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FEBRUARY 3,
1858.
i an glad to lean that the Grand
____ I of tiflwro have sub-
for 227 copies of Rot Morris' Uni-
versal Masonic*^ Library, and the Grand
Lodge of Florida for 40 copies. These are
li^rtd subscriptions, truly. f
" j0 The Dramatic Readings at the Old
Capitol oa Monday evening, by J.B. Strong,
called out an appreciative,, audience. To
read.dramatic poetry, without the accesso-
ries^)? scenery, costume, or the support of
others, is by no means an easy task. In
the selections from Hiawatha and the Mer-
chant of Venice^ Mr. Strong was particu-
larly successful, and we commend his enter-
*~i|ry*** to ear Mends abroad..
*z fgj^We call attention to the fact, that
the nunc <rf'J.'P. Andrews has been with-
drawn from the eontest for the Mayorality.
CM. Andrews was induced to lend his name
for the race, upon the earnest solicitations
riends; but circumstances have con-
1 him that he was not the choice of the
f, and as Insincerely desires the 'suc-
~ce«of that parly, he withdraws his name,
in older that thS party may be united. His
*^|me should have been withdrawn from our
Motda/s issue, but from some inadve i-tence
*o4 our part, his request was not attended to.
We would call the attention of our
- readers to the •'Ivv'' r . in another
oftnmn, of John Dickinson, respecting Life
£fire Insurance. He is agent for three of
the beet Companies at the North, and pro-
pate to take Fire Risks upon Buildings and
SAtn Risks upon White Persons or Slaves.
Ask' agenoy of this character is much needed
as we are satisfied many persons are
desirous to insure, not only their real estate,
^but their negroes, who heretofore have
wanted tho opportuaity that is now presen-
We are aware that the custom so general
a£~the North of insuring one's life, only
prevails to a limited extent tn the South.
t from the fact that the popula-
chiefly agricultural, and the
9, that at the death of the head of
a- family, his survivors are certain to bepro-
vided for, or at least not left entirely desti-
tute. This dose not apply, however, tothose
residing in our Southern cities and towns,
as the same causes of impoverishment ex-
ists as at the North. An obvious motive for
life insurance, during the continuance of
health and prosperity, may be derived from
the consideration, tii&t the benefit resuliing
from these .contracts comes at a time when
"il ia most indispensable, and when it is too
&te to remedy otherigee the misfortunes
arising from the want of foresight, or from
t£e,derangement of even the iqpst prosper-,
^business, by sudden death. A person
125, by^paying$16 20 annually, secures
Jot his family $1,000, should he die within 7
yean. .One at the age of thirty, who can
spare §118 annually, can provide, by an
£nsuM<io5 on Ms whole life—a sure bequest
of $5,000, Cb hiS'survWora. These are pru-
dential considerations connected with the
system of Life Insurance that we will advert
to moire fully, hereafter. I.
LATEST NEWS.
+ ■ „; -
By the States' mail, this morning, we
have l$pw Orleans files to the 29th ult. The
Can|rf brings three days later advices than
the Kangardo. Cotton declined Jd. We
give all the news we find.
" -" Foreign.
Hit York, Jan. 23.—The steamship
Canada -arrived at Halifax this morning,
with intelligence from Liverpool to Satur-
day, 16th inst., three days later than that
brought by the Kangaroo.
The Emperor Napoleon was fired at on
the evening of the 14th, while entering the
Opera House. Three persons were killed
andgsixty wounded.
Ae conspirators weragttaliana. Many of
them were arrested. ■
The Emperor remained at the opera until
the close, and was afterwards enthusias-
tically hailed by the pep^jffr
The confiscated America^ Ship Adriatic,
which came in .collision with the steamer
Lyonats, has e&aped from Marseilles.
The Leviathan was nearly at the end of
her ways, and little else was to be done un-
til the tides would float her.
The Queen of Spain's speech announces
the acceptance of the mediation of France
and England on the Mexican question, on
the condition thyt the honor of Spain b<
preserved. '
Mazrini has issued an address to the peo
pie of Italy, saying (hat for them to con-
spire was not only a right but a duty.
The Indian mail has arrived, bringing
one week later advices, but nothing from
Cawn$ore, owing to an interruption in the
PUBLISHED ON CONGRESS STREET, NEAR COURTHOUSE SQUARE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, BY E. H. CUSHING.
VOL. XXIII--NO. 47.1
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY, 10,1858.
{WHOLE NO. 1253.
By this arrival we have the cheering in-
telligence of the safety of the steamship
Ariel, that sailed from Havre on the 31st
alt. *
The Ariel arrived at Cork on the 15th
instant, having broken hqr main shaft.
She met. with an accident on the evening
of the 6th, and was able to work only one
whi«£* ~ *'" |
Fwascial.
Money is slightly easier. _ .
The has-reduced its rates to 5 per
percent. '*■'*£_i
Consols for money, 94§@94J.
American Stocks have sughtly advanced,
bat are slow of sale.
' ^ Commercial.
,, ool cotton market is reported
la decline of |d. Ib in prices of
both Fai* and Middling qualities.
The quotations are, for Fair Orleans,
5|S. for Middling Orleans, 6|; for
Fair-MdbOe, 6 9-16d.; for Middling Mobile,
6 &16d.^ fa^Fair Uplands, 6Jd.; for Mid-
dling Uplafflfa 6Jd.
The'sales hid been mostly to the trade.
Breadstufls closed dull with a declining
tendency.
Provisions closed quiA
New York, January^!!).—Cotton J to f
)ier, sales of 2500 bales—Uplands Mid-
j 10J@10fc. Sugar closed firm at an
advance of J to Jc. Fair Orleans 5Jc. Rio
Coffee 8J to' 10£c. Orleans Molasses 25 to
26 Rice quiet.
Cincinnati, Jan. 29 —Flour dull at $3 75
to $8 90. Whiskey dull at 15$. -Hogs and
Provisions unchanged. Mess Pork $13.
Bulk meats 6} to j$c. Lard 8} to 9|c.
CutenrsATi, Jan. 28.—The steamer Fanny
FeM^&vm St. Louis, for Pittsburg, explo-
ded tinnier th& afternoon, 18 miles below
here.J;
Fifteen lives are reported to be lost, in-
; Capt. Woodward, three ladies and
[ deck hands and firemen.
Clerks Kegers and Dunn were scalded,
the former badly.
The pilot, engineer and mate were saved
The boat burned to the water's edge.
Ca&B&guos, Jan. 28.—The Isabel has
arggjd l#ia Havana via Key West.
' *Bf~Frahk Anderson, with six officers and
thirty-nine men, had arrived at Key West,
and were under anest. *•'*
• The Court decrees that they shall be tried
before the U. 8. District Court for the State
of Louisiana.
In default kbail they are held in custody.
Burlington, Iowa, Jan. 30.—Kx'-Gover-
nor Grimes is elected U. S. Senator by 21
majority.
