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Galveston, Tfüly
City Taxes.—The
an ordinance declaring
¡1 has . pasi
there «ball be
levied and collected, for the municipal year
1865, a taz of one fourth of one per centum
on the assessed value of all real and per-
sonal property in the city of Galveston, and
a rax of one tenth of one per centum on
all money loaned or kept at interest, for the
generál pul'poftés of revenue folf the city,
S3" A new temporary light house is now
in progress of erection at Bolivar Point. We
have not seen the regular description of the
edifice or light to be exhibited; but under-
stand the structure will be about forty feet
high.
The frame for a similar structure is ready,
and will be elected immediately at Corpus
Christi.
A Sell.'—A boy came into the Civil-
ian office at noon, on Monday; and stole
a large bundle of Saturday's papers,
which he coolly proceeded to sell, about
town, at.the reduced price of five cents,
He is requested to call on the Provost
Marshal and settle.
Segro Suffrage.
this is now the slogan of Northern fa-
natics; now «hat the A^oiitioB óf slavery
has been settled, add no L n^ér affords ihetn among
f od for, or rather food by, agitation.
The queátion of the equality, like that of
thé<unity, of all the human race, is not yet
settled affirmatively. We think it was
Pierre Soule who once said that only one
half the assertion of the declaration of Ame-
rican Independence, that all men are born
free and cqual. CQttUl ever be true. iree.
they all might be made; but equal they
never could be. " Some are, aud muat lie,
greater than the rest,"eveu among ttie Cau-
Oir Attention is called to the notice
of the discontinuance of the collection
of the 25 per cént. On cotton, by the
government and the notice to all per-
sons having light-house property to re-
turn the sume.
OCT Taking the prices of almost every
thing bought and sold as the standard,
the wealth of Galveston has increased
fifty per cent, in the last month. The
amount of green-backs and U. S. bank
notes now in circulation is eight hundred
and sixty millions of dollars, against one
hundred andsevéritv-seVen millions hank
note circulation in 1850. The propor-
tion of paper circulation to inhabitants
is about $27 to one. In 1856 it was
less than 86 to One—an inflation of more
than four hundred per cent. By the last
statistics before us the circulation of the
Bank of England was only about one-
third of the paper circulation of the U
States, while it was fifty per cent greater
in 1856. According to Otto Hubherthe
whole bank note circulation of the world
in 1855', wis less than eight hundred
millions of dollars, or at least seventy
millions less than the present paper cir-
culation of the United States alone,
is not¡ therefore, to be wondered that
prices rise where this currency becomes
the standard.
I3T The schr. Dan Simmons was to sail
from Sew Orleans fur Galveston in a few days.
The steamer Nashua was to leave for this
}>uit on tbo 10;b.
fcw In the Britiüh House of Common!:, on
the 16tb nit., Mr. Hadfield asked whether and
when the Government intended to replace Eng
lisli Consuls at the ports on the seaboard of the
Southern States.
Mr. I/ayard said that English Consuls were
now placed at shorty intei vats at the principa)
ports of the Southefri States such as Charles-
ton, Savannah, .Mobile New Orleans and Gal-
veston. Mr. Lynn, the British Consul at Gal
veaton, has never left his post.
tsr We are indebted to Mr. A. H. Bdey for
late N. Orleans ar.d New York papers.
It seems somewhat singular that
while the Abolitionists of the North are
urging clemency towards the rebels of
the South, some of our own citizens,
who remained at home throughout the
war, are urging a proscriptive policy
Most of our readers have seen notices of
the late pacific speech of Gerritt Smith,
at New York, on the theme that the
United States has " neither the legal nor
moral right to try the rebels for treason;
The way to a sure and enduring peace
lies not through perfidy and vengeance,
but through justice and love. " Among
those who united in a written request to
Mr. Smith to speak on the subject were
Horace Greely, Henry Word Beecher,
and oth^r prominent abolitionists. In
the course of his speech Mr. Smith said
that the South shall not be punished for
the rebellion, or, to use other words, the
South shall not be punished for treason.
