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WEEKLY TELEGRAPH.
IfOta mt tike Teiefrarfe.
Lagrage, Fayettt county- T. C. Gmkhwt
ndertom. Qrlnei oounty B. W. Boaosss
^Mtoau*, tawrw oowty....Col. C. M.
Sa* T* MosrLlKY*
OweoirUte Robertson county.... J. B. Wilson
Alvarado, Jokcson county J* W. Moons
X, C. Whakton t Co., General agents. Ne* Orleans
Brazoria, Brazoria oounty M j. J. G. MoNsst, Jr
gMimai, Fort Bend oounty. Johk Johnson
Victoria, Victoriacounty..........JA8. f. Eebgcson
Denton, Denton oonnty. W. H. Mouht
Osage, Colorado county D. M- Pobtbb
Columbus. .. .. ......Gko.'McCobmicz
Clinton,DeWittcounty ....Thomas C.Smith
St Levis, Ho..... J. k. Pbitchabb
Bel ton. Bell county J. W. Fishbubn
Hills bo ro'. Hill county W. B. Tarvbb
Waxahachie, Ellis oountv....... J. H. Whittbnbebs
JeSsrson,. ■. Hosack i Co.
Brysn, Braaas county .Mason & Bubkb
Weathertord, Parker county J. L. Oldham.
Loekfcart, Caldwell ooonty Lttob & Polk.
alias, Dallas oonnty ......J. M. Cbockbtt.
Hew Orleans, La. A. C. PWbpoht
of tke house of Bisooe k Simms, Special Agent.
Waoo, McLennan eonnty S. J- Forsgabd
McLennan, Waco ....Coke, Herring & Adams
Marlln, talis D - G- Adam
Waller's 8^>re, Austin oonnty J. A- Light
Rose Hill. Dr' *■ ffiefer
ffavasota, Grimes connty W. L. Crenshaw
Montgomery. Montgomery connty.... Dak'l Da> * t
fayettesTille.Payette county C. W. Gregory
Richmond, Port Bend county....Capt. P.I. Barziza
Palestine, Anderson county.. Ho Clubs Jc McC"
San Felipe, Austin connty .'.Rer. A. McKinney
Georgetown, Williamson county...Sidney ssrxetjr
Centreriile, Leon county....— Dr. j as. Cowa: t
Webberviile, Travis county.' ....R. H. Bm.th
Brenham, Washington, oonnty,......Dr. s. B. Gbonb
Scutamil*, Walker county..!.. E. T. JoSby
Austin, Travis eonnty....... ..C. 8. Johks
« • M.M.Grant
k. • Aux Swm
Astzop, Bastrop oonnty.......••Chauncs-y johnson
: * ;.j. d. nash
yarn, Milam oounty...—.......H. Phillips*: Co
oluabns, Colorado counter Hon. Gbo. W. Smith
Dallas, Dallas oonnty....Bubbokd, Good* St Jobdan
t >• John C.MCCox
Beaumont, Jefferson county,......... John G. Pipkin
Orange.. ThoS- J. Russell
CenterviHe, Leon eonnty. LataybttbBlack
Boand Top..... - .....Bob'* Zapp
Yrelsburg, Colorado county* M. Malsoh
Hempstead...., HbkbtL Raskin
Millican, Brazos county. R* J. Sbeltoh
t&~ Mr. Sam. T. Scowr is authorized to receive
and receipt for subscriptions and advertisements to
this paper.
John W. Hill, Esq., is our residen. gent
in^he city of Galveston. .
B. D. Dashiell, Traveling Agent.
St. Louis. Mo.... .A. i. Burke, Jr
Iff APPEAL TO THK PEOPLE
•f Hons ton and Harris Coaaity, and
•f the State f Texas, ,
la another column will be found an
address by the Executive Committee
of the ''Buffalo Bayou Ship Channel
Company,M to the people, npon the
subject of participating in a safe and
profitable investment, by purchasing
the bonds, or subscribing to stock to
aid is the construction of the "Ship
Channel," that is to enhance city
property ten fold, and reduce freights
three-fourths on all reshipmedts be-
tween the two cities, thereby saving
on present tonnage now resbipped
between Houston and Galveston,
over fonr. pillions annually to the
consumers and producers of Texas.
