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>AILY MERCURY
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JKBSDAY - - - JULY 23, 1813.
Chicago is having a great deal
trouble with heated corn in her
evators. This is, evidently a
jvidential retribution upon the
eked city where originated the
ory that grain must be spoiled
its passage through the Gulf.
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The Pope is not rich as many
suppose him. According to
Italian journal, the Unita Na-
sionale, his private fortune appears
to be little larger than the tempo
1 dominion that remains to him.
Pontificate seems not to have
led anything to his worldly
[wealth. All that he owns is his
itrimony and the furniture of
[ his private apartments in the Vat-
ican. The furniture includes a
rge and very valuable collection
i works of art. He has be-
queathed nearly everything to the
eldest son of his brother, Count
j touis Mastai-Ferreti, the Count's
Id by a Princess of the Drago
lily. Several special legacies are
left to distant relatives and to fa-
f orite servants.
A bit of romance, a Vermont
[ paper says, crops out at Shafts
[ bury, that State, in the marriage
of Nathaniel Olin, aa old man of
seventy years, to a woman who,
years ago, had been the bride of
his youth, but from whom he had
been divorced. During this long
interval Olin had lived in Ohio,
and had two other wives, by one
of whom he had a large family of
children. But the first wife seems
to have cherished a tender feeling
toward him through all these long
years, and {remained single and
loyal; and on a visit of Olin to
I his old home, last week, the two
met, and the old flame revived,
and the happy panacea of mar
riage was the satisfactory denoue
ment.
The British House of Lords is
about to be robbed of one of its
most ancient rights. During a
long and nobly historic past it has
been the final court of appeal for
Scotland and Ireland as well as
tor England. For this go-ahead
age, however, the House of Lords
is found too slow, and a Ml is
now before Parliament and in
hopeful progress, having for its
object the establishment of a Su-
preme Legal Tribunal whose de-
cisions shall be final. Should this
bill pass into law, the House of
Lords will cease to be the final
court of appeal in the three king-
doms. The change is needed, but
such a change must be regarded
as another blow at ancient and
" aristocratic privileges. In this case
England is following the example
of the United States.
THK DANGERS OF TRAVEL.
Rarely a summer passes that
3ome disaster by sea does not oc-
cur. The last one was the loss of I
the City of Washington, one of j
the Inman line of steamships. The
officers in charge of the ship were
all men who had made the passage
timft and again. Full of self-con-
fidence, they seem to have ignored
the necessity of ordinary pru-
dence, and though the compass in
the forward part of the vessel did
not correspond with the one aft, it
did not seem to strike them as at
all strange. Accustomed to make
the passage, they felt no appre-
hension of danger themselves, and
were careless of the cargo of hu-
man life which was dependent
upon their skill and seamanship
for a safe landing at the haven for
which it embarked. The inves
tigation, which was conducted at
Halifax, furnishes food for reflec-
tion. It appears that the cargo of
the steamship was partly made
up of steel, and the natural in
fluence of this metal upon the
electric needle affected the com
passes. Those who have made the
trip across the Atlantic must have
been often struck with the reck-
less confidence which sailors re-
pose in their past experience.
They think, with plenty of searoom,
that takingthe sun has ceased to be
necessity, and if taken at all
it is more with a view of keeping
their log-book correct than for any
purpose of utility. Where the
sun is obscured, dead reckoning is
rarely resorted to, being regarded
by these men as unnecessary or
antiquated. No more reckless
sailor ever run a steamship than
Commodore Kennedy of the In-
man line, and the young sprigs
who are employed by the company
as captains, we fear, are imitating
his recklessness without possess
ing his knowledge or experience.
A lesson shonld be taught those
men that human life is of more
importance than speed, and care
lessness should be punished with
imprisonment.
SEW rumJCATross. . s By TELEGRAPH.
Wilson's Herald of Healthy a
Quarterly Magazine, Atlanta:
Jno. Stambaek Wilson, M. D.,
i 43£ Whitehall street.
We are indebted to the pub-
lisher for No. 2, Vol. I, .of this
valuable quarterly. It contains
sixty four pages of good reading
matter and will be-
any address at 30 ceuts a num-
bed *
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Dovetailing In.
A correspondent of the New
York Commercial Advertiser, wri-
ting on this subject, relates the
following story:
A young man on his first trip,
overhearing an agent' remark that
his firm paid for most of his
clothes, and wishing to purchase a
hat, concluded that it was no more
than right that he should charge
it to his employers. So he put on
his account one hat $3. On his
arrival home some time afterward
his firm expressed themselves well
pleased with his success, but ob-
jected to pay for the hat. On his
next trip he met the gentleman
who claimed to get his clothes so
cheap, and told him that he
bought a hat and charged it to
his firm, but that they refused to
pay him for it. The man looked
at him for a foment with open-
mouthed astonishment, surprised
at his innocence, and then inform-
ed him how it was done. " Don't
charge as a hat," he says, " but
dove-tail it on to the postage
and sundries." So the young man
having plenty of hats, but being
short of overcoats, bought one,
and did as his Mend directed.
