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ESTABLISHED—1842.
GALVESTON, SATURDAY. MAY 10, 1879.—PRICE 5 CENTS.
VOL. XXXVIII—NO. 41.
Our Country Friends.
Notwithstanding the extensive arrange-
ments made for procuring intelligence of
the growing crops from all sections of the
state, it occasionally occurs that valuable
news escapes regular correspondence. To
remedy this the News respectfully solicits
contributions from all parts of the state,
especially from points distant from rail-
roads and telegraph stations, relating to
local incidentstof more than ordinary im-
portance, but more particularly to the
progress and prospects of the crops. Cor-
respondents, by fifmishing such informa-
tion, confining themselves strictly to facts,
writing only on one side of the paper, and
being as concise as possible, will receive
mmediate attention and confer a favor,
while at the same time directing attention
to their own sections.
Crop Reports.
State agents of the agricultural depart
ment of the federal government are re-
quested to forward reports to the News,
similar to those sent to Washington, Gen.
Le Due, the commissioner of agriculture,
having given his consent that agents of the
department may furnish such information.
new york.
Slate Bond# 111 1-1—Central Rail-
road Bond*. Firm-—Fine Wool
Higher—< ottou Vasciiating—Fin-
ancial New*.
(Special Telegram to the Newg.1
New York, May U.—It is understood
that money is in bank here to pay the Tex-
as state interest, but the governor's veto
will probably prevent its payment. The
governor has been written to and asked
not to allow the credit' of the state to be
tarnished, as it would ultimately injure all
Texas securities. At present holders of
Texas state bonds shrow great confidence
and very few are on sale, though small
lots of sevens aae reported, sold at
All Houston and Texa& Central railroad
securities are strong. The main line first
mortgage bonds are 10f>. The seconds are
held at par, and the Western Branch at
par also.
The Waco branch bonds are quiet at
101.
Mexican dollars 86.
Denver and Rio Grande shares have ad-
vanced to 26X*
The Philadelphia Record reports wool
more active, with an advance of 2 to 4c.
from the lowest point on line grades.
Cotton closed with the bulls and bears
each fighting for the mastery. A large
business was done to-day.
Turkey wants a loan of £20,000,000 ster-
ling*
tue volksfest.
A Splendid Procession, Speeches.
Etc.
first day.
Special Telegram to the News.l
Brenham, May 9.—The first day of the
fifth Brenham volksfest has been a gala
one, representatives from Austin. Waller,
Harris, Burleson and Lee counties being
present, and good judges estimate 40l\l
persons on the fair grounds.
The streofc procession surpassed all for-
mer occasions.
The first division was: Houston brass
band: Brenham Grays, Capt. Sloan, 45
muskets: orators of the day, Hon. J. D.
McAdoo and Prof. A. Jessen; president
Hodee, of the Volksfest association, and
other officers.
Second division: Prof. Voss's brass band;
Salem Schutatn Verein, 20 muskets : deco-
rated wagon; May queen, Miss Selman
Engelke, supported by fifteen maids of
honor: float with twenty soldiers, repre-
senting a German military encampment of
two hundred and fifty years ago: float
containing several colored men, burlesqu-
ing a walking match', P. Fisher's city mar-
ket, fully stocked with all kinds of meats;
float containing huge bee hive, with gen-
uine bees; Miss Mollie Handle, represent-
ing their queen, a beautiful representation:
German Private school, taught oy Miss
Frycke; Oakhill Nurseries—this float was
a complete pyramid of the most valuable
flowers and shrubs, in pots, and attracted
the most marked attention by its taste and
genuine beauty.
Third division: Fife department, chief
engineer R. A. Harvin and assistants, H.
E. Lockett and Abe Meyer; Hook and
Ladder No. 1, L. J. Lockett, foreman, and
twenty-five men in line; Bucket Co. No. 1,
John A. Campbell, foreman. This com-
pany is composed of boys from 14 to 17
years old, ana their truck was handsome-
ly decorated; the young men have the
looks and bearing of veterans and are
great favorites with our citizens. Mechan-
ics No. 1, J. W. Webb, foreman, and forty
men in line. This fine company haS order-
ed a steamer from the manufactory but it
has been delayed en route. Children of
the^pnblic free schools, in wagons, nnder
charge of Prof, Estill, principal; the young
people all looked pretty. and happy.
The noon traiti from Hempstead brought
a detachment of the Johnston guards.
Hon. J. P. McAdoo delivered the ora-
tion in tb© English language, and Prof. A.
Jessen in German, JPndge McAdoo's ad-
dress abounded m spund logic, and was
vfery appropriate to the times. The most
marked passages were loudly applauded.
He said, In speaking of lawlessness and
crime.: Much is said about the courts and
Juries-; neglect of duty in suppressing
crime, This i6 not the trouble; the evil
lies in the sympathies of the people, and
their tolerance of the bearing of deadly
Weapons. Let the public sentiment of
fexas become what it is in many of the
rider states of the union—that to bear them
or display them disgraces a man. The law
<ian not put down tbe six-shooter—public
opitiion can banish the coward who car-
ries the six-shooter from respectable so-
ciety, and the work is done.
Again, he said: We must mingle our
German and American population; we
tnuit turn oupid loose among our young
people*. Thess are wonderful destinies in
the construction and reconstruction of so-
ciety.
Iprofi Jessen's oration was equally elo-
quent^ judging from the applause he re-
ceived from his Geraian auditors.
Prizes awarded: First best decorated
waeon*—Oakhill nursery, $60; second best
•—H. Fisher's meat market. $25; third best
—Jules A. & L. T. Randl6, bee-hives, $15;
fourth best—German school, $10.
The Brenham Greys v^ere presented
with a stand of colors at the opera-house
last night. Mr. £d. Lockett making the
presentation speech. Color-sergeant Rob-
ferson received it in a neat address.
Hon. t). c. Giddings then made an ap-
propriate address.
The flag is of costly blue silk, finished in
the highest style of workmanship and
suitably inscribed, and this popular com-
pany is indeed worthy of these tasty
colors.
The volksfest festivities will continue
to-morrow and close with fireworks and a
grand ball.
Shooting: Tournament.
third day.
[Special Telegram to the News.l
Waco, May 9.—Contest No. 5, sweep-
stakes—10 single birds, one barrel only—
First prize: Porter, of Houston; McCuI-
loch, of Waco, and Hershey, divided the
first money. Second prize: Campbell.
Third prize: Fort, of Waco, and Dolla-
cliide, of Denison, divide. Fourth prize:
Early, of Waco: $110 in the pool.
Contest No. 9—10 single birds—First
money divided between Mclllhany and
Porter, of Houston, and Fort, of Waco.
Reognd prize: Sam Finley. Third money
divided between Dunn, of Houstob, Mc-
Cali and J. Thompson, of Waeo. Fourth:
J. D. Yocum.
Contest No. 10—15 single glass balls—
Prizo, silver goblet, valued at $50: J.
Thompson and MeCall divide. Second
prise, fine meerschaum pipe, valued at $50,
won by Fuller, of Houston. Third priae,
$25: Money divided between Watson, or
Houston, and Almond, of Waco. Fourth
priae, barrel of Plant's extra flour: Won
by J. D. Yocuin.
Contest 11—Five pairs birds—first prize:
Gold modal valued at $50, divided between
S. Thompson and McCall, of Waco. Sec-
ond prize: Silver goblet, valued at $35,
Watson, of Houston. Third prize: Baby
carriage, valued at $25, Dollochide, of
Houston. The fourth prize, 50 pounds of
pokier, Port, of Waco.
Contest 17—Fifteen single balls—first
prixo; $75, won by J. L. White; second,
525, Finley ; third, $10, Watson, of Hous-
ROMAN'S CHANCES.
t«R.
There -was a larger crowd in attendance
to-day than any day previous, as every-
body knew the balloon would not go up
for ten days.
Ripe PearUc-Panning, Etc.
[Special Telegram to the N'ews.l
Crockett, May Large, well devel-
oped. ripe peaches were shown on the
Streets to-day, which is the first thorough-
ly ripe peaches in the st-ite this season.
Mr. Archer, of Navasota. has bought out
and will take charge of the East Texas
Matron, published at this place, in a few
days.
Farmers are taking advantage of the
fine weather by working on their farms,
and consequently trade is very dull.
We have the largest croquet club in the
state. They hold their meeting every
evening in tke courthouse yard.
Conrt—Crops, Etc.
[Special Telesram to the News.l
PtscatL'R, Mav a.—District court ad-
journed to <iav," after ten days session.
K.irger and Johnson, theft of cattle, got 4
years each in penitentiary; est, theft of
mare. 1J years; Zeigler. theft, 5 years;
Xeigler appealed. The grand jury found
twenty bill* of indictment this term.
Since the recent heavy i mm crops are
looking well.
strong democratic opposi-
tion.
Encouraging tit* Eiodui.
• Special Telegram to the News.1
Washington, May 9.—There is strong
democratic party pressure to defeat the
confirmation of Homaa. The objections
to him are that he resides outside of the
district and holds greenback views. By
his-appointment it is thought that the new
party organization will be muck strength-
ened in the eastern district at til* expense
of the democrats.
