Flake's Weekly Galveston Bulletin. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 23, 1866 Page: 2 of 8
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.with rare*
i os laborer*.
of the
Union
¡t¡¿
that the i tali-
Union men, for
"proved their
which madness ánd
told the late Confede-
Government, the only power
No w« de-
Jndge Hancock does not sow
tea* people; they hate
in oomtaoh with him.
everybody elae know , that
t of this class am earnestly
to the men and to the distinctive
he advocates. His earnest desire is
power of the State to the hands
> embraced swsMsion with hearty
They are opposed to this. He
•bo swear to support the Oonsti
tad obey the laws so long as they may
•ad legal according to their own inter.
The Union men admit of no reser-
He affiliates with those sym-
perpetnate as much as
possible the old regime. * The Union men da
not His friends regard fidelity to the Union
as the least of all qualifications for office; the
Union om« look uponit as the greatest. There
y these differences, and he ought not to
wane to represent those people, for he does
ww twin.
By *a accurate calculation, we suppofc that
we have taken about a ton, full weight, aver-
dupoise, of advice oa the subject of cholera.
We have read many a heavy, solemn oolumn
andocca-
we have found a moetsenrible siticle ou "God
Almighty's Scavenger," ia the New York
ia Aity of sound sense and
R concludes with the following
, cleanse our
;f*WhO
"notice no
i and effective. "Be
i always the first
i our premises," nil
"Correct oar bad
pestilence. "Siy
i <Jod above is afcle
all that callón
i save from the cholera
or an uaelean man,
frith that he will,
if closely followed,
us this terrific
contracts authorised
roblic of Tesas are
•miction for our
graph, Muy 15tt. _ ,,.
The cloven foot of Old Belaebab canndt bé~
Ki MBÉBMMMMBBB
I Our old
valuable yews
necMssrily
Deration of
iatbe best
the wisest
empresario
eminent of
of rioh in-
TOÉ
\A t
of the Mobile
friends
or will not, rid themselves of this han
kering after a disüjieüve laboring cl* s.
It is beet for the State, sad best for the in-
dividual, that the emigrant should st the
earliest possible moment become an indepen-
dent tiller of the soil, owing fealty to no power
save his oountry and his God. If the emigrant
has the means to purchase, or the credit to
rent, a ""« form, it is best that be should at
onoe settle on the lapd, where the advice of
bi* countrymen will point out the shortest
path to independent competency. We are
sometimes astonished nt that force of habit
which oompels well-meaning men to cling to
the prejudices of the past
With abundant examples of the folly ofmak-
ing an attempt to perpetuate cast* distinctions
in society, these people clamor for something
which shall savor of the old regime. At one
time it is coolie labor they want, at another
the temporary servitude of European emi-
grants. Neither of these oan be. The genius
of. the American constitution is opposed to
slavery ia any form, and the sooner the
appetite lor it is eradicated, the better for all.
Many attempts ba\e been made, both North
and South, to hold emigrants a given time for
the redemption of passage mouey, but all
such proceedings have a strong flavor of slav-
My, and are distastefoll to a free people, and
will never be encouraged either by popular
sentiment, or by the oourts of law.
is more attention directed to
Texas at the present time, perhaps, than to
any other State in the Union. Thousands in
the Southern States are looking to Texas as
their future home. We are glad to say to them
that the prospects of a crop, in the wheat re-
gion never looked better. It will be but a few
now till harvest begins. The late frost
amadamase in certain localities, but in
been rather-tco much rain ia places, but now
planters have a fine opportunity to clean their
crops, and get them in order. Corn and cot-
Wn are looking welL The negroes in many
ta of the State are working along much
ter than was expected; but in very few ca-
ses are they doinafull work, sad in some pla-
cea very little. The winter was not as bard
«a stock as it sometimes is, and aow cattle
ate growing fot on the rioh grass of the prai-
ries. Texas haa not been fully appreciated in
a commercial point of view. All the trade
and travel of the great West will one day find
an outlet andan entrance through the port of
to all the western coast of the United States.
