The Texas Countryman. (Hempstead, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 13, 1868 Page: 2 of 4
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we do a eash busmes. A cross mark on a
osperdu notes that a subscriber's time has
expired.
Tho following person• are author ied
s^eut* fir "The Country man,' ' and to
receive -mb-wriptious audadvertising.for
roeeipt for in oners due this office:
John Y. Kauki'u is authorized to receive
subscription* for the Countryman.
Capt. A. J. Bell, of Industry.
Booth & Bennedtt, Strand. Galveston,
Wharton St, Sancliff, 115 Common St.
New Orleans.
HEMPSTEAD:
1868.
Wedvksday ..... ..Ma
GTDuring my absence from Hempstead
•n business connected with the office, Mr-
H. O. Sterrett will act as my represen-
tative ,'tnd is hereby authorized to transact
map business connected with the office.
1 hope tlwt parties npon whom I may call
for debts due the Cocktryuan will lay
hy enough to settle.all claims.
CHAS. A. BEMA.Ñ.
Wo aré under the impression that
the next time the editor oí the Hemp-
stead Cocntkyma* leaves home, he
liad better appoint a pro tern. who
can keep from "cussi >g" through the
colunns of the paper.—[Houston
Democrat.
Wo, can't help it, Mr. Democrat.
Publishing a country newspaper
without '* cussing " is a things that
can't be did. Besides, there is a
clisa of people—'politics! hucksters,
. renegades, thieves, el til omite genus,
( wtt 'lo not refer to the Democrat)—
to whom we cannot «lo justice without
using '' bad words." But what busi-
ness is that of yours T Dern yon.
We hear that -western
tained two editorial articles, one of ele^d_tft tho lf iingiriaaJjiot
which commentedonCabinet troubles, Se^u thousand seven bandied
wbffii the other discussed the indus- md ¿gh^-t wo policemen areemploy-
trisl prospects of the South Ju|ed in London
the former it assailed the President
with severity, for what it termed his
opposition to the Congressional, phlft
of reconstruction; while in the latter
it mwh timed the law itself in forci-
ble language.- The political position
of the two articles wa as wide apart
al dáy «id night, and yet they were
the utteraneea of a leading journal
which makes a profession of being
governed by a strict devotion to polit-
ical principles and honesty in the
expression of them. .But the differ-
ence to which we have alluded ¿hows
the danger of. being taught by jour-
nals which are conducted in m ÍÍre-
sponsible aiid careless a manner.
We noticed iu (he Galveston
>pk\.—it s «gr ^
no memlier oT a
Loyal League in th« South can bt>
punished for any "crime w
^©«^ ^ft nffsucr "cises, accept
bail for hundreds of thousands of dób-
late from meu whom they would not,
privately, er*d in© tin. amewit^füve|
|k nr }*
being shipped from Bryan to" the up- 'n °®1
—í. n(^i ir."
per counties. • -
Cases of genuine ancient leprosy,
it is said, exist in Canada and Wis-
consin.
It is estimated that tlifc machinery
of Great Britain does the work of
four hnndred million men..
It is reported that Gen. S. B. Buck-
ner will soon become the editor of the
Louisville Courier. •:
dollars. Under such auspices,
criminal goes abroad,^ is continued
in office, and (hat
The object oft he ¿oval Leagues is
to get tli<-ir creatureí iutó all the of-
fices of thexouutry. so that they may
work together—one set stealing the
people's money, and another set see-
iug that the (hievea do not suffer.
The pirty of great moral ideate believ s
two things:
1. That-it is entitled to whatever H
may desire;
2. That the end justifies the
means.
, _ . . . Therefore, whatever the people of
The Democrats have a majority of thp Sont]| ,nflV 8uffi.r at the 0f
papers a feW days ago the departure
from Galveston for New Yfirk of the
propelfor Tybee, Captain CaulkinB.
There is nothing remarkable in that,
but we are (impellcd by pleasing re-
collections to pay a slight tributeto
the noble Tybee and her gallant-offi-
cers and crew. No better craft ever
plowed the foriows of the Atlantic
or rode th¿ billows of the Gnlf tban
the Tybee. In all her appointments
slia is perfect, and no fears as to
safety are ever entertained by pas-
sengers during V heavy weather."