When he reached home the second
time, and his firm having again
expressed themselves as well
pleased, remarked to him: " Mr.
So and So, we don't see any hats
or othAr wearing apparel charged,
as on your previous account."
" No," he replied, " but there is a
forty dollar overcoat there for all
that" Why, how can that be P
they exclaimed. "We do not see
it here." "Well," says he, With a
knowing look. " you may not per-
ceive it, but it's there."
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Associated Press Dispatches.
XAMJFACTUB1N0 INDUSTRIES.
A short time ago we published
a brief article showing that min-
ing in Texas was beginning to as-
sume a tangible shape. Coal is
abundant, not alone in this State,
but in Ouachita, Louisiana; in
Arkansas, and in other Southern
States. This will furnish the fuel
necessary to supply a large num-
ber of factories.
The scarcity of fuel in
England is beginning to se
riously affect her manufacturing
interests, and a Parliamentary
Committee recently stated that the
advance in the price of coal has laid
an additional burden, of one hirn-
dred and twenty millions of dollars
upon the English iron trade alone.
Pig iron can now be produced in
the United States at a less cost
than across the water, and orders
are being received in this coun-
try from England for . goods
_ _. . . which they were in the habit
"OW m "Mimes." This 18 I ot supplying us will,. Not alone,
There is a prospect of more tel
egraphic cables being laid between
Europe and the United States.
The new cables projected are of
lighter construction than those
now laid down. Being of less or-
iginal cost, it is^ believed that bus-
iness can be conducted through
them at a less rate of toll, and in
this the customers of the .cables
will take great interest. Arrange-
ments are said to have been com-
pleted in London for a cable of
the kind described, which is to
cost but 1300,000, and the Eng-
lish newspapers are anticipating a
cheapening in the charges for
trans atlantic telegraphing in eon-
sequence. One even goes so for
as to say that through this me-
dium telegrams "may in future
cost less in pence than they do
This
doubtful, but there is broad mar-
gin for decrease to some "
within popular reach. As at pre-
sent managed the advantages of j
ocean telegraphing are confined
to a very few people.
Wc have to chronicle one ef the
saddest occurrences that have
transpired in this county for many
years. On last Sunday the Meth-
odists held a quarterly conference
at Shiloh church, five mile west of
Hopkinsville. A large concourse
of people were present and at the
close of the sermon Christians
were invited to come to the com
munion table and partake of the
Lord's Supper. Mrs. Emily Owen,
wife of T. A. Owen, being a com-
municant walked forward apparent-
ly in as good health as any person
in the church, but when in the very
act of kneeling at the altar drop-
ped dead. A physician present
came to her side immediately, but
all efforts to restore her were in
vain. The calamnity was so
shocking, and cast such a gloom
over the congregation, that the
people dispersed to their homes
before the close of the day's servi-
ces. It is thought she died of
heart disease. Mrs. Owen was an
estimable lady, and leaves a dis-
tressed husband and three little
children to mourn their irrepara-
ble loss.—JffopkimviUe (JTy.) New
Era. "r " ~ \
Coal as an Industrial Agent.—
The importance of coal as an agent
in advancing our industrial inter-
ests is admirably set forth by the
Secretary of the West Yorkshire
Association of Miners when be
Rays: "A man who is a good,
strong, practical miner in some of
our thick seams will, by an extra
effort, produce five tons of coal in
a day, and what will these five
Urns do? In the first place they
will realize for himself sixty-two
cents per ton for getting them;
secondly, they wM bring to his
master nearly $12.50 in profits.
Then, if we take them to the fac-
tory door, they will turn the en-
gine, and find one day's employ-
ment for over 2000 factory opera-
tives, whose average wages, at
seventy-five cents each, amounting
in the aggregate to about $1500,
will be distributed into every
channel of trade, besides realizing
to the owners of the factory $1000
more in profits. Then, probably,
they may be the means of produc-
ing from 6000 to 7000 yards of cal-
ico or other fabric, which may be
used to the warmth and comfort
of 2000 people, and this may be
done from the work of one miner
by one day's hard work.
em-
however, does England suffer from
the scarcity and high price of fluel.
The wages of skilled labor have
ihaterially advanced in that coun-
try, while the United States have
had large accessions of trained
workmen from France and other
countries, whence they fled t©!
avoid the military duties forced
upon them. Many of ..these liavfi
found their way into the South,
and no difficulty has been experi-
enced by them in at once securing
constant and remunerative
ployment. 4 ,
We have in Houston a factory
that furnishes the North with
woolen goods; and on the other
side of the bayou there are ma-
chine shops and foundries which
are gradually growing in extent
and importance. With so many
railroads centreing in our midst,
and the natural advantages we
possess, the time is not far dis-
tant when Houston will be the
Manchester of Texas, and Texas
be the leading manufacturing
State in the Union. Her mines
will bring about the consumma-
tion.
