The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 54, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 10, 1874 Page: 2 of 4
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Tho»c \\ ImtinilN.
The city purchased two windmills of
latest, pattern about a \cir ago, for
the purpose of raising water to bo
used in sprinkling the streets. "Will
some gentlemen connected #vith the
corporation inform tli.u public what
disposition ha* been made of these
machine-;' There never was a time
when they could be more advanta-
geously used for the purpose contem-
plated when they were purchased, than
the present, and we suggest that the
City Engineer be instructed to have
one of them located and put to work
immediately.
The second mill may be put to good
use in furnishing water for tin" fhrtil*
bery iu the Central Hijuare. It will be
necessary to water the plants during a
great part of the summer, and no bet-
ter plan can be adopted than to utilise
the machines mentioned. The services
of the City Engineer will be necessary
iu putting the pump and mill in work-
ing order, and the sooner it is donu
the better.
ll.ri i|iH or 4 "Hon 1'itr Siv Month-.
The following were the receipts of
cotton for the first six months of the
present commercial year, froui Sep I em-
ber 1 to March I :
.New *>rleaiks
Mobile
Charleston
Savannah
Oalveston. ..
Wilmington
Norfolk
Other |«>rts
Total.....
. . . bales.
... 2S7.1BO ..
... :h»3,<mi ..
... r»si ,j<to ..
... :i<)8,r»K3 ..
... :n,4«7 ..
... ;«H,a»7 ..
2ir>,o;i7 ..
... .:s.io*>jti«;i hales.
Onto wants a State commission to
prepare text books for the public
schools, anil penalties to compel the
use of the series prepared. The Wash-
ington Chronicle. says that such a
schemc is nothing more nor less than a
monopoly, and would be ruinous to
the book publishers, who have by com-
petition alone produced the greatest
improvements iu text books. A good
deal might be said on both sides of
the question without exhausting it.
There has doubtless been a great im-
provement in school books in the last
half century, but the frequent changes
in them is a source of great inconveni-
ence and expense. There are now
twenty-five different Headers in the
house of the writer of this paragraph,
accumulated by a single family of chil-
dren during their attendance at school,
to say nothing of the variety of ge-
ographies and other books.
Wk are edified almost daily by
reading, in Northern papers, letters
from Texas, in which the writers ex-
press their agreeable surprise to tind
that our people are not savages, but
read, write, wear store clothes, e^t
with knives and forks, and have
schools anil churches. A late letter of
this sort io $hc Philadelphia Pre.in lit
tributes this wonderful degree of c ivil
i/.ation to the extension of our rail-
roads during the las; two years. We
are truly grateful for the advantages
these roads have brought, but we can
not see that the population they liavc.
introdnced is any Ivtter than that be-
fore in Texas, which has always been
about equal in intelligence and morali-
ty to the avi-raire jxlpulation of other
States.
Tiik friends of King Nebuchadnez-
zar claim that he was a f.ranger. Will
people never get through with the in-
spired wisdom of this crazy monarch:1
He has been claimed by tlie advocates
of a strictly vegetable diet as their
patron saint. As a gras-' feeder lie-
was doubtless a success, mid it may be
that Mr. Darwin could trace onr long
horned Texas cattle to him; but lie
has no right to the name of Granger
The word owes its origin to a house
for storing trrain, not to an «iif.nieei|
pasture.
Senatorial Election. The follow
iug is the official returns of the elec-
tion for Senator in the Twelfth Sen
atorial District, held on the nineteenth
of February, 1H74 : Thomas M. Joseph,
1165 votes; M. S. Munson, H votes;
Jacob Clauder, I vote - total vote, 1109.
nn.i.tiiD Fii.i.noKE,
A telegram announces the death of
this distinguished ?e»tU;iii.uj, a| Iii»
residence in Buffalo, '.w Y"rfci ou
the night of the eighth. "Millar If ilT.
more was born in the' township of
Locke, (now Summer vi lie,) Cayuga
County, New York, January 7, 180®,
hence he was 7-1 years old. He had
many struggles in early life, but rapidly
lUtaict d eminence, adopting the law
as his profession, and intermingling
politic# with this profession. He was
an alje jurist, and at the age of
twehty-ninc was admitted counsellor
of the Supreme Court of the State.
He served three successive tcrtna in
the State Legislature.
In 184J he was elected to-Congress,
where he rose to the front rank for in-
tegrity, industry and practical ability.
After serving several terms in Con-
gress, iu IB 11 he was elected Coiap-
troller of New York. " »
In 1844 he wrote a letter iu opposi-
tion to the annexation of Texas, so
long as shivery was allowed, and was
in favor of its abolition. In the same
year he was a candidate for Governor
of New York, but was defeated by
Silas Wright.
In 1818 h<* was elected Vice Presi-
dent on tne Taylor ticket. Violent
agitation on the question of prohibit-
ing slavery in any new Slates to be ad-
mitted, the Wilmot Proviso, etc., fol-
lowed. Cen. Taylor died July 10, 1850,
when there was great danger of civil
war on these questions. Mr. "Fillmore
took the chair as President and imme-
diately ordered United States troops
into New Mexico, to resist the claim of
Texas to that territory, and urged
Congress to take steps to settle the
question of ownership to that, region.
The Compromise measures, including
the bill for returning fugitive slaves to
their masters, were adopted, aud he
signed them and issued a proclamation
iu favor of their enforcement, which
brought on him much abuse from the
anti-slavery men. His administration
was a prudent and conservative one;
but lie lost iu a great measure the sup-
port of the party which had elected
him.
Mr. Fillmore'sadininistration was dis-
tinguished by favorable treaties with
Japan and bite Central and South
American States, the exploration of
the La Plata, exploring expedition into
the valley of Amazon, the Chinese
Seas and the interior of Africa. lie
was extremely neutral iu regard to
foreign troubles and complications,
especially in the Austro-Hungarian
difficulty, and Cuban matters. March
4. 185:!, Mr. Fillmore retired from
the presidency, leaving the country
prosperous, and at peace "with the
woild. Iu .18-54, he visited the West
aud South, and was everywhere receiv-
ed with tokens of welcome and es-
teem. About a year later, lie visited
Europe, and was still absent when he
was nominated as a candidate for Pres-
ident by the American party. Al-
though the main struggle iu that cam-
paign was between Buchanan
and Fremont, the Democratic and
llepiiblican nominee, yet Mr. Fillmore
received a large vote. On February
10, 1858, Mr. Fillmore was married to
Mrs. Caroline Mcintosh, an estimable
widow lady, daughter of Charles Car-
michacl, of Morris town, New Jersuv,
and retired to private life. Since his
marriage lie appeared prominently be-
fore the country but one time, and
that was as President of tlx* Louisville
Commercial ( onvciitiou.
Mr. Fillmore was the last Surviving
ex President of the auto helium era;
and, with the exception of John C.
