The Indianola Weekly Bulletin (Indianola, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 12, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 23, 1871 Page: 2 of 4
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CHARLES A. QC9BURY,
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ncatnos and dispatch,
p. W iloMettta, of Halleteville, is agent
for the Btuiro in Lavaca comity.
J. H. J> Pert is the special agent of the
Brum* tor Galveston ud Eastern Texas
^Loal^iicosMas is the special agent of the
ürLiRiü tor New Orleans ud Louisiana.
tik*D*V, MA* 99, MTU
Qnite s Delegation
Of our citizcna have left for the State Fair,
a ttd others will yet go.
I>) trict Court Proceedings
Are left oat of this issue on account of apresa
of time. They will appear next week.
The Editor
Left fur Houston on Sunday. Full reports of
Jfr. Greeley1 speech and the State Fair will ap-
pear in our next issue.
We ove Indebted •
Tf R. T. McLane, Esq., chief clerk in the
Department of Agriculture, for a monthly report
for March and April.
Col. Chat. UvtBihiold,
Of Corpus Christi, called on us last week. He
is 4p old citizen of that city, psgfrged in the
legal profession
SK Indebted
To Mr. D, P. Faulds, agent for SteinwaJ's and
Checkering"# Pi*nos, for some sheets pf music—
)et£ compositions, for which we return thanks.
Commercial.
The aspirations of Galveston to grasp the
legitimate trade of lndir.nola are ovehauled in
an agicie in another column.
Temperance.
The "Friends of Temperance" will be inter-
filed in the appeal on this subject, to be found
in another column, by our abpept editor.
Wr Shall be Absent •
A few days in Houston} attending the
great Fair to como off in that enterprising city
this week. Mrr H. Q. Horton will attend to office
business dutfpg our absence, who will be found
at all times at t¿ e offico during business hours.
The Brlf Belje sí *H*> *y«
Capt. Noyes, arrived at New York on the
evening of the 17th of May. By telegram re-
cpired by Messrs. Heych A Helfericb, from
Messrs. Tupppr h Puttie. learn that her
cargo is in splepdid order.
Th<! Hot kport Transclpt
Has been jnuch enlarged, showing the great
prosperity and enterprising energy ot her
i itizens, who know t|jp value of a good paper,
well conducted. Wo rojpice in the prosperity of
brother Esjley, wfop ja P Kve editor in a live
e&ji
Brodjr'a GitmpMi.
Of Texas is a neat pamphlet, published at
Houston, by E. H. Cusbing. Paper covers, Mcts.
With map, 50cts. cloth, 78cts., sent by mail, post
paid. A liberal discount will be piade to the
trade. All who wish to glean information about
fe«ae shoR'd BflW88 * WfV no P 4**®11 °'
the St te should be without one. Much can be
learned, from it that has pever come to his
knowledge.
To Advertisers:
Our advertising rates are published every
ies«0. Those wishing to advertise will please
refer ta them, as we will not depart from the
rules laid down. To advertisers for one year,
ffrtr one-th'nl column and upwards, a deduction
pf from 10 to 25 per oent. will be made, accord-
ing to the i*"" length of the advertisements
Hereafter no advertisements from ageptP will
lie inserted unless paid for q*artfli)y in ad-
vance. We are compelled to adopt this course
for our own protection against loss, and will in
no instance depart from it.
al.
It may not be genejndiy known to publishers
of newspapers that ¿hero is law prohibiting
the folding of handbills of *uy description in
their issues. This few is sqme times evaded by
Reading these bills with "supplement" to such
ppd such a paper, but even the it is a nuisance
that should he ignored and discontinued )>y
publishers. Let those who wish to advertiese
in this pay do it through the newspaper—then
it may he spen by its 3 adera—otherwise it is
thrown away.
- _ m m —
The Railroad,
New track layers have arrived from New Or-
leans, and the work on the road will be pushed
ahead with rapidity. We learn that a steamer
is rpicially designated to faring material. Each
aujnl from Hew Orleans brings a portion.
KcnmedaptifityaApmfl to havo been thrown
into ssHwari Tit rations here and Ward Victo-
ria. A|ai«« utigp&ervf woikmen phased up the
road vestevday. The arrival %nd departure of
the can, ard tlK« sound of the whistle, indicates
the advance of enter}.rise and capital, which
will ui a faw lears dock our beautiful prairies
with happy homes, and fill the great West with
a fine and prosperes population.
Sunday School Workjrr.
t;e recommend all Sunday 8e|toois to avail
■ of the publisher of this
charge, speci-
Tfce May
ISO!ASOl.A T«. UALVESTOJI.
The Galveston Jem of the 16th inst. con-
tains an article under the caption : "Gas Gal-
veston kecoyt the tkade or Westekn Texas? '
which gives elaborate statistics of distance
from certain points in the West of Texas to
other points, and roads iftyifog across the State
tending to divert the trade of Western Texas to
places outside of '.he State •, aud then compares
the distances of these outside reads diverting
the trade from Galveston with that of the routes
leading out of it •, which, as a matter of course,
and of truth, gives a deckled advantage to the
Island City. After this analysis, which are
facts that cannot be truthfully contradicted, it
says: "This Western trade in cattle alone would
be worth 121,000,000, and that it is within rcach
of Galveston to secure the lion's shai e of this
enormous sum, or whatever the trade of West-
ern Texas may be worth." But our sister city
only looks at one side of the question, and to-
tally ignores the existence of Indianera, or the
advantages possessed by this city over that of
Galveston for the greater portion of all the
trade of Western Texaq, The distance between
Indianola and Berwick's Bay is but a trifle more
than it in from Galveston ; and when it is taken
into consideration that the distance by land to
the routes referred to hy the News, it gives
Matagorda Bay $ decided preference as being
the nearest and PROst expeditious route.
