The Galveston Daily News. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 140, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1874 Page: 2 of 4
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Thursday, June 18, 1874.
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city, east of Thirty-fifth street, will confer a
favor by reporting promptly at our counting
room any and every failure on the part of the
carriers to deliver the Daily News before
o'clock a. m.
NOTICE.
During th« summer months the "NEWS
COUNTING ROOM will be closed at 8 p. M.
Advertisers hereaftor will please bring in
their advertisements, etc., before that hour
If possible.
All advertisers having transactions with the
office after that hour, will find the editorial
rooms on the third floor open until the paper
goes to press.
Junction City, Kansns, and fialve*'
ton.
Junction City, Kansas, June 10
Eds. News—We want to take your
paper. Please send us sample copy. If
your commission men do not advertise
give oh the names of some of the most
reliable.
We are at the northern terminus of
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas ltailroad
and, with same rates, have it in our pow
er to do as much for your city as Kansas
City can do. If your people only show
that they liavo enterprise and means to
handle our products, sue can do some
tiling for herself. In fact, you have St
in your power to make (Jalveston the
metropolis of the West and South.
We had, yesterday, a meeting to de
termine on the best piau for opening up
business relations with your city. We
onclose you a proof-sheet of the proceed
ings, which was furnished us by the
Junction City Tribune.
We propose to be the heaviest shippers
of flour and grain from this point this
fall, and we are anxious to get the names
of some of your conmiissioa men.
II. P. &. Co.
Sincc the inauguration of this West-
ern grain trade movement the News
is constantly in receipt of just such
documents as the above. It does not
devolve upon the editorship of the
News to forward directories of the
commission houses of Galveston.
Those who seek an extended commer-
cial acquaintance through the adver-
tising columns of the paper will natu-
rally be recognized as wide-awake,
forecasting, energetic and efficient. It
is entirely at the option of persons
doing business in Galveston, and who
are interested in the opening trade of
t ie New West, to make use of these
columns in tho regular and proper way
for cultivating profitable relations with
this trade. We do not advise them.
It is for them to pursue, or even ne-
glect, if they please, their own inter-
ests, according to their individual
tastes and fancies, and to take the full
responsibility for results.
The ChsetSHi.
If by any possibility the money voted
by Congress to the Indians could reach
them and they knew how to employ
it they would be the wealthiest people
in America. The House of Represent-
atives, on Saturday, suspended the
rules and incorporated in the sundry
Civil Appropriation bill an appropria-
tion of 13,100,000, to pay the Choctaw
Indians, in accordance with old treaty
stipulations.
This is a large amount and one not
acquainted with the peculiar history of
the tribe to whom it is voted might
suppose that it had no more merit than
most of the large sums voted ostensi-
bly to Indians, but which lodges
mainly with the Indian ring and the
various classes of middle men who are
less worthy than any denounced by the
Grangers.
The Choctaws, who now constitute
a large part of the so-called Indian Na-
tion, situated between Texas and Kan-
sas, originally dwelt between the rivers
Mississippi and Tombigbce,' in a sec-
tion that now constitutes parts of the
States of Mississippi and Alabama.
They were, when first known to
white men, great cultivators of corn
and subsisted moie upon that grain
than upon wild game. They had four
thousand warriors, and allied them
selves with the early French settleisin
making war against more savage
tribes. They acknowledged the sov-
ereignty of the United States, by a
treaty made ninety-eight years ago,
and the Federal Government in turn
guaranteed the Choctaws in the pos
session of their lands. In 1813, when
the Creeks massacred the white inhab
itants of Fort Mims, the Choctaws
volunteered to march with the Missis
sippi militia to avenge the outrage,
In 1816, by treaty, they agreed
to cede a tract of land to
the United States for ten thousand dol-
lars in hand and six thousand a year
for twenty years. In 1818, they had
missionaries among them; were mak
ing progress in the mechanic arts, and
raised cotton, which they manufac-
tured into cloth. They remained in
somewhat the same condition until
1837. In 1830 they had ceded another
tract of land to the United States, and
in the year first named they ceded the
remainder—seven millions of acres of
which were in Mississsippi, and con-
stituted a large body of the best lands
in that State. Their entire cession of
lands amounted, from first to last, to
nearly twenty millions of acres, for
which they received upwards of twenty
millions where they now reside, and
$3,228,730 in money and goods. They
removed to their present territory in
1839. They are among the most civil-
ized of their race. They have a writ-
ten Constitution, an elective chief and
council, courts, with jury trial, and
are reported frugal and industrious.
They raise large herds of cattle and
horses, cotton, corn and wheat, and
have mills, schools, churches, and com-
fortable dwellings. They carry on the
more common of the mechanic arts
and manufactures. They teach Loth
Choctaw and English in their schools,
and have the Bible in both languages.
Their pay rolls in 1853 gave the num-
ber of the tribe as 15,707. Allowing
that they number twenty thousand at
present, the two millions above appro-
priated would give each one hundred
dollars. Their territory gives each one
thousand acres of land. The country
is a fine one, and they would seem to
have an easy life and a promising fu-
ture, but it is hardly possible that they
can, with every disposition on the part
of the Government to do them justice,
long stand before the more enterprising
and aggressive race, before which the
aboriginies have so long been warring.
The project of giving them the same
form of government as the whites, and
dividing the lands among them, is a
bold experiment. Few of them know
the value of land, beyond their own
present wants, and the chances are
that the whites would soon own the
great body of the country. The In
dians might be absorbed and assimila-
ted with the more powerful race, but
it it hardly probable that they would,
in a century or two, give more impress
to society than that imparted by the
remnants of old tribes that are still to
be found ia some of the Northern
States.
Texas Press.
The Jefferson Democrat continues to
portray the "peculiar advantages" of
that region as a home far emigrants.
The Kaufman Star calls on the De-
mocracy of that county to organize for
the coming elections.
The Dallas Herald has concluded its
series of articles against "National
Prejudices." The following is the
closing paragraph:
Bui st asunder the bonds of prejudice,
and since the war, the New Oileans mer-
chants seem to have lacked enterprise,
capital, or something else, to regain it.
It belongs legitimately to the cities of the
Gulf, and 1 think properly to (ialveston.
The transportation from St. Louis to
Jamaica, via Galveston, is but about half
the distance via New York. In handling
the perishable article of tropical fruits,
time is everything. A good sailing
schooner can make the run from Jamaica
to Galveston in seven or eight days, and
with prober arrangements with the rail-
road companies a cargo can be distributed
among the cities of Texas and the West,
as far up as St. Louis, in fifteen days fro;n
■ j i, < .. ... . . j i Jamaica—about the time required to
judge all men by the light of truth and make the run from Jamaica to New Tork
justice, have charity for all, a9 we need j have reliable statistics on Jamr.ica
its protecting mantle ourselves, tram- trade> -which I could supply if desired,
pie bigotry under foot and exalt virtue I and_ having lived four years iu the
wherever found, at home or abroad, | island, and being personally acquainted
Population, Wealth anil Taxation.
The following statement of the wealth
and taxation of the several States of the
Union is said '•> have been compiled
from official sources:
Wealth Tar n upon Tax'n |
per
whether in the native or adopted citi-
zen, whether in Jew or Gentile, and
thus render our country a fit abiding
place for all men made in the image of
God.
The Weatherford Times has a large
number of short and sensible editorials
on various subjects.
The Cleburne Chronicle intimates
pretty clearly its preference for Gov.
Throckmorton as the Democratic can-
didate for Congress in the District
where be resides.
The San Antonio Herald discusses
the national finances and faults in the
management of the United States
Treasury.
The Bastrop Advertiser prints a
heavy communication against Straw
Corporations.
