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FLAKE'S SEMI-WEEKLY BULLETIN-SATURDAY, AUGUST 31, 1872
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GALVESTON:
SATURDAY AUGUST 31,18W
Tba HoMtoo Age is now published
M a morning paper.
Xb« Bo at boo organ has retired (be
Boarbon cry of 1861, "Let w «lone.
The Au.tin State Gazette 1« informed
that an election proclamation will aoon
be published by Gov. Davie.
Pom Coaoaias—W. O. Hatcbineon, of
Haya unity, waa yeeterday nominated
Id; Goagreae by the Radical Convention
at Victoria.
Fifty milliona of paper ooliara and
euttl are made annually at Troy, Mew
York, and 17,000 people are employed
in doing it.
J. M. Mesey annoanoee bimielf to
ipeak in Galveston on the night of the
29th. He la a candidate for elector on
the Greeley Uoket
The German Greeley and Brown Olnb
of the Third Ward baa elected delegatee
to repreeent them in the Democratic
organisation.
The Badieels in Loaiaiana have foaed
opon one ticket Grant «111 now cer-
tainly carry Louisiana unless the oon-
eemtlve elementa are governed by
moderation and agrae apon one Uoket
We eongratalala the people that Weet
Virginia defeated the constitutional
claoee prohibiting oolored men from
holding office, aven tbongh it canece
the Bonrbone to weep.
Tsxas Pacotc Bailwat. — The
Chief Engineer of theTexaaand Pacifio
Bailvay has advertised propoiale for
grading, bridging, tieing and treck-
layiag about Ave hundred miles of that
road. Col. 8eott means basinet*.
The question of Criminal Distrio
Attorney before the convention, ie very
much mixed. Tbe eolation of tbe
problem as to who will be tbe nominee
is beyond oar eolviog. A great deel of
feeling le manifested on the field of bat.
tie at Houston.
The fiouaton Domocrats admit the
Oerman-Greeley tad Brown alab dele-
gatea to aeate in their Nominating Con.
ventlon and receive their votes as other
delegates on all qusstlons. They ridge
the blooly chum la dead aa wall as
Evuboid.—Hew papera and old pa*
pen, improved anJ enlarged, come to
as almost dsily from'the interior, giving
evidence of eigjMislon and growth in
population and^t>u«ineee prosperity.
Mow comes the Beetrop Advertiser,
greatly «alargad and Improved In ap-
pearance, with a promise of a bran new
dress as soon aa the new type arrlvee.
Thomas C. Cain Is tbe editor and pro.
prletor.
Ths Capital Qbistion.—The Weoo
Begister repubUaheewitb oommenta tbe
vartoiu utteranoee of tbe Tczm press
upan the «abject of tbe removal of the
jjtátt Capital. They quote from twenty,
six paperf, from each of which the
Begister extracts some comfort, if
not positive support of their favorite
seheme. Upon a close inapeotion ol
these articles, we can but disoover
aix which favor U ohaage to Waoo. If
we do not mistake the publio aentiment
of the State, it is ia favor of letting the
Oapital remain wbe.a it ia until the
divlalon of tbe State aball have been do*
elded, when it will be time enough to
fix a new location in eooordaaoe with
geographical diviaioaa. If thia ia not
the sentiment of the large majority, we
are not able to undaratand what it ia.
The Mew York World of Aaguat 10th
eentaiaa a carefully written article upon
the publie debt atatement of the Secre-
tary of the Treaaury, ia wbieb .the
Agues from theee ststemeate are com
pared and the moot glaring deaeripan-
ciee are ahown to exist The Secretary,
aooordiog to hia own figures, over statu
the publio debt one huadred and fifty-
six millions of dollars, on wbicb tbe
nation ia paying intcreat. It says:
Tbe object of tbie paper ia to demon
atrate, from the official recorde and pub-
lisbed sutemente of tbe Secretary
tbe Treeaary, that (be
deoeived and plunder
of
tbe Treeaury, that tbe people have been
deoeived and plundered, tbe pul
eounte oonfueed, and the public money
publio ao
SELLING
GOTkannxNT
TMONAGB.
