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^F|iday, July 1,6. 1869.
Tfe^ ohuces are that Cardinal Bo-
will be the neiit Pope.
• The Morgan Steamers are to be
withdrawn from the Bockport aDd
Cozens Christi trade, daring the dull
gammer months.
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Sopae nnreconstracted joker gave
the negroes of Mobile a Confederate
flny ta faan on the 4th of July. As
soon a$ they ascertained the stripe of
the^S&htiiig they tore it into shreds.
lo * ■ ' ' ■
When Texas, Virginia and Missis-
siplrf&krestbrtdto the Union, thet
pag^ "jyhich has sustained the life of
Badieatiiii will cease, and it- must
dieinfftha want of food to feed ifc-.-'.j
*01 n -J • • • :
J Presidency of the University
of Alabama has been tendered to
CoitiftKtore Maury, but as the law of
Alabama-compels their publicschoola
to %d|qa^tcolored pupils, the University
is about broken up, and it is qtteetion-
abW-if Lieutenant Maury will leave
his poitioA in the University of
the election—The Texas Bad
icalBittemptec I to prop up their t^t-
tei^nghouse by taking timbefs which
Crfljina^l.itflnV had cut and-hewn jbut
they v*ewv detected in it, convicted of
it, ' tile timbers taken from them, and
th^^pse fell to the ground with a
greafcttash. m
T
Tjfre Great Flood.
-Farther Particulars.
just
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HOUSTON,
Saturday, July 17,4869,
The Galveston News of the 14th
report the death Of two excellent
ladies who belonged to the class so
ratififr;^' dSsappearihg of old Texans.
Mr&^jin S.hasher, formerly Mrs:
Menard, of Galveston, died in
NeW^Tterk some few days since, and
W^3p^6tiay Mrs. Col. Leonard Groce,
of (Voce's Be treat, died in Galveston.
Edward B. Ketchum, the fast young
aristocrat who was some three years
ago sent to the penitentiary from New
Yorkcity, for forgery, has exhibited
the Wonderful heroism of refusing to
bejtophargBd^merely on ffiegtoxrrrit
of ^,£&w in the* indictment. Hoffman
th^jpresent Governor was the Becor-
deiwjie sentenced him to five years
and. a half, upon Ketchum's confes-
sion of guilt. Ketehum will not ac
cent1 cf liberty unless the Governor
ciTeii him a full'pardon.
~ * 6s if ■ a.r -
When those missionaries come down
to usftomtfie North in the tiealthy
■* seaSen, they will be treated with the
utmbSt kindness everywhere, and we
bopti that they may be honeBt men
ahd will travel all over the State ;
that they will herald their coming to
pverf < speaking place in advance,
and xovite all the sovereigns out to see
and ^ear them; that they will invite
out 'side to answer them, and that
the7''1vi}l on their return make an
Aoi^treport as to our loyalty, and of
whffjtjiey heard, saw and felt.
Let them do this and we shall all
rej&jtae that they came among us—let
thlenrdo this, and it will be the finish-
ingstfcoke to Badicalism.
HO tj' • ' ' ■
the American Artizan of July
7X W learn that Mr. &. W. Fulton of
CofpuS Christi has patented an apa-
ratfia for slaughtering and curing
mefd'^.iind Mr. J. G. Dillaha of Waco
has^** .patent for a velocipede.We
are very anxious to see a velocipede
coifitoticted. upon such a principle
tha^^jygight ofjthe man aball&t it
in Motion like the weights of a clock.
- In that event the rider wonld have
notfiih^to do but to goide the ma-
chi^r find the heavier he is the faster
he wfiUkgo. i' All the compensation we
s' desfrefttthfa suggestion, it. that the
man jWio utilises it, givfe us one of
the"mc&s,rwfth a substantial brake
to ¥i&^!it'itam rttnifoj^Wty when
' ~Hre mounted it. !l ! '~'r
>n and New Oeslea^s. —We
call Attention to the opinions of the
Heit 'Orleans Republican relative to
the; prospects of an early connection
by ^rail be|jreen Hpuston .^nd that
city.Itaeeqig that the enterprise
and resources ot: our cityar^ not un-
knot abroad', nor unnapreciated.
