Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 8, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 19, 1857 Page: 1 of 4

                                
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That a committee df Oue f
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of the conven
tie following íentlsmen 'weKÍ ;ijp>U>wa Ufd £
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ítarri., Ch'n.; A 3
rravls:J B Bobertson,ofW-a "
aY.'&fi&t? W B"Ochlhres,.
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¡otoña; K W Latham, of
of Nueoes: ¿no HMof.
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feÁoí^Hfo'iWi
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of Lampase  and OV peon, of-Msdhia.
oommittee repOrttfíbefolio wihgresolution,
in adopted; ■• > <■*" m*"*
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every democrat and every good oitiien
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any new
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JÚlOijaS !y|UíOUIIt_l*,a OV, -ÜT. OTJ
miles from Iloiistói*, coy era. an aioa^
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of those w
89 hidca,aadthe following
. Jackson, J. /.«l i;
•yT. W. Thornton. Baas. Kvitch. L^ W2S
7 W- G w«, JadgftFeUetiiJota
Bhwdí Tajlor^Thom^stttt; ■ Mr* EdwanH,
deck and ■■
the bou
UMU'jpa büO
jQpn&VBÍ?,
, until pü
8 yj th4V mo6iof lb«6 Y«a eteAfcve boent and áre
'T • Y.-ulrxfU í
  
trnuon thaítbeprpupárity
damage tb&
means aave themselves, aDd the mieohier' T^e.b^BÍPÍÍÍ , g0t;lgnMnd,ilM£eTfn¡ng
- <mi oonsequences by their
át tb  point, th |ülot boat i  n&é lightering h
off. < Thfc CóBaíeníjérítriS"'
or oo
upon tbe pnHUo. Mordoaathe evil en
These ebbs and flows of the durrenoy, and
one of. .credi
u
Brazosijottom to a
^tmnnnrB&ionmMT!
from  , ftiid near eaoogh j^Q
to tbe
character to
rareffects in the
jtnf ineon
 N fataw
h, which within
lion in a ra
and others.
pursuits of iones* jndaa"
■of sai
•WB
and Ha
(awt 9ÍS STOÍed ,bad :floY
nip^eloíwatítf .6síjwjííiiíqmmk but.
T-'üait  l- íb"^:  "V: e-iíiuii WjHuj 91
^ ■■■
uieU= *tail ilgao?
att2n^«n from
It is not by.M _ _ ... . „ ... _
.'preaerve public■ virtne. and promoM tbe trne
eeu of;th* eonntr^. But fif your
tioues as exclusively papee aa it now ia, it wifl
this eager , deaire .to amasa wealth witijoot
ft will multiplyr^9<unb^(, ¿rondante
accomodation and bank favora : the temp-
on to obtain, jmoney at- any saorlfiee -will
me stronger, and inevitably.lead to eerrnption
td ita ww-mtpji^ RUblla «aonsUn
it ho very.diatant dv, the.purity of
Some of the evila wbtohj fis«
iwith peenliarhanl-
least able to bear it-
the clase-
¡bfs thi  ourrettc^u Qa,Tjr%r-,
ind worthless, and aflof itiseatHy
in euoh a manner aa to require peonliar
much expertness to distinguish the ooun-
""" w 
ópr present eyar
aploy in
New Orleefai iM féW tWf «teamen
^ áendÓéü^k
■ .yiyi^a ni:i■•.■■■
, Austin, San Antonio, etc. He
■■HBSHSiBHpp®
,gna n-
, B 3Profe,or.-
We commend Aim to the Gownat  pd other ditr
e, being only
id quotations
actual tranaactinna miat be considered
  Stook óa háafl^«,«65/ «took aune time
18M, 84,85 .
—aaxei—.'«--«eti-.i .• j-
I "WnHara AIexaá-
tb« offloe of
vacant by tbe res-
i of the Boft. Jemes C. Wilson. This is a
bat well deM|V|$^iqjj|iment to tb  integrity
olty of lit. Alexander. . K i:
iper aaya tbaf'tbe
Mt, so far from doing any veiy eeri-
 thi w hVat cropaj thit it' wai aetual-
' as to cause it to sprout from the
IproMialiijj Wtoner."
i
It fortfiéJNew
Havre trade is 6263 tons
and búiltwitb seven solid
npartmeala
witS the hate therefore aocnewea ueeuooaymg in their plat-
form, of any opinion on questions of Stata policy.
Tour Committee believe that on jpoét queeúona of
pf/9p a S,
opinion on the:inftda 
imow table prinoipteaofcths>deBMxm«ib
believe tbat the decision of questions
■fSK&M
The new
TortVSottl
its just share of inioenoe. ju po
w. The #griculturair the mechanical,, and the
_ _ nqgslaeeae, have little or no share ülthe'iliMo-
tíon of the great moneyed corporations ; and from
their habita and tbqraaUMOóf their porsuits, they
are incapable of forming extensive combinations to
ogetber with unitíd-foroei^ flttéh ooneert of ao-
may sometiraeaibtfpiodnoad in- a single bity,
a small distriot. ot countij,_by means of per*
communication with eablr other r but they
no regalar or aotive correspondence with
whptvare engaged in- similar panoltt la^dls-'
>Vv^  5 tbrey have bat littla
nage to givéfic !*
90 orowd of dependants
WlgiBia and Jipntacliy Bsaolu.
tions, and ill. Madieeaia report thereon have been
referred to in thb Cincinnati Flatfórta aa of sound
doctrine and bidding authority on the Democratic
Party, your committee have appended said rasóla
tions, unci the portions of the jeport periioent to
tbe malters in qneation,- to tbe -platform now sub
micted. . . AUti irrito/.r ijo tttfTAil
For the mor ol«ár '<ánd full exbosltlónahítid d 
olaHdon of tbe dofttrines held by tbé democratic
party in TeXafc-'on'M subject of and,the
rights of tbe Southern States in the Territorjse, your
oom&lttee have reported in the plattbrm now sab-
miited the resolutions adopted in «be Demócrtitiá
Convention M Austin in January 1858.
Aa the aabjeots embric^d In the óth«
die platform promulgated by the De«noéi¿tio Con .
"  ■
. . hope to grow rioh without labor,
by tbsir countenance and favor, and-who are, there-
, always ready .50 emODte their rWlshes. The
«nd the, laborer,
a.opon their own
' " * notex-
their
PPiPPi J| ¡■■of tbe
people of the United State ) they- r*tbe bone and
*w otgaT lend, man wbo toye liberty^nd dealra
easw;u<^« irwaif .M*'' ■— atviywim
at with o ver whelming nam be ra and'
Ith on their aide, they -are in constant danger
oHosing their fair influence in tbe government, and
%Hh difficulty maintain their just rights against
the incessant efforts daily níAdc w encroach upon
i$em. " -
ter, the f rni i
now that their
Bo«ar.—We learn from Hn B. Crane,
1, deatrpyed by flre on the Houston (Central) |tb
rallaos oars yesterday (Tuesday) altei^noon, near
Hod tó£
** '" of Navarro ooonty.> - - c"
j^ll; commence making regular semi-weekly,'tripe
froni Liberty to Sour Lake, about the flret of June.