The Central transit will give equal advanta-
ges to all its connections with ^he Gulf cities of
Texas. The Nercs may trace the Bio Grande
up to the latitude of San Antonio, an (I it will
find that all the Western region named in its
article is, by the lawa of comp^erco—which are
regulated by geographical distances and nava-
gable facilities—tributary to thia seaport, ud
cannot bp overcome by extraneous efforts of
other points more distant,
Oqr relative position to Western Texas is
convincing to ail acquainted with t he geograph-
ical bearings, and evidenced in the fact that all
that scope of country West of the Colorado
river, embracing the wide territory extending
to the Bio Grande, taking in Leredo, and all the
towns along the margin, seek a market, even
without railroad facilities, at thia point, as the
nearest and by Ur the cheapest route.
The Gulf, Western Texas and Pacific route
having its terminus at Indianola must eventu-
ally connect with ail the important roads lead-
ing towards Galveston, and passing, as it will,
through San Antonio, will naturally turn the
trade and travel this way, as by far the most
speedy and economical, with the prospect of
immediate shipment to pieces of destination.
We envy not our Galveston neighbor, whose
destiny is a bright one ; but we do contend for
that which legitimately belongs to us.
This Western trade, with its countless mil-
lions, has an inviting aspect for the citizens of
our neighboring city, yet we mipit claim that
which its our's by right of position, and must
lose no time in securing it. We have np fears
of ultimate success. A very short time will
determine the matter. It shows, spirit in our
neighbors to cast an eye this way—to look out
for the crumbs that piay be picked up by a little
pluck and energy ot\ their p^rt. We admire
their enterprise, but dp not like their covetous-
ness, for "it is not lawful to covet yonr neigh-
bor's wife, nor his ox; npr his ass, nor anything
that is thy neighbor's."
There are other point? negror to Galveston
which it seems to us would command their at-
tention, that wonld be far more advantageous,
in a pecuniary point of view, than the trade of
Western Texas. For instance, there js the
trade of Eastern and Middle Texas that could,
by a proper course pursued, bo secured to Gal-
veston, that woutd give her a mercantile pres-
tige exceeding that of any other Gulf city; but
they appear to overlook their main interests in
futile efforts to secure that whioh can never be
reached.
Galveston should first endeavor to secure her
position as a permanent seaport by a unity of
interests among her citizens, whose vitality is
fearfully jeopardized by Bolivar point, whose
connections with the mainland, and its conse-
quent contiguity to Houston and the railroads
leading out of that city, giVe it no insignificant
advantage over the interests of Galveston; yet
the latter city has it within her power to secure
for a|l time to conie the advantages she now
possesses oyéf all other points east of Matagor-
da Bay, and she should lose 00 time about it.
The way to do it is as plain, no doubt, to them
as it is to us. When that important matter is
once secured, then we will Jaud their efforts in
endeavoring tp take from us our legitimate
commerce—an act which, if properly consumma-
ted, willr edound to their glory as an enterprising
and energetic people, deserving 4 rich reward
for their Pftins.
It is evident to the citizens of Indianola and
Western Texas generally that they pan control
their own interests, and they have no objections
to Galveston striving to secure a portion of the
crumbs that fall by the way; yet we^foold havo
our neighbor first make permanent theiy o^rp
position, as there is excellent anchorage ground
on Bolivar point, that would hold a goodly city
safe through all the storms of opposing ele-
ments—in spite of the thunderings of the Gal-
veston press. It would be better for the Island
City to look well to her own laurels before en-
deavoring to pluck them from others.
Beeves ooming to Indianola from $ny poipt in
the Western section of Texas .can be shipped
to Berwick's Bay, and then by rail to New York,
in tpp days—including sufficient time for rest-
ing and feeding—netting the handsome sum of,
say on TOP,000 of the 1.000,000 beeves, that
would naturatyy seek this route, of over $21,-
000,000 per annum to the shippers, paying an
immense sum to the railroad.
Another very important item i^thp fact that
the bppyes would arrive here in as good order
as when taken from the pastures, for up to the
very suburbs of Indjanola the grazing is excel-
lent. This matter alone will always give the
preference to Indianola as a shipping point
for beeves and stock generally, being the
principal outlet fay virtue of her eligible posi-
tion as a seaport—the natural shipping point for
all the productions of the great West of Texas
aad Northern Mexico.
Western Teias, an empire in itself, is predes-
tined to become the great stock raising region
of North America, which, together with the
rich products of its soil, will make the* west the
we^tyhiest and most prosperous region on this
Continent. Of thete truths Galveston is fully
aware, and we cannot blame her for struggling
to get a shaye of ita wealth by endeavoring to
torn the tide of travel and commerce that way.
" There is jrqoi? enough in the wide domain of
Texas for the seaport ef large cities on very
bay aad barber on itseoaejt,$hat are sp situated
by nature as to oommud the trade of t^eir im-
mediate sections. Then surely.Galveston faas
an iiOTftmi territory tributary to-her to mari-
time infterttts t&|£ should excite all her enorgii
to eepur aa4 ajke pepnaswk --
Mr. T. Welden.