Th^JJepublican predicts, a brilliant
fatutse Vfor Houston at-an earlv day.
Lefe ,-the faint of heart take courage.
W^e*r capital and energy and enter-
prttt #om abroad look to a speedy
raikroad connection with us, to farther
the§?gcaud enterprise that is now in
prwsa pjf construction and survey,
(tl**e being five HWTveying patties
now between the Teehe and the 8a-
bine,) we should not be hopeless but
buoyant and move with renewed
Littlb Eddie Quick Abroad.—
Flake's Bulletin says that little Eddie
commenced bearing at Galveston fot
ma^na to buy. more; material far the
Uni*n office upon the .^oaaj o
outrage committed tn it The actual
damage was about #100, and it is
shameful that this man. sitiould , at
temptv"Bph a game, and we must,add
thatihe pujriic wiU expect Mr. Tracy
to repudiate bis ao(s and toc hava no
part or lot in such an injjunous pro-
ceeding. -
From J. A. Haynie, Esq.,
from LaGrange, we learn of
following losses were sustained
citizens: * • ' , •
Hill & Bradshaw, $100 ; Farley- &
Gregory, $250; Shaw & Adkins,
$500; J A Van Alstyne, $100; A
Glober, $1500; A Kirsch, $600; A
Willenberg, $2000; A W Stinely,
A Brandt, $2200; Miss A Haskie,
C Praetonous, $2200; Schuma-
cher & Streitoff, $450; M Weller,
$20; A Wirtz, $1500 ; C Fink, $6800;
J Meyenberg, $700;, L Schieck, $25;
A Saunders, $500; J H Carter, $1300;
A Alexander, $5000; Trousdale &
Hallo way, $3500; A Bosenfield & Co.,
, S Alexander, *$2000; A Mer.
scheildt, $1000; G Pauli, $400; A
Bickers, $1500. Williams & Harring-
ton, $150; G Friedberger, $lg50;
Leslie Price, $50 and Tho. Schmidt,
$1200. Totle, $38,495#
But this lis only a partial acconnt
made up t& the time Mr. Hayne left,
and he informs us that the total loss
in the town will exceed $100,000
From Mr. Haynie we also learn that
many persons lost all they had in the
world. The rise was unexpected, and
when those in the upper part of the
town saw that it was certain to come
over the square, they mounted horses
and ran at full speed all over town to
warn the citizens to flee to the hills.
Many could not believe the report
and left with reluctance. Families
were at their meals, feeling secure,
and when warned to flee for ther lives,
hurried away, leaving their tables
with ^the provisions standing upon
' them. -Nothing was removed and the
bedding and furnitare is either mined
or materially damaged'.
A crowd of ladies and gentlemen
had collected on one side of the
square, looking at the water as it
rose, and when the horseman came to
them in haste, warning them of- the
coming of the waters across the part
of the town above them, and to flee
for their lives, many were incredu
lous, and when the reality was urged
upon them, they fled wildly, and some
had uot even time to rhturn to their
houses. One merchant was incredu
lous to the last, and though be had a
two story house1, he would not move
his goods, and in consequence was
one of the largest sufferers. Ladies
playing at their pianos were aroused
to flee to the hills for life.
Mr. Haynie confirms the reports of
of immense damage to the. crops, and
thinks it will reach hundreds of thou *
sands of dollars in Fayette county.
He also confirms the acconnt of the
suffering that the flood must produce.
He tells us of old citizens in the town
Bucb as Judges Bussel and Phillips,
who have lost every thing. He says
that citizens who have hot suffered so
much'or not at all, are giving liberal
aid, but that it will by no means be
sufficient to render permanent assist-
ance, and that the liberality of the
whole county will be .insufficient to
give proper relief.