H r cabins ' and state-rooms are
models of elegance and beauty-
Capt. Caulkins is one of the noblest
old " sea dogs" thtt ever trod "
deck, and it has never been our lot
in life to treetva more high-toned,
affable and gallant gentleman than
Capt. C. Mr. Shorter, the peerless
Stewart, will be found by passengers
as a gentleman with whom it is well
to become acquainted. By his coui"
tesy and kind attentions he readily
endears himself to all.
We most cordially recommend the
Tybee to those contemplating a visit
to New York the coming summer.
We respectfully deff our hat to
the Galveston Daily Dispatch for the
followiug complimentary mention of
the Country mat? :
The Tex as Countryman has
entered upon its eighth volume, and
bears «pon its papes the real evi-
dence of life in good editorial, worthy
eorretpondeKc !, choice selections, full
local items, e- peci illy - >f late, and
what i« most important, a full quota
of advertising patrounge.
The Texas Convention.
He\i>qr's Fifth M hitar y Pis't., {
Jiexv Orleans, La., May 5, }eo3.. \
Ppecia! Ordern No. i>7- ] '
[ Extract.] '
. 1 . Tht> Constitutional Convention
of Texas will assemble on the 1st in-
Stead of'he 15¡h of June, 1S68, at.
heretof ue directed in Special Orders
So.7S, current scries from these head-
quarters.
By command of ürevet Maj.'Gen.
H. O. Buchanan.
TflOS. H. XEILL.
A. A. A. G.
The-National Publishing Co., No.
5.13 Olive street, St. Louis, Mo., have
in press and will shortly publish, in
two volumes, a work entitled " The
* ar Between the Raees," its causes,
chnracter, conduct and results, by
Alexander 11. Stephens, for the sale
of which they advertise for agents.
As this work, owing to its official
character, and the recognizod genius
o|. the author, will render it one of
th«* most popular literary productions
of the age, we can but predict a
handsome revenue to agents. See
idVtíttísinneiit in another column.
Evkry ¡Saturday.—This gem of
Kterary' Worth is attracting that
popularity to which it h> so justly en-
titled. The most notable feature
about it is a story entitled "Foul
Play," by Chas. Reade and Dion
Bonn caul t. Published every Satur-
day by Ticknor & Fields, Boston,
^lass., at !5 per annum.
1 eterson s Magazine for June has
been received. We are nnablo to
•peak in encomiums sufficiently ex-
pressive of the merits of this nisga-
*iae. Beyond a doubt it is the cheap-
eEt monthly in America—-only jo per
year. Chas. Peterson, publisher, 30G
ChiStnw- street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Galveston and Houston haw got
base ball on the braiu, had. Can't
t|p* young men of Ilempstfad ftrxa a
•lull
The Stock-raisers, Convention
which was held at Waco, on the
: 2d inst., adopted resolutions in favor
of the adoption of some systematic
plan for the shipment of beeves to
New Orleans, whereby the interests
of the stock-raisers of the whole
State may be promoted, and provid-
ing for the appointment of a cattle
agent at" New Orleans.
An exchange asks: "What are we
taxed for '?'* Well, sir, pretty much as
follows:
First, to free the negroes, and make
•them your equal.
Second, to support negroes in idle-
ness, and thereby make them your su-
perior.
Third, to keep up an army to
overawe you and destroy your liber-
ties.
The above, nd about a hundred
ether siiniliar things, is what you an
taxed for.
The case of Mrs. Gen. Gaines will
show what even a woman can do by
a steadiness of purpose, determination
and perseverance. The long pending
case in the United States Supreme
Court has just been finally decided
in her favor, after being in court for
(hirry-six years. The property in-
volved is in New Orleans, and is
computed at seven müiions of dollars.
Arlington, once the magnificent es
tate of G. W. P. Curtis, and now tin-
property of Generid Lee, is to be di-
vided into small farms and sold (?) to
negroeB, The Alexandria Gazette
says that the old mansion has gone to
ruin. The handsome groves that
once decorated. and adorned the
ground? have been ruthlessly des-
troyed, and devastation has usurped
the place of ancestral splendor.
