Weekly Journal. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, May 6, 1853 Page: 4 of 4
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ta.
and
I
bj sketches oT the
events in his career, and at all
events by a wood cat of his hegira troca Comatgo:
of hfipself indiffer-
ent characters; and of the most interesting of his
associates oí I oth sexes.
Gale.
Tuesday morning. May 3.
gales ever experienced
[ oar city yesterday aAer-
o'clock, just as bar paper was go-
has been done to
the f hipping in port, and all the wharves are
more or less iqjnred. We learn, also, that a
vbip which laid at anchor at the East end of
the island, has gone to pieces, and all on board
supposed fo be lost. A house owned and occu-
pied by a Mr- Jordan (carpenter) was blown
own, burying In the ruins bis wife ¿¿id.child;
>uh were extricated, .Utf ú « feared the child
I so severely injured that it cannot survive.
Many other houses were blown down, bat this
• s the only personal tojnry we have heard of.
fa oar next issue we will endeavor to give aU
is sad disásteri
about to visit New
at the new dry gopds ep-
Simpson, and'see oar
wh%t astore should bé. Simpson
g and polite salesmen; every depart
lighted; and, while his
, he aims to sell his goods
motto, that "small
ily imply smalt
his advertisement in another co-
t ■ — ■ • ' ;
—
criminal laws
practi-
MUI /rA/^mi/ir
ami yriKcniMy
evtn
new Review fore-
and New
m
in a late number of the Wash-
us of a new Review,
otic tyoiUhly Review,
in the chics of
ork on the first day of
month—Wiliiam H
than to our gratification
it may be to the Democ-
mtfet be a source of grat-
we foand that Brevet
Ovid F. Johnson, late of
Texas, is to be its Editor.
re advised of General Ovid P.
it has been as follows.
a figure in politics as Attorney
vacia when porter was Gov-
the time that divers offenders
" law weré pardoned before
even indicted, tried and convicted,
pretend to say what considerations
this course, but for farther' particulars
Pennsylvania papers of that period,
he was a Democrat. Next he was
:ered by competent judges
every respect) to come to
' fraud—to establish a large
land certificates by suit
of the State, and thus to
a large and valuable por-
n. In this errand he
áway shorn; although
^ Justice"
not' receive the thirty-
which are a part
tate for making,
Editorial Correspondence.
St. Chajujb Hotel, New Orleans, I
April 27th. 1863. $
I see it announced in the bulletin that an elec -
tion was held in Caddo parish, on the 16th inst.,
on the question of subscribing or non-sabscrib-
ing, on the part of the parish, the sum of one
hundred thousand dollars to aid in the construc-
tion of the Yicksbarg, Shreveport and Texas
Railroad. The railroad carried the day by a
majority of fifty-seven votes. Also, that the bill
which passed the House some days since, has
likewise passed the Senate, with a few clerical
alterations, and two amendments—one requiring
that all banks shall be banks of discount and de-
posit, as well as of circulation, and the other
striking ^ut the last section of the House bill.
A game of bail between a party of Choctaw
Indians and that of Creoles challenged by them,
came off last Sagday over the Union Coarse.
A War Qance by the Indians followed.
The Hon. Sam Houston was at Baton Rouge,
La., on the 23d inst
' Hon. John Slidell has received the Democrat-
ic nomination for U. S. Senator from Louisiana.
An election by the Legislature was to take place
on Thursday last.
Cov. Hebert was withdrawn after the eighth
ballot. He was ahead when withdrawn.
T£e varióos contractors and projectors of the
line of telegraph from this city to Texas, have
met here within the last two days to make ¿r-
rangements in regard to the different portions of
fthe united lines as projected. Jt appears the en-
tire root? has been carefully surveyed and the
proper estimates made.
Messrs. Crane & Cady are t9 build frpm here
to Alexandria, Messrs. Smith & Ward thence
to Shreveport, and Messrs. Smith & Preston un-
dertake the portion in Texas.
Mr. Smith has been unavoidably detained
some weeks by sickness and death in his family,
bat will visit Galveston shortly for the purpose
of opening subscriptions there, should your citi-
zens be disposed to embark in the laudable en-
terprise.
The operations have progressed on Red Riyer
and the West bank of the Mipsissppi, so tar
that the subscriptions are complete in several of
the parishes, and nearly a hundred miles of
posts are sat and ¿ready for ihe wire. Yoij will
find Mr. Smith a gentleman of integrity, energy
experience and fine business talents, who wi ll
push the lige through rapidly, if he undertakes
the building of ft. His enterprise deserves and
will command success.
FOUfiTKEN DAYS
[ CALIFORNIA.
of Life.
The steamship Untied States arrived at Ne?
Orleans on Saturday from Aspinwall, bringing
two weeks later intelligence from California.
The health of the Isthmas was very good. No
trouble is experienced by passengers in crossing.
The steamship Cortes, of the New York and
California Steamship Company's Pacific line,
arrived at Panama on the 15th instant, reports
the total loss of the steamship Independence, of
the Nicaragua route, by shipwreck and fire-
She struck on a sunken reef some distance from
Margarita Island, about 150 miles north-west
from St. Lucas, was backed, and being in a sink-
ing condition, was beached some distance from
the shore. In the mean time she took fire and
barnt to the water's edge. About 140 lives were
lost, and the remainder of the passengers were
saved by some whale* ships, which were in one
of the bays near at hand, and taken to San Fran-
cisco.
