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A
D. H. RANKIN,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
^A TIRDA Y, JAN VARY 19, 1867.
1 be Inquirer Office has been re-
moved to the new Shipman building, where
, f i h prfrf- to execute ev«y description
>{ Job Printing, as neatly and as cheap
elsewhere in the State.
6^" Messrs. Nolan ^^Behnett, are
ourauthorized Agents Galveston,Texas.
Harry L. ^Illan, Commercial
and Advertising Agent, Houston, Texas
s oui authorized Generai Agent.
Messrs Wharton 6c I/.lixgs.
91ARKGTS.
Houston.—Jan. 17.—Gold 1
! rates 136—selling 137.
Uneasy.—Tbo Washington corres-
pondent of tho .Richmond Dispatch
writes:
Accounts from the North represent
a very uneasy state of feeling regard
ing the spring trade
prosperity of business of ail
a wide-spread desire
have the Sonthera States restored at, &r chojce . flint3
the earhest possible moment for tho , Galvest„^ Jan. 17._Cottoo, low
protection of Northern capita , "o | ^ good 01.Jiliary, 21, and
Radical* arc becom.na alarmed at tho iordi„ar= 1Sc 6S!iles fur the day 483
bales.
Gold, 136 to 137.
New York, Jan. 17.—Cotton quiet
Texas items.
sing to him, when the tedious accountsr
ipS°'tfI'ldS0Vft,T T* v''oXl-fS:tcrePSer^
Cotton.- Ordfaarj, 17 to 18 ; good j Galveston, whUheThe'haJ heYnto'seTl |
as demoralizing state of affairs in
Con-
gress, and some predict tho admission
of the Sontbern States before the end
of the present Congress. If they find
that their trade is suffering heavily by
the non-representation of the South-
ern States, petitions and memorials
asking that immediate notion bo ta-
ken, will assuredly be found shower4' i
... W ' jactual h'ulu concerning ine guilt or
w.tiw iuh ho intended to pay his j the innocence of the prisoners at the
tee men, Lagrange Era. bar of military justice.
High water and bad roads is the or-, The writer of this proposes, in a
dcr of tho day in East Texas. Noth- j few words, to trace in the evidence, as
ing to equal it in the memory of our; officially reported, the connection of
oldest citizens. Travelling on wheels Sunatt with Booth, and his wherea-
— middling uplands, 35e.
dull. Gold 136J to 137.
j New Orleans, Jan. 17.-
! tive and higher
[ has been at a stand still for two or
Groceries three weeks. The weather has mod-
bouts when the assassination occurred
We have traces of Booth organizin
The Test Oath Casks.—The Su-
preme Court yesterday decided the fa*
mous test oath cases, which have been
before it a period of time nearly long
enough to establish a principle of corns
forgotten the
carried up.
preachers
nor attorneys need take the test oath.
As a minister of the gospel, and old
Confederate may pray and preach
without legal let or hindrance The
act which forbade it, was one of those
which eminated from the rancor and j
hatred of personal manevolence in the
State of Missouri, [t may have been
ESTIt Alf—Washington C'eauij-.
TAKEN up by W. D. Woods and estruved
before Wm. H. Cammcck, J. p." 0f
Washington county, on the 17th day of De-
cember, A. D. 1866, one dark bay inare. black
lees, mane and tail, 134 hands high, 13 veais
old, branded on the left shoulder IS L Ap-
praised at $15. Attest S. S. HOSEA,
Dec* 25, 1865-23-3t c c c w
NOTICE.
, . t j o i well enough m those times when the
r j eiate(1 now and the roads and streams for the capture ot President Lincoln pulpit was^ transformed into a stump
uotton ac^; are again uecominer passable.—Hen*, as early as September, 1864 (p 239.
n I):4 - . „jh
again uecomme passao
; low middling, 31-1 to derson Times
32c.; middling, 321 to 33c. Sugar in
active demand, fair 12c. JUulasses
worth. No 115 fftnimnn c, v ' 'n upon the Senate anl Houso of ,. , ~T3' -
^ i liJ common btreet, New „ * . higher: fair 60 to Coe. Prune cnoice,
I Irlnnnr. I . K Anvocn n f *. 111* AO 7 '
Orleans,
that city.
are
ocr authorized agents for
Lumber is still in great demand,
and very scarce. We do not see why
it is that a sufficient quantity is not
shipped here to supply the great and
Increasing wants of the people. Any
one who has energy and capital to in-
vest, will do well to embark in this
business, if ho wishes to make quick
sales and large profits.
