Daily Ranchero. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, October 12, 1866 Page: 1 of 4
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Daily
Ranchero.
OLUMK II.!
imoWNSVILU;. I'KXAS. FRIDAY MORNING. OCTOIIKH 12.
1M MI.KI! 40.
*» . I*. * IMI HA X K
FALL (JOOI)S!
TON & WINGRAVE,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
DKALKIIN
AM'
(DfM/SSluS MKttrifAXTs.
JUST RECEIVED
A Large Assortment
«> i
Flannel, DeLaine
1* o l» I. I A n
<H STORE—KI.I/UIKTM BOOTS AND SHOES,
■mowwaviiibi
Liquors and Groceries
tir« ImmixiI*. Ittrludin.
I' R, • OEKEK.
TEA, slIi.Alt BACON,
^ ASDI.KW. CMEK'K
SARDINE*. Milo
•010*01 Oll.s
I'MTKR. ropk.
I KS t'FAi HF4.
I.ABKPj*. MWKKRKl.. RAISIN'* */.
OR AN DIRK, A\ IIIMK\ * 'V |.\L>.
tit«itrd hm! It ta iiltig<r*
Oiti tin I'ronijO wt t <Hint >tlt> «n<t cr
/♦•ini •'«*«!
rit-u rt: Chill,,, I t.ttn ,v 1 u., aud Si^n
l,t' X- ^ .! I'hi», K. Mwiiirr A Co., \V,
^,*J n* A C«., Mini N, It until r A Znbvrtiier,
: ». I lllatr. Ht. Lixil* ; II. K UiNHlhogn
• , D*h* .»*,.*• Sun Rixiia'i. J*rrx Hal-
Htimmoi: m. IVCH-t-xi* Co.. Umixn*.
Hi.
\ NI» «»i 111.1:
I
*(*-• tidily aniKHiurf that tl**y bavr in
»n«l lx nalr a Urjr*- a<*urtiui nt «*«
1)1 J V GOODS,
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS.
Wit roil 1AI.K
AT < *11I IA 1* PKK KN.
Friends ami thopublic in general
tire ri**p(»ct fully invited to avail
themselves «»! the opportunity now
H. M. EPHRAIM & CO.,
fVi/ itiv |‘Jth not! /,<•»>•. Sfiy»ts,
DRIED ARRI.KM, SOAR.
TolillAi O A 1 1C, Ml v
HI TTER, I. A RD
HAMS 8M.T.
( DUN A < orniikal*
POTATOES*. RICE.
b* Hdl
mum >«\ II.I.K, TK\ AN.
Tbi- iiMRttilircat |»in *» of |**-n> Is Initii th«*
Hi*v. VV. II. Hill, tin* lift tor of Calvary • 'hiieh
ill lht> *’Uy. I.ouitrih'r Jinn r< I.
TilK HVIIM* or OK M il.
On lu< |iliaiit<mi •tool, with j«a--i 'ii •
Dt-aili »wt f|t' on hi* i ir/nita a *,!•* :
Tb». •iitfli tiny h«- ritlm .«(«
AN itIt Drool n« lilt wt-lrd End**
1‘ntiaf a mi think
On th»- lx ink
oft hr tide
Dim >tft.I wid<*
In flit* jrlttoiii
oi thy il'xtitt
RiW'iiU th* •
M it It m tit*** kinu jrlrf. u't*r cvpi x *»■
H* |talhn> hi* hit kinir otnrtti.
A nil hi* limit, ilowii 11ir. i't it« j(.i«|. 'ik »lnIf.
Ill i xfry la • athi'ii| (mill
A\ till ill* nii.ltlfil ifft hi* i imii *t i ft* • t
O'fitaUf* i n. h ttvinv man.
And annum xi* him Ita k in ni'M . *-••** d
To train,, in hi* oiraxait.
I'otlllfl * SihIi '
Eio h iiiiiaI tltf
A t iik-fliil ilfixth
In ea< h tirvath
t mi.jitfi» !iff.
To th> lao^liiiiu ' hiitl and tit*- »ax iff wild.
To thf intiidfii in mx*ti< lijiht.
To tlif my I** mi mind, in itu^non kind
T"Ho|m* wltli it. U-arninir. l»ni(l't.
Tntlif nrood ami u*i*-ut in imxii,, oi *tat« ,
TomII of n vifni il't hirtn.
