The Southern Intelligencer. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 1866 Page: 3 of 4
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0ft CITY, THUE8MT, OCT. 18, 1866-
A ew Dodye.
jobBRon Endorsements.
Onr Conservative Legislature (so-
jjfled) have well nigh overdone "the
¿jjgcult and delicate " job of endors-
er the President and the 14th of
¿ogttst Philadelphia Convention.
passing two fulsome and ver-
^ joint resolutions endorsing the
Johnson policy and the Philadelphia
platform of political principles, a
one of the same litter, differing
i little in color and countenance from
£ elder brothers, was brought from
jjg genate to the House on Wednes-
day, the 10th inst., with a proposi-
ti! to adopt it into the interesting
kmfly of joint resolutions of the
present session. Its adoption was
ifged on the ground that the former
rotations committed members of
^ Legislature to the unreserved
gapport of every plank in the Phila-
delphia platform of principles, some
¿ rhich were obnoxious; while this
tfcjrd joint resolution took more eli-
gible ground, endorsing only the
efforts of the President to restore
the Southern States to the Union,
aad the objects for which the Phila-
delphia Convention was called. This
resolution was opposed on the ground
that it was taking a backward step,
«ad also, because the resolution itself
««ceded the right of Federal Gov-
ernment to enforce an equality of
rights of the people of the several
States, which latter charge the
friends of the resolution indignantly
repelled. After much interesting
¿¡mission, the measure was killed in
the House on Thursday last.
We have no regrets to express for
its fate; the Texas conservative par-
ty, had they adopted it, would have
then been in the shape of a three
legged stool; they stand now on two
affirmatives, which are equivalent to
i negative, and suggestive of their
wuit of confidence in their own as-
sertions of principle, and conscious-
Mtt that the world will be slow to
credit them.
Rejected.
Col. Ashbel Smith, chairman of
the House committee on Federal Re-
lations, (popularly known in that
body as the committee on Foreign
Relations,) on Saturday submitted a
veil written and able report adverse
to the adoption by the State of Tex-
as of the amendment to the Consti-
tution of the United States, known
ta Article XIV, submitted to the
States for their ratification by joint
resolution at the late session of Con-
gress. Three thousand copies of this
report with the vote thereon, were
ordered to be printed for general cir-
culation ; and, as was remarked, to
famish a cudgel to our conservative
friends in the Northern States, to
break the head of radicalism with.
One conservative member wanted a
sufficient number of copies printed
to wrap one around the head of eve-
ry abolitionist in the land, the report
to be tacked on his head with three
ten-penny nails, pinning liim to tbe
trae principles of the Constitution.
Pending the adoption of this report,
several patriotic gentlemen relieved
themselves of sundry loose ideas on
constitutional points, mixed up with
personal experiences and reminis-
cences of the war. On the whole,
the action taken and speeches made
on the occasion were just such as
were looked for by those acquainted
vith the political^ complexion and
ftental capabilities of the Texas
Hove of Representatives.
It is not yet known whether the
Senate will take any action upon the
proposed amendment or not; and if
&ey should, it is not probable their
tction would differ materially from
that of the House.
The Transcript of the 12th alleges
that the cholera has not entirely dis-
appeared from Houston. - There
were still a few sporadic cases and
an occasional death from the disease.
Mr. John P. Hill was among the
candidates for Congress in the Marion
and Red River district. The Jeffer-
son Bulletin says on the subject:
Mr. Hill is oat in a circular defining bis
status on the issues of the day and disclosing
bis " antecedents " on tbe war question. Tbe
most prominent idea put forth is embraced in
the following clatsic and elegant choice of
words:
u Bnt when the Federal flag was expelled,
and I could no longer find beneath its folds
that protection which the Federal Govern-
ment had guaranteed to every citizen by tbe
terms of the constitution, I obeyed the man-
date of the revealed law of God, (before
which, according to Sir William Blackstone,
all human laws must bend,) and became
' subject to the laws that be."'
The Commercial Bulletin com-
menting on the above, says :
After this confession—and we have no
doubt of its truthfulness—Mr. Hill had as
well abandon the race. It appears that he
rallied around the " stars and bars " (read it
softly) because the old flag had been " ex-
pelled" and tbe Government of the United
States could no longer protect him. We
hare the right to suppose that if the Govern-
ment of the United States had been in a
condition to have protected Mr. Hill, he nev-
er would have renounced his allegiance to
that Government.