The intermediate ground furnishes the best
practical railroad route to the Pacific. Ex-
press goods from China to New York, Cincin-
nati and Louis will {toss through Texas in
wenty yetuv. The mountains ou
our west, north-west and south-vest, have
only begun to yield their gold and ülver, and
other r&h miaa l£ As to Texas itself; Ha
wealth and resources are riyftaown at all.
A Utile of the beat, and somww the poorest
landa in the State are brought in cultivation,
but unnumbered thousands of acres are lying
ready to yield the richest compensation to
whoever will choose to cultivate them.
A large proportion of the population of the
State ia made np of intelligent and thrifty
emigrante from the older States. Everything
will now begin to assume a inore permanent
There is but little inducement to emi-
from this to any other State or Territory,
are no moraaew territories to be open-
ed to the restless, as there were te .the older
States, while the Valley 6f the Mississippi,
California and ToaM >was* still: new and un-
known. The whole ground has how been
surveyed, and the tide of enágratúm ie form-
ing its eddies. Permanency in hapeovemeuts
will be kept in view mora than ever before.
With this State of things, the convenience*
land institutions of civilized Ufo. will receive
more attention. N
sis for permanent and profitable investments
of oapiUl and largo expenditures oflabor than
Texas.—Tmxt
TELEGRAPl
(from Hew <
Fxaraaa Fo
ravian, from Liv ,
deny the 4th inst,
The steamer F
2d, put back with
deaths occurred before she ré
b endeavoring to show that the views
• "rtfjiss
> his own satisfaction, he
ident Johnson in
elusion, referring
_ooth, he argued that
>u still existen, and un-
uchanan would break
Wash-
ton;
bales.
ington
TfcaÍ,'Mav li—The Herald's WmIj-
"4^1 says the Cabinet meeting of to-
be of good
without
by all the
on filth.
will do
aconrge.
Avmubwa*
The New
Tribune, says: 1
It
the oon-
U mis-
ehiet lathe first place there ia no "Badi-
ant plan for reducing Southern white men to
the coaton of a)* es.H Thatthe plan aBud-
our approbation is well
*■?«&.> But it ia a long way from being
Uraun will believe that the
WhQesnch
The
• throat that unless
pattin the next
that she will
t believe that
have any sttch dis-
would have an effect on
oar miaddicaeUy ooatrary to that which the
u-ii tbo.iwio believe
say kind of a hankering
JUPIk. not be trusted with
powtw, ' _ 11
say they are un
thing about oil developments,
following from the Petersburg
The ou developments here s
Then an three well* pumping, the Harkness,
Longmoor and Soott, all within a distance of
ono hundred rods. The wells, as accurately
ouo
as we estimated on the
lows: Lomzmoor's
Scott's, frSTmo l
d, yielde J
40 barrels
all aa average of
the hands ot the old
•ro not yet entire-
and those peo-
the allegation
must be with
nwtbe
sail of the
he*
¿a
lubricating q
price of
000 V week, or
. Harkness
says it will
We bag to
no farther
juñrer
160 to
to 100 feet,
about 1,000 bar-
valent to
fat oil.
vebeen
they
me
4000 barrels of oil, valued at about I
Ban Antonio Ledger, May 4th
inter rals at
railroad station
ra
Brigadier
of Iiouisi-
The Gen-
while charging
of Baton
a
wasawdto , May 12.—sedate—The Post-
office Appropriation biH was taken tip, the
pending question being on Trtunbvll's amend-
ment recording the appointing power
Michigan,
Santa Anna has arrived in New York.
What in the world can the old fox be after
how'
oward.
t.An ' *
-y'j'' !, '■ ik
We were very agreeably surprised on yes-
terday to learn that oil in large quantities has
been discovered within eighty miles of this
lac The parties making the discoveries
ave purchased the land, and will doubtless
commence turning out oil to supply this whole
country very soon. We got tins information
from a reliable source. Western Texas will
be the great producer of oil, vthich
to our prosperity and ad-
vancement
la order that our readers- huv know some-
thing about oil developments, we extract the
raa the Pariwrsburg Gaaetto:
evelopmeats here are marvelous.
