The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 181, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 19, 1879 Page: 3 of 4

                                
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G„ H. & H. E. R.
TIME TABLE NO. 56,
In Effect Sunday, Sept. 14, '79.
arrive at ho' stok.
lsatx oalt*3toh. (Uniou Depot.)
4.10 a. u. daily (except Sunday. > 6.45 a. *
Connect with H. and T. C. and <*.. H. and S. A.
Railway ft, T. and S. 0. R. R. and Columbia Tap on
Monday. Wednesday and Friday. _ „
8.45 a. m. daily ll.Xa*-*.
Connect witli I. and G. K. S. K-
a.15 p. m. daily  ,F *"
Connect with FI. and T. C axwl <3- H. and S. A. R wye.
lbave houstgw
(Union Depot.) ajoov* at g^uvbrtok.
9.55 a. m. Jailv  12.45 p.m.
iiMMA't with f. snd G. )*.. H. aud T. C. and G.. H.
and B. A. rail way si.
5.15 p. m. daily  ...... s.©0 p. *.
Connect with 0., H. and S. A. railway
10.00 p u. daily (except Sunday).. 12.50 a. a.
Connect with H. and T. C. *ad T and N. O. R ways.
OSCAR <». Wl I*RAY, General Pass. Agent.
J. H. niLLF.ll. Ticket Agent,
Union Dei»ot, :->ot of Tremont street, Galveston.
Sunset Route.
G., H. AND S. A. RAILWAY.
THE dNLY All RAIL ROliTE TO SAN ASTOSIO.
FOUR DAILY TRAINS.
THKOI GH KXFRESS EAST.
Leaves SAN ANTONIO dailv (except Sunday) at
7.00 A. Hi. and 5.15 P. 31.
Leaves MARION d:a y (except Sunday) at
8.05 A. M. aud 7.10 P. M.
Leaves LULING dailv texcept Sundavi or
9.3*4 A. !?f. Had 9.20 P. M.
Arrives at HOUSTON daily (except Sunday) at
5.06 H. .11. hnd fl.OO A. M.
Arrives at GALVKSTON d.-tilv except Sunday) ar
7.45 P. 1*1. and 12.30 P. UK.
TIlROlilH CXl'KESS WEST.
Leaves GALVESTON daily (except Sunday) nt
4.10 A. 51. and 2.30 P. in.
leaves HOUSTON daily (except Sunday» at
9.5 5 A. 31. a ad 5.3 5 P. M.
Arrives at LULING at
5.40 P. M. and 5.33 A. 51.
Arrives at MARK >N at
7.10 P. 51. and 8.05 A. 51.
Arrives at SAN ANTONIO at
8.20 P. 51. and 9.30 A. 51.
Close connection made with all trains going north
and south. Elegant Parlor Cars on Dar Trams,
Sleeping Cars on Night Trains, each thoroughly re-
fitted and repainted v\es ting house Air Brake*
and Miller Platform Equipments on all passenger
trains. Berths in sleeping >*ars reduced to $1 50.
TICKETS FOR SALE
At all principal Railroad Ticket offices North,
South and East.
J AS. CONVERSE,
Superintendent.
T. W. PEIRCE, JR.,
Generai Passenger and Ticket Agent.
General Offices—HOUSTON. Texas
RAILWAY.
TRAINS RUN DAILY
(EXCEPT SUNDAY.)
I>eave Honnton 9.30 A. 51.
Arrive ul Orange 7.30 P. 51.
Leave Orange  0.30 A. 51.
Arrive at Houston 5.10 P. 51.
EQI IPMENTS FIRST-CLASS
This road taps the " long ieaf pine " region at
Beaumont ana Orange, where the best lumber and
aeart cypress shinglca are manufactured.
C. A. If I RTON, Supt
J. P. « CiOSHY,
Vice President and Gen'i Manager.
HiMsTSiSflM
RAILWAY
and connections. The Only Line running through
the Ceutral and best portion of the State of Texas.
PiSSLTO UPMSS TlllX* AKD MIT TAST EM1CHT in®
BETWEZH
TEXAS AND ikm ijiV.ST. LOUIS A! CHICAGO
HILUUJ PALACE SLHPBS C1RS EACH WAT, BUtT, H'tTMfft OUKCt,
betvz£k
ST. LOUIS AND HOUSTON.
MA SEDAL1A AND KiSSOCRl PACIFIC RAILWAY.
The Short Line.
KUIM FAiACI JUDDK CJUtS IACH VAT, WITIMT CKAKt.
Bet ween Dallas and St. Louis,
VIA V1NITA Ail) ST. 10C1S AND SAD FRANCISCO R'Y.
E U IK) P E !
THROUGH TICKETS
From or to any point in Great Britain or Cooflneo
of Europe, via the
HOUSTON k TEXAS CENTRAL CT,
And all-rail to New York, or via Galveston sod Mal-
lory Line of Steamers to New York; thence via Na-
tional, White Star. Anchor and Cunard Steacoabip
lines. On gale atgthe following stations;
Houston, Calvert, 51 <kinney,
Hempstead, VF uco, Sherman,
A u ts tin, Cortaicana. Denison.
Uearae, Daihu,
Special inducements to immigrants and people
dealing to settle in the State.
tgrv or information as to rates of passage and
freight, routes, etc., apply in person or by letter to:
A. FAULKNER, Freight and Passenger Agent, San
Antonio. Texas.
A. ALLEK, Freight and Passenger Agent, Waco,
Texas. Or to:
E. D. TKUE, C. B. GBAI,
A. G. F. A. A. G. P- A.
A. II. SWANSON, J. WALDO,
Gen'i Supt. G. F. & P. A.
HOUSTON, TEXAS.
1.4 fi.». 11
(LONE STAR ROUTE.)
Through Time in Infect SUNDAY. February tt, *78.
EXPRESS TRAIN LEAVES
GALVESTON DAILY at 9.00 A. M.
HOUSTON DAILY at  11.30 A. M.
Arrives WILLIS. (Dinner) . .• 1.20 P. M.
" PALESTINE, Supper on Dining
Car)  7.25 P. M.
LONG VIEW 12.30 Mid.
TEXARKANA. (Breakfast) .... 6.50 A. M
" MALVERNE 12.10 noon.
LITTLE ROCK. (Dinner) 2.00 P. M.
POPLAR BLUFFS  10.50 P. M.
ST. LOUIS  6.40 A. M.
Close Connections
ST. LOUIS
with all
KH1HG EXPRESS
FOR THE EAST. Close Connections
JT LITTLE ROCK AND POPLAR BLUFFS FOR THE
EAST A \ I>* SOUTHEAST.
Pull ma ii Sleepers,
Houston to St. Louis.
For Tickets and Full Information apply to
our TICKET AGENTS:
J. 11. HULLER, Union Ticket Office. 114
Treinont street, Galveston.
J.S. LANDKY, Union Depot, Houston
P. J. LA U less, Austin, 1st fiat. Bank.
J. 13. SKINN E1C. Union Depot, Hearne
R. s. IIA 1 ks, Receiver
25. .VI. EIOXISK, tlen'l Superintendent.
J. IS- PA€jJE, General Passeuger and Ticket
Agent.
General Oflioes, Palestine. Teia\
THE
TLXAS&PAC1FICM 
AN i> ITS rONNFt'TLONS
milN THJt
MOST liiffiT 1ND
ALL i'( HNTS IN TEXAS
TO
ol.Louix, 51<ait«;ick, \»i>hvillr, Chieaga,
LoitisviU'', Cliuitxiioova, Cairo,
Intliuimpolj*, Itluula,
Toledo.
and all p« ' s North, tiast ?wnl SouUnMna
K X P R ESS TK A INN 6. E A V E :
Fort Worth at Hp. a. ! D.<:!.i.-. at 5). 50 p. a.
LougviewJancti'n. u a.w. | Sl:i-i tnan at 4 tf) a. »fc.
Aocominodaiioii Train* Leave:
Fort Worth at T ^ st Dallrus at 8.45 a. m.
Long view Juw . H..V> i- m 1 si.»-riiian at 2.15 a. *.
Co uiieclioni:
At TEXARKANA. with .-Ul trains on St. Louis and
L'ou Mountain .t;i 1 it hem Railway fur all pointa
North. I^ast and Southeast.
At LONG VIEW and :-UNEOLA. with L & G. N. Ky.
At SHERMAN, with trains of H. & T. C. Ry.
Pullman's i'uiace Sleeping Caj-s
I'rom Fort Worth, Dallas and Sherman
T O S A 1 N T L O IMS.
Any m format ion in regard to rates of Freight and
Passage. Time and Connections, will be cheerfully
given on application t»>
GEO. NOBLE, Gen'i Supt.. Marshall, Texas.
W. H. NEWMAN. Gcn'l f reight Agent, Marshall
M. \N . THOMPSON. Jh.. Gen'i and T Agenr
Marshati Tex a*.
SI.LOlilS, lli MOUNTAIN
i
TUTT'S
PILLS
TORPID LIVER.
jjomot Appetite, BowsU co«t:ve. Pun tn
tvie iiead, with a dull aenaationiu the back
part, Pain under the shoulderblade, full-
neeaaftereatmg, with a disinclination to
fx®rt**A of body or mind. Irritability of
»empar. Low spirits, with a feeling of hair-
iieelacted some duty, Wearinees, l>i3-
uc4sa. Fluttering at the Heart, Dots be-
fore the eyes. Yellow Skia, Headache
generally over the right eye. Restlessness
with fitful dreams, highly oolored Urino.
LF THESE W ASKING 8 ARE UNHEEDED,
SERIOUS DISEASES WM.L SOON BE DEVELOPED.
TUITS PILLS are e*peci&I!y Rd&ptwl U»
vuch cmnett, su« dime etl'ecti aarh a change
af fedlog as ta a^tonwh the aufierer.
CONSTIPATION.
Only with regnlarj|y ot the bowels can perfect
health be eu)oye<L It' the constipation is
of recent date, a iiacie dose of TUTT*S PILLS
will suffice, but if it nas become kahiiaal, one
pill should be taken ev»ay night,gradually learn-
ing the frequency of the dose until a regular daily
movement is obtained, whicb wifi soon fofiow.
Dr. I. Guy Lewi#, Fnlton, Ark., icrtt
"After a practice e< tf years, I prooocstot
TUTT*S PILLS the best anti-bilious mcdVuns
ever naude." ____________
Rev. F. R. Oet*«d, New York, aayat
411 bava had Dyspepsia, Weak Stomach and
Nervoneneffls. I aever nad any uaedwme to do
me bo mucl go«>d as TUTT*S PILLS. They ar*
aa good aa rep r-sru letL "
Office 3d Murray Street, New Yark.
TUTTS HAIR DYE.
Gray Haxr or wmfksrs ehanred t« a GLoeerr
Vlacm. by a atngie application of tba Dte. It iirv
parta a Natural Color, acta laatantanatv.ifily, tod Ml
u llarm'nsi aatprinx vater. Sold by D; ^iri»tatoi
a«t>t byexpreason receipt of $1.