The negroes of Washington, led by re-
ligious zealots, are holding exodus meet-
ings to encourage the southern movement.
They encourage more by declamations and
resolutions, however, than by money con-
tributions, which are scant.
congressional proceedings.
Senate.
Washington, May 9.—The senate pass-
ed, with amendment, house bill providing
payment of money heretofore appropria-
ted to Jas. B. Eads and his associates for
constructing the jetties and other works
at the south pass of the Mississippi. Con-
sideration of bill prohibiting military in-
terference at elections then resumed.
Mr. Edmunds spoke on the bill before
taking the vote. Considerable excitement
was manifested. Blaine and Chandler
both spoke. The latter made a bitter
speech, saying in the course of his re-
marks that he and his party believed
twelve senators on the democratic side
held seats fraudulently, and yet it was
proposed to oust Kellogg, who was justly
entitled to his seat. Tne bill was after-
wards passed by a vote of 38 to $3.
Senator Williams, of New York, to-day
introduced a joint resolution to make
the|appropriation of March 31, 18T7, of
$375,000. for payment of ante-bellum south-
ern mail contractors practically available,
it being tied up by a treasury fmUng to
await the presentation of all took claims
and the determination of thp percentage
that should be paid each claimant. It
proposes to direct the secretary of the
treasury to proceed to pay to contractors
or their legal representatives, such sums
as postoffice department certificates may
prove to be due them respectively, pro
vided, that no payment shall be made to
any contractor without satisfactory proof
that he has not already been paid by the
confederate states.
House.
Washington, May 9.—In the house,
immediately after reading the journal,
the speaker proceeded to call committees
for reports of a private nature.
The house was principally engaged in
discussing the silver bill.
Spanish and French Grants.
The secretary of the interior has decided
that parties claiming scrip in lieu of lands
granted by the Spanish and French gov-
ernments, prior to the (session of Louisi-
ana to the United States, must show the
precise locations of the lands grant-
ed before becoming entitled to
the land or scrip for other
land, in place of land so granted and sub-
sequently disposed of by government. In
many cases grants were never located and
are so vaguely stated as to make it impos-
sible to identify the lands intended to be
granted, and it is against this class of
grants tne decision is given.
(Special Telegram to the News.l
Dallas, May 9.—Fielden N. Miller, a
well known printer in Dallas, who left last
summer to nurse yellow fever sufferers,
and afterwards reported dead, was arrest-
ed at Greenville, Miss., for robbing the
postoffice.
District court adjourned to-day. The
court expenses, while business has been
very heavy, was less than at any previous
term in the county since 1873.
Body Recovered.
[SpecialTelegram to the News.l
Edinburg, Tex., May 9.—The body of
Jerome A. McCarty, who was drowned
while bathing, came to the surface yester-
day evening a short distance below the
place he sank.
marine matters.
New York, May 9.—Arrived: Doran,
City of Brussels. Arrived out: Columbia,
Peru, Ephriam Williams.
Leith, May 9.—Sailed: Christopher Co-
lumbus, New Orleans.
Elsinore, May 9.—Arrived: Bark St.
?loud, Galveston. Arrived out: Dag
reinitid, Robert Jones.
In tlie meshes of tlie Law*
Nf]W York, May 9.—C. A. Hoyt, com-
missioner of Indian affairs and ex-presi-
dent of the International Trust company
of Jersey City, with F. D. Carrand, C. M.
Field, and other officers of the company,
have been indicted by the grand jury of
Hudson county, New Jersey, for publish-
ing a statement of the affairs of the cora-
ray which the bill alleges they well knew
be false, and which was published with
intent to induce persons to entrust their
money with the corporations. The
Trust company failed last year
owing; depositors $177,000. Hoyt yesterday
pleaded not guilty, and declares that the
prosecution is incited by political motives.
The Times says, however, that the grand
jury which indicted him was drawn by a
republican sheriff, and that other members
of the board of trustees were not indicted
because they were not active in directing
its operations and probably knew nothing
of the way in which its business was man-
aged.
Military Sent to Winnepeg.
Winnepeg, Manitoba, May 9.—A de-
tachment of local militia under command
of Col. Osborn Smith, left here yesterday
and arrived at Cross lake at tj o'clock r. M.
They took four days rations and 1U0
rounds of ammunition to each man. Mr.
Whitehead sent a large sum of money to
pay off the strikers. The general impres-
sion is that no serious trouble need be
feared, unless caused through misappre-
hension by the men of the object of*the
military.
Negr.es Banged.
Augusta, Ga., May 9.—Two negroes,
Tom Jones, alias Satter white, and Henry
McLeed, alias Contiilo, were hanged to-
day at Appling, Columbia county. J ones
killed a negress in 187t>, on account of
jealousy. McLeed killed his own soa in
November last, because he believed him
guilty of stealing from him. Satterwhite
claimed innocence, while McLeed acknow-
ledged his crime.
mining Tioafclea,
Brazil, Ind., May 9.—The mining trou-
bles are not over yet. Last night Reaper,
a miaer, was stopped by masked men with
a rope, who threatened to hang him unless
he stopped work. He agreed. They shot
through the windows of Elder's house in
Stringtown, but did no damage. The
strikers have notified several men to stop
work or ther will be killed. They say
Elder must die.
Examination of Freeman.
pacasskt, May 9.—The examination in
the Freeman case was held to-day. Sev-
eral adventists, whom it is proposed to
arre.it as accessories, before and after the
fact denied anv intention to shield Free-
man, and attribute their silence to fears of
prejudicial the faith.
Base Ball.
Baltimore, May 9.—New Bedfords 9;
Baltimores 1.
Albany, May 9.—Albanys 7; Werces-
ters 5.
Sprixgfiilb, Mass., May 9.—Spring-
fields 13; Holyokes 3.
Constitutional Convention.
Nkw Orleans, May 9.—The constitu-
tional convention adopted an article pro-
hibiting the general assembly from con-
tracting any debt or liability "on the part
of the state, except for the purpose of re-
pelling invasion or suppression of insur-
rection.
Treat tn Store for a Minister.
Cob asset, (Narrows,) Mass., May 9.—
The advent minister, Charles Brown, is
aanounced to address Pocasset adventists
on Saturday. The people threaten to tar
and feather him and ride him oa a rail.
procity i
United fc
and refers generally to the
surrounding colored
The American Henley.
Boston", May 9.—It is stated that the
Harvard students have decided to send an
eight to represent theaa at the American
Henley, to tak* place at Saratogas lake
July 9,10 and 11.
Ire-H.uee Burned.
Hudson, N. VMay 9.—The Knicker-
bocker company s ice-house, three miles
below Athens, was burned Loss $25,000.
Inceadiary. _
Hanged for Burglary.
Fatetteville, N. C., May 9.—Richard
Lee. a negTO burglar, was hanged to-day.
He confessed, and admitted tnak he de-
served to be hanged.
memorial Day. «
Wilmington, N. C., May 9.—Memorial
day was generally observed.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
Advancing the Frontier.
London, May 9.—a dispatch to the
Standard from Lahore announces that
Yakoobkhan has accepted all the British
proposals. These advance the frontier
line so as to give the British the Kojuk
pass, Pisheen valley, the Kurum valley, as
far as Shuargardan pass, and the Khybe
pass as far as Loargi.
Failure.
Liabilities of Swan, Clough & Co., bank"
ers of York, whose failure was announced
Thursday, is estimated at £2,000,000
sterling.
Revolutionary Newspaper.
The Telerjraph't St. Petersburg corre-
spondent states that the revolutionary
newspaper, Land and Liberty, is still be-
ing circulated clandestinely. The last
number issued, oa the morning of Du-
brount's execution, coatained an article
against the czar.
Petitioning Tor Recognition.
Paris, May 9.—The Siecle states that
Pere Hyaeinthe has petitioned for the re-
cognition of his sect by the state, equally
with other denominations.
Reciprocity.
Paris, May 9.—M. Tirard, minister of
commerce, to-day said he favored reci-
:ity and a commercial treaty with the
States.
National Colored Convention.
Nashville, May 9.—la the national
colored convention to-day, Mr. Pinchback,
chairman of the committee on address,
made a report, declaring that although
ftfteen years have elapsed since emancipa-
tion,obstacles have been constantly thrown
in the way to obstruct and retard the pro-
gress of the colored race. Many griev-
ances are recited, all of which are attrib-
ated to an alleged spirit of intolerance in
the south. The report is quite lengthy,
disadvantages
citizens in the south
by non-enforcement of the laws.
The report recommends to colored
youths the observance of strict morality,
temperate habits, and practice of econo-
my. the acquisition of land and the ac-
quiring of an agricultural education. A
—olution indorsing the action of judge
" * ' solored
Rites, of Virginia, in regard to colored
jurors was adopted.
The resolution appointing a committee
to prosecute Tennessee railroad for noi
admitting the jubilee singers into a first-
class car on a first-class ticket was adopted.