The San Francisco fVhig contains the follow-
ing statement of the Captain of the steamer Inde-
pendence :
"I am under the painful necessity of reporting
the loss of the steamer independence, lately un-
der my command, on her passage from San Juan
del Sud to this port, and about one hundred and
twentjr-fivc lives, consisting of the passengers and
fifteen of the crew. She was on the Island of
Margarita
After "
ape
on the morning of the 15th of February. At 12
o'clock if. ot tne'lSth we were in latitude 23 04
N., long. .110 42 W.; steered NW. by W. halfW.
per coinpaug, intending to go to the westward of
Margarita Island. On the morning of the 16th,
at 1 o'clock a. m., made the main land to the east-
ward of the island, haying been set in shore by
the current. Altered tbe'£> use to WSW. At
12 o'clock m~made th«* Island of Margarita, «he
south point bearing W. !> S. per compass; then
altered the course to WSW. I intended to give
the point a berth of three miles, but owing to a
haze over the land, I was deceived in the dis-
tance. At fifteen u^nutes past five, justas day
was beginning to break, she struck a sunken reef
extending off from the south point of tÜe island
about *i' mile from the shore. The sea was very
smooth at the time, not breaking on the jeef at
all. Backed engine, and she came off; exam-
ined the'&uid, .ana found that she was filling
was experienced inconsequence.
A bill taxing foreign miners at the rate of #4
per head tes been passed by both branches of the
Legislature.
The inhabitants on the frontier of Sonora are
ARRIVAL OF THE PERSEVERANCE.
FIVE DATS LITER FROM JEW ORLE ASS.
« I DIGEST! *' Such ¡s the true meaning ofathe wor4
, PEPSIN," or of the two Greek word# from which it it
derived. This is u>e significant and appropriate title ot
Mail Items.
The steamer GLueen City, from Detroit, having
■ 300 passengers on board, Struck a rock when en- |^e -J^, Digestive Fluid, or Gastric Juice, prepared by
_ ' tering Dunkirk, on the morning of the 14th inst. ¡jr. j. s. HOUGHTON of Philadelphia, from the fourth
JBy the arrival of the steamship Perseverance The passengers were landed in small boats. At Stomach of the Ox, tor the cure of imHgc^n nd by*
about emigrating to the arable lands on the banks ¡Capt. Forbes, Saturday morning, we have New] last accounts the steamer was still on the rock,
It fcs nature's own remedy for an unhealthy
in 11 iiimmi -it rw , .stomach. No art of man can equal its curative power*
of the Gila, near its junction with the Colorado, j Orleans dates to Saturday morniug, the 9ffeh uli.l having three leet ot" water in the hold. j u n.I1>lers ^ Hating perfectly consistent with health.
Accounts from Lower California represent that j o—— At last accounts by mail from New York the Seo the Hgure of the Ox in another pa^t of this paper
State, like all the rest of the Mexican confeder-, TELEGRAPHIC. greatest activity prevailed among the canal boat-
acy, in a state of hopeless anarcbv and confusion I . _
Lieut- Edward ftossell, of the 4th infantry, was ■ ARRl0F THE STEAMER
killed by the Indians on the 25th of March, near I Foreign Markets.
the head waters ot Tom's Creek, near Colusa.
The explosion ot the boiler of .the steamer R.
K. Page, by which several lives were lost, and
the vessel completely wrecked, produced a gloom
New York, April 26.—The steamer Humboldt
has arrived with dates from Liverpool to the 13th
inst.
She reports the Liverpool ecxun market as
dull, but that it closed at unchanged prices. The
in the community. It was the first accident of sales for the twodays previous to the sailing ot
the kind thas ever occurred in the rear vicinity steamer amounted to 13,000 bales.
r * "e quotations are, for tair Orleans 6jd.; for
of bacamento. fair Uplands 6i to6id.; middling Orleans 5J to
The accounts frpm the mines continue princi- j 5 J; for middling Uplands 5 j to 5f.
pally favorable. Many of the interior markets
are replete with provisions and goods, and the
prices range generally at a low standard.
Five Frenchmen, encamped near Mariposa,
were attacked by some Mexicans a few days
since, and the whole party was murdered and
robbed.
rapidly; knew thát I should have to beach her to
ly' or indirectly con-
Taylor's election, while
he tamed a sum-
i Taylor speech or two
for which we are
by a special agency
revenue matter on the Bio
ling, and some con-
to Brownsville;
and' been unable
from Gen. Tay-
Democrat once
and indeed fairly
to his political
time in the Editorial columns
ing to Brownsville, he
paper there, which has
embarking in Carvajal's fillibus-
e abundantly, both for
which he was reward-
subsequently by a Brevet
lip in his service:—and was
led the retreat ¿rom the Battle
eld of Comargo, for the particulars of whi
having mystified,
Union.
Foreign Items.
By the last advices from England, we learn
that sixty-four ships were up at Liverpool, for
Australia.
The peace address of the London merchants
does not canse them to stand at all in public fa-
vor. Men of the " John Bull" stamp say they
were mean Englishmen who would kneel with
cei ~rZS; petition of peace at the feet of Louis Napoleon.
Samuel lloiHai^ in Tffe
trade, has resumed payment.
Arrangements are completed by the Anti-Sla-
very Committee to give Mrs. Stowe a public re-
ception in Glasgow City Hall. An address will
be presented, and a soiree will follow.
On the 28th nit., a deputation presented to the
Emperor of France an addrass of the London
merchants, expressing friendly feelings to France.
The Emperor replied that he had faith in the
good sense of the English people—that he con-
stantly labored to develope ¿he prosperity of
France. Her interests were not different from
those of other civilized Rations, and thei$|bre, he
said, "Like you, I desire peace, anil, to make
sure, I wish, like you, to draw closer the bonds
which unite our two countries."
