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wmtSESBAY - • AUGUST 20,1813,
Emdi&g Matter on every Page.
n. K,
Wednesday, sharp 8 p. m.
ual attendance,
By Order.
We are under obligations to E.
L. v^tone, Esq., President of Bay
nn*% for an invitation to attend
a Tifchf ce, in Galveston Bay
•xy The race ia a challenge
oae, the Bay Club having ehal
fen fed Captain Dignan, the own-
er of the Magic, and' the winner
oi the challenge cup of 1873. We
regret our inability to be present
I Postal Appointment.—The
3\\sfcmasfcer General has ordered
the appointment of William B.
Johnson as Postmaster at Hills-
borough, in the county of Hill, in
tills State, in place of Miss L. E.
' Swain, resigned.
uub Indus Prisoners.—A
dispatch from Hnntsvffle an-
nounces that Santanta and Big
Tree have been handed over to
the United States authorities.
This is startling news, coming as
it does on the eve of the nomina-
tkm of Go-ll Davis by the Dallas
Convention.
TtiB DEATH KNELL Of THE RAD-
ICALS IH TEXAS.
Our special dispatches from
DaHas confirm the opinion we
formerly expressed regarding
Davis and his clique of office-
holders. His nomination to-day
as certain. The selec-
a colored man as Lieu-
tcnaae Governor we do not for
a moment think a part of
Davis is too
own nomination
any such action
invention which
solely of his own
is not in the
squarely
with a colored man
second place on the
white Radical hates
man worse than
of Christianity
we feel certain
our dis-
at the probability of
or some
or, if made,
an empty com-
ISsSlSll^iiF
IS
vention might,
of success, have
of Spain. His
being Gov-
about on a
of a seat on
->V. 5
and resolve to
we have
them, and we
they shall not de-
into an
of their insane and
The defeat of the
party in Texas most
r—not at ours.
W§m
Secretary of State,
Kewcomb, whose name
; the top of the Austin
i the editor
Commercial in-
Jeemeshas
a whole face.
to
empire to build up
-Galveston Com-
Cardweil tell the silly
■of the Galveston Conmer-
knows about empires,
instance, and thus put
the ridiculous visions
to afflict the man on
in the Commercial
f l/wf 7KI S«
Courier of the
the following descrip-
i visit to thajafl there, and
i in each
, Jail.—In
company with
we visited
establishment
he presides. We
.
§91
___ —jners eon-
the two cells. We asked
questions, how they
treated, &c. Hie
e creditable the
of the jaiL They
to be satisfied that all was
that could be for their
consistent with their
Mac's first care is for the
ing of prisoners, his next
their condition as eosn-
The larger
put in give more
r ventilation, and
needed improvement,
go often complained of
l places is not noticed
as disinfectants are freely
ami every precaution possi-
ken to render the air as
healthful as can be.
, we found the place
condition, and no com-
treamentor neglect,
is a brave man to
t of human
is not easily
*
spme
PUBLIC HEALTH A5D BrglSESS.
The mortuary report for the
week ending Saturday shows
eight deaths as having taken
place in this city during that
time. Considering oar population
at 29,000, this speaks well for the
health of Houston. Our advices
from Galveston and New Orleans
are equally satisfactory. These
are the points from which danger
was apprehended. Now, the
season is so far advanced that any
fears that might have been enter-
tained in the early part of the
season have lost their terrors, and
the people breathe much more
freely, v - ; • *
Merchants from the country are
coming into the city to make their
arrangements for Ml trade. The
dead calm of summer has ended.
Clearer days and cooler nights ad-
monish us that the dreary days of
heat, dust and dullness are about
over. ~„rr V - •. - ~ .:-
The crop prospects are cheer-
ing. This year's yield will be as
large if not larger than that of
1872, with the prospect of better
prices being realized.
Inquiries lor landed property
are being made by parties who
desire to build or are seek-
ing investments. This is an
evidence of life, as transfers
of real property have been
recently few and far between.
Strangers will be flocking here
in large numbers during the com-
ing season from onr sister South-.
ern States, impelled by the un-
happy condition in which they
have been placed by political
carpet-baggers, who, for the time
being, are in the ascendancy. If
we improve the opportunity and
hold out proper inducements to
these men who are leaving thofe
States, now in the throes of po-
litical strangulation, we can in-
crease our population from the
ranks of the best classes. The
high and (morons burdens im-
posed upon capital by excessive
taxation, will drive from
Louisiana and other States
similarly situated men. who are de-
sirous of saving their means from
the grasp of the political thieves
who swarm over all the Southern
States, and who have for the time
being got the reins of government
in their hands.
Texas will naturally attract
these , men to her on account of her
State debt being small, the pay
ment of the interest on which will
require but % small tax on her in
dustries; the vastness of her ter
ritory, now permeated by rail
roads, and the natural in
crease of resources which will
necessarily follow the develop
ment of her hidden wealth and the
cultivation of her rich loamy soil;
formerly inaccessible unless by
stage or ox team. Her new towns,
springing up as if bv magic, are
being visited by men Trom all the
States, and the population that
she is now gaining is made up
from the very brat material out of
the older States.