J. Henry Burch, from the committee on
emigration, made a report, which con-
cludes as follows: Your committee pre-
sent to this conference this report, and
leave it with the members to de-
cide whether or not the colored
people south have not about
reached that point in their existence when
they imust decide whether to continue
where they are with all the disadvantages
surrounding them, with the experience
with the past, and the doubt and
uncertainty of the future, or whether
there will be a going out of these oppressed
people to those lands and among those peo-
ple who will guarantee to colored as well
as white, to right the wrongs of all men,
regardless of race or color, and vindicate
your right to citizenship as fully
as in any spot on top of God's
green earth. This conference must speak
in an unmistakable manner on one side or
the other. Our friends, our constituents,
our enemies and the whole country beside
are waiting to hear the verdict from this
conference.
houston happenings.
jail preparations.
Houston, May 9.—Preparations are be-
ing made for the erection of Harris coun-
ty's new jail, which is to be built at the
corner of Preston and Caroline streets.
The old warehouse of F. Schweichert is
to-day being taken off the ground and
every preliminary arrangement made for
the rapid progress of the work after the
letting of the contract. The site is about
the best in the cltv. Water mains will
run along by the jaiL and clean water will
always be handy. Caroline street sewer,
the only one in toe city, is also convenient,
and the two conveniences will insure clean-
liness and health, something we have been
wofully deficient in, in the past.
county commissioners.
The county commissioners meet on Mon-
day next when bids for the building of the
new jail will be opened and the contract
awarded. This will be about the most im-
portant business before the sitting, though
the routine business may keep them m
session a longer time than usual. The
question of binding the county records
may be brought forward again, when it is
expected that a Texas bindery will get the
job.
untold changes
are being made in Perkins's oH theatre,
and before the opening of the next season
Houston will have one of the neatest little
places of amusement in the state. The
stage has been made larger in every way,
the gallery removed and a new and larger
one introduced, the entrance will be very
handsome, and the scenery and chairs of
the most approved style.
In addition to this, work will begin in
about a week on Gray's hall, which it is
intended to make the bijou opera-bouse of
the south.
operatic.
The Houston amateurs are well pleased
with their reception and treatment in Gal-
veston, and speak in the highest terms of
praise of the liberality and appreciation
of their audience. The success of the
troupe here and in Galveston will result
in another effort being made to lift the
standard of amateurs in Texas to the
higher plane of art. Galveston will hear
from Houston again, and will never regret
her generous patronage.
that row.
Jim Gray was to-day turned over by the
city to the county authorities and taken
before justice Henry Brashear, by whom
he was remanded to the county jail until
Monday morning next, when the prelimi
nary examination will be held and the re-
sult of Franklin's wounds are ascertained.
Franklin is still in a precarious condition
and the opinion is that he can hardly sur-
vive through the night.
a war nbcessitt.
In view of the failure of the bridges
across the bayou to resume their "antedi-
luvian " positions, and establish commu-
nication between the north and south sides
of the bayou, the street and bridge com-
mittee of the council have, through the
kindness of "Capt. Atkinson at the H. D.
navigation company, been enabled to
make arrangements to put up or down an
old war time pontoon bridge. Barges have
been loaned to the city, and in a few days
all will be lovely.
prisoners. •
Sheriff Noble yesterday conveyed five
prisoners to their future home at Hunts-
ville, viz: Wm. Peck for murder, 30years;
John Cronan for arson, 5 years; Dock
Hall for burglary, 5 years; Andrew Joseph
for burglary and theft, 5 years; Tobe J.
Collins for assault to kill, 2 years.
the railroads.
Col. Horace Cone, of Bremond's H. E.
and W. N. G. railway, reports that the
loss on their road is not more than one-
fourth what was at first supposed it would
be. No bridges were lost, and very little
timbor from any of them. Everything
will be in fine working order bv the last of
next week.
The T. and N. O. R. R. will be running
trains in a few days, the only trouble be-
ing at San Jacinto bottom.
The Galveston bridge across Buffalo
bayou still hangs fire, and very little
ohaace of its reaching an early comple-
tion.
forgery.
William P. Toole has lately succeeded
in so adeptly putting the name of sheriff
Con. M. Nobles to the bottom of bank
checks, that he fooled the tellers and re-
plenished his own exchequer. His first
offense was quieted and Mr. Toole departed
for Cincinnati. When he reached Galves-
ton the spirits " seemed to have got con-
trol of the muscles of his hand, and he
again made a mistake in the name he sign-
ed to a hundred dollars worth of checas.
This latter fraud was played on Ball,
Hutchings & Co., and when the drafts
were presented to Mr. Noble thev were at
once dishonored. It is supposed tliat Toole
is still wending his way to the " Paris of
America." The fraud on B., H. & Co. was
perpetrated yesterday. In addition to the
above work, Toole succeeded in selling his
" time " as bailiff to the last grand jury to
three different parties, all of whom are
mad as March hares.
waterworks.
The waterworks company ars still dig-
ging away on the streets and laying their
pipes, although there is a city ordinance
against stirring up the mud after May 1
and befere November L Another war
measure.
railroad combinations.
It is reported in railway circles that Mr.
Hoxie asked president W hitney, whom he
met at Union depot Wednesday morning,
if he could not or would not join the In-
ternational and Sunset road in the Galves-
toE road, and operate it as a joint railroad
concern Mr. Whitney, it is stated, an-
swered: "Certainly, if proper arrange-
ments could be made."
Investigation leads to the belief that the
freatest impediment is the large bonded
ebt of the Galveston road—tl,500,000.
How to reduce the amount to a reasonable
amount—say $500,000 or $700,000—is said
to be asked, and, if found possible to an-
swer the question, such an arrangement as
the above may be formed.
Atlanta, Ga., May 9.—The American
Medical association adjourned to-day, to
meet in New York the first Tuesday in
June of next year. Resolutions of thanks
to the people of Atlanta were passed. A
complimentary ball is being given the
physicians to-night.
notes and opinions.
Chicago Tribune: The national con-
gress has degenerated to a mere party
caucus. W.ith only six majority in the
house of representatives, two of which
were obtained in the summary exclusi n
of a republican and Ihe admission of a
democrat without a shadow of right to
the seat, the business of the house is
delegated to a caucus, where ail legisla-
tion is determined by a bare majority.
In this way seventy five members con-
trol the democratic caucus, and thus
control the action of the whole 292
members of which the house is com-
posed, and also control the seventy six
senators who constitute the senate. The
majority of the democratic house cau-
cus is less in numbers than the number
of southern brigadiers in the house.
Therefore, it will be seen that all legisla-
tive power in both branches of congress
is now exercised by a body of men who
wear boastfully and conspiouously the
" honors" won in the service of the re-
bellion.
Washington Post; The most idiotic
rant of the period is the endless talk of
an "an attempt to coerce the president."
Congress passes an appropriation bill
with a clause attached prohibiting the
use of troops for partisan purposes.
The clause is germane, and the legisla-
tion clearly constitutional. It is simply
a repeal of a bitterly partisan enactment,
that had its inspiration in the hatred en-
gendered by the wai. I^iis appropria-
tion bill makes ample provision for the
support of the army. It does not even
attempt to cut off the ornamental and
the superfluous, but takos the army as
it with the gorgeous si&ff a*d all its
useless afppeiKlages, anf provides litter-
tW" all. Hr. Hayes sends this bill
back to congress with the declaration
tlMt he can't approve it, because the
sixth section prevents the e ot troops
at the polls. Be attempts to coerce
congress into shaping legislation, for no
other purpos; than to advance the ends
of the republican party. He says to the
country, " the army may starve and the
nation'may be disgraced, if congress
will not let the partisan laws stand as
they are." There is the coercion. It is
clearly on the part of the one mat) who
sets up his will against the will of con-
gress, and atteqaipts to defeat the ma-
jority tn the exercise of their lawful au-
thority.*
Springfield Remibliqan: The singular
skill displayed by president Hayes in
his veto message places the democratic
majority in congress in an extremely
difficult position. That majority has
already loaded the party with the re-
Congressman J. Randolph Tucker, of
Virginia has written a note to his con-
stituents that he will be absent from his
seat the remainder of the session, as he
is suffering with cataract of the eyes,
and his physicians advise him to give
up work. He announces that he is
paired on all political questions.
A bang-up affair—a powder-mill ex-
plosion.
sponsibility for two blunders—the extra
session and a debate in which the issues
of the wa* have again come to the sur-
face. Aaother such blunder will leave
the democratic party with little chance
for suocess in 18S0. The utmost which
the caucus of democratic congressmen
can now hope to do is to avert the pros-
pect of democratic defeat. It can only
do this by distinctly accepting the situa-
tion. The democratic party has not been
trusted by the people with ihe fulj com-
mand of the federal government It
controls the two chambers of the na
tional legislature. It controls nothing
more. Its responsibility to the people is
bounded by that control. Acting on
that responsibility, and, in the main,
acting unwisely, the democrats in con-
gress have attempted to remove certain
laws from the statute book. They have
failed. They can not override the veto.