THE PARIS OF AMERICA.
The Two Republics, a paper
printed in the city of Mexico, gives
a glowing description of the fnture
of that country. A contract has
been entered into between Presi-
dent Leredo and the International
Railroad Company, which is full
of promise. When the road
reaches the Bio Bravo, the
first idea of the company
was to extend it into Mexico
from that point, bnt the' Mexi-
can Government insisted that,
the work shonld be commenced in
the city of Mexico, and the com-
pany have accepted the obligation
and will as early as possible pro-
ceed with the work. Only those
who have visited the City of
Churches can form any accurate
idea of its beauty. The Paris of
America, it will become. We look
upon the introduction of railroads
as the great eivilizer, which will
sweep before them all prejudices,
and utilize for good the rich mines
and the fertile soil of the land of
the Aztec.
Buried Alive.—The St. Louis
Globe gives the particulars of the
burying alive of a girl between
nine and ten years of age in a
graveyard near that city. Atten-
tion was drawn to the buried girl
by a young lady who had visited
the Old Pieket Graveyard to flit-
ter some flowers, when she was
attracted by a newly-planted rose-
mary shrub; over a new-made
grave. Stooping to smell the
shrub a voice from the earth cried
"open," and she, retaining her pres-
ence of mind, ran for assistance,
which fortunately she found con-
venient. The men found some
shovels near by, and immediately
commenced unearthing the coffin.
At length the dirt was removed
and the coffin laid bare. Opening
the lid, a young girl between 9
and 10 years of age, rose from the
coffin. The resurrected body
clung to Miss Myers and wished
to go with her, but, after carry-
ing her some distance, to the exit
from the kirk-yard, Miss Mary re-
linquished her burden to one of
the men, who^ accompanied by
his companion, started for his res-
idence near the new Picket grave-
yard, some miles beyond the old
one, on the old Gravois road.
Miss Myers inquired «f the lit-
tle resurrected girl her name, but
received no reply, and, in
answer to interrogatories to
the men," was told, that
they lived just beyond the new
Picket graveyard. She says she
would know the men, or at least
one of them, if she should see
them again, as one looked very
mncih'llke an uncle of hers, and
the other waS blind in one eye.
> • i When the girl was in the earth
the fingers of the left hand had
■been all gnawed off with the ex-
ception of the little finger, which
was about half gone.i: J,,i-4 1!
A toad jumped from the coffin
after the little girl was assisted
out: but of course it must have
got in at the time the burial case
was opened. V *
All trace of the girl appears to
have been lost $fter she was car-
ried off by the men, and the whole,
affair has a ring of mystery about,
it, but its truth is vouched for by
the Globe. . , :,r «■/,, ) i * ;/ ■.,
Bow Two Boston Girls Saved
Hivft.—A correspondent of the
Boston Transcript, writing from
thei summit of Mount Washington,
relates the following: "Among
the boarders we found many young
dies from Boston, three of whom
have been spending nearly a week
at the Tip-Top House. We found
their experience very serviceable,
and their company highly agreea-
ble'in the various scrambles about
the mountain. They were sensi-
bly attired, having religiously
bound each other to wear but one
pplanaise each, and they had torn
off a few lifts from the high heels
of their boots. Two of them, dur-
ing the passage around a very
dangerous precipice which we
came upon in the course of our
rambles, by their heroic daring
saved the life of oneofthe gentlemen
of the party, rescuing him from a
position of certain death , if depen-
dent upon hi« own exertions. One
of the young ladies, lying flat
upon the ground, slid out over the
bank from which the gentleman
had slipped, clinging meanwhile to
the feet of the second lady, who in
turn clung fast to the sharp rock
abovew^The gentleman was drawn
up slowly and with great effort,
having-with pardonable indelicacy
grasped his preserver about the
ankles."
Parker Pillsbury is lecturing on
Sense an<| Nonsense. He fails to
see the Sense in nonsense, which
shows a radical defect of vision.
Sense without nonsense is like
pudding without sauce, or a girl-
baby without a doll; and a man
without nonsense is a walking
automaton. If the nonsense of
the world were not a great deal
wiser and better than most of its
sense, we should despair of man-
kind.
France.
Versailles, July 22.—Jules Fa-
vre attacked the home policy gov-
ernment, exposed and denounced
the alliance of Monarchists and
Bonapartists. Great disorder fol-
lowed. By a vote of confidence,
400 to 270; this is a large majority
in favor of MacMahon. Thiers was
defeated by fourteen. Vote was
regarded as significant.
Spain.
Madrid, July 22.—The crews of
the Spanish men-of-war Almanza,
Yittoria, Mendez, Nunez and Fer-
nando el Catalico, revolted. The
Government has proclaimed these
vessels pirates, authorizing their
capture by any foreign power on
the high seas, and to receive treat-
ment as pirates. Decrees have
beeu issued dismissing Gefos. Cor-
treas and Pierrod and removing
civil Governors Cordova, Murcia,
Ponlevedra, Leon and Orenze.