Cars ace now loaded at Mobile
with new vegetables, consisting of
green peas, turnips, cabbages, cucum-
bers, snap beans, beets, Irish potatoes,
dewberries, strawberries, etc., at.
tached to passenger trains, and for.
wanted with expidition to Chicago
for á market.
tw.elve on joint ballot ia the Georgia
Legislature.
Hard tim s in Richmond. The
Qtspritcl; J£biitaiu8 six columns of
Sheriff's sales.
Northern Italy shipped 1069 emi-
grants for America in the early part
of last month.
Women are nov employed in Ger-
many as telegraph operators, post-
office clerks, ticket-sellers on rail-
roads, etc.
The Right Hon. Benj. Disraeli
has resigned the Premiership, and
Her Majesty has sent for Gladstone to
form a uew Ministry.
Arkansas furnishes artificial legs to
all in that State who lost natural ones
during the war on either side, Con-
federate or Federal.
Returns show that the mongrel
Constitution foi Louisiana lias been
adopted by from 7,000 to 10,000 ma-
jority.
Judge W. S. Oldham, familiarly
aud favorably knowu throughout the
a Loyal League office-holder, if he
will disgorge a portion of the spoils
for the benefit of ti party, he maybe
guilty of any means of obtaining such
spoils without hating any feai
that ho will ever be brought to pud-|
iáhment.
-0 mi Hu<iiii'Hpl|rtr
that both branches of the Geogia
legislature are radical, also that the
adoption of the const i
b*2gí!ies of the
tu
H
im
ously sick.
The friends of the President, who
are supposed'to know a thing or two,
were betting wild on acqoitfal ; two
to one, ten to one, and a hundred to
Later at njfibt the bulls rallied When G^. Napwr caine iu si-ht the
* I irk: - l Í J hín anmb^i) nnar. fitm witli i Vim criinfi.
Geu Hancock.
Commenting upon the comparative
popularity of Gens Grant and Han-
cock, with the army, ia respect to a
political "run," Mr. Forsyth writes
as follows in a letter from Washington
to the Mobile Register :
I have said before that the princi-
pal stock iu the radical political mar-
ket was the popularity oi Gen. Giant.
1 apprehended that they will find
that this force has been .greatly over-
rated. Gen.'Grant has sot a particle
of enthusiasm in bis nature, nothing
electric or sympathetic to draw the
hearers either of the soldiers or the
civil masses to him. lie is a cold,
pnlselí ?s, firm man, who will.butcher
au army " to fight it oul on a line"
hi; has chosen, but who forgets to
visit the hospital crowded with his
maimed aud mutilated victims. The
r.-sult is, that the soldiers forjret to
precisely the character demanded by
ihe emergency, iu the event of hi*
fair and legal election and a struggle
to prevent his inauguration. These
¿nd oilier consideration* ate opera-; the party
ting powi ifdly to push him np in) judgment.
The Wa«'o Register says 3$00
bead of beeves are now under herd
on the Leon, and will move soon for
4.
Indiana, where they will be grazed
and fattened for parking.
Lath Papers.—Our thanks are
again due Charlie Hcpson, of Ma-
son's news depot, Houston, for late
papers. Charlie is a " brick."
, Fiñy-seveu. German emigrants «>
rived in Galvetien from Bramen on
the 7th i*st. -
n ¡rrah ícr J«<.k '-{jfcvwaggon.
State of Texas, died in Houston on c¿|ipr ,1¡(n ^¡ielt oeca5Í),nR
the Sth inst.
The Conservatives of Georgia liavt
nominated for the Presidency Gen.
W. S. Hancot-k, and for the Vice-
Presidency the Hon. J. Q. Adams*
of Massachusetts.
Gen. Morgan was buried in Louis-
ville with Masonic honors. His re-
mains were followed to the grave uy j
all of his ola squadron that w*ri
present, mounted on horseback.
There is a river in Illinois known
as the Cache, which pursues a mean-
dering course of one hundred miles,
while the distance from its source to
its month i? only thirty pix miles.