Sir Lacyde Evans gave notice in the potase
of Commons of a correspondence between ¿he!
British Government and Spain, France and the
United States, concerning the alleged annexa-
tion of Cuba.
In the House of Lords, Lord Campbell called
attention to the address recently presented by the
merchants to the Emperor of France,
h he characterized as an interference with
-erogative of the crown, and a violation of
the laws of. nations.
v he has escaped the
^ow he managed to do so, is _
here, although it is probable he Jq Germany, the Diet declines at present to
the matter.
himself to be nominated as
to the democratic Na-
he went on to
there offered a
ter into a copyright treaty with France.
Matilda Hitzfield, an American lady, was ap-
prehended recently as an agent of the Revolu-
tionary Committee, and condemned to six weeks'
imprisonment.
The Duke of Hesse Darmstadt, alarmed at the
tial cam- emigration, requests the neighboring potentates
both the :$hig
en-
to arrest any of his subjects attempting to leave
i at Wast without his permission.
A letter from Berlin, d$ted the 4th, says that re-
newed treaties of the Zollverein were to be signed
that evening;
:ial doc-
the papers recently
in that city, was the proclamation of a
keep her from sinking; got a sail over the bow
(under ber* to try to stop the leak, and set a gang
of men at work at éajph hatchway bailing, and
ran along the west.sídé ot^e ¿aland, close in, to
find a good place io put her ashore. Told the
engineer to let má knoip five minó^e^ before the
water would be i^gh enough to put out the fcres
When we had run" about four miles the engineer
came up. and reported the water nearly up to the
fires, and that they w9¥Jd ¡be extinguished in a
few minutes. Put the helm hard aport, and ran
her ashore in a small cove on the SW. side of is-
land, head on. Lowered a boat, and sent the mate
and two men in her to run a line ashore to the
beach, which was about one hundred yards-dis-
tant, but th<> boat broached to and was swamped
in the surf. Lowered another boat, and s nt
three men in her with another line, which they
succeeded in getting ashore. I now ascertained
that the ship was on fire. Told the engineer to
take his men, and put out the fire if possible.
Ordered the other two boats to be lowered, and to
come forward, and the women and children to
come to the forward gangway ; loaded both boats
with women and children, and sent them ashore.
The ship now swung around broadside on. The
mate ana two men came off with the boat that
took line ashore, and she immediately loaded
with women and children, and went ashore with
them. The fire originated from the furnaces.
It was necessary, after the steamer struck on
the reef, to use wood and boards tor fuel, in order
to keep np the steam until she struck on the
beach, when the water was so high as to stop the
draft from the lower flues, which forced open the
fa" . iinnM, ««id rushed out and
caught the wood Work in the fire room ami also
aronnd the smoke rack, thence spreadjpg very
rapidly. Every effort was made to get the lire
under, but of no avail. ~ The flames were now
coming up from the hatchways, fire room, engine
room, ventilators and around the smoke rack;
everything was consternation and dismay; the
people seemed completely bewildered, ana were
jumping overboard by dozens. The scene was
perfectly horrible and indescribable—men, wo-
men and children screeching, crying and drown-
ing. I ordered the spars, hatches, tableis and
everything that would float to be thrown over-
board, which was done, and they were immedi-
ately covered with people. About an hour after
the ship struck the beach she was a perfect sheet
of flame, and' there was no one on board of her
except one qf the coal-passers, named Beaumont,
and myself. The stroke rack had fallen and the
the promenade deck forward had tumbled in; the
flajnes were coming out of the side lights, and it
was impossible to stay on'board any longer. A
boat came off from the shore with two of the deck
hands in her, Beaumont, whip was near the fore
rigging, jumped into her, and 1 jumped over-
board, swam to her, and commenced picking up
those who were afloat. After picking up three
boat loads, Thos. Herrón, the steward, succeed-
ed in launching another boat and saving some of
the people. When all that were alive had been
picked up, and some of the baggage, I landed and
had the spars, which had drifted ashore, hauled
up into a ravine, and with an old sail that had
washed ashore, made a tent large enough to shel-
ter the women and children.—The ship was still
in flames, so that it was impossible for any one
to boardgher. I gave the mate and engineer or-
ders to have the dead taken np above the high
water mark and buried, and to board the wreck
as soon as possible and save all the provisions
and water that they could. 1 then took a boat and
four men and started to pull round the north end
of the island to Magdalena Bay in search of as-
Later from Vera Cruz.
The splendid steamship Texas, Capt. Lawless,
arrived in VeraCruz on Sunday, 17th of April,
making the Eun down in 70 hoars, and back to N.
Orleans in 66 hours—the' quickest trip on record.
She brings the following interesting intelligence;
JjOís of the Albatross.—On Monday, at 4 o'clock
9. m., á despatch arrived in Vera Cruz to the
agent, Mr. C. Markoe, advising him that the Al-
batross had gone ashore the preceding night on
Cabezos, a reef about ten miles from shore, and
about twenty-six miles from the citt. That sir
of the passengers had succeeded iñleaching the
shore, and were in great distress from the impos-
sibility Of getting away. /
At daylight on Thursday morninr, Capt. Law-
less, of the steamship Texas, got u> steam and
proceeded to the scene ól the disaster hoping to be
able ,tp save the iives of the passeteers, and per-
haps the ship; but on arrival thermound that the
passengers and crew had left, an the ship had
slid ofl* the reef where she had f -st struck, and
was nearly out of sight.