Gen. Pavia has been appointed
Capt.-General of Andalusia and
Estramadura. Alicante has de-
clared itself independent of Can-
ton.
Biarritz, July 22.—The person
attempting to assassinate Marshal
Terrano, was arrested.
Failure.
Cleveland, July 22.—R. A De-
forest & Son have failed for
$400,000.
Mexico.
City of Mexico, July 22.—The
yellow fever is spreading on the
gulf coast.
Cholera at Vera Cruz.
Elections progressing quietly.
The Liberals chum the Judge of
the Supreme Court and Attorney
General.
Cuba.
Havana, July 22.—An official
dispatch from Santiago de Cuba,
announces a heavy engagement.
No particulars. There is a gene
ral want of confidence among the
merchants.
Sterling and gold advanced daily.
No faith in paper currency. Com-
mercial crisis seems inevitable.
Ohio.
Columbus, July 22.—One case
of cholera at. penitentiary. Four
life donvicts died within two
weeks. ■
New York.
New York, July 22.—Gossip re
garding the Brooklyn Trust Compa-
ny. Real estate agents of Mr. Mills
does not credit the suicide theory.
He arranged with them the eve-
ning before his death for the com-
pletion of some buildings, and was
as cheerful as usual.
Mills' income from the real es-
tate which these agents managed,
was $40,000 a year. About the
Georgia bonds held by the institu-
tion, Secretary Rodman said that
various eminent New York firms
held Georgia bonds, and the Broad-
way bank holds $300,000 of them.
It is believed the Company would
pay every dollar without calling
on the stockholders. The assets
were reasonably good, though
some of them were slow. The as-
sets of the Company amount to
$2,899,059. The amount due de-
positors is $2,230,000.
j, Indiana. ^ r
Mt. Vernon, Ind., July 22.—Four
cholera deaths yesterday. The
new cases reported milder.
Wealth of Stewrt, the Dry Goods Prince.
New York, Jxdy 22.—A.T. Stew-
art made a will before sailing for
Europe. It shows him to be worth
one hundred millions.
Washington.
Washington, July 22.—Attor-
ney General Williams to-day trans-
mitted to Acting Secretary of
State, Davis, his official opinion in
ease Carl Vogt, Prussian, charged
with murder, arson 'and robbery
in Brussels, aud a fugitive to the
United States. The question was,
can the German Government
rightfully demand fugitives sur- d
rendered under the treaty of June
16th, 1852. The Attorney General
says, the only point in controversy
is whether or ftot, according to the
true intent and meaning of said
treaty, the crimes committed by
Vogt, in Belgium, vfero within
the jurisdiction of Germany. The
Attorney General, in a lengthy
opinion, reviewsfthe facts and con-
cludes : " I have carefully read the
elaborate opinion of Judge Blatch
ford, upholding the jurisdiction
in this case, but with diffidence
and regret compelled dissent; his
views they do not appear to me
to be sound in principle Or sus-
tained by authority; able writers
have contended there was a recip-
rocal obligation upon nations to
surrender fugitives from justice,
though it is now generally agreed
that this is a matter of comity,
but it is to be presumed where
there are treaties upon the subject
that fugitives are to.be surrender-
ed only in cases and on terms spe
cified in such treaties conformably
to what is above stated, I make
a negative answer to your ques-
tions.
B^ected.
a Madrid, July 22.—A motion
was made to censure the govern-
ment for declaring the crews of
the insurgent Spanish frigates at
Carthagena pirates, but was re
jected by 110 to 90.
Death.
Berlin, July 22.—Gustave Rose,
chemist and mineralologist, is
dead; aged 75 year?.
Boitoa.
Boston, July 22.—At a meet
ing of the Crispins, the speakers
represent the order as breaking
up. Hardly a single lodge work-
ing the State.
The Grangers,
New York, July 22.^—Weather
clear and warm. It is stated that
the Congressional Committee on
transportation issued circulars to
state that the grangers of hus-
bandry throughout the country
are asking them to appoint dele-
gates to meet the committee and
furnish information on subjects
they are investigating, and pre-
sent views of farmers in different
States in regard to defects, abuses
and grievances, alleged to exist
under the present system.
' American Squadron.
A letter from Yokohama states
that most of the American Squad-
ron was at Shanghai in the latter
part of June.
Lieut. Infrey, of the Ashuelot,
was sentenced to two yeara' sus-
pension for bad conduct.
Commander Wilson, of the Yati-
tec, is being tried for drunken-
ness, and Lieut. Rowland for ob-~
tabling money under false pre
fences. i ;
Unification in Louisiana.
New Orleans, July 22.—The
Republican says that Hon. J. Henri
Burcli went North last evening,
via the Jackson Railroad, as avant
courier of a committee of colored
men, appointed to go North to ex-
plain to the people the events of
the last election in this State. Mr.