Many along the valleys are house-
less and a large number of houses in
town and country were washed away.
A number of houses in town wpre
only saved by being tied by ropes to
the trees, and a number were moved
from their foundations.
Added to all this is the horrible
stench caused by dead anfrnals and
decaying vegetable matter all along
the river in town and country. The
wells are all destroyed and rendered
useless. Citizens able to do so are
leaving the town, fearing a pestilence
and no doubt it will cause much sick-
ness. All is distress and suffering and
these misfortunes and what they must
yet endure, call aloud for help.
This is the news from only one
connty. Bumors had reached La-
Grange before Mr. Haynie left of great
losses in Bastrop and Travis counties,
and no doubt they were serious in
coantieafupon the river above Travis.
All that the citizens can do and all
that the authorities can do, added to-
gether, will not perhaps be sufficient
to prevent suffering. Let 4 ur city
move at once in the matter. Let
public meetings be held everywhere,
and let them call upon Gen. Bey-
nolds tomaked a liberal appropriation
for relief, and thus show him that the
public voice will justify him in doing
it Then let each citizen give lib
eraily. Let each county which has
Buffered appoint a committe to re-
ceive and disburse what the citizens
may give. Gen. Beynolds of conrse
would, if he acts, appoint his own
disbursing agents.
j Let all do their part, and tluis help
onr people in the terrible calamity
which has visited theiq.
The Houston Union appeared dgjsin
on Thursday, and we are glad*hat
there has been so little delay in ife is-
We rejoice that. Gen. Grant! has
submitted our Constitution as a waole.
This knocks from tinder the Badlcals
their last prop, and down they gq.
How is it that the United S&tes
Marshal conld not find a sufficient
guard forBogeri-, in Galve9ton, a loyal
city of over 20,000 inhabitants ?
The new steamer Mollie HambletoD,
Capt. Speckernagle, built for .tfthe
Trinity trade, lost her chimneys in
coming across from Brashear to Gal-
vestoD.
The election is fixed for the 30fch of
November. At this Badicals will,;re-
joice, but they need not, as the delay
will work to their' disadvantage. H
the election should come off at' an
early day, they would poll a few
thousands of votes, but by the last of
November they will not have enough
backers to give them the name 6f a
faction of a party. ^ ,
" j?
We yesterday copied a paragraph
from the Galveston Dispatch, stating
that Iowa had a public school fund of
$3,000,000. A report before us places
the exact amount at $4,274,581 $3.
Ohio has a fund of $3,334,581 62.
school fund of Michigan, Wisco!
and Connecticut amounts tr over
000,000 each. Considering tfte p
lation, and freedom from deb
believe Texas has the largest sch
fund 6f any State in the'Union.
The. Great Flood.—See the spe
cials in this issue. They show J
greater necessity for prompt action
and the most liberal aid. We do not
believe that all that Texas, her peo
pie and authorities, can do, will af-
ford adequate relief. The extent'Of
the calamity makes the heart sick
The benevolent out of the Sta^e
should come to the relief of the suf*
ferers, but let us, at least, do all that
is possible for them.
B¥ TELEGRAPH.
Special to the Houston. Telegrmpk.
THE FLOOD IN THE WEST!
Guadaloupa Valley ens vast
Sheet of Water!
NeW Braunfels Woolen and Cot;
ton Factories Destroyed!
New Braunfels Flour Mills also
Destroyed!
MANY LIVES LOST.
MAN KILLED, AND HORSE
THIEF CAPTURED !
&c., &c., &c.
Referring to the late outrage in t
Houston Union office, the last issue
that paper says: ..
"Bat a poUti^l opponent did
fW« verily believe*.^
* ?Mr JSjirraoyj^3^e writer of
words, baa frequently declared thiat
Mr. L. S. Bearce did it, and Mr.
Bearce has as publicly and as posi-
tively declared that Mr. Tracy did it.
