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designed to afford the merchant i condensed summary
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PUBLISHED ON CONGRESS STREET, NEAR COURTHOUSE SQUARE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, BY E. H. CUSHING.
VOL,. XXIV--NO. 8.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1858.
IWHOLE NO. 1266.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1858.
GOVttf CAliENDAB FOR 1858*
We have collated, from the late laws, the times for
holdnir Courts inTaxas, this year, and give them in the
following table. We have been to some trouble to ge
this all Wit, and hope our readers will And noerrors.—
I f I In i iti any.^we shall be glad to be corrected:
dist'ct. spring teem. fall term
coram*.
Anderson.
Archer
Atascosa..
Austin....
Bandera.
Bastrof ...
Bee.
BeU...
Bexar.....
Bowte~~
Bosque -
Brazoria..
Brazos.....
Brown..
9.... April 12. Oct 18
& Feb 22. u..Oct 18
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1 June 7.......... Dec 6
la Mar 29 Oct 4
2. April 5. Oct 4
- -r ia May 17 -.'.........Nov 15
, 19. May 31 - Dec 6
4. Mar 8...^. Sep 13
A Mar 8. Sep 13
19. April Oct 11
L April S. Oct 4
A April 26. Nov 1
..Ma;
..17...
Hay 1ft Nov 15
Burnett..
Calhoun
Caldwell
Cameron
Cass.
Chambers ...
Cherokee ....
Clay.....
Collin
Colorado.....
Cornel
Comanche...
Cook.
„....19. April 26. Nov 1
A May
..Mar
..May
Xov 8
29. Oct 4
3. Nov 15
i .April 19.— Oct IS
12. ..April 12. Nov 8
m mar 22. Sep 21
15. 8. Sep IS
9t._Slmr 15. Sep 20
1«...._ —— Nov 1
....18. April 12. Sep SO
1 Mir 3. Nov 1
i. April 26. Nov 1
, 19......... May 3. Nov 8
16. May 10 Oct 18
Corvette 19. —May 17. Nov 22
Dallas J«L July 12. Jan SI '5S
Denton...—....... 16. Jlay 17. Dec 13
Da Witt. ML Mar 22. .Sep 20
BBa 16 June 14 Jan 17 '59
El Paao, 11 April &
Erath. It April 12. .Oct IS
..IS. Mkr 29. Oct 4
.May 101 Dec 6
17. Nov 15
21 Jan 1 '59
Freeatone 13. May 3. Nov 8
Falls..
Fannin ...—
Fayette —
Fort Bend.
&....
L.. May
..June
Galveston.
OlUesple
Goliad
OoniaMs
Li^non
tilWw
O-uadatupe...
Hardin -.
Harris...
Harrison...
Hays..
7. _.June 24 Dec 27
4. .May 17. Nov 22
14 May 4 Nov 1
Ml April S. Oct 4
16 April 26.... Oct 4
7. April 1SL Oct 18
2. May Id : Nov 8
..15. May 17. Nov 22
7. May 3L Nov 29
6. Mar 1 .Aug 30
1 May 31 Nov 29
9 April 12. Nov 8
..12...
Hay 17. Dec 13
8@—Messrs. Forsgard & Burke hare laid
Harper for May on our table. We are
oblidged for it. It is a jam up number.
Cora, Comanche County.—a friend wri-
ting us from the county seat of Comanche,
gives a glowing account of the county. We
quote the following from his letter.
'We have a beautiful country here on the
frontier, and if the future will only fulfill
the promise of the present, it will soon be
densely settled. The prospect for an abun-
dant crop is very fine. We have no grass
hopper's devastating worms or any thing of
that character; We have plenty of rain
and no obstruction to the growth of every-
thing that comes forth in the Spring. It is
a joyous out bursting of a rich and luxuri-
ant Nature."
B@_The annual meeting of the H. T. &
B. Railway Company took place on Mon-
day at the office of the company in this city.
Yesterday the Directors tor the current year
were chosen, consisting of the following
gentlemen:
T J Coffee,
A Jackson
J Adriance
A Underwood
J W Brooks
W Sharpe
E T Barstow t
J ITWaters
F Scranton
H Sampson
A McGowen
T S Lubbock
C Ennis
J Dickinson
E W Taylor
The Directory this morning reelected J
D Waters President, E W Taylor Vice pres-
ident, and John Dickinson Secretary, and
Treasurer, and appointed John Adriance
Agent, at Columbia. The meeting Wks har-
monious and the Stockholders are all in
the best of spirits regarding their enter-
prise.
Henderson —
Iflililtn
HilL JA April 12. -Oct 18
Hopkins. 1 . &. April 26. Nov 15
Houston 9. Mar L. .Sep 6
Hunt —A .May . A .Nov 29
Jack *..16 ..Nov 29
Jackson. 10. Mar 1 Au;; 30
Jasper — 5. Mar L—— Aug SO
Jeneraon 15— May 2A Nov 29
Johnson 1A. Jane 7. Jan 10 '59
Karnes 14. ."...April 19. 1 .Oct 18
Kaufinan... 9..—...May 17. Nov 22
Kerr *—.......... A—...May 10.. Nov 15
Kinney — — .1& May A .Nov 8
Lamar 8. May 24. Dec 20
Lampasas 17.. .May 17. Nov 12
La Mf i . i —
Lavacca .... lCi........Mar A Sep 6
Leon. 1A Mas* 10. Nov 15
Liberty.... 15.—...Mar 1A Sep 20
Limestone IA. April A. Oct 11
Live Oak 14. April 12..... Oct 11
Llano 17. April 12..... Oct 16
Madison. ,...1A Mar IA... Sep 20
Matagorda. - L April 19. Oct 18
Mavertefc — IS. May lOi Nov 15
McCqfl6nfh 17 ..May A Nov 8
MctgajT —19-....... Mar 15.. Sep 20
Milam~ A May 17. Nov 22
Montague..-^, u..—~~16 — Oct 25
Montgomery..^.7. May 17. Nov 15
Nacogdoches A July 1 Jaa 1 *59
Navarro IA April 19.— Oct 25
Newton ..!—.........— A Mar IA Aug 23
N uecea.— „.~l4.........May 3L..._... Nov 29
Orange. .15 ..May 3L.— Dec 6
Palo Pinto — 19.—....April 19.— ..Oct*25
Panola. ~ A April 12. Oct 11
Parker ...m.«........l& ..May 31 Jan 3
Polk IA Mar * 29. Xt 4
Red River...™ 8 Feb 22. Ian 3 '59
Refugio 14. May 17. ...Nov"22
Robertson ..IA——Mar 22. .Sep 27
Rusk A May 3. Nov 1
Sabine 5. Mar 22. Sep 13
San Augusting. A........May 10.— Oct 4
San Patricio 14.. April A Oct 4
San Saba .17. April 19..... Oct 25
Shelby A April 26. —..Sep 20
Smith 9...no provision made for Court.-*.
Star IX May 24. Dec 20
Tarrant lA......^June 28 '. ......Dec 20
Throckmorton. -.16. Nov 15
Titns - A. ..April 12. - Oct 25
Travis. ........ A .June 7..— Dec
Trinltv IA April 12. .Oct 18
Tyler IA *April 26 Nov 1
Upshur. ................ A........Feb 1A.......~ Aug 16
Uvalde M April A Oct 11
Tan Zandt 9. May 31 Dec 6
Victoria 10 Feb 15. Aug 11
Walker 7. -May A...— Nov 6
Washington ................ 3. Mar 29. Oct 4
' Webb IA June 7. Jan 3'59
Wharton L April 2A Oct 25
Williamson ... 17. ..Mar 8 Sep 13
Wise 1A May .24 Dec 6
Wood. A Feb 1 Aug z
Young...—— ■ Nov 22
~ 12. June 21 Jan 17 3 9
Since the article on the II. & T. C.