Hdwill uk¿tótltt'Wand!fromtli'etlli >^ií^$8 0p,
and small oliiláírni. for half
Í There are only tai«lvs Incalida -at-the Lake at
t; but it is believed thA the inoreased faoil-
., , ^ m • iÉJiaSi: '^"TBSSBi
it'it willenable one olass of so- ^of,¿ ther8,;wi(l eoonídra* a¡l«c| numberofper-
that by no means a numerous ene—by ■ 1
over tbe currency, t^: .^Uniuriously
its of 'all the othera, and to exwise
, seeking health and pleasure.
r.i'i fa- . ■
Sr- Oar friends Tho's Evans <b Co., DmiImb and
importers in Brandies; Liquors and Winee, No. 80
Stone- Street, NewTork, are also doing a commis-
sionibustness id'bonneotion -with
e Jupior partner WmJ.^Tapa MSCfiwwM
New; Tork by the next Steamships he ia new soleol-
> would féeommend them ae honestand-enter'
prisiig'Jvunit méni •
" 1 ' " I
Hailroád Bteetinf. -
it to publio notice, a meeting of theoiti-
zons of thaoity of Galveston was held at the City
Hal], on Tuesday night, May 12th, to take in oon-
aideration the expediency of connecting tjha Island
-itlj the mMn jand byoa Ballroad Bridge.
Hon. L. A. Thompson waa called Ho-preside, and
U. Menard, Esq., chosen Seursury
Tbe meeting was áddreseed by Messrs. L.: A
Thompson, Potter, HartleyJ. B. Jones, Sorley,
McLeod, W. Klchardsoia, St, Qyr and J. S. Sydnor.
Messrs. J .Sorley. J. Kanffman, J. W. Jookasoh,
F. H. M. Malone and B. 8. Parsons, were appoint
ed a committe, and reported the foUowing resolu-
tions, which were unanimously adoptad:
1185#,: .are inily provided
11 herewith, submitted1,'it
id,... ■■
  Chairman.
TJwhflUt of the ballotiñgs for Go'vernor, Lienta
overnor and commissioner of the General Land
«Cleev wo hare already announced.
The Chineas Empire.
. nteresting account of the actual eondi-
of Ch"\na, from the pen of Sir Jobn Bowrintt,
the representative of the British Government at
ig" K<B>g, has been recently published in the
idon TitaeB. The penal laws of China make
¿provision for a general system of registration; and,
w^th this aid and ih'e most thorough investigation,
'he writer est'mates the present population of the
Whsbxas, The t3ty Counoil haa Ordered an election
to! be held, to take the sens* ot>the people, on thi
subject of Corporation aid in the construction of  
Whkbbas, They propose, if .the people conour, to
give that aid, to the extent), if necessary, of One
liondred thousand dollars—
Huolved, That thia meeting'regard the constrno-
•tion referred to, aa of vital importance to the ititir-
baa not baen deemed by your ooinmittee neceasMT «"«resymaiea me present population ot tne
to reiterate tham in aasatraU artiol  . Chinese Empire at between three hundred and fifty
* it 9 L:ié ' ..11 . i ■.. . millinna «nil fnnr hunilnMl millinna nf tinman ho_
CoBgreesional Convention.
„ We have not space, nor would it be of interest
to give the various baHocings for the nomination of
the Western
'Distriot. The e wera th'irty-three balloting* in all.
The only candidates vitedfor wen Mess ra. Bryan,
tenants ; length, 840 Bee, Potter and. Wilay, Mr, Potter's name was
It; depth of hdli 8? withdrawn by "his friends on the 28th ballot, when1
result:
• 1400 tona; capaoity of
nit; number of ataMroom berth*-,
• on  million of dollars, fihá is
propelled by two walking-beam low-pressurs en-
gineal#ylind«rs,.aaeh ninety inches in diameter, j.
and twelve feet atrohe of ^iaton. Four tabular
MtflhW^fcae long and fottrteen' feet wide,
each by eight furnaoea. Estimated con-
i of 09*1,100 Km par,twsntj-foar hours.
Paddle wheels, 49 feet in diameter, and ten feet
drift of water of tha>Mp. Commodore Vander-
bilt ia her aol*owner.
It la the tiggnftd'OHr iwd Triot the vessel whloh la
tiu Vaná|'rb|lt.r i5ts T's (private signal) ara get-
ting   ptoítiftri m the* of Owl Creek and Red|-^ -D ^n"^
Dog -baoka in " diirty six,* though Chay ara issued
on *tt«cl*U4Mr solid basis. A run oti the batik
with" the OtMninbdore'a aúpe la different from a run
on afkmi Boost InstltiMeft! In the flMin1 ¿asé
the ¡ oat may burst k*r bollar, and th  bank ia W-
Tha-a^et «tithe, late droughthsgioata Ukeia ser-
'HI
>y iaheld at 80o.. There
,Bryan and Bee each 38, Potter 20,
18. Afterwards the fbllowfe^'Waa the
entWuturtyl
proved.
. have been
, moóh anlasrjéd, atad' ouwrwise inr-
Birut Bt* WrutT.
Ilot.w......40 27 ..18
........8 ..  it*<-
.....1..49; 25 47
..A... 44... 25 17
........57..,... withdrawn I.. 1.28
Mr. Bryan, hayiqg received two-thirds of the
vote east, was deolared duly ( and afterwards unan-
imously) nominated.
nifty ^ . L'|v||'|-.^- i' i w
Mohit—What is it t-Thongfcthe word "Money,"
usually snggsat the precious metals, and ts Often
taken tobé identloal with them, it'will be found,
on examination, that there is s^á^Sé^.a Btibstance
what haa been employed at some time or other
á substituto for those ooy and slippery articles
stofall ia tressue paper,^he very type of fragi-
lity and insecurity, wbfoh every now and then al-
most supersedes its " metallic baae," as obemists
would say. As far baok as wa aan go in the old
Worl4 to the mounds and buried of Nimrod and
Bemiramis, tbe latest explorara have found tbe
treasure-ohambera tnll—not of the' «* real thing,'
hot the stamped olay cylinders, impressftd with
mdttalroh'a signet, recording the amount of
its that they were "good for^in the Exohanges
of Nineveh and Babylon,
According to Plato, the Laeedemonians used
The reaction agalnat Bleak Bepublieanism still
g°Tben0loodOa1 the otherday,1a JUme, N. Yv, the
homo oí O. B. llatteson, one óf the Black Re; '
llcan "fof^thtevee" fti CÓ^S^s^resulted ma,
plete democratic victoryi tha jn^jority being
five hundeediií i
   «V - « aa...-, Ootl"*
publicau
j 060 ma
"it says,haakad its day,
" cry hst.worked not
.¡¡e
mm ■&*
The exebe
tállieé by whioh
kept within twenty
some sort, wooden
metal, the produce
was a coinage, under William II. of tin, to the ex
tent of £70,000. Lead and -pewter have oironlated
largely aa tradeemen'a tokens. The Malays have a
ourrenoy of betle nata; the Madagascar people of
. almonds: the African tribeaj>f oowrie ahells; the
fifhibi tanta of Yucatan
■
added that or British
country and England; _the
that £¿iod «t MI not fall
■««sani " "
«9Ü
for Ae
oí I06Ú-
to it were
tween this
an^ount lor
t ,oeo,ooo.