PA"
The Chioago Tribune charges, with
some deoent reserve, that Gen. Grant
received "eighty acres of land, more
or lass, In the ontekirte of the oity of
Chioago," for and in ooneideratlon of
one dollar, proved by an authentio aad
recorded de*d of conveyance, whioh
points to no lesa a eoeudalou. transac-
tion than tbe appointment by Presi-
dent Grant of Itr. J. Baaeell Jones as
Minister to Belgian. -The appointment
koing tautened upon him In exchange
far the gift, and following almost Imme*
(lately after. Unleee the land waa git-
en for the plaoe, no rational explana-
tion can be found for the traaeaotion.
Referring to thle matter the World
eppoeltoly remarket
" The bargain aad aale by tha Presi-
deat of the United Stataa of the publio
patronage tor private pecuniary .profit
to himsslf is the oflbnoe here charged
apon tha Bepubliean candidate. It la
a crista of snob magnitude aa not only
to Justify hat to demand the impeach
atatlh* oriaalnaL"
wasted. That tbe national debt is an
unknown quantity and ths reduotion of
tbe debt a delusion. That false entriee
have been made in the publio ledgers
snd balanoee foroed by fabricating items
of expenditure. That tbe records of
the Department would not be reoeived
aa evideaoe in a court of jaetioe, tor tbe
reason thst their etatemente of acoonnta
are false and contradictory upon their
face. That there bat been a duplicate
issue of government bonds to tbe ex-
tent of msny millions, or else a fslso
statement of tbe internet account made
to cover up embeaslement or theft
That securities bearing three per nent,
interest have bean celled in and five
>er cent, bonds issued for the benefit of
ho syndloats.
CUBE,
Wo giva place to the following from
the Boston Post as a oorreot reflex of
the sentimenti of the people of Texas
upon the shameful abuse of power on
tha part of General Grant. Olark has
not yet pat in an appearance, but ia re-
ported tobe en route:
raa t&iumph or claik.
11 It Is announcsd from Waabington
that tha • Honorable' W. T. Clarke, of
Texas, has at last reoeived his commis-
sion aa Postmaster at Galveston, wholly
by means of the direct influence of the
President of the United States. The
announcement would be astounding if
astonishment at any political aot of
General Grant had not long sinoe be-
oome a matter oi great difficulty. Inas-
much as this Olark is now to fill tbe
most important position in the Postal
Department in Texas, againat the will
id in defiance of the indignant pro-
tests of nine.tentbs of the citizens of
that State, without regard to party,
some referenoe to hie history will be of
interest at tbe present time. Tbe mat-
ter has been already ventilated in the
oolqmus of tbe Post, but the aotion of
the President unfortunately calls
tbe case «gain into publio notio*.
Mr. Clarke is a conspiouoaa carpet-
bagger, and e- dowed to the fullest ex-
tent with all the unsavory peculiarities
of that genus. At tbe last Congres
sional election in Texes, he ran for re-
presentative and, finding that he waa in
a hopeless minority, very nsturally pro-
ceeded to obtain by fraud What he was
denied by the ballot. With the assist-
ance of the Grantite Governor and his
nefarious subalterns, the enterprising
Olark soon obtained a certificate of
election, aad, on the atrength of it, as-
sumed ths seat belonging by right to Mr.
Giddings, the Conservativa candidate,
who had received a large majority at
the polls. But the fraud was too trans-'
parent to esoape even tbe party par-
oliadness of a Radical House, aad after
allowiag Olark to retain his seat until
■ear the close of the session, and make
way with aU the perquisites within his
reach, bis oollesgaes expelled him.
Mo sooner had the fiat ol the House
remanded tbe presumtuous carpet-bag-
ger to tha society of his admiring con-
stituents than tbe President nominated
him for Poetmaster of Galveston, an
office worth some four thousand dolían
annually, merely in the mattter.cf sal-
ary. No appointment oould have been
more odioue to tbe Texans, and bia wo-
ful acaroity of friend* became evident
from tbe faot that even Postmaster-
General Oreswell felt compelled to re?
fuse his bonds as inadequate. Notwith-
standing this, however, President Grant
has overruled all objections and infor-
malities by dint of personal appeal; and
Poatmaater Clarke, who perpetrated tbe
iroueat fnuds to eneure his election as
I al
ig I
Washington was expelled from Oon-
gress
This State eleotion takea place Sep-
tember 5tb, aad the moat earneat, even
desperete endeavors are making by the
Adminiatntion party to save the State.