Ho went on to say that the South was
treated as a belligerent, and read copious
extracts from Vattel, Hul lam, Macaulay,
aud other writers to show that the North
treated the South in that way because
the laws of war required it. He was not
willing that it should go down through
all the ages and over all the earth that
millions of his countrymén were pardon-
ed traitors. Where great masses of
men took very momentous and very re-
sponsible steps, it was not only charita-
ble, but just, to conclude that they had a
sincere and deep belief in the wisdom
and rightfulness of such steps, and that
they had, in fact, no little reason for ta-
king such steps. All the proclamations
of amnesty were ex parte papers, and
couid not annul the agreement entered
into between the two parties. It did
not become freedom loving America to
say that the finally vanquished in a civil
war might be held amenable to the law
of treason. I hold that the South has
been already punished enough, aye, too
much. He spoke of the trials for treas-
on, and contended that the Government
had no right to hold men amenable to
the law of treason when they were ac-
knowledged to be under the protection
of the laws of war.
Horace Greely made a speech on the
same occasion, when he said he was in
favor of tring all men, North and South,
who had violated the laws of war by
starving and shooting prisoners; but
they could not be brought to trial unless
it was assumed that the laws of war
governed the contest. When that was
proved, the men who were paroled under
the laws of war—he did not care if it was
Lee, whom he believed to be a very black
traitor—could not be tried or hung with-
out a black violation of faith.
on'stB of the North suppose, the color of the
skin which constitutes the main difference
in the various branches of the human fam-
ily. Civilisation, liberty, (restrained by
law,) literature, arts, and science, are not
plants which will take root, among all man-
kind hs yet, however cheering may be the
hopes of the future, when the last happy
thousand years promised to man shall have
arrived. It is the reproach of the South as
well as the North, that there is a large class
of white men in it, without learniug, ambi
tion, or energy, more than sufficient to sup
ply the simplest natural wants; that, hay?
ing food and raiment, they are therewith
content. White men there are, in various
parts of the country, no further advanced
in intelligence, or the modes of life, than
their ancestors were before the revolution
Simple and credulous as the inferior races
they believe in the existence of witches and
ghosts, though they are less sanguinary in
the treatment of the former than were the
Puritans of' the North. Now, what these
poor white folks have been for a century
the African I as always been, or has been
four thousand years. Hieroglyphics, tradi-
tion, and history alike present him as an
¡ufeñór in the scale of civilisation—as a
savage, slave, or dependent of the whi'e
man. Goodrich—good Northern authority,
represents the negroes in their normal state
in Africa, as " a weak and harmless race,
the prey of the Arab," just as the antelope is
of the Hon,' In his description of Africa, he
says, " The negroes, the race that seems to
claim Africa as its peculiar birthright, have
neither a written language oi a history. In
all ages they have been used by other na
tions for domestic servitude. Even in their
own country they are made the prey of des
potic chiefs, either of their own or other
races. Thus they have continued from age
to age, without any well organised govern-
ment, without books, without, indeed, the
first elements of civilization." They have
never bad any but the simplest of arts—the
fabrication of war clubs, bows and arrows,
and in some cases the manufacture of a little
coarse cloth. They have built no citiea,
temples or tombs, and present nothing to
show that they have ever, in the vicissitudes
of forty centuries, risen of themselves above
the condition in which they originally ex
isted in a state of nature, or that they bare
ever, n contact with the superior races,
risen to the level of the whites. They li*B
up to the poetic notion,
" The wants of my nature aie cheaply «applied,
And the rest are but folly and care."
Sunshine, yams .melons, and gourds; the
flesh of a few inferior animals, the baujo,
and sleep, are luxuries enough for their un
corruptible tastes. All beyond are too
dearly purchased, if they must be had at
the cost of labor.
Africa is a quarter of the world as much
favored bv nature as it is vast in extent; and
presents as mauy natural facilities for the
improvement of the human race as any other
country. Containing twelve millions square
miles of territory, with a great variety of
climate and soil, vast rivers, forests abound
ing in useful woods, mineral resources of
h e richest character, five limes as many
species of quadrupeds as Asia, and three
times as miny as America; an equal vari
ety of birds;—" still more extraordinary is
the vegetation ; the earth renders back the
seed to the husbandman increased a hun-
dred fcld," and produces fruits and trees at
the same time the most nutritious, the most
wholesome, and the most refreshing. Wheat,
barley, millet, rice, yams, sugar cane, dates,
coffee, cotton, hemp, flax, and a great vari
ety of fruits and plants unknown to other
countries, flourish with but little cultiva
tion ; but the negroes live for the most part
in a state of poverty anil destitution ; in-
dolent and poor to the last degree, not scru-
pling to eat animals that have died i natu-
ral death, bugs and worms, and subsisting
mainly on roots, the spontaneous products
the earth.