Tu tin* lienrt *»f (in-t. Ilk'* a ■m:M*,n tan,
'I'* nil ot tho niotiiiiuir t-urtli
ll.l*t<*H» df.itli
I'raider I a-ath
Inky wn.f.,
silftit ftavf*
All aiwnnd
THw i imund
Man ! o nun '
• 4 »#» » 4
A BosToX (ilHMtK IN 11 V X X.\ X A
wholesaleki'M-er write*from Havana
to tin- Host on Post :
NYc arrived Imre in good time,
and tin* voyage an an very pleasant :
of course. 1 was a Mtranp t. Imt 1
xx as told I could lvaru Spanish ri^lit
off. and at it 1 went. Soon after
landing I met M , and asked him
where I should jjo to jfpt something,
and how to ask tor it in Spanish :
he directed me to a sort ol tumble*
down affair, and told me to say
tM|tiu, which 1 did, and the fool
handed me a y^lass of water. I
took a turn this morning alony* the
principal business street, and 1 will,
i»v aiid-bv. tell you xxhat a whole-
sale grocery is here. The stock in
trade is eonijHised of bunches of
onions, hiifitf all«»\« rtlu store, ba^s
and barrels of eliareoal. jerked beef
that you can smell a mile, rancid
oil. a cask ot baekah i ( HnIi set oil
tin end, a little tipping, and you
liUMi a wholesah* jfroeery here. I t 11
“Holder Huffian he couldn't make
his salt and cigars out here. * I
have altered m\ mind considerably
about the noble African since 1
have been here, but as I am keeping
a regular diary to rentl to the club
XX hell 1 get liolne, 1 xxill not spread
on the subject In re.
Tlie way they travel here is
Ai tenuis Ward calls "unike ;
teams they call “volanties
v
look very much like that t»1«1
that .lohn (ioodloxx usetl to
round in, only eonsulerably larger;
txxo hoi'ses abreast anti a nigger on
the back.
(thl flaxes, or the Hite Tavern
mail xxiiiild make a fortune out here,
'('lie first night they put me into a
little ID by 12room, with two wood-
TTh* Mnimlat tlire of
l>« m il*.
1,4*11(1
w hat
their
tliev
w
sIlllV
drive
EL DORADO
SALOON!
Hitou’.vsnu.K, rt:.\A\
Nf.tily <*|i|M**itP Rn nr bin i HmltJinn
Choice Liquors,
Ft it*' HmH*(uM TaMf*,
Anil <»|*n Hi all lawltil hour*. I>2u
I \U IV S. KKLLY offers his horses and iui old piee» of canvass
1 w nrrvtcf* t" ih< . , i \| 1 *'< ■ I
I'HILoSTBATIiOEAN MH.IKTIIM. A for-
respoiuh nt of the Hichiuoutl Kiii|iur*
er suggests thnt means of relief be
Irovided for those offieers of the
ohl I’nitetl States Army ami Navy,
» •
who resignetl their positions ami
took serviee under the Confederate
(b)veruuient,anti who are cxcliuleil
from various employments by the
operation of military restrictions.
We quote the writer’s suggestions:
Let IMiilostrategenn Societies Is*
forinet 1 throughout the South as-
sociations, ns their uaiue imports,
frit iiiIIa to our military ioinmatulei>,
w ho should inaugurate anti prosecute
projtor jilnns for the eHis'tnig pur-
ptxse
la't them raise, by subscription,
a lund to Is1 loaned to I hese tleserx -
|>II X/.OS S XNTIAUO HOTEL !“« '"••»••• start in tl«.
■ •V _ interest t»f xxlneli might tn* ileiltcut-
1 etl to the support and education of
the orphans of those w ho fell in the
service, or xxhieb might Is dexoteil
• to some other such puristst*
In a few years, at moat, this money
1 woiiltl Is refunded, when a pro lata
, division should be mmle amongst
■ >i;.\zos santi v(m) hotkl:J,"‘. th, il ” i°* "
1# hXDNix mm I. vrrxiiAi?\T. * n*a.
TWtie are general sirggestions.
The detailsoftln sehenie iiuiv be
airaiiLtsl <>u tine i 'h t tion. niit\ ou
_ ... (consultation amongst those who
Nothing Dot ('Met AVhr* nod Lit,.ion will i .. *i.„ ;
S. K KLL1 offers his
wrtrict** to th** ritlufii* t*l Mitlumorrvt
him! Hmw n*xill«*.
