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E. H. CUSUING,
EDITOR MfD PUBLISHER, ■
OSeeon Congrot* street, between Main street * •!
Court Koase Squire.
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TINGOFFICE
Congress street, ^tween \tain str-et and Court
ouse Square, Houston.
Hiving recently in addition to the large p^prer
.press, procured a
hundred new font
fancy inks, fcc.,
description of
«e rotary job press, and o<
of job type, brides cuts, rale?,
' , we are prepared to do every
in our line in a stylean.nr-
i. and at the shortest notite.
Ot.UlS, BLANK NOTES, RE-
DS EDS. WRITS, EXECUTIONS,
RILLS LADIyO. CARDS. PAMPULKTS.
BOOKS, BILL HEADS, LABELS,
BLANKS POR NOTARIES PC3- X\tM.
CSTIChS OP THE
BA^^nd^CLBRp^OP
in a word ahjminjjga our line, dons up in^pULn or
We are'^Sfcka/^uS^ean render the most per-
fect satisfiMr >is. >ae junces are put at tho very
lowest living r te . ' w- 3bs 1 not ontdbne
to ca -.a by any office in Texas,
pi- ?cr ^ in our job department we
Itc-'y^u^-work with the utmost dis
. hand a large amount of
cy, car^s and stock generailiy.
chased Prom the manufacturers,
# furnish oar work at prioes that
-Call and examine for your-
-^try promptly
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rd of Louis Becker's muaii
column
Sar See
re turned
there on
papers, but
f ifliii are on the way.
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ON CONGRESS STREET, NEAR COURTHOUSE SQUARE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, BY E. H. CUSHING.
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XXIII--IVO. 42.1
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Since that time Bo bnsi-
be?n- done, it being understood
legislature would suspend opera-
tions till the "28th. A great deal of rain,
has fallen, a^od all the rivers and opeeks are
- - high. X- 8- Aii it sou, Esq., of this -oa-jj
has, wtf sre g} <f iq say, recaivcd tuc ap-
pointmerr of Secr'6tiB| of State. An order
for election S-nator in Harris coanty has
been issued ai.d fc on its way down. We
shall know -more of this when the mail
comes, of Wiflch a full week is now due,
our last Austin dates being the 21st. f •
^ T J— mi,—: p — -1-;
Galtisto.i—The Monday's CiviliaTi has
the followifg items: The ship Ki^hlund
Light dearefi at New York for Galveston on
the 9th.......Col. Hay has tendered his
resignation ij the office of District Attorney
of the Eastern District of Texas, to take
effect on thcj 1st of Februiugr, 1858.The
Civilian akfS t- curious blonder Then it
copies from t« .-| Telegraph of Friday last
the receipt jt. «ton for the week at 882
ale since 1st September at
ie«eipts as we gave them were
j,445, and to date 32,615
requested to say that tl)e
id Agricultural Bank is dralw-
lation, and that bill - holders
will confer a fc'-or on the bank by forward-
iag them f-r ft '.emption; The counterfeit
mention> 1 by>t-> on Satnrday does not seem
to have appeared in Galveston. ? *S5Sa
"Si, * ■*?
bales, and .
58,682. Th<j
for the wjek
, The Civilia
Commrcialii
tag in its «
The Monday's . mail brings as no papery
west of the Brazos. The- Crockett, Pales-
tine, Nacogdoches, &c. papers, have come
through as late as - dne. Ourdates are':
Cbrrksville, Dec. 12 j Marshall, Dec. 19;
Palestine, Dec. 23; San Augustine, Dec.
19; Nacogdoches, Dec. 2^; Tyler, Dec. 16;
Jefferson, Dec. 17; Bnsk,'Dec. 19; Crock-
ett, Dec. 23 ; and Henderson, Dec. 19.
The Henderson Banner is discontinued.
The office is to be removed to Carthage,
Panola county, where the Carthage Recorder
is to be established.
The ClarksTille Standard takes our \:ew
of the subscription by the Legislature to so
many papers at Austin, the only-practical
result of which is to spend money to no
good, and to encumber 'the mails so that we
can get no news from the capital during the
session. • • •.:••• •. •••<■■. •••• •
The Standard complains of the interrup-
tion of the mails in that region.
The editor of the Standard, writing from
Paris, Lamar county, says that town is far
in advance of any other in Northern Texas
in sip, population and rapid growth.
Th« Nacogdoches Chronicle must take the
responsibility of the following:— __ "
" Why do the. readers of the Austin In-
teiligencer beat the jews 1 Because they
enjoy a Paschal feast every Week!"
-Th^ Chronicle contains a letter/rom B.
F. Benton, District Clerk of San Augustine
County, announcing that his office had been
set on fire, but ,fi|e fire extinguished. Da-
ring the disturbance, books C. D, E, and F,
of the minutes of the Court, and an indict-
ment against JLobt. W. Martin, for forgery,
were stolen. Five hundred doUars reward
are offered for then).
The Chronicle thinks the law sufficient to
stop the cart outrages ui Karnes county,
and we suppose would leave the execution
of that law to the officials there.
The San Angustine Texian has an account
of the barning-of the steamer Col. Edwards,
two mile? below Alexandria, of which we
made mention a week or two ago. Mr. M.
A. Brooks, of that town, was lost, as well as
several others. : i
The Palestine Advocate says that the
Trinity is still up. It had commenced fall-
ing, when the rains of the 19th and 20th
fell, and it was eertaiiWhev would put it up
to high water mark. The Jenkins had
loaded at Parker's Bluff and gone down.
The Grapeshot had just arrived up.
The" Busk Sentinel gives an account of
ujlc uieeiiug ci.the Democracy of Cherokee
County. They passed resolutions sticking
to the Cincinnati and Waco platforms;
standing up tq the general Convention svs-
tc:.i, and appointed 20 delegates to the
Austin*ConVeoti n of the 8th proximo.
The Jefferson Herald says that the creeks
and bayous httre all the news, and „the
prospect for a wet spell is good.
* - ■ "J-i' '-i f
.We see by a card in the iierald, that Jo.
A- Kirgan has found hi way to Jefferson,
where he appears as a "General Collecting
Agent, with a twenty-one years' residence
in Texas.
The, Herald .thinks Major Scott has not
done justice to that section, and takes the
responsibility of telling him so ! If the
editor of that paper, instead of taking this
tremendous responsibility, would take the
trouble to correspond with the Major, he
would stand five times as good a chance of
accomplishing hi$ object.