• ■ henffim « i |w1 smiiwmi man;""-*" —«
The sales to-day (Friday) were 5,000 bales,
inclading 1,500 bales tA speculators and ex-
porters, closing dull. Orleans fair 16Jd., mid-
dling Orfeans 14id., Mobile fair ltid., mid-
dling Mobile lid., fair uplands 15id.,. mid-
dling uplands I3id.
The stock in port sums up 765,000 bales,
including 328,t)u0 bale of American.
The Manches ter markets closed fiat
Losnuox, May 4.—The decrease of bullion in
the Bank of England for the week amounts to
£¿49,000.
U, & 5-20's (i'Ji. Consols
Nbw Yobk, May 14, (per City of Paris.)—A
Berlin telegram says Austria will withdraw her
interior troops now defending the Prussian
frontier, but will continue her armies against
the Italian troop* on the Italian frontier.
It is believed that the Prussian armaments
will shortly be increased.
A reply dated April 29, to the Austrian note,
has been sent to the Prnwian Embassador at
Vienna, saying that PruMta will not agree to
the proposal of the Vienna Cabinet respecting
the Dutchies.
No immediate rupture is, however, expected.
The iteamer City of Paris brought from
«500,000 to $750,000 of ü. 8. 5 20's.
The second and third issues are strong, at
Saturday's prices. Sixes of 1881 are lc. lower.
Philxdeli-hu, May 14.—The failure of
Messrs. Work, McCullough & Co., bankers,
caused much excitement entailing heavy loss
in stock speculations.
New'York, May 14.—The Herald's Fortress
Monroe correspondent says Mr. Davis received
the announcement of his iiidictment with in-
difference. His main points of. defence will
be based ou the prerogatives granted to every
citizen to sustain the official action of his re-
spective State.
The body of Preston King, the late collec-
tor of the port of New York, was found float-
ing from Butter Milk-Channel into the
Washjxgthn, May 14. — House—Several
bills were introduced and appropriately re-
ferred.
A resolution was adopted, that three mem-
bers be appointed a committee to proceed to
Memphis and investigate the circumstances
connected with the late riot, -with power to.
ere.
uenos Ayres dates to
Janeiro dAtes to April 9,
are received.
It was reported that the paraguayáns had
crossed the Parana at Cederiila, driven back
the allied outposts, and were advancing
againt the Brazilian army under Alyre.
A terrific hurricane prevailed at Buenos
Ayres on March 19, which did great damage.
Trade was at brisk Buenos Ayres, but unset-
tled at Rio.
St. Louis, May 14.—The works of the Ma-
rine Dock Company, .in South. Carondelet,
and the steamer Jennie Deans, on the ways,
were burned on Saturday night The work
was that of an incendiary. The aggregate
loss is estimated at $120,000, ou which there
is no insurance.
Sew "York, May 14.—The Post soys Gen.
Sunhi Anna arrived at Elizabethport this
morning, by the steamer Georgia, from St.
Thomas, accompanied by severalSouth Ameri-
cans. He says he will place himself under
the leadership of Juarez.
The cotton market closed quiet but firm, nt
34ír;35c. Whisky dull and unchanged. Wheat
dnlí and declined 2c. per bushel. Mess pork
$31 25 per bbl. Money easy nt 4©5 cent
"'erling Exchange 109}. Gold closed at 130 J.
Washington, May 14,—There is no reason
to believe that Santa Anna has come to this
country in an official character.
The paymaster general has issued a special
order, directing, that- the pay of about one
hundred officers in the volunteer and tegular
service shall be stopped until they render sat-
isfactory accounts.
Gov. Goodwin, delegate from Arizona, does
not take the doubtfol side of the measures at-
tributed to Boss Brown. He says it is an easy
matter for the Indians to gather a force of two
thousand men for the treacherous expedition
like the one represented, taking Fort Good wyn
and massocreing its inhabitants. The depart-
ment have reason to believe it to be true.