Who has been absent for Austin,
has returned horas again. Sghadtefll from
him, and wate mveh pleased to hear that the
repreaentives of this district in the Legislature,
Hon. Mr. Groihaas* Hoe. Jabea York and Hon.
L. B. Camp, ware sealoua in their advocacy of
tto
CUm
OOOÍ OuCvB 1 _
for each Sab-
prosperity of Westsrn Ttoxas, which is also the
prosperity of Indianola.
EFFECTS OF IITKMPKB.A SCE.
The greatest enemy to the happiness of man-
kind is the dreadful yioe of intemperance. Its
baneful ai$Bct& a^e felt in every phase of soci-
ety. The high and the low, the rich ud the
poor are alike stricken down by its debasing in-
fluences. It is no respecter of persons.. Yet it
is sad to think that its terrible ravages Are due
to our oira, neglect of its insiduous approaches.
The deadly effects of this vice meets us on all
sides. We see it daily to onr streets, in the
staggering gait and bloated countenance 0/ the
debauchee, whose filthy presence and pointed
breath infects the vepy atmosphere in which we
breathe. Thepure andimpt^re arecomnyngled;
ud yet we tolerate, n&j permit its presence in
U}e polite gatherings of what termed genteel
society—giving couutenance to its devotees, and
thus administering to its continuance. When
i will we lfama wisdom by past experience ? Never,
until the Demon Bum—vfi, Setter in what shape
he apiwars—is banished from o„ur presence for-
ever, ud its sale as a deadly ppison prohibited
—as an agent whose power is. fast gaining an
ascendency ever mankind, the results of which
are death ud destruction, , not only to indi-
viduals, but to those who are in any way con-
, npcted with them. How mortifying it must be
to a family to know that a dearly beloved son
or brother is contracting a vice that must ulti-
mately bring him to shame and misery—perhaps
to crime—leaving a Stain en their fair name that
is not easily effaced or forgotten 1 Then comee
death ; but what a death 1 A drunkard's gravel
Tears of regret may be shed over that lonely
graye by fond relatives, and friends; but the
memory of the viotim of inteiuu?r^nce will soon
fade from the mind; ud if ever mentioned
casually among former associates in happier
d$y8, will only oall forth an expression devoid of
sorrow- perhaps the exclamation of "Poor fel-
low ! he died á miserable dfftftH&rd, $ud. it is
better that he is gone!"
Youn man—you who are grpwing up to man's
estate, and occasionally t^ke a drink, just for
the sake pf the thing—how wotild yoq like to
leave such 4 record? "No.t for mil?ionsI" you
say; ftnd ypt you are qu the high road to a
drunkard's gr^ve, by partaking of that driqfe of
liquor which does, yon no good whatever, but,
on the contrary, is fastening a vile habit upon
ypur vital existence that will in the future, if
ypu persist in cherishing it, beceme so deeply
seated that all efforts to shake it off will be in
vain; and the consequences are that you bp-
voipe an habitual drunkard, whose very pres-
ence will be shunned by all your former friends.
You say you can quit when you like—you only
take a glass he pause it is customary among
young men—you don't like to refuse, and must, of
course, treat in return. This is a poor excuse.
We have seen during our eventful life thous-
ands like you, who said the same thing—were
positively determined.in the matter, and yet we
have seen these very n^en, so full of determin-
ation to quit when they pleased, die miserable
victims to the vice that they could throw off
when they chose. Let us tell you, no one is
safe who takes even an occasional glass for the
stomach's sake, or becausc it is the custom of
young men to meet in bar-rooms-those portals
through which #n entry iqto everlasting ruin
is made—merely to take a social glass at stated
intervals during the day, because it is custo-
mary. These "regular drinks," these "eleven
o'clockij," "four «.'clocks," and "eye-openers"
are hut the prelude to a drunkard's life. These
regular drinks soon become irregular; drinks
between drinks are the result, and then your
destiny as a miserable, bloated, shunned drunk-
ard becomes certain. You are lost to all shame,
to all compunctions of conscience, and the re-
sult will be the gutter. Do ypu not see the
effects every d&y of yonr life ? Look at that
man staggering aleng-the streets, with tattered
raiment and blpated countenanco! Look how
how be reels 1 Notr he falls and meets his
level 1 With the gutter fqr 4 bed he enjoys the
repose of forgetfulness alongside of, perhaps,
the swine! Does any one pity him ? No, not
one, but all pass him by with scorn and con-
tempt* And yet that poor, miserable, wretched
cast-off being was once like yon—full of life,
buoyant and happy with anticipations of the
future. He, too, looked toward the time when
his talent and energy would give .him position
in society; but alaal he heeded not the warn-
ing voice of reason, and perished in drinking
tho social glass. He vowed he would quit
some daj, but nevtfr could determine when,
ud the habit became firmly rooted in his sys-
tUenj. Look at him 1 He was once your equal,
if not your superior, in every intellectual qual-
ification. Js" not the spectacle you behold suf-
ficient pg make you refrain from putting the ac-
cursed poison to your lips ? He, too, had a fond
mother, wh° dpted pn her darling—a fond fath-
er, whe bestpwed every care and attention upon
his education, and looked forward to the time
when his sen wpuld n)ake his in fl^e
world, and become the pride of his heart. He
had fond sisters ud brothers, whpse love knew
no bounds, and yet you see him Üjere, a poor,
miserable outcast, «rith no friends to pity or
take compassion upon his fallen conditipn.
