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ESTABLISHED—1842.
GALVESTON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, l$77,~PRICE-5 CENTS.
VOL. XXXVI.—NO. 10.
(Suibcston Mdxrs,
A. H. BELO & CO., Proprietors.
Terminal Facilities*
The commercial mind of New York
city is painfully cxereised about the
steady falling o2 in grain shipments
through that port. It is clear that the
decline in the grain traffic of New York
is only to be arrested by vigorous
measures for improving her terminal
racilities. " Those who resist the im-
provements which are necessary to en-
able this city to compete on equal
terms with others," says the New \ ork
Tribune, " ought to understand by this
time that they are killing the goose
that lays the golden eggs. Doubtless
improvements would involve some loss
of individual profits. But if we drive
away the traffic altogether everybody
will lose still more. Not another week
should be lost. If business men of
New York are wise they will not per-
mit another week to pass without im-
portant steps for the recovery of the
lost traffic." It is probable that this ap-
peal will be regarded by the gray and
festive barnacles who handicap the
competition of New York with Balti-
more and other Atlantic ports, as a fla-
grant impertinence—an irreverence in-
deed little short of high treason. At
least such is the opinion in which like
appeals are held by a like lot of vener-
able crustaceans,absorbents and impedi-
ments glued to the port of Galveston.
In New York, however, it seems that
the most formidable barnacles are of
the official class. This is hinted at in
the remark of the Financial Chronicle
that, "just as a decaying ship has the
most barnacles, it is probable that the
comparatively slender commerce of this
city, her wretched piers and wharves,
and her lack of terminal facilities for
handling freight, are conjoined with
the presence of an unusual number of
useless and comfortable officials, with
whom the weather is always pleasant
except when storms of investigation
threaten." A recent decision of the
United States Supreme Court declaring
unconstitutional an arbitrary tax on
shipping, levied to support twelve har-
bor masters at the rate of about $7000
each, promises to relieve the commerce
of New York of this species of incum-
brance. The barnacles that obstruct
the commerce of Galveston are amena-
ble to another recent decision of the
same court—the one affirming that pri-
vate properties and avocations affected
with public interests are subject to
legislative or judicial regulation foT
the public protection. The Cotton Ex-
change committee on terminal facilities
ought not, and we presume will not,
forget that, in the last resort—sup-
posing every influence of'argument,
of moral suasion and of advanced pub-
lic opinion to fail—the far reaching
principle laid down in this decision
may be logically invoked for barnacle-
scraping purposes at Galveston. In
this city, it is true, there is no serious
lack of terminal facilities in the way
of material and mechanical appliances.
The trouble is, and has been, the fear-
ful group of infacilities grafted upon
these appliances in the way of arbitrary
exactions to fatten parasitic interests
which, if let alone, would not hesitate,
in their blind greed and gluttony, to
kill the very goose which has been lay-
ing them golden eggs.
which announcement few would know of the
fact.
Four dollars a day is the usual hotel
charge to boarders. Canned goods,
comprising fruits, vegetables, poultry
and fish, constitute the principal fare
in Florida hotels and boarding-houses.
Galveston has a never failing supply of
garden vegetables, fish, freshjmeats and
other products of the country; the fruit
shops abound in all the products of the
tropics, and all that are yielded in any
part of the United States, %nd which
will bear transportation, may be found
here if wanted.
The Medical Convention which as-
sembled in the city yesterday, brings
together, for the discussion of impor.
tant scientific subjects, representative
gentlemen whose aims and labor reflect
credit on the profession of which they
are members. The delegates in attend-
ance manifest the deepest interest in
the work before them, and many of
them are men to whom study is by no
means a strange occupation. The ad-
dress delivered by Dr. Palmer yester-
day on-climatology was distinguished
for the wide range of thought
embraced in the treatment of
the subject and for the profound
research underlying his deductions and
conclusions. Other important and in-
teresting subjects will be up for dis-
cussion, which, it is to be hoped, will
tend to harmonize whatever conflicts
there may be prevailing in a matter of
so great a moment as the proper treat-
ment of diseases. The personnel of the
convention is fully up to the standard
of a medical faculty of which the State
has many reasons to be preud.
The St. Louis Glebe-Democrat regards
Gov.. Hampton as the coming man.
Looking ahead for a Democratic presi-
dential candidate for the next canvass,
that paper says: -'The next Democratic
candidate for the presidency will be a
Southern man, and his name will be
Wade Hampton. He will be a formid-
able candidate, too—much more so
than any such schemer and jobber as
Tilden. It can not be denied that Qen.
Hampton's conduct in the last cam-
paign won for him the respect of the
better classes in both parties, North
and South."
A petition has been got up at
Shreveport, asking Colonel George No-
ble, superintendent of the Texas and
Pacific railway for a daily through
train from that place to Fort Worth.
The object is to secure a steadier trade
from Texas and the signers pledge
themselves to give "their entire sup-
port and encouragement to the main-
tenance of such a move."
Galveston as a.Winter Bcsort.
The near completion of the new Tre-
mont hotel, one of the finest and largest
in the South, in addition to much other
accommodation in the shape of hotels,
boarding houses and restaurants of a
superior class; perennial supplies of
fresh fruit and garden vegetables of
every variety, and an abundance of de-
licious fish and oysters; fine dairies;
delightful drives on the beach and
island roads; cars running through the
principal streets to the gulf and to all
quarters of the city; daily pleasure ex-
cursions on the Narrow Gauge; a cli
mate fanned by perpetual breezes from
the surrounding salt water, always pure
and invigorating; beautiful groves of or-
ange and other tropical trees, and flower
gardens with every variety of beautiful
plants and shrubs; many churches,
halls, lectures, theaters and other
sources of entertainment and instruc-
tion ; all these combine to render Gal-
veston one of the most attractive places
to the tourist and valetudinarian to be
found anywhere, and certainly a resort
equal, if not superior, to any other in
the winter season. For the last three
winters the mercury has almost never
been below the freezing point, and
vegetation has gone on without inter-
ruption. The markets throughout the
winter have been stocked with green
vegetables, and prices have ruled for the
most part in favor of buyers. Winter
has worn the appearance of spring, and
visitors from the North and West have
universally been surprised and de-
lighted at the weather and the
sources of health and enjoyment
presented by the city and its
surroundings. Some persons who spent
the preceding winter in Florida express
a strong preference for Galveston over
the peninsular State. Florida, as well
as Texas, is visited by northers, and the
oraDge groves of the former State are
liable to great damage from frost. As
regards the comforts and cheapness of
living, no place in Florida is equal to
Galveston. A Falatka correspondent,
writing up the inducements to immi
grants and health-seekers held out by
Florida, relates some facts from which
may be inferred the superiority of Gal-
veston over the most famous resorts of
that State as a winter residence. To
avoid any suspicion of partiality the
Hews quotes literally from the letter
as follows:
There are at least twenty-five large, first
class hotels, without counting in the board
ing houses, on and near the St. Johni, that
are filled every winter by high-priced board-
ers. Yet the proprietors do not make money.