The Herald 3ays the cotton crop of that
region will not reach an average. The
late rains have cut Is greatly short.—
That paper urges upon the planters to sell
their cotton and buy their produce in that
place. v.-1.-*
la the Jefferson market, while many ar-
ticles, particularly those purchased in New
Orleans, are quoted as low as in any part of
the State, we observe others taking a high
range. For instance, lime is worth $7 aO
@$8 00 per bbl. Cement, 00; while
flour is quoted at $4 00, even less than
.points of argumentsdift :' :1 r' siwm, and whan :our mjjgt
we look at'a map of the worNand see tlie j „mn ——
British Government ex:ei- iir: |erpower™l j The day is bright and beautiful,
means to hurry a railroad thrnlgh India to The ladies are all said to be at home, and
the shores of the Pacific whicli
accomplished, when that rail:
would ask in all sober earnesi
position are our vast Pacific pi
j,o\v tan they be protected?
It behoves every citizen wll
«P
-fw; (
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WSr The wiMther is decidedly unique, to
•ay the leastt|f it Rain—well, it hiu
raised in yearrgune by, but it would trou-
ble any o;i« f a wetter December than
this for- th- last half century. We have
rain in the trior*) ug. rain at noon, and rain
at night—ra' "r rW night. We have cloud;
above and -';uad, and "water, water i current rates in New Orleans, and potatoes
everywhr-e. ' 4 damP within and damp j at $3 25, lessthan actual cost to land them
wither.. Mad fctl in the street, and flieth { anyw here on the Gulf coast. 1 'ff~
^ v^the ?rCngCT- Mud bei The Tyler Reporter thinks we ignore its
i.uhsu. the and bespattereth the legs eliglence entirely. Tile ^tor of lhat
of the breeches. } Mud foUoweth you into \ „i„o„
< the house and trtlweth bitter words from
* the housewife. | Mud I mud' mud: who,'
shall adequatel^anathematize mud ? And
4 yet we axe Seriously told by old resideuters
that Houston mud now is dry ground to
what it used J? <ii years ago. And
this, we presytoe. U the reason for the
apathy they exiti'H -co the subject. We
cannot sympathise «ith them. Let. us have
fs. done with the stuff. J^et us have the stieets
graded op, the gutdrs and ditches cleaned
out, the sidewalks na le passable, and the
eity generally subjects less to the curse3
of visitors and' denizens too. But we
opened upon the weather. Well, we pre-
sume 'twill change some time, which" may
we live to see! "i&SEA..* ^*-y.' p /
TEXAS
The Seguin Journal says that the" propo-
sition before the legislature to famish the
western counties with eor.i for bread f^id
eed, allowing contractors until the jtt of
• next August for the delivery of the bread
and seed corn is a mockery; ' If the people
eanlrre on untii August the ^ ex poet to have
' a crop of their oirn by tbfcjim i.
The journal intimates
rages in that town are be
ble that he who runs may rijod. and advises
that the perpetrators'be taken up and made
to pay for their misdeeds.
« The Segttin Journal got^a 'it.-ir's paw for
a Chri*tmas present. He sajs the Clan-
were there, but by what Saint ,- they were
sent he "dinna chuse to tell."
The La Grange True Issu- of the 24th
says that the Colorado river ; id l<" !y rose
the previoBS Friday night to n o> i elve
feet.
The same paper says thai Iv.fesaors
Forshey and Timmons have astfr urie'l tue
exact latitude of La Grange to e '-".' '57'.
The Waco Southerner contaiti- lie va'e-
dietory of its hitherto editor, J. < < Shook,
whom may joy attend; and the sa ■ it. ■ v i
^ D. Chambers, who takes the j u of
a thorough going Democrat, ati ! co-jse-
qnently has our entire wishes fori.- sue-
cannot certainly be a close reader of these
" Items," or he would have observed that
j we have taken ocdhsion to mention his p
j per as indispensable to the lawyer in Texas,
i giving, as it does, the full reports of the
| decisions of the Supreme Court at Tyler.
The editor must not think that, because we
said a good word for the Intelligencer, we
had forgotten that there were other good
papers in the State.
at recent out-
itng so palpa-
The Nineteenth Judicial District embraces
the counties of McLennan, Bosque. Hell, !
Brath, Palo Pinto, Bu«.uauan, Cwm ucli j
The Tyler Reporter promises to cease its
complaints about the mails when the new
four-horse stage routes are inaugurated in
Eastern Texas. Stick a pin there. " One
editor is satisfied with, the mail arrange-
ments.
The Marshall Republican says that John
Miller, charged with the murder of Willis
Vaughn, in August last, was taken from
jail the other day on a writ of habeas corpus
and bound over by the judge in $12,000, to
appear at the next term of the court. He
gave the bond.
'■ The Flag says the prospect of completing
the firot 20 miles of the S. P. R. in time to
ssive the charter is npw considered safe.
The Columbus.Citizen mentions the stage
having left there without the mail a few-
days since. Talk to the man that did it
neighbor, Scare him.
The Crocket Printer rejoices in the rccep-
j tion of three ' great big fat hogs," and con-
sequently in a good supply of fat, Great
tlravy .
1 lie Printer, as well as several other pa-
per- in the East, and we presume the West
as well, though we have no accounts from
them, suspend for a Christmas frolic. Well,
an occasional play day is good for the mind
and soul ot a man, and we envy a comfort-
ably situated editor of a weekly paper who
can take it. For as there is no rest, llain
or shine, Christmas or fourth of July, sick
• >r well, news or no news, "still as each day
returns" Tor publication, copy must be pro-
vided, matter got ready and paper worked I
o'l. Still there is an excitement in all this
which, by its variety, bring- its own rest,
and the mind, though constantly taxed,
wears not out.
The Flag has been siowna stalk t' Sugar
cane grown near Brovnsville, nine feet in
length and having twenty-six well matured
joints. C •
The Valley says tint Bias Ghrrero was
sentenced in Corpus Chiidti the other day tt>
ten years in the Penitentiary for killinjg
Geo. Shultz. Thos. Lopt". was also sentenced
to three'years for horsestealing. j
_ The Valley intimatesthat there is • n ■
dissatisfaction in Nuece: caused by th -cre-
ation of the new county >f Bee.
The having reseived $3 from
subscriber, asks in alnhst mute surpri
#hat it is to do with so nuoh money.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY, 6,1858.
IWHOLE NO. 1248.