How dp you like the picture, young njan ? It is
real, and within the scope of ypur oiyn vision
every diy of your life. Take heed, then, lest
you fail; for you, too, may become the same
sorrowful-looking object, if you will persist in
testing th t which you fcnow to be death—not
only to your own hopes in life, but to those who
hold you most dear. Take warning in timo>
and never look upon the wine with loving lips,
for its sting is death to all your hopes in this
life and in the life hereafter.
The warning voice of reason and common
sense against the evils of intemperance is not
alone addressed to, young U)£n; but also to
ypnug wonoen, growing UP to be mothers af
families, who. are more deeply interested in the
progress of the temperance movement, as effect-
ing their own happiness, than any thing else,
as this terrible vice is often the cause of all
their unhappiness and misery in this world.
How important, then, is it to their future well-
being that they should use all their influence
in suppressing this terrible curse. Becollect
that at your little social parties you should
never proffer the wine cup to youth ripen-
ing into manhood, and whose backwardness
ud diffidence in society would prevent him
from refusing the wine offered for fear of mak-
ing himself appear ignorant of the etiquette of
the times. There are muy instances on record
in which the first step that ied toan inebriate's
life can be traced ¿0 this very thing, ud we feel
certain that no reflecting young lady would for-
the whole world have her conscience reprpach
her with the ruia^f any young mu solely be-
e. iha first time he ever tasted wine
it was proffered by her foir hands, through
ignoran oe of ita bearings upon his future his-
tory. Let all intoxicating drinks be banished
f^om the hooae; and ff kept, need only for
what it waa first intended—that of a stimulating
medicine i$ cases of %xireme debility. You
might s^y. What is yin* made for, If it is not to
drink t, fbe grt^pe waf jpade to eat, aad the
Jwcp ft g?*e j* towr jp
bread, a#d got to ferment into liquor*. Jf there
waa lew drinking o< strong liquor* in thje world
there would be more and cheapejr bre#4 for the
poor. Man was made to labor, and by the
sweat of his brow to earn his bread—the staff of
life-fagtMtthi drink, for it-does not quench
hia thiiat, b^t adds fuel to his boriring throat
by too frequent pee in ita liquid form. The
water of Ufo is tobe found in the springs ud
running brooka of the earth, from which it is
good to drink—they re the fountains of God,
and intended by Hu who ruleth all things to
subserve the wants c mu—they are the still-
houses of nature, fan which the waters of a
sober and peaceable ife cu always be pbtained.
One drink of cool waar from the crystal founts
of mother-evth is virth all the drinks muu-
fachired hy man ; ai| what is better, prolongs
life ud gives certaii security to the happiness
pf mankind.
Touch not, then, the wine wheiftt is rea in
the cup, for its effects are baneful. Dash it
down as you would the serpent whose sting is
death. Begard spiritora liquors as you Would
the poison that kills, gad your future life will
be one of happiness and joy, not only to your-
selves, but to 4II &rous& yon.
HEW YOliK. TRADE.
The increase of our commercial relations with
New York city is demmding greater facilities
for its carrying trade between Indian^ and
that city. We ha,tc revived a letter írou; Capt.
H. B. Rider, late. ma,$tef. qnd part ovfner of the
•chn. Julia A. Rider, paw in the trade, dated in
New York, that inform us t&ere i8 i\o^i build-
ing at Port Jefferson, Long Island, to fee ready
for sea sometime in Jq'y next-, an A. 1. first class,
double deck, three-masted schooner, abput 400
tons register, 500 tois edacity, to be com-
manded by Capt. Rider. The name of this fine
vessel will be "Indiamla,"in hc^qrof our grow-
ing ud prosperous city. She will ha in the em-
ploy pf Messrs. Evans, Ball & Cp's "Old Lise
or Packets," between New York and Indianola.
The agents ef this jine in this city are the
Woodward Bros., who own u interest in her—
ÍJer dimensions are as follows: Keel 117 ft,
beam 31 ft-, lower hold 10 ft., between decks f'
ft* The Indianola will be a first class boat in all
respects. Her cabin will be finished in hard wood
in the hest manner, with bath room and all the
modern improvements. Messrs. Evans, Ball &
Co. employ in their line of papkets nothing but
vessels of the first class,, and perfect in all res-
pects, so that shippers can rely upqn receiving
freights in excellent order and condition. The
agents here, Messrs. Woodward Bros., are
3 onng and promising merchants, and are rapidly
building up § mercantile reputation that cannot
but insure their, success.
Business.
In the city is good. The arrivals from abroad,
both by steamer and sail, are piling up an ware-
houses ^fith merchandise of all description.—
The greatest difficulty experienced by our mer-
chants is the want of transportation. Freights
by wagon are gpod, but yet títere is a scarcity
of them, which causes much inconvenience. We
hope ere another year rolls round our railroad
will be so. far advanced as to do away with the
inconveniences now experienced by cúr mer-
cantile cemmunity. Although it is late in
the season, the streets arc constantly crowded
w^th immense trains of wagons loaded with
cotton, wool and hieles, and returning to ail
parts of the interior filled with every variety of.
merchandise. The bay and bayou are lively
with small craft, and the towering masts of
New York schoonersoverlook the city. Seveial
times each ^yeek tvo of Morgan^p magnificent
steamers are at ourwharves at once, while the
bay is ploughed up iy their constant going and
coming, loaded witb thousands of fat beeves for
the markets of the world. A vast ampunt qf
every variety pf merchandise passes through
our city to the interior and Mexico. Our mer-
chants are busy, prosperous and happy.