With all the elements of wealth and na-
tional strength, and with a population esti-
maied at more than' a husdred millions, the
people have thus ever remained in a state
of nature. If they have been the prey of
other races, the fault was with themselves,
since it is estimated that, within two and a
half centuries, they have contributed forly
millions of able bodied men to the slave
trade—a force which, in defensive war,
Alight have stood against the world. For-
merly more than 100,001) slaves were annu.
ally shipped to the West Indies alone. They
knonr nothing of the mechanic arts, as
they are practiced by the civilized nations
Each individual or family makes its own
hut, bow and arrows, and such other imple
articles as it uses. There are no professional
mechanics. Neither the arts or literature
have ever taken root among them, with all
the hid the while race has been able to give.
1 he African A-sociation was incorporated
in Loudon in 1768, to promo* e the explora-
tion of the country, the civilization of the
blacks, and to foster commercial intercourse
(the great civ ill zer of nations) with Great
Britain. African companies, for commer-
cial purposes, were established by t liarles
II, Queen Elizabeth, James I, and Charles
I. The African Institution, (formed in
England in lti0."i, to promote civilization
among the Africans, by introducing agri-
cultural improvements intothe country, the
introduction of valuable -plants, theestab-
it of schools, the me
l|urojjii£ Ac* Ac .) like si mil:
established by the English
rican Indii
encouraging, «ports of pi
done,little to Improve the
people.' Apple ton's Oycli
country i 'e: icceedingly fei
dustiy of the inhabitants is not
immense resouices of the country.".*
But St. Donjingo furnish*the best «*
dence of what the African^ race, when fur-
nished with all the comforts and conveni-
ences of civilization, a prolific soil, unsur-
nassed commercial advantages, educational
arts of
tutions
ual to the
iter flyi:
and seti'
pewr Theophili
have had • golden tree filled with birds,
'which made melody like that of nightin
.#>1sarjar* — m: jESrv«r
é'ássTan'raéesT' ^But TtTs fiot, as many íhe wrfiriigioorhistiíutions, a®d every stimu-
lus which prope'tyj liberty, love of country
race, and family can give, and left to work
out its own déstiny, will do Theréiia sot,
in the Whole world, a country furnishing a
greater variety of useful aná profitable pro-
ducts with the same amount of care and
labor. Un^er France the island was a mine
of wealth and the garden apotof the world.
When the French' revolution broke Out
the agricultural produce of St. Domingo
amounted to more than forty millions of
dollars per annum. The population of all
classes, was 665,000. The island was then
in the most flourishihg condition. The ex
ports included sixty-nine millions lbs. cof-
fee aud 164 millions lbs. sugar. The amount
tneach of those articles had fallen off more
than one half in 1804, and in 1834 the
amount of sugar had fallen to 725 000 lbs.!
or less than one two-hundredth part the.
former amount. The exports had fallen off
eighty per cent. The value of exports of
all kinds, in 1832, was a million aud a half
dollars. The average for a series of years
bad bejn much less, r about one thirtieth
of the amount in 1789. Goodrich, who is
an anti-slavery man, says : The revolution
destroyed the island." After some years
of anarchy and confusion, during which
the sugar works Vere destroyed, a govern-
ment was established, tha country enjoyed
a short period of tranquilityand he then
proceeds to name the wars, insurrections,
and revolutions, which followed. In 1804,
Desalines was proclaimed Emperor; h" was
assassinated. Hayti was then divided into
two States—in the North a black republic
under Christophe ; in tho South a mulatto
republic-under Fetion. •' The rival States
were perpetually at war." In 181-1 Chris
tophe made himself Emperor, and main-
tained himself, after a fashion, against per-
petual insurrections, until 182; , when he
laid down Iiíb honors and shufflled off his
mortal coil by suicide. Boyer, the mulatto
President, who had succeeded Fetion, then
carried the black banner of conquest to the
North, and became President of the re
united States. For some years afterward
the island remained in tranquility, but
troubles aid civil wars soon reccurred. In
1849, Faustin Souloque became lord of might
and rigbt, by the sword, and assumed the
title of Emperor. Goodrich (in 1S59) says:
"Theagriculture of the island is now greatly
reduced. The inhabitants raise little more
of any article than is necessary for their
own consumption." The population of the
island had increased but little since 1789
The country has been in a continued state
of revolution, civil commotion, and anarchy,
ever since it was left to itself by the white
race- At last accounts from Hayti, Jeffrard
was at the head of 30,000 troops to put
down an insurrection. The present ruler
of the country is a matter of as much un
certainty as v* the ownership of the
darkey on the Mississippi steamer, whose
master was engaged in an undecided gam
of chance.