New Yobk, May 14.—jOne Cholera death oc-
curred yesterday on board the hospital ship
Falcon.
The Tribune's special from Washington
says the receipts from the internal revenue
during the week were upwards of $423,000;
the disbursements at the Treosmy last week
for the Department of War were $308,000; for
the Navy Department $1,25000; for the In-
terior Department $467,000. Upwards of
$1500 (?) in national currency were issued
last week. The total amount to date com-
prises $270,000,000. The amount of funds in
cash in the vaults of the Treasury on the 13th,
was: legal tender notes $268,000; fractional
currency nearly $1,500,000: gold $303,000;
silver $205,000; réserve temporary loan $30,-
000,000; reserve fttnd (surplus issue of Dnited
States notes) $38,000,000; compound interest
irotes $24,000,000; and half-compound inter-
est notes in redemption nearly $5,000,000.
CmcnotATi, May 14.—Prof. W. Byrd Powell
died yesterday.
K. L. Armstrong, formerly of the firm of
Chappell, Bruce &, Co., of this city, was killed
at Paris, Ky., on Saturday, by u man named
MerriwelL
Seven deaths by suicide were reported here
l&iit week.
New Youk. May 14—[Per City of Paris],—
The Italian fleet had left Genoa. Armaments
are being pushed vigorously forward in Ger-
many and Italy.
The depression in the London and Paris ex-
is unabated French rentes fell an
additional j per cent on the 2d inst, closing
firmer under an unconfirmed rumor of media-
. England, France aad Bussia.
The Bank of England advanced its rate or
discount to 7 per oent
The Austrian iron-clad has received sea
orders. Its destination is said to be the Ger-
man ocean and the Baltic.
A Mexican officer has arrived at Vienna
with a letter from Maximilian, the purport of
which is not known.
NbwYobk, May 14—12 m. —Cotton steady
at 34 to 36c. Gold 130*.
TU*8o¿miltee °° Wsys aadMeans are do-
ing noSiMjonthe new tariff laws, waiting
tüf some final action is taken upon the inter-
"ÍCTJSÍS .i «ftiss#
tionalBankto the Government is «703,diá ,
$269,184 of this amount
tween the 20th of April to the 3d of May, the
date of the failure of the bank. It is also es-
timated that Messrs. Bayne A Co.. El-
more, are indebted to the bank $700,000.
New Yobk, May 12-"The steamer Asia,
from Liverpool, lias arrived. News anti-
C'^The Tribnne's special says the Senate has
confirmed Gen. Mann as the Collector• of In-
ternal Bevenue for the First District of Illinois,
vice Schieder, removed. . , ,
An attempt will be made in the bennte to
pass Henderson's bill restricting the President s
power of removal from office without cause.
The veto of the Colorado admission bill
will be presented to a special Cabinet meeting
on Monday, uud then transmuted to th«
Senate. ....
The Times' special says indications are un-
mistaka- le that the joint resolutions which
passed the House yesterday will be modified
in the Senate, striking out the third section
entirely, or substituting a provision declaring
certain" classes oi prominent Confederates tor-
ever ineligible to oflt under the National
Government. .
Gens. Steedinait a;.d Fullerton, the two
commissioners appointed to investigate the
workings of the Freedmen s Bureau throngh
the Southern S ates, have sent on a report
theii* bservations in Virginia and North Caro-
They sustain the charges which have been
freely "made against agents being interested
in speculations, etc., and they recommend the
removal of the present officers from those
States and the transfer of their duties to officrs
commanding troops. As agents they wotild
have but little to do, all cases for trial or ad-
justment having been turned over to the civil
conrts.
At a serenade to Stephens, the head Centre
of the Fenians, last night, he made a short
speech, reporting that his mission here was to
close up the gaps in the Order.
He promised a lengthy speech at a great
meeting soon to be held.
St. Louis, May 11, 11 v. m.—a large fire is
now raging in J. Kinley's coal oil works.