Tracy is a Radical and Bearce is a
Bepublican. Bearce has always been
a Bepublican—Tracy haB not alwayB
been a Badical.
It would have been but justice if
the Union had named the "political
opponent" it referred to, instead of
leaving the inference that politics
caused the outrage. Does Mr. Tracy
aim to make political capital out of it ?
Does he approve the bagging expedi-
tion of little Eddie Q'uick.f Our
whole city is interested in these ques-
tions.
Eagle Lake, July 16,1869.
Mr. Perry, who has* iust returned
from San Antonio, repdrtsi the Guad-'
aloupe river ten feet higher than ever
before known. It has overflowed the
entire valley j which is now a perfect
wreck. Nine-tenths of th61 crops in
Gonzales county entirely' destroyed.
The Comal river rose to the third
stoty of. Torrv'a cotton factory, at
New Braunfels. All the material and
machinery destroyed. The woolen
factory and every flouring mill, and
every bridge on the river swept away.
Beports from San Antonio, say that
the water is over both bridges in the
•city. No particulars.
* The San Marcos river-is higher than
•ever known. One white boy, two
Mexicans, and eleven negroes drown
ed. Crops in the valley entirely de-
stroyed. ■ ■
The Navadad is very high, but lit
tie damage done, as the crops are
mostly on the uplands.
'The stench arising from decayed
vegetable matter around Columbus
and Alley ton,'4 causes a great amount
of sickness, and the towns are almost
uninhabited.
Joe Hale was shot and instantly
killed, by B. Mewes, at Alleyton, day
before yesterday, for striking his wife
,with a rock.
Ahorse thief, named Collier, was
^arrested here to-day. 3 X.
Fnrther Partienlars—By Mail.
The Flood Colorado*
tie to eat could b& saved, tl^ere being
no time to make preparation for food.
A gentleman who ' went down the
Webberyille road yesterday, <Nas
far as Gilleland's creek, says the peo
pie were living on roasting ears, there
being little food brought out from the
farms.
The Bepublican of the next day
says that at Webberville the destruc-
tion is wide spread and complete.
We deeply sympathise with the in-
habitants. Moat of the residents are
in^moderate circumstances; and.all
they had was in a few short hours
swept away from them. As a general
thing they saved little else than what
they had on while escaping. Furni-
ture, clothing, provisions, cows that
turnished milk, and every species of
movable property was destroyed.
They are necessarily destitute. They
were engaged in trying to make
available what little that was left in
the houses in a damaged condition. In
the large prairie there is not a rail
left, fences are gone. The flood on
the prairie left the corn tops visible in
moat places, though in spots these
were out of sight. At the timber be-
low the town a large mass of debris
is to be seen. Lodged against the
timber is a vast collection of rails,
drift wood, houses', dead cattle, and
every other conceivable thing that
can usually be found in the river bot-
toms. Bumors of people floating
down,.stream on drift wood are rife.
A dead negro man was found on Fri-
day. The water was all over the
Gilleland's prairie, between Bickett's
and the creek. Decker's branch was
a large creek. Hornsby's prairie was
under water. This was covered by
farms.
At Austin city the tfed of the river,
from the mouth of Barton creek to
Shoal, . has entirely changed. The
old bed has filled up. and the new
channel runs where the old sand bar
•was. The island above the mouth of
Shoal creek is now part of the main
land* Whether there is any ford op-
posite tow/i is uncertain. The face of
the river valley looks much changed
There is Jittle to remind one Of the
old appearance. <
From up the river we have not
heard much. We understand that
Simpson's saw mill was demolished.
Uncle Billy King's farm on Cypress
was damaged five hundred dollars.