Office at the center of IMa/a tie Armas,
MATAMOROt.
October ?, |m«k. I.M M
JUAN PECINA,
Carpenter, Builder
\N|l
MONEY-BOX MAKER,
is prt<|iii rt tl to d<> all kind* of wot\ in hi* line
with dl*|Kit« b.
NIIOl* ON I.l'.VLK
( Lush TO THE KERRY.
llruwitHvllle Oet. I. |s«xj bit
H V/ns SANTIAGO HOTEL.
KURT BV
>i ii n. ii o v »: ii.
I* hIwhx* up with tin* I’t**I Dm tnniki-t utlonU.
\o p«io< siil lw *|Hinst to *mtl*ly aiM-«t*.
bN<M« lx
.
LAZOS SANTIAGO HOTEL
sxttSiN MttTI !. ATT % t lAtt N
nv
V. I '. M A II O N .
I« kept.
* lx 1
liiav take the matter in hand.
Tilt It ml pencil is in more general
ami constant use than almost uiia
other iiuplemen considered neees-
aary among ei\ill - < d ptuple. It is
difficult to assign a date t«» the first
use of graphite, or plumbago, tor
writing pui*)>OM-H, but the device of
encasing the mineral in a cylinder!
<d wood is tpult ui<sleru. 1 lie ce-
lebrated mint at Horrowdale, Cuiu-
beriautl. in Knglund, furnished the
first specimens of graphite from
which writing am I drawing imple-
ments \xcic made. The mineral was
originally obtained from this mines
in nodult s, or distinct masses ot
various si/< s, and the pencils were
cut from then, without any interme-
diate process of manufacture, l’his
mine was considered so valuable
that it was protected by guanls, ami
the workmen wrought under tin
most rigid sui teillanee. The mine
was worked only once in seven
years, subsequently for six week*
tu em it year, in order to husband
the supply and control the market ;
vet this six weeks' product was fre-
quently x allied at from to
A; U),i m in.
Mint s ot graphitt exist, anil haxe
been t»r now are worked at Stur-
hridge, Mass., Hrantloii, Tt., Fisli-
kill ami Tieontleragi*. N Y ., AN akt-,
N C., »*nd St. John, N. H. It is
largely usetl hi the manufacture of
cr* 'ibles for melting refractory me-
tals. ami umler tin* name of black
lead, or carburet ot iron, for polish-
tiig iron eastings, as stoves. Molds
for iron are often fucitl xvitli the
|M»vvtleretl plumbago, togixcu tiuisli
to the surface of tin easting, oud it
is employed with oil as a lubricator
for heavy journals.
Hut graphitt is more familiarly i
known in its employment as pencils. :
It is ground to liiu powder and
treated with acids to purify it from
foreign substance- Then, being
mixed with water, it is molded into
cylindrical ma-st - and dried ill a
kiln. Itciiig afb rxxards baked in
crucibles until tin requisite degree
ot hardness is attained, xxhich is
determined by the grade intended
for the pencil, the cylinder* are
ready to be cut into tin* proper form
for insertion in the xxood.
This is the French style. Auried,
however, by additions of clay in cer-
tain proportions with the powdered
graphite, ns it is intended to give
different consistencies to the jiencils.
The \uu-ricau h ad pencil company,
whose works are in Hudson City,
New Jersey, employ a different pro-
cess. The molded graphite is sea-
soli etl several months in vaults, and
then baked, the hardness of the
pencil depending on the length of
exposure to heat, vv lien tin* cylinders
are forced through dies in a press,
and cut into square lengths for tin*
wood.
The xv t mm I is dyed, sawed into
strips ot sufficient width for four
pencils, grooved, the strips of plum-
bago inserted ami. covered by eor-
rcsiNtinliug strips of wots! seen ret 1
with glue. These strips are then
cut into pencil lengths, ami, by urn-
chinery, planed or turned tt. an tw-
tagotial or cylindrical form, polish-
ed and stnnipetl with the name am I
quality of the pencil. The graphite
usetl by this company is plan'll ret 1
mainly from New York State, ami
the pencils are of excellent quality,
as we have ascertained bv trial.
ft*
4 4 ft •
Do run Miss me at Home”’—A
xv l iter at the Crab Orchard Spriugst
Ky.,gives the following:
Passing the drawing room last (‘veil-
ing, my atteiitou was attracted tf*
a mther corpulent young lady, v is»t-
ing the springs for her health. She
was seated at the piano, ami sing-
ing,"l>o they miss me at Home.”