Should they attempt to "nullify" the
veto by adjourning without passing the
appropriations, the democratic party
will lose every northern state in 1880.
The democrats in congress are not call-
ed on to do this. Having used all the
legislative power intrusted to'them by
the people for the removal of doubtful
laws from the statute book, the plain,
clear and constitutional course is for
them to appeal to the people on this
issue.
New York Times: All the attempts
to enshroud in mystery the proceedings
of the democratic caucus only render
the proceedings of the party, and of in-
dividual democrats, more humiliating
and ridiculous. If the caucus were like-
ly to do anything of a momentous char-
acter, we should read less about caucus
in the newspapers. Genuine revolution-
ists do not indite paragraphs, confide
their purposes to reporters, or furnish
the printers abstracts of speeches deliv-
ered under a solemn pledge of secresy.
They do not wait to hear what others
say in regard to their plans, or put forth
feelers to ascertain the state of the pub-
lic pulse. The Crockett axiom guides
them, and having made up their
minds as to what, from their point
of view, is right or expedient,
they go ahead. Democrats now at
Washington are not composed of this
material. Filled with bold intentions,
and with wild talk upon their lips, they
vet contrive to be exceedingly cautious.
There is something not flattering to
themselves in the surrender which these
men make of the right of private judg-
ment, and of all independence of speech
and action, to the caucuS power, but
the degradation becomes complete
when the caucus can not keep its own
counsels or restrain its creatures from
exposing the evidence of its weakness.
Such is the condition of affairs to-day.
Congress is controlled, not by a majori-
ty amenable to reason and shame, but
by a professedly secret assemblage of
members, Who, are groping to find a way
of escape fraj» difficulties which their
own arrogance and obstinacy have ren-
dered insurmountable.
National Republican: A considerable
number of the leading democrats of both
houses of congress have submitted to the
siphon of the interviewer, and they eject
what appears to be very bilious matter;
but a close analysis shows it almost in-
variably to be a mixture of bad whisky,
tobacco and garlics, strongly inflated
with bombast and self-conceit The ex-
tract is not pleasant to contemplate, but
it is not at all dangerous. It may relieve
the democratic stomach, and it will do
no harm to others; hence it is well that
the ejection has occurred. They affect
to be terribly in earnest about what they
are going to do; but they take care not
to define what terrible things they pro-
pose to perpetrate. It is very certain
that they can not override the veto, and
it is equally so that they dare not do
what they intimate is within the range
of their purpose. They can not
pass tbeir political rider, and
they dare not go away with-
out providing appropriations for the
government. This is the great dilemma
of the revolutionists at the present mo-
ment, and it is exceedingly awkward
for them. It is «ot improbable under
the circumstances that the democrats
will hunt until they find a door of es-
cape through a joint resolution, which
they have the power to pass in both
houses, extending the existing appro
priations for six months, ana then go
home and consult the people during the
time that intervenes between this and
the next session of congress in Decem-
ber. Should they select this course we
presume they will not be, interfered
with, beyond, perhaps, the presentation
of an unbroken political p'artyline, as
opposed to this unusual policy in legis-
lation. Be this as it may, it is well
enough to give them all the rope that be-
longs' to them in that direction, for it is
only the respite of a fate that is inevita-
ble in the end. The position taken by the
democrats in this contelt involves per-
haps the gravest blunder that party has
made since the rebellion. It is theoreti
cal revolution, and the people so regard
and will punish it when the day of
reckoning shall come. Te postpone the
consummation of their nefarious scheme
will in no degree relieve them from its
responsibility and consequences. It
may protract the life of the patient, but
it will not escape the inevitable. If
they prefer a lingering death, they have
the opportunity and privilege of taking
their choice; but this policy only finds a
parallel with the bird that puts its head
in the sand and fancies itsdf safe from
observation.
Tildes is paralyzed on the left side,
blind in one eye, gouty in his right leg,
stiff in his left knee joint, deaf in both
ears, has lost the use of his vocal organs,
has a chronic affection of the liver, has
lost his reason, and is not very well
himself. In spite of these drawbacks,
according to republican authorities, he
is the most dangerous man in the coun-
A Plea for tl»e Poor Princess Bea-
trice.
ILondoa World.]
Only of the youngest daughter of the
royal hous" has nothing been known bji,
has scarcely a glimpse been permitted
to, the great mass of the population of
the kingdom. Her royal highness is
now just twenty-two years of age, hav-
ing been born on the 14th April, 1857.
Yet. except that she exists, that she is
at the present moment said to be so-
journing with her royal mother by the
side of an Italian lake, that in a few days
time she will return thence as myste-
riously as she departed, who is there,
throughout the length and breadth of
Mudfog, who can be said to know any-
thing? A modern divine once wrote a
book entitled "Historic Doubts about
Napoleon Bonaparte;" who shall say
that there is not material for a similar
treatise having as its subject the young-
est princess of the reigning family? As
to the manner in which, two or three
weeks since, the journey of her royal
highness from the capital to the pictur-
esque place of her present sojourn was
accomplished, it contains all the elements
of enigmatic romance. The deserted dock-
yards into which die was taken, the
empty railway stations where she was
compelled to wait, tha elaborate precau-
tions that, while she was en route, no
common eye should gaze upon her—
these things will long live in the minds
of those who have lead the record of
that most strange pilgrimage. Of the
outer world she can only have such
ideas as might be gained of the humors
of the populace by one who should con-
template a crowd in the street from a
drawing-room window hermetioally
seated in Piccadilly. If ever she is be-
held in the metropolis it te only when,
half concealed in the recesse? of a car
riage, she drives from a palace to a rail-
way terminus. Garden parties, fetes,
balls—these things know her not, and,
save for the expedition to the romantic
lakeland on the frontiers of an interest-
ing country, where s}|e still lingers, she
has seldom or never <|uitted the shadow
of tne royal residences in Mudfog and
its northern dependency. The
larger portion of her time is
spent at Machaggit castle, where
the chief occupatio is the piling
of stones on a memor tl cairn, and the
main amusement cq^iets of endless
drives to melancholy lk>chs and water-
falls set in the midst i f wild wastes of
purple heather. Sbiw pastimes, indeed,
in this savage region fiere are. At in-
tervals wild men in uncouth dress per-
form grotesque processions by torch-
light, Or with many *howls and much
music full of hideous dissonances, bar-
barous retainers celebrate the war dances
of their country under the presidency
of the Machurntumber, the favorite vas-
sal of the queenmothar. Even at those
periods of the year when the court is
allowed leave of absence from the joy-
less seclusion of Maci^ggis it can not be
said that hfer royal higtuiess gains much
experience of the pleasures and ameni-
ties of life. Prom Koundtower3 to
Yachtland and from Yachtland back to
Roundtowers must be a dull and monot-
onous routine to a princess in the first
flush of womanhood.
The society, too, is as uninteresting as
the career. It is eminently respectable,
eminently decorous, but it lacks vari-
ety and it Wants life. The ladies-in-
waiting are all that the matrons attached
to the sovereign, who is a model of
monarchs and of women, ought to be.
The equerries have, partly from native
strength of constitution, partly from
much experience, an enormous power of
supporting fatigue on horseback, but do
not show many signsof much flexibility
of mind or the possession of a large store
of mother wit. Occasionally this staid
circle receives expansion rather than re-
lief by the addition to it of a few Teu-
ton princes, who prove themselves more
starchy than ever, as if in honor of the
event. What, it may be asked, is the
object of thus educating a princess in
the traditions and atmosphere of dull
ngi
try. [Boston Post
really 1
desirable or rational that a young woman
twenty-two years of age should be
doomed to lead? What is to be gained
by it? Is it good for the princess her-
self, or for the popularity of royalty?
If tie health of her royal highness pre-
vents her from taking that part in the
life of the nation which would be ac-
ceptable, why should not all Mudfog be
informed of the melancholy fact ? If
that is happily a gratuitous hypothesis,
why should the princess remain per-
sistently invisible to those who would
rejoice in her presence? In addition to
this there are the inclinations and in-
terests of her royal highness herself to
be considered. Is there any sufficient
reason why she should be debarred from
participating in the amusements proper
to her age, her station, her sex? In
virtue of what inexorable decree of fate
is her young life to be one unbroken
round of solemn, somber dullnes? In
the nature of things, exile from the
land of her birth, with all the unutter-
ably depressing circumstances which
follow In its train, will come soon
enough. The inevitable Teuton prince
will arrive some fine morning, and it
will be announced that the grand duke
of Seidlitztinkenhaim is about to carry
off the invisible princess to his resi-
dence close to the edge of some German
forest, with its toy palace guarded by a
terrific army of four soldiers in pickel-
haubes. 1m o one will be unreasonable
enough to ask for any respite from that
grim ordeal. It will come in its due
place, just as her dusky and divine
lover came for Persephone when she was
gathering flowers on the plains of Enna.
But meanwhile the youngest princess in
the kingdom of Mudfog is not gathering
flowers, and it would really seem fair,
as well as politic, that she should be
permitted a brief interval of natural
happiness before the opportunity of it
has gone by forever.