Fremont, the last surviving Presi-
dential candidate of the years before
the "bloody chasm
A man as good as he was able and
distinguished is gone. Ilis faults, few
and trivial, will die with him, while
his virtues with his name pass into his-
tory. _ ^
*vNo Special f.c&i-lalion — No < la**
l.o»iNlu[lou,"
The Legislature of Georgia has at
last adjourned, but seems not to liavo
given satisfaction to the people. The
Augusta Ibiniit it/it i'liKilixl complains of
the great evil of "too much legisla-
tion." This is the almost universal
Complaint. One of the great pests of
the country is that lawmakers, as soon
as they have got together, seem to
think it their business to remedy every
Complaint they can hear of. They
seem to think they arc elected to make
laws for the government of nearly ail
the private transactions between the
people- that they know better than,
the people how much they ought to
pay for the use of moncv—how
they should buy and sell their
own commodities. They seem to
think it their duty to protect men
against their own want of judgment
and prndencc i:i their transa. tions
with others as well as to provide laws
to punish palpable frauds. They for-
get that magnificent rule of " Caveat
h'mph>i<," mid seem to think it their
business to provide laws to prevent
either the purchaser or seller from tak-
ing anv advantage of sacli other in
their mutual transactions. They for-
get that the great complaint in all
countries has been "too much legisla-
tion," and that the people have often
hud to beg their rulers to let them
alone-—" Laitmz-nou*foire.''' We quote
from the above named paper:
The curse of modern legislation is
special business. Laws might he made
under which towns could be divided into
classes, with officers, rules and regula-
tions for each class, so that it would only
require a local vote for a town to assume
corporate functions. A general incor-
poration law for business associations is
another way of stopping a big grist of
special legislation. A locM option law
art regards licensing the sale of liquors,
would stnp all legislation ou temperance.
Many other Keneral laws might be de-
vised to Hto|i special legislation.
The trouble with special legislation is
that, it ilevelopes bargaining, chicanery,
and, th worst of nit, n public conscience.
Men who would scorn lo take pay of u
neighbor for a day's work they did not
flo, have the public conscience to take
pay For day's or weeks' work never iloue
for the State. Men who would scorn to
enforce a contribution by taxation for a
local work or charity, have no scruple of
tiIdling it from the State Treasury.
1 In se are some of the ways the public
cpns''iehc,o manifests itself. Bargaining
cott.es in naturally. Mr. A., to court
popularity at, home, put-* on the garb of
patriotism and asks for $1000 for a
memorial association; and then B. wants
$lO'Mi and so it goes on till all combine
to he satisfied.
Vow, all this is no wor?e in Oeorgia
than elsewhere ; but what we want is
that it should lie better,.
If we are to have a constitutional con-
vention, wh trust mei, will Ix, elected to
it pledged to the following propositions:
1. That the Legislature shall he elected
on a populative basin- -iUl.lHHI for a Sena-
tor and 'if>M(X) for a llepieaentutive.
'A That, the sessions shall bo biennial.
That no chahges shall Ik- proposed
ill the State Constitution not recom
mended by a Isidy of censors, to he com
posed of the Chief Justice and three
ittierili of the bar.
4. That general laws shall lie passed
as far as practical, by which citi-zenkmay
legislate for themselves by their acta or
Istliots.
5, That the Code snail be re written,
devised mid simplified, awl no law incur
porated into it until it, shall Lave stood
tlie test of live years' trial.
What we need is as few laws an pos
s hie. hut those few phvin and well exe
cnted. We should remember the llo
man maxim, " Liberties died out as the
laws were increased."
.lIOKAIi HAZARD.
We are not about to write a chapter
on ethics, in order to teach young
or middle-aged men that honesty is
the bfcst policy. The children of this
geniftmtion arc wiser than the children
of light, and laugh to scorn the wis-
dom of Solomon aud other old-time
sages. When moralists tell us that
honesty pays, that virtue is its own
reward, and give us other wise saws
of like import, they refer to things in
the long ran, and the results we may
reasonably expect, from a certain line
of conduct in a lifetime. But this is
a fast age; the wicked do not live out
half their days. They prefer the text
that tells them to take no thought for
to-morrow and look upon the great here-
after as a thing too remote to be
thought of, or as the soldier did when
he was told by the old woman that he
would be made to suffer in the next
world for stealing her pig, so that she
would not complain to his commander
and have him punished. On those terms
he replied he would take the whole lit-
ter. This seems to be a favorite view of
moral questions in this fast age. The
nimble sixpence is preferred to the
slow pound; the bird in hand is worth
a whole roost of wild pigeons far away.
AVe must for the present leave to the
clergy the endless duty of dealing with
problems of this sort in the abstract.
The theory of the law of the land is,
that quick and certain punishment goes
further toward suppressing crime than
severer penalties, tardily imposed, or
threatened, and not iullicted. The
phrase, moral hazard, expresses one of
the risks well understood by insurance
companies; but, we believe, never put
down in their printed catalogues of
" hazardous," "extrahazardous," etc.
The samer risk attends ordinary com-
mercial transactions, but is seldom
spoken of when people are making
bargains, though they generally have
it, as the stage hero says, in the
" miud's eye;" and so the phrase to
keep one's eye open, does not precisely
refer to the natural eye. But all this is
only a roundabout way of approaching
a delicate subject.
When the agent of an insurance
company is about to issue a policy on
a'piece of property, or even a human
life, he mentally counts the chances
whether the party for whose benefit
the risk is taken will be tempted to
destroy the life or property for the
sake of obtaining from the insurance
company a greater amount than the
thing or person insured is of value to
the policy holder. As a naked ques-
tion of immediate pecuniary profit,
there is almost always a chance to
beat the insurers, if a cunning rogue
goes deliberately to work to do so, and
is "willing to take the chances of the
penitentiary, hanging, and the world
to come, to say nothing of the loss of
character and credit here. That this
dangerous game is frequently played,
few Galvestonjans need be told.
No Impression is more firm-
ly fixed in the public mind than
that many of the tires in the city, and
a proportionate of property from that
cause since the war, have been the
work of incendiaries. If the risks
were simply between the insurers and
the insured, it would be bad enough;
but in order to burn the property which
he has insured, the jncendiary policy-
bolder usually finds it necessary to
burn a much larger amount of the prop-
erty of others. Not to be too tedious,
or to put too tine a point on it, not
only the underwriters, but a majority
of the public officers and citizens who
have investigated the causes of fires in
Galveston and other cities have arrived
at the moral conviction that a formid-
able, proportion of losses by tire has
been induced by a criminal desire io
profit by the insurance against fire.
The evidence is generally circum-
stantial, but, in many cases, such as
would have convicted the guilty par-
ties in almost any oilier case. One
reason why prosecutions have been
feeble and neglected, is the reluctance
of insurance companies lo object to the
payment of losses, on account of the
injury it docs to their business and
standing. While prosecutions for ar-
son, committed by young pyromauiacs,
have been pretty vigorous, little has
been done toward a rigid investigation,
through the courts, of eases in which
property has been burnt for the purpose
of defrauding the underwriters. And
yet, as we have said, in most cases of the
latter kind, there is a moral impres-
sion, that amounts to even more than
a suspicion, as to who have been the
authors of the fires. It is to be hoped
that no one lies unjustly under these
damaging imputations. They would
be exceedingly painful to an innocent
and sensitive man; but even to the
guiity they work an injury in reputa-
tion and business position that can
hardly be compensated by any gain
they may have made by their crimes.
A simple suggestion or suspicion of
this kind will hang over a man for a
lifetime, and can scarcely be lived
down by a long course of good con-
duct, like many other isolated offenses.
THE TEXAS Pit ESS.
The Bryan Appeal says:
Ckeimt to the Uai.yenton News.—
Our summary of Legislative proceed-
ings, during the present session, is con-
densed mainly from the Galveston
News. We regularly receive through
its columns the latest from Austin, as
well as from many other points.
The Ilallettsville Herald and Planter
publishes the following:
A good many of the citizens of La-
vaca County have been considerably
surprised, and not a little saddened by
seeing the application of tlie people of
Moulton and vicinity for a transfer to
the county of Gonzales. A counter pe-
tition, signed by numbers of the voters
of other portions of our c >unty, will
soon Imj presented to the Legislature,
requesting that their application be not
granted. Our opposition to their
wishes is decidedly complimentary to
the people of Moulton, as each signer
of the petition invariably asserts :
"Certainly, I'll sign; we can not per-
mit such excellent, law-abiding citizens
to leave us."