Ballou'a Magazine for June.
Ballou'p Magazine for June has appeared, with
a list of contents which will tempt the most in-
different of litcraiy epicures. There are some
twenty-six different articles in the June nu n-
ber, some of them handsomely illustrate !. The
great tale of the season, however, is " Tho Old
Clerk's Secret," written for Ballou's by Levi
Beardsley, Esq., the lato npo'oi¡*l ájjqnt qf a
Wq.shingt.qn department, and who has produced
a wonderful story, fall of incident and plot, oí
Washington's life. Bat all of the stories in this
number are good, and here is a list of thorn:—
"The New King and Quoeif of Spain;" "Madrid
and its People;"" Scenes of the Revolution; "
"Neufchatel, Switzerland;" "The Wounded
Indian;" "The Harlem fridge;" " Qdesjsa,
Russia;" "A Leap in the Dark;" '¡The
Coquette;" " The Old Clerk's Secret;" ' 'Tired;"
"The Flower of the Family;" " Words —an In-
vocation;" "Euiicott;" "Ebbed;" "Umph jUL
River;" "A Contrary Fit;" "An Adventure in
Behring Sea;" "Ihe Demon Page;" "Caniille;"
"The Rose and tie Bee;" "Oub Youxs Peo-
ple's Stoey-tellib—" Guess: or, The Son of a
Politician;" "Hiliiry's Pony;" "An Adventure
in the Pennesseewaasee;" "The Housekeeper;"
"Facts and Fancies;" "The Baseball-man's
own Manual;" Humorous Illustrations. Terms
$1.50 per year, or IS cents single copy. For sale
all over the countiy. Address Thomes & Talbot,
63 Cpngress Street, Boston.
Copy qf Bill of Charges
On one barrel qf fiour from New Orleans to
Gonzales, yin EJoqston Direct Navigation Com-
pany, and Cqlnmbos:
Freight from New Orleans to Houston,
enrrene;
Railroad
Receiving and forwarding
Drayage,etc. - -- -- -- -- - 20
irom new uneans ia> nouston,
icy, $1.50, reduced tq specie - - $1.35
. freight to Columbus - - - - 70
g and forwarding ------ 10
fo Columbas, oqin, -
Hauling to Gonzales - -
- - - $2.35
T r - 1.95
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steady. Sterling unchanged.
12 H—Gold 112. Cptton quiet but firm* Sales
1000 bales.
2 p. H—Gold 112. Cotton strong. Ordinary
llic.; Good Ordinary 14c.; Low Middling 15¿c.;
Middling 16c.; Middling Alabama 16jc.; Orleans
164c. Sqlea 1000 bales on the sp$t and 5000, on
contract.
Weokly receipts at American ports 45,705
bales; exports to Great Britain 30,330 bales; to
other foreign ports 43,203 bales; stock of all
classes 368,670 bales.
Slew Orleans markets.
New Orleans, May 20.
11:30, a. it—Gold 1^2j. Exchange J premium.
Cotton quiet but steady. Middling loj to 15j.
Sales 500 bales.
2 p. m.—Gold 112$. Cotton steady. Sales
6000 bales.
Liverpool Markets.
Lk-ebpooi., May 20.
Official report from Liverpool Cotton Bro^t'-a
Association to the New YorK Cotton Exchange:
Noon—Cotton quiet. Uplands 7W.; Orleans
7|d. S-leB 10,000 bales.
2:30 p. m.—Cotton quiet but steady. Quota-
tions unchanged. Sales 1Q.00Q, UaAen"; 3000 far.
export and speculation.
London, May'20—Noon -CqnaolaUhchanged;
bonds dnll.
Liverpool. May 20. -Noon.- Cotton quiet;
Uplands 7ld.; Orleans 7|d.; Bombay shipments
to the 19tn, 39,000 bales.
Evening—Cotton quiet and unchanged.
Frankpobt, May 20.— Bonds 96$
Foreign.
New York, May 20.—The JForfd's special from
Paris, 20th, says: The Prussians are at Bondy
and at Aubervilliers, and are strongly reinforced.
The prisoners accused of causing the explo-
sion «vül be shot to-night.
The Archbishop of Paris Sentenced to
Death.
The first hostages sentenced for execution are
the Arohbishop.of Paris, the Abbe DeGuery and
tlie Abbe Craze." .
Pabis, May 20.—Two spies were shot yester-
dav.
Four persons are condemned to death charged
with complicity in tho recent explosion.
The Central'Commune is again the principal
power in Paris and acts in cpncord with the ene
SuDFEáll
ONAL CARDS.
yy WdODWABD.
ATIftKh^Y AT LAW.
Indianola, TEXAS.
ijrqqpATJs * pRQoroK.
AT LAW.
JypiAN<y.A, TEXAS-
W 1 attend to business in the ««unties of Cal-
houn, Refugio, troliad, \ ictoria, tft. Lavaca
and Jackson. febSS-lv
febSS-ly
yy^TER MEREIMAX,
^TT O £ >, F\ AT
LAW,
IsniAHOLA. TEXAS.
Commissioner of Heeds far luonisiana.
office next dpor to "Bulletin!' Qlfice.
WHl be. associated with
^ r WM. H. CHAIN.
Attorney at Law,
in the Courts.. ' teh33-ly
JOHN S. GIVIJNS^
ATTTOKKEV A* L.^W.
Indianola, Texas.