Sunny days are rapidly removing
the mud in our streets, wipeing out the
frowns of ye housewives, driving rheuma-
tism from the bones of the old men, and
making boys as lively as crickets. They
are in fact a verv commendable institution.
f
The Eclipse got aground going down
on Monday night, and did not reach Gal-
veston till late Tuesday^night. She left
;i* oie early Wednesday morning, and ar-
' rivt d with but a small portion of the mail
■ W- nesday evening at half-past two, leav
i£g again that evening for the Island.
through Si
i the Gulf of Cail-
I
the citizens of
overnment the
t Editor op the Telejkaph—Sir.—Hap-
py is the country that las a Chief Magis-
trate, with such conservttive views. I beg
to call the attention of jour numerous read-
ers to that portion of thi message that re-
lates to a road to the Pnific, his views are
worthy of the high positon he holds, arid
point out conclusively thit we must not on-
ly have a Pacific road butt frontier line to
guard the coast of Texas. i
The Sabine road' ceuijji
Antonio thence, westward!
ifornia at Guyamas, offers]
Texas, and the General
strongest inducements. Thlcitizens of Tex-
as are brought in direct collection with Nr
O., the empire city of tit .-'cith. and bring-
ing the products of the lai-p;' valley in the
world<to a market, thus rs .'business road,
it could have no equal in th-'United States.
The interests of the Gener.l Government
Would be guarded by this enterprise. The
mail, troops and munitions {c war would be
carried on this road, thu.1!rendering the
coast and frontier invulnerable, as by tlje
aid of electricity, troops colli be at any
point in a few hours, the Gut of California
would he suppliedhy the sale means, and
our ships of war would noM.nly get their
supplies by the road, bat we(>-ould prrvca'E
a rendesvous for foreign vessfs in that/; H
which in case of a war it wotjd.be oef ^; i-
ry. I believe it to be the dul of the .{Jet- -
eral Government to aid this rad from the
Mr. Bolinger's School will be reop-
ened on the 18th of this month. He informs
us that he is having his rooms ceiled and
fitted up in first rate order, and will be pre-
pared to accommodate more scholars thin
ever. He has engaged excellent assistants
who will take their places in the school
about the 1st of February .
Thd citizens of Fort Bend have, we
understand, put up the name of onr friend
John A. Wharton, Esq., of Brazoria, for
Attorney General. It is just as we were
saying. This is another of the products of
old Brazoria that demands notice. We
hardly think that Wharton is -R^U known
enough to secure -the nomination at this
time, but he is not too old to Wait, and there
is no harm in bringing his name before the
people. We predict a bright future for
him.
Jtaj"" We had the pleasure of a call from our
friend Dr. Anson Jones, of Washington co.,
on Wednesday. We were glad to see him
looking none the worse because he had not
as many friends in the legislature as he
ought to have had on a recent occasion. We
are glad to learn from him that he purposes
removing to Houston or Galveston^ and sin-
cerely hope he may find inducements suffi-
cient to i*ke this city his home. Dr.
j Jones has occupied high positions, in the
; public service, and in all of them we believe
: sviwed himself a statesman of" large views
and a high degree of ability. No one would
rejoice more than we to have him settled in
be soo'n jthe gentlemen, looking as spruce and gen-
d is done ,1f teel-as though the 'pinac' hadn't been along,
ss in what iT*re flitting from house to house, as overflow-
is. oi ! with wit and jjallantry as the tables of
7 e:r fair entertainers are of the good things
lov{- h s ; -ch they so well know how to fix up.
BRAHMA vs. EUCHRE.
country to look this matter full*i the faco, -Leastways,' so everybody says.
and Mr* Editor, I hope that p -sons mone j —m—
able to write, may place this u. ►enjeTtre"
yonr numerous readers, ever r*iiembering
that in time of peace to be prepaid for war,
which God forbid. The South [as all the
Galveston.—The News says the new
ship National Guard, of the New York and
Galveston line, (Hendley's) is 168 feet long,
28 feet wide, and 19 feet deep. She meas-
ures 1046 tons. The Wharton, which seven
years ago was numbered as the largest ship
that entered Galveston' harbor measured
750 tons. The capacity of the National
Guard is estimated to be sufficient for 3,000
bales of cotton.
The News, speaking of the New Year,
makes the following very just reflection :
The year that is now about to close,
opened with the brightest prospects to many
of our friends who . are now passed to the
bourne whence no traveler returns ; and in
like manner the new year will close the
mortal career of many of us who are indul-
ging in anticipations of many years of hap-
piness. But while we would not mar the
enjoyment of any by suggesting painful re-
flections, we should all remember that the
good we do one another is really our great-
est treasure, both here and hereafter.
He who knows not the luxury of doing
good deserves not to live, for he is wasting
the air and eating the food of somebody
who can better appreciate life.
The news mentions the opening of the
District Court at Galveston by Judge Gray,
on Wednesday. The number of new cases
before the court is. ninety-nine, and of con-
tinuances one hundred and twelve. Judge
Gray's charge to the jury was characterized
by his wonted ability, to say. which is a
compliment to him, and to say it of any
other man would be a very great compli-
ment indeed.
The Civilian says that' the citizens of
Galveston appear divided upon the question
of keeping up the good custom of making
New Year's calls. The editor who, in this
respect, we are sorry to say, is rather old
fogyish, declines to go around.
requisite elements, she only req
imity of purpose, a firm deteri: nation
placing herself in the first car
progress, and aU will be well wil; her.
Yours truly,
tres unax,
general
yOliJES.
ADMIArISTRA TOR'S
Tuavis Coukty.—W. M. McFadmd adm.
of Joel Lee. Wilhelm Von Roseilerg, est.
Philip Lehman. Nov. '67.
'Williamsos County.—Jos. P.
Daniel Harrison, est. of G. 51
Nov. 57.
Houston Count?.—Jno. J/• MiKenzie,
adm. of Lacy McKenzie. Nov. 185i. Thjim-
as Plaiters, adm. de bonis tion o' Joseph
Landrum. Oct. '57. *
Cass Co.—B. F. Hill, est. Jane EE1L Oct.
term,. 1867. Joseph A. Preston, e;. Frank
A. Clark. Oct, term, 1857.
' Houstok Co;—Jno. Box, est. Aaon Fris-
by. Nov. 18W.
■ninj?
GilQi, Esq.,
Bele^ Slj.de,
The li.
Vill of II tfCtlOOfl
^ag nieiiii-
kwitii
MARRIED.
On the 10th inst., by Rev. Mr. jTatson,
Mr. J. M. Ramsey, of Harrison co. o Miss
Virginia Covey of Cass co.
At the residence of John Freemat in An-
derson county, by Rev. R. S. Finlcj on the
1st inst., Mr. John M. Henson to M?s Mi-
ry P. Freeman.
At the residence of the bride's fu-Her, by
Rev. R. S. Finley, on the 17th hit.. Mr.
Nicholas H. Freeman, to Miss Mary )ldham
all of Anderson county, Texas.
At Mound Prairie, on Wednesday tie 16th
inst., by Rev. W. H. Rice, Mr. Roiert G.