Houston presents as many ave-
nues for successful enterprise as
any other city in the State, and a
display of liberality on the part
of the owners of property will se-
cure for her a full share of set-
tiers.
But if her landlords are de-
termined to act selfishly and ask
for the .rent of their stores and
dwellings three prices, they may
rest assured that they will not
long be blessed with paying ten-
ants.
We heard a man who had come
here tp stay say yesterday that he
was refused a store, though wil-
ling to pay the rent demanded,
because the owner objected to the
noise which an auction and com-
mission business would necessa-
rily make.
Another old merchant, here
prospecting, thought of moving
from St. Louis to Houston, on ac-
count of the severity of the win-
ters there, but he was asked a
rent so high, that he concluded
to settle in Memphis, Tennessee.
Both men had ample mews,
had families, and would have done
credit to our young and thri?ing
city, but they were driven off by
driven off by the exactions of
landlords.
Though mechanics receive high-
er wages than are paid in many of
the older States, and though the
necessaries of life may be had for
a mere song, it is almost impossi-
ble to rent a house for less than
$1 per day, and that is demanded
in coin, in advance.
While our merchants are doing
their utmost to make currency the
standard, landlords force the mer-
chants to buy gold at a premium
to pay their rent. ,
We suggest that this should be
all changed, and we know no
better time to inaugurate the
change than the presentr-the be-
ginning of the fall season. Who
will be the first to make the
move? Echo answers—Who!
A writer in the Tempt, discuss-
ing the origin of the Shah, says:
"A last remark which I dedicate
to chess players. Do they know
the origin of the word k check
of the Arabic M cheike imat-the
ig) is dying."
BY TELEGRAPH.
SANTANTA AND BIO
They Have Gone to Fort
Sill.
, Huntsville, Aug. 19.
Santanta and Big Tree were
turned over to Lieut. Hoffman, of
the United States Army, by order
of Gov.. Davis, and left to-night
for Fort Sill. They are not par-
doned, but go to meet a council of
their people, to arrange for their
future liberty. It is not probable
that they will ever return here.
Walkeb.
DALLAS CONTENTION.
Riot and Disorder.
THE CONTENTION PACKED.
They Have Ajourned.
Davis' Nomination Certain.
Dallas, Aug. 19.
The Radical Convention has met.
It is one tremendnous mob. Riot
and disorder have the mastery.
The Radical Convention of Har-
ris county was order itself, com-
pared with this.
General Mallory has been made
temporary President.
Proxies are held by the office-
holders, all of whom will support
Davis.
General Britton has nine votes
^.O'Brien, a revenue officer at
Waco, holds about twenty.
Committee on Credentials of
Delegates and all others are
packed.
At seven o'clock no work was
done, and the Convention ad-
journed to meet in the morning.
Many delegates have withdrawn
in disgust.
Those remaining will nominate
Davis on the first ballot.
J. H. B.
Associated Press Dispatches.
The Dallas Convention.
Dallas, August 19.—The Repub-
lican State Convention assembled
here to-day at 12 m.
A. G. Mallory, of Jefferson, was
chosen temporary Chairman.
Gov. Davis made a speech in
which he asked them to act har-
moniously j he did not care who
they nominated, let them be hon-
est men.
The Committee on Credentials
was appointed, and the Conven-
tion adjourned till 4 frclock, at
which hour it re-assembled, but
owing to large crowd in the Hall,
hot weather, and the scent arising
from three-fourths of the crowd,
they adjourned to Pitts' lager beer
garden.
Davis' re-nomination for Gov-
ernor is certain.
Correspondent of the Herald Missing.
Louisville, Aug. 19.—A man
named Lord, said to be travelling
correspondent of theWwoW, has
been missing since last Thursday;
foul play is apprehended.
Arrest of Accomplices.
Albany, Aug. 19.—Lowenstein,
the alleged accomplice of the two
women in the Weston murder,was
arrested in Canada.
Vienna Awards to Southerners.
Vienna, Aug. 19.—At the Vien-
na Exposition awards were grant-
ed to T. Bradliss, of Louisiana;
Angelo, of South Carolina; S. N.
Moody, A. E. Baker; Behan,
Thome & Co., of New Orleans ;
Edward Burgoyne, St James
Parish, La.
The States of Alabama and
Tennessee received prizes for min-
erals, and the Bienville works of
Louisiana, for cotton oil.
Deaths from BaiJroad Accident.
Chicago, Aug. 19.—The deaths
from railroad accident reached 18.
He engineer of the freight train
was arrested. The officers are
pursuing the conductor.
Another Disaster at Sea.
New York, Aug. 19.—The Ala-
sunk the>bark Abeona. Three of
the crew saved. Nothing seen of
the bark in the morning. Alaba-
ma uninjured.
