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ESTABLISHED—1842. GALVESTON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1875.- ^ PRICE-FIVE CENTS.
VOL. XXXIV.—No. 218.
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PURCHASING ELSEWHERE.
Persons desiring copies of the News
containing a resume of the storm can
obtain them neatly done up in wrap-
pers ready for mailing, at the count-
ing-room. Call for the issue bearing
date of Tuesday, 21st inst.
Vesterday's t ommerclal Summary.
Galveston Market.—Cotton quiet
and weak at ^c. decline on Good Ordi-
nary and Good Middling. Receipts
none, the Houston steamer having been
delayed. Exports per New York Steam-
ship Line. 1019 bales. Freights, steam,
nominally £c. higher to domestic ports,
and J1. higher to Liverpool. Cotton now
•quoted at Jd. direct to Liverpool, ditto
vi*. New York none. To New York }c.>
otlier Northern ports }c. New Orleans
tfxehauge J better for commercial, bank
unchanged. Gold 114J@115I. Silver
lit j@112.J. Bacon is. higher; clear
15|c. Coffee tending up. Bagging Jc.
lower.
Other Markets.—'The visible sup-
ply, according to the N«w Y'ork Commer-
cial anil Financial Chronicle of tlie 17th
Inst., was 1,712,099; same time last sea
don, 1 911,160 ; deficit this season, 198,401
biles, principally in small bait cotton,
(told closed in New York at 110J, against
117J last evening. Sterling lower; com-
mercial 474, bank 478£. Cotton weak ;
Middling Texas 14c.; other cotton mar-
kets quiet, Liverpool 1-10 lower for ar-
rivals. Spot unchanged. H»vre flat
and irregular Amount of bullion with-
drawn from the Bank of England to-day
£65,000, of which £25,000 goes to Amer-
ica. For details of cotton crop of 1874-
75, prepared by the National Cotton Ex
change, see commercial column. It shows
the following result: Receipts at the
ports, 3,509,691; overland, 191,004;
Southern consumption, 120,550 ; making
total crop 3,827,845. The preceding
years statement was: Receipts, 3,804,-
290; overland, 237,572; Southern con-
sumption, 128,520 ; total crop, 4,170,388.
SUGGESTIONS WORTH CONSID-
ERING.
The exhaustive report from the sig-
nal station at Galveston, which will
be found in another column of this
morning's News, abounds in interest-
ing facts and valuable suggestions.
The figures given by the Signal Of-
ficar, and evidence cited in support of
his views, establish the fact that while
Galveston is not entirely without the
storm circle, she is sufficiently distant
from their usual centers to be compara -
tively free from danger, and beyond all
question the safest place on the coast
of the Gulf of Mexico.
The plan for the protection levee,
suggested at the conclusion of the re-
port, seems simple and practicable,
and we advise careful examination into
its merits. Intelligent men may ac-
quire a great deal of information in
two days, which is the time that will
intervene between now and the next
meeting of the Council, and Aldermen
who respect the wishes of their con-
stituents, or are desirous of accom-
plishing something that will raise the
present city administration above the
dead level of official stupidity and al-
dermanic indifference, will do well to
post themselves on this important sub-
ject before Thursday afternoon.
nr. fieorgc W. Peete.
Dr. George W. Peete, Health Officer
of Galveston, who was swept from the
Point at the East End of Galveston
Island, with the building at Quaran-
tine Station and drowned in the storm
on Thursday night or Friday morning,
was born in Southampton county, Vir-
ginia, on the third of March, 1813.
He entered the United States Navy as
Assistant Surgeon at the age of twen-
ty-one ; and during his term of service
in the navy, which extended to about
the beginning of the late civil war, he
was employed at various times on the
Home, East India, Pacific, Mediterra-
nean and South American stations.
He was married, just before entering
the navy, to Miss Rosa McD. Blunt,
who survives him, and is now in Gal-
voston, in feeble health, utterly pros-
trated by his loss, and in a condition
which makes her recovery doubtful.
Their only daughter, Mrs. Dr. Blunt,
died some years ago, leaving three chil-
dren- Annie and Freddie, who still
survive, and Willie, the little boy who
was at the Quarantine Station and
shared the fate of the Doctor—both
perishing amid the horrors of the ter-
rible night, which proved the last on
on earth to so many strong men as
well as helpless women and children.
Willie was fourteen years old, and the
son of Dr. W. F. Blunt, whose present
home is at Luling. Angus, now
eighteen years of age, is the Doctor's
only son, and was fortunately ashore
and escaped the disaster.
On retiring from the navy, Dr.
Peete settled in Huntsville, Missouri,
where he remained until 1809, when
he removed to Galveston, where he
has since resided, practicing his pro-
fession as a physician and acting as
Health Officer of the city. His amia-
ble manners and kindly disposition
won him many friends and the devoted
affections of his wife, children, grand-
children, and other relatives and im-
mediate associates.
He was a Mason of long standing,
and a member of Harmony Lodge,
A. F. A. M., in this city.
His only daughter, Mrs. Blunt, died
on the 10th September, 18G5; his
mother and one of his sons died on
the same day of the year, and his own
death and that of his grand-son on the
same day, complete a strange and sad
coincidence.
Amid the general distress and many
distracting incidents caused by the
storm, the fate of Dr. Peete has stood
prominent as one of its most sorrowful
incidents, and caused a more wide re-
gret thau any other. Ilia deeply af-
flicted family have the sympathies of
the whole community. So long as
there was a vestige of hope for his
safety the most strenuous exertions
were made to find and rescue him,
and constant inquiries were made for
any tidings of him and his little grand-
son, whose safety would havebeen more
considered by the Doctor than his own.
THE COUNCIL AND THE EMER-
GENCY.
The Board of Aldermen made a
second failure yesterday to rise to the
emergency. Some members and the
Mayor were absent. The nine mem-
bers present at the adjourned regular
meeting seemed in hearty accord upon
one point only—that they were either
unprepared or incompetent to do any-
thing in reasonable keeping with the
emergency. True, they appointed
Alderman Davie acting Mayor, with
the understanding that he should use
his discretion in exercising any au-
thority he might possess in extending
relief to sufferers. But as Mayor
Fulton has returned, the proceed-
ing becomes an elegant super-
fluity, and it remains to be seen
whether this intermittent functionary
will develop all the resources of his re-
markable talents, along with the Coun-
cil, in grappling with the mighty
problem of how not to do it. The
Board adjourned to Thursday, without
any definite provision for the destitute
and suffering poor, without any action
towards the protection of the city on
the Gulf shore, and without any meas-
ure of disinfection and purification
with reference to a horrible miscellany
of carrion and offal left by the sub-
sidence of the flood. The lamentable
want of unity and vigor in the body is
attributed to the existence of two
factions on the gas question, each
fearing that some advantage might
be gained by the other if the Council
went into regular business. Such an
explanation, if true, is simply scanda-
lous. Let us hope that there will be a
full meeting on Thursday, and that
the Council will then redeem itself
from the suspicion of being a hopeless
embodiment of incapacity for any
good whatever.
Tiie meeting of capitalis ts and re-
presentatives of the commercial inter-
ests of the city at the Cotton Exchange
yesterday afternoon afforded an oppor-
tunity for learning something definite
as to the feelings and opinions of the
solid men of the place anent the effects
of the storm and flood on the business
prospects of the season.