In other words, no man ought to
be supported for office who failed to
abandon the United States flag be-
fore he was compelled to by force of
circumstances! Mr. Bradshaw was
a candidate in the same district.
The Bulletin says he stated in his
circular " that he supported secession
because he thought it was right, and
that he thinks it right now."
The Marshall Republican of the
6th says:
Hon. L>. L. Evans delivered a speech at the
Johnson meeting in New York, on the 18th
ult. He spoke in defence of Texas against
the slanders of Jack Hamilton and others,
denouncing their statements as malicious
falsehoods.
The same issue has the following
which we give by way of comment
on the* above :
Judge Ochiltree, candidate for Congress,
addressed the people at the Courthouse last
Saturday. It is out of onr power to give
even a synopsis. One or two things, howev-
er, we will briefly notice. He said it behoov-
ed the people of the South to be alive to
their interests, and elect representative men
to Congress. Th&t although they might not
be-permitted to take their seats in the radi-
cal assembly, they, with the Northern con-
servatives, might organize a Congress of their
own, and bo recognized by the President as
the 40th Congress of the United States. He
expressed astonishment at being charged
with ever having advocated negro suffrage,
and disclaimed, in most emphatic terms, the
advocacy or endorsement of any snch senti-
ment.
An incident occurred here last week which
speaks very well for tbe colored people of the
Navidad settlement in this county. They
brought in, unaccompanied by any white
man, two negroes—a man and woman—
charged with poisoning the woman's husband.
They turned them over |to the Sheriff, who
lodged them in jail to await their trial at the
District Court to be hald in tbe latter part of
the month. Tbe negro died very suddenly,
and suspicion having been excited, a post
mortem examination by physicians revealed
tbe fact that he had been poisoned, and tbe
evidence pointed to the negro man and wo-
man as the guilty parties. They were arrest-
ed by the negroes themselves, and the whites,
we learn, armed them and sent them to town
with the supposed culprits. It seems that
tbe negro woman had been faithless to her
husband, and was being kept by the other
negro, and, to get rid of the husband, they
jointly resorted to the awful crime above
mentioned. Tbe colored people derserve
praise for bringing their own color to justice.
—Colorado Citizen, October 6.
Texas Items.
The Herald of the 7th says San
Antonio is free from eholera. In its
aBa® of the 9th, however, it reports
*° deaths from eholera on the pre-
Sunday, (7th.) On the 8th,
were no deaths, but two new
tWe8 reported. On the 10th, there
no deaths—one new case
^®l«ra reported. The disease
evidently dying out in San Antonio.
•■d we hope soon to be able to an
^nee its entire disappearance.
^ «ater city has been sadly afflict-
The Register advocates the build-
°f a bridge across the Brazos at
Waco.
The Advertiser complains of bur-
lar t* Bastrop.
Letter from New York.
Nkw York, \
October l*Bt, 1866. /
Messrs. Brown Foster—This city is put-
ting on its fall costume. Business, amuse-
ments and fashion are under full headway.
Every pleasant afternoon, Broadway can be
seen in all its glory, with its pretty belles in
their queer fashions and its dashing beauxs
commingling with tbe glittering and hnrried
throng. The splendid carriages with liveried
driver and footman, wending their way to
and fro amidst the hundreds of omnibuses,
trucks, drays and wagons, with neatly dresB-
ed policemen stationed at every corner to
assist and protect foot passengers while
crossing this great thoroughfare.
Niblo's theatre opened with the Black
Crook, some three weeks ago. The same
piece is being played every night, and is like-
ly to continue till Christmas. The house is
crowded to its utmost capacity every night,
and it is tbe largest theatre in town. To get
a good seatf it is necessary to engage it sev-
eral days in advance. I bought a ticket—
the night came—I went. The audience as-
sembled was principally composed of the bon
ton of the city; and every seat and all the
standing room was crowded to its utmost.