Office 35 Murray St., New York.
For Liverpool,
The British Steamship
Cairnsmuir,
1707 TONS.
CASTLE, Master.
Is now on the berth loading for the above named
port, and having a large portion of her cargo en-
gaged. will have quick dispatch. For freight en-
gagements apply to
"H. A. VAUGHAN & OO., Agents.
MORGAN'S
AND
IP CO.
NOTICE.
WING to existence of quarantine against New
Orleans, steamers of this line are discontinued be-
tween Galveston and Morgan City for tha present.
Onr New York steamers will leave New York
every SATURDAY for Galveston direct, with
freights for interior and western ports.
FOR IM1LA i! BRAZOS SANTIAGO.
Steamer win leave every WEDNESDAY, or as
soon thereafter as practicable, with freights, mails
and passengers for
Indianola, Victoria, Cnero, Corpus
Christl and Brownsville.
CHAS. FOWLER. Agrent.
iiiini/r
REGULAR WEELLY
STEAMSHIP LINE,
Consisting of the following named
steamers:
STATE OF TEXAS. 
CSTYOFSAH ANTONIO..
RIO GRANDE.-  
GARONDELBT  
COLORADO 
..Cap*. Niekerson.
... .. Eldridge.
Burrows.
Boiger.
will leave
•n for
One of the above named
Mew York every SATOSfiAY _  
Hew York every WEDNESDAY and on Saturday
when the trade requlraa.
Stewiehlp COLORADO,
BOLGER, Master.
W1B safi for Hew York direct on
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1879.
For freight or passage apply to
J. N. SAWYER, Agent,
54 Strand. Galveatoa
C, H. MALLORY £ CO.. Agenfea.
Pier 90. East river, New York.
LINE UNITED STATES
JL and Royal Mail steamers, New
York and Liverpool, evear Thtuaday
or Saturday.
Tons
City of Berkn. 5491 1 City of MontreaL.... 4480
C5ty of Richmond....4M? I City of Brussels 3775
City of Chester 45ti6 | Oity of New York.. .3500
These magnifioent streamers are amotig the
strongest, largest and fastest on the Atlantic, and
have every modern knprevemeat, rocludirtg hot
and cold water, and electric bells in staterooms.
revolving chairs in saloons, bath and smoking
rooms, barber sheps. etc. For rates of passage aud
other information- apply to JOHN G. DALE, agent,
81 Bread way, N. Y_, or to STARK S. JONES, or J
H. MILLER. Galvestea.
Cunard Line
Royal Mail Steamships
• LIVERPOOL, BOSTOU and
NEW VORR.
ALGERIA.  Wednesday, Oct. «, 10.80 a. hl
SCYTHIA Wednesday, Oct. 88, 3 *. u.
ABYSSINIA Wednesday, Nov. 5, 8 a. m.
BOTHNIA Wednesday, Nov. 12, 3 p. a.
GALLIA Wednesday, Bov. 18, 8 a. a.
and every following Wedesday. With a view of di-
minishing the chances of colliaon, these steamers
take a specified course at all aeaaona of the year.
Rates of saloon passage, $80 and $100 gold, ac-
cording to accommodations. Steerage passage to
and from Galveston by all rail or steamer to New
York and to and from Liverpool, Queenstown,
Glasgow. Belfast. Bristol. Hamburg, Havre, Ant-
werp, Amsterdam, Bremen, Gothenburg, Chrie-
tiania, Copenhagen, Paris, or all other parts of Eu-
rope at very low rates. Steamers marked • do net
carry steerage passengers.
J. N. SAWYER, Agent, 54 Stran*.
CHAS. G. FRANCKLYN, Esq., Agent,
 4 Bowling Green. New York
if you are going *"rom
TEXAS TO ST. LOUIS,
OR ANY POINT NORTH OR K A ST.
Get Your Tickets, Ba;s:ag»* Cliecka aud
Sleeping Car llf-rth*
Over the International and Grtsat Northern. Texas
and Pacific and St. Louis, Iron Mountain
and Southern Railways.
THE GREAT
it,us a si us
IS
SHORT LINE.
140 Miles tlie Shortest and
Hours tbe Quickest lionte!
ian sleepers, Houston to st.
12
PULLMAN sleepers, houston to st. LOUIS
.819 SULKS' WITHOUT CHANGE.
For particular information call npon or atlrtresd
K. \V. tlLLESPIK,
Southwestern Passenger A^cxit, S. L.. L and S. R.
Wy ,Houiitou. Te*a->.
RjLJLROA D NEWS*
Weatherford Times: The time for be-
ginning the iron work on the Texas and Pa-
cific is not yet definitely fixed, although
lhere are rumors to the contrary. Major
D. \V. Washburne, the chief, and Mr. A.
[*. Law, the assistant engineer, were here ou
Wednesday, and informed us that ihat qnea-
tion would depend upon the result of the
Philadelphia meeting erf the managers of the
Texas and Pacific, which, it is supposed,
look plat^ ob Tuesday las<» In the mean-
time the oompaay are spending their own
money in the further progress of the line.
As we announced last week, tbe grading is
all compieted, aad Mr. Mat Culleu, jui old
railroad contractor, informs us that the
grade can not be exceJled in America
G-ei^eUfWa Sun. We are informed that
heavy iron is being laid oo the Georgetown
railroad, and that a round bouae is being
built at Round Rock.
TiiADE /13'fi INDVTRV.
t-irorgia leads tbe south in cotton suann-
fatiture, having l(Hi.O<'0 spmdies in opera-
tion. North Carolina standing second, and
South Carolina third. Texas is the smallest
iu.the whole list A number of new mitts
are now in course of cowtruction in differ-
etit parts of the south, and the production
will Hi us be considerably increased. The
new cotton factory at Atlanta, Georgia, has
orders ^be*:I for 600,000 yards of cloth.
The Cincinnati Price Current has detailed
reports of the peanut crop from different
stales, and estimates the crop of Virginia
at i.UOO.OUO bushels, Tennessee 600.000
bushels, and North Carolina 125,000 bush-
els— a total of 1,T25,0U0, against a total last
year of 1,380.00© bo&hels.
At Montgomery, Ala., the Montgomery
o;l works, the flouring mills and tlie ice
works run almost continuously, day and
night. Rvery mechanic who wants work
bus his hands fulL So much life and
wivity have hardly ever been known in the
flkorv of the city, and the citizens rejoice
at it a.\; an evidence of returning prosperity*
and thrift.
At the Chicago stock yards are
employed a force of 18,000 hands,
forming, it is said, the largest indus-
trial population gathered in any single
industry in one square mile in the world.
In this respect it beats tl*e celebrated estab-
lishment of Krupp at Essen, where 14,000
persons find employment. There are thirty
two packing houses within the limits of
the Chicago yards.
One of the largest sugar mills In the world
is soon to be erected in St. Charles parish.
Louisiana.
Shipments on the Saginaw river from the
opening of navigation to October I foot up:
Lumber, 4*8.633.84 > feet; laths. 26,276,950;
shingles. 180,930,250. The lumber and
shiugle shipments are the largest on record.
The number of acres under cultivation in
K.anaas has increased since the close of the
war from 278,003 to 7,769,926: the annual
production of wheat from 191,519 to more
than 32>0 -0,000 bushels, and the annual pro-
duction of corn from 6,700,000 to more than
100,000.000 brebels.
COMMERCIAL.
Siws OmcB, Saturday, Oet 18, IS79.
Bnsineaa to-day was merely a repetition of
wb%t it has been for a week past. Everything
waa enaeaaonably dull, only relieved by the
filling af a limited amount of orders by the
larger aotabliahinente. The change of temper-
ature within the past thirty-six hoars, from
excessive beat to a cool and bracing atmos-
phere, gives rise to just the faintest hope that
commercial restrictions through quarantine
will soon be found unnecessary here. The
word faintest is nsed advisedly in this con-
nection. The position of sentinel at the out-
posts over the public health of the interior
may be a place of trust, but takiug it all in all
it is certainly not one of profit. It is a duty,
however, (jm discharge of which should have
no relation whatever to loss or gain; and the
chief desire now here is, that Galveston may
be relieved of it with all doe alacrity.
The coarse of the cotton market to-day
was not characterized by that vigor
which evinces altogether surety of posi-
tion. The staple was in weaker plight
than it was yesterday. Quotations were main-
tained, with sales of 884 bales, but the market
at the close was quiet. At Liverpool to-day
spot was steady, with futures 1-lticL off, aud
closing weak. New York spot opened quiet
and unchanged, and closed steady. Futures in
that market, however, opened easier, ruled
quiet but steady, and closed weak—with Octo-
bers 11 points under from the closing quota-
tions of yesterday, and} the range of the lau*r
months from 1 to 5 points off. Our New York
special attributes the cause of this falling off
at New Yorkftto liberal offerings.
v1mk(,k suppl*.
The world's visible supply of cotton, as compiled
in the New York Commercial aud Chronicle, of
October 17, la as follows:
This Week. Last Week.
This year L22S.038 1.108,035
Last year 1.32,1 J* 1,155. *30
Difference  S4.0D6 47,3%
The end of the week proper finds wool and
hides advanced and sven in firmer position—if
this well could be—than at the opening. There
has been no occasion during the day to either
advance or lower quotations. All reasoning
and advices point to continued full rates for
both the state products of wool and hides, and
holders feel indifferent and in good time as to
sales. Receipts here are moderately fair for
the season, with free buyers for all the of-
ferings.
The quotations of yesterday are unchanged
for all prime staples of western produce, al-
though in response to the weakening attitude
at the centers the feeling here may be denomi-
nated easier. Operations in most articles of
this description at current rates are so restrict-
ed, however, that the market may be said to
be at a standstill outside of merely immediate
necessity. Stocks are moderate, but sufficient
to the demand, nevertheless. Flour at St.
Louis at the closing this afternoon was lower,
wheat weak, corn lower and fluctuating, oats
lower, dry salt meats lower, and bacon easier.
The news is indebted to M. Kopperl, of this
city, for copy of the annexed dispatch:
New York, Oct. 16. 187^.—We received Rio news
15th since 8th. Sales for United States, 28,000 sacks;
stock at date, 90.000 sacks: average daily receipts.
12.100 eacks; price. i*HU0 reis; strong:. Exchange.
21 ^d; markt-t here strong. Good cargoes, 16c.; fair,
15)^c.: ordinary, 13>4c.
The above rhows an advance at Rio of 100
reis in price and }$d. in exchange, and a de-
crease in stock at Rio of 30,000 sacks.
COMMERCE OF NEW YORK.