Hallum, to Miss Mary J. Browning*
On the 3d inst. by H. F. Gille
Mr. J. Osbern Ievens to Miss Hele
both of Polk co. '
"On the 24th inst. in Polk co., W. . John-
son of Walker to Miss Harriet Sf ton of
Polk co.
In San Augustine co. by Rev. S.- J Wil-
lifms, Wm. S. Smith to Miss Har^e#^. Ber-
ry, all of said county
Among the acts of bravery vfhich have
characterised the English arms in j,di , '
was a feat of heroic devotion perform ed v '
Lieutenant Salkeld, of the engineo^, ju. 1
three sergeants, to whom was entrusted the j
blowing open -of the Cashmere Gal?, iu
affect this, it was necessary to affix tigs of
powder to the gate under a fire of mwketry
poured through loopholes in the dool itself
and from the wall on both sides.! The
ehances of destruction proved to be sjircely
less than they must have appeared tj these
courageous men. Lieutenant Salktd, se-
verely wounded, managed to staggerfo the
gate and put his burden at the desiril spot
before another bullet brought himj^lown.
The first sergeant who advanced to we the
train fell dead; the second lit the .match
and fell riddled with balls; and the third
alone escaped unhurt by easting himdjlf in-
to the ditch to avoid the effect of the Ixplo-
siou. The heroism of these gallant n;n, as
thus displayed, was not for nothing. The
explosion laid the gate in ruins, on vhich
the storming party burst in. AlmostIjvery
one carrying ladders was knockedlover.
The breach and gate were then force), and
on the resistless torrent rushed, ui.il at
lengiii the whole line of works, inc iding
the Cashinere and Morce gates and ba' ions,
and the English church and college were
all iu their hands. i
r
Finn.1 >', JA.VI Art n,l868■
Nick Nax" for January at For-s
gard& liurke's, containsamongotherihings
New Year's calls in hard times whidi we
commend to the attention of those f our
readers who appreciate these things. J Sup-
pose the following to be appropriated illus-
trated:
•■Oh, Mr. Bogey, wont you take suae re-
freshments before you ^''—.t pice o(.l read
or a pinch of (miff * li-m t j
"Oil. Karon take a ^iass of root hier be-
fore you ^o."
•■ Hallo Jones, how ve ymt got alolg 1
J;n- -O very we'!, : died on iixteen
lemonade-, and a green te-. Wish It knew
ol" a liraudy and Waiei- in tUi-i oarti4 the
Perhaps there are no two mdre perfectly
opposite minds than those of Ralph Waldo
Emerson and " John Phoepix," the first
standing at the head of •' transcendental"
philosophers, and the other known from
Maine to California as a brilliant wit. The
; following, which we clip from tho Mobile
Regis er; is one of Phoenix's iasi jokes:
Hd. Negister : The following lines publish-
ed ui ihe Atlantic Monthly by R. W. Emer-
son, Esq., have - attracted much attention,
not so much in consequence of their beauty,
or other intrinsic merits, as from the fact
that nobody can understand, for the life of
bin and < him, what the man means:
lobbins. i BRAHMA.
"If the red slayer, think he slays,
Or if the slain think he is slain,
They know not well the subtle ways
I keep, and pass, and turn again."
The fact is that Emerson has lately
learned the game of Euchre, and being fas-
cinated therewith wished to express his
feelings on the subject, bat being quite un-
able to do so in ordinary English, unfortu-
nately got off the above extremely mystify-
ing stanza. A little careful consideration
jof the terms used convinces one of this at
once. Thus " the red slayer " refers to the
Right Bower, (probablythe Jack of Hearts;)
the slain" is undoubtedly the Left Bower,
not guarded, and you perceive that Emer-
son probably euchjred his adversary by
"passing," keeping the Ace and some
strong cards and coining agvn after the
Lowers were out. Now all this might have
been much more simply expressed—as for
in^tanoe:
EUCHRE.
If the " Right Bower " is in one hand
And the " Left" holds another place,
4 Ye little know why I did stand
I held three trumps—the King and Ace!
This explanation is made to save Emer-
son's reputation in the matter ; he was an
old schoolmate of mine in former years, and
we were afterwards engaged in the tin
business together—he was always a well
meaning man, and it is a pity he should be
considered a fool on account of soihe eccen-
j tricities .of expression,
Very truly yours, J. ?.
"'■'r'CSi lycivas.
- - |Bf I. i. ALDEICH. ♦
wilted with him one melancholy night
D-' n by the sea, upon the moonlight
strands,
(While in the suent heaven the Northern
' Light ;
Beckoned with flaming hands!—r
Beckoned and vanished like a woeful ghost,
That fain would lure us to some dismal
.wood;
And tell us tales of Bhips that have been
lost,
Of violenoe and blood.
And where yon diesal rocks o'er hang the
froth, -
We Bat together, Lycida and I,
Watching the great star-bear that in the
North
Guarded the midnight" sky.
And while the moonlight wrought its mira-
cles. '
Drenching the world with, silefit silver
rain, ' j.
He spoke of life and its tumultuous ills r
lie told me of his pain.
He said his life was like the troubled sea
With autumn brooding over it: and then
Spoke of hi3 hopes, of what he yearned -to
be,
And what he might have been.
" 1 hope," saidLycidas, "for peace at last,
! only ask for peace! My god is Ease!
Day after day some rude Iconoclast
Breaks all my images !
" There is a better life than I have known—
\ surer, purer, sweeter life than this:
There is another, celestial zone
Where I .shall know of bliss."
Close his sad eyes
hands.
And lay the flower
breast,
For time and death li-i
sands
-That ran with such i.nre-t
nd cross his helpless
up. n his
he loved
iyed the gulden
^ I.II w.
i-- in
: liim. t),
head
I smile
pas '
1
Earth! ;iie
LATEST NEWS.
By Jones & Co's Express and the State
mails, we have New Orleans papers to the
27th ult. We have foreign news by the
North Star and Persia, and London and
Liverpool news to the 12th inst. by the lat-
ter. We give all the news we find.
poBei6i^%?§iaf illijsiiii
New Yoke, December 25.—The Royal
Mail steamship Persia, from Lyre$.pool on
the afternoon of the 12th instant, has
reached the port!
The India mail has arrived with a fort-
night later advices.
Gen. Havelock was still hemmed up at
Lucknow. Sir Colin Campbell will be there
in a few days with 1Q,000 troops.
Parliament has passed the bank indem-
nity bill, and was to adjourn on the 12th
until February.
The Spanish Court Refuses to accede' to
the demands of Mexico lhat its envoy shall
be received, as a necessary preliminary to
the negotiation.