The llockport Transcript has an in-
structive article about public default-
ers, another on the International bond
with all the leading merchants of the
island, I feel confident that some of the
merchants there could be induced to co-
operate in such a trade movement as I re-
fer to.
Hoping to hear from you in reply, I
remain, yours truly, J. N. Camp.
It might be worth the while of our St.
Louis provision men, millers, grocers
fruit dealers and others to address a let
ter to Mr. Camp and learn more definitely
what he proposes. We should not be
surprised if there was something prom-
ising in this proposition. At first
glance it appears as though much
better arrangements might be per-
fected for such a trade from New
Orleans than from Galveston, as St. Louis
and New Orleans are situated upon the
same great river, and that river leads to
the Gulf, but observe that it is proposed
to use schooners in the trade, and the
fearful robbery which the towboat mo-
nopoly of New Orleans perpetrates upon
all commerce carried on in sailing ves-
sels will be a strong point in favor of
Galveston. We hope Mr. Camp will
not let the matter drop. If Mr. Evans,
to whom Mr. Camp addresses his letter,
per
Head.
New York '.'US ?«
Massachusetts 1,»63 03
Connecticut. l.«l 30
Rhode Island
California 1.1« 15
Pennsylvania l.«j» «
N<*wJer=ey '2S 12
Ohio g38 73
Illinois 835 £}
Maryland....- •■■■ S5M 37
New Hampshire
Delaware
Indiana
Missouri
Nevada
Vermont
Wisconsin
Michigan
Iowa
Oregon
Nebraska
Maine. ■
793 66
777 35
754 58
740 48
13* 72
711 99
865 90
607 41
601 03
567 06
563 26
555 35
Minnesota 520 70
question, and many minor editorials of will send to Mr. Camp the printed list of
Kansas
Kentucky.
Louisiana
West Virginia... .
Tennessee
Virginia
Arkansas
South Carolina
Mississippi
North Carolina...
Florida
Georgia
Alabama....
518 36
457 46
444 51
481 -VZ
395 89
334 31
3-22 81
294 99
252 67
243 39
235 23
226 47
202 46
Texas 194 30
each
♦$1,000.
$7 47
11 68
7 83
7 81
12 25
6 44
7 83
10 52
10 28
10 30
12 88
4 30
8 52
10 82
26 34
9 07
7 67
7 52
12 62
11 26
14 83
15 36
11 57
14 15
9 48
21 85
9 03
6 79
11 26
18 33
13 30
17 86
9 02
11 22
9 70
14 77
7 10
Head.
$11 07
17 10
11 28
9 98
13 95
6 96
8 18
9 33
8 59
8 49
10 22
3 34
6 42
8 08
19 30
6 46
5 10
4 57
7 58
6 39
8 35
8 53
6 20
7 33
4 34
9 71
3
2 69
3
5 91
3 92
4 51
2 20
2 64
2 21
2 99
1 38
* True value.
Details
of the Double Murder
Hefuglo County.
In
Freight**.
Wc observe a table of freight rate3
in one of our Kansas City exchanges.
From that point to Providence and
Portland they charge per 100 pounds
for iirst-class freights, $1 75; for
second-class, $1 55; for third-class,
*1 05; for fourth-class, 80 cents; and
for a barrel of flour, $1 70. To Bos
ton, Hartford, New Haven, Bridge
port and Worcester, they charge for
first-class freight $1 70 per 100
pounds; second-class, $1 50; third-
class, $1 00; fourth-class, 80 cents;
and for a barrel of flour, $1 CO. To
New York, Albany and Troy, the rates
are per 100 pounds for tirst-class
freight $1 00; second-class, $1 40;
third-class, 00 cents; fourth-ciass,
cents; and for flour per barrel, $1 50.
The above is what the railroads East
charge over their respective lines
which will serve as a basis of compari-
son as to what may be gained by ship-
ping to Galveston. It is supposed
that ninety dollars per car load will be
the rate fixed for transportation be-
tween Kansas City and our Gulf port.
One car will carry one hundred barrels
of flour. One hundred barrels of flour
t) New York costs one hundred and
fifty dollars. To Galveston it will cost
ninety. Comment is unnecessary when
a difference of sixty cents per barrel ex-
ists in favor of the Gulf route.
The Mixers' Kiots in Ohio have
taken somewhat the form of a small
war of races. The strikers are white
men, and the new employees and the
soldiers employed to defend them are
negroes. One of the last dispatches
says about sixty negroes had deserted,
but some have returned to camp very
drunk. An order has been sent to
Memphis for 100 negroes, and to Co-
lumbus for 100 more still. Others are
expected.
It will be noticed in the report of
proceedings of the United States Court
that the suits for Internal Revenue
taxes, which have been'pend ing against
the Houston and Texas Central Rail-
way Company, have been compromised
l»y the payment of amount of all taxes
sued for with costs and penalties. The
compromise was offered through Major
Richardson, Secretary of the company,
and accepted by the government.
A State Bus K.i ter initiator.
The St. Louis Globe gives great
credit to Mr. C. V. Riley, Missouri
State Entomologist, for the zeal and
skill with which he explores and ex
poses the tricks and iniquities of the
insects which prey upon the growing
crops, and his exercise of skill that gen
erally outwits them, though to exterm-
inate or wholly to subdue them would
seem to be impossible. The Globe
names the following among the pestif-
erous insects that "have to squirm
under the critical dissecting knife,
whatever that is, wielded by the State
bug-hunter: "The grape phylloxera,
the vine caterpillars, the cotton worm,
tli§ham beetle, the clover hay worm,
the borers, the sumach jumper, the po
tato bug, and sundry butterflies and
katydids, come under review." With
regard to the phylloxera grape louse,
the Globe says that Mr. Riley has re-
ceived a gold medal from the French
Minister of Agriculture for discovering
that the gall louse and the root louse
was the same infernal little creature.
The discovery of the phylloxera is one
thing, and quite enough for one man.
Its destruction is to be hereafter consid-
ered. As the cookery book says
"First catch your hare." After Mr.
Riley has accomplished his St. Patrick
like mission among the pests of Mis-
souri, he could find a good field and
new game in Texas, where it is related
that an old public servant once de
scribed the "insects" as quite trouble-
some in the crops; and on being asked
wlvat species was doing most harm,
answered the bears and raccoons. If
Mr. Riley will exterminate these, he
may next undertake to send the fleas
hopping out of sundry country vil-
lages where the pigs are allowed to oc-
cupy the most public places.
A Patent Ballot Box.
Congress occasionally expresses
doubt as to whether its powers of leg-
islation are unlimited, but in such
cases relies on the idea of Charles
Francis Adams, that moral influence
is sufficient. A smart chap, with
patent ballot box, has been petitioning
to have it made a national institution,
and its use obligatory in all elections
but on Saturday Senator Carpenter,
from the Committee on the Elections,
reported that, while the committee con-
sidered it impolitic to adopt a ballot
box, it recommends, unanimously, to
States, severally, Warston'a safety bal-
lot box as an excellent preventive of
ballot stuffing and other frauds.
The News acknowledges the receipt
of an invitation to be present at the
final celebration of the Graham Lee
and Washington Literary societies of
Washington and Lee University, of
Virginia. The celebration occurs on
Monday next, the 23d iDgt,
merit.
The Comanche Chief puts on its
war paint, and sends its arrows at the
News for having condemned the lynch
ing of the prisoners in the Belton jail.
The Chief\ in anticipation of some-
thing that might be said, puts its de-
fiance and recrimination in this form:
As the officers of Bell have been as-
sailed, it is but natural to expect that
those of our own county will have to
undergo the same castigation at the
hands of this mammoth sheet. What
wc have to say is this: that whoever,
whether private individual or news-
paper, assumes to hurl their shafts of
censure against either officers, citizens
or administration, are actuated by venal
motives or are entirely ignorant of the
circumstances.