Railway company has been published in
our Weekly, we have accidentally picked up
a circular on the street, containing an ac-
count of the proceedings of those stockhold-
ers who withdrew on Monday from the
meeting. We find a resolution attached to
the proceedings requiring that they be pub-
lished in the city papers. We do not un-
derstand why they were not furnished^to
us in time for publication in our country
edition, or whj even it was left to accident
for them to find their way into our hauds.
We' do not publish them to-day because 1st,
they are a matter of corporation rather than
of public importance, and 2d, because diey
will be read by every subscriber of our pa-
per who will be directly interested in tWem,
beft>re the Telegraph can reach him. At the
"same time we take occasion to say that if
we had becu a stockholder in that institu-
tion we should have been one of the signers
of the resolutions embodied in this circular.
THE KANSAS SETTLEMENT.
We have had little to say of the Kansas
troubles, well knowing that words on that
subject, beyond the mere statement of posi-
tion, were of little use at this distance. The
telegraph brings the news of its settlement,
and we have time to say but little of that
to-day.
The terms of the settlement were fixed in
the conference committees of both house,
and were substantially such that while the
State is admitted as we'understand it under
the Lecompton Constitution, certain condi-
tions are affixed as to the public lands on
which a vote of the people is to be taken. If
they assent to these conditions, they come
in as a State and can then fix up their con-
stitution as they please, like any other State.
If they dissent they must remain as a ter-
ritory for an indefinite period, or until they
have a population considerably above the
present. The only point yielded by the
South, and it is an abstract one, is that
Congress has the power in any way to med-
dle with the constitutions of territories ap-
plying for admission, the true ground being
that Congress had only to accept or reject
those constitutions. The thing done, how-
ever, indicates a good deal of progress to-
wards the establishment of that point for
the future, a progress which the attentive
student of the history of this country will
find has been gradual from the doctrines of
'96, when Congress assumed the entire pow-
er substantially of establishing the consti-
tutions of new States, to those arrived at
Since 1850 more particularly of leaving the
whole matter with the States themselves.—
We are glad the war is at an end, and hflte
it will be the last one. If not we can tell
Black Republicans everywhere, that the
next one will certainly be whether they are
successful or not.
HOUSTON WHOLESALE PRICE CURRENTS.
[oouubcmd VU1LT FOR THE COMMERCIAL TELEGRAPH.]
2@... 4
Baggixg—
K
Bali Rope.—
Kentucky
Twine..
yd 19
yd 17
>—22
>...18
cky «yd 10 «...ll
M 1A..&...20
-wlrtfttraS 75®. ...
Pllut #bbl ... M
Crackers 9 00($10 0
Beeswax.— _
Yellow —.H ....21@...«
Northern
German..
Jtng. Fire
Baa*...—
bi 2 50®.
rastern...V)ws...90®l 00
janaas.—
Manilla. 14 @...15
3 00^4 00
M088. .
Molasses.-
Naval Stotes.—
Tar. «l>bl 5 00ffi5 50
Pitch f*bbl 3 50^4 00
Rosin. pbbl 3 00^3 50
Spto.Turp't$gal... 75<a so
arnish,b't$gal ... 40@ 45
Oats. ^ibus ...
Oils.—
Lard,W.S...^gall
Sperm Wal 1 2 00
llrweetl,brir 1 00® 1 10
Raw do «... 1 10ft 1 20
Whale, ref<f«... 1 UK 1 25
Tan. Liv.OiTg... 1 00& 1 25
Common.... f 50
OUV& f*b'kt5 U0@ 5 50
Provisions. —
Bee£...,~..$bbl @
Beet /jbbl...
Pork,mess«bbl21
Bacon h'm^b 131
Hams, oCn'v I ... li
Rib'd sides f 3> lib
Superfine flbbM
ExSt. Loulajftbbl 7
FaciT.—
Ralfln" V box 4
^box 2
MbOX 1
Trtnwp* s box m.
OrangfcsV box ...
23S;.« :
Apga,ctrteS. 12Xi
Owl >nx 1 29® 1 90
Mactent
No. l—VtaM
... - «bbl 10 00
No. i SmL.7
- Jjbbt
No. 1
ahoDldera...
Butter. Go.
Cheese. Go.
En.;. Dairy
toea...
Onions.
P.usrs.—
P'rW.Lead
>'o. 1
Zrac.—
Fr. S.WhlU:
No. 1
k g 2 50® 3 or
k'g 2 2Ha 2 7J
n>... 1M. ■ U
d> ... 1ij&... 12
PenoJfc Lcl.iVt.
S. Whitej#> ... Ilia... 12
N. J. Zinc...$b ... 10@... II
Kiel.—
Carolina... "?lk 71 8
Spicks.—
... sua... 59
Uaama....
CTovcs
Oliizer
Aluinte....
Nutmegs...
sugar.—
EMM
Galveston.—The Galveston i^iews, which
appears afraid to say its head is its owu, if
the Christian Advocate don't nod according-
ly, requests us to make the amende honorable
to Mr Ayres for making inuendos. Wehave
never made any inuendos, and consequent-
ly h;ive no amende to make. The News tells
us to let thfe "Advocate" alone. The Advo-
cate may be able to bully the News into si-
lence. We have no wish to trouble that
paper, but it must not put its proud tread
on our corns, for if it does we shall not mere-
ly squirm, but very likely hit it a clip un-
der the burr of the ear—all this of course
figuratively speaking. Mr. Ayres, we do
not doubt, Wrote his article in a moment of
haste, and without considering what he said
and will be as ready to make the amende to
us in his next paper, as we were to correct
his impressions with regard to our article.
We regret to learn from the News that
the Houston mail for Galveston Saturday
night, had not reached there Tuesday. This
is an unfortunate circumstance as the New
Orleans connection was thereby again brok-
en.
The News learns that the Galveston and
Houston mail contract has been given to
our fellow citizens Sterrett & Smith, for six
i times a week at $20,000 per year; that
from Galveston and Liberty, the Civilian
3ays, is three times a week to Fred. W.
Smith for §11,900; that from Galveston to
Matagorda via., Columbia, to D. H. Armour
'and C. A. Bellinger, six times a week at
S3,000, and that from Galveston to Mata-
gorda via Quintana, to G. Winne, at $4,-
500, three times a week.
The News is led to remark that the inter-
est in the jlidicial race, is not so general as
it anticipated. It proposes, if the conven-
tion system must prevail in selecting judges
that a convention for the especial purpose
should be called. We have no objection to
that, provided such a convention could be
.. 16
J) ... 1*«... 16
• 1 iVi 1 511
lib 1 25ta) 1 50
g— ! got together.*
The Civilian mentions the arrival of the
Ha 2 fkSt SObn I Prime. J**>
Bwn 111.- Fair. 4j*#>
New.
(Hm
BlaaUnc,....
Sua.—
Am. 8X10 *bux 2 SO® 2
... 10X12 «bux 2 7S& 3
... lZXISftlwx 3 4
Hat.—
Northern Vcwt 2 00@...
Fair..
Loaf, N.Y....1
Crush**! 1
8 50 Powdered.... 1
. ...iSalt.—
Tjveryool
16!,(o.l7
Dry
10^
Iaosv—
■ag.ltefd'ftewt 4 i
brig BeU Flower from New York.
