several days, with
Madame Auderly; and the old lady, in his
honor, at once sent off cards of invitation to
some of the neighbors to visit her that even-
ing.
When tea was over, the company ad-
journed to the drawing-room, where, soon
after, the guests invited for the evening
joined them.
First came Father O'Louherty, the parish
priest of St. Andrew's Church, at Cross-
land.
The next arrivals were Mr. and Mrs.
Willoughby, and Mr. Heme.
Immediately after them came Dr. and
Mrs. Henry Hawe—the doctor, a man of
great fashion and elegance, the lady, a
delicate, pensive woman, with a sort of sad,
moonl'ght face, beaming softly out between
her fleecy locks of jet.
And, last of a1', to the astonishment of
everybody, came old Hugh Hawe, who had
been inv .ted as a matter of courtesy, and
was not *n the least degree expected to
makehis appearance.
He came not alone. On his arm he
brought a young girl, uninvited, but whom,
with grave courtesy, he presented to his hos-
tess as Agnes Darke, the daughter of a de-
ceased friend, and now his ward, who had
arrived orly that morning, and whom, pre-
sunvng on Madame Auderly's well-know a
kindness, he had ventured to present to her.
Madame Auderly, a reader of faces, was
certainly attracted towards her; and, after
a l'ttle talk, that confirmed her first favor-
able impressions, she took the hand of the
orphan girl and conducted her to the gronp
formed by the Misses Auderly, Mr. Sterne,
Mr. He ne, Mr. Dulanie, and Honora Paule.
Under the auspices of Miss Rose Auderly,
U ®y w « jusl about to form what.she called
a Sybil's C'rcle, for which purpose, Messrs.
Heine and Sterne were dispatched to bring
forward a round table. Miss Rose went to
a cabinet to seek the 16 Sybil's Leaves,"
which she presently produced. AH then
seated themselves around the table.
A dead silence reigned. Rose shuffled
the cards, tu*med them with their faces
down, and then, addressing her right hand
neighbor, Mr. Sterne, in a low voice, she
demanded—
" What would you with the Sybil?"
" I would know the future partner 'of my
life," was the forms'1 answer.
" Draw!"
The young man hesitated for a while,
smiled, and rejecting all those cards that
were nearest to himself, put his hand under
the pack, and withdrew the lowest one.
" Read!" he said, extending the card to
the SybiL
" Hear!" she excla:med:
"' A widow, beautiful aa light,'
Twill be your lot to wed—
With a rich jointure, which shall poor
Its bleninga on you head.'"
There was a general clapping of hands,
and shouts of laughter.
It was now Miss Jessie's turn to test her
fate. Being a young lady, she would not
put the question in the usual form, but
merely inquired what should be her fliture
fate. The answer drawn
' To dandle fools and chronicle small Uer.' "
a reply that nearly extinguished Miss Jessie
for the evening.
" I declare, if here is not Mr. Hugh
Hawe!" exclaimed the lively Lily, as the
old miser sauntered deliberately to the
table, and stood look:ng with indolent
curiosity upon the game of the young peo-
ple. "Come, Mr. Hawe! I declare, you
shall have you" fortune told !"
" Well, well—the commands of young
ladies are not to be disobeyed," replied the
old man, gallantly, as he extended his
hand and d-ew a card, which he passed to
the Sybil.
Amid a profound silence, and in a solemn
voice, she read—
Thy fate looms full cf horror!
friends.
Near at hand, perdition threatens thee !—
A fea* .al sign stands in thy house of life I—
An «nemy—a fiend lurks close behind
The radianceof'ay planet.—Dh.be warned!'"
" Pshaw ! what serious mockery!" ex-
claimed the old man, scornfully, as he
tu-ned away and gave place to his nephew,
who had all the while been posted behiud
h-'m, peeping over his shoulder.
" WiU you permit me to test my fortune T"
inquired the " fascinating" Dr. Hawe.
" And what would tod with the Sybil t"
was the response.