The -Coiiserrative and Radical'
Conventions are both in session at
Richmond, V.t. Trie latter ha:
nominated Graut for President, mid
Wilson of Mass., for Vice-Presi-
dent.
A few days ago a foreign gentle-
man, just arrived at New York by
steamer, was escorted to the Uuited
States Marshal's office, where his
hoot-heel was struck off and found to
contain 58,000 worth of diamonds.
Santa Anna, once reputed enor-
mously rich, is now bankrupt. In a
suit recently brought by bun in Ha-
vana, be avowed his inability to give
security for his part of the coBts.
Gen. John C. Freemont is in
Washington, preparing to advocate
before Congress the passage of the
bill granting public lands to the
Memphis, El Paso aud Pacific Rail-
road Company, of Texas.
A correspondent of the Mobile Reg-
ister, writing from Belize, British
Honduras, gives the following de-
scription of the climate of that coun-
try :
This is certainty the most delight-
ful country tbatl have ever lived in,
aud I have experienced all, from Vir-
ginia down to this latitude, during all
the seasons. The thermoinetor has
been as low as 62 9 , and has not been
higher tbau SI * since my residence
here, although in midsummer it goes
to 88 °, and has but rarely reached
90 ° . This is the temperatnre ill the
city and along the coast. As yon as-
cend the highlands, towards the
inouritaius, it is much lowei. In the
sun it is sometimes oppressive, but 1
have yet to experience a sun as hot
as that which I felt in Bay St. Lonis,
Mississippi. While the delightful
sea breezd, the "trade winds,'" which
here sweep entirely across the coun-
try, keep one fanned info a perfect
state of
time, and ._
ing these fine breezed, be can, with" a
moderate amount of -labor, have
growing around him in the greatest
luxuriance Indian ceru, rice, yams;
plaintains, sugar cane, tobacco, coffee,
sweet potatoes, yampas, and a variety
of other vegetable and bruits too nu-
Uterous to mention.
one.
and swept everything, and
to be particularly anxious to fiud any-
body áuxious to bet on acquittal.
To-day it has been a sea-saw operá-
tioo, the bears being, uppermost one
hour and the bulls the next. Should
excitement iucrease in the ratio it has
for the hist forty-ei^lit hours, by
Tuesday it will be up to fever heat,
and" something over, undoubtedly
Tuesday w ill be the most exciting
day iu Washington since the summ-
er of Lee's army. ,
The Express" seys there is a good
deal of ta':k about town to-day upon
the probability of the result of the
impcAcliment trial. The public pulse
is somewhat excited, but the prepon-
derance of opiuiou seems to be on tjie
side of acquittal.
A gentleman usually well informed
updii current topics, aud who has op-
portunities of knowing whereof he
speaks, stated this afternoon that
Senators had disposed of the .question
of Slant oil's removal, and will make
the question about tho -President'
ri ;ht to make the removal. The
poiiit about which they are now con-
cerned is that in relation to the ad in-
tfrim appointment and letter of au-
thority to. Gen. Thomas. The Sena*
tors who are satisfied that (here is no
canse of conviction, by reason of Mr.
Stanton's removal, are well satisfied
that the Executive bail the right to
make the ad interim nppoiutinent.
It is not believed, however, that this
point will be considered a high crime
or misdemeanor.
The above paragraphs are tele-
srapju-d to illustrate the uiter uncer-
tainty regarding the result.
In a Well authenticated conversa-
tion, the President is represented to
haw said, in answer to a question re
garditíg Bingham's suggestion that
he would not obey the Senator's man
date—why should I obey, if the
forma of the Constitution are com-
plied with 1 If Senators Ho not act
jnatlv, they are responsible, not to ine
■hut to the people. The people who
Sherman and Hancock are a hun-
dred fold more popular with the army
than Grant. The latter, especially.