Dick Warren's house is gone. The
people in the valley generally aban-
doned their houses. Their farms are
badly washed — the soil In many
places ds entirely gone. The roads
are ruined. In some places the bot-
tom is washed away to the limestone
hills, leaving no room upon which to
build roads. The valley being nar-
row in the mountains, there was not
room for the wa&P, and it fashed
down the, channel with amazing ra-
pidity. The force was' so great' that
a vast deal of valuable timber watf up-
rooted and carried away. On this
aide of the river the bottom in one
place is gone, act that there is no
chance of, a road up the river .below
Mount Boniiell. - -Boats alt gone.
Bev, C. F. Pindar, a Catholic Priest
of Circleville, Ohio, has renounced
bis connection with the Catholic
Church, and married.
Tl last Houston Union copies an
article from Flake's Bulletin about
the outrage in the office of that paper,
and leaves out the following sentence:
"Mr. Quick, one of the proprietors,
has been in this city, collecting tor
its support." <-m.
From asother source, we learn that
he got more pledged at Galveston,
than was necessary to cover the loss.
It was proven on the late trial of L.
S. Bearce and Miss McBride, charged
with the hct, that printers had con-
tracted with the proprietors of the
Union to put the office in order .for
$60, and that including this sum, the
whole damage was about $100. And
yet Little Eddie hies away to make
political capital out of it. As Mr,
Tracy swore upon the trial of Bearce
and McBride that he disapproved the
course of Quick, we do not at all
wonder at his omitting the sentence
quoted above. <
On the 8th inst. a Sunday Schoiol
and Colpoatage Convention of the
Baptist Church met in Bryan.
There was a very large attendance,
and many subjects of interest were
discussed. Among others we noticed
the following themes; The motives to
Christian efforts and the principles
which should guide it} what is the
chief end of Sunday School instrtc-
tion and how can' ib be best attained.;
the qualifications add duties of Super-
intendents, Sunday School manage-
ment, &c.
Let the people see to it, that there
shall be no action of the Democrats
as a party in the present oanvass. It
wonld be ruinous and would raise up
the Radicals. Our only hope for re-
construction is the election of Gen.
Hamilton by such an overwhelming
majority as to show the nation that
the Badicals, are, as all Texas calls
them, a mere insignificant faction
without numbers or influence.
Condensed from oar Aastin Exchanges
It commenced raining at Austin at
1 o'clock, on Saturday night, the 3d
inst., and continued for si±ty hours,
and there were heavy showers subse-
quently.
Wedneaday morning, the 7th, inst.
the river wa^ up to the top of the
bluff, at the foot of Congress Avenue.
Wednesday evening, another very
heavy shower fell, a)nd the river con
tinned to rise and came up eight feet
higher than in the great flood of 1852,
The water rose nearly to the roof
of Monroe Swisher's house, onjhe op-
posite side of the river. Jones &
Simplemon's and Cook's ^.brick-yards
were destroyed. The ice' machine
was submerged. All the small build-
ings along the -river bank, and near
the old Arsenal were swept away.
The following parties are heavy
losers:
Piper & Hartson'. fltore filled with
water. —— Hammei^ jGeo. H. Gray,
J. W. Hannig, the. Newsham estate,
Mr. Billingsly, crop ruined. Mr. Da-
vis, engine and boiler under water.
Dan. Kinney, Mr. Von Bosenburg,
Mr. Eborn, J. M. Mansfield, J.. H-
Baymond, Amos Morrill, and others.
The bottom lands all submerged and
fences swept away.
A negro passed down the river on a
log. The l2t8t seen of him he was
four miles below Austin waving his
hands.
It is said that a little girl, aged
about ten years, was drowned during
the flood. She was a daughter; of Mr.
Hurt, residing! five miles below town.
The accident occurred while the ifam-
ily were %ttem"ting to reach a place
of safety. f
As our readers rfiay know, Webber-
ville is situated on the bank of the
ri*er. A mile back on the bank of a
Blough is a place called Hell's Half
Acre on low ground. When the
water began to rise most of the peo-
ple left the town and made their way
to the hills. We clip from the Austin
Bepublican of the 12th :
The water at the lowest part
near the hills, where Half-Acre
is situated, wag ten or twelve feet
deep. ThiB is a mile and a half from
the river. The water was up to the
eaves of Aaron Burleson's ginhouse
ip the pra%ie. There was a vast sea
of water from the hills to the timber
across the stream, two or three miles
wide. The whole face of the valley
was covered, and nothing visible ex-
cept the houae and tree tops. One
story houses at Webberville were
submerged, except the roofs; about
six or eight feet water over the town.