" I would know the future."
" Draw 1" said the Sybil in a tone of as-
sumed sternness.
Smiling his graceful but most sinister
smile, the doctor drew a card, and passed it
to the reader.
" Hear!" said the latter, lifting the tab-
let of fate and reading—
I know thtt .'—thou fearest the solemn night!
Witli her piercing stsrs, and her deep winds'
might!"
There's a tone in her voice thoa fain wouldtt shun,
For It asks what the secret soul hath done!
Acd thou!— there's a weight on thine!—away !
Back to thy home and pray!' "
" Look! I declare how pale the doctor has
grown!" exclaimed the flippant Jessie.
" One would really think, to look at him,
that ' a deep remorse for some unacted
crime ' preyed on him."
" NonsecSe ! Jugglery!" said the latter,
turning away to conceal his agitation.
The eyes of Honora Paule followed him
with the deepesL interest—there was that
upon his brow that she had never seen be-
fore.
The next in turn was Agnes. Turning to
her, Rose said:
" What seek you in the magic circle,
lady ?"
" My dest;ny," answered the luscious
tones.
" Invoke the knowledge !"
Agnes drew a tablet, and passed it, aa
usnal, to the Sybil, who read—
" * Oh. ask me not to speak thy fate !
Oh, tempt me not to tell
The doom shall make ' hee desolate,
The wrong thou mayst not quell!
Atray ' ,1way !—f rdc*tk vould be
Even as a mercy unto thrr
Agues shuddered, and covered her face
with her hands.
*' Put up the tablets! They are growing
fatal!" said Rose.
"Not for the world!—now that each
word is fate ! There ia a couple yet to be
disposed of! Miss Paule, draw near!"
said Mr. Heine.
The cheek of Honora Paul changed: yet
striving with a feeling that she felt, to be
unworthy, she smiled, reached forth her
hand, drew a tablet, and passed it to the
Sybil, who, in an effective voice, read—
' But how is this 1 A dream is on my eoul!
I see a bride—all crowned with flowers, and smllt-
tng,
As in delightful visions, on the brink
Of a dread chasm—**<i thoa * -t she!' *'
Honora heard ia silence, remembering
the strange correspondence of these lines
with the prediction of the aetrologer, made
long ago, endeavoring to convinee herse"'
that it was mere coincidence, and vainly,
faying to subdue the foreboding of her
heart.
"Mr. Dulanie!" said Rose, shuffl:ng the
tablets, and passing them to him.
He drew a card, and retu-ned it to be
perused.
The Sybil took it, and a thrill of super-
stitious terror shook her >~ame as she
read—
„ , " • Ditgrmu sad W,
Auiskawuful ieotk art *sor1 >
An hrepressible low cry broke from the
pallid Jipe of Honora. "Throw up the
cards!" shesa.'d: " It is wicked, this tam-
pering with the mysteries of the future!"
The above is the commencement of Mrs.
Southworth's great story, which is now
being published in the New York Ledger.
We give .this as a sample; but it is only the
beginning of this most interesting, fascina-
ting, and beautiful tale—the balance, or
continuation of it, can only be found in the
New lork ledger, the great family paper,
for which the most popular writers of the
country contribute, which can be found at
all the stores throughout the city and
country where papers are sold. Remember
and ask for the New York Ledger of Jan.
16, and in it you will get the continuation
of the story from where it leaves off here.
If you cannot get a copy from any news
office, the publisher of the Ledger will m ;i
you a copy on the receipt of five cents.
The Ledger is mailed, to subscribers, at
! a year, or two copies for $3. Address
your letters to Robert Bonner, publisher, 44
Ann street, New York. It is the handsom-
est and best family paper in the country,
elegantly illustrated, and characterized by a
high moral tone.
The story is, of itself alone, worth the
price of the Ledger. To peruse the history
of the lovely heroine, Miss Paule—how she
came to be a bride for only an evening, and
all the strange and absorbing particulars
connected therewith, will be a treat for all
who take the trouble to get the Ledger.