In the North, few hotels can retain patronage
and charge $4 per day. How long visitors tr>
Florida can afford to pay such rates is a ques-
tion. The bills of fare are the same as those
of hotels In the extreme North. Nearly all
the supplies are brought from the North at
lieavy expense. One sees few Florida pro-
ductions. Sugar and sirup are supplied from
New York to a sugar-growing country. Even
hominy and pork are Imported into the land of
hog and hominy. Strawberries and green
peag are announced in the local press as
gracing the board of some hostelry, but for
Tiie City Council last night provided
by resolution for the redemption of
Harbor Improvement bonds from 1 to
200, inclusive, and passed the ordin-
ances organizing the City Hospital and
Health Department and regulating
quarantine.
SAN ANTONIO.
IIIo Grande and Local News.
[Special Telegram to the News.]
San Antonio, April 3, 18f7.
The Mexicans on the west side of the
liio Grande have captured two of Col.
Shafter's scouts, who are supposed to
have been shot. Col. Shatter crossed
the river yesterday with five compa-
nies, since which time nothing has been
heard of him.
Joseph Horner, recently convicted for
robbing the bank at Comanche, Texas,
and sentenced to ten years at Hunts-
ville, in company with two other
prisoners, broke jail Sunday night and
escaped.
Hon. Henry C. King has assumed the
ecitorial chair of the San Antonio Ex-
press. The Herald was to-day trans-
posed to an evening paper.
No local news, except that the city is
full of strangers. Grasshoppers abound
but are doing little damage.
DALLAS.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
municipal Election—Terrible As-
sault on a Candidate—To-Day >s
Carnival.
[Special Telegram to the News.]
Dallas, April 3.—The municipal
election passed off quietly to-day, but
little interest being manifested, and an
unusually small vote being polled. W.
L. Cobail was elected mayor by about
350 majority, and June Peak recorder
by about 250.
Judge J. M. Thurward, opponent of
Gen. Coball in the mayoralty race to-
day, was knocked down and severely
beaten by four or five rowdies, last
night, with one of whom he had been
discussing the situation. Three of his
assailants were arrested.
The preparations being made indicate
that the carnival celebration to-morrow
will be one of immense attractions and
a great success. Visitors are coming in
from all directions, and the city pre-
sents a very lively appearance.
Cherokee Connty—District Court-
Crops, Etc.
[Special Telegram to the News.]
Jacksonville, April 3, 1877.
District Courtjis in session. In the
case of M. Priest vs. E. W. Bush, for
libel. Judgment was rendered for de-
fendant.
The crop prospect is good. We are
having heavy rains.
Contractors for the branch peniten-
tiary have commenced work. The
proposition now is to place the build-
ings near Rusk, just one mile north of
Rusk, at the foot of the mountains.
Our county is the finest farming
county in East Texas, is fast filling up,
and promises to develop untold wealth
to this portion of the State.
Travel West or Port Worth.
[Special Telegram to the News 1
Concho, April 3, 1877.
Charley Bain, of C. Bain & Co's
Stage Line, passed through Concho
to-day en route to Fort Worth via Chad-
burn and Fort Griffin, with a train of
new and elegant six and nine passenger
coaches to run on their various routes
leading from the present terminus of
the Texas and Pacific Railroad to all
principal towns in Western Texas. The
natives thoughtJohn Robinson's circus
had arrived.
Brenhaiu, Municipal Election.
[Special Telegram t. the News.]
. Brenham, April 3, 1877.
The ci'.y election resulted in choosing
all the present incumbents, excepting
the marshal. Mr. W. Bohlea was elect
ed by twelve majority. Mr. O'Riordan,
the Mayor elect, was absent at Dallas,
attending a convention of the Knights
of Pythias. He is Recorder and Keeper
of the Grand Seal of that Order for the
State of Texas. There is great rejoicing
here over the result.
Instructions of the President to
the Louisiana Commission—
The Work of Evarts.
The Directions General, with Ple-
nary Power to Compose and
Compromise.
Supremacy of the CiTil Over the
Military the President's
Ruling: Idea.
Laws and Machinery of the State,
with Public Prudence, Re-
lied on for a Solution.
The Commission Not to Inquire
Into the Late Election or
Canvass of Votes.
The Order of Withdrawal as to
South Carolina to Take Ef-
fect April 10.
Correspondence of Got. Hampton
with President Hayes.
Hayes a Jeffersonian Democrat Com-
pared with His Predecessor.
Columbus, April 3.—The Democrats
elected their mayor by their usual ma-
J jority.
The Louisiana Commission — in-
structions ol the President, Per
Evarts — How Different Prom
Grant Is Hayes !
Washington, April 3.—Following is
the full text of the in structions to the
Louisiana Commission:
Washington, April 2,1877.
Charles B. Lawrence, Joseph R. Hawley, Jbo.
M. Harlan, John C. Brown and Wayne Mc-
Veigh, Honorable Commissioners:
Gentlemen—I am instructed by the President
to lay before you soma observations upon the
occesion and object which have led him to in-
vite you, as members of the commission about
to visit the State of Louisiana, to undertake
this public service. Upon assuming your
office the President finds the situation of af-
fairs in Louisiana such as to justly demand his
prompt and solicitous attention; for the situ-
ation presents, as one of its features, the sp
parent intervention of the military power of
the United States in the domestic controver-
sies which undoubtedly ^divide the opinions
and disturb the harmony of the people of that
State.
This Intervention, arising during the term
and by the| authority of his predecessor,
throws no present duty upon the President,
except to examine and determine the real ex-
tent and form and effect to which such Inter-
vention actually exists, and to decide as to
the time, manner and conditions which
should be observed in putting an end to it. It
is in aid of his intelligent and prompt dis-
charge of this duty that the President has
sought the services of this commission to
supply, by m eans of its examination conduct-
ed in the State of Louisiana, some informa-
tion that may be pertinent to the circumspec-
tion and the scrutiny of any measure he may
resolve upon.
It will be readily understood that the ser-
vice d esired of and intrusted to this commis-
sion does not include any examination into or
report upon the facts of the recent State elec-
tion, or of the canvass of the votes cast at
that election. So far as attention to that
subject may be necessary, the President can
not but feel that the reports of the committees
of the two houses of Congress and other pub-
lic information at hand will dispense with
and should preclude any original explanation
by the commission of the field of inquiry.
But it is most pertinent and important, in
coming to a decision upon the precise ques-
tion of executive duty before him, that the
President should know what are the real im-
pediments to regular, legal and peaceful pro-
cedure under the laws and constitution of the
State of Louisiana, by which the anomalies
in the government there presented maybe
put in course of settlement without involving
the element of military power as either an
agent or a make-weight in such solution.
The successful ascertainment of these im-
pediments the President would confidently
expect would indicate to the people of that
State the wisdom and the mode of their re-
moval .
The usual circumstances which attended
and followed the State election and canvass,
from its relation to the excited feelings and
interests of the presidential election, may
have retarded within the State of Louisiana
the persuasive influences by which the great
social and material interest, common to the
whole people of a State, and the pride of the
American character as a law-abiding nation,
ameliorate the disappointments and dissolve
the resentments of close and zealous political
contests, but the President both hopes and
believes that the great body of the people of
Louisiana are now prepared to treat the un-
settled results of the State election with a
calm and conciliatory spirit.