The Black Crook was played, and tbe entire
audience remained until after midnight to
see the gorgeous ending. All descriptions
and dreams of fairy land are thrown far, far
in the shade before this grand, magnificent,
romantic, magical, specular, stupendous and
original drama. Some of the most perfect
and admirable pieces of Bcenery that have
been ever exhibited on any stage, are em-
ployed in tbe illustration of this peice. In
tbe second act, a vast grotto is presented;
from its walls and arched reof are depend-
ing thousands of immense stalactites. There
is also a lovely lake tbat reflects beauty to the
scene. In every direction, one sees tbe bright
richness of massy gold, beautiful fairies
(spirits of tbe ballet) who make the scene
luxuriant with their beauty. The last scene
in the play is all that gold, and silver, and
gems, and light, and. woman's beauty can
contribute to fascinate tbe eye and charm
the senses. Its lustre grows as we gaze and
deepens and widens and continues to expand.
One by one, curtains of mist ascend and
drift away; silver and golden couches en
which the fairies sit and loll in negligent
grace, ascend and descend amid a silver rain.
Columns of living stataary composed of the
most beantiful formed ladies are to be seen
in every direction; while from the clouds
swing gilded chariots, containing one or
more of tbe beautiful fairies, and living
forms of angels areN seen bovering about,
until one doubts bis own eyes and existence.
Tbe ballet troupe of this play is composed of
sixty young ladies, pretty and well formed,
dressed in tbe richest, most fascinating and
voluptuous eostume tbat could be invented.
Illy pea frila to give you more than • faint
description. It must be seen to be apprecia-
ted, is the opinion of Dick Bovsr.
Congressional Election.
There is but little doubt that the
course of our Legislature has had
something to do with the reaplt of
the elections in Pennsylvania, Óhio,
Indiana and Iowa; and that the
conduct that has characterized their
action generally, since they convened
in this city, will have a more or less
controlling influence on the decisive
elections that will come off early in
November, in the balance of the
Northern States. Extremes meet.
There is no denying that radicalism
South begets radicalism North. Not
satisfied with electing radical Sena-
tors they have, by their position and
influence, caused the same character
of men to be elected in this State as
Representatives in Congress. Union
men were defeated for Senators be-
cause they were such during the war;
and the example of proscription and
intolerance thus set has been follow-
ed up by the election of Congressmen
on Monday whom they knew could
not, in the very nature of things,
take their seats. Men who were for
the Union during the war have
doubtless been deterred from running
because ef the conviction that the
same persecution and denunciation
for opinion's sake that defeated men
of that character for the Senate,
would be followed up by the radical
newspapers and politicians of the
State.
Mr. Johnson, in his speech to the
soldiers and sailors at Washington,
on the 18th of last April, and on
numerous other occasions, advised
and insisted that the people of the
South should send up men of un-
doubted loyalty, meaning, of course,
persons who could take the test oath.
Instead of doing this we have not
only elected men who could not com-
ply with the conditions prescribed by
the President himself and by act of
Congress, but have elected those who
were prominent actors on the part of
the South in the late war ; the idea
being to elect representative men, as
was declared by a prominent candi-
date for Congress, at Marshall the
.other day. Is not this policy suici-
dal ? We have no doubt many good
conservative people voted for Con-
jpressmen oil Munilnj, olmpjy hy way
of compliment to friends who were
candidates. But we ask such men
in all seriousness, if they were dis-
charging their duty to their country
in thus acting? We refused to vote
1'or the reason there were no candi-
dates running in this district who
could take the test oath. Why?
Because we feel it to be our duty to
meet the North half way in the busi-
ness of reconstruction, by voting
only for men who can comply with
the conditions prescribed by law and
insisted on by Mr. Johnson. t/Many
jatriotic Union men, including num-
)ers who voted the Throckmorton
ticket last summer, refused to vote,
considering the whole thing a farce.
As an indication we give the figures
at the election in June and that of
Monday, in this city. At the June
election the vote in Austin was 759.;
on Monday, 103:"' A large portion
of these were members of the Legis-
lature and other feeders at the pub"
lie crib. At the present writing
we have not heard from the country
precincts. At the June election the
total vote at the other boxes footed
up 210; we doubt if 25 votes were
polled at the whole of them, if boxes
were opened at all. The people
should have risen in their majesty
and compelled men to run who could
comply., and make some show of a
desire to come up to the President's
demands and the act of Congress on
the subject. It is time for the peo-
ple of Texas to wake up and begin
to reflect. Let them throw off the
blind leaders and incendiary papers
that are leading them to destruction
as they did in '61, and rescue Texas
from their pernicious influence. We
believe the people of Texas want to
do right, and that they will yet or-
ganize a party of all conservative
elements that will put down the rad-
icalism now controlling this State
and gutting the Treasury, contrary
to their convictions of right and pol-
icy, but whom they are slow to reject
because of their professions of pecu-
liar devotion to the South.