WHl Practice in th<\ Courts of th j 16th District,
and in the Supreme aud Fojlcrai Courts at Gal-
veston. decCT--y,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
H.
RUNGE & CO.—
Isdianola, Texas.
Commission aad Forwarding Merchants-.
General Dealers in Groceries, Liquors, Tol>aoc<-
and cigars; nails, cooking and parlor stoves,
woodwore, shoes, boots and hats; furniture;
lumber, doors. blindR and window-sasli; plows
and plantation utentils. Cotton and other pro-
duce will l>e taken at tho highest market pnces,
in exchange for goods, or liberal advances made
011 shipment .
D,
SULLIVAN & GO—
Receiving, forwarding and Commission
Mi-reliant .
WHOLESALE
\NU
ANi> RKTAÍT. (¡IHH T.K
óf public safety.
The
e journals of the Commune declared their
position to be strong. Their organizatipn has
improved and confidence is greatly streng-
thened.
Terrible Fightlqg.
Pabis, May 20—There was an important en-
gagement near Autril to-day. Tl}e result is yet
unknown Fort Montrouge still holds out.
The Governor of Fort Biscitre has been
arrested.
The Yersaillists in the Bos de Boulogne made
a severe and distinct assault upon the ramparts.
Great numbers of the Communists were con-
centrated at the threatened points. The bas-
tians facing the German positions are being
rapidly repaired. The Monarchy party in the
Commune and Military Commisson are being
replaced by Communists of a more radical type.
Church of Notre líame deg Victolriq, iq now oc-
cupied by Communist troops}.
J2ring's A§8nssJnatiojV
Madbid, May 2Q.—The report of Prim's as-
sassination implicates Rodgne 'Barcia, at present
a member of the Cortes.
London, May 20. The Bnüy Neiot1' special
says that the report that the Prussiaus would
attack Paris is unfounded:.
The TelmraplCs says that Favre and Simon
will leave me French Ministry.
Private letters implicate Gambetta in a cor-
spiracy against the Versailles Government.
A flag of truoe from Paris has arrived at' Ver-
sailles.
Rochefort's arrest at Meux is reported.
The occupants of corner houses of Paris are
ordered to vacate, and corner buildings are to
be loop'nolfcd for musketry.
The Central Committeo has assumed the war
ptfwer. The Oo'ninanc has determined fx> take
the .offensive against Versailles. Another dis-
patch says that the Coin:n;inists are preparing
to explode the ramparts.
Pah is. May 19—vi ?f Eyeniijg.— Jt
. a. h. phillips, s. c. lackey, j. w. st aiton,
Victoria. Clinton. Victoria.
JXHILUPS, JACKET & STAtTOX,-
A* UW,
Victoria, Texas.
Will practice in the 16th and adjoining Judicial
Districts, and in «tbe Supreme Conrt. ;mg27-1 y
QSCEOLA AIJCHE^
4 l X ai'.NE V A l-AW,
INDIANQLA, TEXAS.
Will practican the Ifilh Judicial District, and
in tlie Supreme and Federal Cpurts pf Tftxas."
AUg27 ' ' t.v
MEDIC-vL cards.
J^R. J. M. TtKUSS,
PHYSICIAN.
Indianola, Texas.
Continues the practicc of his profession, and
tenders, as usual, his services to the citizens of
Indianola and vicinity. To >e found at the drug
store, or at fyis office, near the Catholic Church.
Febl6 ly
D*
WM. A. MoCAMLY,
PHYSICIAN,
. jhdiakola, Texas.
. Offer his professional services to the citizens
of Indianola and vicinity, f ffice above Dr. J. M.
Reuss' drug store, on Main street, dec31-ly.
B. £. THÜRBER,
D
DENTIST,
Inpianqla, Texas.
All denta) operations warranted, and per for
with the greatest cute, and a)íer the latest
most approved methods. '
rformcd
and
oct8-tf.
F. X. HUGHES, H. D. H. K. leake, H. P.
J^RS. HUGHES A LEAKE,
PHYSICIANS AND SüIiqE<?NS,
IXpt^NQLA, Tf-.XAS.
OfTer their services for tho practice of iiUfS 'ry.
Medicine and Obstetrical Surgery' to tr,e citjzeus
of Indianola ahd vicinity.
Office hours from 9 to 11 A. x., and fron;, 2 to -(
p. E., during which time persons ár'e not eypccteil
to remain in their office upon other thaq profes-
sional business as these hours are devoted exclu-
sively to their profession.
One or the other of them (as circumstances ni iy
not leave it optional which) will attend calls at. a
distance. It ates for country practice, one doltar
por mile—parties sending paving transportation.
-V iuéssapy attention charged extra.
Mail Street. Judiatmla.
J\ccp on hand a:'<l i..,v sale, flu* ••¡¡•«■«••st
Winva, liquor aud t>>.
Cougignmcnts <>f cotton, liid«-s ami
conpiry produce uoü .iuj't.
\ poi^plete stock staple and fancy gr-xv-ries
always ready for the ipspev'tion of cu itoniers, to
wbiei attention is respectfully ■ Tilled.
A^o agents for Oct'-IPs celebrated cotton
chíxk n52fl 1-ly.
^yOOPWARn BROTHERS,
SHIP AGENTS AXB
GESKgAI, COMMISSION M KUCHA MS,
Indianola. Texas.
Marft
P. MlljiiX
Auction
Merchant*.
ginpmifsion
jsdiakpi.a, Tkxas
Auption room on Main street.
tf
. 1,oris hartteb.