Burcli is announced to speak in
Harrisburg, Pa., on August 1.
Messrs. Ingraliam, Chester and
Lewis will follow Mr. Burcli in a
week or two, and the. party will
rendezvous at Saratoga on the
sixth of August.
At a meeting of the committee
of colored men in tlus city yester-
day, it was agreed'to call a con- ,
vention of the colored men to meet
in New Orleans sometime in No-
vember.
Democracy in CaUfornia.
San Francisco, July 22.—The
County Democratic Convention
adopted strong resolutions against
the railroad subsidy and Chinese
immigration.
That Trip.
Philadelphia, July 22.—The new
steamship Ohio, the second of the
Amercan line, started this morn-
ing on a trial trip. The passage
along the river front was witnessed
by crowds, and greeted with a sa-
lute from a company on the wharf,
and wliisked from all the steam
vessels she encountered.
Debt of District of Columbia.
Washington, July 22.—The en-
tire debt of the District of Colum-
bia is officially stated at nine mil-
lion two hundred and thirty-six
thousand eight hundred and sev-
enty-one dollars.
Mexico.
A private letter received here
by a prominent official, from Mex-
ico, says that the Mexican Gov-
ernment has no desire to assume
an aggressive position toward the
United States ou" account of the
McKenzie raid, and it is not feared
that diplomatic complications will
be the result. The Mexicans are
dealing with the question ten-
derly, and the punishment Mc-
Kenzie inflicted on the treacher-
ous rascals engaged in the depre-
dations on the Rio Grande is not
regarded so much of an offence
against the International laws as
some would have it appear.
Xcble act of a Railroad Engineer—He is
Killed by Robbers and the Train Robbed.
Des Moines, la., July 22.—An
extraordinary and daring robbery
on the Railroad train was commit-
ted last night, four miles west of
Adair on the Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific Railroad. At this
point there is a sharp curve in the
road, and here the robbers placed
heavy timbers across the track to
throw the east bound passenger
train off. The engineer, Jno.-iiaf-
ferty, saw the obstruction in time,
reversed his engine, and attempt-
ed to back out. The robbers ob-
serving the movement fired at him
from ambush and shot liim dead.
The engine struck the logs and
went off the track into the ditch
and was followed by one of the
baggage cars, the others rehiairi-
ing on the track. Several passen-
gers ^ were bruised but none seri-
did not cut th<utelegraph wires,
and Superintendent Boyce^jW once
istened to the nearest! sta#>n
and telegraphed in all directions.
Engines and a posse were sent Out
from the Council Bluffs and Bur-
lington aud other railroad to inter-
cept the robbers. Their dress and
voices indicated that they were
regular bushwhackers. They evi-
dently intended tb- get the usual
valuable «xpreaa matter that goes
by this route on Monday, but
which went through on an extra
train Sunday night. The robbers,
through the day, stole a spike bar
and hammer from the hand-car
house at the station. They drew
the spikes from one end of a rail,
secreted themselves several rods
away, andjas the engine approached
pulled it out of place. The prompt-
ness of the engineer in reversing
the engine and the use ot air
brakes saved the passengers from
harm. Not one was injured. The
track was at once laid around the
wrecked ^cars and the train re-
sumed her trip, arriving here at
7:30 this morning and bringing the
dead body ot the engineer, who
resided here and leaves a wife
and three children.
Weather Probabilities.
For Wednesday, South Atlantic
and Eastern Gulf coast, easterly
winds, cloudy weather and local
rains. For the interior of the
Southern States, the Ohio Valley
and southern portion of the Mid-
dle States, southeaster winds,
somewhat higher temperature, and
partly cloudy weather. For New
York and New Englaa
winds, and generally clear or hazy
weather. For the lake region and
northwest, southwesterly winds
and increasing cloudiness, with
local storms in Iowa and Minne
sota, and possibly Missouri.
Last Will of 13. S. Mills.
New York, July 22.—The will of
the late E. S. Mills was placed in
surrogates office to-day. It pro-
vides for disposition of an estate
estimated at $300,000. All is left
to his widow, who is appointed
executrix in conjunction with son,
brother, and brother-in-law of de-
ceased.
Later from Sp
Bagonne, July 22.—-New# re-
ceived here through the Carlists
concerning the insurrection at
Carthagenia, throwsadditional
light on the defection in. the Span-
ish squadron in that pCTt> which
was made the subject of a govern-
ment decree and call in the Cortes
yesterday.
The insurgents after gaining the
control of the city, seized th&Ca-
tello de Las Galeras. A strong
fort <m the west side of the harbor,
less than a thousand yards from
the entrance, which it commands
completely. This gave them the
control of the two lower battries
on the shore at the mouth of the
harbor. They hoisted the red flag
of the commune over the fortifi-
cations, and summoned
squadron in the harbor to sur
render. - The. crews were in
sympathy with the insurgents,
and the vessels fell into their
hands without .opposition. The
chief command Of the squadron is
now entrusted to Pasas, who led
the insu*rection frr the naval arse-
nal at Ferrol, in the province
of Carsuma, some months ago.