St. Louis, Jan. 29.—We have advices from
EDITOR'S LETTER—No. 8.
The following letter, dispatched by mail
from Austin, reached here too late for its
place in our last weekly:
Austin, Jan. 28, 1858.
Night before last the House of Represen-
tatives, in a' freak, adjourned to meet at
iour o'clock the next morning. That hour
accordingly found some few members pre-
sent together with the Sergeant-at-Arms,
those who were there having, for the most
part, made a night of it about town, and
brought up at the Capitol at the hour agreed
upon. The Sergeant-at-Arms was dispatched
for the balance, and after infinite noise and
confusion through the whole town sucqeeed-
ed in pulling enough members from their
beds to make up a quorum. I went up at
about 7 o'clock and found things in a curi-
ous position. Some members were awake
and some asleep. Some were wholly dress-
ed, and others half dressed. Some were
saying this, others that, and the hall pre-
ssnted a scene of confusion, more interest-
ing than dignified.
The bill for the relief of the Central
Railroad Company, is one in which our
readers feel much interest. A bill was
some time ago passed, among other things,
releasing thai company from the forfeiture
of their bond of §10,000, for failing to com-
ply with the requisitions of the act by
which they are allowed to locate their lands
six months before the iron is laid on the
road for * which lands are granted. This
bill was vetoed on the ground that, the
legislature has no power to grant release of
forfeiture. Other reasons were given in
the message, but they were of comparatively
little importance, and were not urged. The
legislature have since passed another bill
with this same objectionable feature in it,
which has also been vetoed. The friends of
the bill are making an effort to pass it over
the veto,* while others have expressed a
willingness to pass a bill that will give sub-
stantial relief leaving this forfeiture to be
released in another way, or if not, to - be
paid-at* the end of the law. The whole
question hinges on the grammatical con-
struction of a clause in the State Constitu-
tion, which is as follows :
" In all criminal cases, except in those of
treason and impeachment, he (the Governor)
shall have power after conviction to grant
reprieves and pardons; and- under such
rule ag the legislature may prescribe, he
shall have power to remit fines'and forfeit-
ures."
Those who side with the Governor believe
that the release of the penalty is left with
him, subject to the direction of the legisla-
ture, al ter judgment in the courts. While
those who take the other view regard a re-
lease, previous to judgment, as in the? hands
of the legislature. They urge that the
legislature is the original sovereign power,
and other powers are only carved out of
that; that this power of release before
judgment in court, is not expressly given
to any other department, and consequently
vests in the original holder. It seems to
me that a forfeiture * only beoomes so by
judgment. I pretend to no great learning
in this inatter, but am generally inclined to
side with common sense men rather than
with lawyers in interpreting the Constitu
tion. I think the Governor is right; but
whether right or wrong, I believe him to be
honest in his views. Nor do I think he en-
tertains any but the most friendly feelings
towards the Central Railroad Company
He has been much maligned in this respect.
We of Houston are apt to regard those who
are not heartily in the cause of railroads
to the exclusion of other interests, as against
us. But we should not forget that, while
railroads are really the most important in
terest now in Texas, yet that the good of
the State, and more than all, the good of
thj railroads themselves demands that they
should be under the control of wholesome
legislation. I am far from thinking that
the Central Railroad should be made to pay
this forfeiture. There are many circum
stances which even extraordinary prudence
could not have forseen last summer, which
have retarded the progress of the road. It
seems to me that a spirit of concession on
the part of the friends of both measures
would lead to some action that would at the
same time satisfy all and afford the desired
relief. A bill accomplishing this will event
ually pass. The Senate might be induced
to pass the last bill by a two-thirds vote
over the Governor's veto, but the house will
not. *
There appears, in certain quarters, among
leading Democrats and men of t*alent, as
well as aspirations, an evident disposition
to oppose the Governor in all things. I re-
gret to see it. I* think these men in the
wrong. I doubt if they can accomplish
their purposes. Men sometimes undertake
to do too much, and lose in failure the force
they might otherwise have. A factious op-
position on the part of the opponents of
the Democracy was to be expected, but an
organized or a well understood opposition
among those who should be his warmest
supporters, when begun almost with his
very inauguration, argues some purpose
which cannot be commendable. What the
cause or purpose may be is beyond my ken.
The state of the case has only' developed it-
self. It will make trouble, though not all
the trouble some seem to desire.
Last night, in the Senate, a bill came up
for the more effectual protection of stock
Taisers. Everybody, seemed desirous of
amending the bill to suit his individual no-
tions, and the Senate went into a Committee
of the Whole, Stockdale' in the Chair. An
animated discussion took place, in which
Lieut.-Gov. Lubbock exercised his right in
rate, and make a connection if there is none.
Meanwhile I intend to see and write down
whatever is visible in the capital. C.
J8SP* See card of T.
Give them a call.
Richmond, Eeb. 2d, 1858,
We left Austin on Friday afternoon, the
29th, bound for home, reached Bastrop at
11 that night, LaGrange at 10 thenext mor-
ning, Columbus at 8 in the evening, slept
fifteen miles below, at Mr. Good's, and came
on yesterday to this place, reaching here at
7 p. M. Our journey hasbeenmade in good
time, in tolerably comfortable coaches, un-
der the management of good drivers, and
without accidents or incidents worth men-
tioning. The horses have not run away,
the coaches havenot upset, orbogged down,
we have found no creeks to swim or wade—
in fact, nothing that we could call bad, ex-
cept picking our way three miles through
the Colorado bottom in the night, on foot,
and wading about a mile and a half yester-
day in a wet and soft prairie. The trip is
usually made without stopping, and travel-
ing day and night in a stage coach is at best
wearisome ; but with us it has terminated
in a pleasant hotel, with a comfortable room,
a good supper and good beds. The Veran-
dah is decidedl^the best hotel I have seen
since I left Houston.
Just now the route we have come is the
best between the coast and Austin. The
Brazos bottom is a thing to be dreaded in
wet winters, and that is altogether avoided
here, the railroad running entirely through
it. The Colorado bottom is bad to be sure,
but is nothing so bad as that of the Brazos,
when we went through it on our way up.
Belton, Austin and LaGrange, the routes
are both the same. The road crosses the
Colordo no less than four times in this dis-
tance, and twice below. Like the pig get-
ting through a Virginia fence, you never
know which side of it you are on. Travel-
ing along in that semi-somnolent state
which stage travelers necessarily fall into,
you are frequently surprised by the river
on the wrong side of you, and running up
stream. You however commit yourself to
the superior knowledge of the driver, who
invariably gets his passengers on the right
side in the end.