^cnr,an fiends are about
to establish a first class school ,n this
place, in which the English as well as
German language will be taught —
They have already held one meeting
upon the subject, gotten up at a few
hours notice, at which three hundred
dollars were raised and a committee
was appointed to select and purchase
a lot, and make arrangements for the
erection of a suitable house. They
have also sent for a teaehei whoso
character and qualifications are unexs
eepiionable. This is an enterprise
worthy ot all praise and cncouragc^
ment, and no doubt will succeed
equal to the most sanguino wishes ol
its patrons. The Germans of our
county are an enterprising people, and
when they take hold of a thing it is
put through with an energy worthy
of emulation by those who make
greater pretensions and do less.
rJ he first two numbers of the
Weekiy Watchman, published in
Georgetown, Williamson county, by
Messrs. Henderson & Makcmson, are
on our table. Tho Watchman is a
very pretty little sheet, well gotten
up typograpically and editorially, and
we hope the people of Williamson will
appreciate and give it a good support.
We are in receipt of the first
number of the Semi- Weekly Neics-Let-
ter,published at Millican, by W. Lam-
din & Co. From the appearance of
,.e first number, w) nr'J fed*, i-j ton-
..iudo*Tt at the citizens cf M*toxc n
may well bo proud of theiii papif and
give it hearty support.
tt«u The Freedmen of this county,
as a general thing, have entered into
contracts for the present year, yot
there aro still a great many who have
not made cngagemcnte, and aro ram-
bling about in idleness. The terms
in most cases were for a portion of the
crop.
Representatives.
Just so. Lot tho Southern people
so manage as to work upon the p:>ck«
ets of the North, and she is attacking
their most sensitive and vital parts.—
Let the South manufacture all that is
required for home consumption. Go
to tho North for nothing, no more
than we did during tho war. The
ports of the world are open to us; our
soil contains millions'Upon millions of
wealth—her capacity for producing
all the necessaries of life, her vast
' Ben Pitman's official report.") On or
711? 5*,rv "!fraand. at W.0T1 the best farm* in tho county aro with- (sa.
toi^l-t. . .o.d, .-jjj. ollt ail ajuq„ato foreo to culnvate 1
We endorse and commend the
following article, taken from tho Wa-
co Register:
W
late
to
tion
The Bastrop Advertiser says white j about January 15, 1865, four and a
laborers and freedmen are very much i half months afterward, he (Booth)
needed in Bastrop",/>unty. Many of j met John H. Surratt for the first time,
same book, pp. 114 and 117).
The assassination occurred April
them, and some, v^iearn, are withoutj 1'.—We learn from the chief witness ncy
a single freed man. Laborers and j for tLe prosecution, as well as the wit-j obli
freedmen, come to Bastrop county im- • nesses from Mrs. Surratt'a house, that
it employ- j «/ohn Surratt left the house and Wash-
j ington on tho 3d of April (p. 114;) and
-| there is no evidence that can be relied
Washington af«
Bastrop couiitjiv
on about his being in
j terward, but much to prove
that he
3d
er.t circumstances, this is a wise course,
mineral deposits, her beantifuf streams j With no vuiee in the legislative conn*
all aro in readiness to contribute toJciLs of the nation, a discussion of
educational and other subjects. f the State last j earjT wants more labor-! was far awaj'from therefrom th
our judgment, at least under thepres* erg v i until after tho 14th.
Information Wanted.- Any in for. | It was 0,1 the of April that we
po-
tho independence, wealth and prosper- llitical questions becomes of little prac-
ity of our people. Let us ignore j>ols tical value. Although most deeply in-
Quitc a number of American
citizens of the Wooly Tribe, were
drawn up before Esquire Cammack,
and tried for fighting, &c. Eight of
them were made to shell out to a pret-
ty heavy tune. During the trial of
the Freedmen, a straight haired fellow
was brought in under arrest for steal-
ing a pair of panls. Ho stood around,
waiting for his time to come, but, get-
ting disgusted with the 'Squire's mode
of doing business, watched for an op-
portunity, and cooly walked off find
has not beon heard of since. Wm.