This is perhaps the best the Chief
can do under the circumstances. It is
difficult to answer charges before they
have been made.
The Ennis Argus has "A Piece
About Doctors." In the eyes of the
Argus doctors are very good people.
The Rusk Observer makes a great
many timely observations on current
topics.
The Clarksville Times is in favor of
Captain R. R. Gaines, of Red River
county, for Congress.
The Victoria Advocate claims to be
Democratic, and, at the same time,
feels free to say:
We think Gov. Coke, in the matter
of the printing swindle, and his evi-
dent complicity in the International
Railroad robbery, has laid himself lia-
ble to the charge of corruption
The Cuero Star discusses the lawless
state of things in that region, and says
armed men are swarming through
the county in pursuit of each other; a
fatal collision is expected every hour,
and rumors of skirmishes are rife
through the county. Old family feuds
are the cause of this pending drama,
and it is said that good men are en
listed on both sides for deadly com
bat." The Star calls on all good citi-
zens, not implicated with either fac-
tion, to rally in support, of the rivil
authorities.
The Houston Telegraph pats the
Grangers kindly.
The Piano News is out for Throck-
morton for Congress.
The North Texan is not to be cajoled
into the support of Gen. Grant for a
third term. That paper says:
We feel under obligations to Grant
for doing simple justice to Texas and
Arkansas, and we will thank him if he
will veto the Civil Rights bill; but the
motives that prompt these acts of
favor to the South entitle him to no
credit whatever.
The Indianola Bulletin still sticks to
the superior commercial advantages of
that place, which other people regard
as in a languishing condition. The
confidence and pluck of the Bulletin
under adverse circumstances equal that
of the old lady who kept on saying
scissors. It says:
Like Philadelphia in times past, when
it commanded the maritime |commerce
of the country, but was compelled to
yield it to New York, her near neigh-
bor, so must it be when Western Texas
becomes populated, that Galveston
must give way to a better harbor in a
similar manner: and the late reports of
the surveys of this bay and harbor, by
United States engineers, all point to
Pass Cavallo and Matagorda as the one
to which Galveston must yield its su
ramacyy.
The Ilillsboro Expositor backs the
Houston Telegraph in its attacks on
Backwoods Democracy. The Expositor
is not very Democratic.
Louis
Jamaica, Galveston and St.
Trade.
The St. Louis Democrat prints the re-
marks and letter which follow :
St. Louis writers and orators had bet
ter drop the appellation of "future great
hereafter, when speaking of St. Louis,
and substitute therefor the great city.
All enterprises proposed in the Missis
sippi Basin now look to St. Louis for aid
and furtherance. There is nothing more
conclusive of pre-eminence than this fact,
whether applicable to communities or in
dividuals. A man who has achieved dis
tinction is sought to be attached to every
enterprise ; and a city known to be great
is expected to be connected with all of
the great movements of the day. This is
a position which St. Louis now occupies.
All new railway enterprises seek St.
Louis connections, all ocean steamship
enterprises that propose engaging in the
trade of the Mississippi basin ask in-
dorsement and capital of St. Louis, and
all commercial enterprises, all foreign
trade enterprises desiring establishment
anywhere in the Mississippi Valley na-
turally make St. Louis headquarters.
Even "from the extreme Southwestern
city of Galveston comes the following
proposition to establish a trade between
the Island of Jamaica and St. Louis via
Galveston, and the writer seems to be
perfectly familiar with the subject upon
which he is writing :
Galveston, Texas, May 27,1874.
W. R. Erans, Esq,, St. Louis, Mo.:
Dear Sir—I desire to interest some
responsible parties in the enterprise of
establishing direct trade with the Island
of Jamaica from Galveston, and write
you, hoping you may be willing to con
sider the matter, or refer me to some par
ties who will. The field is now almost
wholly unoccupied, and certainly offers
promising results to enterprise and busi
ness tact.
The imports of Jauialaa from the Uni-
ted States are chiefly the products of the
Western States, which aro received via
New York and Philadelphia at much
greater Cost than the same could be had
via Galveston.
The average annual imports of flour
into the Island it J00,000 barrels; salt
beef 14,000 barrels; pork 10,000 barrels ;
bacon, lard, butter, cheese, candles, soap,
etc., in proportion.
The exports to the United States are
sugar, cotton, rum, pimento, woods, trop-
ical fruits, etc. The greater portion,
however, of the sugar, coffee, rum and
dye woods produced in the island find a
market in Europe, while the fruit must
find a market in tills country. At pres-
ent their fruits have the disadvantages
of a long sea voyage to the Atlantic cities,
by which great losses are sustained, and
after reaching market, have to compete
with the growth of Cuba, San Domingo,
Florida, etc., all countries lying much
nearer to the Eastern cities. U p to the
breaking out of the late war, this Jamaica
trade waji controlled bpr New Orleans,
members of the Merchants' Exchange of
St. Louis, it will furnish that gentleman
the address of many to whom he can
communicate his plans and who will take
a practical interest in them.
Battle Fields In niaxlco. ,
At the late convention of Mexican
War Veterans held at Indianapolis, Ind.,
a very interesting letter was submitted
by Gen. Lew Wallace. We give the
subjoined extract, as being of interest to
many in this section :
I can well understand how every sol-
dier who made the march from Brazos to
Matamoros and Monterey, and thence to
Saltillo and Buena Vista, would like once
more to go over the route and see tho
country and people again. It has been
my fortune to do so several times. Tho
camping places are all as when we left
them. The ranches are unchanged. A
few of the towns, like Meir and G'aider-
ita, are considerably grown. Wain it
Springs still bubble up from the plain,
and the creeks they form glide away,
cooled and darkened by the shade of the
same old oak and pecan trees. Passing
from them to Monterey, off to the right,
one sees the Black Fort, and above and
beyond it, under the brow of the mountain,
like a sentinel, the Bishop's Castle stands
overlooking the most beautiful valley on
earth, not to say the most beautiful city.
It is spattered from base to cupola with
bullet marks, and perforated with round
shot, received, many of them, since
Worth scaled its rocky pedestal, for civil
war have eddied round and round it with
reddening tides many times since that
glorious hour. From the breast of the
bluff at the castle's foot leaps the torrent
which, divided into channels, rushes
through the streets below, now right,
now left, passing from garden to garden,
here a cascade, there a pool, a moment
reflecting the sky, the next green with
orange trees, and the banana leaf broad
as a banner, and the palm, " a joy for-
ever."
The vale from Monterey to Saltillo is
matchless. The curtains of purple that
covered the scarred crags and tilted
mountains in the ancient time are there
yet, softening everything. On the hill
beyond the Rinconada, up which one
must go, because there is no other way—
must go, though it flamed with fire and
musket—must go, if he would reach Sal-
tillo—are the earthworks which Taylors
vanguard took in a twinkling, but
which the same vanguard could
have held against a hundred times
their number. Saltillo is but little less
flourishing than Monterey. A more un-
American place may not bo found this
side of old Damascus. Yet the traces of
the conqueror are everywhere in and
about it. Fort Washington is intact,
ditch, parapet and embrasure. Stand-
ing on its superior slopes one sees the
whole city at his feet, turning right about
he catches a view of the mountain, six
miles off, under which spreads the pla
teau of Buena Vista—a name to stir the
American pulse while America lives.
I have ridden over the old field three
times in the seven years last passed, and
always wiih the same feeling of wonder
at the audacity of the chief who, with
his 4500, abided there the shock of the
Mexican Napoleon's 22,000, and of admi
ration at the pluck and endurance of the
few who, turned and broken, crushed on
the right and left, and, by every rule of
scientific battle, whipped oftener than
there were hours of the day, knew it not,
but rallied and fought on, the infantry
now covering the artillery, the artillery
now defending the infantry, the cavalry
overwhelmed by legions of lancers, and
at last wrung victory from the hands of
assured defeat.