An editor, in the opinion of the Nor-
ristown Herald, has one advantage over
a king. When the editor goes out rid
ing in his open barouche drawn by four
milk white steeds he is never shot at by
a socialist.
Previous Veto ■«.
[St. Louis Republican.]
Since the foundation of the govern-
ment there have been eighty-nine vetoes
six
by
>y Tyier, three by Polk,
nine by Pierce, three by Buchanan, one
by Litacoln, seventeen by Johnson,
twenty-five by Grant pnd three by
llayes. Of these twelve were what are
called pocket vetoef, where the presi-
dent fads to return the bill either way
before congress adjourns, receiving it
within the last ten days of the session.
Jackson is credited, with most of these.
Of aU the eighty-nine vetoes. Pierce was
overruled by a two-thirds vote, which is
required to pass the bill after a veto, five
times; Johnson fifteen times. Grant
three times and Hayes once. Washing-
ton vetoed a bill for the apportionment
of members because he said it was im-
practicable, and one for the reduction
of the army in 1797 because he
thought it was impracticable and un-
just. Madison, Jackson, Tyler, Polk
and Pierce vetoed bills making appro-
griations for rivers and harbors on the
grounds that h was unconstitutional,
unjust distribution of government funds
and too general The five times Pierce
was overruled were for internal improve-
ments. Most of the cases where Jack-
son exercised the veto power were on
bills for the benefit of corporations, ex-
cept in the instance of Clay's laud bill
in 1833. Monroe's one veto was given
against a bill fi* aid to the Cumberland
road; Madison's vetoes against the in-
corporate* of churches, establishing
United States bank, and internal im-
provements; Tyler's against the
fiscal bank bills, tariff bills, reg-
ulating contested elections, and
river and harbor bills; Polk's against
river and harbor bills and French spoli-
ation claims; Pierce's against French
spoliation claims, and to indigent insane,
ocean mail appropriations and internal
improvement bills; Buchanan's against
aid to agricultural colleges, a mail route
in California, a private claim and the
homestead bill; Lincoln's one veto was
on a bill to corfect clerical errors in a
revenue act in order that all errors might
be included. Johnson vetoed the civil
rights bill, freedman's bureau, admission
of Colorado, in which he was sustained;
suffrage in the District of Columbia, ad-
mission of Xebraska, against military
act, three supplemental bills to the re-
construction. act, amending judiciary
act, admitting Arkansas, claiming its
admission by previous acts; excluding
electoral votes of rebel states, freed-
man's bureau discontinued, admis-
sion of North Carolina, South Carolina.
Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama and Flori-
da, because it superseded the mode pre-
sented by the constitution; and copper
tariff. In but two of these he was sus-
tained—the one mentioned above, and
the one regarding the admission »f the
several states just named. Grant's ve-
toes were nearly all against private bills.
The exceptions were bills regarding the
Indian trust funds, regarding local mat-
ters in the district, and proof in home-
stead entries, perfecting the revision of
the statutes and the bill he said was to
inflate currency. Haves was overruled
on his veto of the silver bill, but car
ried his point3 against the Chinese bill
and the bill to fcavp a special 'enn of the
United States court to try timber depre-
dators in Mississippi. There is but one
instance where a president vetoed a bill
repealing a law, and that was Tyler,
who pocketed a bill te repeal a section
of the public land bill. "
asiatic and african.
Is the Former to Supersede tbe
Latter as American Laborers?
[New York Commercial Advertiser.]
The present perturbation among the
" field hand3 " of the southwest, lead-
ing them off, as if under some blind im-
pulse, to Kansas and other northern ter-
ritory, may ultimately lead to conse-
quences of a far more important charac-
ter than are at present suspected. The
exodus, as it is called, appears to have
been arrested; but as the same causes
which set it in motion promise to re-
main operative, it is tolerably certain
that it will be renewed from time to
time, even on a more imposing scale
than the curious movement which is
just now exciting so much attention.
The more thoughtful of the journals in
the cotton states, foreseeing total de-
moralization, if not a total subtraction
of negro labor by this process, are nat-
urally easting about for the ways and
means of discovering some indus-
trial force to take its place. It seems
to be conceded that whatever may
be said of the industry and thrift of the
freedman in Georgia and the other states
oa the Atlantic seaboard, nothing hope-
ful now is to be expected from him in
the Gulf states ; because, once having
had the emigration idea put into his
head, he will never be content to remain
a freedman in Louisiana, or Alabama,
or Mississippi, when, if persuaded to
transfer himself to Kansas, or Iowa, or
Minnesota, he may become in every way
a much more important personage. At
all events, this is the view that is taken
by the planters down there, who are
familiar with the African character; and
it is not surprising, therefore, that, as
they have made up their minds that they
can no longer calculate on the negro to
work the cotton and sugar plantations,
something must be done, and done
speedily, to obtain a supply of labor to
fill the vacuum. The first step is a con-
sultation of planters and other producers
dependent upon negro labor ; and to this
end a general convention to consider the
situation has been, or is about to be,
called, to meet early next month, prob-
ably at Montgomery, Alabama, or
Natchez, Miss. Meanwhile the discus-
sions in the journals which give expres-
sion to public opinion in that quarter
point unmistakably to the line of policy
which will be adopted. It is conceded
at the start that it is out of the question
to supply the place of the negro with
white labor from the northern and east-
ern states. That experiment has been
tried time and again, and has signally
failed, for a variety of reasons it is not
difficult to comprehend. In this dilem-
ma, the planter instinctively turns to the
coolie or Chinaman as offering, provi-
dentially, the most satisfactory solution
of the industrial problem. The Mon-
golian is possessed of all the qualifica-
tions of a first-class field hand, with but
few or none of the objections that attach
to the African. He occupies a higher
place in the scale of intelligence, and
plodding industry is part of his nature.
Frugal to the last degree, with tastes few
and ^simple, his labor is the cheapest in
the universe. His physique is admira-
bly fitted for labor under a tropical sun,
and how successfully he has borne that
test the planters of the West Indies,
South America, and wherever else
the experiment has been fairly
tried, will bear ample testimony.
Over all and above all, it would be
impossible for even the most ingenious
demagogue to make a political machine
of him; the Chinaman, as in California,
caring nothing about the right of suf-
frage nor problems of government, ex-
cept in so far as they secure to him pro-
tection to his life and whatever property
hfs industry may enable him to acquire.
That an adequate supply of this kind of
labor could be procured, at moderate ex-
pense, and with comparatively little ef-
fort, can not be questioned. The six
companies have facilities at their com-
mand which would enable them, in the
course of a few months, to place in
Louisiana and Alabama two Chinamen
for every negro that has gone or may go
to Kansas. Whether the approaching
convention of planters will accept this
as the only practicable solution of what
is becoming a very serious question, re-
mains to be seen. If they do, the cu-
rious spectacle will then be presented of
the African race migrating north, to be
absorbed by populations of Anglo
Saxon, Scandinavian, and Latin origin,
with the Mongolian surging southward,
to take up their work in the cotton and
sugar neld3, where the African laid it
down.
BIS O try LA WTER.
A Vagrant's Eloquence Fails to
Soften a Jury.
[Virginia (Nevada) Chronicle.]
Yesterday afternoon a young man
named Forbes was tried for vagrancy in
justice Knox's court. He was a young
man about 23 years of age, and had been
arrested for leading an idle and dissolute
life, making no effort whatever to earn
an honest living.. He demanded a jury
trial and conducted his own case in a
most remaikable manner. When on
the stand he made the following state-
ment : ,
"Gentlemen of the jury, I admit that
I am a vagrant. The way I'm situaied
I don't see how I can be anything else.
I've tried to get work, and I've got it,
but I couldn't work, Look at me (here
he arose), and see if you think I am
physically able to enduee anything. I'm
a perfect wreck all through."
As he stood there before the jury he
was indeed the personification of a young
man who had blighted his youth and
destroyed his manhood by his vicious
habits.
"Don't you smoke opium?" asked a
juryman.
" I do smoke opium, and that's what's
killing me; but I haven't teuched a pipe
for over a week. It's something terrible
to break off, gentlemen. You've no
idea of the struggle I've had and am hav-
ing now; but l'il do it, I will, or die."
" How long have you smoked opium?"
asked another juror,
"Over a year, sir. But why do you
ask me these questions? I'm not on
trial for opium smokag; I'm charged
with vagrancy."
The district aetorney—Were you once
sent to state prison for ten years for rob-
bery?
Prisoner—Yes. Your brother sent me
there, and then they got up a petition
for my pardon and he refused to sign it.
But they did pardon me—pardoned me
ri»ht over his head.
Here the fellow approached the dis-
trict attorney and said: " If I had been
given the same ad vantages you had when
you were a boy, and had been treated as
I was treated, "I might be trying you for
vagrancy; and if I was I wouldn't bring
up these old scores. I am not on trial
for having been sent to the state prison
years ago. And bow, geBtlemem," he
said, turaing to the jury, "suppose you
do oonvict me of vagraacy, what then?