Cammack, Esq., is "the right man in
the right place."
itics for the present, and devote our
time and energy to the development
ef tho great resources and blessings
bestowed upon us by our Creator,
Congress intends to have things its
own way; and so it will, unless some
outside pressure forces its mem hers to
change their present course. We aro
of the opininion that it will not be
a very great while before the people
of the North will be as anxious to have
us back in the Union as we are to get
back. We acknowledge that we are
desirous of being oneo more treated as
a tree and independent people, to be
represented at the scat of government
terested in these questions, fate seems
to decree that we are to have no voice
in their decision. Tho victors claim
this right, and we must wait, while
theirs is the responsibility.
A life of political discussion as it
his usually been conducted in the
ted Stales is not ennobling at best. Its i
tendency is to cramp rather than en
large the mind. Its followers aro a
raormation, with regard to B. JosO.v, j,,ave the f,rsl u'ac0> ,n evidence, that
who, it is said, came to Texas about! ^00lh contemplated assassination (p.
twenty-two yearS ago, and formerly j^)*
lived near Galveston,"will be thankful-1 That 1L Surratt was a block-
ly received bv A. P. Stone, of Chicago,! a(le runner (like many others,) and
Illinois " ' I be did join with the party that
m■ o , 0 h ,4 i conspired to capture the President and
Tne State Gazette says that Gov*; 1 .. 1
j convey him to the South, there can
not be much doubt; bat any evidence
ernor Throckmorton left this city ou
as it Wednesday morning last, to visit hisi ' . *. .
i „ ... \ ,r . relating to his connection with tho as-
3 Uni-« family.in Collin county. He will be . .. . ,. A . .
' . •' . , . J . sassination, direct or indirect, is be-
st Its absent about three weeks. Since his I ...
... M ■ . i. ,. ..i yond my power to trace.
induc-tion to office, his cruties lia\e!*' . . J 1 . .
, , . 1 , n I It is * matter of congratulation that
ot i been very laborious: and no Ixovernor , . , . .
. r „ . t , , . i J . .: c,, x- -,i n he is crpturcd. Let him bo tried ac-
to fall into a channel of part^anslnp! ever served hu State more fauhfnll,. i (.orJi 1 to ,hob„,s of lho c00nl
which soon leads on to monomaniacy | Tho Bulletin says that samples of anJ willl u,0 wholo trutl| rcircalt>d. i
and bigotry. Other pursuits hecorae • sorghum sugar have been pined be- dict tho world will be astonished
uull and tasteless. Science, nature, | fore us, which show finer grain than
religion, if not the sweet amenities of! anj' siiifai* we have seen from LouisN
social and domestic life, are forgotten '
to prohibit political parsons from pro'
mulgating treason and inciting to
strife. But whenever they abstained
from these reprehensible practices, we
can see no good cause why they should
be prohibited from exercising their vo-
cation and ministry. So with attor«>
s. The bitterest confederate is
obliged to earn his living and to sup~
port his family, or else he must become
a vagrant. The practicing of law is
no more than any other trade or pro-
fession, and if a Confederate may pull
teeth or administer pills, we can see
no reason why he may not plead at
the bar. But these are merely the
moral issues involved in the question,
and are not the legal principles upon
which they were decided.—Bulletin.
A Saxon lady, the wife of a barris-
ter, lately committed suicide, in order
that her husband should get her life
insurance money, and free himself
from Lis debts.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,
ana or the West Indies.
i Judge Cannard ef Galveston has
privileges and benefits whicn injustice ted to politics seldom enjoy much of; decided theStavLa^v unconstitution-
■ .. 1 I /• 1 ! _ A « nil 1 I * 1 _____ t P 1 • P i
and placed in the enjoyment of all the j in the phrenzied pursuit. Men devo-
are ours, but, before accepting terms
humiliating and contrary to tho dig-
tho sunshine or philosophy of life.
al, and ordered execution to be made.