As soon as specifications for con
tracts are prepared, the President of
the "Buffalo Bayou Ship Channel
Company," is directed by the Board,
to advertise proposals for, bids from
contractors for dredging the channel
from Bed Fish Bar to Houston, in the
journals of New York, New Orleans,
Galveston and Houston.
The citizen desirous of enhancing
liis property and business/ must aid
by investing to the extent of his
means and property, in this grand en
terprise, with an assurance, not only
that the - work will be speedily com*
menced, but' that every dollar invest
ed will be protected and guaranteed
both principal and interest, by the
company revenues, and landB of the
State donation
Ho doubt some of our correspond
ents think us tardy in giving their
articles place, but they will excuse us
when we tell diem that we have Ijad
such a quantity of matter on hand aB
to make it necessary to delay a num
ber of communications.
On our third page will be found
tit* advertisement of Messrs. Bar
Iwroux 6c C6., of Louisville, Ken-
tmeky. These gentlemen are anxious
to open a trade with Texas, and are
determined to offer such inducements
in prieefl as will command it.. We
advice ear people to give them
chanoe, and, we doubt not, they will
make it to their interest to become
their permanent customers.
The Galveston News is informed
that the verbiage of the proposed
fifteenth constitutional - amendment
-was published in the Telegraph as
it appeared in the Philadelphia In
quirer. We took pains to give- its
various modifications as it appeared
in its progress through Congress. We
will acknowledge our error it the cer*
tified copy differs from the one we
have published.
A Gkiat Succsss.—"Brick" Pome-
toy's new Daily in New York City is
one of the greatest and most success
ful newspaper enterprises of the conn
fay. Bis new weekly "Pomeroy
Democrat" is increasing in circulation
• thornand eepies per day. Send for
sample copies to M. H. Pomeroy,
Printing House Square, New York
City.
.. 'fry i i ■■
Since <&• road* have fcagaa to im-
prove, Haiti Bisher It Hall bave
, the daily stage line between
FOBBBABA2VCE.
In conclusion, I ask patient forbear-
ance, one towards another, through-
out the land, and a determined effort
on the part of every citizen to do his
share towards a happy union; and I
ask the prayers of the nation to Al-
mighty God in behalf of this consum-
mation.
There surely is not a political op-
ponent of Gen. Grant within the lim-
its of the United States, who will not
do him honor for the above sentiment,
expressed in'his inaugural address.
Patient forbearance! How much of
bitterness, heartburnings and unhap-
piness could be saved by its exercise
We have two great parties in the
country, pretty nearly balanced as to
numbers, virtue, influence and intel-
ligence, but could some intelligent
foreigner, who knows nothing of our
country read over a brief abridge-
ment ot the abuse heaped by either
party upon the other, he would con-
clude that the party attacked i3 com-
posed of the most corrupt of mankind.
How lamentable to reflect upon the
evil tendency of this course—to look'
into the future and dread that it may
increase until finally it may destroy
our country—to look back upon the
past, and find, its monuments in a
hundred battle-fields and in the graves
of hundreds of thousands of those
who were of the best and bravest
men of the nation.
If we take up history, we find no
parallel to it, even when nations were
at open war, and it has been left to
America, in the light and knowledge
of the nineteenth century,'to present
Union of States, the people of which
make more infamous charges against
each o'ther than ever was seen before
in any age or country.
We as a nation have been proud of
the freedom of the press and of
speech, and it is well that we are, but
it has been made an evil in hands of
Violent men, more potent in its with-
ering consequences than an army of
destroyers, and it is high time that a
public sentiment should be cultivated
against its abuse. This is the only rem-
edy's it would make matters worse to
attempt to correct the evil by legisla-
tion. We must be more forbearing to-
wards each other. Neighbors may
differ widely in opinio^, but this is no
reason why they should not be neigh-
borly. Citizens may belong to dif-
ferent political parties, but this is no
reason why they- should not be
friends. The millions opposed to
each other in the United States can
not afford to be personal enemies. It is
both unwise and fevil in its tendency.