Jamaica furnishes an equally instructive
lesson. The negroes freed in 1833 were to
serve five years apprenticeship. ^The plan
ters were paid $30,000,000 for the loss of
service. The value of exports as publish-
ed in Harper dc Brother's Cyclopaedia of
Commerce, before and since emancipation,
show that the value of exports was, in 1809,
£3,033,233 ; in 1854. £932,316, a falling off
of more than seventy five per cent. The
Cyc opted i a of Commerce -ays that " the
negro is rapidly receding into a savage
state, and that, unless there is a large and
immediate supply of immigrants,all society
will come to a speedy eud, and the island
become a second Hayti "
This, we feel assured, will be the result
wherever the negro is left to himself. Nor
do we think he has risen greatly above it,
except by domestic or legal compulsion, and
a certain aptitude for imitation, when in
contact with the whites. That he is able to
compete with the white man in intellectual
and mechanical pursuits scarcely any oue
believes.
The internal revenue fur the fiscal year will
tall short nearly one unrlred millions.
I he amount collected is only two hundred
millions.
Fraudulent returns are suspected to be very
common
The Natchea Courier iffic has been takei
out of the hands f John W. Baldwin and place*
in those of A. K Johnson by order of Gen. Oi
tertians.
The President was reported very ill from fa
tigue on the 1st, but better on tbe 3d.
A conflict beiween the civil authorities of
Pbilidelphia ad the military is reported to be
in progress, growing out of an attempt nn tbe
part of tbe latter to make an arrest on a civil
warrant.
BrevetBri°r. Gen. Forsyth has been appointed
Chief of Stiff" of Maj. Oen. Sheridan.
The Great Eastern, with the telegraph cable,
was to leave Valentin jo the ltftb, and it was
expected would reach Trinity Bay on the 24th
inst. The tariff over this line will be $5 a word
f-jr the first twenty words.
Geo. Lee has gone to spend the summer lb
Cumberland county, Virginia.
The war expenses of New York City and
County alone, are over seventeen millions.
Nbw Yobk, June 3.—The Democratic politi-
cal campaign opens wi'h an address from Chas.
Mason, opposing negro suffrage and advocating
the immediate lestoration ot Southern States
to tbe Union.
Any person who can give any tidings of
Henry Mortimer Bowdon, who belnged to a
New York Zouave regiment, number not knswn,
aud is supposed to have died in Camp Ford,
Texas, is requested to communicate wit i the
United States Sanitary Commission. Tbe in-
ill head made b
utpred artici
fly of the not
orjtegiomon
.ch$*r " -
til? Albert! Jfognqa wt of rw tomake them bl<*d,
for himself a wooded servant, which ,heo sppV, on go.ng to bed, the inner part of
Ecceliu.
To curt the fita.—Take a quantity of water
sea, and b il them in clean water for fif-
«.vinntes; strain them off, and drink half
nt of the decoction bow and then, about
k warm.
To remove Putty and Paint from Window-
glait.—Put salar* tus into hot water, till very
strong; aatnrate tha potty or paint-daub with
it; let it remain till nearly dry; then rub it off
Kard With a Woolen cloth. WH'ing is good to
remove it. Salaratua water is good to remove
putty while green on the glass.
Cure for Corn .—Pare them down to the
- <n QOhia mashed fine, A very few applicatiooa
will soon cause a complete cure,
Water-Proof and Fire-Proqf Cement far
roofs of Hi/uses.—Slack 8tone lime in a large
tub or barrel with boiling water, covering the
tub nt-barrel to keep in the steam. W hen thus
slacked, pass 6 quarts through a fine sieve, it
will then be in a state of fine fl ur. To this
add 1 quart rock salt and 1 gallon of water—
Boil the mix'nre and skim it clean. To every
5 gallons of this skimmed mix ure add 1 lb. of
alum and 1-2 lb. of coperas; by slow degrees
add 3-4 lb. potash aud 4 quarts fine sand or
wood ashes sifted. Both «f the above will ad-
nrt of any coloring yon ple*sé.
Take equal quantities uf white lead and
white sand, and as much oil as will make tt
•nto the consistency of putty. Apply this t.
the seams in the roofs ot houses, &c. It will
in a few weeks, become as bard as stone.