Minister Williamson reached
Central America on the 30th ult.
He had not decided which of the
five Republics should be his head-
quarters.
Death of Duke of Brunswick
Geneva, Ang. 19.—Duke Charles
Frederick August William of
Brunswick died of apoplexy at the
age of 67 years.
• Arms for Cariteta.
Bayonne. Aug. 19.—The Car-
lists say that among the cargo
safely delivered to them from the
Deerhonnd, were 1750 Bradliss
rifles.
Fatal Accident.
Philadelphia, Aug. 19.—Richard
Watson, aged 37 years, brother of
John David Watson, editor of the
North American, was killed by a
coal car.
Railroad Conductors on a Strike.
Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 19.—The
Conductors and brakemen of the
freight trains of the Western Divi-
sion of the New York Central
Railroad, last night struck for an
advance of pay, in accordance with
the promise made them a month
since. No freight trains are mov-
ing between this place and Buffalo.
Zxpress Train Disaster.
The express train due here at 7
o'clock this morning from Detroit,
on the Gulf and Western Railway,
is in the canal at Thorald. The
train was drawn by two locomo-
tives, and consisted of several
baggage and express cars and an
unusual number erf passenger
coaches. The draw was open and
was not observed by the engineer.
Both engines and all the baggage
and express carg . plunged into the
canal, filling the
that
there was not room for a passen-
ger coach. It is reported that all
passengers and employees el-
caped injury. % jjif\ , 3*.
Ku-Klox J?arrtoue<l.
Washington, Atig. 19.—The
pardoned ku-khix prisoners are
L. Hood, of South. Carolina;
Adolphus, Dr. Priste and Charles
Holland, of-North. Carolina,, re-
commended.
* " Weather Probabllthw.
For the South Atlantic and
Gulf States, westerly and Varia-
ble winds, except on the South
Atlantic coast, where threatening •
weather and rain witijL rising tem-
perature is probable.
Return of the Doeia.
Kingston, Jamaica, Aug 19.—;
The Doeia returned for coal and j
provisions. She failed to grapple
the Aspinwall cable. She re-
ports unfavorable weather.
Suicide by a Wealthy < itizeu.
Manchester, N. H. Aug 19—
Chas. Stork, a wealthy and in-
fluential citizen, aged 72 years,
hung himself last night. No as-
signable cause.
Grand Masonic Celebration.
Philadelphia, Aug. l^^In con-
nection with the Approaching ded-
ication of the Masonic Temple, the
grand demonstration of Knights
Templar will take place at the
Academy of Music* and. ; Horticul-
tural Hall, the buildings to be
connected by a bridge. On the
25th of September, the evening
before the dedication, the Knights
will give an exhibition drill.
'od f. Celebration. I f*
London, Aug. 19.—The work on
the Holy Head breakwater, hav-
ing been finished, a formal open-)
ing was celebrated to-day. The
Prince of Wales officiated at the
ceremony.
Serious Accident.
At the caving in of the tunnel
at Shepton Midlett, Somerset, four
men were killed and twenty
wounded/
Death of a Prominent Insurance Man.
St. Louis, Aug. *l(f.^-John H.
Fairehilds, Vice President of the
Marine Insurance Co. and Presi-
dent of the Board of Underwriters
in this city, died last night of cer-
ebro spinal meningitis.
Gov. BtcEnery Counsels Lonlslanians,
New Orleans, Aug. 19.—In res-
ponse to a communication from the
citizens of Monroe, as to the pro-
per course to be; pursued regard-
ing Louisiana afl&irs, John Mc-
Enery writes a letter advising the
State Convention in December,
and the appointment of a commit-
tee to appeal to Congress. After
reviewing the Kellogg usurpation,
McEnery says: u The present de-
plorable condition of Louisiana,
demands for her rescue -from
certain ruin, ~ the adoption of
one of two remedies: either the res-
cue of this Government from-
the ignorance and corrup-
tion pervading almost every
department* . by the un
action of intelligent and ho:
people of the State, or an utter
surrender of the State to the Fed-
eral Government, trusting that;
that Government may institute an
honest home government that will
spare the people confiscation of
their own property now gradually
going on, and consequent and in-
evitable bankruptcy and ruin. To
any one educated in the theory
and genius of pur Government
the latter alternative is hard to
accept, but any government prom-
ising a better future, how-
ever irregularly instituted, is
preferable to one promising
certain impoverishment and gen-
eral bankruptcy, when the people
find themselves surrounded as we
are, by desperate and straitened
circumstances, commerce decay-
ing, agriculture demoralized,
capital with mercurial wings in
flight; real estate depressed and
depreciated fifty per cent, since
Kellogg rule, and in fact all values
on the decline, and all thiamin a
State boundless of resources; and
simply and alone due to
the fact of :& bad, dishonest
and illegitimate Government,
possessing neither the confidence
of the people at home or abroad.