ARTTER. BEISS\TFR A CO.,
r. i„ BriP:;NFU.
H
Wt,olrsalf and Kitntl (Jroffrn,
AND
COMMISSION MEUCHANT8.
Indianola, Texas.
Keep constantly on hand a full assortment
of staple and fancy GROCERIES.
All purolia es made, will bp. sent to, tho dwell-
ing of customers treeof charge.
JOHN H. PALE— w
Reviving, Fonvur.lii^g and Conimi^sior^
Merchnnt,
iNppvsoLA, TEXAS.
Libera ad>>neements ma le on consignments
I am also préuared to till Wholesale orders to
to Country Dealers at low ilgnres for cash, <>r ita
equivalent. fe'AS-ly
w. WESTHOFF.
WESTIipFF A CO.-
l. putsush
VV.
Inhianola, Tkxas.
WHOLESALE Cj¡|pCKKS, PQgWARDING AND
Com mission Merchants.
P.CÍilers i J) HnrJy^re.
J,il«eral :ulvances made
Nmntrv lYínluee.
011 consignments
fe2.Pl y
mar4-ly.
Total cost of one barrel of flour laid
down at Gonzales, coin, - - - $1.30
The same barrel via Indianola to Gonzales
wonld cost:
Freight and primage, currency, - -. - - £ 75
Receiving and forwarding ------ 30
Total, - - - i $1.06
Reduced to specie - 96
Hunting to Gonzales, present rates $1.00,
coin, per <00 pounds, but in summer
season only 75 cents per 100 gqnnds, say $2.15
Total cost, in coin, laid down at Gon-
zales ^ . $3.11
In favor of the Indianola route, on one
"barrel of flour from New ■ Orleans to
Gonzales, coin, - $1.19
France will nave to pay 5,000^000,000 francs to
Germany as a war indemnity. This, in five-franc
old pieces, would weigh 55,000,000 pounds avóir-
upois. To transport all this gold by rail, sup-
osing each ca* tp carry 11,000 pounds a train of
000 cars would fee required. When spread out
on the grouncL one touching the .other, these
fiye-frano gold pieces woula' almost reach
around the globe. If flve-france pieces enough
to malee this amount were placed one above an-
other, they would make a oolnmn of gold 1676
miles in height. Tt this column, paving its base
in Paris, should topple over in the direction of
Berlin, Berlin woald be only one-third pf the
■whole distance reached by the coin at the top of
the oolnmn. A quick cashier, able to count 10,-
000 five-franc pieces in an hour, supposing that
he commenced at the age of thirty, would be
nearly seven j yetrs ef age before he finished
counting it, in case he should count eight hours
daily for 300 days «very yea*.
A cations pathological phenomenon is
presented by the oase of George M. Ellis,
who recintly died in Chester, Penn., in
his ninety second year. He is reported
to have had the consumption nearly all
his ljfe, his physician hating assured*him
before he vas twenty that he coald not
sarvive the n«kt two years. Ellis was
so thin and pak for /orty yean previous
to his de&th thet he was known as the
walking skeleton; and yet he is belived
to have been, fita two exceptions, the
oldest man in the county.
inent ft,'el btjijg the civil.struggle to a close,
TUq qñU'érs c>f the Ooinmptie Ijave seized tlip
valuable 'sacred articles in tl}« Clinroh of tho
Trinity.
All the churches of the city will be similarly
le ¡It with, aud tiien clo.sed. The d3;noliti:)n <•>!
the fatnous G¡iap ;1 of Expiation has commeuco 1.
The court of impeachment was opened to-day
to select hostages upqa wfyoax to execute
retaliatory measures determined upon by the
Commune.
The Communists claim they were repulsed
yesterday, and to-day attacks will be madé at
Neuilly, Clichy, Issy anh Vanvres,
Versailles) May 20.—Bochefort was arrested
while attempting to escapo from the Cqmmuue
and brought to Versailles.
Domestic.
Washington, May 20.—The English High
Commissioners paid their final visit to the White
House to-day -
M. DebeUanhe lias been appointed Charge
D'Affairs fór France, M. Quillard, the Minister,
having received his leave of abseuce.
^"hc Treaty.
Senatqr Mortqn says that he had his eopy of
the Treaty burned.
Heavy Damages..
John Henniry recovered $10,000 damages from
the'New Orleans ^C^attanooga Railway com;
pany, for injuries sustained in falling through
an Open^g u} fhe (on>pany> wharf,
{Special to the Galveston 2feu!$.}
Storm in Groesbeck. -- *
Gboesbsck, May 20.—This city was visited by
a severe wind and. hail storm to-day, causing
considerable destruction of property. Seven or
eight houses were blown down. The Donnell
otel is a tóta} ffeclf < Qnp of the railroad
freight houses waS completely destroyed. The
other houses damaged consist of dwellings %i)d
small houses. Fortunately nobody killed or
seriously injured. Several persons were slightly
hurt.
I have not been able to ascertain the full
amount of losses: ' J. H. L.
From Houston—Arrival qf Jfr. Greeley.