The Captain of the Port, togiher with tw >
pilots and a custom-house officer,proceeded In the
Texas, in order that should any íecessity arise,
he might be able to act in bis o cial capacity;
and after being absent the greatt portion of the
day, the Texas returned without laving had an
opportunity of rendering any dsslthnce.
The pégple of Vera Cruz an highly pleased
with the establishment of this iw line of mail
steamers, and with the beautifij pioneer-oí-the-
line. 'the Texas- I
Capt. Lawless, in a card putfshed in the Eco
del Comercio of the 19ih inst., irjited the officials
and inhabitants of the City tj visit the ship,
which invitation was acceptd by very many,
and all returned delighted withier.
Messrs. Harris & Morgan sit down a special
agent in the Texas in order torn aire the neces-
sary mail arrangements, and hjballed on all the
principal merchants, who exoessed their wil-
lingness and desire to do efrything in their
power to uiakí the line succesjil.
Santa Anna arrived in the lity of Mexico on
Sunday, the 17th inst., amidst fe rejoicing of the
inhabitants, who by their miner evinced the
great joy they experienced á hi? return. The
whole city was brilliantly ilininated at night,
and amidst the booming of cinon, and firing of
rockets, their new chief resu^d his power.
Santa Anna's reception png the road from
Vera Cruz to Mexico is saao have been most
enthusiastic. Triumphal aaes were erected at
the different towns, and he las everywhere re-
ceived with acclamations, fipg of c nnon, ring-
ing of bells, burning of fin orks, and other de-
monstrations of joy.
Gen. Lombardini had ere ;d the r ost of Cap-
tain General of Land and a, with a salary of
$12,000 a year, and had n« ed Santa Anna to
that post. Santa Anna dec ed the honor.
The Monitor says it does ot recommend any
person for the Cabinet, beeáe to judge from ap-
pearances the occupants shad be angels. ,
The Insiropto^savs that b Monitor and Siglo
Jutve commenced a modersi opposition to Santa
a 1 ^ ?L J:*— a fJVTrTlF
Havre Market.
New York, April 26.—The sales of cotton for
the week at Havre, previous to the sailing of the
steamer were 7,000 bales. The imports since the
departure of ihe lost steamer were 17 000 bales.
Stock on hand 74,000 bales.
New York, April 2G.—The Ilumbolt reports
cotton as firm and unchanged.
. - . rue- ¡rr<HK LARGEST KJSTAIL CLOTHING 1-STABLlSH-
inen, in preparation for the opening ot the fc.rie 1 jheNT in the United Sutes is at So. Ma¡caxine st.,
Canal on the 20th inst. A larger number of boats New Orieans. Alfrrd llimrwp A- ' P{VPT,eU>r*-
o The Immense business dono St UiU establishment ena-
wintered af New York the past season than f r ^ proprietors to be continually offering to their cus-
I . nuvifliK Then ins abnilt towers a ven choice variety of new and desirable «lyle
a number ot }ears previous, inert was aoout clothing Gent's Fun.ishin* Goods, Vte.
hundred iD all. As it would be tmpowibfc to enumerate in an advertise.
e\ en nunarea I* ^cut ^ different article , suffice it to say, the assortment
Twelve steamships, exclusive of the Ericssrn> ¡ u complete in every particular, embracing all sines for
, .... youths, Bovs and Children.
with an aggregate or 23.200- tons ouin ing, ^H>ds received by every packet aud steamship
in New York. ' rroiu New York
ir~P One price for Goods—No deviation.
ALFHKD MtTNROE & CO.,
34 Magazine st., corner of Gravie r
Store and Manufactory üi New York, No. 441 Bruad-
wav. [apá9-wswisly
sistance, expecting to find some ships there. We
palled until 10
bein;
water; seta
10 o'clock that night, when, not
_ able to see any vessels, and not knowing in
what direction to pull, I landed on the north
shore of the entrance on Magdalena Bay, hanled
np the boat and waited for daylight, when I
started again to pall across the bay; after pul-
iinean honr and a half I discovered a vessel
close under the main land, pulled tor and reached
her at 11 o'clock, a. m., found her to be the schr.
A. Anury, Capt. Gordon. The captain and most
oí the crew were ashore looking for wa
signal, and they came onboard.
After getting all the provisions that had been
saved, which occupied two days. I chartered the
ship Meteor, Capt. Jeffries, to take us all to San
to sail as soon as the vessel couki be
On the 3d of March, everythii
and the passengers all on
a few who chose to go to the Sai
in the other ships,ySre sailed for this
on the larboard paddle-box when the
~ and had been on deck the whole
I not taken fire, not a
i lost, for they could all
r if there had been time,
'on which the steamer struck is abont
off in a south-easterly
is not laid down in any of the
> of the 1st inst. gives the
of th*
eing among
monks and «omen of all c'asse:
the victims.
Several secret depots of arms have been dis-
covered and seized by the police.
It is now stated that the plan for reinstating the
civil power, and doing away with marshal law
in Lombardy, has been postponed.
Q,neen Victoria.
The health oí Q,ueen Victoria is rapidly im-
provi ng.
China.
The rebellion in China is spreading.
Terrible Accident.
A collision occurred yesterday .on the Central
Railroad, near Chicago, by which it is supposed
from fifteen to twenty persons were killed, and
fifty seriously injured.
Ijarge Fire.
The dry goods store ot J. & J. Steiner, at Phil-
adelphia, has been destroyed by fire. The loss is
ocfirri'ita^ ot 4! innn
Anna, but with so much"
they perceived the qdor o
and Matamoros.
It is said a státue of Gc
erected iji the Square of 1
The proclamátion of G<
ico, relative to the bonne y, and the reply of
Gov. Trias, was taken to * r,:'" "e A/r
eight and a half da s by
much excitement.