It is natural they will accept? relief
from any hand that extends it,
and they will not sttfp to enquire
as to the regularity or irregularity
of the authority exercised. But,
I hope fate is not so imperious
that we shall be driven to accept
so desperate a remedy. Let us
hope better of those who hold our
destiny in their hands---Let us
appeal earnestly to ^ffldfeessy
trusting that that honorable body,
easting: aside all political, preju-
dice and party rule, will deptfbpfe
justice to a much wronged mid in-
jured people.
■J. Vi.Tl.v-' Earthrjislwi %-. > '
Havana, Aug. 19.—Late advices
from Lima, Peru, report that ai
serious accident occurred sixty
miles from that city to-day. The
earth, estimated at 10,000,000
square yards, fell from the .moun-
tain side into the valley, severely
injuring numbers of persons mid
damning up the river water, which
had risen 109 feet above its
usual height. Engineers were
of opinion that the water would
soon burst its barriers, when it
would rush towards Lima, sweep-
ing everything before it and sub-
merging the lower portion of that
city. „ f .rW .'5>fn*r I
A disastrous fire has tafeen
place in Valparaiso, causing a
loss of $500,000.
The towns of Petoria, Quiilote,
Ligua and Lferaaehe, in Chili,
have been greatly damaged by an
earthquake.
Stage Bobbed.
San Franeisco, Aug. 19.—The
mail stage between Makelerma
hill and Makelerma city was stop-
ped by two highwaymen, two
miles from Makelerma city and
robbed. After robbing the pas-
sengers they took four thousand
dollars from Wells, Fargo & Co.'s
treasury box, and destroyed mails,
papers, and other valuables. Of-
ficers are in pursuit. The robbers
are known. , *
Railroad New*.
Washington, Aug. 19.—G. M.
Duskin, United States District
Attorney for Alabama, is here on
bis way home, and says that the
negotiations for the sale of the
Alabama and Chattanooga Rail-
road is progressing favorably.
Railroad Collision.
Williainsport, Pa. Aug. 19.—
The Niagara express leaving here
at. 5 #. m. goSag east, and the
Elmira mail leaving Harrisburg
ot 1:30, going west, collided at
Montgomery station, fifteen miles
west of here. It is reported
6nly two passengers were sli
injured*
an Italian padrone, was fully com-
mitted for trial today, for viola-
tion of the civil rights bill, by
virtually holding little,children in
slavery.
The officers are iu Brook-,
lyn to-night, arranging papers for
extradition of Lowenstein,. the
murderkrfrom Cjta&fla.4 j
Carlist Fight.
Perjugnau, Aug. 19.—A desper-
ate engagement has just taken
place between a force of Carlists
numbering 2400 men and three!
columns of Spanish Republicans.;
The battle was fought in an np^n •
country betweeti ^Ehe- TOWfie trf j
Berga and Carseras, and resulted
in the defeat of the Republicans,
with a loss of 200 men and one
gun. i \ i -■ i i ■ ; i {V
An Old Man's Crime.
' Quincy, 111., Aug. 16.—A fear-
ful tragedy was enacted yesterday
near Newton, fourteen miles south-
east of this city. James Hancock,
a well-to-do old farmer, after cut-
ting the throat of his aged wife from
ear to ear, procured a rope, and,
going to the upper floor of the
house, looped it arotmd his neck
and threw himself out of the win-
dow. When discovered both had
been dead sometime. Tl^ecouple
were old residents of this county,
in good circumstances, and about
sixty years of age. Mr. H. had
been subject to occasional fits of
insanity.
Man and Wife Stabbed.
Yesterday evening two men,
employed in White's potk-house,
who live together, named re-
spectively Winners and Garions,
quaireled about, a pig-pen, when
the latter stabbed Winners, in-
flicting fearful wounds, one in thei
temple and the other in the right
♦breast. Winners' wife, in at-:
tempting to save her husband,
was turned upon by Garions, re-
ceiving two cuts in the head and
one in the leg. The wounded man
is in a critical condition. His
wife's wounds are not serious, but,
as she?ifcencHnte, fears are enter-
tained for the consequences. Gar-
ions was arrested and bound over
in $2000 to appear for examina-
tion on next Thttt8d£y.t51<
Disappearance of a Young Lady,
Peoria, August 16.—Miss Nel-
lie Todd, aged eighteen years,
daughter of Benjamin Todd, Esq.,
of this city, left" home, several
days since, to go down town on an
errand, and has not been heard
from since. She was an exempla-
ry young lady, and'no cause can
be surnebsed for her disappearance.
Foul play is strongly suspected.
Working the Mints.
Washington, D. C., Aug. 16—j
Secretary Richardson has issued
orders to the Philadeh)hia, San
Francisco and Carson City Mints
to work to the fullest capacity and
extra hours, coining only gold and
silver. , This orderr is. under-
stood,^HMmMmH to accumu-
late large amounts of coin in New
York, to defeat the combination
which, it is reported, has been
formed to embarrass mercantile^
transactions. wi.,
The Oarsman on His Way.