I serve out my time ana when I am
turaed loose La "the street everything is
closed agaiast me again, and I am still a
vagrant Everything I have in the
world is here—my father and mother
aad the ciethes you are tryimg me in.
Sometimes I sleep at hone, but I doa't
choose to as a general thin». I wander
off somewhere else. I feel I am a va-
grant here. In the name of God, gen-
tlemen, where on the footstool of crea-
tion can I go not to be a vagrant? Will
some of you tell me that?
He stood a few seconds, as if waiting
for an answer, and then resumed his
seat.
During the trial a large crowd had
collected listening to the fellow's de-
fense, and he conducted his case better,
perhaps, than if he had retained a law-
yer. The jury found a verdict of
guilty, and he was sent to the county
jail for fifty days.
Parties who had known the young
man for several years state that his
parents are alone responsible for his
present condition, and should them-
selves be on trial. He 9£usu-
aliy bright la<t. but they allowed him io
fall into evil ways without the slightest
attempts to guide him, and his educa-
tion, morai and mental, was by them
utterly neglected.
railroad news.
Richmond R'flector: We learn that
work on the Santa Fe bridge will bo
commenced as soon as the river is suffi-
ciently low. The loss is not as great as
e-timated, and the bridge can be readily
constructed.
Statesman: Close connections are
made both ways at Hempstead, and pas
sengers that leave Galveston at 4.20 a.
m. and Houston 7.30 a. u. reach Austin
at$4.25 p. m. Trains leave Austin at
12.35 p. m. There are no Sunday trains
on the Central Austin branch, "though
one on the main line.
Cuero Bulletin: Our readers are di-
rected to the change made in the run-
ning time of the G., W. T. and P. R.
W. schedule. The train leaves every
morning, except Sundays, at 7.30 a. m.
A steamer will leave Indianola for Gal-
veston at 2 p. m. on Mondays and Fri-
days^
A palace car was run on the Morgan
railroad a few days since from Frankln to
this city. The rails extend some distance
beyond Franklin, and the road is being
pushed with all possible speed. If no
unforeseen delay should occur, there is
every assurance that by next fall rail
connection between Houston and New
Orleans will be an accomplished fact.
[N. O. Price Current.
The Lake Charles Echo says: Work
is going right ahead. Laborers camps
are being established along the road. A
cargo of steel rails is on the wav here.
are being established along the road. "A
cargo of steel rails is on the wav "
The entire work between Lake Charles
and the Sabine, except for two miles, is
under sub-contracts. The switch track
from the road to the Calcasieu river, at
Hutchins's and Munn's and Jones's
mills, is more than half graded. The
right of way through Calcasieu parish
has been granted by every land-owner
except one. All the railroad officials,
from general manager Adams down, are
hard at work.
The Texas and Pacifie trains now ar-
rive at the Denison Union depot, over
the Denison and Southeastern track,
every morning, returning at night. The
recent rains have so damaged their road
that the only way they can get iato the
Sherman station is via the gate City.
[Denison News.
The Southern Pacific railroad compa-
ny has been beaten by the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe railroad company
in a struggle for the land grant of 15,000
acres a mile by the Mexican government,
to aid a railroad from Guayamas, on the
Pacific ecean, to El Paso. This grant
and charter have been purchased by the
last named corporation, and the contract
given out to build the whole 400 miles
of railroad in two years.
A correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun , in noting the progress of the South-
ern Pacific railroad, says the fourth sta-
tion, 120 miles in the heart of Arizona,
is in sight of the track-layers. A con-
tract has been made for 400 miles more,
which will carry it into New Mexico,
where, next year, it will join the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad.
ed ucationa.l.
The average salary of school teachers
in the country varies largely with lo-
cality. The highest is in the district of
Columbia, where the average for males
is $120, females $80. The lowest is in
North and South Carolina, where it is
$30 and $25. In Illinois, $47 and $33;
in New York, $63 and $41. In Michi-
gan it is $48 and $28; Iowa, $47 and
$28.
We are convinced that the require-
ments of the schools, the mental train-
ing which comes of a study of the
ancient languages and the higher mathe-
matics, are far from being so com-
pletely disciplinary as the onlinary ex-
periences of the professions and the
trades. The lawyer in his practice soon
gains the power of concentration, and
fs fairly compelled to bring his mind
under the control of his will, his disci-
pline being more thorough, more ex-
acting, more sustained, than any that
can be invented by college systems.
The daily experience of the physician is
likewise efficient in bringing aH ttie .func-
tions of the mind into subordination and
under control. It is only by sustained
effort and severe concentration that the
man of letters can succeed; the painter
and the poet are helpless if their intel-
lectual powers are not fully at their
command. It will be said here
that the exact purpose of college
discipline is to prepare men for
these exacting duties. But, in our ob-
servation. training at college bears so
small a proportion to that which comes
with the competitions of life that it is
scarcely traceable We have always
found that men whose necessities force
them to bend their energies to work are
the men who hold themselves well in
hand, and that other men usually have
little power of application—that is, the
classification does not distinguish be-
tween educated and uneducated men,
but between working and non-working
' men. In the list of men who Jhave at-
tained success or contributed notably to
the world's advance, it will not be found
that those who have exhibited remark-
able mental power and intellectual self-
command are specially on the aide of
the university class. "Three of the aaost
conspicuous men in English philosophy
and science—Herbert Spencer, Huxley
and Tyndall—have developed their
remarkable powers from the
impulses of their natural gifts,
and not by the aid of college dis-
cipline or classical guiding. Perhaps
their labors would have been easier
under a tho^pugh preparatory course—
this is not easy to gainsay—but the fact
remains that in the pursuit of their sev-
eral ends they have brought their men
tal forces under complete and perfect
control. Necessity is the great master,
and it operates on all classes of society ;
it gives the power of concentration to
the lawyer, teaches the physician to be
self-contained and studious, gives effi-
ciency to the pen of the writer, drills
the book-keeper aod the clerk, and
trains the hand of the artisan. It is aa
ever-present and most exacting school-
master; and. as with an immense ma-
jority of people this school-master be-
gins his lessons in youth by means of
the struggles and burdens of life, and
continues them without relaxation to
the end, the discipline within certain
limits is complete—the self-control be-
ing general, but the proficiency lying in
each case solely along the line of ex-
perience. [Appleton'a Journal.
Edison's Dynamo machine.
[Sew York World, May 3.]
For the past three days Edison has
been perfecting his new dynamo-electric
machine, and a World reporter lnus been
watching the progress of the operation.
At one time the power applied was too
great for the wires, and they were torn
from the bobbin. The next day a cir-
cuit crossed, the machine did not work
well, and the bobbin was unwound. At
3 o'clock in the morning one of Edison's
assistants began to rewind the bobbing
and late at night it was ready for trial.
Yesterday afternoon Edison and Mr.
Batchelor, his chief assistant, were
wide awake, although they had
not been ia bed since the
early evening of the previous day.
Edison said his generator, or dynamo
maohiae, had worked well early yester-
day merniag, and, although a man was
engaged ia painting it, he thought he
could get good results from it, and
would immediately start it. The parts
ef the machine were hastily put to-
gether, the binding-pssts were attached
to wires coaaected with five of Wallace's
lamps (ia which tht voltaic arc is used),
and steam-power was applied. Almost
instantaneously all of the lamps were
lighted. This operatioa showed four
peculiarities. The machine did not be-
come hot, it gave off few sparks, the
lamps gave a steady light, although cur-
rents of air were net excluded, and five
lamps were lighted from the one ma-
chine, with one-half of one-horse power
for each lamp. The experiment, al-
though imperfectly made, was entirely
satisfactory, and showed that Edison's
generator "will allow of more lamps
in a circuit, or, in other words, de-
velop more dynamo-electric power
per horse-power than any machine
yet constructed. The advantages ef
Edison's machine, so far as they have
been demonstrated, consist of obtaining
a great amount of electricity with the
development of little heat. The trans-
mitted power is, therefore, almost en-
tirely converted into electricity. These
results are obtained by getting a larger
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o state Of Texas for
Cltd4en's Patent Steel Barb Fence Wire, Galvanize* and Japanned*
It is the Lightest. Strongest aifl Most Hlt»»ctual Wire licensed to be made or used. Its sales
are five times greater than that of all inferior wires combined. Inquire for the Gliddea wire,
made fro* two No. 12 steel wires. Sold throughout the State by over 500 of the Best Mer-
chants. Prices reduced. Descriptive circulars sent free. We also have the Chicago Style, tht
best four-pointed Barb Wire made. We offer te the trade /reaerally.
fell 3i*ip SAX BORN & WARNEft, Houston, Texaa.
magnetic field and employing a superior
method of winding the bobbin with the
insulated wires. Edison will now have
thirty of these machines coiistructed for
the formation of his model station,
which will probably be at Menlo park.