In no instance was there the slight-
est evidence of despondency. On the
contrary, there were exhibitions in
abundance of an abiding confidence
in the future of the city, as well as
faith in the present. Nothing like
timidity or lack of zeal in pushing the
growing trade of the city in every
direction could be detected, but the
disposition was general to afford all
possible relief to those whose dis-
tresses required alleviation, and to
extend every reasonable accommoda-
tion to merchants and planters in
every section.
While the handsome contributions
made indicate a spirit of generous lib-
erality toward Indianola and other
places requiring assistance, the most
refreshing feature of the meeting was
the total ignoring of the idea that Gal-
veston could suffer any permanent in-
jury from the losses of the last week,
or that [trade would be lost to mer-
chants here by reason of the exagger-
ated reports put in circulation for dis-
creditable purposes.
FROM HOUSTON.
Later from tlie Storm.
\ Special to the Galveston Nem."\
Houston, Sept. 21, 1875.
It has been ascertained this morning
that four persons were among the Lynch-
burg lost in addition to those already re-
ported. They are Mr. Sandow, the two
Barrons, father and son, and a teatcsier,
name unknown.
The entire list of the lost at Lynch-
burg, Morgan's Point, Bay Town and the
island is set down here as follows ;
Mr. West, Mrs. Pierce and four child-
ren, little Miss Clara Grafton, Mrs. Mc-
Kee, Mrs. August, a grandson of Dr.
Alexander, and a negro' man—sixteen in
all.
The amount of $400 subscribed by the
citizens of Houston yesterday for the
Lynchburg sufferers was forwarded to
them this morning by the steamer Diana,
which left for Galveston at 8 A. >1.
A loan named Evans committed
suicide in the Fifth Ward this morning
by taking laudanum. Evans had been
very intemperate of late. An inquest
was held on the body.
(Second Dispatch.]
| Special to the Galveston News.)
Houston, Sept. 21,1875.
The trains of the Houston and Texas
Central Railway are running through to
St. Louis without detention. The storm
did not effect the road.
J. Waldo,
Gen'l Passenger Agent.
[Third Dispatch.]
Tlie Bad Tidings Continue.
Vclaseo Swept Entirely Away.
under water, and the cotton greatly de-
stroyed by the storm.
The Houston reporter of the News, to-
night called on Mr. Munson and another
young gentleman, just up from Brazoria,
and from them learned the following
facts;
The town of Velasco is entirely swept
away, and not a house is left to indicate
where it stood, or to mark the spot.
Not a life was lost, and 173 persons,
among them Judge Gustave Cooke,
of the Criminal Court, and family. Were
miraculously saved, in the following
manner :
When the storm had raged for some
time, the surging sea had entirely sur-
rounded their place and the billows be-
gan to invade the houses. The entire
population were huddled in the upper
apartments of the largest building in
town, but when it was seen that the
sea and storm were about to sweep
it away, the men, who were up to their
necks in water, and with the aid of a
small boat, got off the women into
a schooner, and got aboard themselves.
Among them was Col. Cooke. He lashed
the vessel first to one tree, then another,
as they, were pulled up by the roots, and
thus rode out the storm. The house
from which they eesaped was swept off
shortly after they left it. Eight miles
on the land side of Velasco the sea was
five fee' deep dnring the storm. The
large steamship Australia stranded in the
mouth of the East Bernard, where she
now lies in eight feet water. She rescued
all the inhabitants of the town of
Bernard except thirteen. Among those
known to be lost are Mrs. Herndon, wife
of Major Herndon, well known in Hous-
ton and GalveBton, Mrs. Dance, Mrs.
Culpepper, Mrs. Winsttd and daughter,
of Columbus.
Through like sources comes what ap-
pears to be the authentic information
that the town of Matagorda is almost to-
tally destroved. only four houses being
left.
The lower Brazos country is reported
as almost totally destroyed. Sugar-
houses blown down and plantations
wrecked.
Captain Caston, of the tug Ontario, ar-
rived to-night from the bay and reports
that the Ship Channel barges have been
recovered from Old River and tliat ope-
rations on the channel will be soon re-
sumed.
FROM THE CAPITAL.
Constitutional Convention.
f Special to the Galveston News. \
Houston, Sept. 21, 1875.
The steamer Fowler, Capt. Connor, ar
rived at lier moorings in tbe bayou at 5
p. M, bringing an immense freight,
eighty-six passengers and two families
of the Lynchburg sufferers. One of the
families is named Moore, and a subscrip-
tion was taken up for them aboard the
steamer. Among the passengers was
Mr. Sandon, reported among the lost this
n.orning. Quiet and desolation reigned
along the bayou shore.
Two dead bodies of negroes had been
picked up near Lynchburg. One of them
was supposed to be Hannah Moore.
The Fowler brought the mails.
A telegram was received by that effi-
cient and go-ahead railroad manager,
Vice President Crosby, of the Houston
and Sabine Line, from the president of
the road in New York, to let out con
tracts by sections.
A dispatch received this evening from
Capt. J. C. Chew, Financial Agent of
Houston, in New York, states that the
meeting of the Houston bondholders in
New York to day to arrange a settlement
of the debt was stormy, and another
meeting takes place next week.
Sam Gordon colored, and James Moore
und Wm. Pomeroy, white, were com
milted to jail this evening, charged with
robbing Mr. < 'scar Holmes of a gold
watch and live hundred dollars in money,
John Spriggins, colored, was also sent
to jail for highway robbery.
Parties in the city to-day from the
Brazos, report the East Bernard country
Tenth Day.
Austin, Texas, Sept. 16, 1875.
Convention met at usual hour.
Prayer by Dr. Wright.
Journals were read, corrected and adopted.
petitions introduced and referred.
By West—Petition of J. Hutching and Al-
fred Groom, relative to services rendered in
the Land Office tiering the war.
By Nugent—The memorial of T. R. Oren-
baun, relating to doing awav with fences in
prairie counties and school lands.
resolutions introduces.
By Lockett—That the public free schools of
this State shall be taught at least four months
during the scholastic year, and the Legisla-
ture shall pass laws to enforce and carry out
this provision.
Provided further, That the school officers
of towns, cities and districts may continue
them for a longer period, and that the direct-
ors may levy a tax for the continuance of the
same.
By Lockett:
That Art. Ill, Sec. 2, of the Constitution of
1866, bd and constitute a part of the constitu-
tion now being made under its proper cap
tion, with the words " Africans and the de-
scendants of Africans" stricken out. and
which shall read as follows: " Every free male
person wbo shall have obtained the age of
twenty-one years and who shall be a citizen
of thu United States, and shall have resided
in this State one year next preceding an elec-
tion, and the last six months within the dis-
trict, city, or town in which he offers to vote
(Indians not taxed excepted) shall be deemed
a qualitled elector; and should such qualified
elector happen to be in any other county situ-
ated in the district in which he resides at the
time of an election he shall be permitted to
vote for any district officer."
Provided, That the qualified electors shall
be permitted to vote anywhere in the State
for State officers. And provided further that
no soldier, seaman, or marine in the army or
nivy of the United States, sha'l be entitled
to vote at any election created by this consti-
tution "
By Robinson, of Bell:
That all claims, loca ions, surveys, grants,
and titles to land, which are declared null
and void by the constitution of the Republic
of Texas are, and the same shall forever re-
main, null and void.