The water reached the second story
of the frame stores. It will be remem-
bered the stories ard not . high. The
people from the farms along the val-
leys were camping on the high
ground, exposed to the weather. Lit-
The Flood at Aastin.
We are permitted to'make the fol
lowing extract from a letter^ of the
12th inst., writteh' by one of the most
reliable business houses at Austin to
a house in this <Hty: c:
We have had the most terrible flood
in the Colorado, ever known—the
highest rise in the knowledge of the
oldest settlers. Farms, houses and
every thing in the river bottom swept
away. Water ten feet deep on the
highest point of land in Webberville.
Bastrop, we learn, was submerged,
and we fear La Grange and Columbus
have suffered even more. The wires
are all down—no communication ei-
ther way. We have had no mail for
ten days, and cannot expect any for
at least a week to come. We have
an opportunity to send a few letters
by a party going down in private con-
veyance, outside route.
D. Bichardson, Jr., writes to the
Galveston News, from Corpus Christi,
that the Nueces river was three miles
wide. ii■ •.v, k:: I
Bev. B. Fry, in getting through the
overflowed bottom, lost his horse and
boggy and two hundred and fifty dol-
lars in gold. So says the Tablet.
The Leon and Lampases rivers and
Nolen's Creek in Bell county have
been out of their banksf, and much
damage has been done to crops.
The following from the' Gazette of
the 12th, is all we can' find from Bas-
trop: f f
The latest news from Bas^pp was
that the water was in'the mai& street
and rising—the people deserting their
^tenements for higher ground.
The Bepublican of the 13th says
A gentleman in town yesterday
from the west sayB that Blanco Creek
was several feet higher last week
than it was ever before known to be
We have heard a rumor, repeated
for two or three days past, to the ef-
fect that a large number of negroes
were drowned at William's Bend, in
Bastrop county, during the late
freshet.
On yesterday morning, the first
mail for Brenham, for over a week,
started through. We presume it went
overland, by way of Hog-Eye.
The Gazette of the 12th says;
General Beynolds, in General Or
ders. No. 128, says: j
" To prevent misunderstandings be«
tween neighbors claiming rails, tim-
ber, dec., displaced by the late freshet,
it is deemed proper to state, for the
information of all concerned, that the
owner of the soil npon which such
property is lodged, is entitled to the,
possession thereof against all persons
except the rightful owner. The latter,
in case of disagreement, must appeal
to the civil courts. , ^,
It is astonishing tia&itpte the great
change in the appearance^of the river
banks near our city, made.by the late
terrible flood. The city side being a
high bluff, of course but little altera-
tion has taken place there, except im-
mediately above and below at the
mouths of Shoal and Waller Creeks.
These are changed entirely as well as
the opposite banks of the river. The
t?ro little islands above and below us
are one, the bank where the ferry
was is gone, trees and all, a waste of
low sand alone remains, and as yet
we see no chance for another ferry
near the city. We can probably get
a good ford when the ^ater is low.
No Overflow in the Brazos.—
The Texas Conntryman of yesterday
says : • , ;
The Brazos farms in this and ad-
joining count^s,v9o far" as we know,
are not submerged as was greatly
feared a few days ago. The river is
passable at HnTa Ferry, and other
crossings, we suppose. The weather
is favorable for the crops, abd the cot-
ton is making good use of it. No
worm to do any damage- The corn
is made and the planters hopeful; t
NEWS NOXfi8« n
One New York paper having pub-
lished an article on revolution in gas,,
another explains it by saying.the(pa .
per had changed editors. • ,r-h: .