The Civilian says that under the new let-
tings we shall have mails from New Orleans
five or six times a week.
Family pi 8
ssnarrs.—
Brandy, Fr?**! 4 00f&* 50
_ .... am.... algal . JWfii.
5 OOjOin, HoFd Mai 1 4Jittl S*u
: Ruin, Jam
* We have been requested to publish
Coarse?*ack i a^i io j t\ie following resolutions of aportion of the
Fine... fi*ack 1 A0(a | ^ °
8oap.—
N.Y.No.l....?1b 8 . ,
<>itoe f ib hu® Mi | and cheerfully comply. They were handed
to us too late for our weekly of to-day.
At a meeting of the Stockholders of the
Cenrral Rail Koad held on the 4th May,
IcoS. the following febolutions were unani
r-—mously adopted.
CI "it;;; Resolved, That a committee to consist of
fin Patf (Monong-'ha rxai... 66dSi ao I>. A Shephard. W. .J. Hutchins, T. W.
IStzSZ g 55111 % ^ w House, E. W. Taylor and .1. W. Henderson,
ka"'-- _ j Y^rdUaU,. ^ be appointed to make a thorough examina-
a4ej.yliL^ui" M«u(iJl2oaij |ll',n'^tot'le transactions of the President
to.' |Aia..iresse.t : and Directors of said road for the last year
QM -'ll-
t a Hum, Jain 2 UHE2 74
« ... _. 9« Hum, Am.. Biwl... 79&
■ .73K'«..i >VUUkcy C l*aj...S5
J&... 8'Kose
k S|I>exter's.... yaal... 42kl...«
k. 9 ... ♦ Oliver's visal... 3DS..J3
Bauds....
... ready made,
Mol4 Infill...
List—
TlionuMtM ^Hilia 90<a2
-.-Ingles.... 45*^500
{Lathes. flM n MXfb 5 9ti
—'Sashes dxlu. yU— Id
. I ._ 10x12. to... II
741 1.1x1 i (&.. 9
HOUSTON KATES Of WUAHFAUE.
Anrlla -
Bagging, fllljeee.
... India, >bale
Bales mdse, cubic frwt.
Bale rope, coll
Barrels of all kinds.
half.
Blacksmiths' bellow...
Bottles, *crmte
Batter, td^eg.
9 tlrln.I or mill gtone*....
5 Herrings, ■Jlbox
79; lrouJRhDndre<t
■ad^hundreil
2{LeL
9[L mi
101 liquor,
29 ™
. _. ;4 ...
9 Lumlwr, 1AM
9 Nails, f kag....
hbd
pipe....
Candles, "Jtbox .... . . _
Carriages—...— 1 00 Paper, 'preani
Cases mdae, ^ifoot 2 3alt, ¥vu:l(
Caska bardvare yh11:;. 9 Shot, ^Inu:
CastlnM Wnuiwirt" 1 9 Small iKickuue:
Citaiaa, fli>N 12s Soap, $iwx
Claret, Itbox - 9 Sugar, fihh.l
Coif-e A spices, ysack.
Cotton Gins, |lfoot
VER Y LA TEST NE HrS.
By the State's mail which arrived on this,
Wednesday, morning, we have New Orleans
papers up to Sunday morning, from which
we collect such items of news as we failed
to find in the paper's received by us on Tues-
day.
Fobbigx.
By the Steamer Borrussia from Hamburg
and Southampton, we have London news
one day later. The Fulton arrived at South-
ampton on the 19th, ult. The French con-
spirator Bernard had been acquitted. Af-
fairs between Turkey and .Montenegro,
looked so alarming that Russia had began
q ving troops to the frontier. Consols were
firmer—66 J @ 9B|.
Washington News.
In the House the bill for the admission of
Kansas, as amended in accordance with the
report of the committee of conference, was
passed by a majority of 9; the vote being
112 to 103.
In the Senate on the 1st. inst. a vote pass-
ed to concur with the House in the Kansas
Conference Report, yeas 31 to nays, 22.
The Cabinet was in session when the Kan-
sas bill passed. Salutes were fired near the'
White House. Many members of Congress
have paired of and intend returning home.
It is said on the authority of the N Y Her-
ald Correspondent that the Vrisarri Treaty
will meet with opposition in the Senate.
Commercial.
St. liOt'is, April 30.—White Wheat U0@
93. Corn 40@45. Oats 37i@39. Hemp
$G3(2m8. Tobacco ranges from $3 80 to
$•7 45.
New York, May 1.—Cotton and Flour
heavy. Wheat—Southern Red $1 04®$1-
18; White §1 18@$1 30. Corn 66@70
Mess Pork$18 7o@18 85. Bacon quiet.
Sugar firm, 4J a 6}; Muscovado 4J; Or-
leans 6. Coffee 10J@11 J.
Cincinnati April 30—Flour $3 G5@S3-
70. Whiskey 16|, Corn 41,
ALL SORTS OF ITEMS,
Some Philosopher (?) spitefully says :
The little value Providence sets on riches
is seen by the persons on whom they are
usually bestowed.
The Washington States under the "Ink-
ings of Idleness'' by an "Idler," says "Great
is King Fashion ; and we all, dear reader,
are his abject slaves " Well! no. Not ex-
actly. Thanks to the native good sense of
the country the towns have not as yet whol-
ly corrupted either the best American Man-
hood or Womanhood to become slaves to
fashions. It is true we ape foreign fash-
ions a good deal too much, but though con-
ventionality is one of the greatest powers in.
earth there is power stronger than it in
the mind that will obey it only so far as is
consistent with commSn sense, which means
the average judgement of the masses of the
people, and that is usually right.
This "History of Life" by Charles Proc-
tor who has written many musical, deeply-
passionate poems under the signature of
"Barry Cornwall," (is worthy of the author.
Day dawned. Within a curtained room,
Filled to faintness with perfume,
A lady lay at point of doom.
"Day closed. A child had seen the light,
But for the lady fair and bright—
She rested in undreaming night.
Mexico and the West India Islands—and
establishment of a potent Southern Confed-
eracy, based on Slavery : that's all. As for
the conquest of the Nort hern Slates, I would
defer that."
W. C. Bryant has seldom given birth to a
prettier similie than this bright jewel from
his poetic pen:
Upon yon mountain's distant head.
With spotless snows forever white,
Where all is still and cold and dead,—
Late shines the sun's departing light.
But far below those icy rocks,
The vales in summer bloom arrayed—
Woods full of birds and fields of flocks
Are dim with mist or dark with shade.
'Tisthus from warm and kindly hearts.
And eyes where generous meanings burn,
Earliest the light of light departs
And lingers with the cold and stern.
The New York Express thinks angels in
crinoline do not flutter about the lobby .at
Washington for nothing, else why these
Curious items among the contingent expen-
ses of the House of Representatives for
1857.
"Scissors, $669,70; reticules, S242; al
bums, plain and illuminated, $232; pearl
shopping tablets, $247; pocket books, S80;
ladies' companion, 4>101."
We reckon "angels visits" Mere are not
too frequent to hurt Uncle Sam. We imag-
ine these crinolines live on (he other "side of
the Gulf."
Neal, in his "Charcoal Sketches," des-
cribes a character who speaks of himself
somewhat as follows:
"To my notion, this 'ere is a hard case.