That all certificatas for headright claims
issued to fictitious persons, or which were
forged, and all locations and surveys thereon
are, and the same were, null and void from
the beginning. i
Referred to Committee on General Pro-
visions.
By Dillard:
Whereas, all original power and sovereignty
resides with the people, and they alone can
delegate power or authority to govern either
in the Executive, Legislative or Judicial De-
partments of the government. Therefore,
Resolved, That all officers, either of the
legislative, executive or judicial departments
of^the government, be elected by the people.
Referred to Committee on Legislative De-
partment.
Whitfield offered the following resolution:
Resolved, That an additional porter be em-
ployed by the President, whooe duty it shall
3e. in addition to other duties, to attend ihe
State Library and see that books are not
taken therefrom without leave or by ifrespon-
sible parties. He sh«ll keep the library open
from 7 o'clock a. m. to 6 o'cloek p. m. during
the session of this convention.
Adopted.
By West—That section of section
of the Constitution shall read as fol-
duce the salaries of any officers who fail to
perform their duty.
Mr. Davis, of Brazos, presented a resolu-
tion that no corporation shall be created, ex-
cept upon condition that the said charter
shall, at all times, be subject to amendment
and repeal by the Legislature.
Mr. Davis, of Braz >s, presented a resolu-
tion that the Legislature shall provide for the
establishment of a State university, and that
the university at Bryan shall be a branch
thereof.
Mr. Russell, of Wood, presented a resolu-
tion that the Legislature shall not pass aoy
general or special law whereby any town or
city shall be allowed to levy and collect a
special direct license tax exceeding fifty dol-
lars per annum from any persons who are ven-
dors of fie«h meats, or a special direct li-
cense tax exceeding ten dollars per annum
on persons who are or may be vendors of
vegetables, fruit, poultry, eggs, milk or
butter.
Mr. Mills presented a resolution that all
qualified electors shall be qualified jurors.
Mr. Wade presented a resolution that the
amount of envelopes and postage stamps to
delegates shall not exceed $15.
Mr. Weaver proposed to amend by inserting
>.
Mr. Kilgore proposed to strike out $5 and
insert $1.
Mr. McCormick, as a burlesque, proposed
twenty-five cents. The whole matter, ridicu-
lous as it was, was referred to the Committee
on Contingent Expenses.
Mr Robertson presented a resolutton that
the Legislature shall provide for a thorough
and equal assessment of all the property in
the State, and for the condemnation*and sale
of all lands in arrears for taxes: and that the
Legislature shall pass no law when a general
1-wcanbe made applicable: that all county
officers shall hold their offices for two years;
that all State and county officers shall be
elected ninety days after the adjournment of
this convention.
Mr, Norvell presented a resolution that in
all civil suits the time between the 28th day
of January, 1831, and the 30th day of March,
1870, shall not be computed in the application
ol any statute of limitation.
Mr. Erhard presented a resolution, that in
corporated towns no one shall vote for muni-
cipal officers unless he has §500 worth of tax-
able property; that three assessors be elected
or appointed, who shall annually assess the
property of all citizens in said incorpoaated
towns ; corporations keeping their roads in
order shall be exempt from all road laws.
Mr. Reagan presented a resolution, that
members of county courts shall not pass on
questions relating to their own salaries.
Mr. Moore presented a resolution, that no
officer shall appoint any one related to him,
by consanguinity or affinity; and any such ap-
pointment heretofore made shall become va-
cant upon the acceptance of this constitution;
>rovided, the incumbent thereof shall hold
lis office or appointment until his successor
shall qualify.
Mr. Ferris presented a resolution that the
Supreme Court shall consist of one chief
ustice and six associate justices; they shall
have the power at any tension to separate and
divide into two courts, each to consist of the
chief justice and three associate justices.
Each court shall have the p >wer to hear and
decide all appellate cases, civil and criminal;
three members shall constitute a quorum,
and the concurrence of three shall be neces-
sary to every decision; in cases of difficult
adjudication, or where there may be a con-
flict of opinion, of which the court shall be
the judge, or when the separate court can not
make a decision, the court shall hear and de-
cile upon the same as one uuited court, of
which four members shall constitute a
quorum, and the concurrence of four shall
be necessary to a decision.
Mr. Pouli presented a resolution, that a
board of assessment of taxes be created.
Mr. Russell, of Harrison, presented axesolu-
tion, that the indebtedness of the State shall
never exceed two and a half per cent, of its
taxable property.
Mr. Sansom presented a resolution that no
civil office, not provided in the constitution,
shall be created by the Legislature.
Mr. Kilgore presented a resolution making
an appropriation to repair the Capitol.
Mr. Stayton presented a resolution that a
hou-e of correction be provided for, where all
youths under eighteen, convicted of crime
which may be a felony, be sent.
Mr. German presented a resolution that the
Legislature be prohibited trom granting land
or money to railroads or other corporations.
Mr. Stayton presented a resolution that no
law shall be suspended except by the Legisla-
ture. Whenever a law is suspended it shall
be suspended for a time certain.
Convention adjourned till to morrow.
lo*
No man or set of men shall ever be exempt-
ed, relieved or discharged from the per-
formance of any duty or t-ervice imposed by
general law, by special legislation, exemptions
irom the performance of public duty or ser-
vice shsll only be made by general laws
}assed by the votes of two thirds of the mem-
bers of both houses of the Legislature.
By Ballinger:
'lhat the property of counties, cities and
towns, owned and held only for public pur-
poses, and essential to the performance of
their public duties, such as public buildings
and the sites therefor, fire engines and all
other property used for extinguishment of
fires, etc., should be exempted from execu-
tion and forcad sale; and that the Committee
on Municipal Corporations be directed to re-
port an appropriate provision in the consti-
tution to cover proper exemptions of pro-
perty of counties, cities and towns in this
State.
The Convention then proceeded to the con-
sideration of unfinished business on the
President's desk, which being the motion of
Mr. Rosa to reconsider the resolution to em-
ploy a Stenographic Reporter.
Considerable discussion ; many motions
made and lost. The motion to reconsider
carried by a vote of—yeas, <>0, nays, 22.
Flournoy offered a substitute, which was
losf..
Martin, of Navarro, offered the following
resolution :
Resolved, That the phonographic reporter
shall receive the amount of compensation
agreed upon with the committee to the pre-
sent date adopted.
Mr. Dillard offered the following resolution
Whereas the convention has now been ir
session ten days, and many resolutions, peti-
tions and memorials have been presnted
read and referred; and
Whereas, it greatly retards the action of
this body, by holding daily sessions, as all of
the work must first be shaped in the com-
mittee rooms; and
Whereas, the great and important duty de-
volves upon eacn and every member to adopt
that course which will best promota the ture
interest of the people; therefore
Resolved, That the convention do now ad-
journ until Monday, the 20th September, 1875,
at 9 a. m. That the ccmmittees may have
sufficient time to mature and prepare their
reports.
l aid over under the rule.
On motion of Mr. Ki'gore, Mr. Martin, of
Navarro, was added to tbe Committee cn
General Provisions
On motion of Mr. Stockdale, the conven
tion adjourned to 9 a. m. to-morrow.