fcawi"'
oomposad ef tbirty-one
ion of 87,00 ,«00 of whom
la
Í of the flva great lakea láWjtó# aqu we
'' r of ratlee of railroad'In operation is
i com,
'tin¿ga
■ilO itlUti'J
I in manufaoturee >
itainteraal"Uideis^900,
ofiafiwotlMr
ofthsitobabi-
ta •muoT
IK* .--. aa&
A'V-'síT^K
cÍMSsoI 5>00'
millions and four hundred millions of human be-
inga.
Tbe population of China, he says, is grouped
■under four beads; 1. scholars, 2. husbandmen') 8.
mechanics; 4. merchants. There m a numerous
jriass whoareiconsidered almost as social ontcasts;
such as stige-players, professional gamblers, beg
. convicts, outlaws and others: and these, pro-
iably, form pópuíaaiJn returns. In.
the^ more reipote ruraLdUtricts, on the other hand,
-the< returning officer tqost probably contents him-
self! with giving the average of more accessible and
better-people localities. Sir John had 90 means of
obtaining any satislactory tables to show the pro-
nations wbiob different ages bear (0 one another
China, or the average mortality at different pe-
ída of human lile; yet to every decade ot life the
Chinese apply some Bpectar designation—the age
oJUn is called the opening degree; twenty, youth
expired; thirty, strength: and marriage; forty, ot
ficially apt; fifty, error-knowing; sixty, cycl# clos-
ing;; seventy, rar$ bird Of age; eighty, rusty visag-
ed; ninéiy, delayed; one hundred, age's extremity.
Nearly a tenthí.óff the population derivo their
means of' support* from the: fisheries: The river
population is enormous; a population,, saya the
w riter, "who live only in boats, who «re born and
educated, who mañanear their families and die,
Wbo, in a word, begin and end their existence on
the water, and never have or dream of any shetler
other than the roof, and who seldom tread except
on,tbe deck ór board of their sampan , showing to
what an extent the land is crowded, and how ina-
dequate it is to maintain the cumberers of the ao]l.
In the city of Canton alope it is estimated' that
800,000 persons dwell upon the surface of the ri-
ver; the boats,- some ?# or 30 deep, cover some
miles, and have their wants supplied by ambulatory
ÍesmeD, who wend their way through every ac-
isiw passage. Of this vast population some
dwell in decorated river boats used for every pur-
pose of license and festivity, for tbeateis, for con-
certs, for feasts, for gambling, ;for lust, for solitary
aid social recreations. Some crafts are
in conveying goods and passengers, and are ina
state of constant activity ; others aré moored, and
tha^r owners are engaged a* servants or laborers
on shore. Indeed/ their pursuits arr probably
nearly as various as those of the. laod population.
An addition to boats, ttiey dweii on artificial ¡fr-
osts and prosperity of this oity.1
Resolved, That we approve the proposition of the
City, Council, and would respectfully urge all ou;
fellow citizens to sanotioñ, by their votes, Ue pro-
position submitted.
£t*ohx4, That In sanctioning this " material aid"
by the Corporation, we rely upon our pity Council
to exercise the utmost óare and circumspactiou in
carrying out the arrangement, to guard the interests1
of the Corporation.
The meeting adjourned until Friday evening.
Call roa Beuex.—The publio debt of the State
of Virginia ia $85,000,000. Mr. Carlisle, aj£. N.
candidate for Congress advooiatee, as do the Ameri-
can papers of that State, the policy ^of- Ceding the
publló 'lands by the General Goveriimeat to the
several States'. That part "of thém that would fall
to Virginia would, it ia contended, much more
than pay her publio debt. The New Orleans Bul-
letin says that it ia quite evident that a strong ef-
fort will be made in the -next Congress to carry
through this measure, thotigly hat páper very muoh
doubts its success. The Democratic party will it
thinks, generally oppose it, while the Blaok Bepnb-
licans w ill probably be~ divided upon the question.
Shortening Time and. Space.
The Thibodeaux (La.) Minerva, in .commencing
upon' the establishment of the new- 'line of commun-
ication between New Orleans and Texas, by wáy ,of
Berwick's bay, sava—
We look upon the establishment of this line' of
steamers in connection with-the-Opelousas Railroad
as being..among the greatest achievements-of^the
times, and will have a tendency to coihents more
strongly the bonds ;of Unión among the people of
the South. But a few. years ago-it took nearly as
long to perform a voyage from New Orleans to Texaa
as it now takes to cross the AÜantio and vlsit the
obiefejties of Europe. V
" ingerí by this line of steamers will reach Gal-
veston- and Indianola twenty-four hours sooner
than those who adopt the old route via the Missee-
sippi, and avoid the most dsngeyns part of the
Q-nlf coast, being at= sea only one night, and at á
cost much less than that heretofore charged by the
Bi ver and Gulf route. With these .advantages iij
, favor it is but natural to .infer that.so soon as
the line is well and permanently established,: and
generally known, that'the principal part of tbe
>f planto,
aooounted
and the original aettlewof
" musket-balls, full bore," a l^al tepc(er. So late
as 1808, deer-skins, at the stated valoe of .forty
oents per pouttdi-Were a legallxad means of barter
at, Cincinnati, and if proffered iasteadof money
oould not be refused. And-amons tbe chief ourlo-
aitlea in the collection of antiquities belonging to
the olty of Lnidon at Guildhall, is á unique till
' tiy piece struck on leather by " ^ob
rry, probably soon aftar<tfcs time of
ihen W.
d so
of his life. Tbe follow!
"Cornelius Snow,
ames, and
.. , Üayo.
the history
ia one of his anecdotes :
Plop, called me
and 1 told mj-fathar-that Plop Snow had
I meant to, Heki.him for it,
a reconciliation by allow-
rerei
theol ._  
It then naturally.
aod will succeed.