Below Austin the country is a good deal
broken, and much of the scenery fine. Web-
berville is a flourishing town on Webber's
prairie, about fifteen miles from the capital,
and surrounded by fine plantations. The
land is apparently productive. Many of
the Colorado meadows above here appear to
be in good cultivation, and give token of
thrift and prosperity. Bastrop we passed
in the night, but what we CDuld see by moon
light showed a flourishing town. LaGrange,
thirty miles below, is* the county seat of
Fayette county, and a very pleasant village.
A large fire some time ago destroyed many
of the buildings about the square, but they
are being rebuilt, and in a year or two more
no vestige of the destruction will remainf
Between Bastrop and LaGrange the stage
stops at the best breakfast stand I have seen
any where. Those who have travelled this
route will bear me out in saying that Cun-
ningham's is all this.
ColumbusJ saw nothing of, our stay there
being but a few minutes ; but I was told it
is a growing ^>lace and rivals any of the
towns of the Colorado river in importance.
When the B. B., B. & C. Railroad, now gra-
ded twenty-five miles above Richmond,
reaches this point, it is bound to become
one of the most thrifty towns in Texas. The
work is at present suspended on the road,
but will, I presume, recommence soon.
Richmond is growing every day. Within
the last five years its population has doub-
led four times over, and its business propor-
tionably increased. The improvements are
generally of a substantial character, and the
people believe in the permanent success of
thejplace. They are right.
This ends our traveling by stage. The
trip of more than four hundred mi! es has
been one embracing variety enough. The
traveling has been of every character, good,
fair tolerable indifferent, bad, worse,
worst. It is pleasanter to look back upon
it than forward to such another one. I am
glad it is over, and on the whole, glad to
have taken it. Setting aside the objects of
the journey, I would not take a round sum
for the experience of past three weeks. One
gets but a meagre idea of adventures like
those we have encountered, until he has had
hand in them. One fails to appreciate all
the comforts of railroad traveling, when he
travels on nothing but railroads. Years
hence, if living, I hope to go over a good
part of the same journey, at the rate of
twenty miles an hour, when now I have
gone but one or two. The contrast will not
be disagreeable.
To-day we take the cars for Houston, and
expect to sleep under our own roof to-night.
C.
The card of M. D. Herrring, Esq., of
Waco, introduce? to our readers a first
rate lawyer and a good man.
G. M. Flournoy, Esq., of Austin, is
an excellent lawyer, and faithful to the in-
terests intrusted to him.
Jjrsj^Estell & Likens, of Henderson, can-
not be surpassed in Eastern Texas, either
as lawyers or whole-souled men. See card.
C. Palmer's land office and agen-
cy in Marshall is doing well, and the indus-
try of the proprietor is bound to succeed.
The hotel advertised for sale by E.
Smith, of Austin, is the best stand in
that city, and always overrun with custom.
J Douglas Brown's land agency at
Austin is well known. He spends much of
his time ■ on the frontier, and is well ac-
quainted with the best of the public domain.
We are indebted to J. S. Taft for
Harper for February, also for the last two
numbers of Harpers' Weekly, the most read-
able newspaper now published.
gSg" The sun shines bright to-day again,
from a cloudless sky. With the weather
we have had this winter as a whole, we have
learned to prize such days as this as things
of real beauty.
I^*M. H. Bowers, Esq., of Austin,
whom we like, is an industrious, faithful
and well read lawyer. He can always be
found at his business, and we prophesy suc-
cess to him.
We call attention to the advertise-
ment of Mr. Stanley, in another place in
this paper. The portraits spoken of, sam-
ples of which he has kindly laid upon our
table, are indeed beautiful.
ggy There is to be a lecture delivered to-
night before the Lyceum, on Geology, by
Dr. J. S. Duval. This an interesting and
instructive theme, and will1, we hope, call
out a good house. The public are generally
invited to attend.
The card of prof. Forshey's Military
Institu|p, at Rutersville, appears.in our
columns. Military training is the best pos-
sible for young men. Prof. Forshey's school
is, we believe, well liked by those who have
patronized it.
Everybody has heard of the famous
Donetti troupe of waltzing dogs and danc-
ing monkeys. They have given successful
entertainments in all the principal cities of
the Union, and are fine examples of careful
training and brute instinct. Their agent,
Major Burnell, informs us they will open
here on Tuesday night next.
Utah to the 14th. The army is in comfort- , sueh cases of taking part, making an effec-
tive spech in favor of the bill. The subject
is one he is at home upon, and he showed
up the evils of the present arrangement uf
things in a strong light. I doubt, however,
whether either the present bill will go
through, or a substitute, which will accom
*We quarters. No news has been received
from Capt. Marcy. There is no snow East I
of Fort Laramee, while the grass is plenty j
and the buffalo are fat.
Waskihgtos News. I
Washisgtos, Jan. 29.—The Costa Rica I
Minister is officially advised of the negotia- I
tion of the late treaty between that govern-
ment and Nicaragua.
Two hundred thousand dollars, in treas- '
nry notes, were paid out to mail contractors j
to-day,
A canvass of the House of Kepresenta- I
tires made to-day shows that there will be room. They left Waco for Houston
a majority of ten in favor of the admission j Ul(. same morning we did, and saw
of Kansas with the Lecotnpton Constitution.
The President's message on the subject
will be laid before Congress in a very tew
days.
It is ascertained here that preparations
are being made for extensive emigration
from the Northern States to Central Ameri-
TEXAS ITEMS.
The LaGrange True Issue contains the
proceedings of the Anti-Matrimonial Club
at that plac$ expelling two of its members
for the crime of matrimony. The recreant
have, doubtless, in this, learned the way of
getting out of bachelor clubs.
The Gonzales Inquirer obseves that the
peach apd plum trees there are beginning
to bloom.
The Inquirer says that mush and milk and
hominy are a3 scarce in Gonzales as Know
Nothings are here. If they are no scarcer
our friends out that way will not starve.
Just now, Know-Nothingism is the popular
side here, and all fishy people are in the
ranks.
The Inquirer makes favorable mention of
the improvements about Gonzales, particu
larly ofthe concrete houses, which are said
to be admirably adapted to the country.
The Victoria Advocate says that the Texas
has arrived there from l'owerhorn. That
j paper speaks in high terms of boat. Hous
plish the purpose. It is hard to say how-
ever.
Since I have been writing this. King and
Sampson have made their appearance in my
Isaatt^Xsi is intiesl
lirect
ights. |
They got six miles down the river, and a
quarter of the way across, and had to give
it up, so they concluded to coinc back and
join teams with us, by this route. They
have just, arrived. We cannot learn that
mere is yet any connection with the coast,
but intend to start in a day or two at any
ton readers will remember it as in the op
position here last fall.
The editor of the Advocate was down at
Lavaca the other day, and took his first ride
on a railroad, it being the three and a half
| roiles completed of the S. A. !£ M. G. Road,
i lie is considerably taken with the iron horse,
thinks it just the thing.
Weespecially desire you to keep our name
out of your paper, and when you want
item lo •• till up" with, get some other man
name, who is a bigger fool than we.—Jtffer-
tuu Herald.