Eleventh Day.
Austin, Fept 17, 187e.
Convention met pursuant to adjournment
at 9 a. m
Roll called; quorum present.
On motion of Mr. Mills, Mr Renfro was ex
cused five days on account of sickness in his
family.
resolutions.
Mr. Davis, of Brazos, presented a resolu
tion that, on the death of the husband or
wife, or bo*h, the homestead shall desccnd
in like manner as other real property of tbe
deceased; but it shall not r>e partitions"
among the heirs so long as either the sur-
viving husband or wife desire to occupy the
same.
Mr. Davis, of Brazos, presented a resolution
that talaries of State, county and municipal
officers shall not be increased during their
term of office; that the Legislature may re
Twelfth Day.
Austin, Sept. 18, 1875.
petitions introduced and referred.
By Ford—A memorial in relation to
medical schools.
By Russell, of Wood—A petition ask-
ing the passage of a clause regulating
Spanish land titles.
reports of committees.
By Ford, from Committeo on State Af-
fairs—Upon the resolution inquiring into
the expediency of abolishing the Geo-
logical Bureau, reported that the labors
of the bureau had not as yet resulted in
practical benefit to the State, but as the
growth of the State increases in popula-
tion, etc., it would appear to indicate good
would result, and that it was not expedi-
ent to abolish the same now. Report lies
over for a day. Also reports upon the
resolution to authorize Fred Voight to
repair th# capitol building that he should
be so authorized. Th« resolution was
amended to limit the expense to $75 and
passed.
By Cook—From Printing Committe—
Reported upon resolution that members
liviDg in counties where no papers are
published be allowed thirty copies of
Austin papers containing proceedings, to
be paid for out of contingent fund, that
same do not pass. Report adoped. Also,
resolution that members be allowed ten
dollars each for stationary and postage.
The resolution was, after some discus-
sion and attempts to reduce the amount,
passed, so as to permit members such
amounts a3 they desire, the same to be
noted by Sergeant at arms, and published
in the journals.
resolutions introduced and re-
ferred.
By Whitfield—Resolved that commit-
tee on printing and contingent expenses
be instructed to contract with some
Austin newppaper to print daily journals
and furnish each member fi\e copies.
Adopted.
By Burleson—Legislature at first ses
sion after adoption of this constitution
shall provide for the collection of back
tixes.
By Brown—To exempt officers acting
under authority of Confederate or United
States from civil or criminal prosecutions
for acts between January 1, 1861 and
August 20,18G6.
By Ramey—That there shall be a
county clerk in eyery county, having
charge of county and probate records
aud in counties of over 10,000 inhabit-
ants they may elect two county clerks.
By Scott—That the Legislature shall
provide a mode of settlement of differ
ences by arbitration, available to parties
who may elect such a mode of trial.
Adjourned till 9 a. M. Monday.
Fourteenth Day.
[Special to t7ie Galveston News.]
Austin, Texas, Sept. 21,1875.
The convention was called to order at
the usual hour.
Prayer by a chaplain.
The minutes of yesterday's proceed-
ings were read and ordered approved.
reports of committees.
By West, from special committee on
resolution looking to the postponement
of the elections this fall, read a majority
report favoring such postponement, as
suming all power to be in the convention
that is necessary for the adoption of
such an ordinance accordingly.
Messrs. Ballinger and J. L. Henrv pre-
sented a minority report, denying the
power of the convention to pass such an
ordinance, or to do anything they are not
specially called to do by the act of the
Legislature calling the convention.
Both reports laid over till Thursday,
and four hundred copies ordered printed.
resolutions and clauses introduced
and referred.
By Johnson, of Collin—A clause giving
jurisdiction to Justices of the Peace in
civil causes to the amount of five hun-
dred dollars, and in criminal caees under
felony to simplify and cheapen the ad-
ministration of the public schools in the
counties.
By Flournoy—A clause requiring
freight and passenger tariffs to be cer-
tain aud uniform, but allowing their re-
duction for long distances and requiring
tbe Legislature to pass laws securing a
just and prompt execution of these pro-
visions.
By Whitfield—A clause declaring that
Judges of the Supreme and District
Courts are elective. That the State shall
be divided into five districts, in each of
which a Supreme aid five District
Judges are to be elected by the people at
large. •
By Holmes—A clause providing that
in cases of murder, manslaughter and
felonies, the offender is liable in damages
by civil process for his act, and his pro-
perty, which is exempt from forced sale,
is subject to execution in case of judg-
ment.
ByRainey—Presenting a section of the
old constitution on the organization of
Justices' Courts.
By Waelder—A resolution rendering
the public domain available.
By Brown—A clause declaring Judges
from City Recorders up to Supreme
Judges, incompetent to sit while intoxi-
cated, and making it an offense for any
officer of any description to officiate
while intoxicated. That liquors are not
to be sold during elections, and declaring
that habitual drunkenness is sufficient
cause for" the removal of any officer.
By Murpby—A clause requiring the
Legislature to organize, arm and disci-
pline the militia, and declares, further,
that the Governor, during an insurrec-
tion, war, or to 'repel raids, may call
them out, preachers to be exempt from
militia duty.
By West and Sansom—Each a resolu-
tion, which were not read.
By Weaver—A resolution declaring
; ustices of the peace a humbug ; no mat-
ter what their places in English law and
history may be; they should be abol-
ished. This was ruled out of order.
By McCormick—A clause declaring
that all patents issued from the General
Land Office based upon forged certifi-
cates are null and void. Also, that the
Legislature shall prohibit intermarriages
between persons of the white and black
races.
By Dohoney—A resolution calling
upon the Commissioner of the General
Land Office for maps for the use of the
convention.
Johnson, of Collin, was added to the
Committee on Revenue and Taxation,
Murphy to that on Crimes and Punish-
ment, Ross to Revenue and Taxation,
West to Land and Land Office, Davis, of
Brazos, to Education, Flournoy to Rail-
road Corporations.
The adoption of Ballinger's minority
report, above mentioned, would doubtless
cut off any ordinance affecting the Wharf
Company.
The corvention adjourned till to-mor-
row at 9 A. M.
The fugitives disclaim any connection
with the Herzegovinan insurgents, and
declared they never should have thought
of rising if they had not been provoked.
Germany*
Berlin, Sept. 21.—The Municipal
Court at Berlin has sentenced the editor
of the German, an ultramontane journal,
to five months imprisonment for haviDg
published an article insulting to the
Chancellor and inciting disobedience of
orders.
Spain.
Madrid, Sept. 21.—Reinforcements to
the number of 18,000 will go to Cuba by
the 15th of November next. It is stated
that the Carlist General Saballs, with
two sons and several Carlist leaders,
have tied France.
MARKETS.
Domestic.
New York, Sept. 21—Flour demand, lower;
receipts 27,000; superfine Western and State
$1 80@5 35; common to good §5 50@5 75; good
to choice extra $580@6 25: white wheat extra
! 16 25@7 35; extra Ohio $4 50@7 50; St. Louis
I i5 05@8 50. Rye flour and cornmeal du»l.