It is truly astonishing what life and aotivity t
haa created among the citiaans of town andoountrr
Soarcely a weak passes but that weampsnons, b<^
  . _ _ 'ladies and gentlemen, on their way to the. "Islffld
the} cultivate what is needful for the supply of City of the ttulf" for recreation, and we doubtnot.
their daily wants. during the coming Stimmer, that ' Galveston and
. The Chinese, Baya Sir John Bowring, have no Indjanola will be over-rnn with seeksra of plisares,
prejudice against , any article of. food , except milk.    *.triP to either eity can be acoomplMsd nnt)st
Ho nbver sawtor heard of butter, creaai, mUkf ér aa cheap and iiearly in the a«ne leyjfli'^time,
whey at an, native Chinese tables. The,, how- WandtT'
eve , eat eferything, dogs—e^>ecmlly puppies— 0fthti ¿neat beachja In 4ho world,
rats, micay monkeys and snacks. The, are parti carriima room for thOnsatiii ^"
cularl, fond of unhatched 4ncks, airf chickens, and ^ntaMfr^toéi^iift&ftt c^jas
ir then fish m the early Stage  of putrefaction, dations for any number of guests.;
hey have hut two daily meals  10k a/m., and 6 vantages and - the faoilitiea offered
p.m. bilt-line ef steamer, Gal vestoéoann,
Inho part ¿T the wbrld; says ¿Se writar,.are the th*rn-"
harvestsof mortalit,, mor  sweeping and destruc
, it is believed^ have- destroyed millions; the it ia our opinion,-then'
sacrifices b, executions are frightful. FoUfbr five genes of the mi
hundred are sai^lto falldaily by.the banda of the tHj> tia„the £ 
headsmen in one -pMnvinoo alone, 'InfaaticWte^es-1 fromi theflbe by Vanderoilt1 „
peciail, of temible children, sweeps off its cíowdá Galveston, Capt. Wilson, aniLthaGp
J ¡ere is no reverence for life what- V. Ellis, practical astman, and«
travel a"nd traflc between-New Orleans and the se . Why I know him at Onoe, you know him, we
ion towns of 'Tjxas^will sdppttbis routa^in pre- know him ; he is the same identioál gentleman
1 call me Stave aa long aa' I called
had leag been at tbe bead of
give ma a aixpenae; ..1 uieu long, ana nam, 1
wouldn't do it; so on a very atorÉiy day, while
■elf asai Flop ware tbe oniy beyi'W oui
class at aehool. I told him that if hi'Would! make a
™* ' -^^aai. 1st ma,lt^jttMHl
, I would give blm tbratoeota;
down on beef, .Whloh be
se teaoher boxed fin ears
ten tboaaandsparkliogitars. 1
" father ándito -gft> half of
-Ti£.—_ ___ .... clasa the next diqK^aii^gwn
L# t to the, foot, my usual plaeej myfatl
edof my oollusion with Plop, and gave
mandona whipping.
The Col
0 nv
—. ■< -- ' " . .-
Aosrnr.—The State Gazette aayathat thaarteelan
Bis ^¿aii^fc^ral
states that there ooald
_   j. during several daya of
 a single :hami of flomv Soen Oorn raeal,
owing to its aoanity, ,1a oontiderad a gnat luxury.
',?>•   
H**ocaiaT.—Macauley, In dissecting the oharao-
ter ofBartere, arts# «posing Ms vissa. «lina to his
itahwoi riay. . w«! ->^3 tHfeJ
1 iftoijOn .eai«a lugi .siitsamiar
     
reckon upward from the distinguished soffl#the [
cestrj, which iiaj taunbled by the literary or Qf
martial genius of %'descendant—the distinétibMót).
[ the l «eat.origin .would be deemed a fit match
iHnt and distinguished témalo in
In which respect tha Chinese
— and reason than the 'dul
does MtrJ
ore are one mflBon
I Chineas, The islanda at
d'ihalef. There
men.
if. O
ezioutitb
ateaodrip Galveaton, Capt Wilson,
Jsnriekb Bay to-d y- and is <lue here to-
oi]oU sd'i' .Hutu
;u s,-i.il uíulOL n nn
. T^¡ste^ |^p Qfolpoaas, Capt. Ellla, «nriirad
thiaiPSWlg witii abool twanty-
SyjliMM'WWil She Will take on
' re 80 beeves for New Orleans, and laavea to-day
'¿JbÚ
Island!
ounding.
the young town.
Fair, pleasant, healthy iaihe aurroúnc
try, and if we eoúunine the naüaral fape of, ijie iand
In this and the neighboring oounties, and oaleulate
tW eonaéquenoes inev'itabiy tabng place frojm it,
lost believe that mow than one Branch Boad,
(besides the «8Mí4  4#$ *. akwíy
surveyed)At ;H0 .very distant Ui e a,nd
meet our main, trunk at Hempstead
Its birth, bears the stamp of American energy.
The Houston jfeTe*as Central Bailroad will before
^ree months give it a fair atart. The rioh soil' and
ftoe climate around wrU support' ita growth, and
tba large huainaas aftscward  'Insured I to-berfrom
her loeatiqh oagthe map, shall make it a rioh
sister, to Houston, whioh stands now her parent -'
" Hempstead' contains 764 blocks, all of them 270
fe^fro* 1 East to West, and J50 feet froni ÍTorth to
" each one divided Into ten lots, S on 'the
6 on the West, and an alley of twenty feétiü'
the middle, North>bd South. Es^h lot is then 60
reet m U P*. and #' few,, ¿wpéje: jota
may be considered as having besides tbsir front
ar West of fifty - feel, another' front North br
Souti. of 126, Whole namtór oflots W. ; ' ;
Tíer^are twenty five streets North sBd ^outh,
length^08O feet, all of them 100 feet wide, except
XI or Bed river street, and Houston streát, through
hidSit^e railroad trict runs, and wlioae width is
160 feet.
There are tWanty-elght streets 'East and West,
length 9408 feet,'all of them 80 feet wide, exoept 6,
which are 100, and which were .plaoed withont
spoiling tha regularly laid out plan of the town,-at
the prints where the !tnost travel is expeotedV 1
.~ Each block captains an area of lone acre and fif-
ty-five hnndretbSj Or over one'acre and a half.
Whole blocká hávé been reaerved 'for' the follow-,
ing «ses of the publio:
Pour for ehurobesi,two for Bohools, fonr. for mar-
kets, two for a oonrt house; one for a scientific so-
ciety or institution, two for an hospital, one for a
 aih and fio'ttSSiin, lying átthe doc1
¿^(Tbrkfto-dav, where dozens wonKt not hive been
"ofTÜs^evered eight or ten yeara aiooe. 'TI
-than madwwp in the material (corease of
teraátional comnjoroa reenltlng from tha speedier
saw «soasen  «ssu 
the preeetót1 depression, in'our humble'judgment,
are ^iaee§blecin a great degiee, to thacondUion of
things  t tha oliya of ti^.l^te war with Bussia.,fti
necessity of rapid communication between British
and PrenAh ports and théfllaek Sea, for the trans-
ition of troops and provisions for an array en-
" in a eon test, which K -Was believed would
r yeai^ bocaaionad the opnatroaUou of an
which are ran at S'oomparatively reduced expense.