Cincinnati, Aug. (16.—Cloud
came here at 4:29 this afternoon
on the steamer Fleetwood, his boat
being left at Rome, seventy miles
up the river, where the oar-locks
were broken. He is going up there
Monday, and will start afresh
from that point. He has already
been thirty-two days on the way,
and has one hundred and thirteen
more. The distance to go is about
4000 miles. His average rate thus
far has been between forty and
fifty miles per day.,
A Hard Case.
Ann Arbor, Mich.,1 Aug. 15.—
The Superintendent of the Reform
School at Lansing lodged in jail
Wm. Durand, aged sixteen, an in-
mate of the first-named institu-
tion since September 25, 1872,:
sent here for stealing a horse. He
is considered to be an ungoverna-
ble youth, having attempted, dur-
ing his short stay there, to cut1
one man's throat and kill another
with a hammer, and plotted a mas-
Man Killed.
La SaHe^Bl., Aug. 16.—John
Jeler, a workman in the Peru City-
Plow Factory, was instantly killed
this morning by the bursting of
an emery wheel, running at the
rate of eleven hundred revolutions
a minute.. His jaw was broken
and his skull fractured. He was
thirty years old, and leaves a
young wife.
Rome, Aug. 14.—The JPope, re-
plying to the address of a deputa-
tion of the American clergy, says
he has been profoundly touched
by the earnest expression of sym-
pathy by Americans for himself
and the Chuiih in its recent trials
and afflictions.
NEW YOltltt
New YoRK|f Aug. 19.
ved^g'Steauishifte Ontario,
luidpan Jiteintfc.
Cotton—Net teeeipfe 662" bales,
groS§ 2920:baIeS. Saleft of futures
7509 bales, as follow^:
August l3 13-32Tto 19 7-lGc.;
September 17 29-32e.; October
17§c.; November 17 11-32 to 17|c.;
December 17J to 17 9-32c.
Cw^d J weak ' atid irregular,
^jgj^^ales 3329 bales at 19g to 20£e.
Groceries.—Flour m moderate re-
quest at $6 40 to $7 85. Whisky
steady at $1. Wheat in active
demand and lc. better;; Corn
closed dull and heavy. Coffee
quiet but very fum; Rio 20 to
MARKETS m TELEGRAPH.
New Orleans, Aug. 19.
Groceries—Flour firm; XXX $7
.to $7 75 j family $8 50 to $9 50.
Corn quiet ; yellow mixed 67 to
68c.; yellow and white 70e. Oats
45 to 46c. Bran 85 to 87£c. Hay
scarce and firw; prime $24; choice
$28. Pork, stock small Mid firm;
old $17; new $18. Dry salt
shoulders 9^c. Bacon scarce and
firm at 9£, 11J to 12c.; hams dull
and lower, 15 to 15^ c. Lard scarce;
tierce 9c.; keg 10£ to 11c. Sugar
scarce and in good demand; good
fair 9£c. Molasses, no movement,
Whisky scarce; Louisiana 99c.;
Cincinnati $1 02£. Coffee quiet
and unchanged.
Monetary.—Sterliflg 25.
§ premium. Gold 115J.
Cotton—Dull. Sales 500
Good Ordinary 14§ to 15c.;
Sight
bales.
Low
Middling 17£ to 18c.; Middling
18£c.; Middling Orleans 18$c. Re-
ceipts 467 bales; no exports; stock
18,140 bales.
21|c. Sugar firm and Jc. higher.
Rice^firm ; Carolina 8| to 9|c.
Peas steady and quiet; new 18c.;
Lard 8|c. Turpentine firm. Rosin
steady. Freights active. Money
active, at 4 to 5c. Sterling lower
at SJc. Gold 115| to 115J. Gov-
ernments dull, and but little
doing. States quiet and steady.
v 7- MTHffOOL. - >
-t Liverpool, Aug. 19. "
The market for yarns and fabrics
tend downwards.
LONDOS.
_ ... ; LONDON} Aug. 19.
Turpentine 30 to 30s. 6d.
■ ' ^ • W i lit
PORT OF GALVESTON".
Galveston, August 18, 18?3.v
i Entered.
Steamship Hutchinson, Talbot, Brashenr.
Steamship Morgan, Tripp. Brashervr.
Cleared.; _
Steamship, Hutchinson,- Talbot, Brasher.r.
Cheering Intelligence.
The latest news from New York
relative to railroad arrangements,
is of an encouraging character.
There has been an adjustment of
the disputes in the directory of
the New Orleans, Mobile and
Texas Railroad Company on a
basis which will command general
approval.
The compromise creates a new
board, with Governor Sprague at
the head, and with Bushnell, >
Ames' representative, anct,ijjfei
White as the representative n-of
the first bondholders. The other
bondholders acquiesce in this ar-
rangement and will give it their
cordial support.'. .
Governor Sprague has inform-
ally accepted the presidency, and
on the 26th of August the direc-
tory will meet to confirm tiie settle-
ment; which, being done, the work
will be immediately recommenced
on the road, and it will be vigor
Ously pushed to a completion.