Urgent and daily appeala are eent to
Washington for aid financial, in speak-
ers, dooumsnts, etc. Tbe Bepubliean
defeotion there is admitted to be very
large, and to embrace some of tbe most
Influential and wealthy men iu the
State. It is bslleved that more money
will be expended by the Administration
party than has ever been lavished in
any New England State before.
Tbe Bepubliean 8tate Convention
met June 13th,and affirmed tbe declara-
tion of principles made at Pbiladelphia.
On Jure 18th the Demoorats assembled
in convention unanimously endorsad
the Cincinnati platform and the nomi-
nation of Horace Greeley for President.
3oth parties have made an earnest oan
vass thus tar, with the most auspicious
evidencea in favor of tbe Liberal party.
Taking aa our guide tbe vot< of Sep-
ember, 1868, in which tbe Republican
candidate for Governor bad 20,404 ma-
ority, it will require tbe full Democrat-
io vote and an aoceasion of 11,000 in
addition from the Bepubliean ranks to
inaure the eleotion of Kimball, the
Demoomtio and Liberal candidate for
Governor—or a change of a trifle less
than 16 per cent, ot tbe Republican
vote.
gro
Representative, grabbed all the publio
money he could daring his stay in
MAIlfB ELECTION.
WS A! D POLITIC'.
Many of the political papera in the
United Statea are discussing the ques-
tion of the Jewish vote, snd endeavor,
ing to bring to bear upon their relinioue
prejudices tbe antipathy expressed by
eertain candidates. The Greeley organa
refer to Grant's insulting Order No. 11,
and to Wilson's disrespectful language,
and oall apon the Jews not to vote for
these candidates. There are no suob
charges against Greeley, and Gratz
Brown is a descendant of a Jewish fam-
ily, and it is not likely that he would be
guilty of a similar offence.
While it is natural that the frews
should feel outraged at these oruel and
unnecessary aspersions upon them and
their nationality, yet wo have yet to
learn that the ill-timed and ill-
. udged abuse of any individual can
affeot their political allegiance. At no
time do they permit their religious
opinions to control their politios. In
all their associations, aasemblies and
religious societies, politios are never
tolerated or encouraged.
Itls a great mistake to suppose that
people who have adhered through
ages to their religious faith, with a
tenacity whioh commands the admira-
tion of the world, would permit a politi-
cal faith to be shaken by the words ot
any individual, especially one who by
his language demonstrates so fully he
does not understand them.
Grant may adhere to the prejudices of
his shameful Order No. 11. Wilson
ma3/ glory In bis abuse of these people,
and we, advocating Greeley and Brown,
may desire every vote to be oast for
Ibem, yet we would in no event appeal
the prejudices of this people on ac-
count of religion to affeot their aotion at
the polls.
in disgrace, and endeavored to
on insufficient seourity, has re-
ceived his commission, and now has
oharge of tha publio mails in an impor-
tant offloe, at a good fat salary. This is
only another, and an even more than
usually flagrant, inatauoe of President
Grants utter ineiuoerity in regard to
civil servioe reform."
Arrangements for a grand Gneley and
Brown mass meeting are being made in
New York olty. The Tribune says:
'• Tha committee has under considera-
tion a project to ereot a wigwam, or
pitch a large tentón the northerly side
of Union square, either one to be eapa-
bla of accommodating an audience of
five thousand penons. Tammany Hall
and Irviag Hall have also been hired for
theoocaeion. In addition, eight large
stands will be ereoted at various points
in Union square and Fourteenth street.
It ia intended that one hundred thou-
sand people ehall be afforded facilities
for hearing the various speakers at the
wigwam or tent, the halls, and the
stands."
Our fellow towneman, I. Wollet, has
shown us a beautiful token preeeated to
him for faithful serviooa by the Houston
and Texas Central Ballroad. It ia a
splendid gold watoh and ohain.^Oot-
alcana Observer.
Of course it wasn't a greenback
watch and chain. The company am
gold and should, for dcceney'*. sake,
•tick to gold.