Tilt; Gonzales Index indicates that
cattle are becoming scarce in the
West:
We learn that, about 5000 cattle have
already been driven from this county
this season. A portion of these, how-
ever, were raised in other counties.
Three other parties are now gathering
herds, and it is supposed that they
will drive jointly about :S000.
It is now thought that there will
not be driven from this county more
than 0000 or 7000 during the season,
but about one third of the drive of
liist year. It is found after commencing
to gather herds, that cattle are grow-
ing scarce.
The State Gazette alludes to a con-
templated pleasure-boat, on the Colo-
rado ;
Captain Ciinnigham is thinking over
the propriety of «*>nstructing a craft to
navigate the waters of the Colorado.
It would be of light draft and capable
of holding a goodly number of pas-
sengers. It would call at a number of
places, would enhance the value of
property on the route, and would af-
ford very pleasant weekly or perhaps
oftener trips.
We are in receipt of the Oakville
Tribune, published at Oakville, Live
Oak County. Mr. W. C. Bowcn is an-
nounced as editor.
Letter from Liverpool.
fjireeilugs l'rom a IHsitn^uisked
. , :j \ Ti'iai Traveler.
LivbkfooTj, Feb. IB, '74,
Eds. News—Have you wer been
over five thousand miles from home,
in a foreign land, a stranger knowing"
scarce a human being? In ignorance
about your own loved home, doubting
who is your Governoi, who constitute
your Legislature; have you a Supreme
Court, etc.? If you have, then you
can appreciate how glad my heart was
made this morning on having copies
of your valued paper placed in my
hands by those estimable and accom-
plished merchants, Messrs. C. Grim-
shaw & Co., for in those papers I
learned all that I was in ignorance of:
that the honorable and high-minded
gentlemau, Richard Coke, was our
Democratic Governor; that the Four-
teenth Legislature was industriously at
work, and that the patriotic Governor
had given to Texas a Supreme Court
composed of the best legal ability aad
men of irreproachable integrity.
1 feel now that Texas will get back
to her former standard of honesty,
economy aud good government. I was
also much pleased to see that the news
from Washington as to our harbor iin-
provements are quite encouraging.
Let me hope that the Legislature will
give every possible encouragement to
immigration and^the building of rail-
roads. Should this be done, and we
go back to reasonable taxation, we wi' 1
scarcely know our improved State in
the next ten years. I find here and on
the continent a great desire to emi-
grate to Texas; and rest assured that
wherever I chance to bo, she will al-
ways have an earuest and devoted, if
not an able representative.
I tind much to admire here. The
large amount-of shipping, the elegant
and elaborate docks, the apparent ease
with which the intelligent and we'd
informed merchants handle their im-
mense business, giving as they do
tnufch of their time to pleasure and do-
mestic pursuits.
This point being the great gate into
England visitors are too apt to pass
through without stopping to look at
Liverpool and its surroundings. ° It is
really in my opinion a line town, aud
very marked improvements have been
made in the past eighteen months.
The county around is pleas int and well
kept, lovely grounds, beautiful parks,
and rich farms. There are also
many very interesting points near
Liverpool well worthy the atten-
tion of visitors. T may mention the
old walled city of Chester, as also
the very extensive establishments
of the Marquis|of Westminster, with
his park containing a thousand tine
deer, and his adjoining woods filled
with other game; his elegant conserv-
atories, with five miles in length of
steam-piping, containing the plants
and flowers and vegetables of every
clime Yet. with all these surround-
ings and tine sights, I prefer my own
new and rough Texas, and shall lie only
too glad when I can again place foot
upon her soil, take once more by the
hand my friends and associates, hop-
ing to live long enough to see her with
five millions of people, twenty feet of
wa.er on Galveston bar, shipping at
the wharves to carry a million bales of
cotton, and the cotton there to fill
them.
I felt so elated on reading the good
news from home, I could not refrain
from saying this much.
Yours truly, l.
Kegulatiii^; Kxlironti*.
The Supreme Court of Illinois has
decided that the Legislatuie has a
right to fix the rate of charges for Ele-
vator proprietors, and to make it penal
for them ro receive higher rates, even
by contract with the party paying the
same, but extends, in principle, to the
far broader question of when and how
the Legislature may declare any busi-
ness to be a public one, and pass laws
limiting the compensation of the per-
son or persons conducting the same.
This is one of the questions which lie
at the base of the great railroad prob-
lem of that State, which, it is thought,
is in effect thereby solved.
The following are the essential points
of the new platform, as enunciated in
the recent speech of Senator Morton,
advocating the regulation of railroads
by Congress:
The power to regulate commerce in-
volves power to regulate means and
instrumentalities with which it is ear
ried on.
The power to regulate commerce in-
cludes the power to regulate tlje instru-
ments of commerce.
Railroad companies must accept
their franchises upon condition that
if they engage in inter-State com-
merce, they will be subjected to the
power vested in Congress before any
railroad was granted.
The extent and character of the
power is left to the discretion of Con-
gress. subject to the restrictions of tlie
constitution, that they shall lie of uni-
form character, and no advantage shall
be shown to one State over another.
Though the constitution says no
State shall pass a law impairing the
obligations of contracts, yet the con-
tracts involved in charters conferred
by States are binding only as between
the States and the corporations, and
can not limit the power of Congress.
A State can liif.ke no contract with
corporations which would restrain Con-
gress, however binding it might be on
the State.
A State can not obstruct inter-State
commerce by direct legislation or exor-
bitant taxes on freight or passengers.
What the State may not do by direct
legislation it can not by charter or con-
tract empower a corporation to do.
There is as much reason and necessi-
ty for regulating commerce upon inter-
Strto railroads as upon navigable
waters.
The Hoiue bill reported by Hon.
Geo. W. McCreery. of Iowa, from the
Committer on Roads and Canals, pro-
posing to regulate inter-State com-
merce by railroad, was up for discus-
sion last week. Mr. McCreery opened
the debate in an hour's speech, and,
by the courtesy of the House, was al-
lowed an hour more. Ilis speech was
one of the most powerful efforts of the
present session. As a clear and able
exposition of the power of Congress
over the whole subject, it has not been
surpassed by any speech hitherto made
in Congress upon the transportation
problem. He declared that if Congress
failed to do its duty in the premises
the people w;ould elect one which
would not. The power of monopolies
to oppress the people must be limited
and held in check. It seems that this
bill will be favored generally by the
Republican side of the House.
Tlie Hudson's Bay Company.
The Hudson's Bay Company, one of
the oldest of stock corporations, will
shortly surrender its title to lands and
vested powers, all the arrangements
for the transfer having been made. It
will still retain, howerer, 50,000 acres
of the best lands in British America,
besides claims upon one twentieth of
the remainder. In return fur the sur-
render of its other property and rights,
it will receive $1,500,000 in gold from
the Dominion of Canada. The com-
pany was organized more -than '.wo
hundred years ago, and in 167;! de-
clared its first dividend. Ttsfirst char-
ter gave the company the exclusive
privilege of establishing trading "fac-
tories" (trailing post»).-on the Hudson's
Bay and its tributary rivers. A new
charter gave it the exclusive Tight to
trade in nearly the whole of British
America from 1838 to 185!). The
company also leased a large part of
Russian America. The capital of the
company in 1838 was about $2,000,000,
and was held by about 250 stockhold-
ers.