Several hundred barrels of oil stored in the
works will probably be consumed. No further
particulars.
New Yobk, May 13.—There was one death
from cholera at Quarantine yesterday, but no
new cases.
The steamer City of Paris, from Liverpool
on the 2d, and Qneenstown on the 3d inst,
and the Germania, from Southampton on the
3d inst, have both arrived.
The news is warlike from Germany and
Italy.
Contrary to general expectations, the British
Ministry continue to regard the close vote on
the reform bill as equivalent to defeat Mr.
Gladstone announced in the House of Com-
mons that the franchise bill would be pressed,
but that a bill for the re-distribution of seats
would be introduced on the 7th, so that both
might be considered together.
Liberal papers rejoice that the issue is now
plain, and that the Liberal members must now
race the pure and simple question, without the.
protection of evasive movements.
A police constable has been shot dead,
in Dublin, by Fenians.
The relations between Austria and Italy are
decidedly menacing. Both governments deny
aggressive designs, but both are vigorously
ireparing for war. The Italian Parliament
promptly voted authority to the govern-
ment to raise means for the defense of the
country.
Popular meetings were held in Naples in fa-
vor of government artuameut. Universal en-
thusiasm prevails throughout Italy. The
Italian Government has called out 150,000
en.
The Florence correspondent of the Loudon
Times gays there is no doubt that the Italians
desire war us the only means of extrication
from an exceedingly false and difficult situ-
ation.
The Austro-Prussian relations show no im-
provement.
A Berlin dispatch talks of probably increased
armament by Russia.
There was a severe panic on change in Lon-
don and in Paris. Funds and securities were
all materially depressed.
Napoleon presided at a council ou the 30t.li,
report says, to consider the Austrian proposi-
tion that Austria and Italy should simultane-
ously disarm. Oue rumor feuys it was deter-
mined at the meeting to prevent Italy from
taking the aggressive, uud insist on the prop-
osition.
Livehpooi, May 3.—The sales of cotton ou
Monday and Tuesday amounted to 10,000
bales, at a decline of J to Id. Middling up-
land 14d. The sales Wednesday were 10.000
bales, at all advance of id, and* on Thursday
5,000, the market closing with a downward
tendency.
London, May 3.—The Bank rate is 7 per
cent. Consols 86|(S>86{; U. 8. 5 20's 68 to
68).
Liverpool, May 3.—Speculators and ex-
porters took 2500 bales of cotton on Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Flour more active at late rates. Indian corn
in good request at 28s. 9d to 28s. 8d Beef
dull and downward.
New Yobk, May 13.—The charge of Ju.
Underwood to the Grand Jury of Noria
Davis for treason, is
Mr. H. Ledhfer,
vett^o t
elected
the Coi
Conservu-
we make
tives oí Fay
Lfn
lished
he
«C.
former opponent;
extracts:
" 'YtUM'-tVCr; ABbtaWs.
with u sincere desire topro-
which indicted Jefferson
ndge
folk.
(Deferred dtapatehes from New Orleans papers of
Hay 13 and H.]
largely occupied with the baneful influence of
slavery in Virginia, and the demoralization
consequent upon the rebellion.
J. H. Higgin, cashier of E. 8. HigginA Co.,
carpet dealers, was brutally assaulted on 43d
street yesterday morning, and robbed of a car-
pet bog containing $1^.000.
Albert Stamp Johnston.—We see that a
movement is about being made to provide for
the support of the family of Gen. Sidney
Johnston, which is said to be destitute and in
California. Gen. Johuston's family have many
warm fritnds in Texas, who will be glad to
aid in preserving such estimable people from
suffering and want We shall tele pleasure
in aiding the enterprise in any possible way.