At tho South, heretofore, no one 1
nity and spirit of our people, let us will den}' that our politicians have j
remain outBide forever. been sufficiently partizan and too nu- ..7. . .. • . . .1 *ji.i
„ , , J 1 , , : v\ ise county on the ni^rht of tne*24th
The Southern people, as a mass, are i merous. loo many of our educated! ,, , , .. , , • ,
1 1 ' ' ' J 1 ult.. and killed two bovs and carried
Tho MeKiniiey Enquirer learns that
a body of Indians made a raid into
honestly believed they
do so; they made a good fight, and
were defeated by overwhelming num-
bers, collected from all portions of the
world, and have accepted the situation
tors visited town to talk polities rather j j"00 . ,01-603 .
than to organizo agricultural societies | ',ra, on' ani ° Sj, y 0
or discuss improvements in their vos ,ai" oero l ' ca-ne near
; iot- of Uoverniiienfc hordes.
s
could lay
usual.
getting a
O O
cation. Tho political field before u?
termination-of j is uninviting, and we may, therefore,
isevvs C(inta;r
•i!;!e6trag*Jy for iadependenge, (f.m*Cc/>fcok to first principles and | oat|r::gc. pcrp<
inpnd a ojflCCI'O dirpooitluu tu rCT^fWlB^rtra. Y1
y the laws\to pay their taves If^fcctional political ascendency is | °^ tl
They have, since
the terri!;
OVer ©vir>f*rul
abide by tho lawsito pay
and to do all that is required of them
as loyal citizens' Nothwistanding
all these facts, the Radical portion of
the people of tho North are determin-
ed to still further humiliate us, and
have presented terms for our restora-
tion into tho Union, tho acceptance of State. But regardless of political ,icr clothing and
an account of an
in the town of
ps trooj^ j
to learn how the mad crime of a mad-
man, who would be a " Brutus, was
conceived, when his other mad scheme
had failed, partly in personal vanity
preferring to outlive "pious fools" in
tho history of a crime at the cost of
his life than to be obscure and un-
known, and that his only Confeder-
ates in the murder were the thiee men
who died upon tho scaffold.
Another word as to John II. Surs
lMtt.—His mother was condemned one
day and executed the next, llo was
hiding then from tho officers of the
law. Why blame him for not saving
his mother or her fair fame?—when it.
was an apparent impossibility ! She
was, doubtless, executed before he
heard of her condemnation.
Contracts.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
HAVING been appointed at the Novem-
ber Terra of tlie Honorable County
Court of Washington county for the year
18'i7, Administratrix and Administatorcn the
estate of Sam R. Biake, deceased ; all cred-
itors are hereby notified to come forward and
present their claims for' acceptance within
the time perscribedby law.
F. P. & S. R- BLAKE.
Aum'\ and A dm'restate
Sam R. Blake, dee'd.
Hempstead, Jan. 15,1 St>7 25-6w
1MIE Houston & Texas Central Railway Co.
will, (if required) aid the Washington
County Railroad promptly to remove from
Brenham, all Cotton or other freight sent to
that place for suipmeut to Houston or Gal-
veston. W. J. HUTCHINS,
Dec. 22-22-2m President.
J. McFarland,
BOOT & SJIOE-ITIAKER,
isrbnham, Texas.
Respectfully inform his old customer
and the public that he can be found at
his old stand, prepared to execute cash or-
ders, guaranteeing the general satisfaction '
that has heretofore attended his work
July2l, 1855-1 y. * ^
—'— V
EOSEDALE NURSERY,
Brenham, Texas.
WILLIAM W ATSON, Propriktor.
Offers for the Fall sal-s, ten thousand
Ciape Vines, one, two and thr#*e years old.
b ive hundred thousand "Strawberry plants
somfe Dwart Pear Trees and a fine assortment
ot Roses and ornamental Shrubbery. Send
stamp for price list August 4-tf.
ALEX. SIMON,
In the House formerly occupied ly P
W. ConneU.
Brenham, Texas.
IS in receipt of a well selected stock of
BLACK AND FANCY SILKS, OF
THE LATEST STYLE. Also,
Dry GtoodLs,
Hats, Boots and Shoes in great variety.
FANCY GROCERIES,
together with a i-ariety of such articles as are
suited to the market.