The stoak has been sold for 400 per
cent, premium, and has always paid
large dividends. The Parliament of
England made the company the judi-
cial authority of the section in which
its traders operated, and criminals
were confined in the company's forts,
or else transferred to the jails of Can-
ada. The exclusive privilege expired
by limitation in 1850, but the com-
pany had obtained such a foothold
that the business was maintained, not-
withstanding the loss of its powers.
Negotiations were almost immediately
commenced between the Crown, the
Dominion of Canada and the company
for the sale of the latter's lands to
Canada for $1,500,000, the company
to have the right to reserve not more
than 1,000 acres around each of its
forts or stations, the whole emofflat re-
served not to execed 50,1)00 acres.
The deed of surrender ^Tas made in
180!>, and during the last two-years
surveyors have been at work making
maps of the property to be transferred
and reserved.
The twenty-live maps have been
completed, and as soon as the survey-
ors' reoorts have been accepted, the
final vv'ork of surrender will have taken
place. Some of the land reserved by
the company is extremely valuable, as
is shown by the fact that thirteen
acres of one reservation near Lake
Winnipeg were sold last month for
$00,000.
Tlie Tlcliborno Tilal.
As this case will pass into history
as one of the remarkable trials in
Great. Britain, and as many who have
seen allusions to it are not acquainted
with even the leading facts, which
have been overwhelmed with a mass
of verbiage, misrepresentation aud por-
jury, the following condensed state-
ment of the case may be of interest
to many:
Roger Tichborne, whom Arthur Or-
ton iias been convicted of personating,
was the eldest son of James Tich-
borne, and was heir to the title and
estates of his uncle, Sir Edward, who
had added the name of Doughty to
that of Tichborne. He was a youth
of weak character and moderate intel
ligence. lie was educated first under
French tutors, and afterwards by the
Jesuits at*Stouyhurst. He entered the
British army at an Arly age, and re-
mained three years in that service.
His home being unhappy, he resided
occasionally with his uncle, the baro-
net. Sir Edward had one daughter,
Miss Kate Doughty, between whom
and young Roger a deep and lasting
attachment sprung up. Sir Edward
and Lady Doughty,, however, discour-
aged it, because of the intemperate
habits of their nephew. It was, how-
ever, finally agreed that the cousins
should separate for a year or two
to test the strength of their affec-
tions. Chagrined at this arrange-
ment, Roger threw up his commission
in the army and sailed for South Amer-
ica. He arrived at Valparaiso in June,
1853, and after visiting several South
American cities, he embarked on April
1854, at Rio Janeiro in the ship Bella
for New York, intending, doubtless,
to return promptly to England, as he
had learned that his uncle was dead,
and that his father had succeeded to
the title and estates. The Bella, there
is now no reason to doubt, was lost at
sea with all on board. The will which
he left in England was, accordingly,
duly proved, and on his father's death
the inheritance passed to his younger
brother, Alfred, who also dying in the
beginning of 1806, left a posthumus
son to enjoy the baronetcy and estates.
His mother, Lady Tichborne, how-
ever. persisted in "believing that her
son still lived; she caused advertise-
ments to be inserted in English and
Australian papers offering a reward for
any tidings of him. One of these an-
nouncements stems lo have incited the
person who has just been convicted to
put forward his claims to.be regarded
as Roger Tichborne. This man, who
is now virtually adjudged to be Arthur
Orton, was then (1804) residing at
Wagga Wagga, in Australia, where,
under the name of Thomas Castro, he
carried on the business of a butcher.
Orton became acquainted with a sort
of attorney, named Gibbs, who was
correspondent of one. Cubitt, who
had a "niissiHg friends agency"
in Sydney. Lady Tichborne had
got into correspondence wii.li Cubitt
relative to her son, but to no effect un-
til Gibbs wrote from Wagga Wagga to
Cubitt to say that lie had "spotted"
the missing man. lie was "spotted"
by Gibbs on account of having the ini-
tials "II. C. T." cut upon his pipe.
Orton had also cut these initials on
mantel-pieces and benches, and when
ob.Aorvotl l»y was, or alTuctcd to
be, very much annoyed. Gratified at
having, as he supposed, found the lost
heir, Cubitt communicated with Lady
Tichborne, who afterward wrote direct
to, as she supposed, her son, beggin"
him to return to England. While hes-
itating to leave Australia, Orton fell in
with Guilfoyle, who had been a gar-
dener at Tichborne Park, and with
Andrew Bogle, the valet of the late Sir
Edward Doughty. He evidently learn-
ed a great deal of family history from
these men, and feeling assured that
there were no serious obstacles to ac-
quire the Tichbotne baronetcy and es-
tates, he sailed for England, accompa-
nied by Guilfoyle aud Bogle, lie ar-
rived in London on the afternoon of
Christmas Day, I860. His first visit
was to the well-known locality of
Wapping, where he made inquiries
relative to the Ortons. After, being
about a week in England he felt equal
to seeing Lady Tichborne, who was in
Paris, impatiently expecting him. He
reached that city, accompanied by 1111
attorney and friend, at nine o'clock at
night, but deferred his visit to his
mother until the morrow. Next dav
he was unwell, and sent for her to come
to him. He then, it is alleged, went
to bed, where he awaited her. What
took place at the interview lias never
been made public, but the result was
that Lady Tichborne accepted Orton
as her son and made an allowance
to him for the support of his family.
Returning to London, the claimant
announced himself as Sir Roger
Charles Tichborne, and at once insti-
tuted proceedings in Chancery for the
possession of the estates. Acting with
extraordinary effrontery, he traveled
through the country, collecting wit-
nesses and gathering information re-
specting Tichborne affairs. The fam-
ily faffed to recognize him, but lie
found adherents among persons who
were connected in various capacities
with the Tichborne family, and with
others who were familiar with
Roger Tichborne while residing at
Sir Edward Doughty's or serving
in the army. I11 March, 1871, Lady
Tichborne died, and the claimant was
thus deprived of pecuniary support,
and of the most important witness of
all. He did not, however, shrink from
the ordeal which awaited hiui. The
civil suit to recover possession of the
property began May 10, 1871, and con-
tinued until March, in the following
year. The claimant was examined and
his evidence was sustained by several
witnesses of unimpeachable character.
His plausible case was, jiowever, over-
turned by the long succession of wit-
nesses for the defense, vlio pronounced
him to be an impostor. The decisive
evidence against him was evidently that
of Lord Bellew, whoswoio that Roger
Tichborne was deeply tatooed on the
arm, and that he (Lord Bellew) had
done the tatooing. The claimant had
been physically examined previously,
and was known to have no such marks
on his person. The claimant's case
immediately collapsed. The jury said
they had heard enough evidence, and
his counsel elected to be nonsuited.
The Lord Chief Justice immediately
issued a warrant for Orton's arrest for
perjury, and in January, 1873, the
trial which has ended in his conviction
began. The jury, after being out a
short time, brought in a verdict of
guilty of all the charges, and the
claimant was sentenced to fourteeil
years' penal servitude.
Quarantine Rcsulatfous.
New York has not yet perfected her
quarantine system, but is still endeav-
oring to do so. Mr. Wood introduced
a bill in the State Legislature last
week which provides for wharfs, ware-
houses, etc., in the lower bay, with
such facilities for loading and unload-
ing and storing cargoes as will enable
merchants to overhaul aud refit ves-
sels while in quarantine. The disease
against which quarantines apply are
yellow lever, cholera, typhus or ship
fever aud small pox, and any new dis-
ease of a contagious, infectious or pes-
tilential nat ure, at the discretion of the
health officer. A floating hospital is
to be constructed with special refer-
ence to the purposes of a hospital, and
with a capacity sufficient to accommo-
date one hundred patients.