A heavy frost has visited Northern Ohio, in-
juring, it is feared, 'he cherries and apples.
aMMweaspsrwsuum i u w™
5*55
to B6c©88Íoii untl who did not believe in the
Constitutional right of a State to withdraw
from the Union. But you also knew, fellow
citixens, that I had submitted to the Confede-
rate government in good faith; that I had five
sons in the Confederate army; that one of them
had fallen in the trenches st Vicksburg; that,
I had freely used my meaus in the support of
the Confederate government, and tliat l bad
no animosity toward those who differed froQi
me, either as to the right or policy of seces.
sion. When I went to the Convention as your
representative, I believed that the great mass
oi
lations with the Government are
"" aegro suffrage men, and KiTCr*
iner and Steven* *cw5 T0^-
is People believe it Lof PC
I thank God! now J** it
• ,he" we hud none ¿M1*"
Six years ago I rS^
w'l>' theS, "í
Hi111**' the dire uf
They heeded not, ¿dXt00* <*
as myself huvrtfuid dearly for it T J "* «U
them that this insune cry ot radicals w#ni
every man who oppostHiWessioiT^
known in Washington as loyal in hUfolv'
to the (lovernment, if presitted iu Jii H
saHtoMil>' hMHH - ttetáe
1° .people seem toll
for'S
consequences,
all that is
novr ne
the President here, aid denounce iül il01
friends as Radicals, and thereby elect tí
seeesh leaders „nd all will ¿ ^ > «M
think that the President can be milled l^
If he is not, the people here wiU¿ ^
rs will get the offi,..,. .i®11
way.
ola f
epresentative, i oeueveci uwi iue uj, ro
jf the people were disposed to submit in good
faith to the authority of the United States
Government aud J still belie it no, and that
they wished their delegates in the Convention
to ao what was necessary to restore the State
to her former privileges in the Union. I did
not expect to hnd parties in the Convention,
much less did I expect to And men there who
had taken a prominent and leadiug part in the
secession movement live years ago, more desi-
rous to preserve their consistency than to do
what might be to the greatest iuterést to the
people. But the truth is, fellow citizens, I
found the old secession politicians united to-
gether by the same party spirit that animated
them in 1800. They seemed determined to
do nothing that would involve an admission
that they had committed any errors during the
last six years, aud the proceedings of the Con-
vention were continually embarrassed by the
unwillingness of these men to act contrary to
their lormer opinions and prejudices.
* * * And let me say, fellow citizens,
that if the Convention deserves any credit for
the passage of the ordinances annulling the
secession ordinance of 1861, and for its action
in relation to the freedmen, that credit is
mainly due to the untiring efforts of the Union
men, so called, to treat those subjects in a
manner that would make the action of the
Convention, in this respect acceptable to the
President of the United States. * * " "
I voted to declare the secession ordinance
of 1861 null and void from the beginning, and
upon all the votes upon this question, I found
myself iu company with Judge Hancock,
Col. George W.-Jones, and Judge George W.
Smith.
The Union men of the Convention did fre
qtiently meet for consultation daring the pro-
gress of the debate in that body. These meet-
ings were in tho office of the Secretary of
State, and were of the kind that consultations
must necessarily be of persons who are doily
acting together npon important public mat-
ters. I met in these "concusses" Judge Han-
cock, Col. G. W. Jones, G. W. Smith and
Col. M. T. Johuson. I think the first matter
of much importance that was discussed was
the ordinance annulling the secession ordi-
nance of 1861; When the amendment or sub-
stitute of Mr. Slaughter, of San Augustine,
was passed, which was a refnsal to declare the
secession ordinauce "null and void from the
b&jlniiing," Judge Hancock told mej soon af-
ter Slaughter's substitute had passed, that
the nb initio men iu the evening, at the office
of the Secretary of State, would have a meet-
ing. He requested me to attend and bring
others. Ill the evening I went to the Secre-
tary of State's office and found about twenty
persons present. Judge H.vncocksaid that, he
thought the time had come to break np the
Convention, but he wished to know what
course Gov. Hamilton would pursue if tho
Union men ahould withdraw from the Conven-
tion and break u quorum. Judge Bell was re-
quested to ask Governor Hamilton to como
in—.fudge BelJ wei^t after the Governor and
brought him in.