The ; vessels thus taken are the
Vittoria, an iron cladfof twenty-
four j guns, the Numancia, an
iron bladof twenty-five guns,, the
Petnan, an iron clad of forty guns,
uri, say cholera has abated
there, but some 50 persons *£d|o-
gtetlier have died with it since it
first broke out, including some of
the most prominent citizens; and
in Trty the scourge raged fear-
folly, the town being almost de-
populated, either by the disease
or by the iieople fleeing from their'
home. Out of one family of nine
persons in the former place, all of
.whom were well last Frklay, only
two remain to bury the dead. The
disease also prevails in other
neighboring towns; business is
almost suspended, and most of
those who are able are fleeing
from infected places.
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans,vJuly 22.
Groceries.—Flour dull; good to
choice I treble $6 to $7 50;
family $8 75 to $9 75. Corn dull;
yellow mixed 57c.; white scarce,
at 75c. Oatd firm at 23c.
Bran scarce at 80c. Hay, searce;
prime $24. Pork dull at $17.
Dry salt meats dull; shoulders
8c. Bacon dull at 9J, 10J, to 1<
is 16 to IGAc. Lard, dull ,
tierce,8i to 8gc.; keg lOJc. Sugar
quiet; "fair to good fair 8|c.;
prime 10c. Molasses, noth-
ing doing. Whisky, firmer.
Evansville 93c; Louisiana, 94
to 95c.; Cincinnati, 97c. Coffee
18 to 20c. Rain checks business.
■Monetary.—Sterling 27f. New
York sight § premium. Gold 116.
Cotton,—Dull; sales 300 bales;
Good Ordinary 14J to 14£c.; Low
middlings 18|e.; middling Or-
leans 18J to 19c.; receipts 290
bales; exports coastwise 1534
bales; stock on hand 32758 bales.
: *1 NEW YORK.
New Yobk, July 22
Arrived — Steamships Ismakl,
Genoa, Leghorn, Canada and Col-
umbia. t. 1 <
Cotton.—Net receipts 299 bales;
gross 2505 bales; futures closed
easy; sides for future delivery 15,T
300 bales, as follows:
July 20$c,; August 19fc.; Sep-
tember 18gc.; October quiet.; sales
to-day 770 bales; Middlings 21c.
Groceries.—-Flour inactive; pom-,
mon to fair 6 40 to $8; good to
choice 8 05 to $10 95. Wheat 2 to
3c. lower with fair supply; new
white Maryland 90c. Corn heavy
and fully 1 to 2c. lower. Coffee
strong; Rio 18 to 19gc., Sugar
strong and advancing; Mr to goot
refining 7 j to 8£c. Molasses dull
ayd unchanged. Rice strong at 8
to 9e. Pork steady; mess $17.
Lard weak; western steam
Turpentine dulL Rosin firm,
low steady. Freights steady.
Money easy at 3 to 4. Sterling
steady. Gold 116 to 116|. Gov
ernments closed steady. States
dull and steady..
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
Liverpool, July 22.
Cotton sales to-day 6f0 bales
American. Yams and fabrics quiet
and unchanged.
I
: * SHORT STOP.-i.
WILLIAM D. CLEVELAND,
Wholesale Grocer*
AUD-
COMMI8SION MERCHANT
37 Main Street.
* t
NOW IS WABSaOUSB AMD AB&tYtNO: .
t J I J Jj i li. 5 .
700 Barrels Flonr—all grades.
' /•
160 Barrels Whisky—all prices and qual-
ity-
« 1
ALWAT8 ON HAND A KULI STOCK Of
'w.'U j bacoit.
.- j HAMS, JtACKKJtXL,
_v MBAL, CRACKERS, RICJt.
YEAST POWDERS, DRIED AP-
PLES, TOBACCO, CIGARS, ami MATCHES
And a fall stock of
j I ■ > 1- i't tJ-
CAM FRUITS. VEQKT
WINES. UIK8. tCHIiPPI,
WOOD dt WILLOW
WAKE, . >
-ft
ftsre
~ considerable amouiit
50 Casks Brandy,
per gallon.
from $3 50 to $12 00
100 Hogsheads Sugar, Texas and Loaim
ana, from 7i to 12 cents.
100 Barrels Syrup, Texas and Lomxiana '
all grades. -
500 Boxes Soap from, Colgate's Factory,
6} to 10 cents.
100 Barrels Crush and Coffee Sugar.
/
Are offered at lowest market prior,
lted and prompt*
Orders aolic
COTTON, WOOL AND HIDES
? ' . 'T ^ t j,,.. i'.-mWf
Handled only oil Commission.
Consignments I
given to sal* and i
a. K MCILUEHKT.