If I tries to mosey along through the world
without sayin' nothin' to nobody, it won't
do—livin' won't come of itself, like the man
you owe the money to—you are obligated to
step and fech it. If I come fur to go fur to
paddle my tub quietly down the gutter of
life without buinpin* agin the curb-stone on
one side, I'm sure to get around on the oth-
er, or to be upsot somehow. If I tries lit-
tle speculations, such as boning tuings,
I'm sartin' to becoched; and if I goes pard-
eners, as I did with Tipps, it won't do—he'll
speckilate and burst, and I'm sure to be
smashed up and sifted through."
Who has not felt like he were opening a
tomb when he has taken from its resting
place^a packet of old letters, long years un-
read, and stowed away, and proceeded to
expose them to the light V Who could re-
read a bunch of such stern memorials of
yesterday's happy dreams and hopeful faith
in the to-morrow that promised so much ?
If you tried to re-peruse them did not your
courage fail you? Could you feel such
wrath al this or that passage that angered
you so o«e«,—uow that the hand that pen-
ned it is cold in the grave? Thus thinking
our eye fell on the following beautiful old
stanza which expresses so exactly what we
mean that we annex them; "
Come they lroln sinner or from saint.
Cast them in, for the fire is faint.
The fire is faint, and the frost is strong.
And these old letters have lived too long.
How welcome once it matters not,
Their worth away with time has sped,
The love is over, the hope is deac^S
And the old friend has forgot.
Cast them in, why should they last,
When the light we read them by is past
And never again will gild our days ?—
Up like a banner goes the blaze—
It is waste paper and nothing more—
Some have been treasured up for years,
Some are blotted with heavy tears.
And some our dreams red o'er.
These are sprinkled with many a vow.
The love was never as warm as now—
Those by a trusty hand were penned—
Woe is me for that friendship's end
There goes a page of boyish rhyme—
That was a page of good advice—
We took our own way on the ice '
And learned the worth of it all in time:
One glossy curl of wavy gold
Was hid in this burning letter's fold—
'Tis loug since that golden head grew gray,
And the grave where it rests is far away!
Up in its might the broad flame flashes
And there they lie, in what all our aims,
Seekings and strivings, hopes and schemes,
Must come to—dust and ashes!
MARRIED :
Blocker,—Smith,—IirWaco on the 21st
ult. Mr. Win. Blocker, to Miss Josephine
P. Smith, all of McLennan Co. Texas.
De Board—Vacohan—In Palestine, on
the 15th ult. Mr. De Board to " Mrs. Sa"
rah Yanghan all of said place.
Kreffer—Allen—In Huntsville, on the
19th ult. Rev. F. Kreffer, to Mis$ Amanda
Allen,
nrii>.
Legranh—In Anderson on the lSih ult.
Mr. Jno. R. Legrand,
Gordon—OnthelOth ult in Huntsville, D.
C. Gordon, son of Mrs. W. D. Schoolfield
aged 5 years.
Oliver.—On same day, in same place,
infant of Mr. W. A.Oliver, aged 3 months.
Crockery, ffcratc...
|Wlhd.
DoinUohTW-
KoWer, ^bale...
Fumltnre, fifoot
till a
5jTobacco,
cn
40
2| Vices, eac
40; Window fflafls, f*box
40' Steam boats and other
5jveiweU nnder 100 tona
25'cartKMiter'snifasiire.... 2 80
S! Between 100 A 200 tons 3 50
Grind or mill stones.... 10 Over 200 tons. 5 00
The wagons of emigrant*, horses or mules arriving or
deuartinc, are free.
Ail articles, the produce of Harris county, are free.—
Lumber sawed in this county is free.
Cotton stored on the wharf Is subject to removal per
ordur of tuc Wliarftnaster, and any expense incurred la
ending the 2d inst.
Resolved, That said committee examine
into the legality of the election of the Board
chosen on the 3d inst. Whether the voters
were qualified, ami whether one-half of the
stock to said road was represented at said
election and as soon as practicable make
their report for publication, that tl^kcoun-
try may be fully and fairly informeTof all
the facts in connection with the manage-
ment of said road and of the act sand doings
of said Board of Direciors.
Resolved, That if said committee think it
important, tiiey will examine intolhewhole
of the transactions of ihe Directors of said
Company in connection with said road from
the beginning.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions
be furnished the cily papersforpuBlication.
J. D. ANDREWS, President.
A. S Richardson, Sec'y.
Mary lirainard was arrested in Buffalo,
for her liege lord an unmerciful
thrashing,Jdu: let off upon showing that
she had to Support the family, while he—
lazy, good-fiir-nothing fellow—"gave hsr
gM«1"whga *h« Ujg him in rua an in «r
THE MO UNT VERNON ASSOCfA TION.
At th request of the Regent of this Asso-
ciation, we publish its "Appeal for Mount
Vernon" in to-day's paper. But we feel
constrained in publishing it, to enter our
protest against this whole proceeding.
There is no one in these United States
who entertains a prol'ounder respect for the
memory of George Washington than we.
There is no oue who who would be willing
to give more, in accordance with his means,
or do morfe in accordance with his ability, to
testify that respect than yte. At the same
time, there is no one thing at which we can
feel a deeper disgust, and detestation, than
in this endeavor on the part of the owner
Mount Yernon to speculate on the patriot-
ism and veneration of a nation. A thou-
sand dollars an acre for a farm any where
in the United States is simply enormous.
In this case, Mr. Washington should even
be willing to part with this estate, if he
will part with it at all, at a far lower than
its regular market price. ' Any man who
properly regarded his own good name, and
the position in which he is placed, would
certainly do so.
We honor the ladies of the association for
their efforts to purchase this property.
They are worthy of great praise. But at
the same time, we are unwilling to see their
noble feelings the prey of avarice, nor can
we say one word in favor of the bargain
they have made, except that, in their eager-
ness to obtain the prize, they have suffered
themselves to be vastly overreached.
To be sure it may be said that no one can
estimate the value, in dollars and cents, of
the regard in which we hold the memory of
Washington. We grant it. But at the
same time we say that even that may be
overcome by the avarice which would tnake
money out of it.
For one, we say, let Mr. John A. Wash-
ington keep these estates; and even if he
chooses, sell the bones of the father of'his
country for cane heads for aught we care.
We will not be of those who will buy them
but if we wish to show our appreciation of
the services of Washington to America, will
cast about for some other means to do it.
FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1858.
We have the glorious old Knicker-
bocker, for May, oil our table, and have as
usual devoured its contents.
We regret to see by the Nueces Yal-
ley the death of 'Maj. Jas. II. Durst. It
took place on the 24th ult.. and was occa-
sioned by enlargement of the heart. His
illness was for two months.
Spring came. The lady's grave was green,
And near it oftentimes was seen
A gentle boy with thoughtful mien,
Years find. He *ore a manly face,
And struggled in tii world's rough race,
And won, at last, a lofty place.
And then he died. Behold before ye
Humanity's brief sum and story—
Life, Death, all there is of—Glory.
The Boston Post first republishes the
following stauza from a poem by Carrie
Clark in the Louisville Journal, and then
adds what we have subjoined after the
rhyme:
1 bring thee a heart, love—a stainless heart,
As fresh and as pure as the mountain suow:
Still echoing back, with a clearer strain,
The song that you taught it long ago.
Tis an humble thing,
The gift 1 bring,
Vet all my fortune and my store.
And I bring it thee, I can bring no more.
What more could iter lover ask ? A stain-
less heart, a fortune aud a sture'.—possibly
a dry goods store. Hold on to that gal.