It had been rumored in
Mexican troops sent out I Sov. Trias had been
'idity, it sboulif thTHTT
he prisons of Perote
Santa Anna is to be
ubaya.
Lane, of New Mex-
e City of Mexico in
press. They caused
exico tliat a body of
is rumor was subse-
he Mexican papers
s given the President
• ivernment would dis-
defeated by Col. Kern.
quently contradicted; and
state that Jud®e Conklin<
assurances that the U. S
claim Gov. Lane's acts.
The Siglo states that fifnp States and three
Territories are in favor of tl federal system, and
otaly seven States appear c posed to adopt any
other form of Government.
Gen. Woll took the comn id at Tampico on
the 8th inst. By order of nta Anna, another
reinforcement had been ord< d to Matamoros.
The New Mexico Dis ted Territory.
Effrot of the Nbws i? Mexico.—Through
Mr. Willard B Farwell, o the San Francisco
Daily Whig, and bearer of sspatches from the
U. S. Legation at Mexico, x learn from an ex-
press arrived in the city o Mexico, on the 8th
inst., bringing the news of i; occupation of the
Mescata valley in Chihuah . by the Governor
of New Mexico.
The announcement cause very considerable
excitement, and a very gener determination was
expressed to drive the Amei an force from the
disputed territory at the poin if the bayonet.
An armed force was oraere to proceed at once
to the scene of action, to reii urce the Governor
of Chihuahua, and to assisjin expelling Gov.
Lane and his troops.
A delegation of the proper iuthorities waited
upon Judge Conkling, on the :h inst., and enter-
ed their protest, in the name the Government,
against Uie proceeding. The ply of Gov. Trias,
of Chihuahua, to the proclam ion of Gov. Lane,
was considered by the Mex :an authorities as
embracing all the strong poin ¡ of the argument
in favor of the claim of Mexic to the territory in
dispute, and was looked opon i t a model of argu-
mentative diplomacy, that wa "not to be over-
turned by any act of the Unit) States, powerful
as she is in the scale of nations' In short, a sin-
cere belief that in this ques on the Mexican
Governmont had the right on ler side, prevailed
ajnong all classes, and they i ere determined to
ort their position.
v. Trias' repl to Gov. Lai s takes the ground
that the northern boundary i' Chihuahua had
formerly been mnch farther n rth than at pre
sent; that the treaty of Gnadiupe Hidalgo had
removed it much farther south that even if the
territory claimed was dispnt< I territory, it had
always been in peaeeable piossc ision of Mexico.
that the argument that the n ipective Govern
are not bound by the Jroceedings of the
Boundary Commission is fal tcions ; and that
besides having been for time ii memorial in pos-
session of Mexico, it is now inhabited by people
Net| Mexico because
Hesaysfnr-
of the people did wish to
they had no
protection from
an Govern-
the United
Tria*
power to
are war.
Great Britain.
The attention of financial circles i.s chiefly en-
grossed with ihe schente of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer for the reduction of the public debt.
France.
The secret political societies are again in mo-
tion, and many arrests oí persons connected with
them have been made by the police.
In France it was believed that the Pope's refu-
sal to visit Paris for the purpose ot crowning the
Emperor would-revive the feeling of animosity
against Austria, as it was there generally consid-
er d ihat Austria was at the bottom of ihe refusal.
Russia.
It is rumored that Russia demands of Turkey
(he adoption of a treaty similar fo tbal of Urikiar
Skelfsse, or she will take Constantinople by a
coup de main.
The Russian projects with regard to Turkey
are enveloped in profound mystery.
The Sultan has declared that he will not com-
mence negotiations with Russia until the arrival
of the British and French Ambassadors^
The French fleet was, at last accounts, lying
at Salamis. ' ' f
Austria*
A telegraphic despatch from Vienna announces
a change in fhe Austrian Cabinet
Marshal Radetzky has refused the honors offer-
ed him by the Emperor.
Hungary is about to be divided into three dis-
tricts, with a Deputy Governor oyer each.
Italy¡.
Numerous arrests have been made in Lom-
bardy, Naples, and elsewhere; nobles, priests,
Seven full missions, afSOOOO. are said yet to
remain undisposed of, a berth for one Commis- j
sioner at $9000, and for another at $3300, one ¡
for a Minister resident, at 6000, fourteen for
Charges at $5400 each, and for Consuls, Post-.
master, etc., enough to stock a colony.
It is said the fees paid by the Common Council'
Bell's Improved WntrrprAoflng KstafcliiIt-
No. 99 Gravier Street, New Orleans, np stairs.
THK undersigned begs leave to inform tR-
tho Southern Public that his extensive &2E'
rxr v . . tt . rw • i. nwi.AWNING AND WATEHPKOOF1NG KSRF
of JSew York to Henry fc. Davise, as counsel to; LlsHMENT is now in successful operation, at the corner
the board, during the last year, amounted to of Gravier and St. Charles streets. Being so well known
'' ¡to the New Orleans public, for the last twenty years, he
10y, iw 4 . I would deem it unnecessary to advertise at this time, were
it not for the gross impositions daily aUemned to be prac-
tised upon the community and strangers, by persone pre-
tending to furnish Tents, Awnings, etc., as thoroughly
estimated at $170,000.
Stave Trade Expedí ton.
New Y,ri. At-ril 22.—The New York Times
learns en re liable authority that three Portugese
captai .s , 1 merchant vessels arrived.here from
Cuba o t:ie .steamship Cherokee, and are now
making arrangements to despatch vessels to the
coast of Africa, to carry slaves thence to Cuba.