We are citizens of one country and
ernment, and should concede to
each other the right to differ and not
abuse and villify each other because
of a disagreement|ppon any question
Gen. Grant, in the utterance of
these sentiments, shows clearly that
he was .sincere in his motto in favor
of peace. In referring to the ques
tions growing out of the war, he uses
the following language:
In "meeting these, it is desirable
that they should be approached calm
ly, without prejudice, hate, or sec
tibnal pride, remembering that the
greatest good to the greatest number,
is the object to be attained; this re
quires security of person, property,
and for religious and political opinions
in every part of our common country
without regard to local prejudices.
These principles are wise, and should
not be contested or violated, for in
them lies our safety. Full toleration
should be accorded everywhere to
differences of opinion upon questions
of faith and politics, for thereby only
can we have peace and prosperity
Let us learn "patient forbearance,
and then indeed can "every citizen do
his share towards a happy Union
And let tho whole nation pray, as
requested, for this glorious consum
nation. ,
PACIFIC BOA®;*hbough tex.
as from Mcmpliisksd New Orleans-*
Houston the first Sea iPort.
On the 24th of February, the House
passed a bill by 122 to 40 to grant the
right of way to the Memphis El Paso
and Pacific Railroad Company of
San Diego,
on by the
the route
"News"
e, states,
Fremont
defeat the
the 35th
ttle Eock,
Texas from El
adopting the inco:
State of Texas, and
a military and post
A correspondent
from Washington of tha
upon the authority of
himself, that in order to
combination in favor
parallel, commencing at
and which would havit excluded
Texas from the benefits or a South-
ern route, the Southern members
concentrated on this line from Mem-
phis as "the only one that can unite
all the Southern votes in Congress,"
and in order to secure a sufficient
vote for this, it is required that the
branch from *New Orleans, which I
believe will be called the Central
Transit, shall be incorporated at the
same time." "That with a branch to
New Orleans, connecting with Gal
veston and Houston and extending
up to Austin, and thence intersecting
the trunk line from Memphis at some
point east^of El Paso, the road would
not only accommodate all the ex-
treme Southern States, but would
bring even New York several hun-
dred miles nearer to the Pacific Ocean
by this route than by the Union Pa-
cific Railroad, now so nearly com-
pleted."
On the very date of the News'letter
from Washington, (24th of Feb.) con
taining the above memoranda from
Gen. Fremont himeelf, we received a
letter of same date from New Orleans,
announcing the passage, the day pre-
vious, by a vote of 58 to 1 in the
House, (since passed the Senate) of
the charter of the ^'Louisiana Transit
Company," which will combine with
the Central Transit Company, of
Texas, to run, via Houston, from New
Orleans. This letter adds: "The
Memphis and El Paso, (Fremont's
Bill,) just passed the lower house of
Congress, has combined with us, and
will.unite with us on the Colorado."
This New Orleans letter was pri-
vate, and of same date as the letter
to the News from Washington, and
as they so fully corroborate each
other, we give it as reliable Pacifi^
Railroad news, of deep interest to
Texas.
It is not improper to add that Gen
We believe there is no class of
men in the land so heavily worked
and so poorly paid as teachers. Our
teachers must be competent to teach
everything. Must take little "a b c
scholars and graduate young men in
the philosophies and languages
including political economy and civil
engineering.
This would be more tolerable
teachers were paid. But a clerk on
steamboat, or a bookkeeper in a mer-
cantile house receives as much com-
pensation as two or three of the best
teachers in the State.
This is too bad. Reduce the work
or increase the, pay. Next to the
sacred calling of th& Christian minis
try, teaching is the highest vocation
to which a man can be called.
Office of Buffalo Bayou Ship Channel ?
Company, Houston, March 5, '69. J
To the Citizens and Property Oioners
of tke Citi/ of Houston:
The undersigned Executive Com-
mittee of the Buffalo Bayou Ship
Channel Company have been assigned
the duty of soliciting your subscrip-
tions to the stock aad bonds of the
Company.