Judge Haucock then addressed the Gov-
ernor, suying that he thought the action of
the Convention manifested such a spirit of
disloyalty to the Government of the United
States, as mode it idle to hope for any good
to result from longer remaining iu session :
that he thonght the Uniou men ought; to
withdraw from the Convention and break the
quorum ; and in that event, the Governor
ought immediately t« issue a «all for another
Conventión. Governor Hamilton said lie
" onld offer no advice as to the course dele-
gates ought to take ; that if they withdrew hu
would immediately inform the President of
the United States of the fact, aud would obey
bis directions ; that he would not call another
couví ntion without consulting the President
Judge Hancock said there ought not to be tin
hour's delay iu issuing a call for another
Convention, and that the Governor's refutal
to act without waiting to consult the Presi-
dent, presented an insuperable obstacle to our
withdrawal from thn Convention ; that the
golden moment was lost I nudsrstood Col.
Jones to folly concur with Judge Hnnébqk.
Those present came to no conclusion ; but
upon the suggestion Judge Hancock, deter
mined not to attend the session for that even-
ing, but to meet again next morning lor fur-
ther deliberation.
* *
There is not a man on tho Union ticket « bo
is in favor of negro suffrage. There is not a
man on the ticket who is a radical, unless it
is nidicidism to wish to sco the State restored
to the enjoyment of her constitutional righto,
and to see men in the direction of our State
affairs who ore opposed to the revival of sec-
tional agitation. As to the platform, Col.
Geo. W. Jones was one of the committee up-
pointed to prepare it; and I understood him
to oltject to it, as adopted, only on the grounds
of policy, und not because of any principle
announc d iu it And Col M. T. Johnson
said, in an eloquent little speech in the "cau-
cus," that he only objected to the platform
because it might be misconstrued, and we
could run the race better without a platform,
and the Colonel, (one of the signers of the
call upon Gen. Throckmorton anil Col. Jones
to became candidates) pledged himself iu the
most earnest aud emphatic manuer, to support
the platforn and the ticket
from mr. LEDBETTEB's LETTER.
I must confess that my hopes for the early
admission of our State to her former relations
with the Union have been very much weaken-
ed since T saw you. I was mistaken on the
temper of our people. I had hoped that they
had learned something by the experience <^f
the last six years, but I am sorry to think that
they are just as susceptable of being hum-
buged now as then. At that time everybody that
opposed to secession nud its lamentable* cou-
sefpieuces, was denounced as an abolitionist,
and the people swallowed it; and now every
man of that class who sincerely wants peace
and a restoration of the State to its proper r-i-
seeesh leaders will get the office
State, and as to getting into Congrega
of the leaders say they don't care « a."**) I
we never get >. W sir some o^
speeches made in our late Convention0!!1
have brought down the house if thevWkS?
made in the secesli Convention of 1*8C1 su?
these same men claim themselves as "cm,*.
tive Union men" and huzza for Andv tT"1,
and down with the Radicals in Te¿Í tfr"
all Union men in the State. "Cr
ter, unless they follow our lead'" an i*1"41' L
dear sir, they will most certainlv lend ,,"' nJ
where but iuto the Union by their cuiii^ y' [
TEJAN ITEMU.
Aitobne* General.—Two "candíanlo, k,. I
been announced to till the place on the c L
servative ticket, vacated by the withHiJ i . I
the name of M. S. Munson. The TeW °l\
has hoisted tho name of J. M. Muxev 0f PÁii I
county, and through our columns ./ u a '
ton, of Walker couuty, has beeu rifaJSi'
Both these gentlemen are well qualitLn ..i
either of them will serve, if elected — q'JH
ton Xetcs. ' l'u'
A correspondent of the Henderson Tint,
called "Nicks," takes ground agaimt bolt
candidates for Governor. Of Mr. Throci.