The U. S. Treasui'3'.
l\l'W tmfi , A[ji ii ao—Om.. ..—y—a —i—s__• .
vestigating abuses alleged to have taken place
in the treasury under the late administratiou of
Secretary Corwin.
Removals.
Marv« fficia'55 in the d.'p^rtm v.:s a Y/ashing-
ton ar u?u;g removí d.
New York Markets.
In the cot on m rn't during th v eek only fi
mod rate t asiuess as been d ne, and prices
ruled i fav r o! he buyer. The sales amounted
o 13 000 a'es. Middling 11c.
Price- o flour have declined since the receip's
ol the Arabia'- news.
Fre'ghts are quiet, wit a downward tendency.
The demand for money is easie-, and rates are-
fa ling off.
Steamer Albatross.
The steamer Albatross was valued at $00,000,
and was insured here. ^
Kane Extradition Case.
Judge Nelson has decided to release Kane, the
British fugitive.
Another warrant for his arrest was issued, but
the Marshal refused to execute it.
The Mesilla.Valley Affair.
Washington, April 23.—The National Intelli-
gencer publlishes a private letter partially con-
flrt rr t O /it 1 An IV* t n O
C.uro and Fulton Railroad.—We learn from
the Little Rock Gazette that t|ie persons named
in the charter granted by the Arkansas Legisla-
ture, as incorporators for the C iro and Fulton
Railroad haying failed to organize under its
provisions, a number of citizens have formed
themselves into a company for the purpose of
accepting said act of incorporation, in lieu of the
original incorporators, and made application to
the Governor, which application was accepted
and ratified on the 13th inst., under the provisions
of said charter. The company has been organ-
ized, and books of subscription for stock in the
road are to be obened.
Great Shooting.—The Farmersville (Union
parish) Enquirer says that Mr. Fuller a few
days ago killed four deer, in a drove, with a rifle
ball at one shot. That will do until somebody
beats it.
Hamburg advices to the 1st inst. mention that
the river is free of ice. Shipping business active.
A strong emigration movement is sitting tow-
ards Australia.
The King of Prussia has offered the Mad iai
family an asylum in his kingdom, but it is be-
lieved they will prefer England.
The house of Hasschlager, of Bremen, has
failed. The liabilities are $114,000.
The Pope has concluded a loan for 20.000,000
francs with the Rothschilds.
Noth withstanding various rumors, it is believed
that his Holiness, the Pope, will yet attend the
French coronation and officiate in the imperial
ceremonies.
The Emperor Napoleon has been quite sick,
whilst his young wife has been quite active in
enjoying drives through the city of Paris.
The Australian gold fever israpidly spreading
over all Europe. Thousands are emigrating
there from different countries, mostly from Eng-
land and Ireland.
Fast Traveling.—On the afternoon of the 15th
inst. the express train on the Hudson River Rail-
road, from Albany to New York, made the trip
in 164 minutes, running time. This is 52f miles
per hour, or 1 minute 8 seconds per mile.
A Boston despatch of the 19th reports the Bark
George D. Smouse, from Rockland, (Maine,)
for Galveston, ashore at Owl's Head, and ex-
pected to be a total loss.
It was reported at Cincinnati on the 16th inst.
that seven slaves had escaped from Bourbon
county, Ky., and crossed the Ohio at the Little
Strawberries were selling for one dollar per
basket in New York on the 18th inst. by the
waterproof, when the articles do not possess a single
quality to recommend tliem. Several years siuce, the
undersigned felt compelled to denounce the acts of a
humbug concern started in this city, styled "The London
and American Waterproofing-Company,*' and for which
he was sued for libel. The testimony taken on the trial
proved conclusively that the system of waterproofing
practised by the undersigned was the only one ü
United States in which the public could place confidence
My stock of Tents, of every descriptions and sises, va-
rying in price, are larger and inore extensive than that
of any other similar establishment in the South or West,
The Tents arc made without the cumbrous appendage
of poles, and from their neatness and portability can be
pitched in any place without the slightest inconvenience.
The undersigned would respectfully refer to the diffid-
ent merchants, bankers, tradesmen and captains of ves-
sels now in port, as well as the engineers of the several
railways in progress and about to commence iu this
State, in Alabama and in Mississippi, who he believes
will bear him out in what ho avers, vlx:
James Kobb, Esq., when at 4d Camp street, had an
awning erected by me wjjich lasted sis years, and would
have lasted longer but f<<r the great Are.
Mr. Massey, chemist, No. 40 Camp street, lasted four
years.
Mr. Morrison, Magazine street. No. 12, five years.
Mr. Dunbar, Magazine street, No. 5, four years.
Mr. Yale, " " No. ¿7, three vears
Mr. Frost, « " four years. *
Mr. Scanlan, Chartres street, No. 12, four years.
Mr. Auge " " No C3, four years.
Mr. Binoche, " " No. 30, three years.
The whole of the above Awnings, with the exception
of those on Camp street, can be seen at the several stores
with my name, address aud date Qf erection branded
thereon.
The ship Silas Holmes used an Awning of my manu-
facture for five years, which was replaced by me this
spring, and so well pleased were the owners,"that thev
ordered one for each of the ships Allerton and •Suitana'
which I also supplied, and the reference for this, A. Co-
hen, Esq., Common street. The subscriber also wishes
to inform the residents of this city, and the public in gen-
eral, that he will execute their work at the lowest possi-
ble price and in the best possible manner, and guaran-
tees them for three years; aud will keep them in order at
the following rates, viz: one dollar for the first year, two
dollars for the second, and three dollars for the third.