& HUTCHWS,
3pf
WUOUSALK DIITWW BT
'■/ i> j i;r *•
Domestic
and
.Mt 1 . mm fit.Ti',
-4l! - jj.,1 i,,, tnrir^ , zfetf
Foreign Dry Goods,
!ii'r
oi"
(Jataliz, Ferralona
and iBlasco Garey, notelassified.
The four vessels first named are
among the finest in the
- lit. mi. vv t i the Alman'nL a scfow'^gswe ttf
ously hurt, v The robbers, who were, J torty-eight guns, and the steamers
masked, after opening and empty- Fernando t el O
ing the safe of the Express Mes-
senger of its contents, rode off on
horses. Among the passengers
werq thirty Chinese Tstpdents en
route to Sprhlgfidla, Mass.
A; special dispatch from Des
Moines, gives the following ac-
count of the attack on the train of
Chicago, Roek Island and Faeific
Bailroad last night. The tjain
left Council Bluffs at five o'clock
with four coaches, amf'two sleep-
ing cars. ' The near sleeping ear
being filled with a company of
aristocratic Chinese on their way
to iNtew England colleges. There
were also two baggage and h&-
press cars which was through from
California with mail and express
matter, consisting of nearly two
thousand dollars in express arid
safe and three tons bullion. When
about sixty-five miles west of Des
Moines, about &30 o'clock, at a
sharp curve on the road, is an
isolated spot, with no house for
several miles in any direction, the
train going about twenty-five%
miles an, hour. Engineer Jphn
Bafierty suddenly saw one rail
moyed from its place about sixty
feet ahead of the engine, He in-
stantly reversed the engine and
applied the air brakes, and whon
in the act, bullets came pouring
into it like hail. The engine ran
into a bank and turned over,
throwing out the engineer. John
y Jiity 22.—It is reported
that, the Iberian regiment which
the Government dispatched to
Carthagenia aid in quelling the
outbreak there has mutiijici fand
joined the insurgents in a body.
At Yittorialhere are 7060 Bepub-
lican troops in a complete state of
demoralization and disorganiza-
I,,, KMI ■- ■ '."J ifiisr TW(- 3
[JUMU
Several of the muniefpal officers
have been murdered by the sol-
diers.
The Republican ..troops at Cir-
ranqui surrendered to the Carlists
on condition that their Lieuten-
atits should be spared. .In spite
of the terms of surrender the Car-
lists shot a number of them after
they had delivered np their arms.
Don Alton zo has sent to the Span-
ish Government a formal proposi-
tion for the arrangement of a car-
tel nor an exchange of prisoners.
Madrid, July 22.—The declara-
tion of indepence at Alecante,was
brought about by thfc fA&ivai M
the harbor of the insurgents iron •
dad Yittotia from Carthagenia.
She soon after sailed, when the city
returned to its loyalty to the na-
WWx„ tional - governments. The Govec
Raffert^ and the fireman, tiie fbr- ^fr'of Alecante has been arrested
mer falling on the latter dead. It I ^ be tried by court inartial
is supposed that Rafferty was
killed by the concussion, as no bul-
let wounds were found on the
body. The fireman escaped un-
hurt. The train being heavy ran
about one hundred feet and then
stopped. The baggage cars were
badly smashed.
'Aa, soon as the train stopped,
several large, athletic men, masked
in full ku-klux style, appeared at
the express car, in Which were the
conductor, Win. Smith, Superin-
tendent Boyce, Express Messen-
ger John Burgess and three other
persons,and commenced firing rap-
idly into the cars, yelling, "Get out
of there, damn ye,get out of there."
The bullets passed through the
clothes of the conductor and
grazed the baggage master on the
side of the head. The express
messenger and the inmates jumped
out to the rear under cover of half
a dozen navy revolvers. Two of
the robbers marched up aud down
the train threatening to shoot any
person who showed the head, say-
ing, " Get down out of sight, damn
ye! or we will shoot you." The
robbers then took about two thou-
sand dollars from the express safe,
cut open the mail packs, but took
no letters, and then mounted their
horses aud rode off across the
prairie in a southerly direction,
the whole being done in less than
ten minutes. Thev fortnnatelv
for treason. The minority have
decided to withdraw again for the
Cknjtesf
London, July 22.-The extraordi-
nary heat continues without abate-
ment.
Long Branch, July 22.—Secre-
tary Riehardson left for Washing-
ton to-night after dining with the
President. ^ j / '
J !l-m- . AeeldtnL ^
Dover, N, H., July 22.—The
Hon. John H. Hail, fell this after-
noon and broke his hip bone.
Cholera.
Cincinnati, July 22.-—^Three
deaths from cholera reported to-
day, and one at the Good Samari-
tan Hospital, making the fifth
death in that institution within
one week. The health officers to-
day reported some 'dangerous
cholera morbus cases from eating
smoked fish. The board of health
has prohibited the sale of such
fish..,.. ... ... . . . .