Journal of Commerce, 13th inst: We now
present the most extraordinary statement of
the foreign commerce of this port ever fur-
nished in its history. The imports for Sep-
tember include $27,482,179 of specie and bul-
lion. The largest previous monthly total within
our record of specie received at this port was
for December, 1876, when the imports of this
description were $11,252,736. The total imports
of merchandise for the last month were valued
at $30,263,792, so that coin and bullion receipts
were almost as large as all the other imports
put together. The following will set forth the
total imports at this port for each September
since 1870, and showing what portion of the
same consisted of specie:
Sept. Specie and bullion. Total imports.
187 0  $592,496 $J7.495,764
187 1   331,679 33.342,255
187 2  2,088.005 36,379.005
1873   870.21;1 30.648.9S6
187 4  1.027,992 31,371,083
187 5  24.510,040
187 6   l,M5.Wl 23,529.9*9
187 7  2,903.358 24,811,3-3
187*   •52,856 25,268,82a
1879   27,482.179 57,745,971
Those figures are far more expressive than
any n.ere words, and exhibit in most eloquent
phrase the present relative condition of our
foreign trade.
the hell gate h^lf-pilotage.
The New York Journal of Commerce says
that the Hell Gate half pilotage system is es-
sential piracy under the sanction of law. It
compels every skipper who may have taken
his craft through Hell Gate a thousand times,
and knows every foot of its waters as well as
any pilot Irving, to pay half-pilotage fees to a
ring of aquatic harpies for not requiring their
services every time he makes the passage. It
is hard enough in this world to find money to
pay men for work they do. But the Hell Gate
statute obliges our merchants to pay a set of
men for not doing any work at all, except
shouting at passing ships and offering services
which are not wanted at any price and receiv-
ing the expected answer, " No," which entitles
them to the coveted half rate. We hope that
congress will find time to give this grievance a
hearing, and make short work of such a petty,
despotic state tax upon commerce.
counterfeit legal tenders.
The treasury department, referring to a
recent Philadelphia dispatch, in which it was
mentioned that a new aud dangerous counter-
feit $20 United States legal tender note had
been discovered, makes the following state-
ment: This counterfeit has been examined by
the chief of the secret service division, and it
is found to be neither new nor dangerous. It
is the same style of note dis<x>vered in New
Orleans some months ago, a full description of
which was published by the press at the time.
The note is the production of a pen, and so far
from being dangerous the work upon it is so
mean as to be beneath criticism. To accept
such a note as genuine would evince a lack of
ordinary care amounting to recklessness.
transportation of fractional silver.
Under tbe new management of treasurer
Gilfillan, for tha transportation of fractional
silver from the treasury department to parties
ordering it, the charges of transportation are
to be the same as those paid by the govern-
ment, namely: Three mills per mile on every
$500 shipped. The express companies handling
the coin at these rates are by the contract
guaranteed a minimum of fifty cents for every
package handled. It has been erroneously
stated that the rate of transportation would
be 3-10 of 1 per cent, per mile.
the nicaragua canal schemx.
A telegram dated Washington, Oct. 7, says
the projectors of the canal scheme have taken
hold of the matter earnestly, and are doing all
that is possible to effect a proper organization
for the purpose of securing from tha govern-
ment of Nicaragua the necessary concessions
to begin the work. In a private letter received
from the Nicaraguan minister of public works,
that gentleman says that after what happened
in Paris in relation to the question of an inter-
oceanic canal, the people of Nicaragua base all
their hopes upon the friendliness of the govern-
ment and people of the U nited States. They
are led to this on account of the deep interest
that the press of the United States seem to
take in the execution of this important work.
The minister further says as follows: 44 In re-
gard to the action this government may take
in the matter relative to promoting the execu-
tion of the work, yon are in a position to know
it from your intimate knowledge of this coun
try. You know our strongest desire is to re-
thority of the party or parties entitled to the
letter. Should the postmaster or his employes
change the address or direction of a letter or
package, and should such letter or
package tn consequence fail to reach
the addresses, the postmaster would in law be
liable for the value of the package. A post-
master may complete or perfect an address
already made, but he can not change its direc-
tion to a different person or different office or
different state without authority. 2. The fol-
lowing additional regulation is announced to
be inserted after section Mis hrected
matter received at any postodice for delivery
shcHild not be held for advertising, but should
be immediately returned to the sender, if his
name or address appears thereon, marked
" misdirected," and stamped with the post-
mark of the office of receipt. If the name of
the sender or some designated place, such as a
box number oi street and number, does not
appear upon misdirected matter it should be
sent immediately to tha dead-letter office.
Misdirected matter offered for mailing should
be returned to tha sender, if known, imme-
diately, or, if tha sender's name does not ap-
pear thereon, should be sent at onca to the
dead letter office as directed in ruling 1054,
United States Official Postal Guide, October,
1879. The provision or section 435 must in all
cases be strictly complied with.
COTTON.
Sales to-day reached 884 bales, 454 of which were
taken last evening. Quotations are unchanged,
but the market at the close was designated quiet.
official quotations. Last
class. This day. YestYday. Friday.
Good Ordinary
Low Middling 
Middling  
Good Middling  
Middling Fair.
W4
WH
10H
KM
9!4
GALVESTON STATEMENT.
9%
10^
104$
K»4
10%
Tha
Thh
T>*si
day
season
season
Ket reoesrpte 
a.jtsy
llil.V*Ol
Prom other ports 
i,7a
1,315
Gross receipts 
a.uit
ice.'**
121,276
Exports foreign 
to 127
l(S,6u3
Exports coastwise 
•. —
2S.4tif
49.5U2
Total exports 
3,:i9f
*1,391
66, life
Stocks this day 
asi.758
58,909
GALVESTON STOCK STATEMENT
This This Day
On shipboard, not cleared.
day. last year
For Great Britain 
... lb.56i
10.114
For France 
..
8,213
For other foreign porta.
... 4,21ft
1,0*4
For coastwise ports
772
2,567
Id presses, including snip marked
...25.529
36.987
Total Galveston suy k...
...52,758
58,909
NET RECEIPTS AT ALL U. S. PORTS.
Galveston 
New Orleans.   
Mobile 
Savannah  
Charleston 
Wilmington 
Norfolk.  
Baltimore. 
New York  
Boston  
Philadelphia. 
Other ports 
This
day.
8.069
12,1*2
2.641
5.80t
9,923
1.41s
i.70s
219
lS3i
OS
This
week.
This
season.
107.280
163.260
65.249
170.871
106,759
20.645
87,899
832
10,543
28.798
2.085
59.361
the cotton
Liverpool, via
Total 34.783 ... *18.582
Same time last year — 23,510 T01.74S
Exports from all United States ports thua far this
week: 22.727 bales to Great Britain  to France,
1.210 to continent, ... to channel porta.
Stock at ail ports this cUy. 377,769; this day last
year. 396.215
EXCHANGE, GOLD AND SILVER.
Commercial Bank-
Sterling. 60 days  476 482
New York sight   V^dia par.
New Orleans sight  num. J4 prem
American silver  98?^ 100
FREIGHTS,
Rates on cotton as revised by
change committee are as follows:
Stkam—Liverpool direct, 9-l6d   __r , _
New York. 9-l6d; New York, V£c: Boston. 63">4c per
100: Providence. 63^c per 100; Fall River, 64^c per
100: Philadelphia. 64c per W0.
Sail—Liverpool, direct, ^d ; Havre, ;
Bremen and other continental ports, 13-32d; Mediter-
ranean ports, 7-16d; New* York, 7-16c, Boston, >^c.:
Providence. Me; Fall River. Hjc; Philadelphia. HeC-
railroad—Liverpool, via Boston, 19-32d; Liver-
Sool. via New York, ^d: Havre, via New Y ork. %d;
remen and other continental ports, via New York,
?£c; Mediterranean ports, via New York, 23-32d;
New York, 65o per 100: Boston, 70c per 100; Prov-
idence. 70c per 100, Fall River, 71c per 100, Phila-
delphia. 65c per 100: Lowell, 70c per 100? Manches-
ter,' N. H.. 70c per 100.
LIVE STOCK.
Reported for the News by Bordrn & Borden, Lave
Stock Commission Merchants.
Beeves Yearlings.
Racxipra
and
Oows.
41
19S
15S4
32
aud
Calves.
11
88
1246
21
Sheep. Hogs.
843
231
This day 
This week....
This season...
Stock in pens
Beeves, choice, 13£0Jl%c. Cows, choice. 1V£<§l1£$c.
Two-year-olds. $9<&ll. Yearlings, in request at
$6<§jS. Calves, few good ones in market, worth
$5<&7 00. Mutton—market full; choice 2%<&3c;
common to fair $1(3^1 50. Hogs—Fair supply on
hand; selling slowly at 4&5c. Remarks—Few
choice cattle on market; demand light at quotaf
tioas.
THE GENERAL MARKET.
[Quotations represent cash prices for large lots,
ftiiH are not applicable to small orders unless so
stated.]
Appiea—Demand good, with moderate supply,
and prices maintained at $8 25<&3 75 per barrel.
Ragging and Tiee— In full stock at un-
changed quotations. Standard 2f4 pound, ll)£c;
light 10c; arrow ties $2 30.
Bacon — Market bare at unchanged prices.
Shoulders, 6c. : short clear 10c; long clear, 0^c;
breakfast bacon, eanvased, 8^(^9c.; nams, choice
sugar-cured eanvased 1 O^^lO^c.
Rntter—Stocks moderate and prices unchanged.
Gilt-edge Gosheu 23<&24c; western choice t7@l8c;
Kansas do., fresh receipts by exprees, is&i'jc.
Rran —Quoted at 85c. in large and 90c. in small
lots per 100 pounds from the mill.
CLteeae —Western reserve, lV<^^15c.
Corn—Stocks very light with liberal demand.
Western from store 68c for mixed; white do.
none in market.
C' rn Meal—In good demand, at $3 35®3 45 per
barrel for western kiln-dried in round lots; in
sacks, per 100 lbs. $1 45(^1 55; unbolted in sacks,
$1 30.
Coffee—Stock in importers' hands nominal.
Cargo of 3500 sacks outside the bar. Quo-
tations unchanged, and ruling stiff as follows:
Prime, 17^18c.; good, l$4^17c.; fair, 15^®16c.;
ordinary, 13v4^13^c. ; extreme range 12(^18c. Afloat
10.500 sacks, of which a considerable amount has
already passed into second hands.
Egaja—Receipts lar^e and market steady, at 13®
15c. for receipts by express; bay 30c.; island, 35c.
Flour-The market is weaker at unchanged
quotations. Triple extra $7 25; choice, $7 75; fancy,
$S 00; patent. $9 00^9 25. Small orders. 25(£50c
higher.
Fruit—Lemons. $5 50^6 00. California pears,
$3 7?>S£4 *5. Oocoanuts. 7c. Louisiana oranges. $7 00
@8 (X) per barreL
Hard ware—Nails, basis lOdL. $4 25; bar iron
basis, 3^c; tin plate. I C, bright, $9 50; tin plate,
I X. bright, $11 00; tin plate, charcoal roof, $9 00;
she*-t iron. No. 26. 7c.