That isn't pottibli?
FRIDAY, FEBRUARYS, 1858.
II. Fulton & Co.
Capt. S. Crosby's many friends will
be glad to learn that his defeat for Commis
sioner last summer has opened for him a
much more profitable business as agent in
Austin. ' He will have in this new business
all that he can attend to. His reputation
as an honest, industrious, systematic man,
and a good officer, stands unsullied. See
his advertisement.
KaT We call attention to the card o
Turvin's Ferry, which may be found in our
advertising columns. Travelers who have
crossed speak of it in favorable terms, as
being the only one over the Brazos during
the highwater weeks past, that horses or
vehicles could be put over anywhere above
Richmond. It is three miles above Hill's
Ferry, and the nearest to Hempstead.
s&- The excessive rains have again in-
terrupted the mails, and we have nothing
from anywhere up the country. The Waco
Southerner was the only paper received
yesterday, and that was dated the 23rd.
The editor hereof left Waco that same day,
sojourned four'days in Austin, has been at
hoir.e four days, and went a hundred miles
out of the way to get home. If the mails
could only get through the country as fast
as travelers, it would lighten our discom-
forts materially.
Our attention has been called to a
paragraph in the Intelligencer of the 13th
ult., which had hitherto escaped our notice,
in which occurs the following expression :
We know that to have laid the Tele-
graph's first, last, and only choice for Asso-
ciate Justice, vPon the shelf, for the man
whom the Houston bar so completely sold
last year, will be grievous to the flesh of
the Telegraph."
We are at a loss to coniorehend the mean-
ing of the sentence, particularly as to the
Houston bar having sold anybody, and ask
our Austin friend to explain. That. Judge
Gray was the choice of the Democracy here
is certain, and that he was the real choice
of the party all over the State, we arc just
as well satisfied. But in a Convention
made up of members of the legislature, a
representative who is a candidate has much
the advantage, and if he has conducted
himself well as such, is sure to win. The
friends of Judge Gray were disappointed,
and we as much as anybody, but we cheer-
fully submit, satisfied that, though we have
once been disappointed by the Convention,
the system is a correct one; and, at the
same time, determined nefer again to give
our consent to a Convention being held at
Austin during the session of the legisla-
ture.
Our constitution wisely prohibits mem-
bers of the legislature voting for each other
for any office whatever. Our party would
act with the same wisdom did they forbid
members of the legislature a seat in any
Party Convention while they hold their
seats as legislators.
This much by way of explaning our feel-
ings and position on the subject.
'58.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 20, ou^
Me. Editoe: After the Announcement by
Gen. Houston of the death of his late col-
league, Thos. J. Rusk, and with eulogy, he
was followed by Messrs. Collamer, Glenn
and Seward. In the House of Representa-
tives, Messrs. Reagan, of Texas, Keitt, of
C., Jackson, of Georgia, Quitman, of
Miss., and Clark, of N. Y., eulogised feel-
ingly.
I have never yet seen an occasion more
touching and impressive.
Party lines, in other scenes so strictly
observed, were stepped over on this serious
occasion, and all bowed in unison of feel-
ing, paying the last tribute to the lamented
dead.
The usual resolutions of condolence were
adopted, after which the Houses ad-
journed.
This morning they met again, and have
consummated with the last couple of days
more than in any two or three weeks since
their meeting, the Treasury Loan Bill ex-
cepted.
Mr. Hale resumed and concluded his at-
tack on the Supreme Court, which he calls
his speech on Kansas.
Nothing ,new of note. No special pro-
ceedings in either the Supreme, Claims, Cir-
cuit or Criminal Courts. The .departments
are (lrjt *
No new measure is in contemplation of
any conspicuous gentleman as is learnt.
Utah is presenting a bold front again to
the Union, more belligerent, from all
accounts than ever.
Kansas election still in doubt.
Galveston.—The News has a long arti-
cle on the subject of Dogs, Monkeys, Men,
suggested no doubt by the presence of Do-
nitti's celebrated troup of trained monkeys
in Galveston.
* ! ". - ••
The News mentions another storm in Gal-
veston. On Tuesday night the North side
of the city was flooded with water, so much
so that business in that part of the city was
suspended Wednesday morning.
The News calls attention to a counterfeit
ten dollar bill on the Louisiana State Bank.
Vignette—^Neptune and female in a car
drawn by sea-horses, a ship on the right,
female leaning on a shield on the left, a
sheaf and farming utensils between signa-
tures, general-appearance dark, the paper a
good imitation of the genuine.
There is to be an election to-mor-
row for Mayor of the City, in place of
Judge Buckner resigned. A. McGown, Esq.,
is in the field solus, running against time,
and bound to win anyhow. No Democrat
has yet offered himself for the position.
Whether this is because the Democrats of
Houston acknowledge themselves whipped,
or that there is no one in the ranks willing
to accept a position of such.responsibility,
it is hard to say Certain it is, that an im-
portant office is going into the hands of
those who love us not, without an effort on
our part to prevent it.
Our Representatives in Congress
are, from all accounts, among the hardest
workers there. They represent districts
larger in territory and population than any
others in the United States. Their corres-
pondence is necessarily very large, and their
duties onerous. Those writing to them
from home must not think themselves neg-
lected if their letters are notat once attend-
ed to. Of Mr. Bryan we feel bound to say
that no interest of his constituents will
want for his attention.
TEXAS ITEMS.
By the mail, on Saturday afternoon, we
did not receive our usual Austin exchanges.
As to why, we can only say, " quien
sabe ?"
The San Antonio Texian says there is
case of small-pox in that town. The person
afflicted contracted it on the Rio Grande
Measures have been taken that the disease
shall not spread. San Antonio is usually a
very healthy city.
The same paper says that four Mexicans,
with as many carts, having §8,000 worth of
goods of a mercantile house of San Antonio,
went from that city to Presidio del Norte,
without an escort. Though they went
through the most dangerous part of the In
dian country they escaped unharmed with
their goods
The Richmond Reporter of the 30th ult,
ssysthe Brazos river is high and still rising.
The San Antonio Ledger notices the arri-
val of a number of Mexican merchants in
that city, who have come with the ready, to
purchase goods for the Mexican market,
encouraged by low prices, for cash, and the
lightness of the duty.
The Ledger complains of muddy streets
in San Antonio. It must have rained "some'
if San Antonio is very muddy.
The Gonzales Enquirer wants railroad
communication with the Gulf. It thinks
that three dollars per cwt. to wagoners
is rather too steep.
The editor of the Bastrop Advertiser has
been off visiting in Mississippi for some
months. He has come home with the con-
clusion that " there is no place like Jiome."
The Advertiser says the States mail is
behind-hand. Cause, bad roads.
The Intelligencer says " there is not a ten
day's supply of breaTl in Austin; and the
roads to the coast are almost impassable.