The field is but little changed. The
road to La Angostura is still the thorough-
fare across it; winding along the foot of
the hills on its left, and looking down
into the fissures and yawning gaps which
made the valley to the right so impassa-
ble, even to skirmishers. I stopped where
the famous battery was planted across
the road, literally our last hope, and tried
to recall the feeling of the moment. On
the left all was lost; Clay, McKee, Har-
din and Gell were dead ; where all were
brave, but one regiment was stand-
ing fast — the only one which
through all the weary hours of the
changing struggle had not turned its
face from the enemy—I mean the Third
Indiana. Against the battery so sup-
ported, along the narrow pass, surged a
chosen column of Mexicans. History
tells how they were rolled back. In al!
the annals of war nothing more gallant
on both sides, scarcely anything more
bloody and terrible ! From the position
of the Third Indiana at that moment,
away over the plateau, quite to the
mountain, reaches a breastwork not
there when our comrades fought, but
signalizing an incident in the war of the
Mexicans against the French.
You may imagine my feelings when I
rode to the position of our second regi-
ment. It was easily identified. A few
days after the battle, when the blood cf
the fallen yet blackened the rocks, 1 had
been along the very line. Looking thence
back to where the nearest support was
posted, I hardly knew which to do most
heartily—curse the inconsiderate confi-
dence of the leader who advanced them
to such a position so far in front, or ad-
mire the valor that held the regiment,
with two guns, fighting single-handed
fully one-third of the whole force of the
enemy, until ordered irregularly to re-
treat.
The last time I was on the sacred
ground, I saw a "greaser" working with
a hoe on the side of a hill by which we
identify the position of the Third In-
diana at the turning point of the battle.
Mv curiosity was excited. I rode to see
what he could be doing. A moment ago
I said the field was unchanged. I was
mistaken. The man was conducting a
little stream of water from the mountain
miles away, to irrigate a wheat field
below in the mouth of the very ravine
down which the regiment of Hardin,
Yell and MpKee bad retreated, seek-
ing the shelter of Washington's bat-
tery; the very ravine where the blood
was thickest on the rocks at the end of
the fight. I looked down upon the velvet
green of the growing stalks, darker from
the precious enrichment the soil had that
day received, and then at the stream of
water which came creeping after the
tnan, like a living plaything. I looked at
them, and, understanding the moral of
the incident, thanked God for the law
that makes war impossible as a lasting
Condition, however it inspires the loves
and memories at pomr&4eghip, and
teaches that each succeeding generation
of freemen are as brave as their ances-
tors were. _
James E. Bailee, a well-known
bridge builder, died at Rutland, Vt.
Probably his most important work was
the construction of the celebrated
Havre de Grace bridge, 5000 feet long,
across the Chesapeake Bay, between
the town of Havre de Grace and Perry-
ville, Md. He also built the longest
bridge across the Mississippi fiver, at
Quincy, 111., erected two bridges oq the
Air Line Railway in Connecticut, and
put up the lower bridge across the
Hudson at Albany.
The -report of the city registrar of
the city of Charleston, S. C., shows
that the rate of mortality among the
colored population is twice as great as
among the white inhabitants.
Texas Items.
Ekath County.—The following addi
tional particulars of the killing of the
deputy Bheriff by a prisoner are sup-
plied by the Stephensville Empire of the
13th : On Wednesday last a Mr. Pierson
was killed by one Bud Gilbreatli, be-
tween Comanche and Meridian, near the
house of Mr. Barcroff. It seems that
Gilbreath and Hickey had been arrested
for horse-stealing,and while on their way
to Meridian, we suppose, Gilbreath was
taken sick and was unable to ride horse-
back any farther, and a wagon was pro-
cured aDd he placed therein. After trav-
eling four or five miles Wednesday morn-
ing, Gilbreath managed to get the hind-
gate of the wagon-bed out 'and struek
Mr. Pierson. Then the struggle for lib-
erty or death commenced, when at last
Gilbreath seized the opportunity of lib-
erating himself by bringing death to his
guard, which the villain cared not a straw
for, so he was free. In the struggle Mr. P.
seized the lever of the wagon-break and
tore it from its place, giving Gilbreath
an opportunity to get his (Pierson's) re-
volver, and inflicting three wounds in
his breast, which ended their figlit. Gil-
breath then unhitched one of the horses
from the wagon and made his escape.;
The two men recently killed by Capt.
Waller's men in Comanche county, An-
derson and Barrickman, formerly be-
longed to Gibson's Texas battery. They
recently joined. Hardin's gang, and have
shared the fate which awaits the rest of
such outlaws. The Empire rejoices
over rain, and says our farmers are now
about through harvesting, and we are
glad to learn that there will be at least
four times as much wheat raised this as
last year. The crops in Eastland
county are expected to be large.
Gonzales County.—The Inquirer says
that there will be a Grange candidate
from that district for Congress.
Comanche County. — Refreshing
showers are duly acknowledged by the
Chief of the 13th instant. Married, on
the 10th instant, Capt. T. O. Lynn, late
of Bell county, Texas, and Miss M. E.
Blair, late of Tolbert county, Georgia.
All, now, of Comanche county.
From the Rockport Transcript, of
the 13tli, we gather the following ad-
ditional particulars of the murder of
Mr. Thad. Swift and his wife, which
was announced by our specials some
days since. The Transcript obtained
the following particulars by a gentle
man just from the scene:
On Monday morning last, Mr. Frank
Swift, who resides about two miles
from the house of Mr. Tliad. Swift, 1 Comanche has a company of sixty men,
was surprised to see the three children alL armed with the improved Needle
of his brother, the eldest only 8#e years
of age, coming to his house at an early
hour. On questioning them, he was
told that they had come for breakfast,
as they could not "wake papa and
mama." Mr. Swift immediately hur-
ried to the house of his brother, and
found Mrs. Swift lying outside of the
house quite dead, with a bullet wound
through the head, her throat cut
across and her body mangled in a
frightful manner, with not less than
twenty-four dagger wounds. On en-
tering the house he found his brother
also dead, with his head almost sev-
ered from the body, stabbed through
the heart and in many other places.
Ill news travels fast, and soon a large
number of friends and neighbors flock-
ed to the scene of the tragedy. Pre-
parations were immediately made for
the removal of the bodies to the house
of the brother, and also to organize
parties to pursue the murderers, who
were believed to be Mexicans. The
belief was confirmed by the finding
of some clothes spotted with blood,
about two miles from the scene of the
murder, which were recognized as hav-
ing been worn by certain Mexicans
who, on inquiry, were found to be miss-
ing. Such suspicions were strength-
ened on finding, at some further dis-
tance, a pocket-book known to be the
property of the Mexican who had worn
the bloody clothing which had been
found.
By the time the alarm had become
general, and numerous parties had
started out in hopes of capturing the
murderers, one party traveling in the
direction of the Mojaria, searching
each rancho on the way, came upon a
Mexican hut, which on approaching,
were fired upon from within, one dis-
charge killing a young man named
Dan Holland. Not knowing the nam
ber withiij, the searching party retired
a little distance to watch the house
and to await reinforcements which
shortly arrived from Goliad, headed
by the Sheriff of that county. Another
party also arrived from Refugio, when
a general stampede took place from
the hut, during which one Mexican
had his arm broken and two were cap-
tured. The prisoners were placed in
a wagon and started for Goliad, which
place, however, they were never des-
tined to reach, for on the way they
were overtaken by a strong force and
the prisoners taken from the Sheriff
and killed.