Persons desiring to purchase are requested
to give me a call and examine my stock and
prices, which will be found as reasonable as
elsewhere. Njv. 24, *66.-13y
political.' aseeiRtoncj
dfcstrab e, it can best bo obtained by ! lhro,,sh
thi influence which commerce,'and a p'el- Tb<jy pin.;'
full development of our scientific, lit-' j sach an extent
erary, li^cchuiiic and all industrial in-j wcrc compelled :o
te-ests will givo us. These form the i they robbed Alra
true basis of influence and power in a1 heej>s a boarding
There aro five white men, two
negro men and one negro woman, now
confined in our jail. Of tht> white men,
one is in for murder, three &r bur-
glary, and one for lnrccny, Ont> of
the negro men is in for theft, and the
other for an assault with an ax with
intent to kill. The woman, for theft.
Mr. Moore, of this place, was
attacked a few days einco by an ens
raged nejjro, who with ax in hand
charged on him and hut for the timely
intervention of other negroes, he
would no doubt havo been chopped
to pieces. As tho matter is yet to be
disposed of by the District Couut, we
refrain from giving the particulars of
the case. The negro was arrested,
bronght before Esquire Cammack,
and after an examination, was bound
over in the sum of two hundred dol-
lars. As Sambo could'nt como to
tinio, ho was sent to board with Sheriff
lioff, who will no doubt take the best
of care of him.
We notice some one is putting
up quite an extensile business house
adjoining Eddins & Chad wick's drug
store.
Mr. 3IcFarland, has erected a dwcl-
lirg house—a nice, comfortable and
h.ubstantial building. Mr. Giesccke,
and Mr. Alex. Campblo, have also
completed their dwelling houses.—
Many other houses have bocn built du-
ring the last few months, which we
have neglected to notice. Thus it is our
pleasure to note down from week to
which would be incompatible with our
honor and scl£ rcspeet as a peoplo.
This being tho case as every one
knows, it is our best and most sensi«
ble plan to devote our time and energy
to the improvement of our private af-
fairs, and tho development of the vast
and incomparablo resources of our
country, and in the mean timo doing
all in our power, consistent with our
honor, to conciliate our enemies, and
harmonize our country. The most
effective way to do this is to let them
alone,'have nothing to do with them,
and time will accomplish all that wo
may desire.
B©- We aro under obligations to
Messrs. liobinson & Co., Booksellers
and General Agents for Texas, Gal-
veston, for a package of late Northern
papers. Also " Frank Leslie's Pleas-
ant Hours, a monthly Magazine devo-
ted to useful and entertaining read-
ing." Your favors, gentlemen, arc
appreciated.
The cars are now making two
trips A day regularly, loaded, "down to
the guai'ds," going and coming.—
There is a great quantity of cotton at
our different houses and cotton yards.
At Messrs. Dunlap, Trnmble & Co.,
there is a perfect mount ^iu of the sta-
ple, piled as high as their warehouse.
So likewise ai Messrs Ewing, Jlorton
& Co., as well as at other houses.
i. u.-sy to the fron
•rtd the stores to
;;l the merchants
Jose their houses;
Pendexter, who
use, of nearly all
if such articles as
aii>is, these are the germs fii4>t tobej'-'!e3 wanted. T'i*> ofticers. with the
cultivated and fostered. In these j exception of the orderlies, did not at-
alone, will a community find true and tempt to control tiheu:. The negro
abiding prosperity. Tho civilization j troops stationed at Lava . "i were final-
of the present day is not content with i 'j ordcicd to suppress 'he piling—
a sintjlo excellence. It reaches out | in5- The white tropps were unarmed
and varied indus-' bence the negroes, only 40 in number,
for varied learning
tries. i soon arrested or dispersed them.
It draws within itself, as into a busy ! negroes behaved well.
hive, science, literature, commerce'
and the arts, and all are made to con-
tribute harmoniously to the general
good. Now is an auspicious time in
our history for bringing out these elc
LaSti v\*o<ck pubiWUoil CImu. Kid-.
pus-1 doo's Juireular, No 1, instructing As>-
jsistant Commissioners of tho Bureau
to disregard ;,he labor Law passed at
the last sessi n of our Legislature.