The charter under which the Com-
pany has been organized is ample in
its powers, and affords you the oppor-
tunity to secure an improvement so
vital to your interests. The organi-
zation of the Company comprises a
number of citizens long identified with
your interests, whose fortunes are
linked with yours, and whose energies
are at your command in prosecuting
the enterprise. If you give them ma-
terial aid and co-operation, they hope
to open the way to the sea and add to
your already advantageous position
as a railroad centre, the influence of
commercial intercourse with distant
ports. Nature has affoided the facil-
ities. Aid us in developing them, and
the results will fully recompense you
for the outlay.
The company has deteimined to
open its boolis for subscription to one
hundred thousand dollars of its cap-
ital stock, in shares of one hundred
dollars each, and at the same time to
offer itb eight per cent, twentysfive
year bonds, to the amount oi' odo
hundred thousand dollars. Five per
cent, ot the subscriptions to be paid
at time of subscribing or on cail :
balance in installments ot' five per
cent, after thirty days public notice.
the immediate benefits ot the
improvemant will inure to the-
ory of Houston, it has been deemed
but proper that your means should
inaugurate it; and that in investing
your means in it, you should also be
privileged to identify yourselves with
it as stockholders.
The bonds of the company will, it
is believed, afford an investment be-
yond the public. benefits accruing
from the construction of the channel.
Secured, as they will be, by a pledge
of the property and revenues of
the company, wfth ample provision
for the prompt payment of interest,
they afford a safe means of accom^
plishing a public good
"As an additional basis for raising
means to prosecute this enterprise,
the company looks to the real estate
it may acquire through donations
from property holders interested in
the improvement. We believe that
by judicious management, such city
lots or lands as your liberality may
vest in the company, can be used to
add to the resources necessary to se-
cure success. The reflection is wor-
thy of your consideration, whether it
is not economy to donate a portion of
.your unimproved real estate to this
company, to enable it to make the re-
tidue far more valuable than the
whole is without the Ship Channel.
* We realize that in the depressed
oondition of trade and our uncertain
political relations, many would find
|n excuse for delaying the inaugura-
tion of public improvements ; but
Price recently in Houston, and so de- fithis one is so vital to your prosperity,
sirous of constructing ithe New Or-
leans Road to this city,- is interested
in this combination, and that with the
Central Transit Company of Texas,
and Central Transit of Louisiana, as
the Gulf Shore line, via Houston, to
connect above Austin on the Colotado
with the main trunk from Memphis—
Texas will have really two lines to
the Pacific, resting on the first tide-
water of the Atlantic at Houston,
from which point the Gulf shore
route moves to New Orleans.
Texas should know how much is
due, if this combination succeeds, to
the prolonged and successful efforts
of our esteemed friend, G. W. Carter,
who, both at Washington and New
Orleans, has expended an immense
effort for its accomplishment.
The New Orleans Road to Houston,
with this Fremont combination, be*
comes the Gulf shore -branch of the
Southern Pacific Railroad. This, with
the Ship Channel, makes a metropolis
of this city that will rival New Orleans.
The Executive Committee of the
latter enterprise, commence solicita-
tions, and books are opened in the
office of the Company on Monday.
Let our citizens respond,and rise to a
just conception of the inighty future
before them.
Waco has v one of the best legal
bars of Texas. Among the eminent
jurists of the interior, Judge N. W
Battle ranked among the foremost of
his profession prior to the war; and
now golden opinions for his ability
and integrity on the bench of that
district.. His partner, L. W. Good-
rich, is a good office lawyer, and
together, constitute a strong firm. We
know these gentlemen personally, and
take pleasure in recommending them
to our subscribers, not only through*
oat Texas, bat abroad.
A Frenchman in Nachitoches, La.,
expects during the coming season to
make a fortune raising poppies and
making opium. An acre will make
eight hundred or a thousand dollars
worth of opium.
The Coming Man.—Is he to be a
shoemaker or a tinker? The three
great leaders who have presided suc-
cessively at the helm of the Ameri-
can ship of State, were a rail-splitter,
a tailor and a tanner.