Five hundred thousand acres, one-
ninth of the arable land of Scotland, is
annually under turnips. They are the
staple there for fattening stock.
Washington Letter.
[Special .Correspondency of the News.]
WAspiHBTtfN, IX.C., Match 4.
H rj#TNB OUT (#1 PA#TY LINES.
he S|rest thing*ii|at happens iu Con-
j«BH8 a»iy|l«.v» -P"°, have a vote that
divides either "house according to party
lines; one iWSy sit for weeks and listen to
the debates and roll-calls without know-
ing who are Democrats and who Repub-
licans. The old party names are practi-
cally little more than meaningless words,
so far as the business of legislation is
concerned, for on all the prominent issues
of the day both parties are divided, and
each proselytes just as freely among the
ranks of its antagonists as on its own sidr.
The only exception to this rule is the Civil
Rights bill; but here the difference is
more apparent than real, for in fact, a
large number of Republicans are opposed
to it, and hope never to see it agaiu
brought up. The Democrats are, per-
haps, as a rule, disposed to be more
economical than the other side; but
among the Republicans there are men,
like Dawes, who fairly outdo them in
exposing the extravagance of the
Administration. On all questions of
finance, one party is as badly
split into factions as the other.
The franking bill gave the Democrats a
chance to make a good point on their op-
ponents by solidly opposing it, but about
half of them voted for it. Now and then,
on a Saturday session of the House for
debate only, some raw member front the
l ack country makes ail old-fashioned po-
litical stump speech, but he generally
gets ridiculed before he finishes, and
when somebody makes sport of liis
effort, his own party friends en-
joy the fun just as much as the other
side. Of late when an enthusiastic
Democrat sounds the party slogan, it is
customary for one of the negro members
to reply. These darkies have the gift of
gab to a remarkable extent, and it is fun
for both sides when one of them gets
excited and "sails iu." Not long ago,
one of them had an oratorical bout with
a North Carolina white member, and
when he got the best of it the Democrats
relished it even more than the Republi-
cans, because they thought it was a good
lesson to men who attempt to palm off
their old campaign speeches on the
House. One of them said to a Republi-
can afterward : "Your nigger whipped
our nigger, to-day, and we are all glad
of it."
attempted revival of tiie franking
privilege.
Nearly a week's time was lately
spent by the House upon a bill to par-
tially revive the franking privilige so as
to onable Congressmen to get the public
documents to tlier constituents. The
basement of the Capitol is crammed full
of books, wrapped up and ready to mail,
but the members are naturally not dis-
posed to pay the postage on them. The
Congressional printing office is, besides,
running its book-making mill at full
speed, and turning out thousands of
volumes daily. Something must be done
to get rid of the constantly accumulating
pile, aud nothing better recurred to the
mind of the average member
than to re-enact the old frank-
ing system as far as it applied
to public documents. So a bill was
brought in for this purpose by the Com-
mittee on l'ostoffices, who tacked upon it
a section giving to weekly papers tlie
right they formerly enjoyed of free cir-
culation within the counties in which
they are published, and to all papers the
right of free exchange with each other.
In the course of the debate it appeared
that most of the supporters of tlie bill
were in favor of the old franking abuse,
or would be if they dared, and supported
the measure on the principle that half a
loaf is better than no bread. When an
amendment was put to vote fully re
storing the franking privilege, however,
it got only fifty votes, that being
the number of members who ventured
to defy a nearly expressed public opinion.
The bill was then defeated by two ma-
jority. The section relating to news-
papers will bo put in a separate bill and
passed, and some other and more accept-
able way will have to be found to dispose
of the documents. The best plan sug-
gested, and it combines fairness with
economy as no otherjplan can, it is, in
brief, for the Public Printer to sell the
documents at cost price, or a little below
cost, to whoever applies for them. Let
him send out a monthly circular, to be
put up in every postofiice in the country,
giviifg a list of tlie books he has on hand
and the price of each. Under such ja
system it would soon be seen what value
the people set on the publications of
Congress.
PItOSPECTS OF TIIE TEXAS PACIFIC RAIL-
ROAD.
Col. Torn Scott's project for securing a
government indorsement for the bonds of
the Texas Pacific lload lias not yet been
brought forward in either House. The
correspondent of the St. Louis Republi-
can, in some way best known to himself,
got possession of a copy of Scott's bill,
and printed it prematurely. The bill
lias not been introduced, and will not lie,
uuless there should appear later iu the
season *0 be a fair show for its passage.
At. present there is no show at all. The
friends of the road appear to base all
their hopes on inflation. If some meas-
ure should go through increasing the
volume of the currency, they think
the timidity of Congressmen, and
their mania for economy wouid dis-
appear, and they could then be
induced to listen to the arguments iu
favor of helping the road. These argu-
ments are, unquestionably, very strong.
It is urged that, with the government
guaranty of the interest, the bonds could
be sold at par. and the road completed
within five years ; that the United States
would be amply secured by a mortgage
on tlie road and its entire land grant, and
that the saving to the government in the
transportation of troops and supplies to
posts in Northern Texas. New Mexico and
Arizona, would amountto millions of dol-
lars. Col. Scott is reported to desire 110
arrangement with the Northern Pacific
for joint action. He thinks his road is
stronger on its own merits that, it would
be in combination with Jay Cooke's bank-
rupt enterprise.
Texas " Sports."
Texas gamblers arc hospitably enter-
tained in Louisiana. The Monroe In-
telligencer says that R. II. Miller, com-
monly called "Redely," was brought
before Judge Ray, charged with being
an idle person, without visible means
of support. In liis voluntary state-
ment, Miller said:
My occupation is that of a gambler.
I travel from one place to another. My
home is in Texas. I have done no work
since the war closed, except some work
on this railroad. * * There is no
card playing here—there is no money.
* * * I was here two years ago,
played some cards, aud went back to
Texas.
The Intelligencer goes on as follows:
The other evidence showed that
during his stay in this city, he had
done no work, but supported himself
by gambling, and was usually seen
loafing about saloons, etc. Before his
trial on the charge of vagrancy, he
had been tried on a charge of larceny,
but there was no proof sustaining
this—Miller proving that he had won
the articles, with the theft of which
he had been charged, at some game.
During his trial the young man, Harry
Shock, who was the manipulator of
the cards on which Miller had been
betting, came in and was immediately
arrested on the same charge. The evi-
dence against him showed that he had
done 110 work since he came to the
city, about a week before the trial.
Miller was sentenced to jail for
three months, and Shock for one
month.
The man who gave a dime to the
heathen and a dollar to get it to thein,
know how such things work:
The proprietor of the New York
Ilerald having contributed a handsome
sum for the establishment of a soup-
house for the relief of the poor, has
been assailed by the managers of some
of the charitable institutions of New
York City upon the ground that pub-
lic souphouses demoralize and pauper-
ize the poor. The Herald, however,
retorts with some very damaging facts
concerning these charitable institu-
tions, showing that the actual expendi-
ture of the Five Points House of In-
dustry on the poor, for the year end-
ing March, 1872, was $14,000, and
the cost of expending this stun was
$20,000; that the Children's Aid So-
ciety paid, in the last year, $75,000 for
salaries and other expenses; that it re-
ceives from the city and county $70,-
000 for educating 9000 children, and
shows itself that it only has 3000 for
the education of which it is appealing
to public charity; and that this soci-
ety, which charges newsboys six cents
for a night's lodging, has $164,000 in-
vested shares of a Western railroad.