The hut of the captured Mexicans
was a miniature fortress, being built
of substantial logs, with a cellar six
feet deep sunk beneath the floor, from
which they could defy any ordinary
assault.
The Transcript adds:
The whole county is in arms, re
solved to expel the bandits of roving
murderers who infest the district.
And they earnestly hope that the ad
joining counties will join in measures
to effect the desired result.
The relatives of the murdered per-
sons offer a reward of five hundred
dollars for the capture of two Mexicans
supposed to be concerned in the mur-
der.
gifn; under the command of tUfr gftllant
J. A. Wright. The Chief says : "We
witness with more than ordinary feeling
the calm determination of our citizens to
make Comanche a terror to fugitives
from justice." The same paper says :
"We have just finished harvesting the
largest crop of wheat ever grown in the
county, and the prospects for corn were
never better. We have had plenty of
rain, and the cotton crop is unusually
promising. We have five gins, four
steam saw and grist mills in the county,
and more will be erected this fall. The
progress of the town and county of
Comanche is unequaled. New farms
are being opened every day, and various
improvements are constantly going on
throughout the entire county.
Akansas County.—Died, on the 7th in-
stant, after a long and painful illness,
Mrs Ida Pelham, wife of J. B. Baine,
of Rockport. The Iranscript of the
13th says : " No rain as yet; all the pre
dictions of the weather witches having
failed and vanished into thin air.'
Married, on the 10th instant, at the resi-
dence of the bride's parents, in Rockport
by Elder John W. Baylor, Mr. Don Teas
of Meansville, and Miss Sallie Doughty
Refugio County.—The Rockport
Transcript says that In consequence of
the troubles in Refugio, the Masonic din
ner advertised for the 24th instant has
been postponed. A protection meeting
of the citizens of Refugio county was
held at the courthouse thereof on the 9th
instant, and resolutions adopted expres
sive of the determination to unite in self
defense, and for the purpose of punish
ing criminals, and to protect their coun
try from wholesale depredations upon
their lives and property by the murder-
ers, assassins and robbers from Mexico
and elsewhere
Cherokee County.—Concerning the
prospects the Rusk Observer observes
Cotton crops in this county are grow
ing finely, and have been unusually well
cultivated. Corn and other crops, in
some places in the county, have been in
jured by the drouth. The rain has come
at last, and we feel happy again.
prevails in this vicinity. The crops and
gardens in tho county are drying up
from tho want of rain. We are pleased
to learn that in the interior rains have
fallen sufficient to insure good crops
The above is from the Indianola Bulletin
of the 11th. The same paper says:
" The citizens of Victoria, DeWitt and
Calhoun counties are determined to put
a stop at once to all future lawless acts
by men having neither the fear of God
before them, or that of man ; trampling
on the laws with impunity, and in defi-
ance of human rights. Home protection
ciubs are formed and equipped with the
best arms now used."
Hill County.—The health of the
county is excellent, so we learn from the
Expositor of the 13th, which also fur-
nishes the following items : On Thurs-
day, the 11th, at 3 o'clock, the thermom-
eter stood at 93 degrees ; Friday morn-
ing it was down to 68 degrees. The
change of temperature was evidently
produced by heavy rains, and probably
hail, north of us. About 10 o'clock it be-
gan to rain, and we have had a full sea-
son, which insures a fair yield of corn
where it has been properly cultivated.
Corn and cotton were not affected by the
droulit, and are doing well. Oats are
low but very heavy ; the yield will be
enormous. Many fields have already
been harvested. Hungarian and miilet
were not looking well before the rain.
Lamar County. — From the Paris
North Texan : " On the night of the
12th we had a glorious rain at this place,
and from what we have since learned, it
was general—at least extended over this
county. It came at an opportune time,
;ust as the wheat harvest was saved, and
when the corn was needing rain badly.
We think the corn crop may now be
considered pretty safe ; another shower
or two will make the crop. Mr. J. S.
Burton, who is farming five miles north-
west of town, informs us that the bugs
have attacked his corn crop, and fears
are entertained that their ravages will
become general.
A Washington dispatch to the St.
Louis llepublican of the 12tli says that
Secretary Bristow gives notice that the
principal and accrued interest of the
bonds herein below designated, known
as 5-20 bonds, will be paid at the
treasury of the United St .tes, in the
city of Washington, on and after the
5th day of September, 1874, and that
the interest on said bonds will cease
on that day. Coupon bonds known as
the third series of the act of February
25, 1862, dated May 1, 1862, as fol-
lows: Coupon bonds $50, No. 12,101
to 12,200, both inclusive; $100, No.
37,401 to 38,2000, both inclusive; $500,
No. 19,301 to 19,400, both inclusive;
$1000, No. 40,101 to 47,300, both in-
clusive. Total, $900,000. Registered
bonds: $50, No. 1451 to 1460, both
inclusive; $100, No. 10,681 to 10,700,
both inclusive; $500, No. 6391 to6400,
both inclusive: $1000, No. 26,101 to
26,106, both inclusive; $5000, No.
8301 to 8303, both inclusive; 10,000,
No. 10,517 to 10,517, both inclusive,
Total, $100,000. Grand total, $1,000,-
000.
New Advertisements.
to Consignees.—The Schooner
VBr.NAL, Captain Miller, from New York, is
now discharging cargo at Lufkins Wharf.
All goods remaining on the wharf after 4
o clock p. w. (not receipted for) will be stored
at expense and. risk of consignees.
All claims for damage must be adjusted on
the wharf.
je!8 St
J. N. SAWYER, Agent,
No. 54 Strand.
0 AUTION CAUTION.
OFFICE GALVESTON CITY CO., I
March 29, 1874. (
All persons are prohibited from banting
earth or send from any of the lots or land be-
longing to *he Galveston Cicy Company, un-
der penalty of the law.
rar29 3m J. P. COLE, Agent.
Galveston Cards.
Stowe & Wilmerding
COTTON FACTORS
And Commission Merchants,
"GALVESTON.
Liberal oaan advances on consignments of
Cotton to our address, to Duncan, Sherman
Co New York. or MESSKS. BARING.BROS.
C<J , LIVERPOOL. Telegraphic transfers
of moiiey to New York. Exchange for sale
on all DOittts in Great Britain or on the Con-
tinent. ja5-'74D&Wly
Direct Trade With Europe.
The Philadelphia North American
attaches a good deal of importance to
the movements that are in progress in
all the leading Southern cities in favor
of establishing direct trade with Eu-
rope. As usual in all such cases, a
New York writer regards these South-
ern trade movements as mergly revivals
of the old feeling of separation that
culminated in secession. The North
American thinks such suspicions
reasonable and unjust, and says:
Boston, Portland, Providence, Phil-
adelphia and Baltimore have long and
earnestly sought direct trade with Eu-
rope quite as much as Charleston,
Savannah, Mobile, New Orleans, Gal-
veston and Norfolk; and latterly Chi-
chago, St. Louis, Cincinnati and Louis-
ville have exhibited the same spirit. It
is to the interest of the trade and com
merce of the Republic that this should
be encouraged, since nobody is bene-
fited by the monopoly in New York,
which is almost entirely in foreign
hands. All attempts to resist the sev-
eral movements have failed. The di-
rect foreign trade is prosperous in all
the Northern and Western cities, and
looks suspicious at the South.
In fact, the New York monoply is
fast becoming a tiling of the past. At
San Francisco and Chicago the foreign
interests have become quite formidable,
and the outlook at these places is re-
markable. European merchaHts have
at last ascertained that interests can
be commanded at Chicago and San
Francisco that are independent of New
York entirely. About the same dis-
covery appears to be making its way
concerning Boston, Philadelphia and
St. Louis.
St. Louis and Texaa Freights.
The merchants and press of St. Louis
begin to realize the importance of the
late opening of direct trade between
Galveston and Kansas City with lower
freight rates than those between St.