John Mitchel is decidedly a genius wheth-
er he be noMe patriot, wise politician, or
profound economist orno. In alatenumberof ! prevent
9^,The ship Henry Clark which sailed
from Galveston in Febri^ry last for Liver-
pool loaded chiefly by the merchants of this
place, arrived at her destination on the 6th
ultimo.
The Atlantic Monthly for .May is
received. The place for its ordinary Black
Republican article is filled by some pleas-
ant reading about Beethoven. The Auto-
crat of the Breakfast Table discourse! h rich-
ly. We have made some clippings from his
present writing, which we will retail anon.
This Autocrat is Oliver Wendell Holmes, a
tnau everybody has heard of.
Galveston.—TheCivilian says the steam-
er Welchman is up for Dallas, and interme-
diate landings on the Trinity. Hope she
will get there, but, neighbor, where did she
come from?
The Civilian says that a little child of
Mr. Dirks fell from the second story of
Close & Cushtnan's foundry on Wednesday
evening, and injured its face and head in a
shocking manner.
The Civilian gives the bids on the Galves-
ton and Matagorda route via Columbia, 114
miles and back, 6 times a week. They run
all the way from $3,000 to $12,000. For the
Galveston and Liberty route there were two
bids at $12,000 and one (accepted) at $11,-
900.
The News publishes the report of the
meeting of Stockholders in the Central Road,
at the request of Mr. M. M. Miller, and is
to be furnished with an article in reply, by
Col. Ebenezer Allen. We understand there
is to be a full discussion of the whole sub-
ject. It is the business, now that the mat-
ter is before the public, of both sides to
make a full showing of their position and
grounds of action, as well as of their inten-
tions. We cannot espouse the cause of ei-
ther until this full showing has been made.
We wish to do perfect just Tee to all, and
shall do it.
We find in the proceedings of the Galves-
ton City Council, published in the News a
chartef for a gas company. We should be
glad to see something of the kind started in
Houston.
TEXAS ITEMS. *
The Columbia Democrat says that a store
and a grocery were broken open in that
town on the night of the 1st and some few
articles stolen.
The Democrat says that the late rain was
very much needed, and it gives a favorable
report of the crops.
The Democrat mentions the appearance of
the whooping cough in Columbia. There
are no serious cases.
The same paper gives a favorable report
of the crops of Wharton county as well as
of the feeling of the citizens relative to the
rail road tax. They are to vote on the ques-
tion next Monday the 10th inst.
The Democrat in speaking of the literary
taste of Columbia says there are twenty
copies of the Telegraph takes there. Make
t hat twenty-nine, neighbor, if you please.
The Victoria Advocate says that fivehun-
dred and seventy-four stalks of wheat grow
from one grain in Victoria county.
The Columbus Citizen says the people
there are luxuriating on garden vegetables.
Pity all our friends west of the Colorado
couldn't say as .much.
The Citizen, in a short article devoted
to the Telegraph, makes some grave insinU'
at ions against us, and then disavows them.
It isn't right, neighbor. Either fish, or
cut bait Don't accuse a man of being dis-
honest, and then deuy it. If you believe
the accusation, make it, and give us a
chance to speak to it.
The LaGrange True Issue, of May 1st,
complains of dry weather, and that the
crops were needing rain very badly. We
presume the Saturday night's rain filled the
■bill.
The San Antonio Herald notices the flight
of the grasshoppers towards the North-
west. It is lo be hoped that they will not
stop till tlicy get to the centre of the
" staked plain," aud once there, they may
forget the way out of it.
The editors of the Herald have been fa-
vored with vegetables, from a garden in
that city, which would seem to prove that
the people of that city are not entirely ru-
ined yet by the grasshoppers. *
By Ihe Herald, wc are led to consider
San Antonio one of the most favored cities
in the South. By a dam in the river the
gutters of ihe streets can be easily flooded,
and thus the town watered at scarcely any
expense.
The Sau Antonio Texian says that busi-
ness is very lively in that city, and almost
every day 20ii Mexican carts may be seen
going to or coming from the coast, and
about half as many Mexican wagons.
The same paper says the smallpox is on
the increase in the city, the difficulty being
that the police cannot find the subjects.
The Bastrop Advertiser, ofSaturday, men-
tions the want of a good rain there, which
fell in genial torrent son Saturday morning.
The Austiu Gazette says that the grass-
hoppers have spared the fruit, and the pros-
pect for an abundant peach 4rop is good.
The Huntsvile Item says there are no
cases before the District Court at its spring
term of more than ordinary interest.
The Item glories in the improvements at
fiigr The workmen are busy with the cor- Huntsville. The court house is ceiled,
ner opposite Messrs. Ennis & Co. The old | floo^ whitewashed, &c. It is to be en-
buildings that stood there have been pulled j ciosej. \ vestry has been attached to one
Repeal of the Sunday Law.—We have
but a word or two on this subject. It is well
known that a petition signed by quite a
considerable number of voters has been sent
in to the City Council for the repeal of the
Sunday law, a copy of which will be found
in our columns. A counter petition sign-
ed also by a considerable number of voters
has been sent in, praying that the ordinance
may be retained. The Council wishing to
take the sense of the city, have ordered that
the question be put to the coi'poration vot-
ers ou .Monday next. This is a very proper
move. In this as in all other matters of the
kind the will of the majority should govern.
For our own part we are satisfied with the
law as it stands. We believe it has greatly
conduced to the good order and peace of
the city. It is a police regulation for this
purpose.*Leaving out of view the religious
aspect of the question, and considering
Sunday only as a holiday, we put it to
every sober well meaniugcitizen, if it would
not be better on all holidays to close liquor
shops.
Let it not be said in this connection that
this is restraining llie liberties of the peo-
ple. When men go into society they volun-
tarily yield so mncj of their natural rights
as is necessary to establish that society on
the best basis for all concerned. Society is
established for the convenience of its mem-
bers in pursuing peaceful occupations. In
every society there are very many who
when pushed on by unnatural stimulants
become crazed, and irresponsible. They
will always do so when these stimulants are
openly and invitingly placed before them.
They thereby not ouly disturb others who
are honestly minding their own business
but oftentimes endanger the lives of the
peaceable. Oa holidays when large classes
of persons are entirely out of employ,
the temptation is greaterthanonotherdays,
and a proper regard for themselves, should
induce I hem to seek to put- it out of the way.
But the religious view is not unworthy of
attention. A large and very respectable
portion of our people are those who respect
the Sabbath as a day of quiet by the ap-
pointment of the Almighty. Grant, if it is
insisted ou, that they were educated so.
Does their respect for that day make them
worse, however it was learned ? These men
are ready to yield aud often do yield to the
feelings and wishes of those who do not so
regard the day. It is but a spirit of fairness
which should induce others to yield this
point to them.
We should be sorry to see this ordinance
repealed, and are quite well satisfied that a
sober second thought will lead even many
of those who have asked its repeal to sus-
tain the law.
some of those already half done into of era-
lion, and you shall see. By the way, what
of your Pine Island Bayou Road ? That is
worthy of attention.
The Seguin Journal thinks a company
could be raised in Guadalupe to join the
Rangers. So do we, in almost any county
in Texas. Ten regiments of the best fight-
ing men in the world could be drawn out of
Texas on any worthy occasion.
The Clarksville Messenger of the 15th
ulL mentions the arrival of the easterm
mail, for the first time in six weeks.
The Gilmer Democrat says that the pros-
pects for crops there are moderately fair,
notwithstanding the spring rains. Wheat,
rye and oats never looked better. The
scarcity of horse feed is a great-draw-back
on the planter.