Walking avd Bleaching Liquid.—Take
1-4 lb. unslacked lime, and pour upon it 6 qts,
boiling water, stir it all up, and when it has-
stood long enough to entirety settle, strain off
the clean water and dissolve in this water, by
boiling, 2 lbs. sal soda.
For washing—*o every pail full of water
add for boiling, 1-2 pint of the liquid. Clothes
must be put in soak the night before Wasbtn?
taking care to rub all the dirt spots with soap:
then & il them with.the liquid 35 minutes.—
They are theu to be drawn and put into a tub,
and clear boiling water poured over them; then
rnb them uut, rinse them well, and they are fit
fur di viug.,
W.. iteicaih.—Take half a bushel of nice
unslaked lime; slake it with boiling water
cover ii, do ring the process, to keep it in th-
strainer; and add to it a peck of clean salt
previ.idsly'well dissolved in warm wa er, three
pounds of ground rice boi!ed tX a tbin paste
and stirred in boiling hot, half a pound of clean
glue which has been previously dissolved by
first so iking it well, and tben banging it over
a slow fire in a small kettle witbio a large one
filled with water. Add five gallons of hot wa-
ter to the whole mixture; -tir it Well, and lei
it stand a. few days covered from the dirt. Ii
opened the door when atiy[ona knocked,
and aaltited thé guest. The construction
of this figure cost him thirty.years labor.
In the dial of the famous water-clock
.presented by Charlemagne to Haroun
Al Raschid, were twelve doors, which
opened each at the hour it represented,
and remained open till twelve o'clock,
when twelve knights issued from tb em
on horseback, and i vihg made, the cir-
cuit of the dial, returned and shut them-
selves in again.
A very ingenious toy was constructed
foif Louis XIV. It consisted of a car-
ritge drawn hy two horses, wbich.moved
their legs naturally. The figure of a
iatá was seated in the carriage, and
cftjRhman and attendants were it their
proper places. The coachman cracked
hit whip and the equipage moved off in
£i^er, till It arrived opposite the king's
ee t, when it stopped, the footman
stepped down, and opened the door, the
IaJy alighted, and presented a petition*
to the king.
* The automata of Vancausoni during
the reign of Louis XV., were remarka-
ble specimens of ingenuity. Thfs^ years
were spent in tbe construction of his
celebrated flute-player, a wooden figure
of a man which played the flute with
Et precision. He also made two bra-
geese which not only swallowed.
, but digested it by means of some
inttrnal wheels.
Among the presents which Napoleon
Socapare received when First Consul,
wat C vase, which, on being touched,
exhibited a palm tree, under which a
shepherdess was spinning.
The Swiss are particularly ingenious 1 should be put on right hot; f r tbis purpose, r
in'works ot this descriotion One of can be kept in a kettle on a portable urnace.—
B Work Ot p • It is said that about one pint of this mixture
tne_ most successful modern makers of curfTt square vard upon the outside of a
automata, is the Swiss Maillardet. He bouse, if properly applied.
made a female figure which plays eigh Brushes more or less «mail may be used ac
teen tunes upon the piano, the motions Sordil,K,0 the ne«tness of the job required.—
... , , r _ _ , - , . It answers as well as oil paint for wood, brick
of the body, the eyes, and fingers being or gton0j an(j ¡g che- per. It retains its bril
naturally performed. A humming-bird liancy for many years. There is notbingnf
Whith issues from a box, sings, and re- the kind that will compare with it either for
turns to the box again ; a little figure ¡"Side or-outside walls. Coloring matter may
which dances to music produced in a > Put m, and made of any shade you like,
glass case, which also encloses the figure; ¡ ' •"* *
and ^ magician, which answers any ques- How Characters are Formed.—
tion taken from twenty medallions, are Lord Shaftsbury recently stated at a pub-
among the most curious of his works, lie meeting in London that he had ascer-
This magician may be consulted with tained from personal observation, that of
safety even by such persons who have adult male criminals in that city, nearly
justly conscientious scruples against all had fallen into a course of crime be-
countenancing those who profess to re tween the ages oí eight and sixteen
veal the secrets of the future. Would years; and that,if a boy lived an honest
any one satisfy his curiosity, he has but life up to twenty years of age, there were
to select a medallion and place it in a forty-nine chances in his favor, and only
drawer. The wooden dealer with fate one against him as to an honorable life
gravely consults his magical books, and thereafter.