The accounts from Cuba received at
Madrid state that the squadron assembled
there was ready to sail at a moment's no-
tice, to act against Mexico, or elsewhere.
Soldiers seasoned to the climate had alone
been selected for the service. The artil-
lery had been largely increased, and 1000
maries were on board the sqnadron.
The Queen of Spain had been delivered
of a prince. .
Private advices from, Paris describe a
calm and satisfactory state of the money
market; and no mention that there is even
an expectation of a further reduction in the
rate of discount.
Great depression continue to be experi-
enced in Hamburg and Altona. Despatches
say that the failures were too numerous to
specify the names. In one day twenty im-
portant houses failed and business was sus-
pended. It was believed that other houses
would go. The aggregate liabilities of the
fallen and doomed concerns were reported
to be twenty-seven millions marks banco
Financial.
Liverpool, Dec. 12.—The sales of cotton
for the week foot up 20,000 bales, of which
speculators took l,GfiO, and exporters 1,000
bales.
We quote a decline of £d.
Holders are pressing the market.
The sales yesterday were 3,000 bales, the
market closing quiet.
Orleans Fair, 6|d; do Middling, &§d;
Mobile Fair, 6Jd; do Middling, 6Jd; Up-
lands Fair, 6Jk1; no Middling, 6d.
The whole stook in port abounts to
352.000 bales, of which 180,000 bales are
American.
Consols for account 91|@92c. The
books are closed. .
Money is slightly easier.
The bullion in the Bank of England has
increased £700,000.
Breadstufts generally, closed with an ad-
vancing tendency. All - qualities have
slightly advanced since Tuesday. Corn is
dull, and all qualities are a little lower.
Rice firm.
Our Manchester advices are still unfavor-
able. There is little inquiry.
New Orleans tres ordinaire is quoted at
102f. in the Havre markets.
Domestic.
New York, Dec. 23.—The bark Alnah
has been released.
New York, Dec. 23.—The steamship
Europa sailed for Liverpool to-day with
over $2,250,000 in specie.
Memphis, Dec. 24.—We had a light fall
af snow this evening. The river is at a
stand, within three feet of high water mark.
Cincinnati, Dec. 26.—Flour has advanced
with a good demand, at $3 65@$3 75 ■$) bbL
for superfine. Corn is unchanged. Wheat
dull, at previous rates. Pork is held at
$13 for Mess, with but little demand.
Bacon and Bulk meats dull and nominal.
Hogs inactive and prices drooping, with
sales at 4. 70@$5 90 for ordinary weight,
and $5 ^ 100 fb for extra large. Whisky
advanced \c. ^3 gallon with an extra de-
mand. Sugar dull, and prices are nominal.
Louisville, Dec. 26.—A man named Pot-
ter killed Charlie Bull, a Nicaragua filibus-
ter, on Christmas eve.
The holidays have checked business here.
The estimated number of hogs killed
around the Falls is 270,000.
There is a panic in Kentucky, Indiana
and Missouri, on account of the corn rot-
ting in the cribs.
The river has fallen three inches.
Hogs ai*e quoted at $4 75, and the market
drooping.
There is a better feeling in the bread-
stuffs market.
Washington News.
Washington, Dec. 23. — Senate — Mr.
Stewart believed that the Lecompton Con-
vention is the greatest fraud ever under-
taken to be practised on any people, and
those who attempted to force the Lecomp-
ton Convention on tlie people would light a
torch of civil discord throughout the Union.
Mr. Broderick spoke against the Lecomp-
ton Convention, and endorsed most of the
views of Messrs. Douglas and Stewart.
11 "i -i:.- A resolution instructing the
Committee mi Territories to inquire into the
expediency of excluding .Mr. Bernhisel (of
Utah) was adopted.
So in11i'}i i f the President's message as re-
ters to L'tah was referred to the Commit-
tee on Territories.
C.o, - - In- adjourned to January t'ii.
Walker, aceeptinghis resig-
; ivernorsiiip of Kati-eis i«
i1 iMi-.'i- I. * n-v leiter to Iriver hos l>een
; --<11.11 •■. |i iii — ri'iii-r - bin, to j.re-
! ■-'■rw I he [ teen, Kansas, to give all an op-
| port unity "t voting, mid to employ the
' Me-
ntion
that end.
Mr. Warren of Arkansas, offered a pre-
amble and resolutions requiring" the Com-
mittee on Territories to report on the pro-
priety of excluding the delegae from Utah
from his seat, on the ground that the Terri-
tory was morally and legally in open rebel-
lion against the United States Government.
Mr. Banks thought the preamble was not
a question of privilege.
Mr. Bocock said that Congress could not
declare a State or Territory ii a condition of
moral rebellion.
Washington, Dec. 24.—The Senate and
House have adjourned (on yesterday) until
the 4th of January.
A requisition is made on the Treasury for
$530,000, arrearages due members since
the 4th of March last.
The contracts for engraving the Treasury
notes have been made. They will be issued
in about two weeks.
The President has transmitted to the
Senate the correspondence in reference to
the bombardment of Greytown.
Count Sartiges asks indemnity for the
actual losses French subjects- Marcy de-
nies the right and equity of such a demand
by a letter, to which Sartiges made no re-
sponse. He says he win send Marcy's let-
ter to the French government.
Kansas News.
St. Louis, Dee. 23.—The Democrat says
the Kansas Legislature passed an act repeal-
ing the law authorizing the Constitutional
Convention.
The militia law was passed over Stanton's
veto.
<ren. Lenal has been appointed Major
General with eight Brigadier Generals,
Adjutant, and full military organization.
. St. Lonis, Dec. 24.—A Kansas letter to
the Democrat says that on the evening of
the 16th a battle occurred at Fort Scott be-
tween the Free State and Pro-Slavery men,
in which five of the latter were killed,
among whom were Messrs. Blake and Lit-
tle, members of the Lecompton Convention.
Several were wounded on both sides.
Twenty Free State men were taken priso-
ners and are confined in the fort.
The Missourians have assembled a strong
force on the border, and more fighting is
apprehended.
Houston, 24th Dec., 1867.