Her smile so soft, her heart so kind,
Her voice for pity's tones so fit,
All speak her woman;—but her mind
Lifts her where bards and sages sit.
Meat, halfbbUt
COMMERCIAL.
TELEGRAPH OFFICE, 1
Thursday, Jan. 21, 1858. /
V8~It should be remembered that our ouo-
ations generally represent ^wholesale prices.
WEEKLY REVIEW.
The business of the last week has, as
usual at this season of the year, been some-
whal'dul]. Tin "j * HM< at Ore
roads, together with the high state of the
water-courses, which our reports from the
county still represent |s nearly impassable,
keeping country customers at home.
The weather cleared up on the night of
the 15th, and we hare had no rain since.
Our streets are, consequently, drying rap-
idly.
The money market still remains very close,
though the demand for ready cash is not
so great. Cotton has slightly advanced, as
will be seen by reference to the Price Cur-
rent.
Emigrants still continue to come in, and
there is a steadily increasing demand for
private dwellings.
But little has been* done upon our rail-
roads of late, but the improvement in the
weather has set them, to work again, and
they are pushing ahead as rapidly as cir-
cumstances will permit.
HOUSTON MARKETS.
Our last review, under' date of the 14th.
left the market generally in an unsettled
and unsatisfactory state, although we then
predicted that later intelligence would be
more favorable.
Since then we are in receipt of the
Africa's advices, and the later news by the
America, both of which were favorable as
showing not only an advance in quotations,
but a more settled and quiet market and a
better state of financial affairs than has
existed sinoe the commencement of the
monetary panic. Under these influences
our markets are rapidly improving, and en-
able us to give quotations with more accu-
racy, and at a higher figure, than we have
been able to do lately.
Shipments continue large at lower
freights, and sales have been made at our
figures: >
Good Ordinary,- 7}@8
Low Middling, 8 @8J-
Middling 8J@8f
Good Middling, 9 @9J
STATEMENT OP COTTON.
Stock on hand Sept. 1, '57, balks o5
Rec'd past week — 269
previously - 83980-34249
i quo-
Total 34304
Shipped past week - 535
previously 27888-28423
Stock on hand January 20, 1858 5881
as follows:
Vincent ft Fisher '. 544
Peel&Dumble 154
T. W. Whitmarsh -1444
Allen ft Fulton -1035
J. J. Cain ft Co., 1099
Taylor ft Bagby 1605
Decrease of stock on hand from last
week 266
V
corresponding dat! last tsajl
Amount on hand Sept. 1, '56 balis 217
Rec'd to Jan. 14_ 296d2
... Jan. 14 to Jan. 21 __662—30324
Shipped to Jan 14..
.. Jan. 14 to Jan. 21-
30541
-27479
..1250— 28729
Stockon hand Jan. 21 1812
Increase in receipts to cor. date— 1595
Decrease of for cor. week 393
Increase of stock on hand, et« -4069
Quotations for corresponding date for
Middling grades 11 }@12}c.
Hides.
We note a somewhat improved feeling a
present prices. Country Texas hides are
worth from G@8c., Extra Flint command
from 9@llc, Green salted hides fetch from
3@4c.
Merchandize.
Bacos Sides—No change. Ribbed are
worth 14@15c. Clear, 17c.
Shoulders.—None in market.
Bauglkq—Unchanged. [India is worth
l&|@17}e. Kentucky, sella at 19®20c.
— ■ ■ ■■ 1 - js t * _
Bin—Little in market.
ill 50@12 60.
Bcttir—Fair stocks. Goahett sells at
25030c. Western 2S@25c.
Cajtot—Houston assorts
Bock,2«o. Faney, 28®80e,
Caxdlbs—We note at
weak. Star sell at 26<$aBe.;
AdamaaSaa, «0(^SlI^L^__
Chmsi—Prim Weston, 14@16e. Oe-
Aen, 17a, Koglish dairy, 1#®1?«.