Boston is soon to have an original
brunette baby show,
When the village of White Pine
was eight months old the assessed
property amounted to $1,250,000.
Arizona is said to be ra^idly filling
with emigrants, abd the crop pros-
pects are remarkably encouraging.
Oregon manufactures the paper toe:
the use of her own printing offices.
Senator .Wad© thinksf. California
would be much more prosperous* if her
people there would adopt the Nation-
al currency. We do not know how it
is in California, but the people of
Texas are very well satisfied with
gold and silver as a circulating me-
dium. \ '
When the • Jefferson Jimplecute
first published the improbable state-..
ment that fyar children were born in
Bowie county at one birth, three of
them living, we did tfot believe a
word of it. But as we see the state-
ment copied in a great many of our
exchanges, we mention it. Our read-.
ers can do just as they please abopt
believing it. ; ' ',.
The New Orleans Picayune says
there is a German Princess keeping a
lager beer saloon in'that city! ":*
Women in Mexico.—La Civiliza-
tion thus speaks of asenorita in Gua-::
dalajara : -1^: i<: 4.; •
"The Senorita Carlota Ferro, who
is only sixteen years of age,-performs
in Quintupan the following!'employ-
ments witn the greatest ^exactitude
and punctuality, her conduct of them
having been highly eulogized by the
political chief of the Ninth Canton
when he made an official yisit to that
point: •;>.'• .
She is preceptress of the school of
that town, ^and is remarkably suc-
cessful in the eduuation of young
ladies.' ■' * r- :;;s • >
She is clerk of ahe. court and Secre-
tary of the Council, And is remarka-
ble for the admirable order in which
she keeps the archives, in the collec-
tion of laws, and of all the other
business iirher charge. >
Soule University.
Editor Telegraph. i;:
The annual festival of Soule Uni-
versity and Chappell Hill Female Col-
lege has just passed with very grad-
ing eclat. '
The crowds in attendance certainly
never - encountered more favorable
weather,-never met more elegant hos-
pitality, nor received more complete
literary entertainment. We mnBt com-
'jnend the forethought and ingenuity
of Presidents Mood and Connor, in so
arranging and harmonizing their proi
gTamme as to continue to<each of the
institutions during the entire Com-
mencement, the attendance and in-
terest of the whole multitude.
„ The declamation of the preparatory^
department Of-the University, on
Thursday night, prepared us some-
what for what followed at the Sopho-
more exhibition of Saturday night ;:
but after all, we must confess our-
selves surprised at the exhibition of
thought displayed in their composi-
tions, and the very self-possessed,
manly and gracefnjl elocution of the
entire class.
We ebngratulate the faculty upon-
the matriculation of so large a Freehs
man class for the ensuing term.
The exhibition of the Female Col-
lege both in -scholarship and music
Was very gatifying.
The concert on Friday night was a
charming entertainment, gracefully
conceived and elegantly executed.
The commencement -exercises of
this institution being the inauguration
of their new and elegant college
edifice just completed, gave addition-,
al interest to the whole ocoasion. We
congratulate the trustees npon the
suocess of their efforts and President
Connor upon his "good fortune in
having so energetic « board as well as
so accomplished* school. *
t> T??,8, EJ!ogS i* the "Texas'
£ , Who'd ever think poetry
could be fonnd in a Hogg ?—Ex-
change. . ***
We .never knew a hog who could
wn^® poetry, but we' ha^£ .read the
productions of Bacon which were re-
plete with good sense—we have also
seen bacon which was full of bad
scenta.—Ne^i^tjter.
# You are denying a fact-to get off a
joke. One of the sweetest Engiiab.
poets of the present age ia Hogg, a^d:
we assure you we have perused eoi$£: .
delightful effusions from that Hoggfs(
pen.—Galveston Dispatch. . .ovscai
Whatever may be Said about the ;
pens, all will acknowledge that ffore
is a great deal of sweetness In some
hogs-heads.
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