The San Antonio Ledger says that four
of the smallpox cases hOTe been discharged
from the hospital cured. No new cases
have appeared.
The Gonzales Inquirer says that a large
number of the farmers there have begun to
replay their crops, with a prospect of suc-
cess ye't.
The Inquirer says the grasshoppers con-
tinue to leave daily. Every clear sunny
day they may be seen in millions taking a
northward course. They will soon have all
left.
. The Inquirer publishes the report of the
Union Sunday-School in that town for the
year. The school is a flourishing one. It
has an average attendance of $2, dfda
ibrary of 813 botfks.
The Ledger says that, on the 24th, about
thirty horses were stolen from a ranch on
Calveras. The thieves were two Rio Grande
Mexicans. They sold the horses for $10 a
head, and the animals would be recovered
The Ledger mentions an unsuccessful at-
temp to break jail by two prisoners in that
city.
away and two commodious two story brick
stores are going to be put up in their place.
Mr. Bremond will add much to the appear-
ance of that part of the town by this build-
ing, aud will set an example which we hope
to see followed more generally ou lhaf side
of Main street.
Small Fruits.—The Horticultural mind
is now much engrossed in cultivating the
small wilding fruits. The neglected Black-
berry, from being the humble bramble, now
lifts up his head amoug the garden fruits
as proud as the Raspberry, aud is even put-
ting on airs, aud claiming superiority over
the Strawberry. The Lawton Blackberry
has revolutionized blackberry culture. Prac-
tical men are hybridizing and planting
the seeds of blackberries, and many assert
that they have superior fruit from the pro-
cess. The blackberry is emphatically the
Church j Poor man s fruit. The bushes grow where
. ! nothing else will grow: but because the
le p j j3 common it is not lo be despised.
Road yesterday, to a grove beyond Bray's |t j* healthy and delicious in its growing
Bayou, on a pic-nic excursion. They had : state, aud how much more delicious when
a large and tine party, and all present unit- cultivated in rich soil those only who have
° . 1 tried it can appreciate. Ihe staining ot
ed in tleelaring that they had a g ^rious j die lips has hitherto been an objection to
time. the fruit as a dessert fruit, but if the white
On to-morrow we understand Miss Maiier - varieties are cultivated this objection will
i , ... . , ,i..( vanish. We have never seen white black-
school will go out. We regret that businos-
he Sunday School of Christ
Episcopal) went out on the cars of t
W
,-f|.t in
his paper he gets off the following moderate
programme, which alter all, i? only, perhaps
what we may all see sooner or later:
"I am a moderate man. and confine my
vieWJ for the present to a Dissolution of the
the Uniau—Revival of llit African Trada
from the children, to j
kind invitation
with t liein.
The Advocate promises to enlarge it Melt,
get new type and try the experiment of a
semi-weekly this summer. Wt* *h;Ul In* glu'l
to speak oi lha appearance ..1 tin *uii-
ALL SORTS OF ITEMS.
A writer in Washington city, D. C., speak'
ing of the President's reception at which
he attended, remarks that it was "very re-
cherche, from the fact that clerks and me-
chanics aniLother common peoplecould not
attend." - Now we should like to know who
constitute this upperteft of America? We
have ever found more good sense, refine-
ment and taste among the mechanics, clerks
and trades people than any other. They do
not affect the ape-like actions or dress of the
brainless fop gr put on the airs of moneyed
Ariatnnraoy who hnve noLLljllg ftl°e 'p rot" —
COMMERCIAL.
TELEGRAPH OFFICE, 1
Thbksday, Mat. 6, 1868. j
It thould be remembered that our quo-
ations generally represent wholesale qrices.
WEEKLY REVIEW.
Trade for the past week has been about
as active as it was the previous week and
the amount of merchandize sold foots up to
large figures. The heaviest trade, as is al-
ways the case in the spring, is in Groceries.
Still dealers in general merchandize have
no reason to complain. Money is plenty
in regular business, though there is little
to be had out side of that for any purpose.
The news from the growing crops in Texas
is still exceedingly satisfactory. Through
the whole cotton region that crop is proba-
bly more promising than it ever has been
before in the history of the State. A larg-
er amount has been planted; it has been
planted and got to a stand earlier , the sea-
sons hare thus far been morq fkvorable; and
the plant is growing more satisfactorily to
the planter, than can often be expected.—
With no mishaps to the crop from this out,
the total product of the State this year will
overgo a quarter of a million of bales.
The-wheat crop, also, at last accounts
was doing as well as could be -fished. The
fields were rapidly approaching their har-
vest, and unless the storm of the 1st inst.
should have, proved a beating one in that
region, the crop ought to be ready for the
reapers now. Various estimates have
reached ns.of the crop in the different coun-
ties, and the lowest of them sum up two-
and-a-half millions of bushels as an aggre-
gate crop of the State this spring. It may
not reach that figure, bnl we believe it will.
Certainly this is enough until there are
means provided for taking it lo market.
Corn is everywhere east of the Colorado,
doing well, and there will be a great abun-
dance made for all the wants of the people.
West Of the Colorado the grasshoppers have
ruined most of the crops, and are now leav-
ing,that country, taking their flight in a
northwesterly direction. They have cer-
tainly been an intolerable pest to that whole
region.
The sugar cane crop is going to be a large
one. The fields are growing finely and'the
late rains have helped them greatly. The
rain of last Saturday was begining to be
much needed in many parts of the lower
country, aad proved a perfect God-send to
the crops.
Af the railr^mi pntf-pr:°°° MM
binls. hut we have now in cultivation white
blackberries. From the medicinal quali-
ties known 11, lie possessed by the blackber-
ry. it is not only becoming a popular fruit I
for t he dessert, but its juices are being ex-
tracled for jams, jellies, aud wines. We
tool that we cannot do our readers agreater
fav..r than to recommend them to invetfti-
ne the subject of bluukbarry failure.—
of the churches ; and in addition to all, the
ladies talk of making a new black gown for
the Episcopal clergyman.
The Carthage Recorder says that, during
the session ot the District Court ou the22d,
while Judge Frazier was presiding, two cit-
izens of that town got to loggerheads, in the
court room, and went to blows. Judge
Frazier lined tlieui $100 for contempt of
court, and bound them over in $1,000, to
be on hand at next court, to see what the
Grand Jury will do with them.
The .Jefferson llyrald mentions an alarm
of fire in that cily al I o'clock at night.
The tire was extinguished without damage.
The llendersou Beacon speaks of a good
deal of sickness prevailiug in that neighbor-
hood.
The Beacon gives the proceedings of a
Democratic County Convention in that
county. Every beat was represented by a
number of regularly appointed delegates.
The Convention stands up to old Buck, Dick
Kunnels and the Austin Convention. It is
consequently all right. M. D. Ector was
nominated for Chief Justic.
The Beacon hopes that the people of
llo^sion are fully alive to the importance
of the Henderson road. Certainly, brother
Mc, all in good time. We intend to make a
railroad through every tract of rich land in
the State, eventually, and that to Ilender
mend them. The writer of the above ought
to be kicked by every mechanie, clerk or
tradesman he may meet. Upper ten indeed!
—Exchange
Such a fellow isn't worth kicking.
The following is an awful lick at some-
thing or somebody, or if it isn't its very
phunny.
"Von by von in de lide-house,
De shtars shone out on high;
Und far on de tim horizon
De shiffs vent sailen py.
"Den ve listened dill all was silent,
Und we couldn't hear no more;
Und de shtars had cone to de tyfel,
Undde shiffs sailed off from de shore."