Below will be fount* h;s reasons for so
doing, which we take from Flake's
Bulletin .• •
We publish in another place a circu-
lar order from Gen. Kiddoo, directing
his subordinates to disregard the labor
law of the State, as passed at the last
session of tho Legislature. The Gen.
informs us that upon a_careful exam-
ination of this law, he finds that the
provisions which he can approve were
already covered by bis General Order,
No. 38, scries of 18GG. lie objects to
many of the provisions of tho law, that
they enact penalties against the freed-
men for trivial and unusual offences,
The
mentsof a nation s greatness into full J^ewman, at the dead hour of night,]
A shocking and cruel murder was
committed' in the neighborhood of
llackberry iV t uJiee. Lavaca counJ . _ . . , . A.
IV, on the nHi < I he 26th ultimo— !f eb «* profiin.ty, impudence and the
1 he ussasauw cr.U into house of John I !'k.e, a"d the employer « made the
maturit}*. And through them and by
them, let us hope, all else will follow in j
God's own appointed timo. \
The Alabama Legislature closed
its labors on the 7th ult. Acts were
passed to form a new county to be
called Clay, from portions of Randolph
and Talladega.
To form a new county to be called
Baino.
There was a spirited debate over the
proposed constitutional amendment in
the presence of a large audience. Tho
Senate refused the amendments by a
vote 27 to 2.
In the House, a motion to refer the
and cut the throats of himself, wife
and infant child, and a little negro girl
about twelve yeais old, and then set
the house on tire,, which was entirely
consumed, together with all the bod-
ies, excepting the woman, who was
covered with blood, as to protect her
almost entire. Two negroes wore ar-
rested on suspicion —Marshall Mat-
thews and Levi Biflckly—were
before a Justice of th© Peace, and
were ordered to jail. On the way to
Hall ettsville, th^y attempted to make
their escape, and were fired upon by
the guard and instantly killed. The
jurfge of the offence and empowered
to exact tho penalty. lie also objects
that the provision forbidding the env
Garden Seeds
AT WHOLESALE ! !
T IIAVE a larce supply of Fresli Gar-
«ie«i Seeds, grown in from Lru-
drelli, Thorbuin, and other reliable Seeds-
men.
My puichases are made with special refer-
ence to supplying the retiil dealer. I am
frequently receiving fresh supplies. I will
sell as low as can be obtained this side of N.
York. *
I sell by the pound, box of one hundred as -
sorted papers, or by the one hundred, or
thousand papers, assorted at the direction of
the puic'jaser. 1 have a sufficient quantity
to supply Texas Intending to continue per-
manently in the business, 1 aim to sell none
other than reliable Seeds.
JAMES BURKE,
Bc-ik Seller au-I Seedsmen,
Jan, 20, 18G7>. Qa'.vcston.
LOST/OK MISLAID,
rP*v© Notes given by Will. II. Cleveland,
1 abjut the 1st of March, 18f ' , to Robt S.(
Arraistead, for six hundred dollars each, one
payable Jan. 1st, ISG7, and the other Jan'y
1st. i868. All persons are hereby notified
not tot ra<1 e for same as other notes have been
given in their stead, and thev will not be
paid. A. S". A It MIST GAD, Exec'x,
perE. R. AKMISTEAD.
January 12th, 1867 2t-8t
J A. & J. 1?. WiLKiNS,
—BRICK SHOP—
Corner of Main and Mechanic Streets,
BREMIAn, TEXAS.
1 UK now receiving a splendid stock of
A Staple and Fancy
Dry Goods,
Clothing,
Hats,
3oots,
Shoes,
Crockery,
Hardware, and s generai assortment of
GROCERIES
and
PLANTATION GOODS,
all of which will be sn!d iu cheap as the
cheapest. 0' *ob*-r Gth, ISGo.
J. M. Crundwcll,
WATCIi-MAKEH Sc JEWELER,
Mais strket, orrosiTE McIktvee Hou;e,
BRENHAM, TEXAS.
—o—
All kinds of Watches, Clocks "^0
jjgf and Jewelry repaired and "©8
WARRANTED, -©a
Jan. 12, 1867. 24-ly
BURIAL CASES-
THE undersigned beg leave to announce
to the citizens of WASHINGTON and
. , , \UST1N Counties, that they are the aulhor-
ployee to purchase live stock oi-toab- ized agenls Gf A. ALLAN & CO., of (Jal
sent himself without tho permission of
the employer is an onerous and servile
regulation, incompatible with the free
condition of tbo negroes. Ho remarks
that those provisions which place two
freeholders on the bench with the
tried t county adjudicate difficulties Chappell Hsll, Jan. 1, 1867—24-ly
between employers and employees,
places the decision in the hands of
those who are interested like the ems
plovers, being planters and likely to
have similar difficulties themselves.
veston, for the sale of W. M- Raymond's
IHetalic ISurinl Cases and Vaikcts,
and are now prepared to furnish them at any
point in the above named Counties.