TUB COTTON CROr 15 L0III1ARA, KTC.
Tbe ootton crop in Oaddo parish, says
the Shreveport Times, was never in a
more deplorable condition. There has
not been so injurious a drouth as that of
tbe present season in that region for
twelve years, ^h* corn crop is better
than the average. Not nore than two
bales to the hand will be made on the
bills, or a bale to seven or eight acres.
The planters are generally behind with
the merchant
Besides drouth, it should be remem-
bered that, while the hill country has
been burned up, Alabama and Missis-
sippi have been vieited by unprecedent-
ed floods, whioh have swollen her
streams and swept awsy thousands of
aores of ootton and com. A belt sixty-
five mitee in Alabama, and two hundred
and aeventy.five miles from southwest
to northeast, ia reported to have beea
overflowed, destroying nearly all the
ootton and corn in the bottoms of the
Oooea, Talapoosa and Alabama rivers,
amounting millions of dollsrs. We
make no mention of the destruction by
the boll worm and caterpillar.
The Tina Extended. — Attorney
General Alexander sees no reason for
extending further forbeerance to the
Houston and Texas Oentrel Road, in
the matter of permitting them to collect
fare and freight in ooin, and "appears,"
to use hia own phraseology, to reoom*
mend that the corporation ba proceeded
againet this week for the forfeiture of its
ehsrter. Per oontra, Governor David
tells the Attorney General that he may
abstain from commencing proeeedinge
on the part of the Stata antil the
Int day of December next Beoause
the Governor does not wish to cripple
tha Company in completing ita road,
and for the reason that the Company's
engagements have been nada in gold,
HTKlttlfttt Bono*
We have received a bushel, more or
leas of Grant oampaign document ,
chiefly entitled " What Horaoe Greeley
knowe about" this, that and the other
thing. We judge from tbe very thin
quality of tbe latest traots tbe com
pilera were running low for material.
They have touched bottom. We aow
auggeat that they publish an edition
entitled what H. G. knows about " tbe
religion of the country," and employ
Rev. Col. Gillespie to edit tbe traot.
He baa already made a very good be-
ginning in tbe Dnion of Angast 22.
Should Mr. Greeley be elected, accord-
ing to this authority, all Sabbath
Sobools, ohurohes and Cbristiau insti-
tutions of every kind will, or m\y as
well, be abolished; the Bible Booieties,
British and Foreign, all pious litera-
ture, all Christian papers, including tbe
Union! will be stopped, and all old people
who have read them irom CO tu 75 years
will be robbed of that precious oonsola*
tion. All obituaries of the good will
be efftoed from their grave stones.
Well, that will do to begiu with. Let
us have a traot by this author at once.
It will be sure to settle the question for
Greeley, ¡
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BANK Um .
Tbe robbery of a Baltimore bank, a
few days sinoe, of two hundred and
twenty thousand dollars, by a braoe of
expert thieves, has unsettled oonfidenoe
among those who have valuerf on de-
posit, and oreated almost a panic. The
safe waa considered one of the most im-
proved, and until then impregnable,
and yet it yielded to the skill and appli-
ances of two rogues in a few boars.
From safes which, in tbe old days, were
lined with iron a quarter of an inoh
thick and deemed impregnable, we have
oome to build walls tbiee or four feet
in tbiokness, interlaced with gratings
of chilled iron, or steel casings an inoh
thick, and tven these give way to tbe
persistent drill or skillfully con-
structed and tempered tools and othor
appliances of tbe scientific burglar.
In the case of the Baltimore bank the
entrance was tffooted through a parti-
tion wall against which tbe vault was
built. We judge all such vaults will be
closely inspected hereafter, and in fu-
ture banks to be built tbe strong box
will be so constructed bb to be open to
inspection from all sides at any mo-
ment One of " Herring's fire uud bur-
glar proof sates," of the large size, so
located as to be thus open to inspection,
should be greatly preferred to the
strongest vault, with even one of its
sides or bottom accessible through a
partition wall or by mining ; for a bank-
ing room lighted with gas, with the in-
terior and safe always in view from
without, is the best guarantee againat
loss.