Wheat dull, lower and heavy; receipts 115,000
bushels; No. 2 Ohicapo Spring $1 13<&1 21;
No. 2 Northwestern $1 20@1 22; No. 2 Milwau-
kee SI 24@1 25; No. 1 Spring §1 30@1 53; win-
ter red western, new and old, 51 19@1 40; am-
ber western $1 20@1 41. Rye dull arid nomi-
nal. Barley quiet and steady. Corn in fair
demand and lower; mixed western, steam, 70
@71; sail 72@72%; high mixed and yellow
western 73©74. Oats dull and lower; mixed
Ohio45(g>48c; white western 46^54 Coffee in
fair demand and firm. Sugar dull and heavy.
Molasses dull. Fork firmer; new mess $21 25
©21 00.
Foreign.
Liverpool, Sept. 21.—Breadstuffs—market
dull. Flour 24@2t5s. Winter wheat 9s 11<?@.
10s2d. Sprint* wheat 8s6d@9s8d ; California
club 10sl0d(&lls6d. Corn 29s3d.
The Great Storm.
NDIANOLA DESTROYED.
CRIMINALITIES.
A is E v-l . S. Attorney Arrested for
Tfieft of Pa|>er§.
Washington, Sept. 21.—Charles G.
Fislier, late United States Attorney, who
was arrested late last night on a charge
of stealing appeal bonds and papers in
forty district cases which had been ap-
pealed from the Police Court to the
Criminal Court, waived an examination
this morning and was held to answer be-
fore the grand jury now in session. T;.e
police have not only recovered the papers
charged to have been stolen,
but have recovered an additional number
of equal importance. Fisher had placed
them in the possession of another party,
from whom they were obtained. The
object was to realize money on them.
The Revised Statutes provide for the
punishment for such offenses with a fine
of $2000 or hard labor for three years, or
both, at the discretion the court. The
accustd is the son of Judge Fisher, late
United States Attorney for the District
of Columbia.
Man Shoots His Wife and Himself.
New Yobk, Sept 21.—At East Bruns-
wick, N. J., yesterday, James Garland, a
music dealer and teacher, shot his wife
three times, then believing her dead, he
locked himself in a room, shot himself
three times, opened the main artery of
the arm, and then failing to die quickly
enough, crushed his own skull with a
heavy hammer. He was breaehing when
found, but died shortly after. The wife
is seriously but not fatally wounded.
ITIorris tlie Insurrectionist Cajv
tnrcd.
Atlanta, Sept. 21.—Joe Morris, the
leader of the late insurrection in Middle
Georgia, was captured here this evening.
He had been hiding here three days and
visited United States District Attorney
Farion at night, demanding Ku-Klux
prosecution against certain citizens of
Burke county.
Horse-Tlilef Sentenced.
St. Louis, Sept. 21.—W. H. Voorheos,
who a.ole some 20 horses in Carroll and
Davis counties during the past three
months, was sentenced in the Criminal
Court to-day to four years iu tlie peni-
tentiary.
GENERAL NEWS.
Tlie Liberal Republican Delegation
Heafflrm tlie Principles of 1874.
New York, Sept. 21.—The city dele
gation to the liberal Republican State
Convention, in caucus last night', deter-
mined that it would be unadvisable to
nominate a State ticket. It was also de
termined that the principles enunciated
by the Liberals in 1872 should be rt-
aifirmed, and their organizition main
tained.
Heavy Frost—State Fair.
Omaiia, Sept. 21.—Another heavy frost
occurred last night.
The State Fair opened hereto-day with
the largest number of entries ever made
in the State. The display of blooded
stock is very fine and numerous. The
weather is clear and pleasant. Trials of
speed take place Thursday and Friday.
Presidential Appointments.
Washington, Sept. 21.—The Presi
dent has appointed Wm. Caffrey, of Ne
braska, Receiver of Public MoneyB in
Wyoming Land District. He has also
signed the commission of Alex. White,
of Alabama, to be Chief Justice of Utah
Territory.
The Cattle Disease.
Springfield, Mass , Sept. 21.—Tho
cattle disease has broken out in Willira
ham, and the herd of D. B. Merrick is
rapidly dying off.
Bank Suspension.
Montreal, Canada, Sept. 21.—The
Mechanics Bank of Montreal has sus-
pended.
FOREIGN.
England.
London, Sept. 21.—The limes this
morning publishes a letter dated at
Vienna, which contains some interesting
details of the insurrection in Northern
Bosnia, from fugitives who had taken
refuge in Austria. It says the cause of
the sudden failure of the movement
attributed to the fact that the insurgents
were not prepared. They were without
arms and ammunition, and many of the
villages remained passive.
Two Austrian commissioners have
been sent to ascertain from the refugees
the causes of the insurrection.
The letter states that the Turks, fear-
ing the Herzegovina insurrection
would spread to Bosnia, arrested
elders of villages and some inlluential
men. Under pretext that they were ac
complices of the brigands, thirty were
thus arrested in one village, and were
only released upon payment of large
snms. Upon threats of a repetition of
these outrages, the villagers tied to the
mountains, with their families and (locks,
prepared to resist the uprising, and have
assumed a characier of retaliation up to
date, as recent as the 18th of August, but
next day the insurgents tied, in conse
quenceof the mass of emigration which
had set in.
Two Hundred Iiives Lost.
THE BEACH STREWN WITH DEAD
BODIES.
Call for Provisions and Cloth-
ing.
The Morgan steamer Harlan, Captain
Lewis, from Indianola, arrived Tuesday
morning.
Coming into port with her colors at
half mast created intense excitement and
large crowd gathered on the wharf
notwithstanding the early hour of the
steamer's arrival.
The destruction of Indianola is almost
complete. But five business houses are
left standing. These are : H. Seeligson
& Co., H. Runge & Co., D. Sullivan &
Co , Cassimir Villenueve, and H. D. Re-
gan.
The people are suffering for food and
clothing, and the beach for twenty miles
i* strewn with dead bodies.
The following, from correspondents of
the News and business houses here, tells
the woeful tale, as facts could be ascer-
tained at the time:
Indianola, Sept. 20,1875.
Eds. News—We are destitute. The
town is gone.
One-tenth of the population are gone.
Dead bodies are strewn for twenty
miles along the bay.
Nine-tenths of the houses are destroyed.
Send us help for God's sake.
W. H. Chain,
Dist. Attorney Sixteenth J udicial District.
Captain Fowler kindly permitted us to
copy the following letter, from the agent
of the Morgan Line at Indianola, to Chas.
A. Whitney & Co., at New Orleans:
Indianola, Sept. 20,1875.
Messrs. Charles A. Whitney & Co., New-
Orleans, La.:
Gentlemen—It is my painful duty to
advise the almost entire destruction of
Indianola by the storm, from the 15th
to the 17th instant. On the afternoon of
the 15th the wind blew strong from the
east, increasing steadily until 9 P. M. of
the lG'-h, hauling then to northwest, from
which quarter it came a perfect hurri-
cane until 0 A. sr. of the 18th. The
destruction of property in the town has
been immense, over 200 houses having
been swept entirely away, and those that
remained have been torn all to pieces.
The loss of life here and at Saluria will
approximate 150 to 200. At Saluria, I
understand, the whole four of the pilots,
with the exception of Capt. Sim Brown,
are drowned.