If it be too much to expect a complete con-
currence in a single government for that
State, at least the President may anticipate a
submission to the peaceful resources of the
laws and the constitution of the State of all
their dissensions, all at once, leaving them-
selves from the reproach and thei r fellow-
citizens of the United States from the anxie-
ties, which must ever attend a prolonged dis-
pute as to the title and the administration of
the government of one of the States ef the
Union.
The President, therefore, desires that you
should devote your first and principal atten-
tion to a removal of the obstacles to an ac-
knowledgment of one government for the
purpose of an excuse of authority within the
State, and a representation of the State in its
relations to the general government under
section 4 of article 4, of the Constitution of
the United States, leaving, if necessary, to
judicial or other constitutional arbitrament
within the State the question of ultimate
right.
If the obstacle should prove insuperable,
from whatever reason, and the hope of a sin-
gle government in all its departments be dis-
appointed, it should be the next endeavor to
accomplish the recognition of a Legislature
as the depositary of the representative will of
the people of Louisiana. This great depart-
ment rescued from dispute, the rest of the
problem could gradually be worked out by the
prevalent authority, which the legislative
power when undisputed is quite competent to
exert in composing conflicts in co-ordinate
branches of the government.
An attentive construction of the conditions
under the Federal constitution and the acts
ef Congress, which provide or permit military
Intervention by the President in the protec-
tion of the State against violence, has satis-
fled the President that the use of this author-
ity in determining or influencing the dispute
in a State is most carefully to be avoided.
Undoubtedly, as was held by the Supreme
Court in the case of Luther Vs. Borden ,the ap-
peal from a State may involve such an iaquiry
as the lawfulness of the authority, which in-
vokes the interference of the President in sup-
posed pursuance of the constitution; but it is
equally true that neither the constitutional
Firovision nor the acts of Gongress were
ramed with any such design.
Both obviously treated the case of domestic
violence, within a State as an outbreak
against law and the authority of established
government, which the State was unable to
suppress by its own strength—a case wherein
every department of the State government
has a disputed representation, and the State,
therefore, furnished to the Federal govern-
ment no internal political recognition of au-
thority, upon which the Federal Executive
can rely, will present a case of so much diffi-
culty that it is of pressing importance
to all interested in Louisiana, that it should
be avoided.
A single Legislature would greatly relieve
this difficulty, for that department of the
State government is named by the constitu-
tion as the necessary applicant, when it can
be convened, for military intervention by the
United States. If, therefore, the disputing
interests can concur in or be reduced *to
a single Legislature for the State of Louisi-
ana, it would be a great step in composing
th eir unhappy strife.
The President leaves entirely to the com-
mission the conciliatory influences which in
their judgment, formed on the spot, may
seem to them to conduce to the proposed end.
His own determination, that only public
considerations should inspire and attend this
effort to give the ascendency in Louisiana to
the things that belong to peace, is evidenced
by his selections of commissioners, who offer
to the country in their own character every
guarantee of the public motives and methods
of the transactions which they have under-
taken. Your report of the result of this en-
deavor will satisfy the President. He does
not doubt of the wisdom of his selection and
of his plenary trust in the commission.
A second and less important subject of at
tention during your visit to New Orleans will
be the collection of accurate and trustworthy
information from the public officers and
prominent citizens of fall political connec-
tions as to the state of public feeling and
opinion in the community at large upon the
' general questions which affect the peaceful
and safe exercise within the State of Louisi-
ana, of all legal and political privileges con-
ferred by the constitution of the United
States upon all citizens.
The maintenance and protection of these
rights and privileges by all constitutional
means, and by every just, moral and social
influence, are the settled purposes of the
President in his administration of the govern-
ment. He will hope to learn from your in-
ves igations that this purpose will be aided
and not resisted by the substantial and effec-
tive public opinion of the great body of the
people of Louisiana. The President does not
wish to impose any limit upon your stay in
Louisiana that would tend to defeat the full
objects of your visit.
He is, however, extremely desirous to find
it In his power at the earliest day compatible
with a sole exercise of that authority to put
an end to even the appearance of military in-
tervention in the domestic affairs of Louis-
iana, and he awaits your return with the con-
fident hope that your report will enable him
promptly to execute a purpose he has so
much st heart. The President desires me to
add that the publication of the results of your
visit he shall hope to make immediately after
their communication to him. I have the
honor to be, with great respect.
Tour obedient servant,
(Signed) Wtt M. EVARTS.
Hayes's Order for Withdrawal of
Troops-Governor Hampton's Ac-
knowledgments and Kelterated
Pledges.
Washington, April 3.—Following
are the President's instructions to the
Secretary of War respecting South
Carolina:
-Sir—Prior to my entering upon the duties of
the presidency there had been stationed by
order of my predecessor, in the State-house
at Columbia, 8. C., a detachment of United
States infantry. Findiug them in that plsee,
I have thought proper to delay a decision of
the question of their removal until I could
consider and determine whether the condi-
tion of affairs in that State is now such as to
either require or justify the continued milita-
ry occupati&n of the State house.
In my opinion there does not exist In that
State such domestio violence as is contem-
plated by the constitution as the ground on
which the military power of the national gov-
ornment may be invoked for the defense of
the State. There are, it is true, great and
serious disputes as to the rights of certain
claimants to the chief executive of-
fice of that State, but these are to be settled
and determined not by the Exseutisa at the
United States, bin by such orderly and peace-
able means as may be provided by the consti-
tution and laws of the State.
I feel assured that no resort to violence is
contemplated in any quarter, but ths£ on the
contrary the disputes in quetion are to be set-
tled solely by such peaceful remedies as the
constitution and the laws of the State pro-
vide. Under these circumstances I now deem
it proper to take action in accordance with
the principles announced when I entered
upon the duties of the presidency.
You are, therefore, directed to see that the
proper orders are issued for the removal of
said troops from the State-house to their pre.
vious place of encampment. R. B. HAYES.
To Hon. Geo. McCrary, Secretry of War.
THE ORDER TO GEN. SHERMAN.
In accordance with the above the fol-
lowing order has been made by Secre-
tary McCrary to the General of the
Army:
War Department, April 3,1877.
Qen. W. T. Sherman, Commanding United
States Army:
General—I inclose herewith a copy of a com-
munication from the President of the United
States, in which he directs that the detach-
ment of troops now stationed in the State-
house at Columbia, S. C., be withdrawn and
returned to their previous barracks or camp-
ing ground. You are hereby charged with
the execution of this order, and will cause
the withdrawal of the troops on Tuesday
next, the 10th of April, at 13 o'clock m.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
GEORGE W. McCRARY,
Secretary of War.
HAMPTON TO nATES.
In connection with these orders it is
deemed of interest to transmit the text
of Gov. Hampton's late letter to the
President, allusion to which has been
made in these dispatches, and which is
furnished for publication to-day:
Washington, D. C., March 31, 1877.
President—Sir: The result of the conference
to which jou did me the honor to invite me,
has been to leave on my mind the conviction
that you sincerely desire to see a peaceful
and just settlement of the questions which
are distracting our people and injuring seri-
ously the material interests of our State, and
1 trust you are convinced of my earnest wish
to aid in accomplishing this happy end. As I
may not have the pleasure of seeing you
again on this subject, it may be proper to put
before you in the fullest and most definite
form the assurance given you verbally.