The citizens of Grayson county vol-
unteered to supply a guard day and
night to watch the two prisoners in
jail in Sherman until the day appoint-
ed for their execution.
i~
A brisk contest is going on for the
principal offices in New Orleans. The
Republican says:
Mr. Casey, a relation of General
Grant, feels confident of becoming
Collector of the Port; General Herron,
not satisfied with the Marshalship,
also expects the same office; while
Mr. Heath, formerly Mayor, who
kept the July rioters on the police
and the rebel School Board in office,
is backed up by Bishop Simpson of
the Methodist Church.
The French poet-statesman Lamar-
tine is dead.
and so easy of accomplishment, that
j*ou cannot afford to await the uncer-
tain chances of the future.
In order to afford all the opportu-
nity to lend a helping hand to this
enterprise the subscriptions to stock
or bonds are made payable in ea9y in-
stallments. There is no citizen,
therefore, who cannot invest a por-
tion of his means in the enterprise,
and while we confidentialy look
to the large property holder and
wealthy citizen for a liberal subscrip-
tion, we will earnestly press upon
those of limited fortune, the im-
portance of ?identifying themselves
with tha enterprise and aiding it to
the full extent of their means.
Your fellow citizens who have se-
cured this charter, believing fully in
the practicability of the enterprise
have g6neto work in a practical spirit,
determined that with yonr co-opera-
tion, their efforts 6hall be crowned
with succe83. While ttfe benefits to
be derived from its completion are co
extensive with the State, your com-
mercial position is to be immediately
improved
After years of discussion and agi-
tation, the project has reached a
point where action is demanded. Your
pride ot character and position as a
city is involved in its success.^ Let it
be proven that the same energy and
confidence in your future, which has
marked your past career as citizens
and made you an ^ample of enter
prise thronghout thJpate, will make
ylu equal to this onision ; and that
rising superior to alfembarrassments
y<ju will, through the development of
your navigation, support,the railroad
system which now centres in your
midst, and secure for yourselves those
advantages incident to water commu-
nication with the commercial world
The books for subscription to stock
and bonds will be open at the office of
the Company, corner of Main and
Commerce streets, 2d floor. -It is
likewise our purpose, to personally
solicit every citizen and property
holder of Houston, to give the enter-
prise that liberal aid which its public
character and importance demands.
Your obedient servants,
Jno. Shearn,
Henrt R. Allen,
E. W. Cave.
Executive Com.
Letter from Hempstead#
Hempstead, March 2,1869. ,
To the Editor of the Tele-graph.
Major Burton, the courteous Super-
intendant of the Texas Central Rail-
road, extended an invitation to your
correspondent to visit the new work
now being rapidly finished upon the
extension of the road above Bryan.
The excursion passed off very pleas-
antly, the more so from the kind at.-
tentions of Major B., and his assist-
ants, [Captains Grimes and Filkins.
After careful inquiry aud close obser-
vation, we feel confidant that a train
will enter Calvert, unless the weSther
proves very unfavorable, on the first
of April. "The face of the country
above Bryan affords nothing interest-
ing to the eye, or suggestive to the
thinking mind. The road crosses post
oak ridges, the soil of^fcich is very
poor the whole distanHBef fifteen
miles, with the exceptioWlbf about
two miles at Becchley Station (Red
Top). At this point there is rolling
prairie—apparently well cultivated—
the soil rich, promising good crops..
From such a survey as can be made
while riding along the tract, it did
not appear that the iocation adopted
by" the Company was the best possi-
ble. To the uninstructed mind it
seems remarkable that so many
curves should be required over that
range of country, and still more curi-
ous that these curves should all occur
through deep cuts, or over high em-
bankments. One thing is patent to
the most careless observer, that a
large amount of very heavy work has
been done upon this section. There
is one deep cut with a curve so sharp,
that two trains a few yards apart
would not be able to see each other.
When the business of the road be
comes very heavy, as it will, I fear
this location will .be regretted. If
made to 6ave a little present outlay, I
suspect it will be found to be upon
the principle of "penny wise and
pound foolish."