The wharf property is injured very
much; the entire planking is torn off
the warehouse torn down, the office,
with the office records, washed away
On the T head the stringers remain, and
a large part of the planking is piled up
on it, but from the T head to the shore
none of the stringers are left. With the
exception of about 300 feet on the shore
end the piles seem to be pretty good, but
of the first 300 feet there are very few
left. The bridge is still in tolerable
order, only about 200 ftet of the shore
end having been washed away—of the
pirt that remains there appears to be
nothing materially injured. The cattle
pen at the foot of the wharf is entirely
gone.
The lower story of the office at the foot
of the wharf, occupied by the railroad
office, was broken down and all the rail-
road books lost. There was a great deal
of danger to the railroad between this
place and Chocolate, which will be more
fully advised by Mr. Evans and Mr.
Mousurate.
I am unable to give an exact estimate
of the damage to the property in my
charge, or until I find what lumber can
be recovered and what new material will
be required for repairs.
Having no way totland the freight of
the Harlan, nor any place to take care of
it when landed, I have instructed Capt.
Lewis to take it to Galveston, to be there
left until arrangements can be made to
get it ashore here.
There are no good lighters left in the
bay that can be used to take freights to
the bayou, but until some warehouses
can be built, I do not think it would be
advisable to take any freight for this
bay, except what may be shipped for
cojutumption in town, as it will be im-
possible to transport anything by the
railroad for some time.
I wrote you Tuesday last, advising
that the Austin had sailed with 388
beeves and at the same time inclosed
bills paid for account of St. Marys.
These letters are in my safe in the bag
in which also are my cash and letter
books. I will probably be able to re
cover the safe, though I fear the contents
are ruined. Will you please have my
accounts made up to include all debts
and credits to last trip of the Morgan
and have duplicate freight lists of Har-
lan Nob. 301 and 302, and Morgan Sept,
4 and 11 from New Orleans sent to me
almost all of railroad charges out on
each of these trips.
Capt. Lewis and Mr. Colby, who exam-
ined the wreck of the town, will be able
to explain to you fully the condition of
the town, better than I can by letter.
My dwelling is down, and my furni
ture and household effects ruined. The
writer's house, with all its contents
swept entirely away, not a vestige re
maining. This is pretty much the way
it is all over town : one house gone en
tirely, the next thrown down and con
tents destroyed. A large portion of the
citizens are destitute, and there is great
suffering for provisions and clothing.
The list of tools and material inclosed
are what will be needed to repair the
wharf and bridge, so far as I am able to
determine by the examination I have
made. I can clear the wreck on the east
side of the T-head so as to land freight
in about two days, and by the same time
can repair the bridge so as to work to the
shore. It will take two weeks work to
clear the debris from the Bhore at the foot
the wharf, and that which is on the
wharf, so I can go regularly to work.
Should you wish to go on with the
repairs rapidly, the material should be
sent forward.
All our provisions here will be ended
in a week. Please give me instructions.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
Henry Sheppard, Agent,
Per D. K. Woodward.
We are indebted to Mr. Garlick, of the
house of H. Seeligson & Co., for the fol-
lowing extracts from a letter from their
house in Indianola, dated September
20th, received here this morning :
We did not resume business until we
heard from you, and are now keeping
open only an hour or two each day.
Many of our acquaintances and friends
are drowned. We estimate the number
of lives lost at 150. Our bank building
is secure, and funds and books dry. The
writer is thoroughly exhausted, haviDg
been out with a burying party all last
night; but will have to go down the bay
this evening again to bury others.
H. J. Huck lost everything but his
house. W. Westhoff all his lumber. H.
Runge & Co. and D. Sullivan lost heavily.
Mr. Piaget lost 2500 Bheep. J. Mitchell's
stock of goods lost but family saved.
Other stocks badly damaged, but can not
give particulars.
lost and saved.
Dr. JohnH. Leak, Mr. W. Coffin,moth-
er and family, Mrs. Madden and family,
Mr. Contret and family, nearly all of Mr.
Morrison's household—twenty-one in
number, Rev. Mr. Jope and family.
We buried eighteen bodies yesterday,
and will continue until all the dead are
deposited in their last resting place.
Dr. McCreary, quarantine,officer ; child
of Dr. Leake ; John Young and wife, col-
ored ; Phil Jones, wife and daughter,
colored ; Capt. Mike Brannon, body found
and buried ; Jim Grant, colored ; Puss
Turner, husband and three children, col-
ored ; Uncle Joe Green,colored minister ;
Mrs. Frank Antoine, colored ; Mrs. Mor-
rison, body recovered and buried; Mrs.
Hurd and whole family, bodies found
and buried ; Mr. Haller, baker, found and
buried ; Mr. Coffin and wife ; Mrs. Kelly
and child ; Senor Salvador and wife ; Mr.
Clarke ; Mr. Coutrie, wife and daughter ;
Ed. Williams and wife, colored; a man
known as " Scotty."
Sixty bodies were recovered and buried
that could not be recognized, the fea-
tures being destroyed by c ?ming in con-
tact with floating lumber, etc.
One body was found with belt about
the waist, containing $3000. The money
was deposited in the bank and the body
decently interred.
All but two of Capt. Decrow's family
were lost at Decrow's Point.
You can not imagine the extent of the
disaster. Nothing short of its full de-
tail will give a proper knowledge of it.
Numbers of persons were out on rafts
for hours, but in many cases were saved.
William Taylor, (on trial for the Sut-
ton murder,) waB let out of jail to pre-
vent his being drowned, and made his
escape.
All the churches in the town are swept
away. So is the Masonic Lodge. The
Court-house is safe.
At Saluria, out of forty-five persons,
Capt. Sim Brown and two of his family
were sated. They took refuse in the
light-house, and were thereby saved.
Capt. Brown is now the only surviving
pilot at the Pass.
Great destitution prevails hare. The
Victoria people hearing of it nobly sent
assistance at once.
Another Letter.
Indianola, Sept. 20,1875
Hon. H. Stuart,
Dear Sir—To attempt a description of
the destruction of this town and vicinity
would be an impossibility, but I will en
deavor to give you some idea of it. On
Wednesday, 15th, thej wind was from
the eastward, veering occasionally to the
north. On the following morning, Thura
day 16th, it became more steady from the
east, increasing to a gale. It was my
publication day, but on starting from my
dwelling to go to the office, I found the
water from the bay pouring over the
beach fearfully, the tide being remarka-
bly high, and the waves dashing and cut-
ting through at a fearful rate. Every-
body was alarmed, never having wit-
nessed water from the bay flooding the
town in that direction.
Before I reached my house it was
waist deep. I immediately got my wife,
her mother and two daughters away on a
dray to Mr. R. Martin's house on higher
land —a two-story high building. Every
man, woman and child were now seeking
places of safety. The wind now blew
fearfully, the water coming into the
house I was in. Night coming on the
situation was awful. Screams from wo-
men and children could be heard in every
direction. The water was then about six
feet deep in the streets, some places, ac-
cording to grade, more or less. Of course
I can only describe what we experienced
every one being in the same fix.