Sir :—Statements having a tendency to
discourage the cultivation of a recently in-
troduced, and, as I think, a very valuable
plant—the Sorgho or.Chinese sugar cane—
having appeared in several public prints, I
avail myself of your permission, to make
your readers acquainted with facts in rela-
tion to it, supported by an evidence, that
of occular demonstration, which no one can
possibly gainsay. I alltde to the very con-
fident opinion which has thus publicly "been
expressed, that its juice cannot be crystal-
ized, and that its value therefore consists
merely in the syrup which it yields for the
use of man, and the fodder which it it pro-
duces as food for catte. In attempting to
prove the fallacy of this view, I desire not
to be misunderstood, for it is not only pos-
sible, but extremely probable, that various
climatic i nfluences will operate in a corres-
pondingly variable degree tin the saccharine
properties of the plant; and I therefore
wish only to intimate that whilst, with the
higher temperature of this, our more South-
ern latitude and consequent mild winters,
we are unable to obtain the supply of ice
with which St. Louis (Where one of the re-
ports in question has originated) is favored,
we, in like manner, with a longer continued
hot. season, not only may obtain, but without
difficulty have obtained, in Texas, a crystal-'
line product which is denied to the St.
Louis experimenters. It may'amount, in
fact, to a national misfortune when opinion,
so unhesitatingly expressed, is generalized
and pronounced without reference to a spe-
cific locality alone; physical geography, in
truth, is to many minds still an unknown
mystery.
The more immediate object, however, of
this communication, is to inform your read-
ers that I have in my possession received
from my very intelligent and energetic
friend, Mr. J. I. Studer, of Austin, two
samples of sugar obtained from the Sorgho
saccharatum grown, pressed, and crystal-
ized by himself; and so obtained under
highly disadvantageous circumstances, pos-
sessing, as he did, neither suitable mechani-
cal appliances nor good chemical agents for
the defecation of the juice. An inspection
of these samples I am happy to invite. In
an interesting article communicated by Mr.
S. to the Austin Southern Intelligencer, he
shows the botanical relations which they
plant in question bears to its congeners, the
Broom corn, and the .Early Dourah corn,
each being found to vary from the other, in
its respective proportions of sugar, gi*ain,
and fibre; the two latter preponderating
when the former soarcely exists, and the
sugar abounding in the more cellulose struc-
ture of the sugar cane, but in combination
with a smaller amount of lignine, or fibre>
and of grain.
Dr. Uure states that the cane juice of the
West Indies has a specific grayity varying
from 1.033 to 1.106. Mr Studer, from au-
thorities with which he is acquainted,
assigns to the best Louisiana cane juice a
sp. gr, of 1.068 to 1.075, to the best West
India cane juice 1.070 to 1.090; and to the
Sorgho, as ascertained in different States, a
sp. gr. of 1.070 to 1.085. The latter, he
says, yields a fine Byrup, from which, even
under the discouraging circumstances before
alluded to, he obtained repeatedly good re-
sults, crystalizing without difficulty like com-
mon sugar cane. He further states that
experiments prove that the best season at
which the sugar making should begin is
when the first or top ear of setfd is ripe. At
this period a crop of grain of 30 to 60, bush-
els, and of juice of from f,000 to 1,500 gal-
lons, the latter yielding from 200 to 300
gallons of syrup may be expecftd, per acre.
These variable quantities may, I presume,
like the differences in respect to specific
gravity be ascribed to the varying circum-
stances of soil, cultivation, and season,
From these data, taken in conjunction with
the produce in fodder which is assumed to
be equivalent to two tons of hay peracre.it
cannot 1 think, be doubted that the intro-
duction of this plant into our State, is a
matter of deep importance, and meriting
he earnest attenion of the cultivators
to early associations and habits of thought
and action—and * the cravings of Belf-inter-
est, have one and all been opposed to the
innovations, of improvement; but the cur-
rent has now set in with a force coincident
with the amount of civilization and intelli-
gence which may exist in any given terri-
tory, Let it not then be said of Texas that
Bhe is content to be Hindmost in the race;
but rather let there be an honorable compe-
tition amongst her citizens to, develope to
the utmost, not only her natural resources
which I believe to be an untold mine of
wealth and easily to be " sought out of all
them that take pleasure therein," but to culti-
vate diligently the acquired treasures which
the explorations of others are placing within
her reach, and for which her rich soil pro-
claim her to be eminently qualified.
The observant mind cannot but be aware
that we live in times of extraordinanry inte-
rest, and that we are witnessing the fulfil-
ment of the prophecy that "knowledge
shall increase." The inducing causes of this
change are actively at work. The improve-
ments in mechanism and the wonderful dis-
coveries of science, -especially in chemistry,
are all preparatory Agents in the final
scheme; and though perhaps observed
only as they take their places in thelist of
" accomplished facts," will, hereafter, in
the progress of discovery, be recognised as
necessary links in the chain of future de-
velopment. -
And some of the results are even now
palpably visible: for North and South,
East and West, are made to> approximate so
closely that vegetable life may easily be
maintained in its transfer from the very
Antipodes. To this fact we, in Texas, can
unhesitatingly testify, for we are already in
possession of two of the most valuable pro-
ductions of the Eastern hemisphere—the
Japan yam and the Chinese sugar cane.
I feel that I have trespassed greatly on
the patience of yourself and your readers,
but the interest which I take myself in the
matter, and which I desire to induce in
others, most be the apology of
Yourobd't serv't,
LIS. STANLEY.
Austin, Dec. 22, 1857.
* The inauguration went off well. The ad-
dress of the acting Governor and the Gover-
nor elect, and of our townsman, Lieut. Gov.
Lubbock, will be printed and copies sent to
you. Mr. Lubbock acquitted himself with
great credit. He spoke distinctly and to t- The Citizen says that the Colorado to keep
the point, and his address gave entire satis-
faction.
The death of Gov. Runnels was announced
in both houses immediately after the inai}-
aaguration, and the customasy resolutions
'were passed. Several interesting eulogies
were prononncedin both bodies.
The ball at night given to the Governor
and Lieut. Governor, at the capital, was a
brilliant affair. The attendance was very
large, and I heard a gentleman remark that
he had been present at a levee of President
Buchanan, and had also recently attended
large and fashionable parties in New York
and Philadelphia, and that at none of them
had he witnessed such an array of beauty.
Among the ladies who attracted universal
admistration, I may be permitted to mention
Mrs. H***,,, of Colorado county, Miss
F<#'##h, of Galveston, and Miss B^^,, of
——. A certain ex-Governor, H n, and
and a very amiable young gentleman, CoL
A n, both well known to the fair senor-
etas of your city, attracted some little at-
tention by their fine appearance, and it was
maliciously said that they were stuck. What
is meant by the expression 1 am at a loss to
know, but I give it as it was said, and for
what it is worth. If F. L's wife had not
been present he might have passed off for
a single gentleman, though in his propen-
sity to dance with the prettiestandyoungest
in the room, he was not singular. Alto-
gether, the ball was a very creditable affair,
The supper pas not not extra, and was served
in the hall. ,■? ,
The Senate this morning confirmed the
nomination of your townsman, T. Scott
Anderson, f ir Secretary of State. The ap-
pointmen, I need not add, gives general
satisfaction. Scott is a universal favorite.