An immense number of these vessels Were pressed
into ¡the service.: The.Pxeaoh and British Govern-
rtere4 them at a handsooaeradvanoe, in
even upon the original.cost. The ship
and, forá period of nine mbnths^had
—, ey could do to supply the démahd for
this deiwrlpiipn of vessels. The reealt is known.
Xhsiwwcfme to an,cud. with; the fall of .Sabwto-
pol,jqúlte unexpectedly. The ohárters or the ves-
sel* in question, for tbe most part, expired wHh'the
jajfurj awl the «onaequcoce was, on their simultane
ftnMo^A home,the ^British ports wera^sup^iet
with a superabundance of tonnage. Tha superior
a^yádtages which tíie propeller had tb óflér t6 ttíé
merchant, in the shape of quick voyages and arate
of freight quite as low aa the packats, at oooe gave
-•T^Mhe preference,-uid that steamers
ye had ever since. In meroanule operations, as
jn moat other branches of business, time is money,
8pd the time gained'by tbe aarew ovorsaila^ «the
vi,—.-i.lau ,y. .ü.
Two squares of nearly two aerea each, and a pub-
lic square of nearly thirty :flve aerea have been lo-
oated so aa to add to the health and pWsnrejof-tjie
oltiiens. ,1 , .. ..
Leas.than thres months ago, the plaee offered to
the eye nothing but the.wide prairie tifS. thickly
timbered woods,'the óf thp ,deef and the
range of fine herds of cattle and 'horses—and we
have now thirty baildings, all good ones, sbins of
tbem large, substantial and highly fiinished, six
stores, a large livery stable, a large blacksmith
shop, several waggon makera, board ing houses,&o.
We expect to have;the Poet office transferred from
Bock Island to this point in a short time.
' Some of ohrditizeos are building- hotels and we
prepare to help and get up a place, of worship and
agoodsohool. ,By the time you read this, there
will be several'inoré buildings.
The cars, oome within fourteen mileé of the town,
and between it and the stopping point, haoks and
wagons are traveling every day. The oars will.be
here in August snd next fall shall see Hempstead
starting ahead in true American style.
Exsibned.—L. M. Hitoheook, G. H. Delesderdier,
Andrew Mooie, John L. Sleight, Jacob L. Brigga
and Allen Lewis' have resigned 'rileir position ss
Direotoss of the Commercial and 'Agricultural Bank
0f this oity,on the 1st inst,
The Age of Commerce announces that the cars
are hereafter to rnn thirty five miles out from
Honstonon the Central Bailroad, and says" pas-
sengers and freight, will be sent in less than three
hours an their way rejoicing, what formerly 00-
"cupiei two days do, over the worst road in Chrit-
tendo* or Heathmdom and killed thousand^ Of
"BranSys, whose bidés would sell for 2ft eta. per
"pound in Nsw Tork,-provided they passed Mutter."
Answer to "Caution."
All the interrogatarles of "Caution" were yester-
day fully and satisfactorily answered by the seve-
ral speakers at the Bridge meeting, I will simply
ácÚ a few remarks for the benefit Of those who were
Art present.
Who is "Caution I  , -®--
all
k bUffUD Vi . 19AW, nut  vmw iu j  ir huvv uiui j uo m vu« muig mouuuni ((ouucuiau
nee to the other, for the simple reason that it is. whom 1 have, years ago, ohargad in public meet-
mS&\y^^thStVMd°r^iuí iTue mus'iiand the pre*., somewjiat violently,
1 . with I
Louis,
by-One
_ ample
|the city
,with,
1 except ao
to-be possessed of " One single Idea." He is, in a
few words, our old friend Lorenzo -Sherwood, the
able advocate of the State plan.
As a manTand as a lawyer, I hava'for him a high
regard, bot as a State plan advocate,1 when the cor-
porate system is ths law of the land; I must differ
Witfi him. 'I w>i
One of the great objeotions of our friend is tax|¿ tBy^iis tjme thé dogs covered him, but the bear
¡tíon¡ Allow me to su^te that3the whole syaten  of aatberihgoneofthem.by thesboiilder.waain.tbeiwt
the Btata plan was based uppn tatation. i leave It
for-you to deride how sincere our friend is in bis
charge. ' Aooording to the spiritftf the' remarks1 Of
friend, we are buildin'^the bridge for the
i of the B. B. C6. I contend that we in
building the bridge for our, own private benefit ;
Duuoing ma Drxage ior our. own ^priyayp oenent , ^
they are not OMnpelied to build it'at onoe, b t we 5rnin an|
want it and we must have it, to compete with other
placea now in. exiatenee, whioh have the oream of
tbebuñneás,/and plaoes whichmight be orea ted in
■ warm-
ortion. oil.
BtOl
, . .. tU - -• . wwidH '
Yet, though infanticide ia, common, a childless to-day's p
person ¡adeemed unhappy, if nofdegraded. The theoompany, to which~we díráot;
domestic sdictions are said to be strong. Par ttA: : iiiiV/ , 
fond of their cliildrep, and cbildren obedient "tkúk not lir*in dark rooms.
mdeed- the first la. Light fi^es the S^t,Jbntit <aelB tho flower. No'
of Oonfocius; attthority and submiMiji .the apex nnimtí' or vegetable enjoy health in
■ ^ft BOC" ; pyr^ i darkn«s: Light ia almost an necessary as air,
nétledlia^ .honorstm ^hins^aiMyi MMP],,which brown tan ia.far prefenbh eaen-aa-a-matter
9, to a sickly pal
erstand,
of complexion,
who are fono
said a good old
gwine to preach yon
sarmen what even"
will fiad my tax in
of<m eyod Jobn. ~
i#.?*
A ooro mission of in New
¡oio Anatralia and other , ^
,to himrigl
i vareo of the two-eyeit
' to Sir a*>*ras some time before;
II; aoectthe me(nt I John, chapter
r > three mil
..jT**'.—
ySi 4f|p.... .. I 
ra aadU.isaaidthat
DianM. .the steamer
the applicants. The
tha
and from
' wiU.it
in his own bed
mi
Tfc* ! *  sewos pt ^er^y^Pensac^rTÍr¿S 'í2,r -bales hay, and the
|jj^*The steamer Doctor Smith, Capt. Collins,
left, this ¿horning, with s load of 8idt fot Houston,
" Will return on Sunday iÓMrnibg'irith SíaeveB.
Ons jolitos haa returned from the Waco
Opnya^tion., .Brown isa browner, if not abetter
mán~*aprt of don Brown, though he denies be-
ing dqge brown,and says,he ja mo: better in tbe
sporting,acceptation of the term, whatever doctors
and theologians may, think fif his case. Still we
think he wonld go a trifiing wagsr on . the auooess
of the Denkooratic nominees. .
    .