Comm.—Little (change. Good Rio east
be had for lOjel; Prise seHsalittte higher.
however, say ll^life. Choiee, 12@12ie;
(Java 16(gl7c.
Com, Wxstmji—Is quoted at $l 10.
Com Texas—By the bbl., $1 00. At
the Huckster's ig held about $1 10,
Plod*.—Wc no.tice ac
for soae grades. Fine sells for $5 250
$6 60; Superfine $6 5006 ?£06 76;'; Ex-
tra, $8.
Hat—Little or none is market,
tations nominal
Ieo*—A flit supply, with so quotable
change. Sales have been past week.
Wequ^te as before, Refined Barb worth
4*06«; Horse shoe 6fs; Hoop 7J08^c. Oak
707}; Swedes 605} Cast Steal •
German 18e; Blister 16018e; Slab Stee l
19c; . Nfclf $4 750*6 SO.
Lam—About as teat week. We «Mto
goodinbbls. at l|018}e., kegs:
. Lead—Bar, ia worth ty09e.
Liwa —Ample stock. We quote 92 6<|0
$2 75. Cement, $2 7608 00.
Lcmbxb—We find Mobite yeBow pine,
now selling from the yard at $900*36:
Texas do, $160$SO-, Ate. ft Fia. dressed,
*4O0$46; Cypress, _ ^
$4 500$5 50; Lathes, $50*5 50.
Paints.—-White Lead, Ne. 1, per 100 ft
90$9 60; Pure $10 5O0$11; 8. W. Zinc
$10 6O0$ll 00; Freach, $12-5O0$18.
Pom, Mass—We quote Hew $170$18 ;
Old isVorth $230$25.
Potatoes—Western are worth $404 60-
Northern, $4 760$6,
MoLasses—We observe fair supplies, with
prices still tending downward. Bbis., te
quantity, 26028c. Do., single bbl*., SO0
88c, Half bbls., 36017$e.
Oils.—Linseed, $1 12*@$I 26; Lsrd.il
lower, and can be had for $1 3001 86. Cot-
ton seed, $1100116.
8alt.—Coarse $1 600100. Fine, $1 76
0$2 00
■ 8pieits.—Oliver's Whisky 80032c; Hose
82034a; Dexter, 42046c; Bourbon, 600-
75 ; Monongahela, 760$1 26; Cham-
paigne, per doc., $17. Claret per box $4.
Scqab—Supplies moderate. Ceauaoa,
708c.; Pair, 8c.; Choiee, 808$o.; Crushed, •
14015c.; Loaf, 1501Qc.
Tobacco.—Common 18022c; Extra, 86
040c; Fancy 75085c.
Rora—Manilla can be had from 15016a.
Kentucky, hand-made, 11011$e. De. ma-
chine, 12012je. L. ML C„ 12}013c.
from the Hew Orleans laUeUa
NEW ORLEANS MARKET.
Satdmat, Jan. 16,1868.
COTTON.—We noticed in our test re-
view sales during the early part of the week
of 33,500, subsequently to which we heard
of some further transact ions which swelled
the amount to 84,600, and we stated at tha
same time that the Africa's
given an additional impulse to I
resulting in an advance of {
closing at 909|«. On We
tions were restricted by rainy 1
the stringent pretensions of fhetors, aa well
as by the reduced supply offering, to 8,600
bales, but outride figures were generally
realised. On Thursday this upward ten-
dency resulted in a farther advance of }e,
the sales comprising 6500 bales; whUa
yesterday, the favorable accounts by the
North American which we have noticed
above enabled factors to realise prices still
Jc higher. Thus the sales of the three days
sum up 16,000 bales, making an i
for the week of 49,600.