I thought they did about meal
tiling
> 4 I >
A Moimrvfv. Mistake. A negro
quartette club recently serenaded
a servant m the house of a gentloman
at St. (joiiis. Their singing was e\-
ct-Ueiit, and tlie young ladies of the
family. deceive!* by darkness,
thought that the party were theie
own admirers' according!v threw
j them boiK|Ue*ts and went into a In-
coming state ot excitement. NYliari
the father of the girls went out to
ask theminstrels hi to n fresh them-
•rive*, tde mistaks wa- diseorered.
HOME NEWS.
TrNM*,kS .
I>i. .1. C. Holland, mu ohl resident
of Memphis, died in that city on the
Kith of cholera.
The Memphis Argus uudeistamls
that Adolphe Bernard, th* abscond
ing ticket agent. 1ms U cn traced to
Chicago by the detective put upon
Ins track.
The Memphis Argil* limit islands i
tlmt Gen Jordan lias retired from
the \ppcul, liis successor being Col.
James Him* v Marshall.
In a | s-i-son a I reeontre at Han-
dolph on the I.Mth, Win. Irving
killed Dr. Martin, formerly a Con-
federal* surgeon.
The Conservative State Conven-
tion which was to have been held in
Nashville on the l.'tth, was post-
poned to Tuesday, Oct. 2d, on ac-
count of the presence iif cholera in
Nashville.
It is ie|s*rted that Lieut. Gen. A
I*. Ntevvu *t will accept the Presiden-
cy of Cumberland l niveraitv, at
Lebanon.
The Nashville papers report the
cholera decreasing m tlmt city, but
appearing to l»c gradually working
its xx ay into the towns and v illage*
south of Nashville.
A IrIihihk.
l iie Mobile |K>licc are endeavor-
ing to break up the vagrant negro
dens, which are very ti jiierous.
The Mohiliuns are busy con-
structing city railroads.
'Hie 1’allapoosa Fiiquirer, of the
21st. says the unprecedented fall of
rain for tin* past three weeks, has
injured the cotton crops in that '
section itiimenHely.
The Livingston Journal says thnt
as the season advances, the pros-
pects become more gloomy. In
that county one of the Iwst in the
State thi* cotton product will not
exceed one forth of an average crop.
I.IMlUlM Mil 4 I’ll|l*.
TheClintoiit Feliciana Democrat,
of the 22d, savs :
()iir reports are still discouraging.
W t*f xxcather yet injurious, and, as
long as it continue*, then will la a
falling off'of the great staple. < Mir
estimate of last week is considered
by many as too high a figure.
The lU'i ville South, of sunn date,
advise* the bonding of cotton, as to
the ta\, and the holding it away
from sale as long as possibh . The
weather is showery.
Shim kino Aex intxr. .1 l.miy
(Viai/irt/ hi Fuw* in a Mill. ( Eh
vesterdav afternoon Mrs. Harlow,
xxif»* of Mr. John P. Harlow, wheat
receiver at Haxall A Crenshaw's
nulls, visited the mills in company
with two ladv friend*, to whom she
w
was exhibiting the machinery.
While turning to leave the upper
story her dress was caught in the
conveyor wheels which carry the
Hour to the sii|M*rtiiie bolting appa-
ratus, and she was drawn backward
into the machinery. Mr. Tavlor,
who was standing by, caught her
and would have rescued her, Imt
her steel Insip skirt had liecome en-
tangled in the cog-wheels, and Mr.
Taylor's attempts were vain, and
lie ln-eame near lading drawn him-
self into the machinery, which in a
moment mangled the unfortunate
lady in a manner ton horrible to
contemplate.
Her head was neve red from her
I sidy and crushed to pieces, the
braili* Is mg spattered in every di
lection, and was cut into and ground
almost to atoms. One arm tell to
the lower ths»r, the other being
thrown liv« feet awav from the ma-
w
chinery. and fragments of bl<M*d
and bum s and brains were strewn
everywhere.
l lie machinery wa* stopped a-
sih*u as |sissil)h*, the remains gather-
ed together, and the funeral will
take place ill 11 a. m. to-day, from
the Broad street Methodist Chuivh.
Nils. H haves a husband and
three children to mourn over the
most teiTible tragedy which has
iKcurred in tin* city for years.