Hay—Western $25 30&X7 00 for prime to choice
from track; northern hay, $20 00<o22 ,00; Kansas
prairie hay $18 00^19 00: Texas prairie nay $8 50<&
10 00 from track and $12 00 from store.
Hidea—Firm at unchanged quotations. Dry,
aa they run, 15^>15^c.; pickled
shack salted, 13^c. ; damaged,  ,
kips, selected, 16c. ; damaged kips or calf
skins, and gtoe stock. Be.; wet salted, as they run.
8%c.
Lard—Market steady at 7^^7>^c for barrels
and tierces in round lots: cans in cases 9V^.
ITIaelterel—Barrels, No. 1, 200 Bfcs. each, $12 50
<&13 50; No. 2, 200 lbs. each, $10 50<^11 5a Half
barrels. Not 1, 100 fcs. each, $6 50<g>6 75; No. 2, 100
tt>s. each, $5 jC^o 75. Kits. No. 1, 20 tbs. each, $1 65
©1 75; No. 2. 20 tts. each $1 20@1 30.
iTloaa—Texas, cured, i*&3c. per pound.
Onions—Scarce, aad quoted at $4 00 per bar-
rel for round lota.
Oata—The market is firm, stocks are moder-
ate and prices remain at 48@49c. sacked, for west-
ern; red rust proof Texas, from store, COc^ for
seed.
Pigs* Keel—Barrels $9 50®10 00; half barrels
$5 50; kegs $2 25<&2 50; tongues, half barrels
7®71*c.
Foul try—Chickens are tn limited supply, at
$3 25(&3 50 per dozen; geese $6 00®6 50 per dozen;
turkeys—large, $9 00; small $6 00; quail, $1 00 per
dozen.
Potatoes—Are in plentiful supply and steady at
quotations. Western nell in large lots at $2 20&2 30
per barreL
Petroleum— Is in fair demand at 14c. per gal-
lon in bar reis, and 14c. in cases to the trade.
RJce—Rangoon. 6>437c; choice Carolina, &&
13U(&14c.;
half-price
8Uc.
Sail
alize the execution of the great work on which
thia country ba*es all its hopes for future de-
velopment. W e expect to hear that a commis-
sion has started to treat with our government
on this subject. When it arrives you will see
that nothing will be wanting that may be re-
qmired of us."
kajST indian cotton crop accounts.
Messrs. Wallace & Co.. writing from Bom-
bay on The 5th of September, says: " Locally
the weather has been showery, and up-country,
too, much rain appears to have fallen in some
?uarters, especially in the Barars, but accounts
rom the districts report the crops to be gene-
rallv in a very promising condition. The fol-
lowing telegram has b»en received from the
commissioner reporting on the state of the cot-
ton crop in the Berars, dated Oomrawuttee,
4th instant: * Cotton crops have suffered some-
what from excessive rains, but a break, of
which there appears a prospect, will restore
them.' Subject to favorable weather hencefor-
ward, tbe liin^enghat, Oomrawuttee and
Broach crops promise to be rather earlier than
usual; and although nothing official lias yet
been published as to acreage, it is probable that
the higher prices realized for their last season's
I crops will have eueouraged the ryots to put as
much ground under cotton as possible, so that
the new Surat. crop may reasonably be expect-
ed to exceed that of the last to seasons."
THE RAILWAYS STARVING OVT THE FARMERS.
The Chicago Tribune is again showing that,
notwithstanding the ready market the western
farmers have obtained at home and abroad for
their products, the transportation companies
are pocketing the lion's share of the profits.
It also points out soma of tne probable effects,
thus: " Notwithstanding the advance in the
price at which they sell tneir produce, the rail-
roads will have eaten up most of the profit,
and at the same time will have increased to
the farinsrs the cost of the goods they must
buy. This squeezing of the agricultural class
will soon react upon the cities. The country
merchants, who are now buying liberally upou
the prospect of a liberal consumption, will dis-
cover that the farmers must still retrench or
else again run in debt, and the city merchants
will than find their shelves loaded down with
old stocks, for which there is no market. If
this condition shall come around, it may be
traced back in large part to the greed and ex-
tortion of tbe railway corporations, which are
endeavoring to seize the bulk of the profit in-
cident to the increased foreign demand for
American breadstuffs and produce."
misdirected letters.
In order to secure uniformity in the distribu-
tion of mail matter, and in the treatment of
matter declared unmailable under the order of
September 'JO, the post uaster general has is-
sued the following order; 1. The attention of
all postmasters is especially called to section
4b7, Postal Laws and Regulations, edition of
1S79, which must in all cases be strictly com-
plied with. After a letter is mailed it is the
property of the person to whom it is addressed,
and must be sent to tbe postoffice to which it
is directed, if there be > i *n an office. But,
whether there te such pc stofficeor not, the post-
master or his subordinates have no authority,
in law. or other wise, to change the direction or
address of the letter without the express au-
lt—Stocks full with free demand at unchanged
quotations: Liverpool coarse quoted at 90c per
sack; do. fine $1 50; Louisiana coarse 90c; use
$1 50; do. rock, per ton, $10.
Sugar—Market continues to rale Arm, at
the following quotations : White 9^^94|c.; off
whites ; choice yellow clarified 9<£9tyc.:
seconds <Aov6c.; open Icettle. prime to choice.
No lower gradea in market. Northern
rennrti: Cut loaf 10^&10^c: crushed 1;
powdered 934^16c; graaul*ted standard
A 9H.^9**c.
Wheat—Price* are nominally as fottows: Red
winter No 2, $1 30; do. No. 3. $1 24; No. 4 do., $1 15;
Mediterranean No. 2. $1 20; do. No. 3. $1 15.
Wool— Receipts liberal: quotations unchanged.
Fine nominally 24^fc27e; medium, M^2tjc; burry
and dirty 4^Sc off.
;iAltkLT$ RY TELEGRAPa
Fereicn.
IjvEttwa. Oct. IS.— Noon.—Cotton steady
P« ,
middling clause. October delivery. 6 23-&l<&6 ll-16d;
Oetober-Novemb*-*- *9-32aurt4d, November Decern
ber « 8-lrt^6 .V.Vid to V£d : December- J an nary 6 3-16
5-32 to L^d. Sanitary February 6 5-3&L March-
April Lard 35&9e.
tjvehp^'iu i>t liv -Cocten an Che ayes steady;
ordinary 6d. ^«»od ordinary <*£4: lew middling
6 9-lftd; middling uplands 6 11-l6d; middling Or-
leans i l.VHkL Sales 7000 bales, of which -UM0 were
American, and 509 for expert aad speculation. Im-
ports 2250hales, all Aaaerican. Futures opened I-hid
off. sail oi->scd weak. Deliveries quoted aa follows:
October Octohar-Novamber • 7-42d; Novem-
ber-December 6 3-l&d; December-January 6 3-16d;
January-February 65-32d; March-April 6 3-l*d..Juue
Jqyr S 11
31H&1 3J-H October; $1
Corn unsettled and lower; 88c
an active trade*, prima steam .
October 6.45, November 6.40£&6.<
@6.50c. Whisky quiet at $1 15.
Nsw Orlbahs, October 18.—Cotton easy ; Rales
4000 bales: good ordinary 10c; low middling
l0V£c; middling, 10^c; good middling, lO^fc; mid-
dling fair. llV^c; receipts, net, 12,042 bales; groaa,
14.2^6; exports to Great Britain. «725 bales:
stock on hand. 126,194 bales. Flour—demaod
fan- and prices higher; superfine $4 50^4 75;
double extra $5 25^? aO; treble extra $6 00(2(6 26;
burner grades $6 37}4^7 25. Corn scarce ana firm;
yellow rruxed 93^55c. Oats firm at 40c Corameal
quiet at $2 70. Hay firmer: ordinary $20 00^22 00;
choice $25 00. Port firm at $21 00. Lard—demand
fair and prioee higher, tierce keg 7t^7t£c.
Dry sAlt meats firmer: shoulders held at 4^c; Ba-
con firmer; shoulders 5c; clear rib 9dear
sides 9Mfcc. Hams steady; choice augar-cured
caavaaed 9<S^!0^c., as in size. Whisky dull: west-
ern re«itifted $1 05<&1 1ft Coffee excited and higher;
cargoes, ordinarv to primo, IS^lT^c: jobbing
at 13^^ 18c. lloiasaes—received this morning 196
barrels: quoted fair 46<Q>47c; prime 50c; strictly
prune »c. Rice quiet; ordinary to choice 6@7^c.
Bran firm at sbc. Wheat—no stock Sight
discount Sterling—bank 4.8L Consols 4 45^4&
4 45*4_
St. Louis. Oot 18.—Cotton steady. Sale? 425
bale* Good ordinary 9&c; low middling lO^c;
middling lO^c. Stock 34.006 bales.
Flour easier; II fall $5 40<&5 60: XXI $5
5 90. family $G 10^6 20. , Wheat lower; No. 2 red
fall $i cash: $1
November
cash; *^^38c. closing 37t^c, November Oata
lower; 27$6c cash; 28?£c November. Whisky quiet
at $1 08. Pork higher , held $10 90. Bulk 'meats.
25 days in salt, 3.7oc. 6 35c and 6.60c for shoulders,
clear ribs and clear sides, with ,15c more for boxed.
Bacon easier: shoulders 4.18>^c; clear ribs 8^^
8^4c; clear sidee 9c. Lard quiet : 5.75c asked,
5.65c bid. Hog*, firmer: mixed packing $3 30@3 50:
Yorkers to Baltimores $3 35@3 45; butchers to ex
tra $3 50^3 70; receipts. 5CW0; shipments. 5400
Cattle—light supply ana demand, sales being al-
most wholly to local buvers at unchanged prices;
shipping. $4 25^4 60; light $3 00<&4 00: grass Tex-
ans $-' 25<&3 1234; corn-fed do $2 75^3 75; receipts,
500; shipments, 10.000. Sbeep quiet and unchanged:
receipts. 500. shipments. 800.
Chicago, Oct. IS.—Drovers' Journal reports: Hogs
—receipts 14,000: shipments 4800; market opened
steady, ruled slow and closed a shade off; mixed
packing $o 35^3 50, light $3 40^3 85; choice
heavy $3 55^3 85 Cattie—receipts 200, ship-
ments 1100 market active and all sold; shipping
$1 50&3 58; butchers steady ; stockers fairly ac-
tive, ? 00@3 10; western strong, $2 7o%£?5 60; Tex-
ans steady, $2 50r&2 90. market closing steady.
Sheep—receipts 500; no shipments. Flour in good
demand at full prices Wheat unsettled, weak and
lower: No. 1 Chicago spring $1 25; No. 2 do. $1 16»^
f&l 15 cash; $1^17 October: $1 18 November, $1 lOJi
bid December; No. 3 do. $1 09^4; rejected 90c.