Parson Brownlow, about whom there is
considerable difference of opinion, some
folks calling him a "reverend bruiser" and
others an "eccentric divine"—which last is
more according to our notion, has been to
Memphis, and writing home tohispaperthe
Knoxville Whig, about ft ball he went to
after preaching, describes t&e ladies and
eulogizes hoops with all the unction of a
poor "worldling." But the concluding par-
agraph is rather steep. Hear him:
"One feature of the waltzing got me. It
was tq see a young fellow, dressed and per-
fumed within an inch of his life, squeezing
a lady tight around the waist, with one arm
and with the other, as ihey mingled with
and cross others in pairs in the dance, gen-
tly lifting her dress, and she occasionally
raising it higher, all, however, to keep it
off the floor, and the lady leaning up to him
like a sick kitten to a brickbat! In these
squeezing quadrilles I noticed the hoops
were rather in the way."
Kansas has smart girls any how you can
fix it. A Miss Little by a little coquettory
won the little heart of a little old fooj of
sixty called Dr. C. She made him make
over $9000 and settle oa her ere she would
marry him. The old fool did it. She refus-
ed to marry him. He sued her and lost his
suit. Served right.
It is a singular fact that the largest room
in the world that was ever constructed is
that in which the tobacco stores are kept a
the London docks. The room is said to
cover nearly six acres—all under one roof.
Queer that this enormous apartment should
be devoted to an article of mere luxury. A
strange commentary on the world.
Scarlet fever, it is said, is prevailing at
Grenada, and other towns in North Missis-
sippi.
The following may be all very selfish but
it is very true. If it is not the best or
brightest sort of moral philosophy, it will
nevertheless be received as "sound sense"
by the most ot folks:
If there can be a greater bore in life than
a man with a grievance, it is a woman with
wrongs. It is not selfishness that makes
society hard-hearted to both classes. It is
the instinct of common sense which dictates
that, when people cannot right themselves,
nor yet set in motion the machinery which
might help them, it is more dignified and
becoming of rational beings to keep silence,
and not let their life dissolve into a spoon-
ful of warm water. Complaints, well or ill
founded, soon exhaust "the milder grief of
pity." In fact, there is no virtue that so
soon evaporates as sympathy. People grow
tired of being sorry for what they cannot
help, and, becoming angry at a grievance
that wiil not be driven away, they soothe
their own feelings by declaring that it is the
"people's own fault." Life is a battle; and
those who cannot fight for themselves meet
with no quarter.
good and bad news. The Annual meeting
of the H. & T. C. Railway Company took
place in this city on Monday. It resulted
in great dissatisfaction to many of the
Stockholders, who have since held outside
meetings, passed resolutions, and taken
measures to establish their rights.' We ex-
ceedingly regret the difficulty as it may
prove a hindrance to the progress of the
road.
The Annual Meeting of the Stockholders
of the H. T. &-B. R. Company also occurred
on Monday. It passed off harmoniously,
the directors elected being substantially the
old board. Measures were taken for the
purchase of the iron at a very early day,
and it is expected by the next annual meet-
ing that the road will be in operation to
Columbia. There is no reason why it
should not be. The grading is now all done.
The ties are being rapidly got ready. The
bridges are mostly up, and but little re-
mains but to get the iron and lay it down.
This the State loan will enable the company
to do without difficulty.
The work on the Texas and New Orleans
road is rapidly progressing. A large force
is at work on the grading, pushing it along
with all due speed. The affairs of this com-
pany are in a most satisfactory condition.
Of the G. H. & H. road we learn that Mr.
St. Cyr, writes from France that he will
leave thefe on the 1st of June, with ample
means for pushing it through to Houston
without delay.
There is no material movement in other
enterprises.
The health of both town and country is
excellent. A few cases of small pox in San
Antonio is all the sickness we hear of in the
State.
the soya of the sewjxg machine.
The following beautlftil line* *re from the pea of a gifted
L «ly in Cincinnati, written in a mouieut of inspiration*
after having useil one Grover ± Baker'* ceiabrated sew-
ing machines, in executing her family sewing, aud pub-
lished in the Cincinnati Enquirer. The new household
domestic sing* a pleasant son*:
I come from the realm of thought. I come:
Oh! give me a welcome in every home;
For I bring In my trail a stranger-guest—
A friend to the weary—*'Domestic Rest;"
Ami my iron hand has a gift for all
Who unmmon my aid In the Spring and FalL
I come, the "Child of Genius " I come;
And. lo! what a treasure 1 bring to some.
To the weary housewife au hour from care—
An "hour for improvement," for thought, for prayers
An ' hour for repose"—I've thought it no crime
To pluck such feathers from the wings of Time.
I come, with a cheerful song I come,
jugn "
i iuuic, v tut a tut
And I hope ereloi
'Neath the sun of ,
In ttMlcyhatf ortfcX'
i long throt igb the world to roatt.
of tu« Tro|3c* I'l\ Uft my Wlfif;
Increase of stook on hand, etc .._2607
Quotations fot corresponding date for
Middling grades 18@14c.
Hid as.
The animation noticed in our last report
has continued, and the advance has been
tsustained during the past week. Wo have
o notice a still further rise of J a cent fe*.
he last week, and quote accordingly. Good
Texas hides at 11 cents.
Mikchahdiu.
Bacon Sides.—We observe little change
in the market. Ribbed can be had for 12}
@12 Jc. Clear, 13*@13f.
Bacon Shoulders.—None. Nomisal.
Bagging.——Slight advance. India, 17®
18c. Kentucky 19@22c.
Candles—Star Candles can be had for 25
©28c. Do. short weights, -23@24c. Ada-
mantine, 27@29c. Sperm, 45060c.
CorrEE.—We do not observe any quota-
ble cnange since our last. We repeat our
former quotations. Good Rio. ll}@12c.
Prime 12Jc. Choicel2}@13. Java, (scarce)
17c. •
Corn, Westekn.—White iB worth 95c.(Si
$1 00. Yellow 90@95c. Mixed 90c.
Corn, Texas.—We do not find any in
market. ~ .
Cheese—Western seems to have an ad-
vancing tendency. It can be had for 16c.
English i)airy, 16@17c.
Floor.—Prices seem a little firmer than,
last week.. Fine can be bought for $5 26
@$5 75. Saperfine_$6 00@6 75. Extra
St. Louis, $7 50©8 00.
Hay.—With light stocks, we quote at $2
Iuon—We observe moderate stocks. *
Prices have undergone little change. We
quote Refined Bar, 4j@5c. Horseshoe,
6}c; Hooj#7|@8c; Slab 7@7}c; Swede*
6@Gic.: Cast Steel 22@26c., German 14<£
15c.; Blister, 10@12}c; 81ab Steel 9@10c;
Nailf $4 75®$6.
Lard.—Good in bbls. 12@12J; kegs 13
@i4c. • - ■ ' *
Lead.—Bar can be had for 8J.
Llme.—Ample stocks, we quote $2 50@
2 75. . ' ^
Lumber.—We notice Mobile yellow pine
selling from i he yard at $82@35. Texas
do $16@20. Ala. and Fla. dressed $42 5Q@
45. Cypress $35@40. Shingles $4 60@
6 50. Laths $5@5 50.
Mackdrel—We find moderate supplies
in market. No. 2, inhfclf-bbls , can be had
for $7 50@3 60. Do., in Kite, $2 75.—
No. 1, in Kitts, $3 25.