I repeat, therefore, that if the Federal
troops are withdrawn from the State-house,
there shall be, on my part, or that of my
friends, no resort to violence to assert our
claims, but that we shall look for their main-
tenance solely to such peaceful remedies as
the constitution and laws of the State provide.
I shall use all my authority to repress the use
or exhibition of force in the Battlement of all
disputed questions, and this authority shall be
exercised in such a manner that the peace
shall be preserved. We only desire the estab-
lishment in our State of a government which
will secure to every citizen, the lowest as well
as the highest, black as well as white, full and
equal protection in the enjoyment of all his
rights under the constitution of the United
States.
No one can be more deeply impressed than
myself with the imperative necessity of estab-
lishing cordial relations among all classes and
both races in South Carolina; for it is only by
these means that the true and enduring welfare
of the State can be secured. With the recog-
nition of perfect equality of every citizen be-
fore the law, with a just and impartial ad-
ministration of the laws, with a practical, se-
cure exercise of the right of suffrage, with a
system of public education which will open
the sources of knowledge to all classes, we
may hope to see our State soon take the posi-
tion to which she is entitled. It was the pa-
triotic hope to aid in the accomplishment of
these high aims that called me from my re-
tirement to become a candidate for the office
of Governor of South Carolina. It was
through the confidence of the people of that
State that I would honestly and faithfully
carry out these purposes, that I was elected
their chief magistrate; and I feel profoundly
convinced that peace can be surely preserved
there and prosperity restored.
Assuring our people that the right of local
self-government, so prominently brought for-
ward in your inaugural, and so favorably re-
ceived by the whole country, is to be promptly
carried out as the rule of your administra-
tion, I anticipate the ready fulfillment of the
just and reasonable hopes inspired by the ad-
vancement of the policy you have unfolded—
a policy which found a responsive echo in
every patriotic heart, as indicating a purpose
to administer the government in the true spirit
of the constitution. In conclusion,permit me to
assure you that I feel the strongest confidence
that the wise and patriotic policy announced
in your inaugural will, as soon as it takes
shape and action, produce such fruits that the
whole country will enjoy the blessings of
peace, prosperity and harmony. Thanking
>eu, sir, for the courtesy you have extended
to me, with my good wishes, I am, very re-
spectfully, your obedient servant,
WADE HAMPTON,
Governor of South Carolina.
The Cases or Louisiana and South
Carolina — Tilden'* Suit Condi-
tioned on Their Restoration.
Washington, April 3.—Hampton is
still here. It may be safely said that
Hampton has contracted no entangling
alliances. He has so far promised noth-
ing but equal justice to every citizen of
South Carolina. Gov. Hampton is de-
tained by a reported break in railroad
connection. He leaves to-morrow
morning at 1 o'clock. He has tele-
graphed as follows:
To Hon. W. D. Simpson, Lieutenant Governor
of South Carolina, Columbia:
Everything has been satisfactorily and hon-
orably settled. I expect our people to pre-
serve the utmost peace and quiet. My word
is pledged for them, and 1 rely on them.
Wade Hampton.
It is not yet known when the Louisi-
ana commissioners now here will leave,
or whether they will be instructed.
One account says the President handed
one of them a sealed package to be
opened when they convened in New
Orleans. This morning's Republican,
has the following:
" The general idea has obtained with-
in a day or two past that the Secretary
of State had been directed to mark out
and define the line of policy to be fol-
lowed by the Louisiana commission in
their investigation of matters in that
State. This, however, is not the case.
'* The matter has been fully discussed
by the President and commissioners,
and the subject has been under consid-
eration at every cabinet meeting of late.
It should be understood that this com-
mission goes to Louisiana not to take
action in the premises, but simply to
ascertain all the facts concerning the
difficulties existing; to consult with
those of both of the Nicholls and Pack-
ard factions, and to receive and make
any suggestions that may tend to bring
about the peaceful solution so much
desired.
" They are not even regarded as
official commissioners, but simply as
friends of the President, who will ex-
ert their influence toward facilitating
some adjustment.^ They will start this
morning for Louisiana."
There have been no proceedings un-
der the Electoral bill to oust Hayes
from the presidency, and it is most
authoritatively stated that none will be
instituted, if the President adheres to
his inaugural, and allows bis adminis-
tration to be controlled by the consti-
tution.
A report of an interview of Senator
Bruce and Representative Lynch with
the President, stating that they called
to urge him not to withdraw the troops
from South Carolina, is contradicted,
and Mr. Lynch, in connection with the
contradiction, states that while it is a
source of regret to him that the admin-
istration can not »ee its way clear to re-
cognize and support the government in
South Carolina of which Mr. Chamber-
lain is the head, atili, from several in-
terviews had with him on the South-
ern question, he is thoroughly sat-
isfied that the President is actuated by
the best of intentions and the purest of
motives and that he is a true friend to
the colored man. If his policy should
prove disastrous to the interests of the
colored people, it will be the result of
mistaken judgment, and not political
treachery. He believes that the col-
ored people should support the admin-
istration until they have had stronger
reasons foT doing otherwise than have
yet been presented.
Minor Washington Topics.
Washington, April a—There is no
change of consequence in reference to
applications for Mashal of Georgia.
Col. Alston, supposed to be the
strongest man,' withdrew his papers
temporarily, but renewed them yester-
day before leaving for Georgia. Sena-
tor Hill is understood to now favor the
appointment of Mr. Fitzsimmons, al-
though it is also claimed that he is for
Morrison, or Col. Reed, of Atlanta.
Senator Gordon had a daughter born
to him yesterday. She was immediate-
lg shriven by the General's friends with
the name of Carolina, because of the
General's services to South Carolina,
which State is said to have been bom
again .simultaniously with the birth of
his daughter.
The New York Cotton Exchange
urges the promotion of Mr. Dodge, the
statistician of the Department of Agri-
culture, to the position of commissioner
seventy-three members uniting in a pe-
tition to the President.
The President has made the follow-
ing appointments: R. C. M. McCor-
mack to be Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury; Edgar M. Marble, Assistant
Attorney General for the Interior De-
partment; E. Piatt Stratton, Supervis-
ing Inspector of Steamboats for the
second New York district.
MEXICO'S LOOSENESS.
NEW OBLEANS.
The Packard Recruiting Officers
Released—Another Packard Le-
gislator Converted.
[Special Telegram to the News.l
New Orleans, April 3, 1877.
Packard's crowd, militia and all, has
dwindled down to 150. Another Sena-
tor (Allain, colored,) seceded to-day; he
has a strong country following. Nich-
olls's Senate has now an undisputed
quorum, plus three. His House has a
quorum, minus nine. Warmoth for the
tJ. S. Senatorship is ready to come over
with the required number. The Legis-
lature remains in session till the arrival
of the commission. A third party is
slowly forming here under Northern
auspices.
[Associated Press.1
New Orlans, April 3.—Judge W. R.
Whitaker, of the Superior District
Court, on motion of the Attorney Gen-
eral, has ordered the charge of treason
against Packard's recruiting officers
dismissed, and that the prisoners, nine
in number, who were confined in the
Parish Prison, be released from custody.
The Attorney General, however, gave
notice that should any one hereafter be
guilty of the same crime the offender
would be prosecuted to the fullest ex-
tent of the law.