This arrangement is connected
with the prosecution of the Cen-
tral Louisiana, which is to connect
with the New Orleans and Texas,
and which has been promised by
no less substantial capitalists than i
J. J. Cook & Co. all the money
needed to push it forward. ' ' !
The above which we clip from
the New Orleans Herald is indeed
cheerful news. ,
cits
«en
e
the
In
New York appears fed
assessed valuation #fer
years'* At least that has
rale, startifig from
thirty yeajtlj ffertlief; bate'
increase wa is still mor# rapi
l ll:^New Toxft had fr
tanced Philadelphia in the num-
ber of its population, and started
as the first city of the Union with
a population ot 96,000, and an
assessed valuation of $25,000,000.
By 1841 the population hadjfcoady
quadrupled, while the assessed
valuation had increased ten-fold,
amounting then to $251,194,920.
After an internal of fifteen years,
in 1S56, the population had all;
but exactly doubled and the assess-
ed valuation had doubled also—
amounting then to $511,740,492.
The next fifteen years added only
fifty per cent, to the population,
but doubled the valuation of real"
and personal property. In spite of
sundry obvious obstacles to ar
steadily maintained rate of in-
crease, it is not too much to an-
ticipate "thgfc by.1886 the gross
assessment of property on Man-
hattan Island will be over $2,000,-
000,000. ' jZfrS ^
W. It. ROBERT SON. . J. SEERHERD. |
JL
JOHN COLLINS,
The Grocer and
G-n.ES A.T
, «og3-tl
if Ui MS PMO ii; Tjx
a-R'OOEBS ' i
?*** I
•AND*—>—
rfMd lu
€omiBi^sion Merchants,
';*H8^TON. texas! ol
■
Libaral adv&ncca nude on Cotton and Bides.
Dealers in Coin airy Prodprc Generally.
^4i -O otf! .-; >
Wa will cnlf : Jptit Cotton fir the best advas- j
ege of Shipper!1. Onr Cotton Iraiinese excl usive -
ty on .^oairaissio::. angt?-dc8&w
PRATT'S COTTON GINS,
v;ss itmf jrpijtb
ikfstd j'u'Ji i -L mtr ' ift
Albertson's Cotton Press irons,
STOPPLE'S COTTON PRESS TR0N5,'
i: ■ • j > akd— ■
WHEELING WAGONS.
,, Foi nloby j;-, •: ....... •
i: ;• i',:: R, 8CHE8PF1I S.
-- - If * . * i, >V, .I, I ' -im. jr
aagl9.2ojdiw Hongton. Te s,'
'Wr
Burial Place of Zatharjr Taylor.
From the Louisville Courier-J&uraal. |
between fire and six-miles from
the city", on an obscure neighbor-
hood roadr a quarter or a mile
£rom the Brownsboro road, rest
the remains of the twelfth Pres-
ident of tie United States—Zach-
ary Taylor—whose name was once
upon all lips, and whose praises
sounded from one end of the
country to the other. The grave
is situated in the northeast corner
of the Taylor farm, and it is mor-.
tifying to relate that it is in a
sadly neglected condition, under-
brush, weeds and ailantus trees
rendering it very difficult of ac-
cess." No monument has ever
been erected to General Taylor's^
memory. The remains lie there
in a plain vault built in the side
of a hill, with a marble slab over
'the door bearing the inscription:
Z. TAYLOR. ' ft!35^ s
Born November 24,1784.
Died July 9,1850.
The services rendered by this
brave, good-natured old soldier
deserve monumental recognition.
A gentleman who recently visited]
the grave said to a reporter ofj
this paper: "As I stood there-
with head uncovered my mind
reverted to boyhood days, and I
remembered a solemn funeral cor-
tege at Philadelphia^ the city in
mourning, public buildings and
private residences draped in black,
a hush all over the city, sadness
depicted in every face, for great,
brave old .General Taylor was
dead. The whole nation in fact
mourned his loss. Twenty-three
years after this J find myself at
his grave near Louisville, and am
impressed with the fact that the
nation's dead are soon forgotten.";
' The place does indeed appear
forgotten. A stone wall encloses
the the little grave-yard, and a
rusty and unused iron gate frowns
upon the visitor. It evidently has
not been opened for years. Col.
Richard Taylor is buried to the
right of General Taylor. An obe-
lisk, eighteen feet high, is erected
over his grave, bearing the inscrip-
tion : " Colonel Bichard Taylor, a
soldier of the revolutionary war,
and a native of Orange county,
Virginia; born April 3, 1X44;
died January 19,1829."
Colonel Taylor came to this
State while his son, Zachary, was
an infant, and settled on the plan-
tation where he is now buried.
CUSHMiN'S ;
WORKS.
! tiBit c* ii is t r-i® © |
(R«rtt SitlrliOBg Bridge,)
HOUSTON, - - .>
hJ JO'i &■':: ;raun &£-{?