The company have been compelled
to place their energetic Superinten-
dent in charge of tract-laying and
finishing up the present work, so as
7to use it safely. He has a very la-
borious and unpleasant operation to
perform. Every cut has to be widened,
every embankment also—the whole'
road to be thoroughly ditched and some
fifteen miles of iron layed down by
April 1st. However, after watching
the admirable system and order adop
ted, I have no doubt the work will be
done, provided the contractors fur-
nish the ten miles of grading this
side of Calvert Station. It is to be
much regretted that this company
should have been so delayed in finish
ing this section, and all will rejoice
when the work is done. Work, how-
ever, cannot be well and quickly
done at extremely low rates. Con-
tractors must have living prices. The
true principle in letting contracts, is
not to give to the lowest bidder, but-
to the lowest made by parties respon-
sible and understanding the work to
be done.
While in Bryan we were pleased to
meet, in Col. Hill, of "Hill's House,"
east side of the station, a&rol.d ac-
quaintance from Georgia. In the
good old times when "life was young
and promised to be happy," I have
eaten very many "square" meals at
his excellent and well known eating
stand at Newman Station, upon the
Atlanta and West Point Railroad.
Broken up by the war, he has com-
menced again at Bryan, and we most
heartily recommend his house to our
traveling friends. Weilqooked food,
clean beds, a very quiet house, and
an experienced and affable host are
not to be fouad every day in Texas
This evening we have also had the
pleasure of saluting Capt. Ed. Ter*
rill, with his beautiful bride, on their
way to Bryan. Truly they are a
handsome couple, and probably none
ever started in life with more earnest
good wishes for their happiness. He
may well be proud of the beauty and
worth he has won, and she of a hus-
band so universally popular afod re-
spected. May God bless them.
The Phoenix Express Company have
bravely overcome the difficulties at-
tending the opening of their business.
The. handsome masner in which they
met their recent loss, together with
tile knowledge that they are a home
Company, easily to be found, has
given the people every trust in them.
Among their many popular messen-
gers, none deserves more credit than
Capt. Mat Bullock, upon the Wash-
ington Branch. Always polite, ready
and attentive, he makes many friends.
The weather continues cold, but
dry, and the plowis busy everywhere.
I fear the fruit crop is destroyed.
The future smiles with promise. All
that is needed, is renewed confidence
in our Government and certainty of
political safety. The people can ob-
tain these by following the sugges
tions of the Telegraph ; and I believe
they will, judging from the earnest
words of encouragement which I hear
from good men of all parties. Let us
have no Convention or public excite-
ment ; we know our work, let us do it
like men. - Yours,
DeVeuve.
For the Telegraph.
Religiou among the Colored People.
The correspondent of the Houston
Union, "G. W. H.," is reassured that
"A Reader" is a sincere friend of the
negroes.
Mr. G. W. H. is further informed,
that so far as has come to our knowl-
edge, no white congregations have
objected to negroes forming any
church relations they chose to select.
And these congregations have been
permitted, so far as we know, to take
the church building in which they
worshipped.
The people of Texas of different
churches, and of no church, have very
generously and liberally contributed
to aid in building churches and school
houses for the freedmen.
We know a preacher whj| had
preached on Sunday afternoons for
years to colored people, and who con1"
tributed advice and money towards
building a freedmen's church and
school house, and 60 soon as it was
built, was notified' that a Southern
white man was not wanted to preach
in the pulpit he had contributed to
erect.
We know scores of Southern preach-
ers and laymen who have thus been
elbowed out of the congregations of
colored people, when they were wil-
ling to preach and assist in Sabbath
School instructions.
"A Reader" did not complain that
the Northern Methodists had entered
into the labors of their Southern
brethren and taken possession of
churches and congregations made
ready to their hands.
• He did not complain that Northern
men were engaged in preaching to our
colored population. He expressed his
regret that by alienating the colored
people from the local churches of the
land, there were so few while preach-
ers to instruct them in the principles
and administer the ordinances and
discipline of Christianity.
Our interest in the welfare of the
colored people is life long, and our
prayers for their salvation sincere.
But we are hindere<Tfrom doing any-
thing because the colored people have
been alienated from the churches aud
congregations of white Christians in
our midst.