Corn unsettled but generally higher, closing strong
at 44c cash. 42<^c November. Oats steady and in
good demand, 30^6ccash; 31c November Pork ac-
tive but lower: $10 75<ail 00 cash: $9 3T,^9 37^
November. $9 25 bid all the year; $9 95 bid Janu
ary Bulk meats in fair demand and lower; shoul-
ders S.Tuc; short rib 5.70c: short clear 5.55c. Whis-
ky in good demand and a shade higher at $1 09.
Kansas Citt, Oot. 18.—Wheat—No. 2 spot. $1 14
bid. No 3 spot, fire cars sold at $1 07. Grass win-
tered Texas steers, $2 50^3 00.
LIST OF LETTERS
rkNAJNISQ uki>«uvb«sd df the PoSTOfTIC* at
gawvbstom, Texas, roa the wk&e Endow Satur-
day, Octoeeb 18, 1879
Ladles' List.
Aaranter Bernards
Alexander Rachel
Anderson Eva mise
Bass Virginia
Beman F mra
Bensen M D mr»
Black Katie
Binckiev A E mr«
Bordon Sue mrs
Bonn if ace Bounia
Burns Emma ir.tsj
Bryne T mr>
Brown Lucy
Byrne Annie misa
Campbell Annie May
Canning Anna
Chap pell Kate mr»
Christian Sarah
Clorey Katie A mis*
Cotton Eliza T miss
Cox Flora mrs
Cronan Kate
Day M C misa
De Lough Alice misa
Doyle Eva miss
Dube J P mra
Dunn Carrie
Elbert M E mrs
Farrell Kate miss
Fahrenvhold A mrs
Fetricks Alice miss
Fisher Martin mrs
Fishel Josephine
Foster W H mrs
Gasmann H J mrs
Giddings Mary
Go Id back Hagar miss
Green Noah mrs
Gravham Mary
Harper Louisa
Haynurst Mary
Hartuett H mrs
Hamilton Rosa miss
Hess Fannie mrs
Henne Johanna
Henry Lizzie mrs
Hill ¥ A mrs
Howard Ruby mrs
Hoffman Bettie miss
Hurt M J mrs
Javis Alice miss
Jackson Nancy
Jones Wm E mrs
Jones Lvda (col d.
Jones Lillie miss
Kankel V mrs
Kestler L misa
King Susan mrs
Kouhlhow Lena
Lazarus Charlotte
Learns mrs
Lindemann Mary
Lynch M mrs
Madden Jennie
Malooey E mrs
Maloney I.hriie
Marye Lydina
Meek Geo H mrs
Mittshell Matilda
Moore Mollie E miss
Mountain L D mrs
Morest mrs
Murphy John mrs
Mimroe Ida L mrs
McMillan E mrs
McCarthy Sarah
McKee Caroline
McDade "Rmma.
McKowan Julia
McGraw Wm mra
Mundt Augusta
Neal Alias mrs
Nichols 1 hjebe A
Noble Era ma
Nolda Mary mrs
Nolty J mrs
Oehring DoreSta misa
Palgay Lena miss
Pearl Zaiemias
Pringte A M mrs
Ray Susie miss
Raymond Altie
Rosen waid Ida
Reed Corene mra
Richard M A A
Rodgers J J mrs
Robinson Lutie miss
Sanderson Nellie
Schach M miss
Seidenstuker P mrs 3
Sethin Horteuse R
Silcox Emma
Shears Virginia G
Someraouth M J ma
Smith Eller mrs
Smith mrs
Smith Nellie mis»
Smith W H mrs
Spaulding Clara
Spellman Julia
Stevens Elizabeth
Talbot S J mrs
Terry Josephine 2
Ttu»mas Jennie
Tisdell Harriet
V'erberne Mary
Vanlieu Mary A
Washington Julia
Walker Betsey mrs
West wick Agnes A
Webb Mary R mrs
Williams Anna <.col)
Wilson T A mrs 2
Wilson M mrs
Wickhart Mary mrs
Almina Sarah
An ego t a Augusta mrs
Austin Elizabeth
Bead on J mrs
Benot a lies miss
Bell Laura mrs
Bishcoff C ruisf
Biils Caroline
Bownet Anna mr>
Burns Emma mrs
Buckler E Jane
Brock Louie mrs
Brown Maria mrs
Campbell Bell mr»
Care Mary mrs
Cato Phillis
Chiids #harlott mrs
Clark Minnie
Clay Bettie miss
Conway Maggie
Coke S J mrs
Crosier John mrs
De Lamoriniere J C
Leaks Laura E miss
Dodds Kate mrs
Duff A G mrs 2
Eaton Richard mrs
Elstner Martha miss
Farrell A K miss
Faurenthold Martha
Flettery Mary 2
Fingleman Bessie
Fox Mary C mrs
Fruda Sylvia
Gibbs Beanie mrs
Gould Charlotte
Gonzales Kate mra
Gray Louisa mrs
Iiarrell Mary mrs
Hardy Nancy mrs
Harnish Kate mrs
Harrison E B miss
Heer Lulu miss
Hergeeeil N mrs
Heighmaon J mrs
Henghee Bessie
Hollowman Martha
Howard M A mrs
Hussey Anna mrs
James Ellen
Jones Nancy
Jones Frances miss
Jones C L mrs
Johnson Calia A R
Kaufmann J mrs
Kendeiley R miss
Klopper Catharina
Lauer tn*H,""n
Ladeil May miKa
Lively C mrs
Lowe W N mrs
Martin Jane surs
Maier Elizabeth
Manfil H V mrs
Maiaeke Amelia
Mitchell M R mrs
Miller Charlotte
Morley D mrs
Morganroch Sahr»
Muxm ¥ E mass
Mimroe John mrs
Murphy Lizzie
McOaatay Ellen
McDonald Mary
MeCloskey A W mrs
McGuhmeaa Jane mrs
McCloekey Mary Lee
McMcCauum M mis
Nichols S mrs
No manp Sophie
Norton B A mrs
Nolan Rocde mrs
O'Connor Mary
Paradise J nana
Petree Louisa mrs
PImnly J C mrs
Purch Abbie mi<w
Ray C mrs
Racke Adam mrs
Reichia Margaret
Hitter Ctera mrs
Roeers J C mrs
Roberts Carrie miss
Ruhartaar Elizabeth
Scott Geo H mrs
Schramm Kmm>
SetbeJ Fred mrs
Seliimaa J C miss
Sheridan Sue mrs
8outh Henry mrs
Stoine C mrs
Smith Jane (col) 2
Smith Alfred A mrs
Smith S B mrs
Sparks Nancy (col)
Spofford Susen mi*
Stephens C mrs
Swasey Kate
Terheun Carrie
Terry Caroline
Thompson Bertha
Tuker M mrs
Volich Lizzie mrs
Tee Emma mrs
Washington Martha
Weimer Agnes T
Wells C B mrs
Willmondear W mra
Williams D mrs
Williams Minnie
Wilson Eliza
Young Josephine
Gentlemen's List.
Austin L Abbott Frank H
Arcos Ignacie
Andrews A J
Bergman Robt
Barbis L
Bordow J M
Bell C C
Bomaster F C 3
Ooutwell Jno
Coushoe Joe
Allen CI 2
Ado way Mason
Auderson W T
Barry Robert
Botcher John
Butler Jas C
Breedlove C R
Bueteel A Atty 2 Boyd A H
Brown inr Brown F
Brick Thoa
Crane W C
Carpenter J C
Carter Isaiah
Coward Jos
Cooper S B
Collins Wesley
Cohen J K T
Cnminings Geo
Da MiiW H H
Douaren S S
Doyle Anthony
Dooian Jas
England W 9
Edgeil B W
Eel^s John
Edxuund< L M
Fitzpatrick Si
MoGarity
Fntzsenyer Geo
Fische Jos
Fulton C C
Franca Pahle
Gilmore J B
Gibeoc A E
Guess John 2
Hammer Jo* 2
Heidet T J
Arledge Geo H
Banks W L
Bergman John
Berlocher J
Bremond Eugene
Brady Alf
Blair A S
Brooks John
Corf
Chi
Cornelius Jno
Carlisle J C
Clements Geo S
Campbell a M Carpenter R J 9
Cook J W P Coitee Jas
Cetreii Sue n"
Coutstock E
D&iaeiMi D
Deumer H
Da via S
Dickey capi
Button M D
England A 2
El well Capt
Elling Frank
Ellis Lew is
Foster Frank
Clump C A
Degeu D
Dearborn J B 2
Dirks W R
Durrouse A
Dodge Samuel
Evans P
Evans James
Elf st rom U
Erickeon Oscar
Foster F B
Fatikenhagen F Feklan Dan Capt
Fo4k L Finnigan John
Foyles J
FiaK Sam E
Griffin W J C
Flett S H
Ferguson Will
Gordon Jas
Given Geo
Gradnigo A
Gavisk Mike 4
Hargeaell Char-
toy
GofvWal Frank
Garths A B
Rr.im.TO A
  . Heath L B
Heiehelbeek Jno Hay nee James Harris M
Hendricks Wm Hardy Thurntooliarris W S
Howard T T 2 Hull Akai^o Householder G W
HubnerJ Hughes Jno Hickina Mack
Helbramer Pen- Houston Rob* Hooper Wm
rose Hyland Wm Istead John
James Wm James Witcher James Geo
Juineler P M Jacksoo Jaae Jackson Chae
Jacob Wm
Jenkins W A
JuaooBaaa Chas
Kinsley E L
Knah jno
Kehoe Thos
Lee Chas D W
Ludgate Wm
Lewis Ike
Lou inn W
Johns Wm
Jewell Geo W
Jeuuey Wm
Jaquss HE
PORT OP GALVESTON,
giTT-MJT, OeMbv H. K9t
ARRIVED.
Steamship Colorado. Bolgsr, from kbw York.
^NorwegtM brtc Whiona. (ran Dwmn. m W-
Qennaa b«rk Ouu«abars.  I ■■] Crwu Oca-
stadt.
CLEARER
British steamship Australian, Peters, for Liver-
pool, by Walthew <a Oo, *
British bark Kenton, Bragg, for Havre, by Wal-
thew £ Co
Schooner C F. Heyer, Poland, for Pecsaeola. by
master.
Schooner Laurel. MoCaTL, for Corpus Chrisri, by
master.
SAILED.
Steamship L C. Harris, Benson, for Clinton.
Steamship State of Texas, Niekerson, for New
Y ork.
Steamship New York, Quick, for New York
EXPORTS- FOREIGN.
Liverpool—Per steamship Australian—6766 bales
cotton.
Havre—Per bark Kenton—2475 bales cotton
EXPORTS—CO ASTWISR.
new Yore—Per steamship State of Texas—420
bales cotton, 70 bales hides. 385 sacks wooL
PORT ITEMS.
Sailed in, Norwegian bark Sytphiden, and an-
chored opposite Labadie's wharf.
The tue EsteJle towed out the British bark Her-
bert C. HalL
RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE.