StJEvxsiKo Public Lands.—The Aus-
tin Journal of the 26th says a party of
about thirty well armed men start in a
few days from Austin, for the purpose
of looating the land certificates of the
Central railroad along the route of the
Southern Pacific on the line of the
thirty-seoond parallel. The expedition
goes into camp at Barton's creek to*
morrow, and from thence will journey
to the frontier by way of Fredericks-
barg and Conoho to the Pecos, taking
three or foar wagons and plenty of sap-
plies. The expedition is in charge of
Uaptain L. E. Edwards, who is accom-
panied by J. H. McMillen, J. Hart, J.
Benlage, a son of Col. Washington and
a son of MoAnderson, of San Antonio.
The party will be abBent four or five
months. .
Lightning.—The destruction of prop-
erty this summer by lightning strobe,
partionlarly in the Eastern States, has
been unprecedented, and has exploded
many fine theories oonoerning the value
of lightning rods. The Bmall, the oor*
rngated and tubular rods are said to do
little good, except to invite the bolt
without the power to oarry off the fluid,
laeking oonduoting suriaoe, or furnish*
ing obstacles to its passage. They are
worse than valueless, being'costly and
dangerous. The forthaoming number
of tbe Engineering Magazine, says the
Daily Advertiser, is to contain valuable
suggestions by scientific men on this
subject.
When the New Orleans railroads is
built through to Houston, not a single
hoof of cattle will pass through Galves-
ton. All the light freight and express
matter will go with the Uve stock over
the New Orleans road, and all heavy
freights and goods will oome by the
Direot Navigation Company's boats to
Houston, atad Galveston will be known
as a good retreat for summer and as
possessing first-class bathing privi-
leges.—[Houston Union.
Oh, my t We thought you intended to
establish a rival bathing establishment
at tbe mouth of the Brazoe.
To St. Louis. Only twenty-four
honra of staging is now required be-
tween Atoka, tha present terminus of
the Missouri, Kansaa and Texas. Bail-
rood, and Dallas. Atoka is sixty miles
from Red river.
PBBSHTINT BMINDBB1NB.
^be.News at last realizes that its
vacillating, injudioioua, and ill-timed
political leaders find opposition among
Demoorats as well as Liberal Repub-
licans. It11 rises to explain " npon tbe
oauatio communication signed " Dem-
ocrat "iu Tuesday's Bulletin. Tbe an
swer of tbe News ia virtually this: We
(for the News conceives itself potential
and flatters itself to be the whole party)
did not wish Liberal Republicans to be
eleoted to the "Legislature. The next
Legislature, at our bidding, is to declare
Governor Davis not elected Governor of
the State of Texas, bat tbat Jaok Ham*
ilton was. They are to instal Hamilton
as Governor, and leave Davis out in tbe
oold.
If this is the political position ot tbe
News, it is well we understand it now.
It was certainly very contradictory for
the News to urge upon the Democratic
party that the German Liberal Repub-
licans should name a legislative can-
didate and.after the nominations for the
Legislature are all made to turn and say
to these Liberal Repnblioan, you are
ffot tbe men we want This ift the more
remarkable, i.s no LIbural Republican
asked for a petition, ,.u'- no friend rep.
resented them ax ui<piio*nts.
Why will the N~*s persistently com.
plioate the politioal questions of the
day ? Why endanger the prospects of
Greeley and Brown by auoh false issues
as tbe setting aside of Davis and instat-
ing Hamilton ? Our contest is to elect
Greeley and Brown and defeat Grant
and Wilson in the constitutional man-
ner. Tbe eleotion of honest, capable
and reliable members ?1 the Legislature
is an adjunct of tbe eleotion, but we
doubt the authority of tbe News to lay
out for the next Legislature a plan of
work, the very mention of whiob is cal-
culated to create false issnea and en-
danger tbe suooess of tbe Liberal can-
dilates. Floundering, blundering,
somertaulting, inexplicable News?
QUmiOftABLB HOOD TASTE.
The News in yesterday's issue out
Herod's Herod in fulsome flattery of tbe
Liberal Republicans. They laud to tbe
skies as deserving of unspeakable praise
the very men wbom but a few days ago
tbey treated as only objects of contempt.