The receipts since the 12th inst. <
15,674 bales against 20,669 during the cor-
responding period test year, ana the ex-
ports 22,626 embracing 9797 te Liverpool,
2213 to Fleetwood, England, 660$ to Havre,
•2G8 to Barcelona. 1267 to Genoa, 1662 to
Bremen, and 1618 (8226 haff teles) to Vera
Crux. Week's reoeipts 40,612 hplee. Ex-
ports 50,734 bales—leaving on hand a stoek
of 350,364 bales against 406,471 same time
last year. The reoeipts proper sinoe 1st
Sept to date (exclusive of those from Mo-
bile, Florida and Texas by sea) to
737,687 bales against 946,409 same tims
last year—showing adecreaae of 206,722
bales. The decrease at all the porta up to
the latest dates reported, is 606,719 batea,
(1,240,620 against 1,746,289). We now
advance our quotations aa follows:
Good Ordinary....
AiWWv f tUt sf Liwmy I.
Inferior— « • S
~±:i= a|
-
V * «.!*
• ts«|^e*ss«s.**r
Middling fair .7
fair
CATTLE MARKET.
Jsmmsox Omr,
Friday Evening, Jan. 16,JC868.
The market continues ban of
about 900 Hogs, 140 good Weal
and an ample supply of
Milk Cows
Veal Cattle.'
L
Beet Cattle,
Western line to choice, $
Western rough and fair.
Texas te, inferior, per tad.
do do cook*, do.
Hogs, per 100 lbs net-.
Sheep, in k>ta, inTr A
Mtik Cows! headl'cMceT'
Teal Cattle
CITY COUNCIL.
Houstok, January 20th, 1858.
Present—His Honor, tha Mayer, Alder-
men Hogs a, Brmett, Dickinson, Bice and
House.
Minutes of the previous meeting read and
on motion the same wm
On motion, tha following
read, to be paid, to wit:—
J. B. Hogan, for board:<ig and guard-
ing James Dickson $80 00
Ann Woods, for pauper 4 60
Nancy Miller, do 28 00
T. W. House, pr. Boyce 24 60
H. G. Pannel, for deek far Tap Bail-
road Co 10 00
A. Gbio, for hauling 12 60
Mrs. E. Bonsaao, ia 6 66
H. G, Pannel, burial of paopere 117 00
W. H Eliot, medicinea for paupers... 94 27
The City Marahal'a supplementary report
for December, 1867, to January 16th, 1868,
for special aud general colleetiona, handed
in and approved.
Oh motion, His Honor, the Mayor, ap-
pointed a special committee, consisting of
Aldermen Hogan, House and Dickinson, to
exanrne the rotrnf* of asi election held en
the 4th day of January, to elect eity <
for the year 1868, and after a—antog the
same, reported as follows, that—
B. P. Buckner waa duly, eleetodMayor.
LC. Lord and B. Daly were elected Al-
dermen for Ward Ne. 1.
W. B. Vincent and A. Senec
elected Aldermen for Ward Ho. 2.
Thomas 8. Lubbock and Henry 8am)
were elected Aldermen for Ward Mo. t.
Wm. H. King aod| W. D. ]
Wharf-
elected Aldermen for Ward Bo. 4.
Geo. H. Briughurat waa eteetoc
inger.
GeorgeRottenatein, Becietary and Trias
urer.
E. F. Williams, Marshal.
Wm. Anders, Recorder.
John Ruterstorff, Sexton.
On motion of Alderman House,
Resolved, That the thanks of this Board
be, and are hereby tendered to Cornelius
Ennis, Esq., for the efficient and prompt
manner in which he has discharged the da-
ties incumbent upon him as Mayor of this
city during the year, and also for the cour-
tesy he has uniformly displayed te <
cial is
intercourse with him
period.
B. F. WILLIAMS, Sec'y.
There being no other bnatena, on motto
the Board adjourned sine die.
A DMINISTRA'^RTS NOTICES.
Chbbokm Co. -lUry Chandler e* of
James Chandler, January, 1868 Hiram
Calton est Jno. W. Hoag, deoeaaed Jan. '60
The Standard has a lively article on
" Sycophancy," which evinaaa fine satirical
abilities and a keen perception ot the lodi*
creua side of politic!.
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