They are also Agents for A. Aikn & Co*'s
Marble Works, and would be pleased to re-
ceive orders for anything in their line.
NORTH1NGTON & HUDGIS.
Attention is called to tho now
Card in our New Orleans column, un-
der the head of Hotels. You will
there learn that Mrs. S. Mous*ier, has
opened a Private Boarding Houso in
New Orleans. This lady before the
war, was wealthy, bat like thousands
of others lost every thing she had, and
now proposes to maintain herself in
this way. Families from the country
will find her house a quiet and com
fortable place to stop at. She has
three meals a day, and at half the
pneo of the Hotels.
JOUSi ST. H KRATT.
Northern Emigration to Tennes-
see —A Tennessee paper says: " Cof-
fee county is fast becoming a Pennsyl-
vania colonj*. Some fifteen to twonty
families from that Stato havo pur*
chased land around Concord and Oak
Hill, and aro settling. Tbey have al-
ready laid out some $85,000 for lands,
week, tho evidences of prosperity and and the cry is still they come." They
improvement in our midst - are excellent farmers and good citi-
• , | zetiti, and wo havo ample room for all
JST Dealers in Seods are referred i such. One of them bas purchased
fo tbo adrertiiemontof James Burke, I tho extensive Catron property, in Tul-
oi Ualveston. ! laboma."—Telegraph.
rti . i .. ^.7 i , ,i t V c And as the complaining planter of to-
guard then reported to the Justice of i , ! i
the Peace, and were bound over for I may to-morrow exchange plaeos
amendments to tho people was tabled j their appearance at oourt in lho rill til " " 1 ' I' tia is, jtt SlnS> e
by a vote of 49 to 20. A resolution to! of two thousand dollars each.
ask Congress upon what terms the!
representatives from Alabama would j
be ad.nitted to their eeats in Congress
WtJS laid on the table, 55 yeas, 19 nays.
A moiion to postpone the consideran
tion of t ie amendments till the 15th
of January, 1867, was lost, yeas 23,
n y« 50. Finaiij", the vote being ta- j plieity m
ken (to the Senate rt.solution refusing' dent Lincoln.
the amendments, stood, yeas 69, nays
eigh t.
During the discussion, a dispatch
was received from Gov. Parsons, wnO
was in Washington, urging the Leg-
islature to refuse the amendments and
sustain the President.
The Legislature adjourned to the
15th of the present month.
JMDIMING&Co..
stock
It is reported that throe companies
of infantry and one of cavalry are or-
dered to this post.—They are expected
to arrive in one or two weeks. We
tru-t thoy will afford somo protection
to our rancheros, who aro suffering so*
riously from stock thieves There
never bas been a timo during our resi*
deneo in Western Texas, when protec-
tion was more sorely needed than now.
Let the sword fall on lawless men; terror, and with whom,
:t will be a blossing to those who are
law-abiding—Corpus Christi Advertiser.
will have inducements to discriminate
against the employee. He considers
that the section of tho law which
| makes the claim for labor a iien upon
This noted indi idual is now on his the second half of the crop subject to
way to the United Spates, in the hands thc rcnt w'11 be no practical security
of the proper authorities. When be;to laborer, and, generally, he ob-
arrives he will be tried for bis com- |jects that tho obnoxious provisions
the assassination of Pres^j substantially reduce the freedman
This will be an inter-!t0 a combining many of the fea-
esting ease. We give below a letter Itures of practical slavery.
written to tiie New York World, by
its correspondent at Baltimore:
It is somewhat ci rious to an obser-
vant man to trace in the statements
now being made by Surratt, how much
he is prejudged and how generally de-
nounced as a party to tho assassinat-
ion. Let us pai .so and seek out the
truth. The writer of this never knew
Surratt, but he has read the official re-
port of the trial, and was a number of
days in the Conrf. room while thi/ ex-
aminations were in progress. He is
aware, therefore, how much public
opinion was eroated by the very exag-
gerated accounts previous to the trial
by florid correspondents who were
chiefly posted by Baker's detectivcs—
tho heroes of that period of fright and j
The coal fields of America cover
225,000 square miles, an aroa equal to
twentj?-eigbt such States as Massachu-
setts. One cubio mile will furnish sev-
en millions of tons annually for a thou-
sand years. At this rate our coal will
last sixty thousand ) cars.