Vfetoroé ltoctrfite.
We get all sorts of news from
Mexico. The mail of about a week
ago brought intelligence that the
Maximilian dynasty had come to an
end, and that the foreign vassals
were about leaving that much injured
country. Sunday morning, the dis-
patches assured us that as a last re-
sort, Maximilian had gone over to
the chiirch party, annulled his offen-
sive decress, r estored all the church
property, and dismissed his ablest
ministers, who were doubtless obnox-
ious to this party ; that the Empire
has assumed the offensive again, by
Mejia marching on Monterey. The
Mexican correspondence of the N.
Y. Tribune assures the public that
Maximilian intends strengthening
himself by contracting his lines so'
as to hold the most valuable and
popular portions of the country. It
is also stated that French money is
on the way out, and that French
troops will remain to support the
Empire. We have become so used
to contradictory reports from Mexi-
co, that we are not much inclined to
pay much attention to any of them,
believing that sooner or later the
Empire will collapse, and tbe Mon-
roe doctrine enforce itself.
It will be remembered by some of
our readers that one year ago,.in an
article under the caption of this, we
predicted this result. While many
newspapers North and South, at the
close of our own strife, impatient at
seeing the darling idea of Americans
trampled upon, irritated at beholding
a power inimical to republicanism,
founded and sustained upon the con-
tinent, were calling loudly upon the
government to march its well discip-
lined armies to the rescue of our neigh-
bor, reflecting men saw that it would
but hasten an event which must
transpire at one time or another.
The march of ideas is far more po-
tent than the march of armies. The
course of the latter may be arrested,
that of the former, never. It were
unnecessary for Americans to declare
that crowned heads shall not rule on
this continent. No force but that of
public sentiment will ever be neces-
sary to prevent it. Lfet those who
cling to the idea that intelligent men
y -l-l- go ii limen f,
follow the departing Hapsburg to
his Austrian home, as we think he is
sure to go one of these fine days.
The great wheel of human progress
will .roll steadily on. Down-trodden
and abject as are now the priest-
ridden masses of Mexice, they yet
repudiate the despotism of the old
world; and the time will ere long
come, when, throwing off all the
shackles which surround them, they
will erect for themselves a stable
government.
Oil
News Items.
Was struck on the 2d, at a
It would seem that Gov. Throck-
morton will not wait for the action
of Gen. Sheridan, in placing troops
on the frontier, but will proceed at
once to have the force organized for
its protection authorized by the
recent act of our Legislature on the
subject. -—
depth of 1300 feet at Terre Haute,
Ind. It flows at the rate of 40 to
50 barrels per day. If properly
tubed, it is said "the well would pro-
duce 100 barrels per day.
At a barbecue lately given in Car-
roll county, Miss., for the benefit of
the Confederate monument associa-
tion, the sum of $2000 was realized.
Prof. Dufour contends that two
cubic metres of meteoric dust falls
upon «very acre of the earth's sur-
face every year.
Medical men advise Mr. Seward
to retire from public life.
Thirty square miles of peat, from
four to six feet deep, has been dis-
covered in Nebraska.
A guillotine to be worked by steam
and capable of cutting off six heads
per minute, is among the contribu-
tions to the Paris Exposition.
Vermont has ratified the constitu-
tional amendment.
Rev. Dr. Baldwin, author of "Ar-
mageddon," and a celebrated Meth
odist preacher, died of cholera at
Nashville, on the 9th.
An actor at Mobile has bequeath-
ed his head to the theatre for
" Yorick's skull."
Thurlow Weed supports the Dem-
ocratic State Ticket in New Yirk.
The race horse Kentucky, is re-
ported as sold to Jerome for $40,000.
Com. Stockton died at his resi-
dence in Princton, N. J., on the
night of the 7th.
Somebody asserts that in the
United States there are more pigs
-than human population. In England
there is one pig to every nine " hu-
mans."
The Steamer Evening Star, lately
wrecked, was valued at $4,000,000.
No insurance.
Oar terms of subscription are aa ¡¿flows, In Specie:
ga.-- •••■• . *MS
Three months, . . • . 14
The Supper for St. David's.