T. T. Allain, colored, one of the
holding-over Senators, who has hereto-
fore affiliated with the Packard Legis-
lature, to-day took a seat in the Nich-
olls Senate. Allain addressed the Sen-
ate, saying he was there in obedience to
the best dictates of his conscience, be-
lieving the time had come when the
white and colored people of Louisiana
should unite to bring about peace and
prosperity to the State. He was there
not as a Democrrat, but as a Republi-
can. He relied upon the promises
made by Gov. Nicholls in his letter of
accept an co at the Baton Rouge Conven-
tion. Allain made an appeal for clem-
ency for the colored recruiting officers
who were in the parish prison, and
who were subsequntly released.
TWEED'S ADVENTURES.
The Narrative of the Ross's Flight
Published.
New York, April 3.—A narrative of
Tweed's escape and travels is published,
prepared from a diary kept by his
nephew. The diary says he concluded
that he must surrender himself exclu-
sively to the control of those who un-
dertook the job, and accordingly no
member of his family nor his counsel,
nor any friend or person whatever of
his previous connections knew of his
proposed flight or had amy part in its
execution. Neither did they know of
his whereabouts at any time, until it
had become necessary for him to com-
municate with them after his arrest in
Cuba by the Spanish officials.
Bliss, the engineer of the Northamp
ton bank robbery, and also engaged in
the celebrated safe burglary at Wash
ington, arranged the details of Tweed's
escapc. Tweed would not listen to
such a thing at first, but at his meetings
with his professional neighbor daily in
the court-yard of the jail, where they
took their exercise, the subject was more
definitely discussed, ana the outside
friends of the professional being
called, Tweed was persuaded of the
practicability of the plans which they
presented, and for the execution of
which he engaged to pay a stipulated
amount of money. Flight, he had rea-
soned, must be his only remedy. His
conferences with his new advisers, pe-
culiarly skilled in such matters, con
vinced him that in this step was his
his only safety.
The Late Achievement of the Tele-
phone.
Philadelphia, April 3. — In the
operating room of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, yesterday even-
ing, a large number of prominent citi-
zens assembled to witness the exhibi-
tion of Prof. Gray's telephone, on
which numerous airs were played by
Prof. Boscovitz, the sounds being
transmitted to an audience assembled
in Steinway Hall in New York city.
Telegrams were received from New
York at the conclusion of each piece,
describing the success of the trans-
mission, and the enthusiasm of the
audience in Steinway Hall.
The Diaz Government Nearly
Swamped by Quarrels and
Dissensions.
Return of Ex-President Lerdo to
(Save the Repablic Openly
Demanded.
Gen. Mendez Causing the Trouble
by Ascending Ambition's
Ladaer.
Factiousness ia Congress and Pro-
nunciamientoes ia the Country.
City op Mexico, March 25—(Via
Havana, April 3.)—Dissensions between
President Diaz and Gen. Mendez are
beyond settlement. During an ab-
sence of Diaz, when Mendez had
charge of the government, the latter
sent 10,000 Enfield rifles and several
batteries into the Sierra of Puebla, for
distribution to his followers.
Diaz ordered the return of the rifles,
which Mendez has persistently refused.
Mendez charged * the President with
bad faith in the election of President
of the Supreme Court. The quarrel
has been carried into Congress, where
dissension Is rife. Diaz's friends were
defeated in the election of a committee
of scrutiny on the fifty seats contested
in Congress.
Restoration of the constitution and
the return of ex President Lerdo are
openly demanded. A prohunciamiento
against Diaz has been issued in Chi-
huahua. Olivia pronounced for Lerdo
in the Sierras of Quentano.
Paris, April 3.—The unveiling of
a monument to victims of the late
Franco German war at Luneville, near
the frontier, has been postponed for
prudential reasons, at the request of
Minister Simon.
Bethlehem, April 3.—Postmaster
Rat Peyser is charged with defaulting
to the extent of $1500, tampering with
mails, and other irregularities.
New York, April 3.—Arrived: Cali-
fornia, England. Arrived out: Penn-
sylvania, Egypt.
New York, April 3.—Panama stock
broke Jno. Pondie. He hopes eventu-
ally to settle.
Brussells, April 3.—Jean Baptiste
Modon, Belgian painter, is dead, aged
eighty-one.
Indianafolis, April 3.—St. Louis
Browns, goose egg; Indianapolis, 1.
St. Louis, April 3.—Overtolz will
have 5000 majority for Mayor.
DEN I SON.
The Red River and Rio Grande
Railroad Under Survey.
[Special Telegram to the News.l
Denison, April 3, 1877.
The rumors in regard to the early
construction of the Red River and Rio
Grande railroad from this point west-
ward have assumed a tangible form.
Major O. B. Gunn, the chief engineer
of the road, has just completed a pre-
liminary reconnoissance from here to
Gainesville, and is now locating the
route to that point.
The major read to your correspond-
ent to day an extract of a letter from
Col. R S. Stevens, the prime mover in
the enterprise, which gives assurance
that a working force will be put upon
the line as soon as preliminary arrange-
ments are completed, which will doubt-
less be during the present month. This
will be a most important feeder for the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas road.
Huntsvllle — Progress ot the Pris-
on's Transition.
LSpecial Telegram to the News.]
Huntsville, April'3, 1877.
Major West, of Austin, counsel for
Ward, Dewey & Co., arrived, and, with
counsel for the State, has been trying
to arrive at conclusions as to what
property shall be receipted by the State
and what does not properly belong to
the penitentiary. The State, as now
represented, does not want the gardens
and grounds, purchased by the lessees,
near the prison, nor the tannery and
tramway from the prison to the tannery,
nor convict cars on the railroads; neither
does the State want to refund money
paid by lessees to subsidise the tap road
from Phelps to Huntsville. The ap-
praisers are proceeding slowly. Gen.
Hardeman, for the State, is very
cautious, and can not be hurried into
a position not secure.
THE PANAMA RAILROAD.
a Paying Institution.
New York, April 2.—The following
gentlemen have been elected directors
of the Panama Railroad Company: Jno.
R. Marshall, John P. Jones, T. W.
Park, Fred Butterfield, C. G. Frank-
lyn, Jos. Ogden, Samuel Thempson,
A. Bordman, H. H. Baxter, G. A.
Hoyt, J. G. McCullough, Wm. P. Clyde
and John Burke.
The following is the report of the
Executive Committee of the Panama
Railroad Committee, to be submitted
to the new board of directors to-mor-
row: Statement for last six months—
Receipts for New York business, $406,-
681 22; receipts in London, $243,-
608 21; receipts on the Isthmus and
miscellaneous, $134,679 50. Total re-
ceipts, $846,968 93.
Interest on bonds, $105,000; subsidy
of the United States of Columbia,
$125,000; operating expenses, $161,000;
total, $391,000; net $455,968 83. This
is the set profit for the current six
months ending 31st of March, 1877,
based upon official returns for October,
November and December, and nearly
complete returns for January and Feb-
ruary, and estimated returns for March.
LATEST MARINE NEWS.
New York, April 3.—Arrived:
Humboldt, Russia, Idaho. Arrived out:
Emma, Centennial, Maria, Alexander,
Lincoln, Ida, Humoro, Forest Queen,
Neptune.