Louis and this city. The JiepuWiean
says:
. There has been considerable com-
plaint on 'Change recently at an advance
in railway rates to Texas bv the St.
Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern,
and the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
Railway. Shippers of produce and
provisions from St. Louis to Texas
state that orders thence have been res-
cinded since this advance, and none are
coming in. Flour until recently has
been carried at $1 ppr barrel, but now
$1 54 is required. This fact has called
out the following communication from
a merchant of St. Louis having trade
relations with Texas:
"It is certainly to be regretted that,
just as some of our merchants had suc-
ceeded in building up a produce and
provisions order trade with Southern
Texas over our recently completed
railroad lines, freight should have been
advanced more than 50 per cent, in a
single day, and to prohibitory figures!
Can't you look into this matter and
give us a little assistance?"
this year covers
California wheat
2,000,000 acres.
The Grand Jury of Clermont county
has just found 576 indictments, of
which 530 were for violation of the
liijaor law.
After the first of July next, they are to
have a daily mail from Rusk to Jackson
ville. The health of Husk continues
excellent, notwithstanding the hot
weather and the heavy plum crop.
Ellis County.—The Ennis Argus says
that the weather continues dry and crops
are beginning to suffer.
Victoria County. — The Advocate
says : "Owing to the drought that has
been prevailing over two months the
crops have sustained serious injury. W<
look for not more than a half crop now—
even should circumstances henceforth be
of the most favorable character; and
should we have no rain in ten days the
prospect is gloomiy indeed. The first
planting of eorn has already been in
jured beyond resuscitation, generally, and
the later planting is commencing to
"fire." The cotton, though extremely
backward, has time enough to make
full crop if the season changes for the
better." The Victoria folks will have
a grand folks fest on the glorious Fourth
Red River County.—The weather
has been rather warm this week. It
rained a light Bliower on the niglit of the
10th inst. "Wheat is being harvested
this week in the country. The yield will
be tolerably good, but fears are enter
tained that it will not be sufficient to sup
ply the country." The Clarksville Times,
from which we extract the above infor-
mation, has received a bunch of oats
which measures six and a half feet in
height, with heads averaging about
twelve inches.
DeWitt County.—From all parts of
this and adjoining counties we hear dis-
couraging accounts in regard to the crops.
The rain which fell recently was not suf-
ficient to insure crops. Only here and
there the crops will be tolerable. We
think a great deal of the present failure
is due to bad and superficial cultivation
The drouth throughout Western Texas
is extraordinary. The Cuero Star,
from which we take the above, also
learns that Corpus Christi is now under
the protection of Federal troops. The
Victoria Advocate says that a few even
ings since, as Messrs. John Meaders and
Buck McCrabb were watering their
horses in the river near Clinton, they
were fired upon by a party in ambush
The horse of Mr. Meaders was killed
and his coat pierced by a handful or two
of buckshot.
Gonzales County.—The Index, of the
12th, says that fortunately for the farm
ers, most of the planting was later than
usual. We have had no rain of conse
quence sines some time in April, but
most parts of the county have been, in
the last few days, visited by a refreshing
rain. In these localities the crops are
very promising. Even here, where the
drought has continued so long, cotton is
not materially suffering, and corn, which
has been well cultivated and properly
thinned, is still green to the very ground
leaves. There is yet ground to hope for
an average crop. Died, at his residence
in this county, on the 8th instant, Mr. J,
J. Connor.
Wilson County.—A correspondent
writing from Nockenut, June 8th, says
Enclosed you will find a cotton boll of
full size quite grown. It beats the bloom
sent you three years ago badly for time
Cotton is looking fine, many farms in
bloom, corn needing rain, but not yet in
jured. Good rains all round to-day, but
little here. Prospects are good in this
eighborhood for rain now. Average
corn crops. The best cotton crop for
years if the seasons prove good. Health
good.
Collin County.— The Piano News
says : " Everywhere we have been in
the country, the crops are looking better
than we have seen them for a number of
years. A good rain at this time will in
sure a good yield."
Limestone County.—The following
named gentlemen were admitted to the
bar at the recent term of the District
Court: A. Prendegast, A. L. Canethers
R. M. Francher, J. R. Sparks, W. H
Howard and Henry Floyd. The tiroes
beck Clarion says that a splendid rain fell
on the night of the 11th inst., both north
and south of Groesbeck, in that county,
McLennan County—A meeting of
the directors and ptaokbolders of the
Texas Agricultural, Horticultural, Me
Ghanical and Industrial Association of
Waoo was held at Waco on the 15th. It
was resolved that seventeen directors be
elected to serve during the year—ten
from McLennan, and one each from
Bosque, BellfiCoryelle, Falls, Hill, Lirne-
stonh and Johnson counties, when, on
account of the slim attendance, the meet-
ing adjourned yinti} ne*t Saturday, the
|Qth instant. This enterprise should
i^eet with a hearty support from that en-
tire section of country, —Tho Waco
Advance of the 15tU says : A light shower
of r»in fell this morning, and while it
will undoubtedly do a great deal of
good, yet it is not yet near enough. We
hear that below the city the rain was
heavier than here, end hope that it may
hare been SO generally, The fruit has
been muoh injured by the Revere drouth,
and Is falling off rapidly. The refresh-
ing rain which fell on the 15th may cor-
rect the evil.
Calhoun County.—Dry weaiUer still
0.RAND PICNIC
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE
LONE STAll BAND,
SCHMIDT'S GARDEN
THURSDAY, JIKE 18, 1S73,
TO COMMENCE AT 4 O CLOCK.
TURNLEY & CO.,
General Commission Merchants,
Cor. Strand and Twenty-second St., up-atairs.
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
Special attention given
Hides, etc.
The Garden will be Splendidly Ilia
min&ted.
there will be
No Charge for Dancing:,
Which will be
AT BOTH DANCINO HALLS UNTIL
O'CLOCK P. M.
Admission, Fifty Cents
J^OTICE TO CITY TAX-PAYERS
City Collector's Office, \
Galvestox, June ltttk, 1874. f
The following preamble and resolution
ps.ised by the City Council, June 15th, 1874, is
published for tho information of all persons
intersstec1:
Whereas, The assessment roll for 1874 is
now nearly completed, and as the taxes are
not due till the 1st of September; be it
JResolvcd, That the Collector be and
hereby authorized and instructed to proceed
ith the collection of the tax for 1874, and to
allow the tax-payers, as an inducement to
pay their taxes before being due, a discount
as follows, to-wit:
On payments made in June, three per cent,
on payments made in July, two per cent.; on
payments made in August, one per cent.; and
that the Collector have this resolution pub
lished ::or the benefit of the public.
CHAS. H. LEONARD,
je!8 lOt City .Collector.
The Sgp Francisco News Letter gives
the following in reply to a correspond-
ent: "Young Mother—Your little
poem upon ' Baby' is a gem, and we
regret that we have not space for so
exquisite a tit-bit. If you have a fault,
it is the trifling one, common to all
young writers, of sacrificing melody to
hard sense. The third stanza is
striking instance: *
'Doxerty dookle-um dinkle-um dun,
Turn to its mozzery mozzery murc;
Tizzery izzery boozery boo,
No baby to sweet and so pitty as co.' 1
Stars and Meteors.