The people will, some time or other, awaken
to the importance of railroads ; and possi-
bly our wise authorities may be able to dis-
tinguish between frothy technical flummery
about bad management, and the practical
good sense which seeks to help rather than
to oppose."
The Tyler Reporter says no new cases of
small-pox have broken out in that town, and
the authorities hope to prevent its spread.
Many of those sick are recovering.
The Nueces Valley isdown on Gen. Walk
er and filibustering generally.
Our last Brownville Flag is barren of
Rio Grande news of importance.
The Texan is in favor of judicial nomina-
tions. It says the idea of securing Judges
in this country by any other means than a
vote of the people, is a remnant of "aristo-
cratic tomfoolery."
A German Lutheran Church has been or-
ganized at San Antonio.
We ware in error the other day
in stating that Judge Bell, of the First
District, had committed himself not to run
against the nominees of the Convention for
Associate Justice. He has not, so far as
we know, declared whether he would or
would not rim. He belongs to a large class
whose Democracy is undoubted, but who
are, from principle, opposed to judicial
.nominations. Should he come out, he will
be one of the strongest opponents we can
have. lie is a man of learning, sound
judgment, and great purity of character,
entirely popular in his own district. And
while we must say that, should he run, we
shall feel bound to oppose him, and use all
just means to defeat him, yet there are
few men we should prefer to support as the
nominee of the Convention to him. Our
own position is for the ticket, the whole
ticket, and nothing but the ticket.
SONG,
dedicated
• For the TeleAjraph.
WRITTEN FROM HOME.
&
The Eastern Texian has an interesting com-
munication Irom ••Feudal/' ou Stephen A.
Douglas, ia which the Illinois Senator re-
ttlVti A Vroi4ii4t of ebarp bits.
TO MY AFFECTIONATE K
Tune—What Is Home Without a Mother.
When from home and those who love me
What are all life's charms to me—
When the angel form of Mary
I no longer, longer see ? *
I will hasten, quickly hasten,
Back again to home and thee;
My heart is sad when sweet Mary
I no longer, longer see.
When from home, and none to love me,
Uh, how slow the moments flee,
When the smile of my dear Mary
1 no longer, longer see.
In the shadows ofthe evening.
When the stars look down ou me,
I will think of thee, dear Mary,
1 no longer, longer see.
Do you think of him who loves you—
Him you now no longer see ?
1 know you do ! Soon I'll hasten
liack again to home and thee.
•Soon again 1 hope to meet thee,
Mary, ever kind and true !
Then thy loving smile will greet me.
I'ray for me. Adieu, adieu.
UoeiTOx, '08. 0; H. Bill.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 23, '68.
Mr. Editor : With several others, the
following appointments of the President
have been approved by the Senate: Fayette
McMullin, of Va., Governor of Washington
Territory; Abraham Rencher, of N. C.,
Governor of the Territory of* New Mexico;
Alfred Cummings, of Mo., Governor of the
Territory of Utah; and John Harnett, of
Mo., Secretary of the Territory of Utah.
The commission of Judge Clifford as As-
sociate Justice, was read in, the Supreme
Court yesterday, and after the oath admin-
istered to him by the Chief Justice, he took
his seat.
Deputies of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the
House of Representatives have started for
Fort Snelling and other destinations, for
the purpose of summoning witnesses for
the several Investigating Committees.
Whether one is for Baltimore, in the case
of J. Scott Harrison, whose seat is contest-
ed, I am unaware. The Committee, it is
said, in his case, have refused to go to Bal-
timore, or to deputize any to go, for the
purpose of taking testimony. The enorm-
ous cost of defraying expenses of the
hundreds who will, for tha occasion, make
themselves witnesses, must be incurred by
the Government. The proximity of the
very precincts with our Capital, render it
economical, at least for those in whose
hands this matter is placed to step over
with their phonographer, and bring the
hordes before the magistrate there. More
upon this point when it is brought up.
H. Winter Davis,, ofthe same city, is also
in* a dilemma, or rather his situation is
awkward, from the fact that his competitor
and contestant does not claim the seat, but
says that Davis shan't have it.
Davis is supported by that invinoible
band so famous in Baltimore, and if they
intimidate in one case certainly they will
another.
Some half dozen others, equally interest-
ing, are before Houses.
Washington, Jan. 2i,
There were a great many
'58.
persons at-
tracted to the House this morning—the
weather being uncommonly and superla-
tively fine—-under the impression that they
would hear something rich growing out of
the report of the Committee on Contested
Elections. The Committee, however, failed
to report, and consequently the lasses—I
should have said masses—were much disap
pointed, inasmuch as there was nothing but
private bills before the House.
This Committee, it is expected, will cer-
tainly report in a very few- days.
The discussion in the Senate to-day at-
tracted a tremendous crowd. The subject
was the resolution in regard to the presen
tation of a medal to Com. Paulding. Doo-
little for and Brown and Pugh against it.
The departmental new? is unimportant.
A dispatch, dated St. Louis, Jan. 20,
shows that, at the eleqtion in Kansas, there
were polled for the Lecompton Constitution
on the 20th ultimo, 0,600, and that the poll
df the -1th inst. there were 10,000" against
it.
Another dispatch of same date and place,
shows that Parrott, Free States Candidate
for Congress, was elected by a small ma-
jority over Mr. Carr, the Democratic Candi-
date.
he was good for another heat, at all events
he can out-foot the little giants, Bob and
Steve, and carry a hundred ponnds to a
feather. T met our little giant towards the
close of the levee, and we went in to see
the President, as he had not seen him that
evening. Here we saw the congratulations
betwixt the red men and the white—their
Great Father. It was about like all other
such interviews of the same sort, that mean
nothing. _ ^ ^ r t
Gov. Runnels' inaugural has been highly
spoken of here by the Southern members.
I think Dick will make a first-rate governor.
Gen. Henderson is very much enquired for.
The President is now filling up the vacant
foreign appointments. I don't know whether
Texas will get any or not, but if she don't
it will not be Guy Bryan's fault! Gen.
Campbell, Consul at London, is charged to
Texas, which keeps out the Texans. He
should be charged to his own State, Sooth
Carolina.
Palestine, Tx., Jan. 28, '68.
COMMERCIAL.
TEUEGRAPHOFFICE.
Washington, Jan. 13, '58.
Me. Editor ; The Senate has been so
time engaged on a resolution to give the
President power to appoint, or rather nomi-
nate, to. the Senate such , of the officers of
Navy, who were dropped by,:the Retiring
Board, as he may consider worthy of such
distinction, for reinstatement in the Nary.
This resolutiflp was offered by Jeff. Davis,
and passed. The House is hammering at
the fillibuSSer .tuestiou. This is a fruitful
theme for young men, and is handled in so
many ways and knocked about at such
rate, that you cau hardly, know on which
side some of them are. The Georgians seem
to be the most ardent in the cause.