is an t-leet-ic man, with a splendid
war record as a g< neral andJPheroic
character for personal dash and dar-
ing* He is wiihal a man of clear and
sound judgment, and his administra-
tion of the Fifth Military District
has proved bow earnest a champion
he is of civil rights. While, in nor-; hold the sovereign power Lave placed
nial p"iio:ls, it is adiiiit'ed that a sol-' on over one department with nil its
dier should not be chosen to do the j duties and responsibilities,, and have
work of a statesman: t lie'common ar-1 plac d monitors also \vi:b grave re-
gninent urged in beiiaií of his nomin- i spoi;siLili;ies and with Constitutional
ation is that the limes are not normal, • power to try impeachment and ren-
nnd that a soldier of action may be der judgment thereon. If they niis-
ihe fortress. The King's arinj
a groat height ia toll- view
agd\la, April 13—The tempo-
rary truce ended this morning.. The
King refusing to surreuder his prison-
second brigade, moved up the bill in
front. Sealesse was surrendered
without resistance. Tl e King l^ieii
retreated into Magdala. He planted
two ¿una'M* fb« bts«i of tli- wall.
ing opeiu*d upon him with the guns,
he English replied from,a twelve
pound Armátrongguii, s seven pound-
er; 'and with mskets. The King
abandoned his guns and the barricade
sally-port of the town wall, keeping
up a fire of musketrv. A bombard-
ment by the British for. three hours
followed ; when Gen. Napier ordered
his men to advance, and the town was
Carried by assault after a vigorous re-
sistance on the part of the enemy.
The King's loss, 3S kill-d and 2Ó0
wounded. The British lost, 15
wounded, rank and file. The King
Was found dead, shot through the
head; some say lie was killed in bat-
tle { others assert that he committed
shicide. His two - sons were taken
prisoners. AU the European prison-
ers liberated. The interior of the
King's stronghold presented an extra-
ordinary scene of barbaric splendor.
The troops plundered the place.
They found there four royal crowns
of gold, $20,000 in silver, valuable
plat«% rich jewels, &?. Among
trophies captured are 28 cannon,
5,000^tand of arms, 10,000 shields,
10,000 spears, and large quantity of
oth>*r material of war.
The British captives will leave for
London to-morrow. The army will
at once return to -the sea-board.
B9
PRICES CURRENT.
•V MR. URO. Q. LP.STRR.
Tkxas CojnmtYMAX Office, £
Hempstead. May 12. ltífiü (
COTTON—Since our last mmm ham
steadily declined, feud we have not heard
n'
iOrdit
Óur 1
„ Nh..
ninit of the 9th inst.. wbett Middling Up-
lands were quoted it 13id. Kew York
quotations are 30c. Tor Middfiñgs, with a
2 75* 3 no
12
21
SO
40
23
5.
use or abuse this, or any other power,
the people alone can hold them to ac-
c.'.uut. The people have tmpjwrred
their to tiy iiiipeacliinent, it it not for
tried to f- t a>ide tliei.
The people alone can set
men's tiiougli'sas the available Üem- tie v. ith their ag. nts for any abuse oí
ocratic candidate.
I'ü-r Caklotta.—The following
of " poor Curlútta," now at BrusBels,
rs from a late exchange •
Tho royal family are taking daily
drives and horse exercises among
thei- loyal subjects, and it is most
touching to see the Empress Carlo!-
ta, of Mexico, seated in an open, car-
riage, driven by (lie Queen, saluting
ivith grateful but sad smiles the
people, whose idol she is, and always
has been from her childnood. The
Express is looking very pale, and js
dressed in dee] mourning. The at-
tention paid toiler by the Queen is
beyond all praise, and there cau be
no doubt that her recovery from the
menial prostration, brought on by
the sad event so well known to
every one, is chiefly owing to the en-
ergy and devotion of her royal sister-
in law.
their great trusts.
Dip the Mississippi dry with a
teaspoon—twist your heel in the toe
of your boot —send up fishing-books
with balloons and fish for stars—get
astride a gossamer and chase a comet
—when a rain storm is coming down
like the cataract of Niagara, rmnem-
ber where yon left your umbrella—
choke aflea with a blanket—in short
prove everything hitherto impossible
to be possible—bntTiever coax a wo-
man to say she will, when she has
made up her mind to say she won't.