It is estimated that he can get at least
400 lights by means of his eighty-Worse
power steam engine and thirty of his
dynamo-electric machines. He con-
siders that he has fully solved the pro-
blem of the economical generation
of electricity and the subdivision
of the light, and he will now
devote his time to producing a
lamp which will be without flaw. It is
due to Edison that an error which crept
into the account of his work in Wednes-
day's World should be corrected. It was
stated that as more resistance was of-
fered to the passage of the current more
light would be obtained. This should
be "more subdivision of the light."
Edison also was credited with saying
that it would be perfectly easy for him
to get sixty-candle power from each of
his lamps, but he limited them to six.
It was intended to say that theoretically
he could get sixty-gas-jet power from
each lamp, but practically he limited
himself to six. ^
" Yes, fellow-citizens," said a wild
western orator, '' with gold at par,
greenbacks at a premium, the tax taken
off raw whisky, our debts all paid, and
liberty—dear old gal!—has a new dress,
and the American eagle an additional
arrow and a fresh olive-branch, I ask
what is te prevent us from being the
rreatest people on earth? I pause for a
replv " Just at this point a mellow old
egg exploded rijht o« the bridge of hu
nefe. and he added: " The pause will
coetinue until I ca* bust the stuifln out
o' the lap-eared leper that slung that e—
Whoop! let me at him."
. cash; 27^0 June; 2THc July. Pork
unsettled but generally lower; $9 50 cash;
$9 52H<&9 55 June; $9 61^ bid for July.
Lard in fair demand but lower 6.10c cash and
June; 6 l^@ti.l5c July Bulk meats fairly
active and a snade higher; ahouldere 3.60c;
short ribs 4.75c; short clear 4.85a. Whisky
steady and unchanged. At the close: Wheat
in good demand and a shade higher; S4^c
May; 96f^cJune; 95$ic July. Corn fairly ac-
tive and a shade higher; b5c May; 35J^c bid
for June; 35^c bid for July. Oats strong
and higher: 27^c asked for cash: 27>$c asked
for June; 27%c bid for July. Pork inactive
and lower; $9 50 June: $9 57^ July. Lard
inactive and lower; 0.07^(^6.10c June; 6.12)4
July.
Cheap Advertising Column.
Seal estate.
TO EXCHANGE—Two Cottages, each situ-
ated ou one lot. in Galveston city, for ap-
proved timbered lands on Galveston bay, or
its tributaries.
H. M. TRUEHEART A CO.,
ray9 2t Real Estate Agents.
Notice to lumbermen—foe sal*
cheap.
1300 acres of finely timbered land, situated 3U
mites northeast of the town of Moetgomery.
For particulars apply to KAUFKAN 4 hUNQE.
Agents, Galrestoa. ja10 tf
for sale.
TfPRIGHT PIANO—NEARLY NEW; uvea
I octaves; price $200. Address
my 10 if
box 154. Postoffice.
CSTTKRS AND POINTERS.—A few extra-
O Tired Pups to dispose of.
mj-r at q. C. PETTTT.
is Mrs.
" Mixed
"The Chamged Brides"
Southworth's latest. Who
those ehildrea up ? "
MARKETS BI TELE6RAP*.
Foreign.
Lsxmn, May 9. — Noon. — Censols—money
98 9-18; account 98%. Erie 29.
Liverpool. May 9.-3 p. m - Breadstuffs Arm,
red winter wheat 8s 10d®9s 4d. Flour Jrm.
SMS ltesbi
Ut^sF^frfTp. M.-Consels-^ey
98 9-1#: acc»u*t 98 11-18. Ene
Paris. May 9—Rentes lKl-fc.-Vji-
Liyimooi, May S--"CottaI'
a„d unchanged. _OrdmajT. tU*. _
ca;i and 2300 were for export and specula-
tion. Imports# 240#. of which 2109 were Amen-
^Futures opened partially better, ruled
quiet but steady and closed quiet. Deliveries
quoted as follows: May, »
6J4d; June-July, 6^d; Jr.ly-Awist 815-1M ,
jLurust-Septcmber, 7d: September October, ,d
October NoTember, 6«d; November-Decem-
ber, November-December shipments,
6 MjSches™, May 9. - Yarns and fabrics
firm.
Cotton Brokers' Weekly Circular.
Liverpool, May 9.—This week * circular
of the Cotton Brokers association says, l he
cotton market was animated throughout the
week, with a large business and although
quieter on Thursday, quotation*
advanced. American was m lar^?
and the current qualities advanced 78",
island was in good general deniand and with
a limited supply advanced a half
fanny. Futures were strong and active until
uesdav and advanced %d: on ^Veanesday
and Thursday, with considerable desire to sell,
they declined 3-10d. The final rates show an
advance of 3-16d.
Domestic.
New York, May 9--stf«ts weak. Money
2^5,3. Exchange—long 4.8654: short 4.8834-
State bonds dull. . uif,.Qr
New York. May 9.-Stocks are irregular
New York Central, 119>4; Ene.
Shore. 74W; Illinois Central. 86^; Cleveland and
Pittsburg, Chicago and Northwestern,
pOR SALE.—
PHILLIP best's MILWAUKEE BEER.
Ask for it, as it contains more malt and less
spirit than any other beer on the market.
S'TOVES, STOVES. M. P. HEN^ESSY"
O Agent for the celebrated Buck Brilliant aad
Sauthern Home Cook stoves, 17 Tremont st.
for RESiT.
I^OR RENT—SMALL TWO STORY.. RESI-
dence ou Cburch street, opposite Cathedral,
at $£> per month. JAMES SORLEY. 3
CiOTTAGE—Six rooms furnished complete
> t® rent reasonable. Central location. P.
0. box my4 lw*
1.^OR RENT—Store-rooni now occupied by
A Messrs. LeGiers* 9l Co. in building corner
Strand and 22d street. Possession first of July
next. Terms very reasonable. Apply t4>
«27tf MOODY SL JEMISON.
HELP WANTED.
\\f ANTED—One salesman in each state t#
T ▼ sell eur geods. Salary $1000 a year. Tri-
umph Manuf'g Co., lib Monroe st., Chicago.
\Y
ANTED-A GOOD WHITE GIRL TO DO
general house work and nurse. Apply at
East Church street mv8 tf
MISCELLANEOUS WANTS.
FOR RENT—TWO LARGE SOUTH ROOMS^
furnished or unfurnished, No. 202 Church
street, opposite the Cathedral. nay 10 3t*
MISCELLANEOUS^ "
CG. CARTTAR, Expert Accountant: books
• written up. posted, audited or balanced.
Terms strictly moderate. P. O. box 330, GaTr'n
S^toTwinding black dial watches
$10; Silver Huiiting-CaseWalthamWatches
$12, at L. E. CURTIS, Market street. my7
CE COLD VICHY AND KISSINGEN
WATERS on draught at PRESTON A RO-
BIRA'S Drug Store. my4 lw ^
POSITION IS EVERYTHING, EVEN IN ▲
Picture. P. H. RuSE, Photographer,
my4 159 Market, between ^lst aad 22d.
r^HE ECONOMIC OIL STOVE is the best far
SUMMER COOKING. It will bake, boil, broil,
heat fiat irons, and do everything a stovs
should do. For sale by
JACOB F. WEITEEL A CO.,
ap20 lm 2d door from Market, on Tremont
ury balances—coin,
$42,207,02ti. „ „
mw York, May 9.-Money 2@3. ex-
change 4.S6-}i@4.87. Governments active and
fix m: new fivBs 103J^. State bonds dull.
Nkw York, May 9.—Cotton on the spot
opened quiet HT] ! closed steady. Texas quoted
as follows; Ordinary 11 ' >6c:,f"od °,r?'D,£yZ
11 is-16c: low middling lCMc; middling 13 6-lbc,
good middling, 1356c. Sales --74 bales to spin-
ners, 33 to speculators; total 3 tf.
Futures opened firm but i uled weak, and
and closed firm but 3®7 hundredths low er
the least dec'lne being on the Lite months-
Sales 173.500 bales: ddlvered on contract ed
biles. May 13.41, June lii-51. July Vt.<8, August
12.31, September*J3.53, October 11.7« November
11.S7. December 11.36., January—188J—II. "
New Y'oiuc, May 0.— Flour a shade stronger
and in good demand both export and home
use: southern flour in fair trade; conimon to
fair extra $5 50<&5 goodto choice do $5 60
<&fl 75. Wheat—ungraded winter red $1 0.-®
1 15; No. 1 do $1 1* Corn-ungraded 44®
47c; No. 3. 44M(^48^c. Coffee dull arid un-
changed; Rio quoted in cargoes 10i/4(§tl4V4c,
In job lots 10&@15Hc- Sugar in moderate
business and firm; centrifugal <^40; Cut a
t S-1B&B 7-l6c; fair to good refining quoted
at 6 7-16c; prime »-i6c; refined
quiet afad firm. MOUsses quiet: prices unal-
tered. Rice in good demand at steady prices:
Carolina quoteu at 6>i<&7V4c: fair to choice
Louisiana 6W^656c. Pork opened firm and
closed dull and in buyers' favor: mess spot
quoted $9 00 for old; $10 00<&10 for new;
June $9 9f<&10 00; Ausrust $10 20© 10 25.