One pf the most delightful entertainments
it was ever our good fortune to attend, was
tbe one held on Wednesday night, the 10th
inet., for the benefit of St. David's church in
this city. The spacious hall was brilliantly
lighted, and the arrangements for the accom-
modation of the guests were rail that could
be desired. The company commenced as-
sembling at an early hour, and by 9 o'clock
the háll was filled by a happy throng of
ladies and gentlemen. Many tablee were
loaded with every delicacy that could be
wished for; and althongb late in the season,
a vast profusion of beautiful flowers decorat-
ed every part of the large hall. Music lent
its charms to the occasion, "and all went
merry as a marriage bell." The manner in
which the whole affair was conducted does
infinite credit-to the good taste and fintiring
assiduity of the ladies who got it up. As a
really social and hearty reunion, it could not
have been excelled. We learn that it fur-
nished a fund of over four hundred dollars in
gold for the purpose of repairing the chnrch.
—: — . ■ . , ■ . j
We have received from the publishers, a
neat little .Sunday School paper, entitled
"Kind Words/' published by the Sunday
School Board of the Southern Baptist Con-
vention, Greenville, S. C. It is published
monthly, at ten cents a year, always in ad-
vance ; no subscription received for less than
ten copies, nor for less time than one year.
The postage is 12 cents a year on a package
of ten copies. Money may be sent by mail
at the risk of the publishers. Orders should
be addressed to Rev. CL O. Bitting, corres-
ponding Secretary, Greenville, S. C. We
take pleasure in calling the attention of our
Baptist friends to this paper.
Thb Elections—Polls were opened in this
city on Monday, with the following result:
39th Conokiss.—Branch, 49 ; Bassett, 4 •
Mills, 39; Gurley, 1.
40th Congress.—Branch, 48 ; Bassett, 5 ;
Mills, 31; Gurley, IB ; Hancock, 1.
For J. P.—Higby 3, Morris 2.
For Co. Com —Sprinkle 49.
For Coroner.—Wood 53.
Tbe election in this city last Monday, pass -
ed off quietly. In fact, we may safely say
that no election within our memory was ever
more orderly or less exciting. The excite-
ment may have been deep, but il. certainly
was not loud. Col. J. E. Gurley was active-
ly supported by tbe Waco Register^ Austin
State Gazette and Huntsville Item.- Tbe vote
this gentleman receives will make known the
extent of the influence wielded by these pop-
ular journals over the voting sovereigns of
tbe State. .
Since the above was in tjpe we have re-
ceived the returns from Bastrop. The may-
or's election absorbed tbe interest and drew
out the voters. For major—
Scbafer received 106 votes.
Snelling " 104 <•<
Total vote polled, /or mayor, 210
For Congressmen—
Mills received
Branch "
Gurley and Bassett
60 votes.
30 "
00
A MU to pay to the widow and children of
T. Wheeler, the unpaid balance of salary
tine hita at tbe time of his demise, was called
up in tile. House on Monday last. The act
met with opposition on die ground that it
contravened express terms and obvions mean-
ing of an ordinance of the late Convention*
repudiating the war debt, and forbidding the
payment by the State of any debt or liability
accruing subsequent to secession and prior to
the re-establish ment of civil government un-
der federal auspices. At this critical junct-
ure, when it was apparent that the bill as it
stood would be lost, Mr. Munson offered a
substitute bill, donating to ttíe family of R-
T Wheeler, $1*66 as a mark of the State's
respect fbr the distinguished services «f the
deceased. The substitute bill was said to be
free from all the objections urged against
tbe original, and was adopted and passed
to engrossment with bnt slight opposition.
If it is competent for the Legislature of Tex-
as to pay tbe balance due on Judge Wheeler's
salary, by a donation act to his family,' it is
within the power of that body, by resorting
to the donation dodge, to pay the entire war
debt incurred. The process is simple—dona-
tion acts as tributes of respects for distin-
guished services, may be passed without
limit, and every citizen of the State who in
civil or military capacity bas so demeaned
himself as to have won the approbation of
this Legislature, may be paid in full for his
services rendered to the Confederate cause.
This bill as it passed, is toe tbinly veiled to
be looked on in any other light than a palpa-
ble violation of. the spirit and letter of the
ordinance of. the Convention-; and should it
pass the Senate, we predict that the Gover-
nor will veto it without hesitation.