Houston—Per barge Otter—522 bales cotton, 9
bales hides.
Per l>arge Lark—540 bales cotton, 2 bales hides, 9
sacks wool
Per barge Houston—1156 sacks cotton cake, 100
bbls flour.
Qt'ur. Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad—13
bales cotton, 1 car stock, lot country produce
List of Yessels in Port.
Kingsl«nr*L M
uniie T
nbw York.. *>ct. 18.—Noon -The gvauu nuartr*
looks strongly feverish Wheat is very lieavy. feve,
ish and neseUl^d: prirres (rem lower. Corn is
heavy ami t^c lowwr.
Nbv Y*iu, Oct 18.—Stocks quiet. Honey 6@7.
Exchange, Umg. $4 80V&: do. snort $4 State
bonds duP. F*roiehts firm. Flour dulL Wheat
heavy. Corn mederateiy acGve Perk cruaet at
$10 15. 1 Ard weak. steaiu $6 40
New York. Oct. 18.—Ootten on the spot opened
quiet and unchanged, and closed steady Texas
quoted as follow*: Ordinary 9 9-lftc; good ordi-
nary 10 5-16c; low middling 10 11-lftc; middling He;
good middling tl^c Sales 350 bales to exporters.
416 to spinners Total 767 bales. Futures openeu
easier, ruled quiet but steady and closed weak. Sales
140.000: delivered on contract r»uO; October 10.77;
November 10.49: December. 10 t3; January 10.52;
February 10.65; March 10.78; April lO.ft*; BCay 1L07;
June 11.15; July 11.25; August 11.33.
Money active at 5^7 Exchange 4.80^<&4.82.
Governments firm; new 5's 103f4; 4J^'s 105H-
Stocks quiet and lower in early dealings, btrt a
firm feeling set in, and during the afternoon ad-
vanced 4V4 to 7 per cent State bonds steady.
Hides quite strong and in good inquiry: prices
unchanged: 'Wet salted New Orleans, selected
I0?4c.; Texas do. 10«4. Southern flour unchanged
and fairly active; common to fair extra $6 00<Jfc7 00;
good to choice do. $7 lOtfbS 00. Wheat opened
35^5c lower, afterward declined but partly recover-
ed. and closed heavy at about 8c lower than yester-
day; ungraded winter red $1 35^1 47; No. 3 do.
$1 43*4; No 2 $1 47@1 48^. Corn opened J4<fclc
• - ...   ttthej
Kampe
Kexmedy Jas H
Lindemaa &
Hendricks
Little Gee
l^taeckeu D
Lee-pshitz & Freed man.
Malone W H Meyer Theo
Mttrnaon M
Meyer £ Bro H
Meyer demons
McN«mou Ber
McDevitt Pat
I McDonald Jas
McCaoe And
McAdam J T
Morris J
Miller F H
Moores Ratae 3
N ichols M C
Newson A S
O'Rourke J J
O Conner L mr
O Briea J O
Pearson Y P
Parr ell Finley 4
Paula Jacob
Rune Wm
Rogers J B
Randel S H
Riley J V
Rein A W
Sterrart Frank Shailey Frank
lower, but closing _
yellow 60<&61e. Oats opened HAlc lower and less
active. Hops fairly active at full priees; yearlings
7®l8c. Coffee firmer and quiet; Rio quoted at 14
^17c in cargoes and 14^<^18^ in job lots. Sugar
very strong, but rather quiet; fair to good refimng
quoted at 7X^(^7 5-16. prime refined in
fair demand and sales steady; standard 7^$r;
granulated and powdered 9££c; crushed
Molasses quiet and unchanged. Rosin firm at $1 40
(£1 47^. Turpentine firmer at 34c. Wool con
tinues strong and in fair trade; domestic fleece 34<g}
45c: pulled &4i;44c; uwwashed 33c; Texas 12^31c.
Pork higher aad fairlv active: mess spot 10 15^
11 00; latter choice Out meats steady; dry salt
shoulders 4^6c. Middles scarce and prices nonmiaL
Lard opened higher aad closing very firm with
Mootenfee Jno
Man inly G H
Marston S J
McDonald Pat
frlt'.l .iii John D
McKimpuey H
McGee C dt
Moore Thos
Mahl H
Morenaa E<i
Nelson N
Kiseengen H
Kmght J H Sxo
Kershaw Chas 5
Lauson Antone 8
Learaou S
Lewis John
Lave Bro & Me-
nard
Maze 11 a Michele
Meyer Lewis
Mrtaume Alf
Meek \\ m F
ftlcDonuld Wm
McBnde Ji
McCook B
McGee John
Murchison
Moorhead
Muth A
Nelson Ji 
Numarde Adam Neil Schmsedfcg
O" 1 oole J M &co
Ormerod Jacob O'Conner C
Robt Parker mr
Pareth Frank
Pearce A C mr
Plainly Robt
Ryan John
Roeenfield D G
Robertson C B
Rueb C F
PiUier J S
Pitt Henry H
Peres M
Rosse P
Reaves J W B
Ryan Dave
Ripkie H F
..1707
..1936
..2309
STEAMSHIPS.
Colorado. Boiger. New York, dis 
Cairnsnmir. (Br..> Castle. Liverpool, wtg..
Effective, Cummings, Genoa, wtg 
Marlborough, Fulhain, Liverpool ldg 
ships.
N on an turn. Foster. Liverpool, ldg 1150
Senator Weber, Rio Janeiro, outside, wtg 129o
Algoma (Br.). Groves. Rio de Janeiro, ldg US
Julius, Meentzen. St Nazaire. wtg  978
Matura. Homer. Havre, wtg 1194
Cultivator. Russell. Liverpool, waiting 1561
Hermann, (Ger.J Bunje. Amsterdam, wtg 1364
barks
Herbert C. Hall, Davis, Liverpool, ldg  642
Lady Muriel Mav, (Br.), Williams. Liverpool wtg 525
Inveresk, (Br.), Getson. Liverpool, ldg  820
Chasseur (Nor). Johanesen. Oporto, wtg  373
Kalema. Douglas, Liverpool, ldg 787
Agder. (Nor. i. Johansen. Grimstadt. dis  450
Arracan i German), Caseins. Amsterdam, wtg... 792
Mary Jane. (Br.), Bragg. St. Bremen, ldg  649
Hermanas, (Nor,), Jacoosen. Rotterdam, ldg  392
Samos. Henrahan. New York, dis  395
Hampton Court. Kruse. Bremen, wtg   979
Brakka, Nielsen, Exmouth, wtg  383
Cortez, Hansen, Grimstadt, wtg.  350
Men tone, Rafn. Hamburg, wtg....  792
Bernardo. Selly, Liverpool, dis 421
Brilliant. Paulsen. Stettin, wtg  479
Veteran. Gage. Perth Am boy, dis  612
Neptun. (Nor..) Tobia^sen, Grimstadt, wtg  43t
Nebo. (Nor.,) Pedersen. Tvedstrand, wtg 617
Eleanor. (Nor.,) Johnsen, Harlingen. wtg  417
David Malcomson. (Br) Rolnirteon, Liverp'L dis 1213
Flora, (Nor.,) Pederson, Waterford. wtg  494
Sylphiden. (Nor..) Haagensen, Grimstadt. w
BRIOS.
Magdatat, (Br.), Chaddock. Havre, ldg  290
Castalia, Elmes, New York, dis 516
Hardi. Neilson. Liverpool, dis  277
R. M. Heslin. Nugent. Boston, dis 287
Aretas, vBr.,) Robens. Liverpool, dis   891
Akor, (Nor.,) Wilhelmsen, ArendaL wtg 271
Marie, (Ger.,) Bohn. Rio Janeiro, dis.
EigiL (Nor.), Neerland. Liverpool, dis
schooners.
. wtg.. 415
Starkey E A
Serrmielrogge W Seaman Wm H S rattan T J
Seaver M L Stevaason M beier L
Staibla Jacob Shannon Wm B Stevens
Stauage J O 2 Sanson A Streatberg Oakar
Simon A Stubbs capt E E Smith Fraaci?
Shulte A H Sweeney J J Simon S
Scohnay L Sonthard P S M 2
Taylor A V Thompson J J WThompson Gee
Teoiby J W Tharrell August Tillebek Chas
Van Sickel S
Vetter C A
198
Kate Miller, Scull, Philadelphia, dis 
Wateriine. Kelly, New York, dis.
Franklin. Nichols. New York, dis 
Stony Brook. Corpus Christi. Higgms, ldg 
C. S. Bailey, Higgms, New York dis 
Yellow Pine. Ireland. New York, dis 
Mary Jennett, Moore, Corpu.- unristi, ldg  
Veaaela Loading. Cleared and Sailed for
Galveston.
new tore.
Bark Halcyon. ldg Sent 6
Bark Ibis   ldg Sept 14
Brig D. Owen, Chadbourne  ldg Sept 17
Schooner Yellow Pine ldg Sept 14
philadelphia
Bark G. W. Sweeney. Hewitt ldg Sept 17
boston.
Schooner E. H. Potter, Shearer sld Sept 9
liverpool.
Bark Hope ldg Aug 26
Brig Rio Grande  ldg Aug 26
Bark Vick and Mebane (296).  sid Aug 27
Brig Emily Walters  sld Aug 19
Br ship Kenilworth, Hatfield sld Aug 23
Nor bark Tabor, Obie   sld Aug 27
Nor bark Mindora, Jensen  sld Aug 26
Br bark Onaway. Willmott. sld Sept 12
Br bark Dux, Henriksen  sld Sept 4
Br bark Lord Collingwood, Hannay sld Sept 4
Brig Breidablik, Neilsen  ldg Sept 9
Br bark Wesmouth, Durkee sld Sept 12
Nor brig Azha sld Sept 17
Ger bark A. F. Nordman, Ahraus....... Jdg Sept 18
Nor bark Zelos, Bruhn.......   ldg Sept 18
Nor bark Pallas, Ramstrom.  ldg Sept 18
Ger. bark Louise, Lubcke.   ldg Sept 25
g i.oucestu.
Nor bark Jeraaes, A ising Sept 18
Nor bark Staatsraadt Broek. Jacobsen Sept 14
cardiff.
Steamship Eastbourne    sld Sept 25
Nor bark EakedaL k" nudsen.   ski Aug 15
Nor bark Kreon. Jensen  .sld Aug 19
Bark Maiwakefleki, McCarway   sld Sept 25
Terrell & Walker Tonn Rattle-
Venable E snake Dr
Vasquez Francisco
Wagner Theo Werley Chas
Waag^nuyr Dr A Whitney H P
Watou W E WTells J J
Washington J H Watt H C
Wiater Theo Windes J W
Wilson A B Wood Chas H
Woodrow S C Wood N P
Williams M Wifexm J E
WilliamsonWAdrWilliams Chas
Zeheah E mr
Wedemeyer Chas
Washington E
Walker L A
Wolfer Christian
Woods Aliwi
Wing W
Wheat ley Ths dr
WTise Jacob
YouensA G
Persons calling for the above will pieaee say " ad
vertised letters." C. B. SABIN. Postmaster.