Our convictions are very strong
that the best interests of this race re-
quire that they should be placed in
close • relationship with our local
Churches. A Reader.
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH MILITARY DIST. J
Austin, Tkxas, February Si, 1869. S
General Orders, No. 17. *
1. The provisions of the laws of this State in re-
lation to the " Shipping and Slaagh'erine of Cattle,"
A -• of Sep embe.-5, 1850 iArt'cle i860, uldbam and
White's Iiisf-st), are berebr extended and made te
apply to all persons er T-jed in the transportal'On,
in mv manner, of the I' des of cattle fro a this State.
2. Every prison inths Military Disk- ct engaged
in the pun hate cf hides of ca.tle, lor purposes of
le or expoi t tion sbsll make a regular report, un-
der oath, to the police court, of the county in which
purchases may b • made, giving the number, color,
markp, and brands 01 every hide of cat le purchased
by him, orin his possession; and tha'l exhibit to the
marshy' of aDy town or city, or clerk of the county
cou -t, the hides so purchased and reported; and such
officer shall ta're and file s list and description of
such bides. The report, and list, and description
herein required shall be made to each regular term
of the police court. aBd be recorded by ti e clerk ior
the iDspec >on of aay one interested. Bach report
shall be a< com named li.s. of the names of the
pei -ods—with their residene from whom the h'des
were pur.-based ; if any 6J the hides in the pos-
session of the pe n or nelsons making the report
are those of cat.le Ji..isecLJby a- d person or persons,
it shall be so tt .tea in the report.
Any person convicted of violation of this paragraph
shall be subject to the penalties prescrib . J in Section
3, Chapler 179 of an " Act to regulate the sale, a ten-
atiop, r rroval ortiinsfer of animate ia this St. te,
and to require butch< >.vsto report to tbe police court
alt animals slaughtered, and for other pu poses,
passed Ivovemtier 13. 1866. And the provisions of
■bee ioi 4o. said Act aie l<- e to fcpply to the re-
qa'1-ementn of this orde . Ot nders mjy be brought
bt ore a Blilitaiy Commissioner for examination, and
h?l i to bail lorappeataLce before, and be tried by. a
Military tribunal.
3. It is declared te be an a Sense for any person to
buy or sell any hide of cattle without a ma; k or brand
ihereoij, or from whieh the mark has been cut oft or
otherwise removed, or the brand defaced.
Every per* on offending aga<nst the provisions of
tbis paragraph shall, for such offense, be subject vo a
fine o' twenty-five dollars—one-hRlf to the informer,
and the other half to the-ju y iund ot the county
where the conviction may be had—te be recovered
before any jusaco of th« poace or Military Commis-
sioner.
4. The provisions of this erder will net be held to
appiytoany parties en&ased ia slaughtering cattle
tor th • market, or lor packing, if they shal' have
previously complied with the laws of tht, State in re-
lation to the cattle purchase lor slaughtered by them.
By order of Brevet .Major Oeneral
E. R. S. CANBY.
APPENDIX.
The Acts referred to in this Order are
follows :
CHAPTER XXVIII.
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SHIPPING AND
SLAUGHTERING OF CATTLE. !
Pete Riddle, (Hulburt) a freedman,
waB sentenced to be hung Friday
last, in Waco. On last Sunday re-
ligious services were held at the jail
by Rev. R. C. Burleson, and the con-
vict received baptism that afternoon
Temperance. — We congratulate
Georgetown and - vicinity upon the
great improvement in conduct and
conversation of the town since the
organization of the Sons of Temper-,
a nee at this place. Peace and good
have been in the ascendant ever since.
Long may temperance survive to
blese the country.—Watchman.
Tbe workmen are busily engaged
raising the towers of the Waco bridge.
A correspondent, who Beems to be
well posted, says it will take more
money to get a charter for an air-line
railroad from New York to (Washing*
ton,'through the various State Legis
latures, than it will to build the road.
The New York Tribune says the
Police Court of the Parish ot Baton
Rouge, La., is paying up its war
debts and redeeming Confederate
bonds.