About 2 o'clock Friday morning, the
17th, the wind veered round to the north
west. The waves then became chopped,
and then the ruin and destruction came—
Houses washed away ; others tumbled
over and fell to pieces. The house I was
in began to sway. Mr. Martin and my-
self went down the stairs and found the
water falling. We still had hopes the
wind would lull ; but no—the gusts were
fearful. Mr. Martin's family consisted
of his wife and two daughters, besides
young girl staying with them, and three
children. Two of them are grand-daugh-
ters and a child of Mrs. Thos. Poole.
We all then went down the island to
his rear building, and found the rapid
current sweeping off the soil each side
of the house, making fearful gullies. We
shouted, and fortunately was lienrd by
Mr. David C. Procter, who had with sev-
eral families—Mr. Geo. Finlay, of your
city, Messr."i. Glass, Lackey, Petticolas
lawyers of Victoria and Clinton—sought
shelter there. We could see them in
commotion, coming down to the edge of
the current. Mr. Martin then crossed
the gully, and succeeded in reaching
them. Ropes and clothes-lines were gath-
ered up and stretched across to a tree
near Mr. Martin's house.
The gentlemen above mentioned then
stationed themselves at intervals along
the line, and the women—eight in num-
ber—and the three children, passed
across the gully, when stout arms and
firm nerves conducted them safely
across. Of course the work was hard,
but the women were brave, cool and
collected. The Proctor House was
reached. But here, for the time, the
danger was great, the water cutting
each side. The two-story bouse of Mr.
H. Iken with that of Mr. Proctor, had
already been carried away, and hiB fam-
ily and that of Mr. C. Canfield, saved
themselves by a miracle.
The wind toward morning began to
lull a little, but the water was getting
lower, until the wind veered north.
Then came hope. Daylight began to
break. Then did we behold the awful
destruction around us, and thauked our
God that we had been saved, and that
our perilous position was as nothing
Broad daylight revealed a scene that was
terrible to behold.
The town could not be recognized as
the Indianola of the day previous. Ruin,
total ruin, everywhere. People were
seen wading and jumping over one gully
and another. Neighbor met neighbor,
and told their troubles and tribulations
the previous night. Death aDd destruc-
tion all around us ! Houses crushed to
the ground, others swayed round and
leaning over.
The wind finally dying down, und the
water disappearing from places in the
streets, those that could sallied out to
learn the news. Bodies of men, women
and children were found in all directions.
Police and guards were organized and
the search was made by missing relatives
and friends. IIow many have lost their
lives in this fearful storm it is impossi-
ble to learn. Up to this time sixty or
seventy bodies have been found and bu-
ried. Women were found, and men also,
who had floated off on doors, or anything
they could get hold of, miles away.
Some were beneath their roofs, carried
away long distances.
The escape of go many of our citizens
is most miraculous.
The search for bodhs is still going on,
and the number of human beings drown-
ed will never be known, as there were
many strangers in town.
Now comes to our horrified senses the
news of the destruction of Saluria and
Decrow's Point, with a fearful loss of
life. A list of those drowned and miss-
ing is being collected, and is hourly be-
ing added to.
The steamer leaving to ddy, I can only
give you an idea of the sufferings of our
people. Others will send you, no doubt,
descriptions of the terrible gale and their
knowledge of it.
We are houseless and ruined—pro
vision wagons are coming in from Victo-
ria, and temporary relief is afforded to
our people. Churches, dwellings, stores,
with some exceptions, are gone from
sight, and Indianola, this Monday morn-
ing, is a sight fearful to behold.
The Bulletin office is gone up, and
your humble servant and bis family are
now fixing up a dwelling in a ruined
home without windows, doors, or any
thing. But it is a shelter eo far, until
the norther comes, or until we can collect
our confused senses and determine upon
what we shall do, or where we can go
Like Mordecai of old we are not, as we
have no gate to sit at. Our fate is the
fate of all of us. Many are leaving for
Victoria and other places, where they
can get shelter and food. The Victoria
people and neighboring towns are doing
all they can to alleviate our sufferings,
denling out food and clothing.
Now, friend Stuart, please don't pub
lish this as written, but make from it a
plain and readable statement, as I am
writing with great liaBte and with cut
and bruised hands. At this time I can
not give you the names of the dead as |
far as found, but you will hear more '
from others by the next steamer. The
wires are down.
We are all truly glad to hear of the
safety of Galveston and vicinity, as
much anxiety was felt. The whistle is
blowing. Yours, C. A. Ogsbury.
Despoiling tlie Dead.
Two fiends, named Spencer Moore and
Walker, are.reported on the lower side
of the bayou cutting off tlje fingers and
ears of the dead and appropriating their
jewelry. A squad of horsemen have
gone in pursuit of the monsters.
Distributing Provisions.
Provisions sent down from Victoria
were distributed to six hundred people
yesterday.
Dr. John Leake, of Saluria, who was
on a visit to Indianola, had his leg bro-
ken and was afterwards drowned. He
had but just graduated at the Louisville
Medical College, and was a favorite with
all who knew him.
But One Pilot Left.
Of the entire force of pilots at India-
noia, Mr. Brown is the only one left
alive.
Among tlie Lot!
Are Mr. Jope and his whole family, ex-
cept Miss Mary. The body of Mrs. Jope
had been recovered arid properly buried.
She had many friends in Galveston,
where she was well known as Mrs. Lee.
Saluria Destroyed.
Information had been received at In-
diauola that the town of Saluria had
been washed away. No particulars are
given.
Prisoners Escaped.
Wrm. Taylor, accused of the Sutton
murder, together with other prisoners,
escaped from the jail cn Friday morning.
One of the prisoners was under charge of
murdering a colored man at Corpus
Christi.
Matajjorda Swept Away.
Information had been received to the
effect that Matagorda had been swept
away, but two houses having been
left standing.
Corpus CUrlstl Safe.
The regular mail boat from Corpus
Christi had arrived at Indianola, and re-
ported the town all safe. The wind is
said to have been comparatively light at
Corpus Christi.
SURVEYING LOTS.
The Council can materially relieve
the poorer class of sufferers on the
Gulf front, whose houses have been
moved out of line, by remitting all
fees charged for surveying the lots.
This will induce many to obtain the
services of the City Engineer, which
otherwise they would not do, because
of the expense.
Another and very important point will
be gained, and that is that the city in
the devastated district will be built up
with the regularity so much admired
in the streets of Galveston generally.
The Council would do well to act on
this matter to-morrow, as the work of
re-locating houses is now going on.
Loss of Life at Cedar lalie.
A gentleman up from the Australian
this morning brings to the News memo-
randa from Brazoiia:
Cedar Lake, ou the Gulf, is reported to
have been wsshed away and the people
all lost.
The crops both of cane and cotton are
supposed to have been ruined.
Steamship City of Waco Afloat.
Capt. Sawyer has a telegram from Key
West that the steamship City of Waco
was afloat and at Key West.
The steamsh p State of Texas was at
Key West on Saturday.
Fine Ohio wool was offered in Phila-
delphia the other day at 44 cents per
pound, the lowest figure it has reached
since the panic of 1857.
Cheap AdTertisement Column.
FOR SALE-FOK itENT.
gEVEN BEA.DTIFCL BUILDING LOTS,
above tbe reach of overflow, for sale singly or
together, ou Ave. I, bet. 12th and 12th sneets.
H. M. TRUE BE ART & CO.,
se22 It Keal Estate Agents.