What right has the News to trespass
upon the privacy ot gentlemen wbo have
repeatedly announced tbat they ask
nothing of the present Democratic or-
ganization exoept that their support of
the present Demooratio nominees be not
stultified by Bourbonism and drag their
names before^tbe publio as if they were
only offloe seekeis? The, News says as
much as if they asked offioe.of the Dem-
ocratic party, andj regrets the Bourbons
oanuot bestow favors on saoh worthy
ladividuals, bat hopes Greeley will pro-
vide for them. Oat on saoh sycophancy.
CKNTBAIi RAILROAD FREIGHTS.
During oar late visit to Houston, we
met Mr. J. Waldo, the General Freight
Agent of the TexaB Central Railway
Company. We found Mr. Waldo ex-
tremely polite and attentive, and will-
ing to give all information upon the
vexed question of railroad frsights, and
we take this occasion to thank him for
the items he gave as, as they will be
trnly acceptable to our community.
We have spoken in plain, unmis-
takable terms about the high freights
on this route, and we are now pleased to
announce, by authority of Mr. Waldo,
that a reduced tariff will go into effeot
on the 1st of November. Mr. W. in-
formed us that the reduotion will
enable us to purohase Texas flour,
oorn and other products in Galveston
so as to drive competition out of the
market by Eastern importation. We
saw the new sohednle or tariff and are
promised a printed copy as soon as
issued, which we shall be pleased to lay
before the pablio.
Mr, Waldo also informed us, what is
now generally known, that the company
made a reduotion on freight of apples,
peaches and freight for the interior, and
that the card rates for those artioles
applied to those whioh rame into the
State abroad.
Altogether we feel satisfied tbat a new
era is dawning for Texas, and tbat the
railroad companies will awake to the
necessity of oreating trade and retaining
patronage. We oan scaroely appreciate
at present the great benefits to accrue
to Texas from the consnmption of Texbs
floor on the seaboard.
Cattle Fever.—The Bloomington
Pantag/aph, McLean oounty, Illinois,
mentions ths death of some sixteen
head of native oattlo belonging to Mr.
Funk, of Funk's Grove, from Texas
fever. The cattle which were supposed
to bavo communicated the disease were
bought in St. Louis on the 1st of June,
the sellers asserting that they had been
one winter in the North.
Fank's Grove is one of the finest gres*
ing locations in central Illinois, and aa
many Texas cattle are being graaed is
McLean county, maoh uneasiness has
been earned by the appearance of the
fever.
" DAILI liberal/*
Mr. Frank L. Smith nf m
Illinois, send. u.Tbe :firs Bñ°°mh,n8«
handsomely pt,nted pape? hh 0,lB
above title, jast started acamJíl
sheet at tbat pl.ee by Messrs. 2S
Burr. It is filled with lively, WeU
ten artioles and item, of latest newIÍB
lating to tbe progres, of tbe Gm.i.9
oampaign in that section of the WrVM
We welcome each of the.e most ÜH
oient instrumentalitiea in tbe oan
governmental reform and an hone.?
ministration. Success to th,
Liberal and its projeotora. B
Another party of surveyors, J
agents and speculators will leave Auttfl
next week for the Peoos country to lH
cate pñblio lands. The wise and stateS
manlike system of donating a part 9
the publio domain to railroads i. beaM
ing its legitimate fruit in bringing ou|
publio lauda into market. All this ifl
but the preoureor of a flowing tide 9
immigration whioh will rapidly develo!
the resources of our great State, anfl
drive "Lo! Tbe poor Indian," from
frontiers. S
Tbe Houston Telegraph of Augu.t 2ll
in giving an aooount of "the Allen, afl
founders of Houston," .ays that A' el
Allen then of New York, equipped at bil
own expense a war vesBel named thl
Brutas, with whioh he sought the Tex.9
ooast, In this tbe Telegraph must bl
miataken. Th Senior of the T8""irJ
oame to Texaa on tbe fir.t trip made ofl
tha Brutus, as an armed sohooner ifl
1835. She waa fitted oat by citizens genfl
erally of New Orleans, from whioh potfl
aha aailed for Texas, and waa oommande
by Capt. L. O. Harby, late of Galvesfl
son. If Mr. Allen was on theBiutufl
in this trip we are not aware oi it. Thel
only passengers that we knew of werfl
the Red Hovers from North Ai.h.m. ■
commanded by Dr. Jaok Shackelford!
and a company of yonng men fronfl
Mancheater, Miss., (now oalled YazoS
City.) consisting ol Messrs. January!