The best diet for working i.ien to lire <
fruit—ths fruit of industry.
STA.TB FRESH.
What the Interior Papers Say.
The Corsicana Observer says:
Poor Mr. Goodnight whom everybody es-
teems (for he is a good man) has been led away
by the idiotic teaching of Havnes and has
given up his popular school to follow this rant-
ing, ribald, snorting blasphemer.
The Columbus Citizen devotes a column
to the description of a brilliant wedding and
ball in Colorado county. The costumes of
the ladies are described in a manner that
would reflect credit on the society editor of
a ladies paper of London or New York, but
the reporter is modest and ends by saymg:
All those who have escaped especial remark
will please remember that the most expressive
expletives furnished by Bullion and Webster
are inadequate to faithfully portray them.
The belle of the evening, as several of tbe gen-
tlemen whisperecL we will not mention; but
she will be readily recognised by ths descrip-
tion:
Just tall enough to be graceful,
Just slight enough to be a fay,
Just dressed enough to be tasteful,
Just merry enough to be gay.
Among the Weimar items in the Colorado
Citizen is the following somewhat suspicious
announcement:
Died, last Friday morning, at the residence
of Luke Garner, three miles southeast of Wei-
mer, a man by the name of John White, who
was under several heavy bonds for his appear-
ance before the district oourt of San Jacinto
county. He was buried in the odd fellows rest
on Saturday morning. This was handed do
your local for insertion for the benefit of his
relations and friends, as well as interested par
is! San Jacinto county papers please copy.
Probably the court will require some bet-
ter evidence of Mr. White's death before re
leasing his bondsmen. Premature obituaries
are becoming frequent in the newspapers.
The Columbus Citizen, in discussing the
efforts of the people of LaGrangs to secure
railroad connections, urges tbe superior
claims of Columbus or Afleyton and the
Sunset route over a connection with the Cen-
tral The claims and interests of Columbus
are set forth as follows:
The distance from here to LaGrange is
three or four miles less than from Alley ton,
and on the Alleyton route a bridge must be
built across Cummins's creek, with a good deal
of trestle work. This would cost very near as
much as a bridge across the Colorado here,
and especially when we take into account the
three or four miles of extra road required to
be built by the Alleyton route. We believe
the LaGrange road weald be a benefit to Co
lumbus, if ending here, aad we believe our citi-
zens could well afford to pay tbe difference be-
tween the cost of a bridge acroc the Colorado
and one acroes Cummins's creek, in order to
secure the terminus here.
' There is always room at the top,M is
the encouraging sign held out to young as-
pirants in any profession. They all aim for
that point, and, like the young convert in
the hymn, are resolved to try. The Castro-
ville Quill, in remarking of the project for
another paper at 8an Antonio to make the
even half doaen, says:
It will live out its little day and die—that's
aft. There is always a superfluous lot of fools
in everv town aod city, and the worst fool is
the fellow who is ignorant of the fact. It is
just such nonentities that are always starting
wild-cat newspapers. And every time one
starts and kerfluuiixee, it strengthens those al-
ready established on a firm basis.
The old original George, of the Hunts
vQle Item, modestly disclaims most of the
honor for getting up that lively sheet, and
says;
4t Bv George" is entitled to all the local en-
tries of the item of last week, and indeed for
the general run of them at any time.
The old man complains of the ravages of
time on his "form," and says his eyes arc
dimmed with age; but he seems willing to
succumb too soon. The N*ws is glad to
see that he has reared so worthy a successor
to perpetuate the paper and the editor's
name.
Evil to those whose thoughts are evil, or
words to that effect, is the motto" of the
knights of the garter. The editor of the
Dallas Times, having pointed to the some-
what immodest picture of the woman on
horseback in the circus cuts, the patriarch
of the Marshall Herald rebukes him for not
turning his eyes to the other attractions, and
asks:
Where are the pyramid of elephants, the
monkevs, the beautiful horses, the graceful
lion, the untamed hyenas, and the sad-eyed
gorgeous snakes? Haw he no eye for tbe beau-
tiful printing# Are all his thoughts, sensibili-
ties, idle imaginings, and restless vaporings
centered in that vain young woman? We do
not pretend to say it's wrong. The Times is
never wrong. But is it not wasting its youth
La a wild dissipation?
The Waco Telephone in&sts on the pro-
priety of chatechising members of congress
on local issues, saying:
The people choose congressmen presumably
for their ability and statesmanship Their
views and advice on questions of state policy
ought to be valuable, and it would seem that
that the congressman should at all times take
a lively interest in measures that affect the
progress and prosperity of his state.
Most people think our congressional dele-
gation has work enough in the regular
duties devolved upon them, without being
compelled to sit up of Righto to study the
state laws, the smoke-house aad dog tax,
~Na fcqll-imnch* fence and game law
The Weatherford Times says " the fossils
of the democratic party" are for the re-
nomination of Tilden, and expresses the
opinion that—
Except in isolated communities the Tilden
feature of the next campaign is as objection-
able as the election of Gov. Robert* :o the
United States senate would be here in Texas,
CoL Ogsbury, of the Cuero Bulletin, pays
a feeling tribute to the memory of hi* old
associate and companion in arms during the
days of the Texas revolution, CoL John M.
Wade, lately deceased.
The San Antonio Express describes an-
other vexatious old litigated land claim in-
volving forty thousand acres, including the
town of San Marcos; the case pendiug in
the federal court, the style of which is
Guadalupe Campos vs. the settlers of San
Marcos. The principal claimant, Guada-
lupe Campos, is a n^sident of SaltiJIo, Mex-
ico, and holds that she inherits this prop-
erty from Juan Vicente Campos, formerly
chief justice of the states of Coahuila and
Texas, who received the property a? a re-
ward for official services.
The Wills Pointer thinks the result of the
election in Ohio may ''prove of benefit to
either the greenbackers or democrats One
or the other should now take a common-
sense view of their own affairs."
The Dallas Herald and Commercial pre-
dicts that the Texas greenbackers will not
put a state ticket in the field in 16*0, but
will endeavor to unite on an " independ-
ent."
The Brenhaai Banner thinks the lesson
taught by the result in Ohio should be care
fatly studied:
The democrats are in a majority in the coun-
try if they can be united on common ground
and for a commou purpose. It now rest* with
leaders of the democracy to work lor a unifica-
tion of the party, all sectional differences must
be harmonized aud a financial policy adopted
that w^ll meet the views of the couutry at
large. If there are are any statesmen left, now
is the time to bring them to the front, as with-
out statesmen and without management ali is
lost, and we had as well surrender to the en-
emy.
What does the Grimes county Sentinel
mean when it remarks.
No man who would instigate the packing of
a grand jury of a United States court would
hesitate to rob the United Stale* mails '
The Corsicana Observer exclaims
What, Tilden! No; never! And there's no
hardly ever about this sentence, either.
Alluding to Ohio, the Observer says
So far as we are capable of judging, it seems
to us Ewing's defeat will serve to strengthen
the democracy for the great struggle next
year. It will demonstrate the necessity of
every man doing his duty and sticking to his
colors. Give us Hancock as a candidate and
success is very probabla
The Houston Evening News says.
If the editor of our more or less esteemed
contemporary should be tbe next governor,
the boys at the capital would be in clover.
Besides being their governor, he would be their
Bartow. No bell punches, please. We must
insist upon the press of the state speaking out
on the News state ticket. Bartow and McGary
will sweep the field. Sunday law and anti-
Sunday law, bell-punch and auti-beil-punch
men can surely unite on these statesmen.
Says the Marlin Moving Ball
The Houston Telegram is the most disrespect-
ful paper we know of towards public olticials
in performance of their sworn official duties.
It is only the Telegram's way of saying
things, loud in order that it may be heard
A low voice is said to be a good thing in
woman; but with newspapers it is sometimes
necessary to make a noise in order to attract
attention. Other papers and public officers
are legitimate targets in such cases.
The Waco Telephone takes a tilt at the
"extortionate and unnecessary freight rates
levied on merchants and others" by rail-
roads, and presents the following examples:
One merchant says he received a small lot of
goods from St. Louis. The bill of lading set
forth that the freight was to be delivered in
Waoo at a through rate of $1 35 per 100 pout ids;
this was a guaranteed rate. There were 400
pounds in the lot, which, at the guaranteed
rate, should have made the whole bill $5 40;
yet tbe Central railroad presented a bill for
$9, and the merchant was compelled to pay it.
At another time he received a lot of freight
(4500 pounds) from Cincinnati. This time the
bill of lading set forth a guaranteed through
rate to Waco of $1 90 per 100 pounds. Accord-
ing to this rate the freight bill should have
been $85 50. The Central agent here present-
ed a bill for $100, nearly double what the bill
of lading called for, and this the merchant was
also compelled to pay before he could get the
freight, at the same time surrendering his bill
of lading, the onlv evidence in his possession
that the goods had actually been shipped
at a guaranteed through rate of $1 'JO per 100.
There is considerable wool-pulling be-
tween Cuero, Corpus Christi and San An-
tonio—a three-cornered fight for the golden
fleece of southwestern Texas. A writer in
the Cuero Bulletin says:
Our live and go-ahead merchants in their
efforts to make our young city a central mar-
ket for wool from a vast territory, have been
paying the very fullest quotations; 33c to #jc
are prices daily paid for the better clips, and
inferior grades bring in proportion prices
above those paid in San Antonio and other
markets. The Osman clip from Karnes coun-
ty, which so far had sought its market here,
was sold this fall in San Antonio at 25^gC to
the surprise of buyers here, as 26V£c has been
offered to Mr. Osman for the same wool (last
year fall clip) in the spring, by one of our
most reliable merchants.
A Boston commercial journal recently
warned the wool buyers of western Texas
that they were paying prices that were
likely to lead to losses, and the above would
lead to that conclusion. At Xe* York last
week fine western Texas wools were quoted
at from 23 to 26 cents, leaving no margin for
profit on the prices "named in the Bulletin.
Brains Needed, Not Leaders.