I think we are fortunate in the selection
of our representatives, as they waste none
of t he time of Congress in windy effusions,
but are vigilant and attentive to business.
Guy Bryan works like a beaver; he is at
present full of business with the various de-
partments. lie ^s making many friends,
and with a little more practice, will make
on<> of the most efficient members in the
House.
The President had a reception last
night, which was a brilliant affair. A
great many fine dressed ladies and gentle-
men and Indians were present, and one of
the finest looking young ladies in the room
was a Choctaw, the daughter of Peter
Pytchlyn. The Sioux and Pawnees were
there in full dress. Everybody teemed to
b« in gsed humor. Old Bask leaked Uk*
Mr. Editor : After closing our last com-
munication at Huntsville, we paid a visit to
the State Penitentiary, which is located
there. General Besser paid us yery courte-
ous attention, and showed us over the diffe-
rent departments. The buildings face in-
wards and form a hollow square, in the
center of which still stands, as a memento
of the past, the wooden remains of the
Huntsville old jaiL The sides of the build-
ings outwardly comprise a dead wall some
three stories high, and the front has greatly
the appearance of a manufactory; in fact,
the only outward sign which detects its use
is the barred grating of the windows. The
convicts were all busy-at work, some spin-
ning, some weaving, some warping, some
shoemaking, others blacksmithing, others
as carpenters, wheelwrights, &c, all doing
the State some service. The engine,, ma-
chinery, &c., appeared to be all in fine
working order.
Opposite the Penitentiary are the store-
rooms, offices, sale-rooms, and residence of
the Agent, all very pleasing and substantial
buildings. The Penitentiary and,outbuild-
ings are all built of brick, the whole of
which was manufactured and put up by
convict labor. The number of convicts at
present within the walls is about 160, about
one-third of which are Mexicans. The
neat, cleanly, and contented (if such a word
can be used for them) appearance of the
convicts speaks well for CoL Delaspine's
governorship, and the Financial Report
shows plainly the General's ability. On
the slope of a hill facing the town, stands
Austin College, a fine building, well relieved
by the foliage in the background. It is the
boys' school, and is a fit match for the
girls' school at Independence. Huntsville
a corporate town^ and amongst other
things worthy of comment, has a brass
band in full blast "grinding sweet dis-
cords." Long may the members blow!
Before finishing with Huntsville, let us re-
mark that we put up with our friend Wil-
son, ol the Eutaw, who very carefully at-
tended to our wants. We had only one
cause of complaint. Usually we had been
honored with thV "bridal chamber
"the Seraglio," but as they were.both occu-
pied on our arrival, our host put us in " the
rat trap " for the night. We consoled our-
selves with a little of what our friends in
Navarro co. call " turnip seed." [For fur-
ther information as regards this name, ap-
ply to Col. K., of Muskete, one of your sub-
scribers!. For all that, Wilson keeps one
of the best hotels in the State. Next day.
we journeyed on to 'Cincinnati, which has
never recovered the effects of '55. Tfe
buildings are mostly empty, old and decayed,'
and look as if they had had a touch of
"Yellow Jack" themselvef, or as if some
ghost or hobgoblin was just about, to pop
out of them Fortunately for us, nothing
of that kind scared us. That great " dug-
out," the Trinity river, was full to the
brim, but Cincinnati, if it has no other ad-
vantage, has a good crossing We got over
with little difficulty, and made the distance
between us and Crocket rapidly less.
Houston co. is nearly all timber, and the
lands differ from those of the other side of
the Trinity. Instead of being black and
sticky, they are of a brownish red, loose
and loamy, and -^opinion is very much
divided as to which are the best. Crocket
is a great thoroughfare, there being no less
than 17 stages a week, which, together
with the continued stream of immigants'
wagons and trains, gives it a continual air
of business and stir. After staying, at
Crocket some little time, we started for?
point (Palestine), where we arrived yester-
day. We passed through the same descrip-
tion of country as in Houston co. The
lands in this portion of the State are con-
siderably broken up and hilly, full of deep
ravines and gullies, which in wet weather
like the present are very bad to cross.
Anderson co. has progressed more rapidly
than many others of her sister counties.
The revenue of her lumber trade alone is
very considerable. Lumber is hauled from
this county 200 miles.' The stringency of
the money market, causes me to refer also
to the stringency of the mast and corn
market, the want of which the hogs in this
portion of Texas are now feeling in its' full
force. They are literally dying by hun-
dreds. It is impossible to ride a mile with-
out being offended by the loathsome stench
of carrion; it is no uncommon thing to see
them lying dead in groups by the wayside.
The heavyirains are interfering very much
with the hauling of cotton, even to the
river. The steamer Gov. Pease passed up
this day and will take down 1600 bales.
The Jenkins and Grape Shot are also rim-
ning.
We had a rose presented us to-day. It is
now lying on our table. What a rarity in
the upper country. Not that " 'tis the last
rose of summer," but it awakens the
thought. How neglectful the ladies of
Texas are of all the pleasing pursuits of
horticulture. You would naturally suppose
that the country residences of our citizens
would be pleasantly surrounded by shrub-
bery and flowers, yielding their delicious
fragrance around. But no. The only
flowers to be found are little darkies ^nd
ho'gs groveling around, with a sprinkling
of turkeys, chickens, &c., and the only
shrubbery is the horizontal fence rail.
What a pleasing healthful recreation the
culture of flowers is, and how great the re-
compence ! Not only; in the pleasure to the
eye, and the perfume which they shed
around, but to the lovely cultivators, by
Nature, in return, reflecting the rose tints
upon their damask cheeks. How varied
the ways in which Nature speaks ! In the
lightning's vivid flash and thunder's roar
she speaks in majesty—in the avalanche,
the rushing mighty whirlwind and the surg-
ing foam she speaks in awe—in the cloud-
capped mountain and icy peak she speaks
in sublimity—in sturdy oak and lofty pine she
speaks in grandeur—in the l^idscape, with
its hill and dale and verdant grove and
glistening creek, she speaks in beauty—but
in flowers she speaks in love. And yet
how is it that our ladies, for whom the
flowers were born, pay such little attention
to the cultivation of their acquaintance.
An impertinent fellow here remarks that
he knows a flower they are passionately
fond of. On asking him which is that he
answers—" Lillywhite." Shame on him!
Till next week adieu. A. W.
oath before Mr. Justice Graves, that , her
husband left their house, near the Metho-
dist Church, on the morning ofthe 16th,
saying that he was going to town and might
go to the capitol before he returned. Very
soon after he left Mr. Joseph Dawson came
in, and inquired if Hopkins had gone to
Georgetown, saying that he would overtake
him, as he wished to go with him. The
lady answered that her husband had said
nothing about going. ■
In the afternoon Dawson called again,
and told her, that her husband had left her;
that she must take care of his, It's children,
and he would take care of her, and actually
brought his children. The children were
sent away on Sunday morning, upon the
advice of a friend. .