This action*is in striking contrast with the
course of the same body in settling tbe un-
paid salaries of judges and other officers of
the provisional government.
At W. H. Blanton's, on the loth inst bv
Rev. Jno. H. Zlvely, Mr. L. K. MiUae if*M¡2
Anna C. Haasbrough.
AÍ tbe residence of Dr. SmH, in Travis en..
Ob th© 29th nit, by Rev. W. H. D. Carrin*-
ton, Mr. 8. R. McFarland and Miss Celeetia
E*ell, all of this county.
In this fcty, on the ICtb inst, by J. H.
J- P., Hon. Frite Tegener, repre-
sentative of Kerr county, and Miss Augusta
Strunk, of this city.
W1 Unr CitVQ 16th U6L> by Rev. John
*1 M- S- Boater of Navasota,
Texas, to Mrs. M. C. Davis, of Austin.
SKefe.
At Brooklyn, . Y., on tbe 4th inst,Eenry.
little son of Mr. and Mrs. Josiah Bishop, of
this city.
New Advertisements.
JAMES MGQUOID,
CHRIS. MKHLK
M ííí
. J (JOS.
1HUU,
ATCOCK,
GITZIKOER.
McQUOID, MEHLE ¿ CO.,
Successors to C. Wilken ft Co.,
•tUISNM HBMAITSf
FR the sale of Cattle, Hogs and 8heep.
STOCK LANDING,
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City of Jefferson, La.
Latest Mews.
state.
A few sporadic cholera eaae* continue at 3ao Anto-
nio. The disease will probably disappear entirely ta
a short time.
The Huntsville Item comei to us in mourning on
account of the late Northern elections.
We received yesterday the first number of the Com-
mercial, a very neat ana ably conducted paper juat
started at Lavaca by D. R. Freeman it Con il. 8.
Thrall editor-
Total vote for Congressmen, 90
Majority in favor of mayor's election,. 120.
Pursuant to previous notice, Andrew S. R.
Park, the Henry Clay of Bosqne county, ad-
dressed an assembly of ladies and gentlemen
in the Representative Hall of the Capitol, on
Saturday evening, on the subject of frontier
protection and other public matters. The
speaker claimed to be well posted in tbe
matter of the outrages that have so long
afflicted the border settlers. His speech was
well received, judging from the applause
which greeted sope passages. At' the close
loud calls were made for Maj.aTom. Ochiltree,
who did not respond.
This community was thrown into a state of
gloom yesterday by the announcement of the
sadden demise of Capt. W. W. Reynolds. He
died about 12 o'clock from an overdose of
morphine taken the previous, evening as a
remedy. The deceased bad endeared himself
to a large circle ef friends in this city by his
genial nature and pleasant manners, and was
highly esteemed by all who knew him. A
noble man has gone down the dark valley
and crossed the river of death, but his mem-
ory abides in many a heart.
Hon. Fritz Tegener, of Kerr county, by his
" solitary " vote against the endorsement of
the Johnson policy, and bis subsequent vote
against a resolution rejecting tbe proposed
14th article of the Constitution of the United
States, had already attested his loyalty and
unionism to tbe satisfaction of his friends,
when on last Tuesday morning he put aside
all doubt, if any yet remained, of bis devo-
tion to tbe Union, by entering into conjugal
alliance with the fair and accomplished Miss
Augusta Strunk of our city. May this hap-
py union entered into by our friends be free
from jars and discords, and the name of the
patriotic Fritz Tegener be multiplied and
perpetuated in the land of the free.
Mr. Camp of Navasota made a speech at
the capitol Monday eveniug, advocating the
granting of a charter to build a railroad
from the Sabine to Eagle Pass on the Rio
Grande, which is designed ultimately to reach
Mazatlan on the Pacific, and connecting at
Vicksburg with tbe roads throughout the Uni-
ted States and Cañadas. He said the entire
job would cost only $28,000,000, and that if
he could get the charter he would hare it
built in six years, and endeavored to demon-
strate that it could easily be accomplished.
The work is to commence at Navasota and
progress in the direction of the Sabine and
Rio Grande at the same time. The speaker
seems to be a thorough railroad man, and
deeply in earnest. We observed a large and
well-defined map of the Southern'Confedera-
cy and Northern Mexico, showing plainly the
route of the proposed road.