The Telegraph says that buildings are going
up in almost every part of Houston.
key to theirsatdepression which has, by;ihe«e
jasaes, overtaken the sailing vessels. It doss
not fellow, hoWsvér, that this depression ú to be
«w  lauvffi uuwsvor, tuat kuu uopiwuuu u nv uc
everlasting, but, it does follow', that¿ if those whdie1
interests srs mostly bound up in tbe sailing vessels,
would but adapt themselves to the novel circum-
stances' which'surround them, a great step will have
been taken to overtake' the profits of which the
Bteam engine bids fair to deprive tbem. If the pro-
peller can afford to, carry passengers and freight
from Europe to the United States,as cheaply as the
sarling vessels, it is preposterous to maintain a com-
petition with them, SteStn is sure to beat. EVen
the poor emigrant will prefer a vessel that will con-
vey him to America in. fifteen; or eighteen days, to
one which may be a month or more on the passage.
Exporters and importers will oonsult their interests
in the same way. If, thén¿ we had a pr ,-'i--£-
er why our true policy did not oonsist in hauling
our most expensive vessels off the beaten traote,
ndw monopolized,.or likely to. be monopolized .by
the fleeter aqdoheaper propellers, and jending them,
off on longer voyages, where there is no competi-
tion as yet. Wbárshonld ferióse, in súrie'ndmñg
the carrying trade'with Great Britain, if we should
1 a new trade with the remoter ports of the
iterrsneap, the East Indies and South Ameri-
ca I On long voyages our new enemy, the propel-
ler, can hardly compete With us. His voracious
appetite for coal alone would eat up bis profits; and,
until some new diaoovery is-made, to enable him
to perform- a .voyage of more than three thousand
ret, atrivatiÜMt ñlMt from HOTstóh with 28 balee
Cotton and the following paMuiiwm ,...
•' * " WedgCk.Warden, Togd,
Pflit^joSaUfr, Brown,
" more. Steward,
 , amnbes, Byon,
Affott, Itlgon, Koapp, Rich
ie«; Buatré, Plñch-
Plummer, Hinman,
, Pintor Oh ver, Cooke, Mm 
Sfiaw, Mm Bordan,
*«•
ostOQ and family, Thompson
-i" Jtf.
The sch Geo A Tittle; (of 'Philadelphia) Adams,
froni Galveston, arrived at Bonbfl,"April 86.
jWÍMfgrr-Si^ll quantities of Texas wool continue
to be received at Galvajton, and are shipped to
the Ñprth, though Uttie real interest seems yet to
 ^ t e manifested in the Pf wool growing in
MrfW. this state.' TheN. Y. Jrpurnal of Ccamerce con-
aope.rípr ^ndi jte 'reduction of the duty, under the.
now ¡tariff will not reduce tbo price of wool, and
that itst>roduction will -continue to be profitable,
fhat pspérsays •••'
:<r-TUe""prioe bf wool^hWiMi áp in Europej'tUUl.'If
the duty atf eur ports had been taken off frbkn ill
ades of wool, the advance there woulif havO beeti
ill greater.
Tho, very description of wool soon to bo:ádmUtod
free under the new tariff, has been comparatively
deareat, and is at this moment relatively highest iu
all of our markets.
Akothu Notamos.—Tne Gran4 Jury at the
late term of tho District Pourt for Polk county
present tho Codoof laws adopteifby the last Leg-
islature as defective in some important particulars.
They say that it leaves us without any laws for the
punishment of Bigamy and repeals the Liquor law,
the Boad law, not the Estray law. The reportes-
presses the hope that (he importance of this sub-
the members of
large, and from the
•erg'of our next Legislature especially, that
attentionand careful investigation to which the.
same is entitled.
. Mr. Euoxnx^ "t• LovxBióóa, a . young gentleman
of fine abilitiee, education and taste, who has been
sojourning a - short time in-Galveston, leaves to-
day for Houston, where, we understand, his ser-
are needed-by our friend of the Telegraph.
Mr.L. la a worthy gentleman and an aocompliahed
writer. ■ 1:
in extent, without derani  
maebfnery,. the aaiUng ship will continue Jo have
the field, in a good degree, to itself.—27.
7. Ship-
wiia Sports of tbe West.
A correspondent of the Texas State Times, writ-
ing from Croum's Camp, Nueces Valley, gives a
graphic description of the country in that region,
and some Of' the games and sports with which it
abdunds. He gives a sketch of the country, above
Oakville, on this river, and the outline of a hunt
in «ompany with James Carr and M. Whitaker.
They started with twelve good hounds, and advanc-
ed abonta mile up the river. Upon the routs Carr
shot a rattlesnake 7>i feet long. Thres miles above
the dugs caught several turkeys by running them
down. On the Nhecés there appears to be a turkey
for every tree, and these seem sis largs as the South
Amerioan condors. He pri
On Tuesday our Juniqr bad.the pleasure of
seeing the .first passenger train reaoh tbe 86 Mile
Depot on the Houston and Texas Central railroad,
wbioh ia fnlly completed to that distanoe froni
Houston, in a good and substantial manneiy That
depot is in tbs prairie, but 15 miles mora will resch
Hempstead, a beautiful and healthy location, with
an abundanoe of good timber and freestone w,i ~
in tbe midst of fertile plantations.
f Our Barometer is perpendicular this
"The weather will continue."
The next morning at three o,ólook we left camp,
and. in a half mile oame hpon a warm trail, which
the dogs pursued for two hours, through rough
ohaparal and over rugged mountains, when the
animal took a tree ana proved to be a panther.
Whitaker let drive at bim with both barrels of his
gun, but which fell hardest, h^ or the panther,,¡de-
ponent ssith not. After the dogs bad satisfied them-
selves with mangling and tearing the-lattor, we
proceeded on our way.
This morning the 18th;we breakfasted at 9 o'clock
thirty miiss from home, above the rooky crossing
of the Laredo and Corpus Ohristi road. The valley
here is very rioh, the soil ot a chocolate color,
mixed with shells and pebbles, but most, of the
low oountry is subject to overflow during wet. sea-
Bons. Bain, however,.I believe has not. fallen here
for eighteen months. The timber here ,1s' of the
dwarf order. About 11 o'clock We reached the
lakes, near whicb two bears were aroused from
their beds and went dashing off liks mustangs, the
dogs in hot pursuit. In emerging from the thioket
the bears separated, Whitaker and Carr, with three
of the young dogs following one, and myself snd
eight hounds that never fail after tbe other.. " "*
skelter, through thiok ohaparels and priokly pears,
away we went. After a rúo of ten miles I came up
with the dogs and saw bruin trampling over bushes
and thornsasifnothing: was'in the way. A dash
of two miles farther brought me in close quarters
with the game and a hundred yarda in advance of
the dogs; Now 1 aimed to give the old fellow a
a broadside with both barrels to stop bis career for
ever. The préo'ussíon caps having become damp
did'not explode, I tried my .revolver, it fai''
if crushing him. I' could endure the sight no
t>|í)ger, and rushing to.tha rescue, buried my knife
in msside. Dropping the dog, he putsued me some
thirty "steps, when I leaped upon my horse and
charged him again>And as I ran over him,the dogs
aáecon'd time attacked him. Again I rushed to
it my laiifs to the 'Mil
_ me in a warm hug,
and tumble affair which
do not. doubt.ths -words of Mr. Kimball, they are
hot to be questione *. I firmly believe «hat Ithey
rill build the bridge, with or without our aid; hut
when is the great question 1 and if the old adage
tima ia money" ia true, this case is oertainly a fair
illtistration of it.