The well paid philanthropists of New
York have evidently stumbled into a
hornet's nest.
TEXAS ITEMS.
Live Oak County.—District Court ad-
journed. Refreshing rains, and ranges
in excellent condition. Schools flour-
ishing.
(3 it A yson Count\\—M r. F. King, a well
known young gentleman, committed sui-
cide at Denison on the fifth.- A mad
dog killed at Denison. The citizens
of Denison have decided to bu'ld a mag-
nificent schoolhouse.
Lamak County.—The Prcu announces
innumerable candidates for District
Clerk. A new courthouse is greatly
needed, and citizens are moving on the
subject. Business good at Paris.
Jasper County.—Methodist revival
and many accessions to the Church.
More Granges organizing.—Temperance
gatherings and happy times. Farmers
planting corn. Siamese twin eggs are
the latest iu Jasper county.
Harrison County.—On account of
the absence of Judge Williamson, there
will be no District court in this county
the present term. Burglars depre-
dating.
Waller County.—The Messenger of
the seventh says : " Cotton continues to
arrive in a steady stream, as heretofore.
The farmers are hard at work, and talk
hopefully of the " next crop." We had
•the felicity, yesterday, of eating " new
potatoes," and bragging of tlie fact to an
acquaintance, lie declared he had had
them ou his table for the last three
weeks." Sevoral new business houses
will soon be opened at llempBtead.
New buildings, and a good many im-
provements at Hempstead.
Limestone County.—Trade lively at
Mexia. New houses at Tehuacana.
Trinity University enlarging its
buildings.
Collin County.—Spring has fully
opened, with fruit trees blooming and
grass green on the prairies. Criminal
Court adjourned. McKinney is stead-
ily improving. Quantities of lumber
arriving. Wheat crop very large and
looking well.
Cameron Coun ty.—Small-pox has
again appeared. Cattle thieves active.
Grimes County.—Farmers speak con-
fidently of fair crops. A good deal of
wheat and corn planted.
Rof.ertson County.—To March first
Calvert had shipped 11,107 bales of cot-
ton. Business active at Calvert.
Gozales county.—A bridge is to be
constructed over the Guadalupe River.
Farmers in good spirits and busy
planting.
Panola County.—The Watchman
mentions a desperate fight between horse
thieves and citizens, in which one of the
thieves was wounded. Tax collectors
busy. Weather warm and sultry, with
too much rain.
Washington County.—Masquerade
balls. A man named Patrick Rafter
ty stabbed Patrick Hensler, at Burton,
killing him. Granges organizing.
Fayette County.—The Grange move-
ment has received additional impetus in
this county. Business fair at La-
Grange.
Brazos County.—Tlie Appeal says:
" The burnt district is to be covered with
substantial brick buildings. We have
been furnished with the proceedings of
meetings held by the property owners in
the burnt district, and the block on the
opposite side of the street. Mr. C. DaviB
was elected President, I. J. Harrison
Secretary, and W. H. Flippin Treasurer.
A committee was appointed to close the
contract with Mr. C. Baker to erect
brick business houses on tlie burnt dis-
trict on a basis of 25x80 feet, two stories
high, for the sum of thirty thousand dol-
lars—the work to commence speedily,
and to be completed as soon as practi
cable. The contract was closed, and the
contractor has commenced prepariug for
the work. It is supposed that a similar
contract will be closed for the block op-
posite so soon as the work now on hand
is completed." Business good at
Bryan.
Smith County.—A good many horse
thieves depredating. Health of the
county excellent. More Granges or-
ganizing. Amateur musical entertain-
ments at Tyler.
Colorado County.—A number of
strangers in Columbus. Cattle ship
ments to Galveston.—Tlie Citizen says
"We have flattering reports from all
portions of our county in regard to the
crop prospects for the present year. The
farmers are all in fine spirits, and their
only hope is that tlie ending may be as
good as the beginning."
Lavaca County.—District Court in
session. School meetings. Farmers
busy.
Dallas County.—Counterfeiter ar
rested. More immigrants arriving.
The Purim ball was a grand affair.
Marion County.—Schools progressing
very well at Jefferson. Jefferson seems
to bo infested with thieves. Health of
town and connty excellent.
McLennan County.—Dealers are sell-
ing quantities of lumber.—-—Hide mar
ket active. More buildings at Austin
Lumber trade on the increase.
Bexar County.—Large droves of cat
tie passing through, bound for Kansas
Fandaugoes iu order, and inuumera
ble small fights.
The Chicago Tribune thinks the
provision of the new criminal code of
Illinois^ to puuisli dealers in "option,
is severe enough to drive the Board of j
.Trade out of business. Fines ranging |
from $10 to $1000, and imprisonment
for a year in tlie county jail, may be
visited upon any one who sells for j
future delivery produce or stock that
he does not own. The same fate
awaits any one who sets up a "corner,"
or tries to do it, or agitates the market
with false rumors.
lVew Advertisement*.
1000 Sacks Coffee,
PHIME AND CHOICE,
Ex-Swedish Bark Bore,
FOR SALE BY
Amusement*.
TKEMOJiT OPERA HOUSE.
H. GJIEENWALL..
F. A KBERLE. ..
Sole Lessee and Manager
Stage Manager
Tuesday Evening, Itlarch 10, 1874,
Brilliant Sucre** and Secend Ap-
pearance of
Mr. John Thompson,
v*r«At.ile Artist Living,
Author, Actor, Mlmle.
Comedian, Vocalist, Dancer,
Magician and Composer,
Who will appear every evening until further
notice in his specialty drama of
ON HAND;
Or, True to the Last.
IVY* KOPPEBL*
ATTENTION ! Loue Star Rifles-
You are hereby notified to attend the Regu
lar Monthly Meeting this evening at ' :30
o'clock sharp.
By order N. WKEKS, Capt.
Rlfcs Cage, Secretary. mrlOE&Dlt
1 There "will
ASSUMING ;> DIFFERENT
CHARACTERS.
FKIDAV,
Benefit of Mr. Jiio. Thompson.
NOTICE.-There will be a Called
meeting of San Felipe de Austin Chapter No.
1, Royal Arch Masons, THIS iTuesdaj) EVEN-
ING, at half-past seven o'clock. Sojourning
Companions are respectfully iuvited to at-
tend. W. F. SWAIN, H. P.
C. A. Robertson, Sec'y. fe2i D&Elt
Notice to €onslgnees.*-The steamship
CLYDE, Kennedy, Master, from New
York, is now discharging cargo at Williams'
Wharf.
Consignees will please receive their goods
as landed, receipting for same on the wharf.
All goods remaining on the wharf after four
o'clock p. M. (not receipted for), will be stored
at the risk and expense of consignees.
All claims for damage must be adjusted be-
fore goods leave the wharf.
J. N. SAWYER, Agent,
nirlO 3t 54 Strand.
Thompson Matinee,
Saturday, at U P. M.
THE NEW "offfftATSS
French Opera Troupe.
I take pleasure in announcing that I have se-
cured this splendid company for
FIVE NIGHTS, INSTEAD OF FOL K
As at first announced.
The season will commence on MONDAY,
March 30, 1874.
Season Ticket, (good for five nights).
Single Ticket
$1* to
. 8 00
Tlie Grangers.