then strikes with his wand upon a door, This is a fact of startling importance
which opens and displays an appropriate to fathers and mothers, and shows a fear-
anawer. ful responsibility. Certainly a parent
If*
exhibition
icon. This was a musical machine, except in very rare cases ; and if that
moved solely by springs, which imitated control is not wisely and efficiently exer-
the sounds of a variety of wind iiistru- ciaed, it must be the parent's fault—it is
ments with great perfection. The ciar- owing to parental neglect or remissness,
ionet, hautboy, bassoon, flute, serpent, Hence the real source of ninety-eight
trombone, French horn, trumpet, were per cent, of the crime in a country such
distinctly heard, and added to these the as England or the United States lies at
kettle-drum, bass-drum, cymbals and tri- the door of the parents.
angle. Pleyel, Cherubini, and other eel- It is a fearful reflection; we throw it
ebrated composers, offered to the author before the minds of the fathers and mo-
of this wonderful mechanism picces of thers of our land, and there leave it to
their own music, as tokens of their es- be thought of in wisdom, remarking only,
teem. as to the early seeds of disease, that in
Another very curious specimen of skill, nearly every case there are sown be
and mechanical ingenuity, is the famous tween sundown and bedtime, in absence
chess-player of Rempelen. The auto- from the family circle, in the supply of
maton, dressed as a Turk, sat behind a spending money never earned by the
sort of chest, three feet and a half hifh, spenders, opening the doors of confec-
which opened, leaving the machinery tioneries and soda fountains,or beer and
within exposed to view. The figure tobacco and wine shops, of the circus,
slowly raised its arm, stretched it out till the negro minstrel, the restaurant, and
it reached the piece to be played,opened dance; then follows the Sunday excur->
its fingers, took it up and placed it on sion, the Sunday drives, the easy transi-
the proper square, then slowly returned tion to the company of those whose ways
to the cushion on which it rested. When lead down to the gates of social physical
necessarry it called out " Echec," and at moral ruin.
every move of its adversary shook its From " eight to sixteen," in these few
head, glancing its eyes round the board, years are the destinies of children fixed
Ff its opponent made a false move it in forty-nine cases out of fifty—-fixed by
would put the piece back in its place and parents ! Let every father and mother
shake its head. A tablet containing all solemnly vow : " By God's help I'll fix
the letters of the alphabet being placed my darling's destiny for good by making
before it, it would answer any question home more attractive than the streets.'
put to it by pointing out the letters which . — • ■
formed the reply. This last accomplish- j Domi-siic surgery.
ment is not unlike the mode of commti- 1 Apparent Death from Drunhennest.—Raise
When Nat Lee was on the verge of mad
nets, a poor poet twitted him, by saying it
uulieu outies vuujuiissniu* iue m- ' « * . ,.« J P.
dividual in whose behalf the Commission makt-g very easy to write like a mauinan. No.
this inquiry, is no other than Juhn Bright, tbe sai" Lee, it is very difficult to write like a
distinguished liberal statesman of England. j tnadtnan, but very easy to writo like a fool
nication said to have been adopted iu 'be head, unlove the clothes; maintain
these latter davs bv the snirits Bnt nn warmth of surface, and give a mustard emetic
mese tauer oays oy tne pims- But no ag s00Q &g the on c m gwaUow-
spirit dwelt within the woodén frame of , , „ _ .
th- automaton chess-player. Rempelen 1 . APP°Pl"'J ani f1generally--?*™ the
. , . "Tl- , r .jihead; unloose all tight clothes, strings, Ac.;
and other mechanics of his class could ¡ apply cold lotions to the head, which sboa d
jive to their ingenious devices some qual-i be shaved; apply leeches to tbe temples, and
¡ties similar to those of the body, but i send for a surgeon.
they could not indoe them with intelli- j Suffocation from Noxious Oases, <£c.—Re-
ge nee, nor breathe into th< m the breath i mnv« l" lhe frcsb a,r\ dash^cold vinegar aud
— water in the face, neck., and breast; keep up
the warmth of the body; if necessary, applv
mustard i oultices to the soles of the feet, and
try artificial respiration, as in drowning.
Lightning and Sutt-Alrokc.—Trea.t tbe
same .is apopiexy.
Sore Throat —Those suhject to sore throats,
&c., sh- u d nal he the neck with cold water in
the morning, and use the fiiso-brush at night,
which will be found to relieve ihem very soon.