G. W. Boswell, mail carrier between
Lexington and Bryan, was drowned
at Mosby's Ferry on the Brazos, on
the 18th ult.
By the new diplomatic bill the gov-
ernment will eurtail the expense of
the South American missions about
fifty per cent.
Skctios 1. Be it enacted by the Lcghlatvre qf the
State of Texas. That the captains ot steamboats or
vessels on which cattle are shipped to leave the Sla' e,
or the proprietor or proprietors, or agents of the
same, of any slaughtering establishments, shall keep
or cause to be kept a reciatef book, in which the
marks, brands, and general description of all cattle,
of aU Fees, received on said boats or vessels, or
slaughtered at said establishments, shall be regis-
tered, ozether with the names of the person or per-
sons selling them, and the county trom which they
■were driven.
Sec. 2. That said register, on the first day of eaeh
month, or as near tbereto as. possible, shall be pre-
sented by said captains or proprietors to tbe county
clTk of th9 cunty where said ".attle were shipped or
establishments are situated; and said e'erk shall
keep a register of the same, and the registers shaU at
all times be open for inspection; and said captains,
proprietors or clerks piay chargca fee of fifty cents
for each and every inspection thereof.
Sec. 3. That a non compliance with the provisions
of this Act shall subject saiu caotains, proprietors,
or clerks to a fine not less than ten dollars. Dor more
tban fifty dollirs for each head of cattle si ipped or
slaughtered, not registered; and said tine.with proper
proof made, shall be recoverable in any court of com-
petent jurisdiction.
Approved September 5,1850.
CHAPTER CLXXIX
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE SALE, ALIENA-
TION, REMOVAL OS TRANSFER OF ANI-
MALS IN THIS STATE. AND TO REQUIRE
BDTOHERS TO REPORT TO THE POLICE
COURT ALL ANIMALS SLAUGHTERED,
AND FOR OTHER PCRP03ES.
****«■«*
Sec. 3. That any rerson or persons, in any county,
town, or village 111 this State, engaged in the slaugh-
ter aud sale of animals for market, such person or
persons sh>tll make a regular report to the police
court of the county, under oath, giving the nnmber.
color, age, marks and brands of every animal slaugh-
tere>), and i-haU exhibit to the marshal of any town
or city, or clerk o the county court- the hides of the
'beef so slaughterel, ana such "fiacer shall take and
file a list ard descrip'.fon of sach hiiies, which report
shall be made to ei 'lregulu- me .ing of the court,
and be recorded by.'le cle.-v, for the inspection of
any one interested. Eich report mads shall be ac-
companied bvtte bill of sale, or wrilten conveyance
to the butcher, for every animal that he has pur-
chased for slaut'h ?r; and i any of the animals
slaughtered liave b:en raifed by himself, it shall be
gos-ated in the report, and any butcher or person
engaged in sHughte" ing, who shall kiU anv unmarked
or unbranded r niinr.' for market, or shall pure ha e
and kill any an' nal without the proper bill of sale,
other than his o« n raising, or shall lail to make the
report to tlie po'ic* cou't. p"? is heiein proTiu.6u, sna l
be deemed guilty of a m sieoieanor, and. upon con-
viction, slialU fined in the sum o rot less than fifty
dollars, nor "more than three hundred dollars, for
each cflense, to be paid into the county treasury as a
Sec. 4. That it is hereby made the duty of the police
court of each countv to examioe, at its regular
in s, all records fend reports made under this Act, ana
to enquire into and report to the grand ju' y or county
a torney any perscn guilty of violating the same, ana
if in vacation, to causa the offender to be arrested,
and the facts to b* inquired into befo e some justice
of the peace; and, if guilty, to be required to execute
bond, conditioned as other penal bonds, for his ap-
pearance ax the next term of the district or county
court; and in default thereof, to be imprisoned as in
other cases. The Judges of the district c0'11*®.,*?
each county in this State shall bet required to give
this Act specially in charge to the grand jury ot
each county at its organization. ^ _
* * * * * *
Passed November 13, 1866.
A correspondent of the Waco
Register reports that Bosque county
is overrun with Indians.
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