It is about as easy to tell all that the
Grangers arc not doing as to describe
what they have in hand. The follow
ing is a small part of the latter:
The Grangers of Pottawattamie
County, Iowa, have resolved against
all poisonous and adulterated svrups,
and in favor of the Legislature passing
stringent laws against the manufacture
and sale of impure articles of food.
The Granges geuerally take great
interest in, and lend warm assistance
to, the ladies' temperance cause.
In the 1818 Granges of Iowa there
arc no less than 2i>,000 women, each of
whom is intrusted with a vote. The
women are thus rapidly preparing for
the ballot by instruction in parlia-
mentary practice, debate and general
business. There are some 7000 Granges
in the country, to which belong nearly
100,000 women.
The Michigan Grangers propose to
establish market days in each county
of the State, upon which certain kinds
of sjrain or products shall be sold, and
no other.
The Grangers and middlemen at
Plymouth, Ind., are at war. The
Grangers refuse to buy dry goods and
groceries, and the middlemen refuse
to buy wood and produce.
~ The Ozaukee County (Wisconsin)
Patrons of Husbandry voted $1000 to
contest a suit against the town of Port
Washington for $30,000 railroad bonds,
brought by Mr. Perkins, of New York.
The Grangers of Knox County, Illi-
nois, want a plow and wagon manu-
factory.
The Grangers of Bourbon County,
Illinois, have organized a mill and
manufacturing company.
The Iowa State Grange has purchased
the right to manufacture harvesters
and reapers, and sell them at cost and
transportation.
The Grangers have a grocery store at
Jacksonville, Illinois.
The Granges in Whiteside County,
Illinois, have resolved to go into the
manufacture of agricultural imple
ments.
Benton County ^Missouri) Patrans
have lesolved to totally abstain from
the use of coffee, " until the price of
the article shall have been reduced
within the reach of every laboring
man."
The State Grange of Indiana has
endeavored to fix the standard of just
how much farming a man must- do to
be entitled to membership, and have
finally decided that he should rely
more upon the products of his farm
for his income than any other occupa-
tion.
The National Grange appropriated
$3000 to the State Grange of Iowa, in
consideration of the gfeat expense in-
curred by that Grange in relieving the
wants of the distressed brethren in
Northwestern Iowa. Appropriations
of $1000 to Minnesota, and of $750 to
Dakota, were also made.
In the National Grange at St. Louis
the report of the Committee on Com-
mercial Relations was adopted, asking
Congress to fix seven years for paten-
tees to enjoy the benefits of their pat-
ents, and that they be allowed twenty-
five per cent, upon the cost of their
productions. A committee on centen-
nial was appointed.
The DeKalb County (111.) Patrons of
Husbandry are moving in the matter
of establishing a manufactory of agri-
cultural implements. It is said that
by making their own plows a saving of
fifty per cent, can be effected, while
four hundred dollars can lie saved on
each threshing machine.
RUCTION SALE.
E. A. BLAKELY Sc CO.,
1W and 118 Strand,
Will sell THI3 DAY, March 10, at 10 a. m„
POTATOES,
Saur Kraut, Rope, Bams, Furniture, Carpets,
And on Wednesday, 11th inst, at 10 a. ii.
The Splendfd sloopboat Mary Ann, of Lone
Oak, as she no'v lies at the Central Wharf.
The boat is well provided with all neces-
sary equipment, will carry from fifty to
seventy-five bairels of freight, and is one
of tho most comfortable boats in tbe
— bay..
Also—One splendid Horse, Dray and Harness,
with license paid up to January, 1875.
And—One Top Buggy, new and in good order.
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I Box-ollic
now open for the sale of SEASON
or SINGLE Tickets.
The List mibt be closed before the 25th Inst.
Ii. GREEN WALL,
mr6 td
Tremout Opera House.
GA
RUCTION SALE.
By PETITPAIN A. FEDDEB,
At their Mart, '07 Strand. We will sell, on
THURSDAY, the l^th inst., at 10:30 o'clock
sharp, a large lot of fine Gold and Silver
Watches, Chains. Diamond Breastpins, Studs
and Fing°r Rings, etc. The above goods will
be sold without any limit or reserve, and are
now on exhibition.
mrlO 2t I. FEDDER, Auctioneer.
RUCTION SALE.
By PARK, LYNCH A: CO.,
R. a. PARK Auctioneer.
We will sell on THIS DAY. March 10, at 10
o'clock, at our Salesrooms. Strand.
One lot of second-hand FURN^TUKE, con-
sisting of Cottage Bedroom Set, Tables,
Washstands, Chairs, Stove and Fixtures,
Crsckery, Tinware, Mattresses, etc.
Also—1 case of Hardware, consisting of
Bolts, Butt3, Chains, Pocket-knives, etc.
Also—25 Lake Charles Orange Trees, of good
size.
And—10 barrels Apples, aud an Assortment
of Groceries. mrlO It
ALVESTON GIFT ENTERPRISE
ASSOCIATION.
ALL TICKETS SOLD ENTITLED TO A
GIFT.
Drawn Numbers, REarch 9, 1874.
DISTRIBUTION NUMBER 48.
9-17-18-21-25-38—il-45-47-50-74-75~
~T DISTRIBUTION NUMBER 4».
13-20-36-43-45-64-65-67-70-75-77-79
I do certify that the above distribution is
New Advertisements.
AYOUNGT GENTEE1i LADY,
Willing to assist in Sewing. Teaching
Children, and Doing Light Housework in a
Small Family, will tind a good and permanent
home by addressing "J. H.," Box 035 Gal-
veston. mrlO It*
WANTED—BOARDERS, SINGLE
or Families, by the week or month.
Rooms large, airy and well furnished. South-
east eorner of Avenus H and Center street.
mrlO 9t MRS. L. F.PRICE.
ANTED—A PxlRTNER WITH
a few Hundred Dollars in cash to in-
vest in a business already established, and
daily increasing. Address
mrlO It* B. A. H., Postoffico Box 362.
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j^OTICE NOTICE
OFFICE CHIEF OF POLICE,
Galveston, March 10, 1874.
In conformity with Article 7, Revised
Code of Ordinances of the city of Galveston,
Texas, relative to the impounding and sell-
ing of animals fouuU running at largo within
certain limits of the city of Galveston,
I Will Sell ai Public Auction,
at the public pound,
COR. BATH AVENUE AND CHURCH ST.,
ON THURSDAY,
The Twelfth day of MARCH, 1874,
to tho highest bidder, for cash in United
States currency, (if not claimed before.)
ONE BLACK AND WHITE COW (A Y,)
ONE YELLOW AND WSITE COW, (C IT,)
ONE RED FROSTY COW (C JH,)
ONE WHITE SPECKLED COW, (O U,)
ONE BLACK AND WHITE COW, (S\)
The above described property can be seen
at any time previous to the sale, at the Pub-
lie Pound, oornerof Bath avenue and Church
•TNO. Ii. WESTERLAGE,
Chief of Police.
ANTED WANTED
A SITUATION, by a Swedish Familv,
the man as porter or gardener (writes a plain
hand), and the lady as cook or assistant in a
family. Best of references furnished. Ad-
dress A. B., News Office. mrlO It*
])RS. DEBOIT & CO.,
Late Surgeons Chiropodist
of France and t*
Now residents of
to the Emperor
of France and the Imperial Household,
■ ' PHILADELPHIA, (1013
Chesuut street.) being on a professional tour
through the South, beg to offer their services
to the suffering public. By a
New i'ainlcAft Surgical Operation
| They remove all painful oxcrescences, Corns,
Bunions, etc., from the feet,
GIVING INSTANT COMFORT AND EASE
in all cases, or no charge.