[To the News. 1
Meridian, Oct. 16.—"Brains are what
the democratic party of Texas most needs.n
remarked an intelligent suffragan to your
correspondent to-day, after reading a studied
editorial in a Texas daily about "the great
need of an able aud reliable leader for the
democracy in the present uncertain condi-
tion of political affairs. Considered in con-
nection with the political history of this
state since the war, the remark seemed per-
tinent and suggestive, if one might dare to
entertain an intimation against the wisdom
and infallibility of the party, his allegiance
to which he would not have questioned. Un
fortunately, however, brains have been at a
discount in Texas politics, and not until
quite recently has anything but blind parti-
san zeal been required as :«n evi
dence of merit or to entile one
to confidence and respect a* a good aod
faithful partisan The Irish politician.
who?e definition of democracy was ' to
vote the rig'lar ticket." was perhaps the fair-
est illustration of the class which predomi-
nates in both of the great parties of this
country, and outside of which no man can
hope to be popular with either. It can only
be attributed to a want of brains, or at least
to a failure to make a proper use of them,
that party names have so lon*j been more
potent than principle® in forming the resuit
of popular elections, and that thus parties in
many states have almost outlived their use-
fulness. It has only been necessary for
party leaders to announce themselves as the
duly accredited representatives of the par-
ticular organization whose support they have
desired, in order to gain a blind following *o
accomplish any object sought. The average
partisan does not ordinarily regard it as any
part of hts'duty or right to question the
expedieacy or justice of any mea-
sure, or the fitness of any
aspirant to office, provided such measure or
aspirant is attested by the certificate aud
seal of the proper organization, and the fic-
tion of the English law that the king can do
no wrong finds a parallel in this country in
the belief entertained by the ciass referred
to that the party of their taith can do no
wrong. Politicians and aspirants to oiiice
seek to gain confidence and support by de-
fending every act of the party upon which
their prospects for prefermeni depend They
advise the people that the particular party
they represent is the embodiment of everv
political virtue, aud partisans of their own
faith blindly assent. Thus parties have lived
through all the history of our country sim
ply by the magical influences of their names,
and only when some measures have been
adopted that oppressed the people too heavi-
ly for quiet endurance has party subser-
viency proved insufficient to silence
complaint against party manage-
ment, and In such instances the in
genuity of those who construct the plat-
forms lias never failed to satisfy with sooth-
ing promises all discontented spirits. In
late years parties have been ready to prom
i*e almost anything that might win votes,
and it has been deemed treachery to doubt
them, tbe man who dares to do so soon tiud-
ing himself in the situation of the embryo
statesman of Waco who termed himself ra
political orphan," because the democracy
refused to discard Mills when the latter,
failing to follow along in the old wheel
ruts beaten out by demagogues and trick-
sters, advanced certain new and progressive
ideas for adoption by his party. If it is true
that the democratic party needs brains it is
also true that for about two years this uced
has been gradually supplied, though per-
haps not sufficiently yet It still blunders,
and its blunders are sull indorsed and de-
fended, although lately a spirit is being
manifested that promises to induce
a reform in party management
and to enforce a fulfillment of its promises.
The people are commencing to think and
They have starved so long upon
promises unreahzd, and suffered so much
from misgovemment. that they are becom-
ing wiser " un«o salvation." and even now
many who have been working quietly in
the harness almost sia<e the organization of
the party, are beginning to ki»-k out of the
traces. A nost worthy citizea n^wisrked
yesterday *:y» Afriter thai for nearly
twenty-five v:.;r- he had »;ed the demo
cratic ticket • i>^ratcbed, b . unless he saw
more hope l.v, : present oi greater bene
fti from its -u. y. he would be foreed
to form allegjpri. e to some tHlier party that
has not yet been tne«. The special source
of his complaint was in the education policy
o! the present administration. He claimed
to have lived in Texas k>ug enough to ap-
preciate the importance of providing some
means for educating the masses, and deemed
it paramount to almost any other interest
Owing, however, to the financial distress
prevailing throughout the state he would not
have objected to the reduction of the appro-
priation for the free schools had there been
a proportionate reduction ot taxation; but :n
til is the ad nun is! i at ion has failed, and he
observed that, after forcing a reduction of
the school appropriation ostensibly for the
purpose of ligin- uing the burden of taxa-
tion, the governor recommended The appro-
priation of a much larger sum than the re
auction made n. "he school fund tor various
o«Uer purposes, many of which were unne-
cessary Many -ther grounds of complain!
are urged against the policy of the party,
and the result is the daily accession »f mem-
bers to the greenback ranks of many whe
have heretofore never failed to vote the
"riii'iar ticket/ These facts suggest the
imj>ortance of the adoption of n dif-
ferent policy by the .next state con-
vention. and the >afest policy will in the
long run be to make no promises that it is
not ititended to comply with Otherwise,
i* may appear that the masses of the party
have at least too much brains to lie longer
deceived by unmeaning promises, or charmed
by the magic of a name. w. a f.
PARKER COUNTY.
Description of Wearher-forcf* Preaeal
aud Future Prosperity.
{.To the News.i
Wkathkrford. Oct. la.—Situated m a
small but pleasant valley, very near tlia
head of the dry fork of the clear fork of
Trinity, is Weatherford, the seat of Parker
county, and the terminus of the present ex-
tension of the Texas an»i Pacific railway. It
is rather an attractive location for a town.
and t'ai surpassing in excellence the site or
ei her Dallas or Fort Worth. All along tha
stage road from Fort Worth the traveler
views, from the heights of the rolling
prairie, which constitutes the divide be-
tween clear fork and west fork of Trinity,
the meanderings of clear fork, the beautiful
valley covered with woods, a pleasing pic-
ture upon a background of high rolling
billows of prairie, reaching far away
southward in great stretches against
the pure cerulean of boundless
space. At a distance of about tea
miles Weatherford merges into view ne.*-
tled snugly in its quiet little valley, sur-
rounded by picturesque heights covered
with trees, with here and there patches of
prairie and craggy bluffs, which give variety
to the variegated landscape, for the valiey
itself is undulating, and pleasingly inter-
sected by a number of branches skirted and
fringed by woods and undergrowth, afford-
ing fine drainage aud conducive to health.
There are some excelled views about tlia
place, the most notable of which is Oyster
hill, so called from the rock formations,
which are petrefactions of what appear to
be muscle or snail shells. It is almost a
cone, with a handsome table covered with a
pleasant little grove of trees, aud this, to-
gether witn other prominent points, and the
vales between are the resort of multitudes
of men, women and children on Sunday
afternoons in fair weather, an abund-
ance of which has recently fallen to the lot
ol the denizens of this part of the moral
vineyard in these last day a But withal
this pleasant and picturesque little vale is
not without its disadvantages. There are no
bold springs and streams of running water.
It is said that during the winter the streams
are filled with water, but now they are as
dry as a boue aud appear as thirsty as a
desert. True it is. that water can be ob-
tained in great abundance by digging wells
from twenty to forty feet, but this will never
answer for a supply for protection against
fires and other necessary purposes for a town
of any considerable size or business. There
has been some talk about boring artesian
weils, but nothing so far has been done.
Water was obtained at Fort Worth
at less than three hundred feet, and
it is conjectured by some who claim to
know something about the bowels of mother
earth, that the same stream can be reached
here at less than two hundred feet. Some-
thing will have to he done in this direction,
| and perhaps nothing is more feasible than
boring artesian wells. The elevation of
this place is estimated at about eleven hun-
dred feet above sea level, and it is but a
short distance from the divide between the
Brazos and the waters of Trinity. The
nearest point to the Brazos is al>out ten or.
twelve milea. It runs for some distance
through the southwestern portion of the
county; but the water is brackish, and
strongly impregnated with gypsum, and is
unfit for human use, if it were immediately
at hand The well water here is lime, of
course, but withal tolerable, even to one
accustomed so long to rain water alone.
Yet one can easily accommodate him-
self and become accustomed to many
new method? of living. if other
things are agreeable to his wishes.
However, beyond the prospect of the early
completion of the railroad to thin place the
outlook for this section would be rather
gloomy indeed for this season. The crops
this year are a failure to a great extent, and
the recent rise in breadstuffs and hog pro-
ducts, and decline in cotton is anything but
animating to the husbandman, who has
toiled in vain through the past season of
drouth and discomfiture; and as if in sheer
mockery of the woes of the unrequited
laborer, the grasshoppers have put in an
appearance and float and flutter gracefully,
over the parched and barren wastes as
though they were harbingers of prosperity
instead of disaster and woe. Much alarm
has been exhibited among the farmers for
the safety of the remnant of their stunted
crop of cotton, but so far I have seen but
Utile evidence of their destruction in this
immediate vicinity. Goodness knows there
is little more here to afford them pasture
than dry sward and toughened leaves,
fading for decay. There is one thing no-
ticeable, but perhaps such is universal in
such times; the farmer gathers more closely
and in better order what there is of his
scanty products, and he has one providence
to be thankful for, and that is a most favor-
able season for harvesting his limited crop;
and even this is not altogether agreeable,
after a drouth so long continued. This is
an exceedingly quiet community. Peace and
order prevail generally throughout the
county There ^ was. nevertheless, one
homi ide recently within her bounds, which
was duly noticed in your telegraphic dis-
patches. J. M. Campbell was arrested,
charged with the murder of a man identified
as John Booth, for the alleged attempt to
ravish Campbell's daughter. His prelimi-
nary examination was concluded yesterday
before justice Baylor, who admitted him to
bail in tne sum of :$3000. Public opinion iu
Campbell's c;u>e seems to be that, if it should
be proved that the deceased was the offender
against the daughter of Campbell,
the accused will have but little
trouble in obtaining an acquittal
If, however, it should appear that he has
bagged the wrong man, the mistake will be
fatai to the unfortunate Campbell, and in
that event, his hide may at once be consid-
ered as already upon the fence. Booth, how-
ever. was a stranger, homeless and„friend-
less, apparently, in this section, and per-
chance the world over, and his fate may
soon be forgotten amid the buatle aud busi-
ness of a lailroad terminus, md with van-
ishing time aud the law's delays his execu-
tion may gc unscathed. May i»e he was
worthy of his fate, and then again he may
have deserved something better than his
hasty taking-off. God knows—perhaps we
never will until we all assemble before that
great tribunal, where the record is fully
made up.
Speaking of 'u** ami courts, it appears
that even this embryo city is blessed with
quite the -aine number of public function-
aries as Galveston and other fortunate cities,
all engaged, with all. th«nr might, in •* sav-
ing the country.w and all very punctually
feeding from the public trough, under
which great blessings, like some other
favored people we wot of, the good people
stagger a lit le with the burden of revenue
which they have to contribute to sustain
this preciou- load of excellence and respec-
tability. Thauk the good Lord, however,
we have no board of health and no quaran;
tine. There is more mystery hanging about
the movements of the railroad company in
regard to the completion of this extension
than I ever experienced in connection with
any public enterprise in my short journey
through life. So one seems to have the
least idea whai they are doiug or intend to
do. The grade is nearly completed, and the
marvel is why they did not sometime ago
commence laying rails. I suppose all will
be right ultimately, but "hope deferred
make tli the heart sick.* We are all
hopeful that the work will be com-
plete and 'he jars running here aboute
the 1st day of December, 1879.
When it does »ine I have no doubt about
the business prosperity of this place, and
doubtless too. while some, by industry,
sound judgment an.I ••-onomy will accumu-
late and retain something of the harvest
trom the flush times anticipated, many more
will liud themselves stranded high aud dry
upon ihe shoals of receding business, when
the railroad with its engines and appliances
are " gone glimmering ~ far away over the
plains toward the setting sun. h.