We attended Tuesday night, a theatrical en-
tertainment, at Baa&s' Hall, given by the Ger-
man Singing Society, for the benefit of the
German indigent widows and orphans of this
city. The entertainment passed qff pleas-
antly, and we judge, from the applause
which greeted the stage, gave general satis-
—as Jmu* of HanSam Houston
was presented in Tableaux, withTíñe effect."
Inscribed beneath it' was these ever-memor-
able words : " To the Hero of San Jacinto.''
In a cloud, came down the words: " Honor
to Wbom Honor is Due." This Society well
deserves the praise which acts of this char-
acter bestow upon them. While in the
midst of their own prosperity, th«y are
always mindful of the unfortunate around
them.
We warn the public against horse thieves.
We do not know that there is any more
horse and cattle stealing going on now than
is ordinarily tbe case, bnt people Will grow
careless. We frequently beat of thiB sort of
thieving about in spots, as well as the usual
amount of petty stealing. A few nights ago
a gentleman in town from the country, who
came in to attend church, saw a thief in the
act of unhitching bis animal tied to a limb
of a tree, within a few steps of tbe church
building, but be got there in time to scare
the fellow off before he secured tbe horse.
DOMESTIC.
There have been heavy floods in Maryland, doing
considerable damage.
Returns from 45 countiea of Ohio, give a Republican
majority of 45,70J, and 43 countiea tb hear from,
which associated press dispatches say wUl reduce the
majority to 45,000.
An Indianapolis dispatch of the 19th, says re!
come in slowly. As Ear as heard from the State
ate stands—Rep. 32, Dem. 18; House, Rep 64, D. 36.
At New York on the 12th, gold stood 51 3-4, another
dispatch says S3, cotton quiet at 39 to 41.
Judge Alexander, of the Circuit Court of Baltimore,
has decided that greenbacks are not a legal tender.
A Republican mayor and council were elected at
Baltimore on the 9th.
It is stated that Republicana we elected to Congress
in six of the Indiana districts, Democrats in two, with
two doubtful. Speaker Colfax beat Turpie 2,000-
Tbe majority in the State is set down at 15,000.
The Republicans are said to have eleeted every
Congressman in the six districts of Iowa. Majority
placed at 30,000.
The Pennsylvania Legislature stands—Senate, Uep.
34, Dem. 12; House, Rep. 83, Dem. 35.
At New York on the 13th, (old stood 152 7-8, cotton
firmer, middling 41 to 43.
The Louisville theatre was destroyed by tire on the
night of the 12th. Adjoining buildings damaged.
<0,000 lbs. Texas wool at Boston brought 35c, and
small lots 32 to 36c. currency.
Republican majority in Pennsylvania set down at
about 20,000. Congressional delegation stands 18 to
6, being a Republican gain ot two members to the
"Lth Congress.
A Washington special to the n. y. Herald asserts, in
Our people frequently have their own sport
at the expense of the Freedman's Bureau.
A few mornings since, the " latch-string" of
a couple of our bachelor friends, was uncer-
moniously raised, and the grinning" phiz"
of one of Ethiopia's fairest daughters sang
out: "Does the Buro man stay up dar?"
Being answered in an unsatisfactory manner,
and questioned as to her want for the " Buro,"
she replied that she wished to " get permis-
sion from the aforesaid institution to give a
good thrashing—a regular wearing-out—to
an unrulj and impudent child of her own
Oar bachelor friends " ogoified" tbe case of
" excessity" with ber for some time, but find
ing tbat nothing would, satisfy bet but tbe
" Buro man," they, with as serious a face as
gentlemen of their cloth, when fün was
ahead, could be expected to command, refer-
red ber to the Bureau Establishment of
England A Hannig, on Pecan St, with their
assurances that she would find the article de-
sired. The last tbat this local saw of ber,
she was going " double quick" in that direc-
tion
By tbe way, if any of our readers wish a
bureau that will reflect credit and beauty on
a freeman * parlor, this is the place to get it
For some weeks the weather has continued
remarkably clear and pleasant. No frost yet.
No disagreeable northers have prevailed—
slight ones frequently, rather acceptable than
otherwise. The weather has been the best
for cotton picking, plowing, cutting grass
and cord wood, making rails, sowing small
grain, doing all. manner of out-door work,
and sentimental enough for matrimony : not
too cold or too hot. On Sunday night it be-
came cloudy and a little cool, and by morn-
ing a shower of rain fell.