An exchange has been making up
some interesting newspaper statistics
and .finds that in I860, -the whole
number of copies of newspapers cir-
culated in the United States during
the year, were 927,851.54S. The
annua! circulation is now estimated
at 1,500,000,000. In Great Britain
the annual circulation of the newspa-
pers is estimated at 500,000,000.
, . . Of daily newspapers alone 700,000,-
enjoymeiy.. rsprly all the | 000 are annually circulated jn Amer-
l.whi'a ihe farmer is enjoy- ¡ca. a„d 250,000,000 in Great
St. Louis, May 9.—The Indians
have b&rned three car loads of freight
and tor down the t*l gr^ph wires
w« 8t of A>yte. The cavalry from
Fort- H'Vdí ir in parsui;.
ica, and
Britain.
That excellent paper, the Hemp-
stead CuUNTRymamv has just entered
upon the eighth year of its existence.
It is published by J. P. Osterhaut and
Chas. A- Beraanr-two gentlemen emi-
nently capable of. making a first-class
country journal.
We hope the citizens of Hemp-
stead will bestow the amount of pa-
tronage upon the Countryman
I which its merits so ricidv deserve.—-
¡ Ho-ntou Telegraph.
Our Southern exchanges are full
of calls for labor, aiid many sugges
tions as to where to get it. Some say
(hat Erin is the country, the ever
green isle being the only place that
produces men green enough to work
their level be.-t for low wages, alii
take their dues in mountain dew
made from Indian com. Others call
for patient and laborious Germans,
« he work all their lives, and only
give over when they come to their
•bier. Others, again, call for Poles (o
fence their lauds; while the members
of the pr^ss pronounce in favor of the
Bohemians, who are Satisfied with a
crust; a garret, and old clothes.
Some ex-planters, as they sip-iced
drinkp, cooly call for coolies; while
others, at their tea, call for John
Chitufinán to make the pot,boil.
Botli'iecelitly eiifrancliiFed frei.-dmen
and disfranchised freemen raise th
macedón fan cry to the toiling millions
of the world "come over and help
us;" but, like bible children ca'ling iu
the market they ell in vain, or only
get the answer of the heathen table,
that Hercules helps those who help
themselves. This the freedmen have
tried by helping themselves to most
of the loose chickens and pigs, and
many of the horned cattle of the
country ; but the experiment has on
ly aggravated the trouble; and still
everybody asks everybody else to go
to work, like a thousand men vocif-
erating "silence" iu a public meeting,
only to make confusion worse con-
founded. Nearly everybody thinki-
that all Texas needs is more people.
Our own impression is that the leas(
of our troubles arise from our want
of population. We concur in the
general verdict, that we want labor,
no matter from what qnarter it comes;
but we think it is wanted more-in our
own people, black and white, than
from any other source. ^[Galveston
Dispatch.
Mrs. Mary Walker, the female
doctor who created something of a
sensation in England soiue time since,
is lecturing on the^'Htunau System,"
at Albany, New York. Doctor Mary
wows the——what d'jre callVm T—
aud sports a medal which some folks
say she is not entitled, to.
Richmond, May 7.-—The Conserv-
ative Convention met -at noon. Six-
ty-fhree counties are represented.
Owing to a railroad accideut none of
the delegates from the Southwestern
counties have arrived.
Terrible Calamity.
San Francisco, May 9.—Various
terrible phenomena occurred at Mtina.
between the 2Slh of March and the
l"ih of April—2,000 earthquake
shocks occurred. The shocks of April
2d las'ed three miuutcs; no one couiri
stand ; chnrclies and houses in Ha-'
«varis, China, fell down. Following
this shock came a tidal wave sixty
foet high, sweeping everything before
it. 'l'he. earth opened with bottom-
less fissures—thirty persons were
swallowed iij . The earlh opened un-
der llie s*a, making the water red.
Vast land slides occurred, destroying
life and property. The summit -f a
hill J,500 feet high was thrown 1.000
feet over tops of trees, into a yallev he-
low. Gasses issued afterwards, des-
troying animal and vegetable, life.
An island 400 feet hijrh was thrown
up three miles, and is j-iim-J to the
land by a stream of lava a mile wide.