Ingrowing Nails treated without removing
any portion of the nail, (late French Im-
provement,* and all otht-r diseases of the
feet treated with care and tenderness.
A member of the firm is now here for a few
days, who may be seen (or sent for without
I extra charge,) at the
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
Office hours-
mrS It*
-from 9 a. m. to 12
to C p. M.
and from
ROBINSON,
mrlO 2t
R
EMOVAL.
. REMOVAL.
We take this method of informing our
patrons and friends that we have moved our
stock from our old stand, No. 160 Market
street, to our now brick building, N©s. 5S and
60, north side Market, betwe«?n Tremont and
Twenty-fourth, where we shall be pleased
see^ all our old customers and plenty new
ones. A^FLAKE & CO.
WE OFFER FOR RENT OUR OLD STORE,
Aud For Sale
I "
BUTCHER,
Stalls 2? and 28 City Market.
Office atid Dny Market, eorner Strand anil
Twentieth street.
SPECIAL ATTENTION PAID TO SUPPLY-
ING VESSELS WITII TIIE CHOICEST OF
MEATS. mr6 3mnna ti
175,000
lurlU
Ciood Hard Brick, Cheap.
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ANTED.
..WANTED
AGENTS, PROMPT AND RELIABLE,
Wanted to sell tho EXTERMINATOR, an ar-
ticle which sells well, is new. and wanted in
every household. Is not a poison to individ-
uals, but works the total destruction ot
household vermin. Address
L'ORIENT CHEMICAL CO..
Sole Proprietors.
mrlO lw* Bristol, R. I.
F
OR RENT....
.. FOR RENT
FIVE LARGE NEW ROOMS,
South front on gallery, to Single Gentlemen
or Families without children, at my resi-
dence, avenue E, between Twenty-fourth st.
and Bathavenue. All modern improvements.
Best reference required. Terms, moderate
by the year.
mrlO It* L. E. EDMONSON.
r|MIE
AVENUE HOTEL,
CONGRESS AVENUE,
Dr. J. T. Moork
Davidson Walker,
Austin, Texas,
Proprietor
Chief Clerk.
Table abundantly supplied
market affords.
with all the
mrlO 3m
15,000
CEDAR POSTS
FOR SALE.
HOUSE BLOCKS,
Hitching Posts, Curbing, FenceJPosts of all
sises and leugths, Cord Wood, contracted for
at low prices. Bills for any kfnd of Timber
filled. Apply at residence, corner of avenue
O and Tremont streets
mrlO lm* J. M. HEISKELL.
jpor rent for rent.
A small family HOUSE fnew) on Avenue
P, between Twenty-sixth and Twenty-sev-
enth streets, containing four rooms, dining-
room and kitchen, good yard and outhouse.
Apply on the premises to Mrs. Folter, or to ■
CAL'T. JAS. ROACH,
Avenue H, between Thirteenth and Four-
teenth streets. mrlO It*
Blank books—the cheap-
est and the best.
PIERCE A TERRY, Stationers and Printers,
Corner Strand aud Center streets.
FOR SALE—A Lot of G40 Acre
Land Certificates, patenting to assignee.
County Scrip bought and sold.
H. M. TRUEHEART& CO.,
Real Estate Agents.
House wanted—a small,
Weat Cottage House, with two or three
room* and kitchen, by the first ot April. Ad-
"ress, stating I
mrtOD&Elt*
dress, stating terms and locality.
Postomce Boi 103.
TWO SPLENDID ROOMS, WITH
GAS, with or without Board, to rent to
gentlemen. Within three blocks of Tremont
street, southern exposure Terms reason-
able. Address "X.," News Office. mrlO lw*
gARNEY'S HOUSE.
Corner MARKET and TWENTIETH Streets.
FINE HOT LAUNCH
EVERY DAY, from 10:30 A. H. to 1 P. M.
Choice Liquors & Pine Havana Cigars
Always on hand. MUNN * GARRETT,
novlS-p-Tu-Frl-uaa-Srao Proprietors.
HAY -300 BALES CHOICE
WESTERN TIMOTHY1
For sale cheap by
rarS 3m* J. BERLOCHER 4t SONS.
Legal Advertisement*.
/^SSIGNEF S SALE POSTPONED.
In obedioucc to an injunction issued by
the Hon. District Court of the United States
for the Kasteru L istrict of Texas, notice is
hereby given that the sale of the property of
John S. Sellers, Bankrupt, advertised to be
sold on Thursday, the PAh of March, 1874, is
hereby postponed until further notice.
mr8 4t ALBERT BALL, Assignee.
rprustee's sale.
By virtue of authority in me vested, by a
Deed of Trust executed by H. N. Duble, dated
at Galveston, Texas, on the N neteenth Day
of January, 1872, recorded in Galvestou
County Records, in Book 7, in pages 91, 92 and
93, to secure th« payment of certain notes,
more fully described therein, for which refer-
ence is hereby made to said Deed of Trust;
I, the undersigned. Trustee, will, at the re-
quest of the legal holder of one of said
notes—it being for the sum of two thousand
dollars current money, dated Galveston,
Texas, January 19, 1872, payable twelve
months afterdate, to order of Martha J. Cur-
tis, at Galveston, with interest at tha rate of
twelve per centum per annum from and after
maturity; said note and part of tha interest
being due and unpaid—sell on
TUESDAY, THE 17TH DAY OF MARCH, 1874,
in front of the courthouse door of the county
of Galveston, to the highest bidder for cash,
those two certain lots or parcels of ground,
lying and being in the city of Galveston,
Texas, and kuown on the City Company's
map of said city as lots numbers eight (8) and
nine (9), in block number five hundred and
fifty-two (552), rogether with the buildings
and improvements thereon and thereto be-
longing.
I will convey such title to said property as
authorized by said Deed of Trust.
H. M. TRUEHEART,
fe22 tds Trustee.
J^OTICE. .
NOTICE
In accordance with an order of the
Connty Court of Wharton Connty,
At a Call Term, JANUARY NINTH, 1S74. I
hereby notify all persons
Holding; Claims Against the Said
Connty
To bring them forward and have the same
Registered before the Thirtieth Day of
March, 1874.
W. J. GODSEY,
ja^OD&W-td Treasurer Wharton County
0 F. WHITE & CO.,
(successors to shabrook w. 8ydnor,)
General Insurance and Real Estate
Agents,
AUCTIONEERS AND GENERAL BROKERS,
Having purchased the interest of Mr. Sea-
brook W. Sydnor in the above business, and
having formed a copartnership for the pur-
pose of carrying on the same, your patronago
is hereby respectfully solicited.
Particular attention paid to the sale of
City Property and Country Lands, as well as
to Insurance and General Brokerage. Any
orders intrusted to us will meet with the ut-
most dispatch.
Insurance effected for any amount, and
losses adjusted at this office.
The finest map of the city on view at all
times for the inspection oi the public.
ja4 3m*
N
OTICE NOTICE
-OFFICE OF THE-
life Association of America,
. ST. LOUIS, FEB. 10, 1874.
In accordance with Section fi of the
Amended Charter of the Life Association of
America, approved September 30, 10T8, there
will be an eleotion for Ave member* ot the
General Board of Directors, to serve for the
term of three years, at the office of the Asso-
ciation, in St. Louis, Missouri, on TUESDAY,
the Seventeenth duy of March, 1874.
Polls open from 11 a. k-, to 3 r. u.
H. W.
.1. S. Pibro«, Sec'y.
HOUGH, Pre»'t.
fel 7tue s4t
roB PRINTING
OF ANY AND EVERY KIWP
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