Middles quiet and nominal. Lard—steam
6.30c. Whisky steady at $1 05. Freights are
quiet. _ „
New York, May 9.—Comparative state-
ment of cotton for the week ending to-day:
Net receipts at ail U. S. ports for the week,
20.050 bales; same week last year. ^2.379; to-
tal receipts to this dale. 4,323,098: total to
same date last year, 4,20G,C44: exports for _the
week, 40.531; "same week last year. *>4-745:
total exports to date, 3.203,547: same date last
year, 3,270,285: stock at all U. S. ports. 335,01 <;
same time last year, 384.406; stock at all interior
towns, 54.^25: same time last year, 52.481;
stock at LiverpSJl, 539.000; same time last
year. £96.000; American afloat for Great Brit-
ain, 155,000: same time last year, 171.000.
New Orleans. May 9. — Flour active
and firm; superfine $3 Qf>; double ex-
tra. $3 75(3,4 00: treble e«ra $4 25@o 00;
higher grades $5 25^6 00. Corn scarce
at 48@.5ic. Oats stronger and higher at
36<&37c. Cornmeal in good demand at full
prices at $2 30(&2 50. Hay scarce and firm:
choice $18. Pork in good demand: old
f9 35^9 50. Lard steady; tierce
eg 7&?Hc. Dry salt meats—d» mand fair
and price» higher: shoulders, loose, ;-*4<2fc3.80c:
packed. 3.v0g.4.COc. Bacon—demard lair and
firm: shoulders 4^<t£4$fjc: clear rib 5J£c; clear
sides 5^c, Hams quiet and steady: choice
sugar-cured canvased 7(^9^c as in size. Whibky
quiet at $1 06(^1 10 for western. Coffee steady;
jobbing, ordinary to prime. ll^@,18c. Sugar
—demand fair and market firm; common to
good common 5<t?.5Hc; fair to fully fair
56£<&53icr prime to choice 5££<§»6HC: yellow
clarified ttfci®7^c. Molasses quiet; ferment-
ing 23&30c; common 85c; fair 2tta; prime to
choice 33<&35c. Rice in good demand;
Money to loan on real estate—
Payable in Monthly Installments. Apply
to 1. LOVE N BERG, Secretary of the
ap22 tf Galveston Real Estate & Loan Co.
ARATOGA VICHY WATER.—I respectful-
ly call attention to the GENUINE SARA-
TOGA VICHY WATER for which I am agent
for Texas. Private families furnished with
the water, charged in syphon bottles.
apl9 lm* H. CORTES, cor. 26th and Winnie.
1?ruit and fruit-packages.—fresh,
large Strawberries arriving daily. Orders
filled for fresh vegetables to interior, for pat.
Egg. Berry and Peach boxes. Fruit consign-
ments sola with promptness. P. a. LANG,
mh30d<£e Produce Depot, Central Wharf.
HEAPER THAN EVER-A larg* lot at
640-acre alternate
LAND CERTIFICATES,
(Ra 1, .ad issue,) in lots to suit, very low.
WM. B. KItf G & co.,
ap .5 tf Galveston, Texas.
STENCIL PLATES, RUBBER STAMPS, No-
tur/ Public and Lodge Seals, etc.
mhy* FKED. A.SMITH, 114 Tremont St.
tHE NEW AND IMPROVED
EagSe Cotton Gin.
ADOUE Sc LOB1T, Agents,
GALVESTON.
Traveling Agent, WH. HER VST*
myS 6m d«£W lp
GEO. W. JALONICK,
(Successor to Isaac Jalouiok A Co.)
Cotton and Wool Factor
Strand, Galveston, Texas*
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE
sale of the Spring: Clip of Wool. Bur-
lap sacks furnished shippers at lowest cash
price. Liberal Advances Hade on
Consignments. ap!2 lp dAWim
JUST ARRIVED,
A Fresh Stock of
CORDOVA COFFEE,
Also APOLIN ARIES,
HINJADI JAN OS,
SELTZER,
and other MINERAL WATERS.
rah26 iUARX Ac KE.HPNES.
MOODY & JEMISON,
Cotton Factors, Etc..
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
E. S. JEMISON 8 CO.,
Bankers and Commission Herchaktg,
123 Pearl St., New York.
Bran steady
. - tnium. Ster-
Consols 49%<&50»4. Cotton
ordinary to choice 7c.
" " New York si^ht premium. Ster-
finfr,°Cbanlc 4.87H.
quiet; sales 730 bales; ordinary 11c; food
ordinary 119£c; low middliag UHC: middling
12c: good middling 12^c; middline fair l^c.
Receipts—net. 025; gross, 1225. No etports.
Stock 95,984 bales. Weekly sales, 17,950 bales;
receipts—net. 6248; gross. &S8: exports—to
Great Britain, 19,5i0; continent, 988; coast-
wise, 4284.
St. Louis, Mav 9.—Cotton is firm. Sales 115
bales. Good ordiqary, 11c: low middling ll^sc;
middling ll^e. Stock 12.409 bales.
St. Louis, May 9.—Cattie— snipping grades
fairly active but unchanged; good to choice
heavy shipping steers $4 T54&5 15; do light
S4 55<Z&4 7o; butchers firmer but notouotably !
higher: native butchers steers $3 ifc(^4 60; I
cows and heifers $3 00^4 40; corn-fed lexans !
$3 25<&4 5(5: feeding stwers $3 75££.4 40; Col- i
orados $3 75<g,5 00; receipts,900: shipments
600. Hogs higher and active; Yorkers and
Baltimores $3 35(^3 55; rough heavy $3 15(% '
3 35; smooth heavy 33 55@3 to; receipts 5300;
shipments 4800. Sheep in fair demand for
clipped wool; good to choice clipped $3 25<j^ ;
4 00; common to fair $2 25&3 00; receipts
60§: shipmaais 100.
St. Levis, May 9.—Flour stiff and too irregu-
lar te give accurate quotations. Wheat ex-
cited and higher; No. 2 red fall $1 07&1 97%
cash; fl 07*4 May; $1 0«H4*1 & June;
99H*99?4c Julv; No. 3 red fall $1 *5. No
spring; <sc. bis. Cera inactive demand and
higher; Ne. 2 mixed 33%<&34A£cj.cash;
May; 34^c June; 35^35}jc July;
3*}4fe3e}£c August. Oats higher; No. 2, 2?L>e
bid. Pork quiet; jobbing $9 99. Lard—an
advance is asked but none established; «.10c
asked,C.OOc hid. Bulkmeats higher: clear rihs
4.55^4.69c here and 4.06}£c in •esmeines; clear
sides 4.76c. Bacon stronger; clear ribs
5.05j^<&5.15c cash; 5.40c July; c!s*r sides 5.36
Kansas Citt, May 6.—Wheat—No 1 gnet,
$1 60; Ne . 3 spot, 3 cars sold at 96^c. Bacon
—clear 5.25c; rib and leng, 5c. Corn-fed Texas
steers, $3 70<&4 26.
Chicago, May 9.—The Drovers" Jenrnal re-
ports: Hogs—receipts 14,600; shipments 6^66;
market generally 5^, 10c. higher; mixed %■>< 46
?3 55; light $3 50&3 S5; choice heavy £6®
70. Market closed weak. Cattle—receipts
2466; shipments 2160; common to geod ship- i
ping 16c. higher, $4 25Q4 75; export grades
easier at $4 85^5 15; butchers steady at $2 06
76; feeders and steckers quiet and e*sy.
Sheep—receipts 1206; shipments 600; market
dull and lower, $4 60<&4 S5.
Chicago. May 9.—Flour in good demand at full
trices Wheat fairly active and a shade
her; No. 2Chicago spring 94J<£®943£c cash;
,£c May: 9*>V4<g>96%c June: 9%c July: No.
3 do 81c. Corn fairly active and a shade
higher at 34$£<a34J£c cash; 85%£}352£c June; .
bid for July. OatsitronftAAd higfctr; i
Jos. Uhtij Brewing Cs.'s
NEW BBBR
fJUKING THE LEAD AGAIN. RECEIVE#
Grand Prize JVIedal and Diploma
at the Gulf States Exposition at New Orleans
1879, over all competitors from St. Louis, Ci»
cinnati and Milwaukee.
Grand Prize Medals,
Philadelphia. 1«76; Paris, 1178.
For sale, in half-barrels, quarters aad
eighths, by
GEO. SCHNEIDER dc CO.,
my4 lw Sole Agents.
The Revised Code,
which gsss into effect October \,
will probably not be printed and is-
sued by tne slate before that
time, as no advertisement has yet
been published, aid the law re-
quires advertissment of thirty
days before contract oan be made.
We Have
A LIMITED NUMBER
er
Revised Civil Code,
as originally passed, with
intendments by 16th Legislature
op thk
STATE OF TEXAS
roll ULI AX fix
NEWS OFFICE.
Price, In law Binding, $8; U to
he sent by mall, 50 cents extra.
Orders, accospuied by tfa® Cadi, wBI ba
promptly attended to. Address
A. B. BELO * CO.,
Os
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