The volcanic display illuminated (lie
sea for fifty miles—100 lives lost
and half & million dolíais of property Starch, pure, per lb
lestioyed. " " """"c
WOOL—No changs to note. Pri-es
nominal. (Querr—why do not krwwera
bring thwrWocl here' for «ale as tiiiy d
their Cotton T We have lwyen here on
the vire for al) Wool that comes in, at
prices that Galveston and Houston can't
beat
PROVISIONS—We notice that Lard
aud Bacon still advances, with a prospect
of further advances. This is accounted
for from the fact (hat none of the Southern
States now make their own meat, and tba
Great West have the ten impoverished
States to furnish- i* tot , henee the de"
juand is putting prices up. > slight de.
cline is visible iu Coffee and Fleur. We
refer below for estimated quotations, and
bear iu mind that these prices have a retail
bearing, and wholesale concessions are
uiade:
Apples, dnedj? Ife-. —.$ 10Í* 12J
" green, p bbl none
Bed Heads' linking Pow-
ders,6 and 8 nz., per doz.
Cracker !, eoda i
sugar and creain
Candy, assorted:.". — . ...j.
fancy
Chocolate
Coffee, prime Rió .1 •
Java
Cider, e.hamgngne, ^ case,
Caudles, star, short weight,
" '* lull weight,
" sperm
Corn, Texas
Western
Flour, uninspected
" superfine
" extra .
* choice extra
Fruit, raisins, lasers, ^ L<x
" " hf-bo> es.
." •* qr-boxes
" lemons
" ornngei-
fics,
" prunes, i^'jnr
" currants, ^ ffi
Glass Goods,1'iekies doz-gal
" Lf-gnl.
" " " quarts
" " pints..
Wi>rc'r sauce,per dcz '
: " brandy clter's
" " " peaches
Markercl, Xo. I, kits.
" N«. 2, kits
" .i-bbl.,ishore,Xo.1
*• 4-hhl.,shore, No.'i
Molasses, Louisiana, gal.
" Texas
" . syrup
Nuts—almonds,per lb....
" walnuts
" filb.-rts
*' pecans...
Onions •
j Oils—kerosene, in cates,
l'eas
Porter and Ale, p doz qls.
r-v.d.r, per koj ......
Potatoes—new, per bushel
Rife, Indis, p Hi.
KiMtrd .Side* -.
Hope, Kentucky
Mai-illa..
" Cotton Ties..
Salt, Liverpool
• 1|«
18®
2
35®
none
22®
50®
5 Wit 6 (>0
21® '£>
25® 26
45® 47 i
— 75® 1 00
none
noue
10 5t¡® II F0
12 50® 13 til
14 5f® 15 50
3 50« 4 00
I 75® 2 ( )
1 50® 1 75
none
none
22® 24
® 2 /i
20® 2a
7 üC'a ti 00
5 50 V 6 Of
4 0O«) 4 SO
2 76-ÍH 3 t.0
4 50-s 5 0<*
5 50fi. fi nil
5 75® 0 (in
2 50'a' 2 70
-irá 5:V
it IK¡«10 50
7 50íi i? 0o
70®
C.víí
t?5® *
35®
ir>®
none.
noue
75®
Bone
1 5 -a 5
7 00 ® 7
1 5lKfe—
12®
If®
lía-
— &
80
7o
90
40
•-'!>
16
60
0:
50
J5
10
12
2".
3 25® 3 5.
Not Gicxerai.l^ K\o\v.\.— Mar-
tin V iu liaren is the only man who
held the office of President, Vice
President, Minister to England, Gov-
eriuVr ot-his own State, and member
of both Hoüsí's of Congress. Tho?.
II. Benton is the oijly ui.-tii who held
a seat iu the Unite! States Senate
for thirty consecutive years. The
only instance of father and son in
the United States Senate at I he same
time is that of Henry Dodgg, Sena-
tor from Wisconsin,and hiss<>n, Au-
gustus C Dodge, Smalor from
Iowa. Gen. Jahies Shields is the
only man who ever lepresented two
States in ihe Uuited States Senate.