Wheat is worth here about $1.50, flour
$5.50 per 100 lbs., corn 50, meal 75, sweet
potatoes 50 to 75, Irish do., $4, bacon 25,
lard 20, butter 25, chickens 20, eggs 25, and
other things in proportion. Pecans are be-
ginning to come in and bring from $1 to $1J
per bushel.
See card of Messrs. McQnoid, Mehle & Co.,
successors to C. Wilken & Co., commission
merchants for tbe sale of cattle, hogs and
sheep, at the stock landing in Jefferson, La.
We are assured of the responsibility of this
firm. They receive the larger portion of the
Texas cattle landed for New Orleans.
We notice that A. B. Palm, at the old stand
of S. M. Swenson, has received a full and
general assortment of Gents' Fall and Winter
Clothing, latest styles; - also, Ladies' Dress
Goods and Shoes, Gents' Boots and Shoes,
and Family Groceries. Members of the Leg-
islature and citizens generally are invited <0
call. ?tl8
Our lady readers will take notice that Paris
fashions have decreed two distinct crinolines i
one a little, round, insignificant hoop, flexible
as a willow, for short morning skirts; the
other a long train crinoline, like a peacock's
tail, expanding out, for evening splendor.
We bear "of complaints of negro disturb-
ances at a bouse on Pecan street. The place
is considered a nuisance by the neighborhood,
and ought to be abated.
One of the wonders of the telegraph may
be cited in the fact that within thirty hours
after the close of the polis at the late North-
era elections, the result was known in Austin.
Maj. Pendleton, private secretary to Gov.
Houston, and well known in this city, died
at Galveston on the night of the 5th.
substance, that if the remlining States go Republican
the President will recognize it as the voice of the peo-
ple and plant himself on the proposed constitutional
amendment as a basis of settlement.
FOREIGN.
It is rumored that the Prussian and Saxon plenipo-
tentiaries have amicably adjusted all difficulties, and
ppRoe negotiations have been finally concluded.
At Liverpool on the 10th, cotton was firmsi, sales
20,000 bales, middling uplands 14 7-8d.
It is said Gen. Mejia, Imperial
commander, has moved on Monterey.
A battle, it is thought, has resulted.
Maximilian is reported to have gone
over to the church party, as a last
resort, to conciliate the clergy. He
has restored all the church property,
annulled all offensive laws, and
dismissed his ablest ministers. It is
reported that French money was on
the way out, and that Frencfr troops
will remain to support him. Quien
sabe ?
Wrecks. ¡
The steamer Starlight, from Wil-
mington to New York, ran ashore on
Barnegat Island and has bilged. The
vessel is probably lost.
The steamer George Cromwell,
from New Orleans, arrived at New
York on the 9th, having on board
the crew and passengers of the
steamship Daniel Webster, and also
the crew of the schooner Minnehaha.
The Daniel Webster was from this
port for Mobile, and' encountered a
heavy gale, causing her to founder
off the coast of Florida, Oct. 3, and
the Cromwell took off sil her passen-
gers and crew while the Webster was
sinking. No lives lost. The crew
of the schooner Minnehaha were
picked up at sea on the 5th, having
abandoned their vessel.
The bark Venus, for Philadelphia
from London, had on board fourteen
of the officers and crew of the wreck-
ed ship Shooting Star, from Liver-
pool for Eastport.
Thé steamer Evening Star sailed
from New York for New Orleans on
Sept. 29th, and encountered a severe
gale on the afternoon of the 3d, 180
miles east of Tybee Island. After
weathering the storm 17 hours she
foundered at 6 o'clock on the morn-
ing of the 4th, wijih 270 souls aboard,
only 17 of whom are known to have
been saved. Of the French opera
troupe, numbering 60, none escaped.
Loss $4,000,000; no insurance.
Some workmen engaged in exca-
vating in Wheeling, for the purpose
of laying the foundation of the new
buildings to be. erected there, came
across a skeleton. The bones were
of an unusual size, and are supposed
to be the remains of one of the In-
dian chiefs' who used to figure con-
spicuously in that neighborhood
about a century ago.
A gentleir i seized with a fit of
coughing was so unfortunate as to
cough out a set of false teeth Friday
while coming up James river on one
of those magnificent steamers which
ply those waters. The gentleman
had his head over the band rail at
the time, and the teeth sank into the
turbid waters to rise no more.
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