morton, he says : '
After this, the conservatives, nomimw
Throckmorton. This i„ regretted lyiZ
and ought to be, by all. ' '
Simply because Throckmorton's nmtoiJ
has led him to all points of the political co&l
pass, he is called conservative. HecanCI
back behind him, upon as meandering aootl
edarow, as did Davy Crockett, who 'run Ik I
tirst furrow, straight to the red heifer mI
observing that the heifer was moving tim
the field idl the while. Because he was o
posed to secession, and sought aud obtaimL
the honors, emoluments, and gaudy eq¿¡nu¡|
of the Confederate officers, he is congenital
I have seen him mounting the stars and bnl
in three different commands. AfterUintfel
feated for promotion in one, he wonldretjal
aud join another. Being a bad Union mu I
and a worse rebel, he is conservative, hjl
Possible that a man who claims to b« unrelú-l
le as either Union man or rebel, can do u |
good iu harmonizing the two, and pronjotjal
the interests of a great State, none uf *¿¡31
inhabitants snstain him iu sentiment ujl
opinion. " I
Because lie can sing "Dixie" and "TbtFlul
of our Union" at the same time; aud bectoüil
he has composed a medley of alternate linn I
of the "Star Spungled "Banner," and ti,I
" Bonnie Blue Flag," he is conservative.
Strange indeed, that men should
their support to a man, who only desmi.
co-operation long enough to gain what tin I
have lost—honor and office, und to avoill
what they have won—shame and reptoacli.
N'lcu.
The Headerson Times supports Sir. Epptt.1
sou for Coventor. í
The Tfcxian says the planter's crops ii]
Guadalupe are clean of weeds, having iepiw.1
ed the time iu the clear, weather of the put I
three weeks to put them in good cundida I
With seasonable rains, Guadalupe will rats I
more cotton, corn, and everything else th I
year than for a number of yean prenota. I
The prospect is not only encouraging ia I
(iiiadalupe, but iu the adjoining counties-]
Wilson, Comal, Hays, Caldwell—all over]
Western Texas, was there ever a more ltttet-1
iuK prospect than we have at preaent,
The \Vaoo Begister says the bnflaloeswl
swarming sixty miles below Camp t'ogpa, fcj
sti oyiug the grass so completely
onn scarcely live.
The prospects are very encouraging te |
food crops iu this couuty as a gens,
he past three weeks, until yestetds;—Ta |
day—the weather Ms been dty, and i'
giving planters a pretty good opportnni
getting their crops out of the grass ud it 1
good farming order. Yesterday we Mil
nice shower, and to-day it still rains. P 'I
vioitH to these rains, the surface of the earth]
had become very hard, and a showet of ria l
was very essential to the prospects ofttij
growing crops. Beceut advices advise oi that I
there had beeu a sharp tumble in the priced!
cotton. We wonld not be surprised if 4 1
preseut prospects of an.overwhelming eropd j
corn were to cause a considerable tumble si
the price uf that production in this coMtj.J
We understand some of the freedmen, reat-1
ers, niar to\vn, did not improve the time
ing the dry weather, to clean their own]
hence the preseut rains will make weedi^
drug in that locality.
Let the South, or more properly the!
Confederates, abandon thefr selfli
own their errors, cease bickering*
nations, devote themselves to home f
invite and entertaiu Northern indnstrj, •
then will their energies revive, their latent 1
sources yield forth unbounded wsallk
post angry partisanship will sink ante "J J
tional interest and national pride. lWj |
no doubt as to the eventual prosperity ofa*|
section of oar country, its resources Wl
developed. _1
The above, which wo copy fro 1
Orleans correspondent of the PhilaawpWI
Press, is every word of it gospel troth. 1'JJJ
wholesome advioe, and so plain with U
we cannot see how the blindesicanfcHM
convinced of its troth.
Mr. Hancock says to the President
Convention did all that co uld be
desired. We wonder if he told Mr.
•that if Gov. Hamilton hal done «imJ
cock) desired, that he would b e
np" the Convention ?
S-if The German Philosophical SocMjM
Cincinnati has held its first annual
It is composed of many of the o*jT
naturalists in the West. It is p 1_
by the Jtov. Dv. Lillenthal, a Jewish K >> .]
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