Molasses—The advance noticed in our
last seems sustained. Choice, in bbls., is
worth 42@45c. Half do., 45@50e. Choice
Syrups 50c. Inferior 88c. Halfdo. 41@43c.
Texas little in market.
Oils.—Linseed has no quotable change
during the past week. Lard oil can be
bought for $1 15@1 25.
Paints.—White lead No. 1 per 100 lbs $9
Pure $10 50©11; S. W. Zinc $9 60@10
French $12 50@18.
Pore Mess.—Unchanged. We quote as
before, 21@22c.
Potatoes.—Western are worth $2@2 50.
Northern $3 -50.
Rope.—Manilla is worth 14@15c. Ky.
hand made 10@11. do machine made 12@
12Jc. Grass rope 15.
Salt.—Coarse, $1@1 10. Fine $1 60.
Spirits—We are withfut full quotations
for fancy brands this week, which are pro-
bably not materially changed. We give,
however, a few quotations oT common
brands.*" Oliver's Whiskey, 32@38c. Ful-
ton's pure White do. 30c. White Wheat do.
50c. Rose, 30@33c. Bourbon, $2 00@
.SSL.H0 MniionrehHn @$2 00- Sean-
da, foreign, $6. *
Sugar—We observe a very slight decline.
Common 8£c. Fair, 9f@10c. Crushed,
14@15. Loaf, 16@l(ie.
Tobacco—We observe an advancing ten-
dency and quote at present prices. Com-
mon brands 25 @30. Extra 50@60. Fancy
75@90.
Wool.—Halfbreed, wi.hout burrs is worth
20c. . -If
HOUSTON MARKETS.
The Arabia's advices from Liverpool,
dated 15th ult, also those of the Borrusia,
a few hours later, are duly at hand, show-
ing a decline in that market of Jd on low
grades, together with a drooping and lan-
guid tendency.
This intelligence has had an unfavorable
effect on our home markets which are in an
unsettled condition and without, any move-
ment although quotations are nomiiAlly un-
changed. The sales of the past week at all
points were unusually small and chiefly on
spinner's account, as factors and spoliat-
ors having been awaiting the Arabia's news
were unwilling to submit to the reduction
claimed by buyers.
Receipts at this point are rapidly de-
creasing, although still ample to supply the
enquiry, and this morning small lots are
moving off slowly at our quotations, which
are
.... @
.._ 9 @
9}@9J
9J@10
10i@10J
10J@10}
Inferior
Ordinary
Good Ordinary
Low Middling
Middling
Good Middling
Middling Fair - W
STATEMENT OF COTTON.
Stock on hand Sept. 1, '57, bales £>6
Rec'd past week 2469
... previously 48825-51294
Total
Shipped past week
previously
61349
2657
44678-47330
4019
Stock on hand May 6, 1858,
as follows:
yincent & Fisher
Peel & Dtimble .*..
T. W. Whitmarsh
Allen & Fulton
J. J. Cain St, Co
Taylor & Bagby
Decrease of stock on hand from last
week 188
455
......... 429
849
791
400
1096
CORRESPONDING date last tear.
Amount on hand Sept. 1, '56bales 217
Rec'd to April 80 89825
... April 80 to May 7... 534«—S9869
NEW ORLEANS MARKET.
•
Saturday Evening, May, 1. 1858.
COTTON—We noticed in our last review
sales during the early part of the week of
12,000 bales, and stated'that the market
had been extremely quiet, but that the de-
mand had- been stimulated towards the
close by the receipt of despatches reporting
a heavy frost in the interior. There Was
no more material change on Wednesday,
but the expectation of later foreign news
checked the demand and the sales were con
fined to 3000 bales. On Thursday the re-
ceipt of the Arabia's accounts confined op-
erati oos to 1200 bales in several small lots,
while yesterday the market continued with-
out any movement to establish prices, the
business comprising barely 1000 bales.
Thus the sales of the three days sum up
5200 bales, making (with 1500 bales addi-
tional on Tuesday)a total for the week of
18,700.
The receipts since the 27th alt. com-
prise 11,009 bales against 3072 during the
corresponding period last year, and the ex-
ports 24,793, embracing 12,902 to Liver-
pool, 501 to Havre, 976 to Barcelo(ta, 1593
to Genoa, 2965 to Bremen, 2106, to St. Pe-
tersburg. 795 (1590 half bales) to Veri
Cruz and 2955 to Boston. Week's receipts
27,963 bales. Exports 65,173 r47,673 to
foreign ports and Y500 coastwise): leaving-
on hand a stock of 825,807 teles afjlinst
160,153 bales same time last year* The re-
ceipts proper since 1st September to date
(exclusive of those frotn Mobile, Florida
andTexaBby sea,) amount to 1,446,452
bales against 1,402;771 same time last year
—showing an increase of 52,681 bales. The
net decrease at all the ports up to the la-
test dates reported, is 63,067 bales, (2,710,-
862 against 2,768,929.) Referring to oar
remarks above, we repeat our quotations,
as follows;
new orleans' classification.
AsshmUMtiwf u tkl of lAvrftl.
Inferior 9 • 7j<
Ordinary.'. 8^®
Good Ordinary .....10 ai6K
Loir Middling ...11
Middling ....llj<#tlX
Good Middling lSJiSli^
Middling Fair ISXaU.
Fair t*..y -#—
CATTLE MARKET.
Jefferson Citt, 1
Friday Evening, April 30, 1858. J
An ample supply of Beef Cattle and about
1400 llogs, 800 Sheep and a fair stock of
Cows and Calves offered to-day, and the
week closes easy for purchases at our quo-
tations.
prices :
Beep Cattle,
Western Sne to choice, per lb net <S 6 75
Western rough and fair, per lb net
Texas Ac., Inferior, per head...
do do choice, do ...
Hops, per 100 lbe net
Sheep, In lota, lnfr A ordinary, I
8h**ep, choice, V head
Milk Cows, ordinary, V head...
Milk Cows, ^ head, choice.
Veal Cattle.
COMPARATIVE STATEMK.^ OF RBCKIPTB AND
STOCKS OF COTTOX. AT THE FOLLWINO PLA-
CES AND DATES ANNEXED.
PORTS.
(Stocks on,
i hand Sepl
.1857. .lias.1 1857
Reoelved '
Since 8ept 1.
N. Orleans, Ap30
Mobile Ap23
.Savannah.. Ap 22
Charleston-Ap 22
Florida. Ap23
Va. k. N. C. Ap 17
Texas Ap24
New York. Ap 19
Oth'r PortsAplT
4304 . 5006
1926 1550!
5644! 3144
56 74
4 | 842
692 623
16246 34657
*432 9500
1453541
472102
243379
317100
Total Bale* 46511 62390
Total to date 1857 62390
2720157
Ml
Incr'se this year! {..
Decrease —. '15879
1401000
SUM
35800
112570
32747
75784
27£p272
1858 l 1857
94073 59965
49081
16784
1150
17562
62710
401151 «... 21241
bc2
Ccre for Felons.—Boil up in any iron
vessel of sufficient capacity, (say four or six
quarts.) enough yellow dock root to make a
strong liquor; when sufficiently boiled, and
while the liquor is hot as cm be borne by
the] hand, cover the kettle with a flannel
cloth to keep in the heat and steam, aad hold
the hand, or finger affected, under the cloth
and in the steam, and in five minutes the
pain will cease. If it should return after a
time, heat up the same liquor and do as be-
fore. In a cure performed in this way, the
joints of the fingers will always be preserv-
ed. Teis recipe has been abundantly ver-
ifiedhere.—Scientific American,
PARASOLS.
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