ihe advocates of the State plan have always fios-
tended—1 have been a State plan man myself to a
ertain extent, bat I deny having ever been'''roped"
in that length ; that a railroad from here to Houston
wasperfootly unnecessary, uncalled for, that the
tfiVlfpition between here and Houston Waa excel-
lent, transportation' verT~ehUppHid~thatr cotton
oould oome down joit aa oheap now by water as it
could by^ railroad, thU is very true, this is what I
call an undeniable fact, and to whioh I call tha
epeoial attention of all Galveetonlans—tboee en-
gaged IU the dapping business excepted. My time
taishort, ! leave to your gooid oom^non sense, citi-
zens of Galveaton; who ever yea may he, laborer,
.mechanic, traders, doctors, lawyers, bankera, Mb';,
&o—gentlemen interested in t^9 shipping business
alw ay a excepted— to refloat solemnly and seriously
upon the above paragraphs.
A word more;: I wieh tognard you against men
IjCsssesed of "on« ringle idea/ their motto waa ami
, abracrs haa been:
' "May the world periah, if my idea, my one idea,
outlive 11" ff.lhrS*. CYB.
iaa. , ■ «   ? v.
Tom Waxta—The Inanranco CompanMa of New
Terk have resolved M make a d eduction of flve per
on the premium charged on. wanhoosea which
aro^-provided with ^ parapeto or fin wslia faniÜ high
to give a men afbatual protection to roofe
and skylights, in case of *fire InJhe adjoining-build-
tagfc •• ■ :;-
the exciting scene, ándthrust my "knifeto the hilt
would have filled the heart of David Crdokett with
thrilla of rapture. Which were under oftehest, the
">e bear, or your critically situated servant,
10 time to calculate. Which made the moBt
'the dbfcs Or their master, the wood nynips
alone, it tlieie were any, can till. At every chance,
I let tbe mónater have the cold steel in his ribs in
good earnest. Finally straddling him, I inflicted
* " 'ileh rather'* 
   va Wpúndp, which rather damperied his
ardor. Bising he ran some fltty.^yards and then
tambGng over, was again covered' by the faithful
hounds, and receiving iny list stab, gave up the
ghost.
The only injujy.I reoeiyed in this skirmish were
few slight wonnds, one. being in the face. My
hat Waa lost, one dog killed, snd Others badly
wounded.'
Whittaker and Carr, who had abandoned their
chase after a run of six or eight hours, joined me
some ten minnte^ after my recontre with bruin.
Bnt I had almost , forgotton to, mention the sise of
my game—he was eisht feet longhand weighed about
six hundred pounds.
Being sixty miles shove Oakville, we concluded
we were as high up ss white adventurers generally
go, and struck off esst from where we left the re-
maina Of the bear. The dogs striking snother' trail
we had a severe fight with a panther which we
killed.
We learn from our correspondent at Belmonte,
that an affray -oecuvred in that village a day or
two moea, resalting in the death of two men and
the' woundingof a third. From what we ean learn
thi difficult-originated in consequence of Strife-
ling's refusing to credit Kirkpatrick some weeks
since. A man by the name of Fiaher, waa put np
to attack Sribbling in his atora srith a bowie-knife,
Stribling used a pocket knife. Kirkpatrick, and
another man waa .m the house when "
menced. K. showed foul play by asaiating Fisher.
Severa} persona came in
shooter, with which he 1
a few moments and 8. in an hour. - K. ia getting
well—•WatmngUm. Democrat.
. To 
ing letun
.—Persona desirous of aend-
o Sour Lake should, after giving the
 individual who is to receive it, sttpef-
acribe "Liberty. Texas," and write "Sour Lake"
accroae the lower left hand corner of the envelope.
Letters*so addressed a-e ,placed in aseparate box at
this poet-offloe, and aré given out onhr to messengers
authorised to receive mail matter for tbe Lake;>—
When tbe regular line of haeto commence running
to that dellgbtfril place, thfeindependwtmail route
will, liO doubt, be better managed than any of
mg.
Maj. Ben. McCulloch is now in Galvi
his way to New Orleans, to oommunicato
delay with the Government, in/ regard to.
appointment profered to him of the' Governoi
of Utah. We suspect that he will continue to
cline tbe honor. The New Tork Timee says that
his declination ia to be lamented. The Chioago
Daily Ledger, however, aptly remarks:
It is, however, no matter of surprise, That any
man not weary with life, and ordinarily cognizant
of the value of peace and quietness, should volun-
teer upon a duty só;ditiioult,—we might better say
at once, desperate -as this appointment involves,
is hardly to be anticipated : and unfortunately the
applicants for federal service are not apt to be
irompted by propensities ofasuioioidal sort. Major
dcCullóoh declines to close a not .inglorious mili-
tary career by leading a^J'orlorn hope. Who else
will head II I
Pirk Hogs.
In the oounties of Brazos, Robertson, Falls, Milam
and Burleson, there are, probably, several 1000 pork
bogs, running in the woods, in excellent condition
for bútoherihg, the people having killed all they
wanted in the winter. On our late trip, we saw
large numbers weighing from 200 to 850 pounds,
looking as if fattened on corn, but whioh have been
igrown'and fattened on the mast. As there will be
no mast this year, the owners would now sell these
hogs at uominal figures, and no doubt the butchers
of Galveston and Houston would do well to drive
them down.
y^Q have never seen bsoon better or more abun-
dant than it now ia in the oonntiee named.
FiNAHoruTNO.—We have observed by the news-
papers,, that the Board of Brokers have had un-
der consideration for some time psst, various plans
for remedying the prenent reckless system of stock
gambling, by partid who have everything tegsin
and nothing to loae. They have adopted a resolu-
tion prohibiting time contracta extending beyond
sixty days. The previous limit waa twelve
months.
The Philadelphia Board of Trade ia about taking
measures to rid that city and the State of Pennsyl
vania of bogus Iuanrance companies. In the State
of New York, by the aotion of tbe Oomtroller
1858, some fifty bogus.concerns have been rooted
out, some of which have been located in the oity of
Philadelphia
gentlemen of h'gh j
r
reased in the Democratic faith 1
party, & 'wt&£ they (like 1
oame attached.