He also wishes it to be perfectly understood that ho does
not warrant Awnings "mildew proof" aloqe, but water-
proof, which protects them from mildew inore effectually
than any process ever discovered, aud for the proof of
Which he refers to the awnings now standing of his man-
ufacture in the most frequented thoroughfares of the
city and aS there has been a judicial investigation as re-
gards the different processes of "waterprovng," "mil-
dew proving," and "humbug proving," I think the mat-
ter fairly tested as it was decided iñ my favor on each
head.
N. B.—I will waterprove all articles of clothing at the
shortest notice. Large quantities of tarpauling ulwa\s
on hand. Waterproof paste for leather can be procured
at the office. \VM. BELL, 99 Gravier st.,
may2-wswly Corner St. Charles, up stairs.
To XXomocpathlc Phy«iciani*.
WE have constantly on hand a well selected assort-
ment of Homeopathic Mediciues, to which we beg
leave to call your attention. Among them may be found:
Cases with Ninety-six Remedies;
Cases with Eighty Remedies;
Cases with Sixty Remedies;
Cases with ten Remedies, large size;
Cases with Ten Remedies, small size;
Arnica Tincture;
Arnica Plaster;
Refined Sugar of Milk.
BOOKS:
Herring's Domestic Physician;
Pulte's Domestic Physician;
Caspaus' Domestic Physician;
Hull's Laurie Domestic Physician;
together with many other valuable works.
1 .^HA.iuu, """v"'
J\. Wareroom. Harps, 1
variety <
firming the ne^s of Gov. Lane's action in the
Mesilla valley. The people of the valley, it is
said in this letter, desire to be under the protec-
tion f the United States.
Minister to Central America.
The appointment of Senator Borland as Minis-
ter to Central America is officially announced
He accepts the appointment.
Steamer Independence.
New York, April 20.—The steamship Indepen-
dence was insured in New York and Philadel-
phia to the amount of $60,000.
Tehuantepec Treaty.
The bearer of the Tehuantepec treaty has-ar
rived at Washington, but the contents of the
treaty have not been divulged.
Foreign Missions.
The following appointments to foreign mis-
sions are believed to be reliable :
Mr- Dix, to France.
Ex-Governor Trousdale, of Tenn., to Rnssia.
Ex-Governor Wood, of Ohio, to Braz 1.
John Roman, of Kentucky, to Naples.
Mr. Wise or Mr. Me de, of Virginia^ to Chili.
Mr. Appleton has been made Secretary ol Le-
to London.
Governor of New Mexico.
Mr. Helm has been named Governor of New
Mexico.
The Foreign Appointments.
New York, April 27, p. m.—The list of foreign
appointments telegraphed on Monday will be
acted on to-day.
Tehuantepec.
The new Tehoantepec treaty has been placed
in the bands of Secretary Marcy.
Mr. Sloo says he will have a plank road built
over the Isthmus in eighteen months, and a rail-
road in three years.
gat ion
Washington Monument Association.—The fol-
lowing rules, which we find in the Washington
Republic of the 14th, have been adopted by the
Board of Managers of the Monument Associa-
tion:
Every citizen who contribntes 825 shall be-
honorary member; and every contribu-
"""i, or more, shall be eligible to the office
be inserted in the
the names of those
Broadway confectioners, each basket containing
about halt a pint.
The English residents in Rome propose erecting
a "monument to Pope Adrian IV, the only English-
man who ever sat in the papal chair.
The Countess de Charbord, wife of the would
be Henry V., contributed to the lottery for the
poor at Lyons, a piece of work embroidered
by herself. The ticket which won it belonged
to—the Emperor Eugenie ! This, if true, is
singular.
Gutta Percha has been successfully applied
to coating engravings, writings, deeds, bank
bills, &c., for preservation.
It will be remembered that the American Na-
vigation Club sent out a challerge last February,
to build a ship to run a race with any British ves-
sel of the same tonnage, to China and back, on a
wager ojf $10,000. This challenge was not taken
up, and now, as an additional inducement of its
acceptance, the American Club propose to give
the British vessel a start of fourteen days, and to
augment the staks to $20,006.
An apothecary in Stockbridge, Vermont, was
recently fined $10 and costs, for selling to a lady
half a pint of alcohol to be mixed with gum cam-
phor—the counsel for the prosecution contending
that it was a case of mixed liquors, contrary to
the statute. The "Mountain Boys" arc getting
to be blue as well as "green-"
The Reform Convention of Delaware has de-
termined that judges and nearly all other officers
shall be elected by the people.
The United States Circuit Court, (Judge Gil-
grist presiding, Judge Wayne being absent on ac-
count of sickness) in Charleston, on the 2lst,
tried the validity of the laws of South Carolina,
requiring the imprisonment of colored seamen.
An action was brought against the Sheriff of
Charleston, at the instance of the British Consul,
to recover $4000 damages for the alleged falsj
imprisonment of Reuben Roberts, a colored Bri-
tish subject. The Judge considered the acts of
ihe State, under which the defendant justified, as
valid and constitutional, and under this direction
the jury brought in a general verdict for the de
fendant. The plaintiff submitted a bill of excep-
tions to the Judge's charge, and the case will ac-
cordingly go up to the Supreme Court of the U.
States. The question involved, and the eminent
array of counsel that will appear before that au-
gust tribunal, will make the case ao object of in-
terest and attraction.
The Massachusetts Legislature has a bill be
fore it, regulating the compound of quack and
patent medicines, which provides that no drug
gist, apothecary, or person engaged in manufac-
turing medicines or compounds to be adminis-
tered a* medicine—except such as are published
in standard works of chemistry, materia medica,
or pharmacopeia—shall offer the same in any way
until he has filed a complete recipe in English
sworn to before a legal authority constituted for
such purpose.