Phillips, Seott and Holland [LonS
Star Ranger. ■
Parson Lanoaster is correot. TbeBrafl
tus was equipped by the citizen, ofl
New Orleans and Capt. L. O. Harbjl
commanded her and brought her tel
Texas. ^ I
The Trae Lotallea er the Arizona Diaaoid
Fields. ■
From tlio San Francisco Italletlu. H
We have information from an inde-fl
pendent source so particular and expiioifl
as hardly to leave a doubt of tbe tnm
location of the diamond fields whictfl
have oreated so muoh excitement in thiaH
city for the last few days. The diamondl
mines are situated in the southeast oor-l
ntr of A'izona Territory, south of latll
tude 32 degrees, at a point near to tlul
boundaries ot New Mexico and SononI
Any one, by taking a map of a receafl
date, oan readily find tbe point where!
the boundary lines otfArixona and Ntll
Mexioo intersect Mexioo on tbe loatbj
The oountry has several silver mine, la
down, and Apaohes are deaignated'ul
occupying the same district. The ooun-l
try is not surveyed. It is situated at nol
great distanoe from the old southernl
trail crossing the country from Fortl
Yuma to £1 Paso. It is pretty certain!
that one or more parties are in thiioity I
who haver brought up specimens of ru-l
bies from tbat region, and whose opera-1
tions are independent of the diamond ad-1
venturers who first brought in diamonds. I
We give this information aa we have I
received it We have not much reason I
to doubt tbat the true locality is given I
in this paragraph. If that is the dia-1
mond territory, we do not think half a I
dozen men will be able to gobble it up, I
or to keep everybody elae odt of it But I
we advise nobody to go there. The I
diamond hunters of Boath Africa had I
hard luck. Hardly more than a dozen I
gained anything adequate aa a oompen- I
sation for the risks and sufferings en- I
oountered. If any extensiva diamond I
fields are discovered, it will be very dif- I
ficult to prevent aa free competition a. I
was established in South Africa. The I
is not sufficient evidenoe within reach I
to warrant any one in running off I
blindly to tbie distant and inhospitable I
territory. Diamonds are used for out-
ting diamonds, and just now. very slurp
men are dispo.ed to try the cutting of
diamonds on the publio.
Change in U. S. Uniforms Here*
after.—Officers of all rank are to wear
double-breasted coats, formerly worn
only by officer, above the rank of cap*
taiu. The undress sack coat which came
iuto vogue during the late war is rccog*
nized, some simple ornament being ad-
ded. Officer, may wear the insignia of
brevet rank ou their collar.
The frock coat of au enlisted man
gives place to a neatly fitting basque, ot*
namented with colors and buttons. Cloth
shoulder-straps aro to be worn insteadoi
brass shoulder-seales. The trowser. oi
all general, and their staff-officers are to
be dark b'.ue, trimmed according to taste.
Regimental officer, must wear light blue
trowsers with wide, welted stripe, the
color of their respective arms of service.
Tbe stock disappears, but the black felt
hat is retained. On dress occasion,
general and stafl officers must
wear French cliapeaus, with ostrich
plumes; mounted corp. wear black
hat., with gold trimmings and
hair plumes aud marching corps aire
surmounted with dress caps, upright
plumes of cock's leathers—red for artil
lery and white for infantry. Foot sol-
diers may not have plumes, but pom-
pons. Mounted troops may wear troop
ers' top-boots and sashes. None bat
general officers'may be resplendent in
epaulets. Ornaments likely to attraet
the attention of sharpshooters may be
left off in action. General officers retain
the "cloak overcoat," bat others wear
doable-breasted coats with inovable
capes, or soldiers' overcasts, with the
necessary buttons, stripe, and .honlder-
straps. When on duty, the strict regu
lation dress must be worn, and taisrego
lation will do away with the signs of top-
.o often noticed, and o un.olaler
e.
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