The Governor transmitted a message to
the Legislature^ this morning, covering a
letter from Maj. Neighbors,, from Fort Bel-
knap, detailing' Indian outrages and depre-
dations. He says there is no doubt hut
that the Kickapoos, who reside in the U. S.
Indian Reserve North of Red River, are the
perpetrators of the recent murder—the
killing of Renfro—that there have been from
400 to 600 head of horses stolen from the
settlers on the Upper Braxos and Upper
Colorado, and line [across'Red River, and
that these Indians, 'the Wichitas and Nor-
thern dominances are the depredators.
That the losses to the settlers will reach
$50,000 for which the Federal Government
is responsible. He asks the Governor to
make a requisition on Gen. Twiggs for
t troops to redress their grievances and to
compel the Indians to deliver up the perpe-
trators for punishment. He also suggests
that the Legislature, bring the whole sub-
ject, including 'the claim for indemnity,
before Congress.
There is barely a quorum in either house.
Very little business will be done for ten
days. *
P. S.—I omitted to say that a certain R.
P. B., of your city, was a great favorite of
the marriageable young ladies at the ball,
and il he did not dance with them all, it
was not for the want of gallantry.
richly
Railroad Passes to Editors.—Judge
Jewett, at a late railroad convention—when
on the question of " cutting off free passes
to editors "—said that " this was rather a
small matter for the ' convention to spend
much time upon. The real evils under
which the railway system of the country
was staggering, lay deeper than the reach
of any question of free passes to editors,
but he would say that the railroads of the
country could not repay, if they were dis-
posed, the debt due to the newspaper press
for its powerful aid when the idea of a rail-
ofthe sou, especially of upland districts, way had to be explained and popularized—
for which it is said to be especially adapted. the public benefits shown, and the people
It may be trite, but it is nevertheless true induced to come forward associate for the
,i , . , , , ' purpose of accomplishing the great works
,he m;inw'io causes two blades of gras {hatPnow need no Uocate. For his part,
row in the place of one, deserves well of he was glad to have editors of the Sr*te
his country," and I think it is desiable that Press Pass over au<i examine his line. He
ilie credit which is due to Mr Struder a« a regreue'1 ,0 sa>' that he did not remember
... i to have met one of the local editors on the
pioiHti m t n> matter should he accorded | line of the Steubenville road for months. He
to him. In i xpr. ~sitig the hope that his ; could not forget the amount of unpaid
example will i ,- followed up by others, I i labor performed in the infancy of railway
cannot but be aware that hitherto tho apa- | building by the only men vho could reach
thv. and, occasi^
IV We wish our readers a happy New
Year, and 'may they never be sorry that
they entered upon it. It i« an appropriate
time to moralize, reflect, be merry, be glad
that the past is no worse, and indulge
bright hopes for the future, also to call
upon one's five hundred friends. Those
who expect a lengthy N«w Year's editorial
from us will be disappointed. * It is
enough for us to get out a paper to-
•day, without going into rhapsodies about
the occasion:. Besides that, New Years are
getting to be too common to write much
about. And from present appearances {one
p.m.), much of an editorial would be a
waste of the raw material.
■ —^ .....
$&- We have received later Austin pa-
pers at last. Our dates are to last Satur-
day, the 26th. Our Austin correspondent
gives an ijiterestibigmccoant of aftthaugu-
ration. The valedictory of Gov. Pease, and
the inaugurals of Gov. Rnnnells and Lieut.
Gov. Lubbock, we have also received. We
have no room for them to-day, but will pub-
lish them on Monday. Little or nothing
was done in the Legislature last week.; We
art obliged to Messrs. Lubbock, Henderson,
Haynie, Ochiltree and othew for interesting
documents.
—
In Ae case of the State ej. John
Barnet, in Fort Bend coanty, for murder,
trial was had this week, and after being out
fourteen hoars, the jury brought in a ver-
dict of Not Guilty. He was cleared
the plea that the act was
a state of somnolentia. It will be remem-
bered that Barnet had been intoxicated.
their tripe has been observable Uus wir.ny
$.The continued rains, it is hoped, will p\
iurance of good «rop« next ye**y
can be se dcali hut the ground is,
more thoroughly saturated than It hsiajs
before for many years.
We refer to appropriate heads for th*
markets, latest news, ix
i**3 - -
HOUSTON MARKETS.
There is a great falling off ia rweipi'j
point occasioned no doubt bj£
leans dates are <
cotton
Our latest New
■MB V
w Orieani
Middling
ir
...
the uncertainty of the fatnre an
is
Son in
at money,'
outside for i
We omit specific quotations.
STATEMENT OF OOl
Stock on hand Sept. 1, '57, •at.Jt*
Rec'd past week - — 491
previously - 32615-SJ
Total 85
Shipped past week....;.— 772
previously 2616&-25&S71
Stock on hand Dee. 30.
as follows:
Vincent & Fisher.
Peel & Bumble
T. W. Whitmarsh
Allen & Fulton
J. J. Cain & Co....,
Taylor & Bagby
Decrease of stock on hand
week
Amount on
Rec'd to Dec. 24.
... Dec. 24 to
Shipped te Dec.
..." Dee 24 to "
7224
1S4H
and was lying asleep on a bed as was sup-
posed ia that state. Whilst thus situated.
Lowther came into the room to dress for a
ball. He had been in but a moment when
the discharge of a pistol was heard in the
room. Persons near by immediately rushed
in and found Lowther weltering is his
blood, and #o doubt shot by Barnet. A
slight grudge is all edged to have previously
existed. Barnet had always been a goo :
character. And thus the case stood. We
have always supposed that temporary in-
sanity must have incited the act. Somno-
lencia is, we are told, another name for the
half asleep awakening drunken state in
which a man so situated is not responsible
for his acts, and does not know what be is
doing.
«*■■■ ———
up with the times has taken occasion during
Christmas week to get high.
COMMERCIA L.
TELEGRAPH OFFICE, \
THUBSBAY, DEC. SI, 1857./
S&-Jt should be remembered that our quo-
ations generally represent wholesale qrices.
WEEKLY^ REVIEW
Christmas week brings little general
business to the hands of our merchants,
though there is an activity about our streets
as well as business houses, that shows that
if trade is not brisk, 1st of January .settle-
ments may be, and it is well tj be provided
for them.
The fall trade is now mostly closed. We
do not anticipate much more business for a
month or six weeks. In looking back to
the business done, we have no good reason
to he dissatisfied. While, as we mentioned a
week or two since, there has been a dispo-
sition to economy in buyers in the matter
of luxuries; yet staple supplies form so
large a part of our trade, that the difference
in the aggregate is hardly appreciable. The
season opened with high prices for cotton.