An association, to be be ealled the "New York
of Literary Institution and Fund," for the protection
authors, editors, and other literary
we suppose, too,) is contem-
Melodeons, Guitars, Violins,
Strings, and every variety of Musical instruments, at No
93 Camp Street, New Orleans.
N. B.—Pianos and other instrum ents tuned and repair-
ed. Pianos to Let. Second hand Pianos bought or ex-
changed for new ones. [aiayg-wswly
txr. C. S. GOODMAN has removed his Dental Office
I } to No. 3 Carondelet, n ear Canal street. Artificial
Teeth, an entire sett, $75 to $150. Single Tooth, $5 to
$10. One or more, $3 to $5. All dental operations
equally moderate.
Dr. G.
. gives no references.
[mayg-wswly
A CURE DISCOVERED
For Stuttering or Stammering.
ANY person troubled with this complaint can be cured
in New Orleans in from one to five days, and if no
cure is effected no pay; and all persons desirous of relief
will risk nothing bv trying it. Remedy simple, easy,and
unattended by paiñ. For further information call at No.
67 Tchoupitoulas St., upstairs. [inayg-wswly
DR. ANFOUX, Surgeon and Mechanical
Dentist. Office at his residence, No.
8 Baronne, near Canal street. Dr Anfoux'<
is prepared to perform, in the most mod-
ern style, all Dental operations at his usual moderate
charges. [may2-wswly_
TTNION SASH, BLIND AND DOOR FACTORY, 271
U Gravier Street, New Orleans. Box Frames, Store
Doors and Show Windows made to order. Sashes,
Doors and Blinds, of regular sizes, kept constantly on
hand.
Turning Factory.—Mahogany Newells, Balusters,
Mahogany Planks, Awning Posts, Bed Posts, Table
Legs, Tenpin Balls and Pins, always on huid, or made
to order. JOHN BROWNLEE, Proprietor.
may2wswly.
C CHIDSÉY, ]>entiMt, No. 122 Canal Street, bc-
• tween Royal and Bourbon Streets, New Orleans.
mav2-wswly
JB. BOLRON, Hair Dresser and Wig Maker, No. 64
• St. Charles street, near Gravier St., Neo Orleans.—
Manufactory of Wigs, Scalps, Curls, Braid and Front
No. i, ronnd the head; No. 2 from the forehead to the
nape; No. 3, from ear to ear.
Persons at a distance can have wigs made to order by
sending the measure taken as above directed. A nno
assortment of Perfumery, Fancy Articles and Gentle-
mens' Furnishing Goods. [declO-wly
WISEMAN, Importer of Havana Cigars would
invite the attention of the Texas public to hit splen-
did and well-selected assortment of Havana and Ameri-
R.
did and well-selected assortment or navana aim -
can Cigars, comprising all sizes and qualities. Orders-
from the country respectfully solicited. [uoviewly
JFRIEDRICH, Merchant Tailor, 49 Bienville street,
• New Orleans. [(rerilO-wly
DH. PALLAIS, Watch-Maker and^
■ Jeweller, Strand, Galveston. * —,
Books, Stationery, Silver Ware and Fancy Goods.
may2-swy
THE LADIES' NEW BOOK. OF COOKERY—A prac-
tical system for families in town and country. J"-
rections for carving and arranging the table for partle*,
and conducting the affairs of the household with comfort
and economy; also, preparations for food for ínvaiiu
and children—by Mrs. S. J. Hale. Illustrated with nu-
merous engravings. 1 vol., 480 pages. Price, $1,23.
Who would suppose, from Adam's simple courses.
That Cookery could have called forth such resources,
As form a Science and nomenclature
From out the commonest demands of nature."—Btro*.
For sale by D.JL PALLAIS, Strand, Galveston.
VIOLIN^fiTRINGS.—Ve
fresh4ind \
uperior Italian Strings,
rholesale r * —
good. For Safe, wholesale and retail by £
D. H. PALAIS, Strand, Galveston-
: Attisa Sate of Furniture.
ON WEDNESDAY, 4th instant, at 9 A. M., at the resi-
dence of P. G. Merritt, Esq., without reserve, the
entire furniture of the house, consisting in part of
Bureaus, Sofas, Bedsteads,
Tables, Chairs, Stands,
& Curtains, Carpets, Ruga,
Stoves, China and Glassware,
Kitehen Furniture, etc. etc. etc.
E. L. UFFOSD, Auctioneer.
Galveston, May 2d, 1853.
IRISH LINENS A large assortment, Juet received at
the Galveston One Price Store.
may 2 DAVID AYRgg^_
Perfumery! Perfumery!!
TUST RECEIVED, an extensive assortment, foi-sale
tl at the One Price Store, by DAVID AYBES.
m*y2
^ABLE CLOTHS AND DIAPE
for sale at the Galvi
may2
supply
/VID A^BBS-
STRAW, LEGHORN and PANAMA HATS—Men*
Boys and Misses—tor sale at the.Galveston One Pn*
Store.
•B STOLEN.
Bancroft, Paaldingand'OM^cS.Sírí'wfA.i^ «feCo^of1
favor it. j ton, the following drafts and bills, which have not bee
lady, too, of
mother of j
rough
man-
ireyed to the Bratileboro1
i a state of excitement that 1
to hold her.
has announced
Indian Agent, Draft on L. Lee j
to order of C->
No.
No. 10341, date
tm i
■ DAVID AYKES^ fi
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