.Ksfiaii. Boilers, Haw a lift Cot to u
tMills, Cotton Presses,
GKS' BIND OF 34ACHuNa^.
r.. Etpair^ will l>e done to qrjor and ga&rfcsiccd.
"11 itluds of lita.ua Goods and Steam
Kitiia^) «n Hand.
an(rlS-tf . • • " - .
BOARDING and DAY SCHOOL,
Comer "McEinnoy and Craw-ford Streets.
HOVSTUJf; - •*• - TBX1S.
The 14th Annual Session will commence Sep-
tember Int. The Institution has been rendered
caBy.of access by parements lately lshj. * -
Competent Teachers will direct the-classes of
OerEjan, French, Drawing and Painiing; _also.
vocal %nd 1nst*iime tal Miasic. The Latin and
Hebrew Laoguages will also be tanght if repaired.
jPupils have use oi Pianos.
- W
'or tenrs, apply to
m. a
auglp-tf or E, 8.
ASSii
mim
mm,
Wants—For Rent—For Sale.
AlCtWN SALE.
ER. LIBHOC
a at 10 ^.'ciock
■H m
& SOW sea by hnsaon
^atajgeinroiceof .• _r
The Whereabouts ei 11 Sunken Steam.
' boat Discovered.
Prom the Saigas Citj Journal.
In the year 1859 the steamer F.
X. Aubrey sunk a short distance
from Wyandotte, with something
like three hundred barrels of
whisky on board, intended for
Government stores, and, although
every effort to secure the property
was made, it proved a failure, and
was finally abandoned, Xothii17
more was thought of it until about
four years ago, when another trial
was made, but with no success.
Yesterday,' while some parties
were rowing over near the islands
opposite Wyandotte, they discov-
ered the remains of the steamer,
and will at once proceed to bore
and make an attempt to secure
the cargo. Of course the exact
plaeq is and remains a secret, but
the idea of fourteen-year old whis
ky coming to light is making some
of our non-temperance men's
mouth water.
ISP9RT
Consisting ot
Cutlery. Bells, etc.
Also, Whisky, Biina^Salsiiie, Clothing. Shirt*,
Drawers and Sundries. aog^S lt
Fffi
A LABGB-sn.1 alrr
STOEE, N . 91 Jklain
aug2Q-lw
IIAKDW AttE,
Piatod Ware, pocket
Apply ai the BED.
*-1
W a sex! or
mis no objection to
,ia competent to late cba
'Befereoce giwia. ■
Apply to 0 ,a. S., this clSoe.
autlG-tf
LA D? is desirous of obtaining a situation in
has no objection to taiing chute of Vfc* ch(
Satisfactory references gtren. Addrass Krs. A. at
thisoffica. . -
'AtTBD —A Gentleman and Wife, «r
Gentleman, to occupy • neatly furnisha<l
Room,' with good Board; also a few Day Board-
er^ ASP*? at Mrs. PRICE'S boose, on Travis
streot, betwesn Texas Avenjie and Capitol street.'
Tbbvs—Day Boarders $23 per manta cnrremcy.
aagl-lm .
FOR SUE.
One Bbare in tne Y. V. M 5.LB. AMseiatKA.
Apply to , ... A. Oili-SOX,
atigr;®-Iw • Hext to Posteffice.
OK : ij —;
FOit SAL I'.
' tllK LONE STAR SALOON,
With Lioonae, Furniture and Fixtures, will be
sold at a bargain. For further Information apply
IfSDtf
to
WM. DI88KN & BOS.
D eal © r.
JCSt ABlimSD AMD ON THE WAV,
BEST STOCK OF GOODS
EVE BBOPG£re?TO: SJ.JCCTOH.
SO OLD GOODS/^^JOO CI LLISS'.
MILK. SOAP, FLOtS, BAPCX.TO,
Fresh from the M::n<^Letory,"gjieap tor taKft.
#«K«(<OLLINS.
I WILL OPES,
FrfSay; July 11th, 1873,
:.iu v *. 'Ci*
* ' TWO HUNDRED
l xceMa^m^asjm.
iTItl .SfMJ i:a« > - '
DucKsyiTm%
r* tu* * " tsRASSXl OTffK,
Batistes, for Traveling We<«r.
. • M A 66:3 WMfa firtf 1 * "T *
Stripe k Check Nainsooks
At SO Cents per Yard.
Mloi
JLiUTHfiJl&SWRQQCO HELTS
WEAt:
> " yija C^ts i>er Yard.
T. B. FSANKLIN.
'Jill
S. K. MOiLEEKHT.
H. I, BX3TCflWi.
McltHtHi! & KUTCHIRS.
®S"S
B«'ut WHOLESALE BBALEB9 IK
DoilIT^Rc ftlltf
. f. OIT #•. vli.4 f
Foreign Bry Oootls,
Wk -t'•>I#'-a
and Shoes,
f -jJ im'Mil
ii fh mil-, i-mi
j- rri and Notions,
A2TD A:GE35T3 FOE
Houston City ana
11
ilentlgai
account Hilidtcd.