At one time he was Senator from Ill-
inois. and'subsequently from Minne-
sota. John Quincy Adams held po-
sitions Under (he Government during
every administration from that of
Washington to that of Polk, dnring
which he died, lie had been Minis-
ter to England, member of both
Ílouses of Congress, Secretary of
State, and Presid nt oí the United
States. He died while a member of
ihe House of Representatives.
A Good Thing.—Mrs. Stowe, in
one of her Chimney Comer Essays,
gets off the following good thing.
Which it would be well to think of:
jn all this talk, about (lie rights of
men and (he rights of wonien and the
righ(s of children, the world seems to
be forgetting what is quite important
—the duties of men, women, and
children. We all hear our rights,
till we .forget onr duties; and even
theology is beciuning to concern it
self more with what man has a right
to expect of bis Creator than what
the Creator has a right to expect of
man.
Mr. Geary, of the Southern Ban
ner, obtruded his genial " phiz " into
our sanctum yesterday morning.
He's a trump.
lb pujare
ííugar. Lo::is: ma f.tir
" clarified..,
" crushed
" Texas
Soda, per lb
Ua/ein® Kentucky. ^ vd..
•' India J...
Tea, Imperial..
" Yoi n<r I!y*on.
Tobacco, Virginia, p lb....
" smoking
Mm Pork..
Bacon, breakfast
llains, canvassed
HHT
I trick, -f M
Clear tiides
Lard, prime.in tierces
in hega
Butter, country
Cheese,Western
" E D
Leather, Texas
Lumber. Texas pine
Lime
Cement...
American Brandy
Whisyk, rectified
K3
\-<e
13a
17a
19a
12a
VI
IS.
] t
is
i'
15
12|a
I.
20a
22
22a
2:t
1 75a 2
(10
1 50a 2
00
75a 1
50
25a 1
2.
28 00n2t) on
20a
22
20a
22
none
alO
00
20a
21
19a
20
20a
21
25a
,19a
20
21a
22
40a
45
18 00:i20
00
4 50a—
—
— —a 5
00
3 00a 5
00
2 25a 2 50
NEW YOUK MARKETS.
Nkw York, May, 5.
Cotton—Middlings 31c.
Gold 139.
GALVESTON MARKETS.
Galveston. May 5.
Cotton—Middlidgé 2ic
Gold—140.
HOUSTON MARKETS.
Hoi ston, May 5.
Cotton—Middlings 21c.
Gold—139.
s. n. pier.
J. E. STEVENS
S. B. Pier & Co.
(Successors to J. B. Pier,)
—DEALERS in ALL kinds OF—
MERCHANDISE.
TRAVIS, TKXAS.
hi-fiin,
THE par. ncrshipíeretofore existing in
the name of WniTksutE & ISozman is this
day by mutual consent dissolved by tbc
withdrawsl of J. Á. Whiteside. Tiíe busi-
ness of the firm mill be settled by R. M.
Bozman, who .will assume all liabilities
and collect all claims. He will eontiiine
the business as heretofore under his own
ñamé. J. A1 WHITESIDE;
R. M. BOZMAN.
Hrjnpstead. March 3rd. 1 «. . :
ARE Á BRÓtn tÚ, Cotton
Factors and Gcneraf Coiuiuis«:on
Merchants, No. 4 Gravier Street. I w
Orleans. H. H- Ware, lateof Selmn. Ahi-
jas. T. Ware, lste of Galveston, Tcxss
oe«5 Jr.
W. H. STARKS,
Saddler&Oa new* Maker
BRENHAM.
WASAINGTON COUNTY, TEXAS.
A
.. , t, Harness and
Materials always on hand, and for
sale at prices to suit the tines. The trade
supplied. r¿4-tf
LOST.
LOST, On the old Brenham roa«T. bn.
tween Bellville and Centre Hill, a r.-ll i-f
ten dollar preenbaeks, amounting to fifty
dollars. Any body returning the same to
G. II- Boyd. Chap-pcll Hill, will be lib. r-
nll\ rewarded. lil-tfc
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Osterhout, J. P. The Texas Countryman. (Hempstead, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 2, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 13, 1868, newspaper, May 13, 1868; Bellville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth180294/m1/2/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.