Abont Bismarck's Resigning.
Berlin, April 3. — Bismarck has
resigned.
Berlin, April 3.—It is semi officially
announced that the statement that
Prince Bismarck had resigned the chan-
cellorship is incorrect. The Prince
simply asked for a long leave of ab-
sence, which is requisite in consequence
of his being overworked. The report
was that Bismarck had resigned; that
the Crown Prince had endeavored to
induce Bismarck to withdraw his
resignation; and that the Emperor
had refused to accept it, but
had granted Bismarck a year's
leave of absence. Herrr Camphausen
will take his place as Chancellor of the
Empire.
The Latest Insurance Sensation.;
Newark, N. J., April 3.—Judge
Depue charged the Essex county grand
jury to investigate the New Jersey Mu-
tual Insurance Company's troubles.
He said officers and managers of finan-
cial institutions are trustees, and mis-
conduct or neglect to protect the in-
terest of stockholders or policy hold-
ers is indictable. He demanded the
fullest inquiry to ascertain whether the
condition of the company resulted from
the financial depression of the country
or misconduct. If it occurred from
the latter cause, they must indict the
officials under the criminal law.
Rigors of Cuban Warfare.
New York, April 3.—Gen. Campos
has notified the Cubans west of the
Trocha that prisoners made after the
1st of May will be shot, subject to a
verbal court-martial, whose judgment
will be submitted to the commanding
general of the Trocha, of the Villa, or
of Matanzas, according to the locality.
Deserters caught after May 1st will also
be shot.
Peter B. Sweeney's Say.
New York, April 3.—Peter B.
Sweeney publishes a card, denying
having any revelations to make affect-
ing Oakey Hall or others, or that he is
seeking to compromise suits against
himself. He proposes to rely on the
judgment of his fellow-citizens.
The Virginia negroes oppose the ap-
pointment of Mr. Frederick Douglass
" because he is such a stuck-up nigger."
SURVIVAL OP TUB FITTEST.
The TVeanlnc of Hayes's Near Po1
• ley — Conditions 00 which the
Democrats will be Allowed Con-
trol of |«oulslana and Carolina.
The National Republican, adminis-
tration organ, of March 27, contains
the following very significant article
on Southern affairs. It reads not only
as if it reflected the views of President
Hayes, but as if written at the White
House:
what the new policy means.
After the great amount of specula-
tion regarding the " new policy of the
administration that has recently been
indulged in by the press of the country
it may be well for us to consider the
subject and to some extent interpret its
meaning. The new policy means firm
local self-government ia the South,
with a strict regard to all of the Fed-
eral constitutional provisions. While
it is expected that the white men of the
South will control the political affairs
in all of the Southern States, yet they
must do it by winning the votes of the
negroes by kindness and moral suasion,
instead of by force and involuntary co-
ercion. Recent experience has taught
us that principles, whether political or
otherwise, can not be arbitrarily forced
upon any community, or if so forced
upon them, the results, instead
of being productive of "the great
est good to the greatest number,"
only leave those principles to exist
while the power that introduced them
stands to their support. The Republi-
can party in the South has heretofore
tried to rule by force of arms and Fed-
eral bayonets, and it failed, while the
Democrats have endeavored to rule by
kukluxism and outlawry, and have be-
come impoverished. The new policy
means also a mutual change of policy.
But it will be impossible to advance
far in the new policy unless the admin-
istration is sure of being met in the
same kindly spirit of reform with which
it advances. If all doubts were re-
moved, and the administration felt sure
of this responsive sentiment ; if they
felt convinced that the legal constitu-
tional rights of white and colored Re-
publicans were safe against outrage and
violence, we here assert authoritatively
that in thirty days there would not be a
single Federal soldier stationed in any of
the Gulf States outside of Texas. Not-
withstanding this, however, the admin-
istration will go forward with its new
policy, !vnd if it results in the murder
of negroes and outrages upon Republi-
cans, the end will be a reaction that
will combine a solid North against a
South divided by the color line. So
determined is the President in his
course that he will risk everything in
the new policy, and will not take a sin-
gle step backward. The only question
now is, whether the turbulent elements
of the South will allow justice and
protection to white and black Republi-
cans to be carried to the same extent as
among themselves. With reference to
the settlement of the dual governments
in Louisiana and South Carolina, it is
only necessary to bring together in one
body the members who are confessedly
elected to each of the dual Legislatures.
Nine-tenths of each Legislature are not
contested, and yet the quarrels about a
few members divide each Legislature
into two hostile bodies. This should
not be, and any effort on the part of the
Administration towards remedying it
must meet the universal "appro
bation of the country. Similar
controversies h&ve previously occurred
in other States, and have been
settled by concessions and voluntary
arrangements. Now, a commission of
eminent and impartial men are deemed
the best means to bring the confessedly
elected members of the Legislature in
Louisiana together. When this is done
the difficulty will be easily solved. But
if this last great effort of the President
towards arriving at a peaceful solution
ff the problem there fails, then he may
ither decide between the contestants
as he sees fit, or leave the question,
without any interference, to be decided
aocording to the Darwinian theory,
" the survival of the fittest." Whether
this course meets with general approval
or not, it is nevertheless a commend-
able one, actuated by the highest senti-
ments of patriotism and duty. Such
local controversies as now exist in
Louisiana and South Carolina ought
not much longer be allowed to disturb
the general interests of the country,
and any settlement is better than an
open controversy.
They had a pet monkey named Jocko
at the United States arsenal at Somer-
ville, Georgia, but they haven't any
Jocko any more. The monkey had
seen the men fire a cannon, and he
thought he'd try the thing. He pulled
the lanyard of a loaded piece, which
hung fire, and Jocko at once ran around
and looked into the muzzle to see what
the matter was. Just then the gun
went off, and Jocko went off, too,
There wasn't enough of him left in any
one piece to make a third of a pre-
Adamite man out of.
^ undS^d, in o* t« cloe? out an excess of stock, hare determined upon the **-
GOODS, of at I5c. per yard.
5 ca«es 4-41 LO\8DALE,J»le_a«licd,J<k%
5 " 4-4 FRUIT OF THE LOOBf, ivc.
2 " White CIXEN LAWX8, all Linen,
2 " Figured and Einen EAWjSj lac.
25 pieces Btack ALPACA |^l E, 2T inc hes wide, 15e.
g : b™»>° ■' c»ssVk,;.
IOO dozen EKSIIIRTS. 99ie.• "P1®**-
IOO piece* WHITE LINEN, guaranteed pure Linen, wc.
IOO Red Woolen 8-1 TABLE CLOTH*, * I •piece.
IOO Children's Braided PIQl?E Sl'ITS, SI <>® apiece.
IOO Linen BOYS' SUITS, T5e. apieee.
6 BUTTON KIDS, all shades, new and fresh, *1 SO per pair.
BUSTLES have gone out or style.; we sell what we haie ot
hair prlee. LACE GOODS hair their value.
A fall line or Trimmed and Untrimmcd HATS.
IOO dozen White HOSE, open worked, U to S. at ioc. ana
The i^nin5?of Uie st"rck renders it impossible to enumerate in
the Goods that hare been reduced in price, but a cordial invitation lj extended to all
in need of goods in our line to call and convince themselves 01 tno _ __
BARGAINS NOW OFFERED IN DRY GOODS.