At certain seasons meteors dart across the
firmament between the earth and the fixed
stars. But they quickly vanish, while the fixed
stars remain. In the medical firmament the
great vegetable invigorant, Hostetter'^
Stomach Bitter?, has long been a fixed star of
the first magnitude. Little meteors, in the
shape of imitations, bearing various names
now aud then attempt a glimmering compe-
tition with ir, but they soon disappear from
the field of vision, leaving the glory of the
true remedy unimpaired. The number of these
will-o'-the-wisps that have come to grief with
in the past twenty years is beyond computa-
tion, and those now in existence are in the last
agonies of extinguishment. The standard
tonic and alterative, that cures and prevonts
so many distressing diseases, and which no
debilitated invalid ever took without receiv
ing a wonderful accession of strength and vi
tality, only derives increased popularity from
the attempts of charlatans to run their fail
ures in the Hostetter groove.
jel8-th-sat-tu&Wlw
New Advertisements.
Q OMPLIMENTARY CONCEPvT,
Tendered by
Professionals and Amateurs of
Houston and Galveston
—to—
MISS RISLEY,
Will take place, at the OPERA HOUSE,
On Thursday Evening, Jnne 18
At which the following ladies and gentlemen
have kindly consented to assist :
Mrs. L. P. Greenwald, Miss Sabin, Messrs
Baldry, Woppler, Lieberman, Peterson, For-
shey, Miller, Bock, Johnson, Sealy and South-
erland.
Programme :
PART I.
March—Heavenward—Vilbre.
Bar. Solo—White Squall—Baker.
Piano Solo—La Cracovienne—Harry.
Soprano Solo—Vaone, Vanne, (Roberto el
Diavolo)—Meyerbeer.
Fantasia for Flute—Rigoletto—Verdi.
Duo dual Voce—Come, tu donma—Urova
tore.
PART II.
Quartette, Instrumental — Sounds from
Home— Gungl.
Jenore Solo—Love's Request—Richardt.
f* Soprano Solo—Aria Stradella—Flotow.
Piano Solo—Tribute to America—Nccturne
and Polka de Concert—Wallace.
Soprano Solo—La Primavera—Arditte.
Trio—To Sol—Je Quest Anima—Attllla.
jel8
UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA,
medical Department, New Orleans
FACULTY:
Emeritus Professor of
M. D., Professor
D., Professor
A. H. Cenas, M. D
Obstetrics.
T. G. Richardson,
Surgery.
Samuel M. Berniss, M. D., Professor of
Medicine.
Stanford E. Chaille, M. D., Professor of
Phvsiology.
Frank Hawthorn, M. D., Professor cf
Obstetrics.
Joseph Jones, M. D., Professor of Chem-
istry.
Samuel Logan, M. D., Professor of Anatomy.
Ernest S. Lewis, M. D., Professor of Ma-
teria Medica.
Edmund Souchon, M. D„ Demonstrator of
Anatomy.
The Forty-First Annual Course of instruc-
tion
IN THIS DEPARTMENT
will commence on MONDAY, the lbth of No
vember, 1874, and terminate on the third Sat
urday of March, 1875. Preliminary lectures
on Clinical Medicine and Surgery will be de
livered in the amphitheatre of the Great
Charity Hospital, beginning on the 20th of
October, without any charge to students.
The Anatomical rooms will be opened at the
same time.
The members of the Faculty are Visiting
Physicians and Surgeons to the Charity Hos
pital, and give instructions daily at the bed
side of the sick.
FEES:
As the practical advantages afforded for
thorough acquaintance with all the branches
of medicine are quite as great as, if not supe
rior to, those offered by the schools of New
York and Philadelphia, the same fees
demanded.
For all the Lectures, $140; Matriculation,
$5 ; Practical Anatomy, $10; Graduation, $30i
Payment required in advance.
For circular and catalogue, address
T. G. RICHARDSON, M. D., Dean.
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Children Free.
"PENCE WIRE FENCE WIRE
Land-owners, in making fences, will
SAVE MONEY, TIME AND FIRE-WOOD
By using the fencing wire sold by us. One
bundle of sixty-three pounds, of either an
nealed or galvanized, contains over 1000 feet,
STEELE, & WOOD & CO.,
jel81t 68 Tremont street
JOHN WILD'S RESTAURANT,
CALVERT, TEXAS,
FORMERLY OF NEW ORLEANS,
Where he resided for 25 years.
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FOR kent—for one or more years
in the southwest part of town, a pleasant
TTTO-SrORY HOUSE, with ample grounds
and handsome shade and fruit trees. H. M,
TRUEHEART & CO., Real Estate Agents.
Cotton. Wool,
je6 Dft W3m
j. carroll smith,
Galveston.
. j. burke,
Houston.
#rank 8. burke, houston.
J c. SMITH & CO.,
Cotton and Wool Factors and
Commission Men-bants,
131 STRAND, GALVESTON 131
julylfci 'T3-D&W1V
. S. Grinnan,
late of Griunan & Waylxnd
J efferson Texas.
B. G. Di VAL,
| late of Tyier,
Te^as
^J_ RINNAN & DUVAL,
Cotton Factors,
—AND—
General Commission Merchants,
OFFICK
Over Texas Banking and Insurance Company
STRAND. GALVESTON. TEXAS.
Liberal cash advances made on cotton, hines
wool, and other produce. Bagging and ties
furnished to customers, on application, at the
lowest cash prices. jlyl2D&Wly
chas. h. lee,
Favette Co.
J. J. M BRIDE,
Leon Co.
J^EE, McBRIDE & CO.,
cotto.y factors,
And General Commission Merchants,
Hendley Building,
STRAND, GALVESTON, TEXAS.
aug3D-Wly
el. m'alpine, jas. baldr1dgk,
Galveston. Washington Co
jyjcALPINE & EALDRIDGE,
COTTON FJCTOKS
—AND—
COMMISSION MI'.KCIIANTS,
HENDLEY BUILDINGS, STRAND,
my!2'74D-Wly Galveston, Texas.
jy£OODY & JEMISON,
FACTORS FOR THE SALE OF
Cotton, Wool, Hides, A c.
Galveston, Texas
ju!y3D&Wly
A. Flake & Go.,
DEALERS IN GROCERIES
—AND—
LANDRETH'S
Philadelphia Garden,Field & Flower
Seeds.
Onion Sets, Buttons, Seed Potatoes, and
Ornamental Shrubberry to order,
The New Crop of 1873.
Blank powers of attorney, deeds
Trust, Leases, and other blanks printed
to order and for{sale by PIERCE & TERRY,
Stationers and Print ers, corner of Strand and
Center street, Galveston.
w
ANTED.—A GIRL TO DO
GENERAL HOUSE WORK.
Inquire at C. T. Bremer, Barber Shop,
Center Sreet, between Market and Mechanic.
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"j^OTICE NOTICE
We will sell at public auction, for cash, at
I o'clock cn THURSDAY, the 18th inst.—
A Lot or Machinery,
At the Ecst Yard, Merchants1 Cotton Press.
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PARK, LYNCH & CO.
RUCTION SALE.
By PARK, LYNCH3& CO.,
R. A. Pake..... Auctioneer.
We will sell THIS DAY, 18th inst., at 10
o'clock, at our salesrooms, Strand:
One lot Second-Hand and New FURNITURE*
—Also—
35 pieces Cotton Jeans, 10 pieces Curtain
Goods. White Goods, Towels, Crochet Edg-
ings, Notions.
—And—
Other goods that may come in before hour of
sale iel8„lt
RUCTION .AUCTION
Bankrupt Sale at 11 o'clock a. m.
On Tuoedavj July 7, 1874,
1 shall offer for sale, at the Auction Mart of
C. F. White & Co., corner of Tremont and
Mechanic streets—
CERTAIN REAL ESTATE,
of and belonging to to the Bankrupt Estate
of John M. Swisher.
Terms of Sale Cash.
Deeds'at expense of purchaser. I will con-
vey such title as is vested in me as Trustee of
said estate.
For particulars see circulars.
FRANK L'ESTRANGE, Trustee.
C. F. WHITE & CO.,
Auctioneers and Real —state Agents.