On Sunday night a stranger handed the
distressed woman a letter signed Wm. J.
Hopkins, jriiich announced that he had left
her and gone to Mexico, giving many incon-
sistent reasons for leaving; the letter bear-
ing. unmist&keable evidences of a disguised
hand-writing. , She says that the letter is a
forgery. On Monday morning Dawson sent
his daughter to know if she had had a letter
from her husband ; and soon afterwards
called himself and repeated several portions
of the letter, and advised the distressed wo-
man not to return to her friends; but to re-
main in the country, and marry again next
spring. Dawson is a widower. On Itfes-
day a Mr. Kirby, who once worked for
son, called and told her, that her husband
had been killed above Belton, and that he
had seen him buried. She, knowing that
her husband had only been missing three
days, bet this down as false.
The friends of the missing man sought to
place the matter in the hands of Judge
Paschal on Tuesday, but finding him en-
gaged in court, no definite steps were taken
until Saturday, when she laid the facts be-
fore Justice Graves, who issued his warrant
for Dawson's arrest. •
Hopkins lived last year at Round Rock,
in Williamson county. He and his wife are
members ofthe Methodist Church; and he
is a sober, pious man—and although poor,
he was n«t of a despondent nature. Heh&d
always been affectionate ^to his children,
and never had disagreed with his wife.
Whatever may have become of him, in the
pursuit of his wife, there seems to have been
a refinement of cruelty more characteristic
of fiends tljan men.
Dawson has resided in this community
several years, without having established a
very good character.
We sincerely hope the papers will notice
this mysterious affair in such manner as to
bring any possible tidings concerning the
missing'inan. He is a native of Tennessee—
a carpenter-by trade, and possesses ordi-
nary intelligence.
Dawson was brought before Justice
Graves yesterday, and one witness heard—
when the trial was postponed until this
mormngi
The ,General opinion prevails, that Mr.
Hop'kins has been made the yictim of some
villainous conspiracy.—Austin Intelligencer.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.
Horrid Suspicion—Arrest of Dawson.
William J. Hopkins, a carpenter in this
city, mysteriously disappeared on Saturday
the lfith inst., since which time, up to this
writing, (Saturday night,) he has not been
heard of; and strong suspicions are enter-
tained that he has been foully dealt with.
Ok Ifcluriay night* fcla Wile mmU
Thitmdat, Fib. 4, 1858.}
t&~It should be remembered that omr <pu>-
atumi generally repreemt wholesale griees.
WEEKLY REVIEW.
The state of the roads and the continued
protracted rains have kept people from the
interior away, and the business portion of
the town is 'decidedly dull There is tf-.is
about.it, however, there is a certain amount
of trade that has to be done this spring, and
though it may be delayed, it is awe to come
during thfpeason. * The time for the open- .
ing of the spring trade has not yet arrived,
nor need we look tor it for twenty or thirty
days" to come.
We observe shipments now being made
from the lower Braios up the river to
Richmond, and thence by railroad to Buf-
falo Bayou, this being now the beat route
for produce there. When the railroad
hence to Columbia 'is completed, a great
deal of the produce of that rich county will
find a market here. The saving in freight?
will be large. Work is going ahead os the
road with good speed, some thirteen miles
of the grade being ready for the iron
The Central Road is getting along as fast
as the timcys will allow. The legislature
has passed a bill for its relief, and giving it
till July 81th, 186S£'to reach the seventy-
five mile station,-ten miles of which is al-
ready graded.
The B. B., B. & C. Road is doing a good
business, but just now work on its extension
is suspended, though to be soon resumed,
as we are informed.
Hie Brenham road having now the bene-
fit of the loan bill, will undoubtedly be
pushed speedily on. It is hoped that this
road may ultimately be extendi^ to Austin.
Planters are mostly getting their ground
in order for the next crop. Many have al-
ready begun to plant their corn. The gene-
ral belief is, that this year is to be the great
crop year of Texas. We hope so, certainly.
But crops are uncertain, and while planters
may do well to hope for the best, they eksrald
not forget to prepare for all events. The
present appearance of the wheat fields pro-
mised tremendous crop, fully double^hat
of last year.. The entire crop of Texas wiil
be numbered in millions of bushels.
The health of both town and country is,
so far as we can he#, good. ' . * ■
HOUSTON MARKETS.
At ~a staled meeting of Holland Lodge,
No. l, held at Houston, on Wednesday, Jan-
uary 27th, A. D. 1868, the following Pre-
amble and Resolutions were unanimously
adopted: " --"3
Whereas, the hand of death has removed
from among us our worthy brother, and
Past Grand Master, Anson Jones, to,
whose masonic virtues wrf all bear willing
testimony;—Therefore, • J
Resolved, That, as thejrecords of mason-
ry prove him to have been a firm supporter
of our cause in times of peculiar peril and
distress. Weu the members of Holland
Lodge, bear grate fed Remembrance of his
services, as our first Worshipftd Master,
and mourn the loss of the last on earth of
those who origvated our Lodge.
Resolved, That while we grieve that the
sound of the gavel shall hail him no more,
yet werember wi'thjride that few have lived
more honored, few nfefe died more lamented.
Resolved, That, as dettth has robbed our
temple of one of its brightest jewels, ma-
sonry weeps over her loss, and as ahe re-
cords the virtues of the deceased, points
aloft to that haven of rest, whose maker and
builder is God."
Resolved, That as a token of respect for
the character of our first Grand Master, we
will wear the usual badge of mourning:
Resolved, That a copy of these resolu-
tions be published in the city papers, and
that the Secretary be requested*to furnish a
copy, under the seal of this Lodge, to the
family of the deceased.
A ttftBti ' '
GEO. H. BRINGHUBST, Sec'y.
Houston Lodge, n0..5Q, L O. O. F.
Whereas, the Hon. Anson Jones came to his
sudden and sad death on the 8th instant,
and whereas, the deceased was P. G. M.
of L O. O. F. of the State of Texas,- and
an ornament to the Fraternity of which he
was a zealous member, and a citizen of
high standing and a gentleman of rare
intelligence and purity of character;—
Therefore,
Resolved, That we have heard of his
painful death with-feelings of si^^re and
unfeigned sorrow, and that his memory will
long be remembered and cherished by-our
brotherhood.
Resolved, That we-hereby extend to the
family of our deceased brother that unmin-
gled sympathy and condolence which is due
them in this, their deep affliction.
Resolved, That the Secretary be hereby
instructed to transmit a copy of these reso-
lutions to the family of the deceased, and
that the same be published in the Houston
Telegraph and Texas Ranger.
A. Keech, M. A. Bingham, A. J, Hay, R.
Burns and J. Jarmon. Committe. '
THE CRADLE SONG OF THE POOR.