. - CaMfwrmia.
San Francisco, July 22f—The
weather has been remarkable here
this season. There have been
steady showers of rain, which if
continued, will damage the grain
in expttsfed fields. / A f. ;{ it j i
Cholera la Louisiana, M*.
St. Louis, July 22.—Further ad-
vices trom Louisian, a town in
Much rain.
A little mud.
A vast amount of mud.
i Some
mijddy boots.
A fashionable lady's train much
bedrabbled in mire.
Such is, in brief, the history of
Houston for a day or two past, k
Old Sol,'with Ids rays &t ninety
degrees, makes an innovation.
Mosquitoes applaud most ener-
geticaliy of nights. - ('
* They tell us that John Antrobus
is eofofog to paifit Us as wes are. If
any one can see us as wej Ought to
be seen John Antrobus is the
JUanl Vif • * ? ttiatij
The impending destiny of Capt.
Jack is very naturally as item of
interest , Hence; we chronicle the
production, of, "Moiaoc; B^erO^en-
ers " at the Canterbury saloon. .
; H Jt is said that a well, know^ law1
yer and a literatteur will soon
leave the city for a rural sojourn.
They will take i with them tne
"camp utensils*' prescribed by
the army regulations.
Ed. Williams and Bob Bqpwater
were missing from their usual
haunts yesterday. The suspicion
is that they are out for a day's
ShOQtlttg. j I.!'; . ? . f .l 1 (, I 1K f< jO •
Mr. Mark Weiss, the celebrated
lumber dealer of Beaumont, favor-
ed us with a visit yesterday.
'Mark is anxious to have a railroad
connection with Houston, u
Dr. W. H. Eliot, the great medJ'
ieine man of Houston-, %M>ears to
be reaping a rich reward for his
eutergH&.'K-'* ■ ' •'
"Black your boots—grease 'em
up for you F .is the the salutation,
of the Houston boot-blacks nOw-
a-days. Perhaps it is a stick way
of obtaining patronage.
The auction sale of groceries
yesterdayhy John Collins was one.
of the events worthy of chronicle.
The sale was made by T. U. Lub-
bock in his usual irresi&tabie style.
The Houston boy who tore his
mamma's . night-cap into tat ters,
threw his sister's waterfall into
the cistern, and broke down sev-
eral lengths of pailings in front
of the yard has the cramp colic
from the free use of raw tomatoes.
He will probably survive.
During the recent ovation to
Mr, W. H. Vaughn, we neglected
to mention the part token therein
by Mr. Henry Herrseher, of the'
" Gen. Moltke saloon." Heisy is i
one of the best fluid caterers in the
city, and has by his gentlemanly
demeanor added modi to the pop-
ularity of the " General Moltke."
The " Devils Elbow," which
used, in the olden time, to be a J
blotch upon the fair fame of Hous-
ton is now a land of peace and of
tranquil delights. It is the prop-
erty of our ancient cittfcen Heir
Peter Gable: As an item of inter-'
est we mention that "Devils El-
bow" will be written up for the
edification of the readers of the
Mbecuby to-morrow. ■
KB. MOBSE, Proprietor,
Boots and Shoes,
and Notions,
AND AGENTS FOR
Eureka Mis.
(.
S1W ORLEANS, La.
sot Consignments or COTTON oa
; J .• o c. 'Hi JfftHSSKk'i 'niti i
h
•■allotted.
Jyi-*«
WILL OPEN*
ft f* > -lyji fPr-fll 11 if
, July 11th, 1873,
TWO HUNDEB®)
£ MOSQUITO BARS.
•it£
3<l'>
'W
it l.l
W V I
DUCK SUITINGS,
GRASS CLOTHS,
for Traveling Wear.
<; . . ; f|r; '-fc"
Stripe & Check Nainsooks
It 80 Cents per Yard.
LEATHER At MOROCCO BELTS
>h
iKKMri
LINEN DRILLS FOR BOYS' WEAR,
I" | 25 Gents per Yard.
T. R. FRANKLIN.
SCHMIDT & K0SSR.
Hi
III
f. f
In
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
HA HO H ARK MERCHANT*,
r ?
no \
>**
Hpuelori.
JjOTICE.
to HOLDERS Vi!> fkkk passes
KM*
ii'*
all fris passes over 70s
? r
fx
4}., H. k H. RAILROAD,
Wm
and tux bieamxrs op the
Direct Narigafiot Oman.
aad steamer eonBMttns, the press ar tor charity
Art BeToked or and alter Jnly 1st, '78,
aad will be taken tip br Conductors sad Clerks o
Our Unea will kne bo Pasaes, euept ft* eoar
tear, the preaa or charity, aa above stated. '
h. b. andrews,
Oenl Faasenp* Ageet h. * h. b. r.
JOH9 mw,
President H. D. V. Oo.
HaeUm. 1878. JeST-Dim
J. C. C. WHCH,
ATTORNEY AT
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