Everybody who could get cotton to market
hurried it along. . Those who sold for
seventy-five dollars a bale of course felt
rich, and bought freely. The fall stocks of
the merchants were all large, and sales
were heavier than usual for the season.
Had it'not been for the backwardness of
the crop, they would have been siQl heavier.
The many difficulties in the North, and the
decline in price of the staple, awing to the
difficulty of effecting exchange on New
York, caused a] temporary backwardnes-
and depression here, which, however, passs
ed away as the conviction became general
that cotton weuld not return to those high
figures again with which the season com-
menced. Since then there have been buy-
ers in plenty, and sales have been as large
as could be desired.
For the spring trade little, can be yet
said. That it must be considerable there
can be no doubt. The best judges are of
opinion that not more than half the cotton
to arrive here for the year has yet been
brought in. With reoeips of twenty-five or
thirty thousand bales for the months of
March, April and May a larger trade than
usual mnst appear. Nevertheless as the
future of cotton for the balance of the year
is a matter of the greatest doubt, so can we
have no good idea of the trade, which
always depends more or less on the staple.
Our accounts from the interior are o^
high waters and continued rains. We are
having a very wet winter. The rivers are
all up to a high stage. The steamboats -on
the Trinity are doing an active and profit-
able business. A great deal of' ootton is
being forwarded, notwithstanding the dis-
position we alluded to last week to hold it
back, and we congratulate the planters
there on the ease with which they can this
year get their crops to market. The rains
still continue, interrupting travel and the
conveyance .of the-mails by high waters,
and giving assurance tba£ those whom
urgent business does not call from home
for a month to oome will be but lit tle dis-
posed to leave.
The railroads are moving slowly on. The
track laying on the Central is not progress-
ing as rapidly as more favorable weather
would permit. The grading of the Columbia
road is now nearly one-fourth done. As
near as we can learn, about ten miles of i.he
work is ready for the rails, and the
running through the bottom
cleared of timber. The east
announce that the charter
will certainly be saved
the completion of tl
first of Februai
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,—251©
.. foi
des at fell pri
about
Stock i
Increase in
lacrejis;
lncr;..5i
Quotations
Middling
-V'-' .Iflajpi
- -
We have some
ees. Good country
8@9|e., while Extra asd -flint are worct
10@l2c.
• '. *C iilSt
H@!6c. Claw,
vt asse in Market last
qooiatiefc:, ~aoasn* S
;iy. India & worth IS>|@
sella at 19®2ic.
k<it Mw, halfbUs
50 V
Goahee *rlls at
Caxdy—Houston assorted,
Roek,2Se. I
SUr, 24@'2C'c
2fM
30c.; S
thai? last
grtdcB a mfte
12^12£c.
$1 10.
prices ten-
. Fine
is worts
25 Ex-
in favor of
$5 75@6 25.
tn, $3 00@8 25.
HiSlei
_ we quo-
tations nominal
Irox—A Air supply, With ao quotable
change. Sales have been suftli past weti
We quote as before, Refined Bar is worth
45c: Horse shoe (>ict Hoop Sit '
7@7£; Swede* 6(§>6j Cast Steel 22<&2A;
German 13c; Blister Slab Steel
19c; Nail' f4 75@$5 50.
La*d—Aboct as last w*.ek. we quote
good in "o his. at 16®18Jc.; kegs 20@22c
Lead—Bar, 8£@9e.
Lxn —Fair supply, at $2 96. Ce-
ment, $2 50@2 75.
Lckbe&.—We find Mobile yellow pisje,
now selling from the yard at
Texas do, $16@$2Q: Ala. 4 Ha. dressed,
$40@$45; Cypress, Shingle*,
$4 50@f5 50; Lathes, $5@$o 60.
Molasses—Large stocks, and jriees little
changed. Bbte., it quantity, 2S@80c.
Do., single bbls., 86c. Half bbls., 38{§40o.
Oils—Linseed is worth $1 2G@1 25.
Lard, §1 S5®1 400. Whale $1 2s. Cotton
seed, $1 10(311 15.
Paxk*s.—White Lead, No. 1, per it>0 lb
5 @$9 50; Pure $10 50@$11; S. W. Zinc
$10 60@$11 00; French, $12 50@$13.
Pons, Msss—Old is worth $25
Potatoes—We quote Western
$4 50.
Salt.—Coarse $1 ;50@$1 66. ■
$1 75©$2.
SpmiTs.—Oliver's Whisky 32@3fe«:
33@35c; Dexter 42@45c; Bourbon, r." y,
$00; Monongahela, 80@$1 25 , Oham-
paigne per do*., $17. Claret per bo* $4.
SugaK—Supplies moderate. Coeunoa,
7@80,; Fair, 8c.; Choice, ; Crushed,
15@16c.; Loaf, 16@17c. -jfe
Tobacco.—Common 18@22e; Extra 35
@40c; Fancy 75@85c.
Rofr jtoak, large, and prices in favor
of t.v ers. We quote Manilla. 14@16e.
Kentucky, hand-made, 11{. Do. machine,
12$. L- M. C-, 12j®18c.
IMrsToinr&OLEiALE JpsjdffiiqUiKSTS.'
F;Ui-
Yellow
Tex**—.SM 10
H>c , cairvHd
Rlb'd sfaic*
SSU2t:::H*
Sboukler*... a n
Lard, bn '>■
— Ml...' a
3*. Go.
■Ws'toto
■■ Dftir* ' -
01 UK
U*#-1SS'
Ctumi.
S.Sewark
Cous.—
Velvet. S00@4 03
KaMns
M't 2 t;
Almftivt*... V
Apple., <M«1,_
Cod *1 X 1 25® 1 90
Mackerel
No. vErvift*
... £l bi 9
SckI
- Sbbl
No. i mutt
No. 2 3 0
oww Bags.—
New «
Oux Powwnu—
JUtte, eg 7
Blasting,-
Glass.—
Aru. 8xJ
Onions. 1
PrW.Lesd I SQ@ I 0Q
Ho. L -
Znrc.—
rr. b.Wto
* 0. In
PeooJtl
S. Whitefl ... 116
N. J. Ztnc~.f
JO dncn.—
CsssJa. ft — SOfA .. &
Cloves. a ... «>
Ginger.—— fcjas... 10
Pepfwc—if
u ...jAI&ptoe.... ... 16
10 00! Nutmegs...1 SS& 1 80
Msce. 1 25:5, i 90
Seal*.—
Choice.
Prime....m * <J...
m 7 « 6
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