The best way to take Caster Oil.—It is no>
generally known that caster oil may be most
easily taken minjled W-th orange juice, a little
angar being added if the juice of the orange is
not sweet. he difference between this and
any other mode of taking tbis valuable medi-
cine is surprising.
Lioht fob a SiCK Roan.— A piece of candle
may be made to burn all night in a sick room
or elsewhere, where a dull "light is wanted, by
putting finely powdered salt on 'he candle un-
til it reaches the black part of the wick. In
this wav, a mild and steady light may be kept
through the night, from a small piece of can-
dle.
A learned German lecturer thus illus-
trates the glory of Science. De ting that
fs made is more superior than the m-'ker.—
I show you how in some tings. Suppose I
make de round wheel of de coach, Ver'
well; dat wheel roll round five hundred
times, and I cannot roll one myself. Sup-
pose I am t cooper, what you call, and I
make de bi^ tub to hold wine. He hold
tuns and gallons, and I can not hold more
than five bottles i So you see dat what is
made is more superior dau de maker.
of life. They are very curious as speci-
mens of human skill, but are chiefly to
to be preserved and valued for the influ-
ence their construction exerted upon the
progress of science and art.
Something to be ..voided.—We are sorry
to see that there are still newspapers and people
in ttie North who think proper to try and siir up
ill-feeling against the people of the South.—
Tbey still talk with lofty contempt of its "cbiv
airy," as if that poor, pititol order of mortals
were not now nearly reduced to beggary. Th y
talk of its " domineering indolence " and its
•'bullying," as if thai «ere not completely
squelched by the terrible experiences of the
war. They accase it in the present ot crimes
which are of tbe past; assail it fo feelings
which must perish with the institutions which
gave them birth ; and hold it responsible for
things over which it has no control.
The fact is if the States would live in amity,
there must be a stop to recriminations bet we ti
Slates and seoii ns. New York and Pennsyl
vtnia, or the Kast and the West, c uld very
soon gét to be on the worst possible terms with
each other were they to adopt a style oi mutual
abuse and misrepresentation, were the real or
ficiitious, p st or present dements of each con-
stantly par ided before tbe other. If we would
live in permanent fraternity and 3 utual con-
cord, we must cultívale the virtues indicated by
Washington in his immortal farewell address.
—New York Times.
fr
Haaerau.
Rabelais had written some aencaible
nieces which the world had passed by with,
indifference j"I «rill write something,"
said lie, "thai tney Vill take notice of.' —
And aohe sat down to writing noownae.
"Children should be awn and not heard,''
aa the boy said when he had not learned
lúa J ' ^
A pair of brave fellows were Berkeley
Craven and Lord Alvanley, when an acci-
dent happened to their carriage. The for-
mer getting out to thrash the footman, saw
he was an old man, and said, " Tour age'
protects you while Alvanley, who had
advanced toward the poatillipe with the
same intention, seeing he was an athletic
young fellow, turned away from him, aay-
Ing, in his Waggish way, "Your youth pw
tects you."
Bill Swilling was sent to jalMor habitual
drunkenness. One of his old cronies waa
asked, " Why don't you bail him ont t"—
" Bale him out I" he replied; " why, manr
you couldn't pump him out."
A pedagogue, provoked at the dullneaa
of a pupil, instead of coaxing him along,
boxed bis ears, and demanded of him how
long a man could live without braina.—
Tbe boy meekly replied, " I don't know j
how long have you lived yourself, Sir t"
Wake up and pay your lodging, aaid the
deacon, as he nndged a aleepy stranger with
the contribution bux last Suuday.
Don't yon think tight lacing bad for tha
consumption, doctor ? asked a young lady
of her physician. Not at all, aaid the
doctor, it Í8 just What It feeds on.
Campbell, tbe poet, was asked by a lady
to write something original in her album.—
He wrote,
An orlginkl something, dear mstd you would
win me
To write; but how shall I begin T
For I am sure I hare nothing original in me,
Excepting original sio. * •
Patrick Maloney, what doj^ob say to the
indictment—are you guilty vr not guilty T
Arrah ! musha, yer Worship, .how can
I tell till I hear the ividence t
The papers tell of a boarding-house
keeper who saves twenty per cent, of her
income by telling the ladies at. the break-
fast table of an auction 8ale in the house
of a bankrupt merchant uptown. They
can never eat a mouthful thereafter. Be'
ginners in the art of boarding house keep-
ing will find it to their interest to follow
copy.