For sale—
a
fc^arm, lt> miles down island—40
acres—good improvements, etc.; also cat-
tie for sale. Inquire on premises. J. Loben-
stein. seT lm*
^ y eligible situatioi: ^oit a
Nc.SV COTTON PRESS, GAS-WORKS OR
FLOURING MILL.
For sale by W. H. NICHOLS,
se5 lm ltuna 205 and 207 Strand.
FOR RENT—Two-story house, cor. Market
and 32d sts; suitable for boardiLg house;
also two small ones. Inquire on the premises.
NEAT COTTAGE WITH FOUR OR FIVE
rooms, can be rented to a z
se22 It*
Address.
good tenant.
Box 93!>.
rpo RENT—Eight roomed, t wo-story house
JL on north side of Cburcb. bet. ^?th and 28th
sts.: gas throughout. Apply to W. g. IRWIN,
News Building. se22 tf
ipoR RENT—The Two-story House on
southwest corner of Thirteenth and Mar-
ket. containing seven room?, kitchen and
outhouses, For terms, apply to
Mrs. <j. HKLLMERS,
t se22 tf op Premises.
IT^OR RENT—Two-story House on Avenue
H, between Twenty-seventh and Twenty-
eighth streets, containing Ave rooms, fcitchen,
store-room, outhouses and two cisterns. Ap-
ply to J. FREDER1CH & ERHARD, Strand.
se22 tf
j?Ott RENT—Two tine two-story dwelling
J/ houses, Broadway bet. 22d and 23d. Rent
reasonable. Inquire of L. F. Solyer. selS lw
REMOVAL.
removal removal.
C. Barrel, has removed his stock of feed
from the northeast to the northwest corner of
Strand and Bath Avenue, (St. Cyr Building.)
se21 lw
The Storm at East Ray.
the settlement swept away by the
waves.
The suffering and loss of life and pro-
perty at East Bay during the storm were
terrible. Out of twenty-eight human
beings, only five are known to be alive.
These got along without disaster until
Thursday night, when the water began
rising very rapidly. They hastily made
a raft, and fastening a skiff on the top of
it for still greater security, the five saved,
who were the family of Mr. Robert Mc-
Carty, set sail on their fragile ark for a
haven of safety. Friday they rea< bed a
partially submerged house on the prairie,
when making the raft fast to it ihey
went into tbe upper story of the house.
The wind and waves soon came with
such violence that the house was
broken up, and hastily putting
together a few boards which
were left of the house, Mr. McCarty,
with his family, got on the new raft, as
the old one had been driven off by the
force of wind, and were once more at
the mercy of the flood.
On this they drifted about until Satur-
day morning, when they saw their own
boat, which had floated off Thursday
night when the flood commenced at the
East Bay, and Mr. McCarty swam to it and,
getting in it, came to the rescue of his
family on the raft.
Instead of sailing at once for Ualves-
ton they first went to their old home at
East Biy, where they found all the
houses there totally destroyed, save two,
of which only a part remained to mark
the former settlement. There are little
hopes entertained of tlie safety of the
others of the inhabitants of that place.
The McCarty family reached this city
in safety Sunday night, where they re-
ceived the food, shelter and medical
treatment of which they were so much
in need, and are all now entirely recov-
ered from the effects of their late expo-
sure to the elements.
BDUCiTlONAL.
lyjiss JIAKY CHILDRESS, with a full
corps of EXPERIENCED ASSISTANTS, will
re-open tbe " Central School," on corner of
Avenue L and Thirty-first street, on Monday,
the 4th day of October. 8el2 tocl
HELP W AM1 1>.
ANTED—At my house cor. Bath avenue
and H street, a woman (German preferred) to
do tbe cooking and assist with the washing.
Apply at house. se22 tf A. P. LCFKIN.
SITUATIONS WANTED"
MrANTED—Situation by a young man In
" any capacity. City or country. Good
references. Address G, this offica. se21 3t*
~V\TANTED—A situation by a young man as
VV porter in a store, gardner, taking care
of horses, or doing general work around pri-
vate bouse or store. Good references given.
Address William, News office. sei4 tf
MISCELLANEOUS WANTS.
WANTED—By two gentlemen, a large bed-
room in a private residence without
board. Address Lock-box -47. se21 3t*
ANTED—-Stock in Gulf, Loan and Home-
stead. and Galveston Real Estate and
Loan Co. Address, stating lowest price asked,
sel9 3t* H., P. O. Box 939.
WANTED TU KNOW—Who sells the
cheapest shoes? Go to L. WOOLF'6 New
Orleans Shoe Store, 207 Market st. je23 3m
,ui*t fc.1.1. a > fr.ol •».
Academy of music.
__ POSTPONEMENT
Of the Benefit for the Sufferers by the Flood,
till SUNDAY NEXT, on account of the non-
arrival of Mayor Fulton. se22 It*
For sale at
By SKINNER & STONE,
J and 76 Strand.
CALIFORNIA CLOVER SEED
$3 per bushel.
se22 5t
Vurilter from Indianola.
The following letter to Mr. R. F.
George, of this city, from Dr. J. M.
Reuss, Health Officer, gives the losult of
the late disaster at Indianola ;
Mr. II. F. Geerge:
Dear Sir—Great calamity here. Town
almost washed away. Probably 100 or 150
lives lost. My family and store are saved—
only slight damage from water. Mv (lwe ling
house broken down, but everything saved.
1 flowers and notions still continues ac
bankrupt stock sale, Market St., bet. 27 & 28.
IP S. ROTTESSTEIN, the Cheap Sign Paint-
1 . er, headquarters at Shattuck's Oil and
Lamp store, 20ch St., near Postoffice. sel91w*
GUS. McKERNON, importer and dea er in
FRUITS, NUTS, etc, corner of Church
and Tremont streets. Consignments care-
fully handled and orders promptly attended
to. selti 3m
Ladies' and Gentlemen's
Shoes—tbe finest stock in the South—at
Wenk Bros., 1S5 Market str«er. se5
Children'S,
Sh
CHEAPEST WRAPPING PAPER
IN GALVESTON, AT
ap21 tf
'NEWS" OFFICE.
KOO.'IN nil 1IOAUU.
3 OR 4 RESPECTABLE PERSONS can ob-
tain good board in private family, on cast
side Center, 3 doors north of Broadway.
PERMANENT AND TRANSIENT BOARD,
accommodations excellent, at Mrs. y. A.
WESTLAKE'S. cor. Churcband 22d. se4 3m*
miscellaneous.
E. ANHEUSER & CO.'S
ST. LOUIS
Bottled Lager Beer.
The Best, Purest and Healthi-
est Beer in Market.
IT HAS NO EQUAL,
Recommended by the highest medical author-
ities in the country.
SOLD BY ALL LEADING GROCERS.
jy30 3m ls'p
compared with the sufferings of oul 1
neighbors and citizens along the bay. particulars soon as I can. J. M. ISEUSS,
J^LESSING & BRO.,
PHOTOGRAPIIEKS,
114 Tremont Street, (Up Stairs.
PORT KA ITS of ail SIZES a nil STYLES.
Bob! work at moilorate prices. Bofor to our
reputation as a guarantee.
FRAMES, ALBUMS, STEREOSCOPIC
VIEWS and PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS.
Same entrance as Wilson Sewing Machined,
aplb'
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