It is remarkable that Mrs. H had
la*cn invited and had intended to
dine in Manchester, but was pre-
vented bv the fact of the ladies
al*»V( mentioned calling unexpec-
tedly to *|M*ml the day.- Ai'ijvmIu
Kit f MiiTr.
»4 *4
Ben-jam-in, as the father mid to
hi* son in a crowded stage
On uterfUII'.
Josh Hill.ngs. who ho* a word mj
• very subject, and is entitled to f
gets off tin- subjoined:
I rather like waterfalls.
I kiiut tell e*A#/t ennv more tii *.»
I kali tell vvhv 1 like Uastui ih
but kastur ile is giasl fur hut/mi**
Hi tin* sistuin
I don’t like luiuuiUMs ov no -s"-' ,
not even in iiiUHkcctitrN.
I want iny luuskei tuis lively
But awl this is fun in to my fiut
| a »**.
I like vv’aterfulls thuy me so e.*_
and natural. Thuy attak awl s« k-
Some they attak with great fury,
while others they approach more
like a siege, working up slowly
1 saw one yesterday.
It want no biggn* than a stead
French turnip.
It had attacked a small worn m
ov (>uly D summ. rs duration.
She was full ov recreation, an 1
when she lamndcd along the side
walk, the waterfall (listed up in and
(low’ll m an oscillating manner, re-
sembling the MjMirtive terminus ov
a bob-tailed lamb in a great burn
The effect was purely eleetricl
1 also saw another one prettv
soon, which belonged to a uiutur*
matron.
She might hav( saw 7*> suiuiuei’s.
her hare woz white t.s Hour, but tie*
waterfall wa* black
I asked a bystandiug indmdeut!
how In* could account for that.
He *wl “ it vvus younger."
I also saw another pretty vm b,
which was tin- projmrty ox a stuncr
She was about. Iff vears ohl. and
4
was as ripens a 2 year peach.
She svvep the sifei ts like a thing
ov life.
Mell stopped to gaze us she past,
and put in n new chaw of ov to-
Imeker.
Little l*»ys poekettal then m
bh*M iii silence.
Her xveterfall was .ilsiiit the size
ov ii koru basket turned iusidi out
It was inklosed in a comm >o
skap net, and kivered with blazing
diamonds <>v glns>
It shown like the tin doim on
the koif house, vrhar the superm-
or* meet. But I rath* r lik** wute-
foil*
It Imz. Im*(*ii s«-«l it would run oil".
Imt this, I tlunk. is oi error, f-u
they don't sho enny leak \< t.
In the language of th*- expintu
Caiia<1mn, on ouriiortheru ftoiitiet
I sav “ I >r> u llntf-a-fnil
4 * • 4
A eorr* sp indent asks tor an * t
plauation of tlie cubic udx ices touch
ing th*- salts of British consols “for
money. This phrase is not |M*cnliai
to the cable, as consols have ls*4-r
quoted for years with a distinction
between sales “for money,” and
sales "for account. A large* pro-
portion of th** bargain* made for
English funds (known as the
“Three per cent, consolidated an-
nuities,” and willed “consol*” bv
way of abbreviation i, are arranged
to In* settled for at tlie next “settling
day.” These settling days are ti\**d
bv a committee of tlie St*s-k Ex-
change, and occur about ouce each
month. A purchase or sale for nc
count is therefore t*» be settled a*
the next of these fixed dates, Ullless
there is a “continuation by mutual
agreement. This settlement is mad**
either by the loser paying th* dif-
ference in tin* price, oi by actual
transfer of the stock, as tho party
having the option may cIumh*- Thin
business is more frequently a men
sp(s*iihitiou. but sometime* it is p< r
f«*etl v legit limit* Many merchants
and opulent gentlemen who liuve
property in tin fund* which they
do not wish t » s« 11 out, will sell f* r
money and buy for account at the
rate of th** same time, thus having
the us* of the capital while the «t *ek
is earned at then expense This
can always be *l*>n* at :i lift 1*• over
the current interest, and is .*» very
convenient method of raising money
A . 0,
a4 ft • ••
A solution ot Mol-amouia and
water is one of tlu* Is «t, *af**st. an*!
the siin-st remedi* s f**r snake, api*-
ilor, mad-divg and other |M»is*xi>(>c. 4
bite or *tiug.
M *•
Hut let say* th* mttle-otiake ia no
brotlo r of hi* Tliis aiinour**®-
incut in favorable
ri* the snak-
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