In addition to the above we will sell at
same time and place, CITY AND ISLAND
PEOPERTy, improved and unimproyed, and
COUNTRY LANDS.
^"For terms and particulars see circulars.
jel4 td C. F. WHITE & CO.
piCNIC PICNIC
For the benefit of
St. Paul's German Presbyterian
Sunday School,
SATURDAY, JUNE TWENTY-SEVENTH,
At Schmidt's Garden.
Tig&ets—Adults 50c.; children free. jel5td
1000 Sacks Coffee,
EX "PRIMUS,"
For sale by
DI. KOPPEKL.
s:
EASONED WOOD
CCT AND SPLIT !
DELIVERED FREE !
AT 810 00 A CORD !
FULL MEASURE
GUARANTEED.!
JEWIiLL A; CO.,
je!4 lljyluna Corner 27th and Mechanic sts.
rpRUSTEE'S SALE.
By virtue of the power vested in me as
Trustee, by a certain Deed of Trust executed
by Frank T. L'Estrange on the 28th day J
A. D. 1874, and recorded in Book 7, Page 372.
Galveston County Records, to secure the
punctual payment at maturity of his note for
$650, with 12 per cent, per annum interest
from date till paid, and dated J une 28, 1872,
and payable twelve months after date, and at
the request of the holder of said note, I will
sell at public acution, for cash, to the highest
and best bidder, in front of the office of the
First National Bank of Galveston, on
THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1874, between the hours
of 10 o'clock a. m. and 2 o,clock p. m. say 12
o'clock m., the following described property:
The Northeast and the Southeast quarters of
the Southeast Block of Out-lot No. One Hun-
dred and Sixteen, in the city of Galveston,
State of l^xas, and thus known and desig-
nated qn the map of Galveston city, now in
common use; being the property conveyed to
me as Trustee, in the deed hereintofore re-
ferred to. I ahall convcyonly such title as is
vested in me as Trustee.
. SAMUEL BOYER DAVIS,
jel8 20t Trustee.
JJUTCHINS HOUSE,
N. P. Tl'USEB, Proprietor,
franklin street... .houston, texas,
First-class fare and accommodations.
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jfor rent for rent.
A large,
DESIRABLE DWELLING-HOUSE,
Convenient to business, will be rented for the
summer at a low rate to a good tenant.
Apply to JAMES SORLEY.
jeSOtf una.
►LEASURE.
.SAILING.
For an evening's recreation, spend a doller
and buy a ticket and go on the fast-sailing
yacht MIN NEHAHA for a sail or fish, eitter at
Bridge or Breakwater — leaving Williams 9
Wharf at 4 p. M., and returning at " p. m.
Apply to CAPT. MACK,
At. Jos. Labadie's Sporting Store,
jeli'lm-una
Bills-lading
in the bltst 8ttlis
AT news JOB OFFICE.
0OPARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
The undersigned have this day formed a
copartnership under the firm name and style
of
LAMMERS & VOGEL,
For the transaction of a
FACTORAGE AND GENERAL COMMISSION
BUSINESS.
Office next door to Brown & Lang, Strand.
F. LAMMERS,
THEO. O. VOGEL.
Galveston, June 1, 1874. jeSDlm una*
Galveston gift enterprise
ASSOCIATION.
Office—No. 175 Center Street.
ALL TICKETS SOLD ENTITLED TO A
GIFT.
Drawn Nnmbers, June 17, 1874.
DISTRIBUTION NUMBER 220.
29-34-48-36-21—49-61-64-30-35-1-24-66
DISTRIBUTION NUMBER 221.
29-20-33-70-48-63-14-31-8-6 4-2U
Distributions witnessed and attested by
William R. Johnson, Notary Public.
BOYD & STONE,
my8 3m* Managers.
Closing out sale.—the en-
tire stock of BOOTS, SHOES and HATS
of the iate firm of Dreyfus, Feiat & Co. Is
offered for sale at a great sacrifice, as it
mast be Closed oat before August 1.
Country merchants will find this a rare
chance to purchase.
ALPH. DREYFUS,
jel4 lw Strand, uoar 23d street.
Having now our new crop in store, which is
large and complete, wo are prepared to till
orders at Philadelphia prices. -*
novl6D&Wly ^
j. kaoffman. JULIUS HUNOKJ
CHAS. P. HOHORST. '
i^auffman & RUNGE,
Commission Merchant* ic Cotton
Factors,
DEALERS IN GROCERIES,
Importers of Coffee, Wines & Liquors,
aprl'74 D&Wly Galveston, Texas.
^LFRED MUCKLE.
Cotton Factor,
AND BKCKrVIHG AND FORWARDING
Commission Merchant,
STRAND GALVESTON .TEXAS.
aDtT74-D&Wly
j. d. braman. w. t. PURVIANCE. CHAS. MITCHKI.I,
BRAMAN, PURYI4NCE & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
and
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
54.
..Strand, Oalvcston, Texas
je3'74 D&Wly
5 1
jomr D. ROOBRS. 1. KOBERTSOV.
TOHN D. ROGERS & CO.,
O
COTTON FACTORS
And General Commission Merchants,
(insurance Building,)
No. 61 STRAND. GALVESTON. TEXAS.
Agents for GRAY'S COTTON THESS.
aplO*74D&Wly
C. STONE & CO.,
# COTTOX FACTORS,
—AND—
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Galveston STRAJSi? Texas.
Advances made on consignments for sale or
shipment. jel4D&W3m
n. h. ricker. r. P. SARGENT
h. ricker & CO.,
* WAREHOUSEMEN. AND
FORWARDING AOEWT.-e.
All Freight consigned to us, destined for
the interior of Texas, forwarded by way of
G., H. and H. R. R., free of all forwarding
charges.
Iron Safes and Heavy Machinery removed.
Hoisting horses and mules always on hand,
and furnished at ehort notice. P. O. Box 717.
Office, HURLEY'S BUILDING,
Between Nineteenth and Twentieth Streets,
East STRAND, Galveston, Texas.
jan!4 '74 ly»
^DOIIE & LOBIT,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Office Over First National Rank,
angl3Dly
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
"Y^TCLSTON, WELLS & VIDOR,
COTTON FACTORS,
Commission & Forwarding Merchants,
73 Strand, Lkabdk's Building,
aug4 GALVESTON, TEXAS. Dly
j. c. bokeen" r. l. foard d. Y. frazell.
C. BORDEN & CO.,
J.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
For the Sale of
LIVE STOCK,
STOCK LANDING,
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
Our business will be confined strictly to sale
of Live Stock. No Stock bought under any
circumstances. Special reference made to R.
L. Foard & Co., Bankers, Columbus, Texas.
myl8 D3m
j> levine & co.,
General Commission Merchants,
Corner Twenty-Eighth and Market Streets.
Highest prices paid in cash for Iron, Cop
per, Brass, and metals of all kinds; also Coru
and Oats Sacks. Horns and Bones, aprl 3m»
jglock, massie & co.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
And General Commission Merchants,
50 Strand, under Ball, Hutchlngs & Co.,
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
All Consignments entrusted to our caro wil
have our personal attention.
augSDly
sporleder,
Commission Merchant,
— and—
MANUFACTURERS' AGENT,
No. TO Tremont St., L. II. Wood's
Iron Front Building.
—agent for the—
Standard American Billiard Tables,
PIGEON HOLE & JENNY LIND,
With celebrated
PHELAN & COLLENDES'S COMBINATION
CUSHIONS and BILLIARD MATERIAL.
—state agent for—
Cincinnati Lager Beer,
BED, WHITE AND BLUE.
—depository for—
Hi C. Wolfe & Co.'s Bell Schnapps*
WOLFE & CO.'S LIQUORS.
BeptH 73-1 ly
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