HotisTON, May 20.—Mr. Greeley apd his Kew
Tork traveling companions, and the rppeption
Cqmmittee, arrived by the 10^15 train. They
were met atr the depot by a large concourse of'
people. Many of the crowd, who had read the
News in whicty a description of the man was
given, knew hpá at sight. Many*others who
had not been so fortnuate in their reading,
did not recognize the pléasant looking elderly
gentleman, in dark coatj white pants and straw
hat, as the Hon. Horace Gpeeley.' •
The party took carriages and were transferred
to the Hntchins House. During the ;time in-
tervening Ijétore ^ p. m., Mr. Greeley was visit-
ed by quite a number of our citizen^, and others,
in a quiet way. No general reception-was held
until after his dinner hour. Among those visit-
ing him were ex-Gov. Henderson and ex-Gov.
Hamilton. At 3 p. x. Mr. Greeley dinned, after
which he took a short drive through the eity.
After the drive came the general reception.—
There is so far no general programme until
Tuesday. Mr. Greeley' fill probably attend
divine service to-morrow, and spend Monday in
visiting the prominent places in Horton and
vicinity. ' -*
' *8 ..i —
The statement of population, whioh wiU
besenttothe8ehate by the census bqreaa
in reply to a-resolution of inquiry, will
show the e^act pppolatioo pf the States to
be 38,104^40; that of the Territories.and
the District of Columbia, 413,694; total.
38,547,534. AsCongrese has provided for
the publication of only three volume; of
the census peturua, no preliminfry yojnme
will be printed, and the ^rs^ yo|tfme wOJ
not be ready in less than from three to sq
months. Extracts and synopses of the
most interesting portions of the work will,
however, bo drawn np earlier and aeot to
the press, and to persons intefostcd ip
special branches of statistics.
GROCERIES AND TROVISIONS.
C.- HSOW,
C,"
wuoii^^jalb 4xu kktajl $>u^'f.k.
M AIN STUEKT,
AprlS-ly
Indianola, Tkxas.
b. a. vasck.
IE k BRO.—
WHOLESALE GROCERS, RECEIVING AND
FORWARD IN p MERCHANTS,
InrlWÍP^A, TEXAS,
Are weekly in receipt of Staple and Fancy Gro-
ceries, direct from ^ew York and New Orleans.
All orqers accompanied with ¿lie Cash, Cotton,
qr Hidee, will receive prompt attention.
Consignments pf Froduce and Merchandize for
hipaept solicited. feb23-lv
\yoo.fi\VAnD l'.r.us, .
üECEIVifc .. FORWARDING AND GENERAL
V l1.! 11] iSijuji] if «• rc lia u t ,
Isuianoi>a, Texas.
Lí1¡ .v41 aflyunc>'t> made on consignments of
rrodiiee to 1Í0 forwarded to our frieiuls in New
Jilean;., (McHtsrs. Kerns A Shearer, lit! Carol :
aelet 'street,) a:id '^Messrs. Norton, Slaughter A;
Co.,) New York. fe'22-ly
JJ IKEN & CO.—
Commission qnrf forwarding Merchants
fc231y ispiasola, Texas.
H.
SEELIGSON—
pASIMlB YILLENEUVE—
- "MAIN STREET,
Indiano;^, TskjU.
♦
Importer a^d ^hqfesalc Dealer in
LIQUORS,
WISES,
Apr lfl-tf BRANDIES.
T.
decl0-ly
WILSON.—
GROCER,
Indianola, Texas.
JAME8 MORRJSON-
JTH0LE8ALE AND RETAIL GROCER,
Indianola, Texas.
Faipily Groeefifis of all descriptions con-
_ImUt on hand. F feb23-ly
peteb wilson.
atto. killer.
^U^SQIT* MILhW,
RETAIL FAMILY GROCERS,
Main Street, Indianola.
Keeps constantly on hand Groceries of every
description. Prices as low vj ai any other store
in the caty.
Q * A, &ELLB3-T
MAIN STREET,
Indianola, Texas.
Vholssale and ReUil.
Xdqpors,
' -
Crockery,
ware,
to keop up a
steamer ar-
ofour
the city.
our store, free of
cvstomers,to any
WHOLESALE GROCERS
A«p
Shipping qrid Cominission Merchants,
Indianola, Texas.
We are $p£n&rcd to make liberal Cash ad-
vances upon Cotton, Wi>ol or other Produce,
consigned to our friends in Liverpool, New York
or New Orleans. - sw&wscpIMy
H
EYCE & ^^FElilCH-
FORWARDING AND COMMISSION. ME11-
CHANTS,
indfastil^ ai?p Lavaca, Texa.«.
Collection^ promptly attended to.
Nov26
ly
ANDREW POVE.
DUDLEY 8CHUI.1Z.
J^OVE k SCHULTZ.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Wh^les^e 93d Retail Dealers in Groceries
a^d Hardware.
Mn|i^ Si rep t, Iitdlanola, T«-\u«.
Agents " >r Wii <>«. CIm'iIk V Co., T'!iilail'Jphi%
wagons. Have orr hand il r^" supply "f ox and
horse waj <>jjj(, dray.^, du:np eu t-• -«•in"
spring wheel liarrnws, \va¿ott howa&c.,
also ""
luee.
ly
l.so Ibituble skein wagons.
tfñr Highest p.itxi paid for coimtrv )>r«i
•'anli
H
EYCK ft IIKLrEllICII,
GKNEKAL «HIPPING X COMSItólOS
MERCHANTS,
Indianola, - -
Feb23
. - - Texas.
iy
H.
SEELIGSON k CO.,
Bankers and Exebawge
Indianola, Texas.
counts kept without charge.
wenaon A Co. New Orleani, J-
H. Brewer A di . Hew Yortj.Ball,.!" ''
Co., Gaivestan; T.
f
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