U of COTTO* am
Jyl-fcu
m
MACHINE BLACKSMITH SHOP.
jP B SALE LOW— > ■ ' j
THE TERAFDA JSOTEL BUILDINGS,
On Comer of PrankHtttcd Facnta stesets.
Said buildinga to be removed, Agpl^lo * j
jelS-tf WM. PISSES k 00.
CITATION.
LOUISA HECKLE 1
vs. i-So. 8417.
LEWIS HECKLE. }
Tht Slate 0/ Tatu to the Sheriff of Karrit County—
Greeting :
\rOU ARfSJIEn KBY'commacded that you Bern-
J m^n by making rmb'tcafiun of this writ in
.)m- newspaper published in the ssonty, oacaa
.Wt k fur four suc >-«*iVG. weeks, Levis Hackle,
wbose rtside- ce is unknown, to be aad to
appeir befo-« the ristrict Court to be ho'fian
in and for the comity of Harris, ai the
Courthouse thereof, in the city of Houston, on
the last Monday in October, A, t). 1873, the* and
there to answer the petition of Louisa Heckle,
filed In said Court against the rail Lewi* Heckle,
aud a letting in substance aa follows, to wit: That
plaintiff and defendant ire e married at How
< -rleans on or about the 4 h day of December, A
D. 1862, and lived together as husband and wife;
that on or about the div ot April, A. D. 1856,
the defendant abandoned plaintiff with the inten-
tion of wbandonmiu', and has continued such
abandonment for more than three years prior to
the institution of tbis suit, at d pmyiag tor a
judgment dissolving said bonds of matrimony.
Herein fail no?, but have you then and there
before raid Court this writ, with your return
thereon, showing how yon have executed ifce
same.
.. Witness, A. K- Taj^or, Clork oi the D -
1 l. 8.! trict Court of Harrlt County. Given uc-
' ——' 4er ir y band aud seal ot said Oourt, this
the 3d day of August, A. t>, 1878- ,
A. &. Ttswn,
augl9-itw. Clerk D. O. H. C.
D
JLLIU & GOHXJCAK,
ealers in Furniture. Carpets, OH OloSi, Mat-
ting., Window Shades, and general House
yarnishiit; Soot'*; Picture Frames. Coraioes,
Moes and Hair mads V) order.
MOBBir BUU/DIMO. «7 aad 80 Main fit,,
aagl2 -ly. HOVSTOS, TEXAS,
Curley & Kacroft
Are coir pcapared to db all work in (Mr line
with dispatch. Chseges aaOtttAc, ei.op, oastier
OomiQ'srce and Saa Jacinto strests, aog>
a. jr. iroBKBi j turn. a. TtmsTR, a,«.
Eooataa. Nw ?<*•«.
gDKKE, TURSER^CO.,
, WHOLESALE ^EALEES IS ,
READY MADE CLQTBIJSQ,
O*nju." Fwaiibl^g taocai. Hats, At
ia Trsnkliii Street, under Hatctda* Hoofie,
diia a;; bpcstok. thiah aue*4-u
sur Azxxit. a. imncti.
i AliLBJjT & HINKIjE,
biff MASOFACTCBEE3 ASD X BAL*SSS Q9
Pin© and Cypress Luialjer,
iit -—tito- Pfi;
£3 13} I IsT <3- Xj ES S.
J. C. EVANS,
&OBNIO ARTIST
.^ MRESCOE PAINTER,
.... .... (re-
orders for public and private Tbeataric&r §.* ■
an. i Church. Theatrioal aad PubHc Hall &ceftft-■
tioni promptly stieedod to. ^ . .
r; iiVlinin Q|)im<miisailffmgtrm
;J0HN HBACH
; MASCFACTCKiS QF
BOOTS AJSrtD ©IIOIDe
' tJF tVFEy nrSSKJEIPTIOK.
Prti>t«n limH, sett to Sinta tleUM,
uflmos, T kAS.
. All OrSeriproinptly Filled, vs i
'ft y*~* R ••
——- / . —m—
so. must. o. i. rOBTSi. vv. a. pu.xks
MILBT, POETER & CO.,
^VfiOLESALE GROOEItS
«t^ '.- i t AKD—
Commission Merchants,
COBSEB MAIN & COHMEKpS STB .
iiouiros, - TKXAS.
. ']" 7 .
Seep consUatly ob band a large aad compiets
'stock cf c <
STAPLE AND FANCY QROCIIRlEf",
Biigging aad Tics.
CASH OBSESS solicited aal i«ottr«y
Baysrs are isYlted to eamlne our clock scd
prices.
Liberal aftvsacM eude o coa&'.MumetiU ot
OOTTOSf aad other produce.
m
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Baker, J. H. & Wilson, J. H. Houston Daily Mercury (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 297, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 20, 1873, newspaper, August 20, 1873; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth232833/m1/2/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.