Col. John*. Itedy edikw of tbe f
oame-forward. He said that be 1
the American party with «one tat good 1
though without inveetigating maturely
olplee; bat that- he twd loag «iooe be 
vinced that those prinolplea were antogonlatlo to
oí i   góvémi¿é« j'but
wi "■" " MB""
—he did not wiah to be <
mong tboee Whochanged for offloe—he did no
qflloe, nor would he have office ft tendered him.
believed the salvation of the country and 1
of, the south', depended opon the integ
stability of the Democratic party, aa the only (
al organization in existence. Its policy I
been progreesive, bringing into the Union ]
Texas, New Mexico and Callfori
ved Cuba would be added by the pr
ion. In short he resumed his j
an editor in the J
party, because OS oelieved It to°l>e i
only oonne a patriot oould oonaistently 1
Col. For^s remarks were reoeived ' ""
plause, and as he oono)uded many
I'rienda of his, advanoecL and .gave
welcome.
Frank E. Williams, of Cherokee, one of t
lefted young men in Eastern Texas, an "
position candidate for the Legislature in 1
the other gentleman referred to. He i_
stance.to tbe same effsct aa Col. Ford,.
that M waa willing to have the si
test Applied to him as he had tried to 1
to foreigners—twenty one years; he
orat from birth and education and <
atanjl where his mature judgement j
the Democratic party. He should
leeaion, refuse office, and be oonteat 1
our princlpleaas a private citizen.
Mr. Williams is a young man of great apparent
candor, and both of these gentlemen aatisfied all
present that they were above aH improper motivas
in the oourae they were adopt!
, .I,'., . ' ) >1 fcfc 1
• A rowers «f cor;
Tez Bbiooz carries every thi
oh it aa yet, and it-appeare-ot
iÜ vote' to subaoribe' flOO,
tion* In'questions of local
citizen Is equally interested
all have before them the
eonolusions, we have always
and politic to give aU parties
(he p90plg to draw their o
gards the building of the
lacgusge of the play
done, then 'twere wall *tSl
regard to the 'legal
thing propoeed, we qi
subjeot. The legal
oidedly olear; but, aa
are not expedient, ap
dient, without being
(It may be well to i
ten by the Senior
The charter of the oity of
the corporation "may 1
acts, laws, ordinanoea, a
sistent with the constiti
as shall be needful to th
politic,'' and "ahall be«
tete, real personal or mixed, for 1
poration." The oharter^-
"in addition to the
Mayor a¿3 ítówíilán o
establish ordinances,
they shall have power I
as may be necessary to ]
health of the city; reguli
alleys; establish harbor 1
provide for lighting the f
prevent and extinguish files; reguU.
publio exhibitions ¡ regulate, aa**
butchers, public bouses, ¿ray múj^ «i)*juj
day laborers, suppress gaining, and t
ir regulations which may contribute t
in ¡station of tbe affairs of
well as for the 1
uility, and safety ofthe said olty;"^
direct reference to the power to
,t ia the following: (See* «.)" "
Council shall not have power and 1
oontraot for, and. crsata debts
 regate the sum of one buñd
dollars, unless the question of tbe creation there
be first submitted to a diteot vote of tbe qu*>
voters of said city, and approved of and 1
by a majority of two thirda of then
In regard to the general |
we quote as follows, from Kent's <
and the decisions of the Supreme j
United States: *
« A C Tporatl
ate capacity, be
" A Corj
josseesea
ts oreation
incidental
" The aot
the powers i
"That a < .
ercise of those 1
upon it, will Hot be ,
corporate franchlss, being restrictive 1
rights, cannot be extended beyond *"
spirit of tbe act of incorporation." p
** The modern dootrine ia to<
ss having auoh powers aa are specifically gr«'
t«?.!l '
The smallest SnaXBOAT Out.—The St. Lonls
Democrat announoes tbe arrival at that port of the
steamer J. Bissell, Capt.-Hart, from the headwaters
-of tbe Ohio. This steamer's orew, consisted ol
three men and one boy. The Bissell'e dimensions
are the following: length over all, 90 feet; beam,
18 feet; hold, SK feet. She draws S inches light
has ons bailor, ad 8-inch cylinder, with two feet
stroks,'and is four months old. Ere this she has
probably left for St. Psul, between which .and a
place called Minneapolis she is destinsd to be *
regular packet. This John Hsrl seems' to have a
penchant for small boata and long trips.
About eight years ago he took the command of *
diminutive oraft at Pittsburg—steamed down the
Ohio and the Mississippi to Nsw Orleans—from
thence, through Bayou Pslsquemine to Vermillion
Bsy.on tbe Galveston coast-, and np the Brazoe
river. Capt. Hart, «a small boat, and his email
  BrazoaS
crew suited ¡much interest up the Bra
ths smallest establishment of the klod
there. Good bye, little bdst and lotisly crew. Wo
hope that no diseensions will arise on your deck,
w in your small oircle. and that yoa wiu have aao-
cesa among the Minneeottane-
Ak Extraokdm abt Cazz.—The New York Even-
■ ~ . rrrr n,, # • « Í||S PO0( 8AT8 * "t '?.'3 1''¿& ) ^^^^88^5816
éian. "' .
T*« Exnxas IrrzaasT.—'Ths sxprssa interest In
theDnited-Slatee 4a estimated st ten million of dol-
lars, looated sa follows: Boston and New
$2,000,000; Nsw Tork ci^r
Phflsdelphia, Baltimore, Pi
«SJM.000
^Stomaitt tw^mmsro^and
the public U eeldom taken
J. B. McOsy, ofj
cannot,
the mere
which
ther
hich are
Tbe
to
tabli
powers I
just and
tobhow i
sums," si
mode, and'i
Kenl't Commeniriet, voL 8, pug
WABObdsbs
foD^ing document, purgorting t
addressed to tbs Vicsroy of Canton t"
oftheCfmncU ofthe Emperor' of Chi;3
reoeived in I&ria from Macao: f «
Yeh j—I have aerious newa to announ
We have read with attent 6 tbe aooouft.
given us of the sttsok by the EngHsh bL..
Ths Nuil Ko were unanimous in their iodine
and we determined that the- Emperor ifastud
informed of it, notwithstanding tbs
aions his msgnanimoua heart, and 1
commands of his mighty srULt,.
Yeh 1—Yoo are' to carry po a wa3
the foreign barbarian
They must-receive f
ssaw
sniptary chastisement. Bat
shall have been deemed
they manifest sincere :
have done, tbe Emperor, or"
who ia inundated with
that bostilitities shoul)
sffsirs should beresur
tbey existed previous
Yeh 1—You will tak<
manioate tbe prooeedii
ur orden.1
the lOtlrday otthe
To PaxicHXsa—I have
rules to be 'of much service to*.«-
fully suggest to my brethre
propriety of testing their wl
Beeolve to be hi
Hebrew nor Greek
tmiwlf
orips, be
your own
«• ?wf
vent, and
9. Stop'
Among
have foimdtt
Snff mofa MB WW?
bother, if tbe^
corns to them