Theie has never been a divorce
granted in South Carolina.
We notice that Messrs. Wood &
Greon, are receiving a heavy stock of
groceries and provisions.
Estray Washtngtjm County.
TAKEN up by J. L. Farquhar and estrayed
before Jag. G. Heard, J. P., Washington
county, on the 5th day of January, A. D.
18G7, one black horse mule about 14J hands
high, a blemish in the left eye, about twelve
-SOUTH SIDE PCBLICSQUABE,
BRENHAM, TEXAS.
ARE now opening a beautifu
of Ladie's and Gentlemen's
DRESS aOGDS,
of the latest styles, consisting of every
variety of useful and ornamental, and
many articles not usually found in this
market, which is being offered at the
lowest possible figures.
Brenham, August 25, 1866.
was too monstrous for tho morbid aps
petite of tho public. It is not surprN
,Lftn i;ft i years old, and branded on the leftshou der
then, nolie tyhu8; s<s. iypraised at 860.
S. S. HOSEA.
Attest.
Jan. 19, 1867,-tf.
C. C. C« W• c.
NEW STORE & NEW GOODS!
MORRIS GANS,
Commerce Street, BRENHAM, Texas•
Shipman's New Building.
A FULL and complete stock of all des-
/\ criptions of
Dry Goods,
usnally called for, and suited to this market.
Clothing,
Of all descriptions, and at all prices and of
the latest style of cut and make.
Groceries,
Of all kinds, which will be sold cheaper
than the cheapest.
Boots&Shoes.
Being desirous to please, I will U6e my best
endeavors to satisfy customers.
Come in, all, and be convinced, that this
is the piace to BOY BARGAINS.
—also—
a large STOCK OF TOYSfor the
little folks. 18-Sm
. A. B3EALY,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALER IN"
Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots,
Shoes, Clothing, Hals, *
Caps, Hardware,
A'C:,
BRENHAM, TEXAS.
HAS now in store, and is constantly re-
ceiving from New York and other cit-
ies ,one of the largest and best stocks ever
brought to this maikct, which will be sold to
purchasers at a small advance on the cost of
importation*
My slock consists iu part of
LADIES' FALL, WINTER AND
DRESS GOODS, OF THE VERY
BEST STYLE & LATEST
DESIGNS-
Also y
Trimmings,
Laces, Ribbon?,
Flowers and PIumcsr
Silk Cloaks, Basques,
Shawls, Mantillas, and
EVERY THING PERTAINING TO
THIS DEPARTMENT OF
TRADE.
Hats and Caps.
for Men and Boys; a very fine assort-
ment. For Ladies, Misses, and In*
fants, in fine quality and latest style,
at low prices.
Boots and Shoes,
Of which I keep a very large stock of the
very best goods, many of them
CUSTOM MADE.
which need only be seen to be appreciated
Farming Implements
and Hardware.
I keep hoes and axes ; trace,. co il, breast,
lock and log chains ; and all other descrip-
tions needed to supply the want&^of the coun-
try, with a full and cj
STO/WTOF TOOLS. ^
of aU descriptions,'Jor all kinds ol mecKa
ICS.
Groceries.
I
-h
I fceep all goods usually kept in such es.ab- ^
lishments, with the very best of
WHISKEYS,
BRANDIES,
and WINES,
Buggy & Carriage Tiimxningsi
paints,
oils, and
varnishes
Saddlery, <
and saddlery hardware. ot<
all descriptions. /
My stock is always purchased by a compe-
tent buyer end goo J judge of goods, at the
factories, or at any point that offers the most
advantages . and anything that I may gain*,
in this respect, shall tedound to thc advan-
tage of my customers. Of this any one can
be convinced by examining my goods, and
comparing the prices with any other house ^
iu the trade. 147
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