" I'm very ill," aaid Skinflint, once essaying
To get a doctor's counsel without paying.
" I see it," quoth Jhe wily old phvsieian;
'■You're in a most deplorable condition. "
"But tell me," cried the miser, "for God's sake,
Tell me, dear doctor, what I ought to take 2"
"Take I as to that—Why—take, at anv price,"
Replied tbe leech, "take medical advice."
Snooks had been reading a medical bonk.
He run to his doctor and declared he bad
symptoms of small-pnx. How do you feel?
asked the doctor. Oh, I don't know, but I
have a great aversion to doing any thing.—1
How long have you had these symptoms?
Well, I've always had 'em, said Snooka.
re. i
item, >
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Notice.
Orne* or f.rdht-hoüí* Eivoih
Kiohth and Ninth Dí trict ,
Net? Orleans, Jane 28, IOCS.
All peifeons having in their possession prjperty of
the United States Lighthouse (establishment, apper-
taining to the several Lighthouses on the coasts of
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and TexfcSg
are hereby cautioned against retaining the saKe. and
requested to report such property at this office in
person, or by letter.
By order of the Light-House Board,
M. P. BONZANO,
jyil-tf Act'g Engineer and Inspector.
flfetice*
omce 8cpu" vising Spcciat, ACAent TMAICUYI
Dkpart-bht Third Awency, y
New Orleans, June 28t*\ 1865. )
The TWENTY FIVE PER CENT PURCHAS-
ING FEE ON COTTON west of the Mississippi
river was abolished, bv Proclamation of the Presi-
dent. on the -24th inst. taking effect on that day,
By order of the Secretary or the Trevury.
BENJ F FLANDERS,
jyil-tf Supervising Sped 1 Agent*
A. Chevalier, Iff. D,,
Physician, Surgeon and Accoucher
Galveston, Texas.
FKMALE DT8KASKS,'of every anide, treftt'(i
with success Also all Chronic Complaint* of every
Form.
Omci corner Tremnnt and Church atree's.
.'llf* Servleei prompt day add night. jy 116m
A.J. WARD ,JA8 CARDX&
A. J. -Ward & Co.,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
STRAND, Next door to Ball, Hutching* fc Co.,
GALVESTON, TEXAS.
JO3We will attend itrictly to all cotton and other
Di-odutie forwnrded to us for shipment or sale. Will
x-cute al' order* for plantatio- supplies promptly.
Instruction will be implicitly obeyed.
Consignments solicited. jyil-tf
F. P. SAWYER,
Of the firm of Sawyer,
Risher & Hall.
BOULD3 BAKER,
Formerly
Baiter Jc Boiling.
B0ÜLDS BIKER & CO.,
COTTON & WOOL FACTORS,
—and—
General Commission Merchants,
july4 tf. Office, STRANG. GALVESTON,
H rHaving a Store-house where any class of good*
nan be exposed for sale, we solicit consignments for a
wholesale trade.
PHTLIP n.TUCpER T. J. LEAGUE
TUCKER & LE4GVE,
ATTORNEYS
And Coonseloes at Law,
Galveston9 Texas.
Orne*—Second door west of Post Office, Post Offictf
street * jyll ly
andrew o. w. crawford1
Neill & Crawford,
ATTORFEYS AT LA W,
General Collecting Agents,
And BROKER** for the puichase and sale of Real
Estates, C rporate stocks, and Renting of Houses.
Will attend to the payment of tszes on Lands
throughout the State. •
iyll GALVESTON, TEXAS.
Signs! Stgn !! Signs!!
THE suusenber begs leave to inform merthants and*
others, that he has commenced the business of
preparinit and painting signs of e?ery description—
including the néw style of canvas or flag signs, now
jming int. general use in the prineipa! cities.
ParMcnlar attention paid to House Painting, Glas*
ig. Papering, ácc., ¿te.
Office, for t'<e present, at the Marion House, Strand
street. Galveston. Texas. ~
jyll 3m* W. A. HERMITAGE*
Dr. Greenville Do well,
SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN,
GALVESTON.
Office—Masonic Building, Post Office street.
Private patients taken. Bed and board fur-*
nisbed if necessary. j}'8-tf
FOB SALE, Freight or Charter—Brig
" Ben Delano." Apply to
jj8-tw3t A. LEWIS A Co.
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