Cg~Co«ntry orders promptly attended to, and samples of Goods forwarded by mail.
KIjOFMAX tfc FEXjXjMAN,
mh2r, ip Tremont Street.
NOTICE.
A n VJSB TISKMSNTS UNDER TBS IIS AM
Lost, Found, For Sale, To Rent, Wanted, etc*,
not more than three line*, six words to a line, on*
insertion, SO cents; each tubzequerJ. insertion 25
cents, payable in advance.
REAL ESTATE.
OOD INVESTMENT—4000 to 10,000 acres
JT of land in Haskell co , near line of Pacific
Railroad, for sale low down to meet an emer-
gency. Titles perfect and all the original
deeds in our possession. H. M. TRUEIIEART
& CO., Galveston. ap3 2t
A remarkable fondness for canned
oysters has been recently noticed as
prevailing among the inmates of the
Albany jail. It has also been remarked
that, whenever a can goes in, the con
sumers become extremely jolly. A can
of the bivalves was accordingly sampled
by a keeper the other day, and found to
contain two quarts of choice whisky.
Z^'Thi# f0fnr is only five cents.
HELP WANTED.
WANTED—A RESPECTABLE GIRL, WHO
understands to cook and housework,
Address Box J, News office. ap4 tf
WANTED—WHITE WOMAN AS COOK
Apply to Mrs. P. H. Carville, corner of
32d and Broadway. ap4 It*
EXPERIENCED worker in manufacture of
t ire Brick, Tile, etc. Address,with terms
P. O. Bo* 3, Kosse, Texas. mli30 7t*
GREAT REDUCTION IN PRICES
OF
]!heap Advertisement Column, j
FOR SALE—Alternate and straight lind cer-
tificates, in quantities to suit purchasers.
mh28 tf J. H. COLLET T.
ISLAND CITY
SHOE STORE
For sale-my residence, with one
and a half (1H> lots of ground. The house
is fitted with all the modern improvements.
For particulars, terms, etc., apply at the store
In the Osterman building, Strand.
mhl4 lm SAM levy.
s
ALES ON TIME—Single city lots on 8th.
' 9th, 39th, 43d sts. $200: on 10th and 13, $300:
14th, iTth, 27th sts., $400. Sam Maas. felB
po:
FOR SALE.
R SALE FOR SALE.
ASCHOFF'S DRUG STORE,
The oldest and best established drug store in
the city. E. RANDALL, M. D.,
ap4 St* Administrator.
AN Improved Farm, convenient to market,
20 acres in cultivation, with two years
lease on land for $380. For particulars in-
auire at No. 583 Avenue L., cor. 13th, or ad-
ress box K, News office. ap4 3t*
FOR SALE CHEAP.—One two-horse wagon
and harness; also one second-hand seme,
in good order. Apply to WM. SANDALL,
ap3 3t* Foot of 19th street.
1;*OR SALE—"MAI FEST" BOAT, WITH
spars and ricrging, same one used last year,
ap-llw* P. O. BOX 11».
For sai.e - five brown thorough-
bred retriever pups, at $5 each.
Address box d, News office. apl
FINE BULL CALF FOR SALE.
JOS. LABADIE.
A
mh25 tf
For sale-i billiard table, 4hx»,
Phelan & Collander make. Inquire at Wash-
ington Hotel. JOHN SUMMERS. mh20tf
SAFES FOR SALE—$160 Fire-Proof Mer-
chants Safe, new combination lock, for $75
—$125 for $65. New and •econd-Mtnd Fire
and Burglar-proof Safes for banks, insurance
offices and jewelers half price. Safes sold on
installments. G. A. Vinton & Co., Galveston.
FOR RENT.
FOR RENT — COTTAGE WITH SEVEN
rooms: fronts south: Postofflce street, bet.
12th and 13th. Apply S. E. cor. Postoffice and
18th sts., or to Shaw & Blaylock, 173 Strand.
Spring Stock!
HAS ARRIVED,
And we are constantly receiving large^ addi-
tions to our stock by every steamer that
arrives, and can now boast of
TIIE FINEST ASSORTMENT
of
Boots and Shoes
IN THE CITV,
At prices that make them within the reach of
aU.
Infants' Philadelphia Lace Sboes,
Worth $1.00, for 80c.
Infanta' PUIadelphia Button Shoes,
Worth :. $1.35, for 90c.
Children's Congress Shoes,
Worth $1.50, for .$1.00
Ladies' Newport Ties,
Worth $2.00, for...$1.50
Gents' Low Quarter Shoes,
Worth $4.50, for...$3.00
Gents' Fine Box-Toe Cons. Shoes,
Worth $6.00, for. ..$4.50
Our assortment of gents1
Fine Dress Boots and Shoes
IS NOW COMPLETE,
and we can suit the most fastidious taste, at
165 MARKET STREET.
my31 we fri su 12m lp
FOR RENT—A Two-Story House on Tre-
mont, bet. Church and Winnie streets; a
store corner of Winnie and Tremont streets:
a cottage on Winnie st., bet. Tremont and
24th streets. Apply 53 Strand.
apl 3t B. R. A SCOTT.
TXIR RENT FOR RENT
1? THE LOWER FLOOR
of the
DARGAN & TOBYN BUILDING,
corner Tromont and Strand streets. Apply to
apl 6t JAMES HICKEY.
FOR RENT OR FOR SALE—Two story
house, very convenient; large stables, fine
growing garden, plenty yard-room, suitable
for dairy or poultry yard. 39th street, be-
tween Q and R. Apply to BLESSING & BRO.,
174 Tremont street. fel8 su&wetf
FOR LEASE—A two-story house, containing
8 rooms, on Avenue H, between 2<jth and
27th streets. Flournoy & Scott. mh21 tf
GENERAL MERCHANDISE.
200 SACKS, °OW PEAS, MILLET AND
HUNGARIAN GRASS SEED
For sale by
mhll dtW lm
A. FLAKE & CO.
FOR COFFEE, THAT IS COFFEE.
Go to CHISOLM S,
apl eodlm 106 Twenty-second street.
WANTED everybody to know that BALD-
WIN sells HATS cheaper than anybody in
Galveston. 168 Tremont, under Opera House.
LIVE FISH, IOc. per pound, FRESH OYS-
TERS, GAME and FEATHERS. NEL
80N A SADLER. Central Wharf. de21 tf
MILLINERY—DRKSSOTARINGj^
LADIES, COME AND SEE OUR TRIMMED
HATS at $2 50. Sundowns at 20 cents and
45 cents. Hair braids from $1 50. Frissettes
and Finger Puffs, any color. New Hats! New
Flowers! New Silks! New Ornatrents!
fell 3m E. JOHNSTON, P. O. and Center.
VITENTION, LADIES!—The undersigned
has just opened a new and the latest va-
riety ot MILLINERY GOODS. The stock has
been selected at the headquarters of FashioD.
and surpasses in style and elegance anything
heretofore imported. Prioes are moderate,
and will undoubtedly give satisfaction.
MRS. S. M. SCHAFFTER.
ap3 lm 217 Postofflce street.