V Hush 1 I cannot bear to see thee
Stretch thy tiny hands in vain ;
I have got no bread to give thee,
Nothing, child, to ease thy pain.
When God sent thee first to bless me,
Proud, and thankful too, was I;
Now, my darling, I, thy mother,
Almost long to see thee die.
Sleep, my darling, thou art weary;
God is good, but life is dreary.
" I have watched thy beauty fading,
And thy strength sink day by day ;
Soon, I know, wUl, Want and Fever
Take thy little life away.
Famine makes thy father reckless,
Hope has left both him and me,
We could suffer all my baby,
Had we but a crust for thee.
• Sleep, my darling, thou art weary;
God is good, but life is dreary.
" Better thou shouldst perish early,
Starve so soon, my darling one,
Than live to want, to sin, to struggle,
Vainly still, as I have done,
Better that thy angel spirit
Within my joy, my peace were flown,
Ere thy heart grow cold and careless,
Reckless, hopeless, like my own.
Sleep, my darling, thou art weary;
God is good, but life is dreary. '
" I am wasted, dear, with huifger,
And my brain is-all oppreihed,
I have scarcely strength to press thee
Wan and feeble, to my breast.
Patience, baby, God will help us,
Death will come to thee and me,
He will take us to his Heaven,
Where no want nor pain can be.
Sleep, my darling, theu art weary;
God is good, but life is dreary.
§uch the plant that, late and earlyr
Did we listen, we might hear,
Close beside us—but the thunder
Of a city dulls our ear.
Every heart, like God's bright Angel,
Can bid one such sorrow cease ;
God has glory when his children
Bring his poor one joy and sleep 1
listen—nearer while she sings
liula the flattering of wings I
M
During the past week there has been lit-
tle doing in'Cotton, Small lots, however,
find purchasers at our figures. By thi advi-
ces received by the Canada we have news
of a decline in Liverpool of J. We can bui
give such figures as the staple will com-
mand in pur market sit present, and hope '
for more favorable news by the next Euro-
pean arrival now nearly due.
Ordinary -
Gopd Ordinary,- 8 @$|
BPr Middling; 8i@8|
Middling, 8Jffi9
Good Middling,... K@H
STATEMENT OF GOTTON.
Stock on hami Sept. 1, '57, iiua &6
Rec'd past week. 296 .
previously 84478-34768
Total..
84828
Shipped , past week 626
... previously 29479-30006
Stock on hand, February 3, 1868 4818
as follows:
Vincent ft Fisher 479
Peel & Dumble 179
T. W. Whitmarsh -1091
Allen & Fulton - 816
J. J. Cain & Co 890
Taylor & Bagby 1863
Decrease of stock on hand from last
week ii .*.... 281
TtU.
cormsposdiho dats
Amount on hand Sept. 1, '66 i
Rec'd to Ja*. 29
- ... Jan. 29 to Feb. 4 — 889—31424
LulST YZA
56MSJ(8
30818
Shipped to Jan 29..
... Jail. 29 to Feb. 4-..
. 81424
29462
.._ 468— 2 29
Stock on handFeb. 4_. 1604
Increase in receipts to cor. date 8561
Decrease of — fer cor. week 94
Increase of stock on hand, etc -8814
Quotations foi corresponding date for
Middling grades 1 lJ^12c.
Hums.
There is little change in the market from
last week. Country Texas hides are
worth from 6@8c., Extra Flint command
from 9@llc, Green salted hides fetch from
304c. *
Merchandize.
Bacon Sides—Little doing. Quotations
about as last week.
@15c. Clear, 17c.
or none in market.
Ribbed. are worth 14
#
Shoulders.-
Quotations merely nominal.
Bagging—No quotable change. India
is worth 16}@17c- Kentucky, sells at
19@20c.
Bhf.—Small supplies, half bbla^tll 60
@$12 60.
Butter—Moderate stocks. Geehen is
worth 28080c. Western 26@28c.
Cabdt—Houston assorted/ 28@24e
Rock, 25c. Fancy, 28030c. *
^Candles—A noticeable decline aifcee our
last. Star sell at 24027c.; do. short
weights, 24c.; Adamantine, 28080c.; Sperm
46060c.
Cheese—Prime Western, 18. Goshen 16.
English dairy, 16017c.
Com*.—little change. Good Bio can
be had for lOJc.; Prime sells a little higher,
however, aay llj@12e. Choice, 12@12£c
Java 16017o.
Cons, Westers—Is quoted at $1 10.
Conn Texas—By the bbL, $1 00. At
the Huckster's is held about $1 10.
Flour.—little quotable change. Fine
sells for $5 50; Superfine $6 5007 00;
Extra St. Louis, $80$9.
Hat—Little or none in market, and quo-
tations nominal.
Iron—A fair supply, with no quotable
change. Sales have been small past week.
We quote as-foefore, Refined Bar is worth
4J06c; Horse shoe 6Jc; Hoop 7f08$c; Slab
707J; Swede* 606} Cast SUM 22026.
German 18c; Blister 16018c; Slab Steel
19c; Naite*$4 750$5 60.
Lard—About as last week. We qaste
good in bbls. at 12012}c., kegs 18014c.
Lead—Bar, is worth 8}09c.
Like —Ample stock. We quote $2 600
$2 75. Cement, $2 7603 00.
Luxber.—We find Mobile yellow pine; >
now selling from the yard at $8O0$35;
Texas do, $16@$20; Ala. & Fla. dressed,
$4O0$46; Cypress, $35@f40; Shingles,
$4 5O0$5 60; Lathes, $6@$6 60.
Paints.—White Lead, No. 1, per 100 lb
90$9 5O; Pure $10 6O0$11; 8. W. Zinc
$10 5O0$11 00; French, $12 6O0$18.
Pork, Mess—We quote New $170$18.
Old is worth $230$25.
Potatoes—Western are worth $404 50
Northern, $4 750$6.
Molasses—We observe fair supplies, with
prices still tending downward. Bbte., in
quantity, 25028c. Do., single bbls., 300
83c. Half bbls., 360871c.
Oils.—Linseed, $1 12|0$1 25; Lard is
lower, and can be had for $1 3001 35. Cot-
ton seed, $1 1001 15. _
Salt.—Coarse $1 5001,60. Fine, $1 76.
Spirits.—Oliver's Whisky 30032c; Rose
32034c; Dexter, 42045c; Bourbon, 600
75 ; Monongahela, 760$1 25; Cham-
pagne, per doz., $17. Clafet per box $4.
Sugar-—Supplies moderate with a declin-
ing tendency. Common, 708c.; Fair, 8c.;
Choice, 8@8Jc.; Crushed, 14016c.; Leaf,
15016c.
Tobacco.—Common 18022c; Extra, 85
040c; Fancy 75086c.
Rops—Manilla can be had from 15018c.
Kentucky, hand-made, 110111c. Do. ma-
1,12012)* L> M; Cif 12)018«.-.
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