STRAW Hats, bleached, dyed and reshaped
in the latest styles. S. DIXON & CO.,
mh27 lm 162 Market street.
MRS. E. MOORE, Milliner and Dressmaker,
cor. Broadway and Center sts. Interior
orders promptly and carefully attended to. •
HIALE HELP WANTED.
LIVE AGENTS WANTED—To seU Nursery
Stock. Liberal commission paid. Address
C. C. Wiebusch, Home Nurseries, Brenham.
ROOITIS AND BOARD.
FOR RENT—Two Furnished Rooms, with
Board, separately or together, in a private
family, where there are no other boarders or
children. References exchanged. Address
B., News office.
MISCELLANEOUS WANTS.
CJ. RANLETT & CO. will pay highest
• market price forsecocd-hand grain bags.
Office Strand ,near Center. apl 3t
WANTED—BY A SINGLE GENTLEMAN,
with best reference, a south room for
the summer, convenient to street cars. Ad-
dress Lock Drawer 29. apl 3t
WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT
BALDWIN sells TRUNKS, VALISES and
Satchels cheaper than anybody in Galveston.
ANTED everybody to know that BALD-
WIN has opened a HAT AND TRUNK
HOUSE, 168 Tremont, under Opera House.
ICE CREAM—CONFECTIONERV.
FORBES'S ICE CREAM PARLOR, PIX S
Building, corner 22d and Postoffice streets,
is now open. apl lw
ICE CREAM and SHERBET at FORBES'S
Parlor, annexed to his Confectionery, cor-
ner 22d and Postoffice sts. apl lw
PERSONAL.
T>ERSONAL.
X Will George and Willie write to " Soad,"
at Hempstead, Texas. apl 3t*
BANKING.
ISLAND CITY SAVINGS BASK, GALVE8-
ton.—Sterling Exchange for sale in sums of
£1 upwards. jTG. Michalloffsky. Cashier.
COPIES OF THE
NEW CITY CHARTER,
PRICE !U CENTS,
For sale by
J. D. SAWYER,
BOARD—With or without Furnished Rooms
(first-class table.) MRS. CARNES,
mh25 lm* N. W. cor. 19th and Winnie.
ROOMS AND BOARD—GENTLEMAN AND
wife or single gentlemen can obtain splen-
did south rooms and good board at northwest
corner P. O. and 17th sts. mh23tf
FURNISHED ROOMS—With or without
Board, by the day, week or month. Mrs.
V. A. WE8TLAKE, cor. Church and 22d. 3m
MISCELLANEOUS.
JUST OPEN.....7^. .......JUST OPEN\
JHCENIX BOOK STORE,
Center street, near market, opposite Mason's
corner, New goods by last steamer. Books,
Stationery and Varieties. BEN TAVARES. lw
VALUABLE PROPERTY
I offer for sale ray residence, on the corner
of Fifteenth and Postoffice streets, with a nice
Two-Story House and three beautiful lots,
with larpe shade trees, orange grove, shrub-
bery, and fine large cisterns. The residence
has all modern improvements and conveni-
ences; with every room facing south. A bar-
gain can be had, as the property is for sale.
Titles indisputable. A. C. McKEEN.
ALSO, FOR SAJLE:
TEX ACRE LOT So.399
In section 1, Galveston Island, near the Nar-
row Gauge Railroad, high and dry and rich;
will be sold cheap, with good titles.*
A. C. McKEEN.
Huntsville Property for Sale.
Lots 159,160 and 164, block No. 24, in the
heart of the city, and among the prettiest
grounds in the town, will be sold low. Title un-
questionable. A. C. McKEEN.
fe27 lp tf
A CLEAN, FRESH
AND
STYLISH STOCK
of
Spring Clothing!
IS NOW OFFERED AT
C. E. BROUSSARD'S,
119 Strand.
J. A. LARARTHE,
172 TREMONT STREET 172
(Between Market and Postoffice streets.)
wholesale and retail dealer in
LAMPS, OILS, LANTERNS,
Chandeliers and General Lamp
Trimmings.
Gas Fluids, Gasoline for Gas Ma-
chines.
PORTABLE GAS GOODS. ETC.
Pratt's Astral and Radiant Oils.
ALSO
FLORENCE OIE STOVES,
Best in the market.
Do Not Forgret No. 172 Tremont »t.»
near ihe Opera House.
jal2 fri su we 3m Id
w.
F. STEWAET & CO.,
Dealers In
IjXJR AWNINGS, BATHING TENTS,
Flags and Sails, go to C. J. Banlett& Co.,
175 Strand, near Center st. apl SuTu&Wed
ALVESTON STEAM LAUNDRY—Corner
10th and Ave. A. Office 10 and 12 Market
street. Established 1874. mh31 lw*
ALL KINDS OF BASE BALLS, BATS, KE-
hoe Clubs, Croquet Sets, Ten-pin Balls,
Boxing Gloves. Seines and Fishing Tackle, for
sale by LmhlS 3m] JOS. LABADIE.
DIVORCES legally and quietly obtained in
every State and Territory, for incompati-
bility or other causes; 13 years* experience.
A. J. DEXTER, 133 Dearborn St., Chicago, 111.
Unquestionable references. Fee after decree.
Residence unnecessary. mh25 3m
WANTED everybody to know that BALD-
WIN has the very LATEST STYLE HATS
for Men, Boys and Children. fe24 lm
GERANiLMb, Fuchias, Heliotropes. Roses,
etc., 10 to 15 cts. each. Send for price lists.
M. Michel, Bryan, Brazos co,, Texas. mh21 lm
PARTIES NEEDING THEIR LOTS FILLED
with Sand will find it to their profit, as welJ
10 baTe it done by R. P. SAB-
GENT & CO., as they now have special ad-
vantages for doing that kind of worK. Office:
Strand, between 19th and 20th. mh!7 3m
T^IVORCES legally and quietly obtained for
YJ incompatibility, etc.; residence uanec'y. j
Fee after decree. 12 y'rs' experience. A. Good-1
rich, Att'y-at-Law IZi Dearborn St., Chicago. [
Shingles, Latbs, Sash, Doors,
Blinds, Etc.
Bills sawed to order at short notice and
lowest rates. Office cor. 29th and Mechanic
sts .^ALVESTON. TEXAS. «<*. 9mlr
L. ROUVANT,
GENEVA WATCHMAKER.
Has worked in some of the finest establish-
ments of FRANCE and ENGLAND.
Is prepared to do all kinds of work, and
guarantees full satisfaction.
113 JIAKK.ET ST 113
NEWS OFFICE Bl'ILDlNG.
fe3 3m lp
MOODY & JEMISON,
Commission Merchants,
and
BANKERS, COTTON FACTORS,
123 Pearl St., 128 Strand,
dW NEW YORK. GALVESTON. TEXA8
18 a ac jalonick. j- m northman.
geo. w. jalomck.
Isaac Jalonick & Co.,
Commission merchants A Factors
For the sale of Cotton. Wool. Hides and Grain.
Hendlejr Buildinz, Strand, Calves-
ton. Texas.
LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES made on con-
signments. Bagging and ties furnished at
lowest quotations. Orders for " Future Con-
tracts " received and promptly executed
through cur New York correspondent,
Messrs. LEHMAN BpOS.
Jy9 deod&W12m •
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