Weekly Journal. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 44, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 24, 1850 Page: 3 of 8
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Description oj a
They fit
And gotured arid bit,
And struggled in the mod,
Dntil the ground.
For miles around.
Was kivered with their blood:
And a pile of noses, ears and eyes
Large and massive, reached the skies.
Theris a l2mo Bible, published at Concord.
N. H.. in which the sluggard «directed to go
to his launt" asa pattern of industry.
"Father, did vou ever have another wife
besides mother?" 'No. my boy; what Pos-
sessed vou to ask su«*h a question . Be-
cause I sa w in the old family Bible where you
married Anny Dominy, in 1835. and that isn t
mother, for her name was Sally Smith.'
Oh. if there were one gentle eye
To weep when I might grieve,
One bosom to receive the sigh
Which sorrow oft will heave-
One heart, the waves of life to cheer,
Though rugged they might be-
No langoage can express how dear
That heart would be to me !
A despatch in the St. Louis Republican, da-
ted Cape Girardeau, 4th inst.. states that «he
steamboat Amazonia, from New Orleans, ar-
rived there on that morning, and that a pas-
senger reported '-from 35 to,40 deaths, three
of whom were cabin passengers, supposed to
be from cholera."
A talkative member of Parliament was re-
.L.'.r. u,w «f nto colleagues for not having
opened his mouth during the whole session.
"You are mistaken," he replied, "for ]
yawned through all your speeches."
A bale of cotton, recently sent from Liver
pool to the Aberdeen Railway, was found, on
being opened, to contain a live cat.
A Washington dispatch of the 27th ult. says:
" The old Cuba rumora are again afloat, and
the Spanish Minister here is much annoyed.
Telegraphic communication between here and
New Orleans is frequent on the subject."
No lady will be admitted to the next :: Wo-
man's rights" convention who does not "shave
and sing bass." The officers are expected to
wear moustaches.
Gilbert Stuart, the celebrated portrait paint-
er, once met a lady in the street, in Boston,
who saluted him with—
"Ah, Mr. Stuart. I have just seen your min-
iature, and kissed it, because it was so much
like you."
" And did it kiss you in return?"
" Why no."
" Then," said Stuart, " it was not like me."
The charities, public and private, bestowed by
Jenny Lind. in New York and Rrooklyn, are esti-
mated, by those who have the best opportunities of
knowing, at 830.000.
Sir Henry Bulwer, the British Minister to
the United States, delivered a speech lately
before the St. Andrews Society at New York.
Its purport was an encomium on the United
States and her great men. Hon. Daniel Web-
ster especially, arid the expression of his wish
to see England and the United States hound
together so firmly with the ties of peace that
war shall never again take place between
them, It is to be hoped that he will be grati-
fied.
Praise and Censure.—All men
Eraise and deprecate censm^yet th$
oth is greatly overrated^ That' v
:ovet
really excellent is not much improved b;
gisms, and that which is obviously
neither better nor worse for words of disjjjtr-
«gemcnt. ■ Dcwdce prmsw antHstn
rarely awarded with anything like justice,
that "in the minds of the judicious, they lave
littletf<%ht. 1 /
Mr. Owens, of Manchester, has bequeathed
X100,000 lor the erection of a college in Man-
chester, where the same system ot education
is to he adopted, as that pursued at Cam-
bridge and Oxford.
William Tell Beaten.—At Germanton,
N. H.; Nathaniel Whiftier, with his rifle, shot
the bowl of a smoking pipe from a man's mouth
at the distance of 80 yards, and at the same
distance shot an apple from the head of an-
other.
A dispatch in the Evening Picayune states that
the sfeamf hip Empire City, lrom Chagfcs, has ar-
rived at New York, with nearly $4,000,WO in gold
dust, and a large number of passengers. The
Georgia brought 330 passengers.
The President's family having recent'^ estab-
lished themselves in the Presidential mission
were formally visited, oa the 29th ult., k the
members of the Cabinet, and the Diplomatic
Corps. '
A Contrast—The President's message oc^-
nies three and three fourths columns of the Rich-
mond Enquirer. The message of Governoi Flo^\
to the Virginia legislature, which appears in
same paper, fills six columns,
I joss of the Steamer Anson.
The following correct report of tise loss of
this vessel was furnished to the N. Orleans
Picayune, by the Captain of the Anson. It
was designed to correct some errors in the ac-
counts already given. It is due to Captain
King to state that he bears a high character,
both here and on the Rio Grande, as an ex-
perienced seaman, having a thorough knowl-
edge of the Gulf coa3L
Gentlemen—In your paper of December
15th I see it stated that the U. S. steamer An-
son went ashore in Matagorda Bayj that 13
an error. The Anson left the bar o! Brazos
Santiago on Sunday, the 24th, at 4 o'clock iu
the afternoon, the wind then moderate at S.
S. E. She had a crew of nineteen, and fif-
teen passengers in the cabin, besides those on
deck. At 8 o'clock the same night, the sea
and wind increased fast. At 10 o'clock a sea
struck the quarter boat and the bolt in the
stern drew, and she was lost in spite ot all ef-
forts to save her. At daylight it was blowing
a gale at sea, and a tremendous sea. At 2
P. M. Monday, the 25th. made the houses at
Pass Cavallo—i. e., we could see through the
haze something that looked like houses. The
sea broke then heavily in eight fathoms of wa-
ter, and we dare not go in. The boat was
then hauled out S. E. to S.and headed to sea.
At 4 P. M. the engineer reported that the en-
gine did not turn over fast enough to supply
the boiler. She was then put off E. N. É.
and the jib and foresail set. She went along
on that course laboring heavily, both false
sides full of water, but qot gaining in the hull
until half-past 9, when she was stj-uck by a
heavy sea and immediately commenced filling,
the water rising to two feet in a few minutes.
The Helm was put hard a starboard and she
fell off and got before it, hut almost immedi-
ate brought to, when I discovered that one
of the wheel ropes had parted; the jib and
foresail were taken in and site worked round
head Jo sea and shipped, three heavy seas
washing every thing off deck and sweeping
the hutches off. As soon as the jib would
take on the port side it was set, and also the
foresail-rbolh sheets flat to port; the helm
hard a port, and she paid off slowly, evident-
ly tecoming water-logged and having then 3
ieet in the hold. She got before the sea again,
and in thirty minutes we had the satisfaction
of seeing the whole line of breakers on the
beach, where the boat was run head on. and
steam worked until she swung her stern to the
N. E. and ra me broadside to. A rope was.
after some difficulty, got on shore, and the la-
dies taken on shore by holding on to us whilst
we pulled ourselves through the surf by the
rope. In a very feV.minutes the cabins were
swept of!'. Thank Qiod no lives were lost
had the boat gone dfewn ten minutes sooner
than she reached theAhefich. with five feet in
the hold, not a soul^ould have been saved.
r THOS. B. KING.
Preserving Gathered Flowers.—For
the benefit of Quij^uly readers, we copy from,
an Eastern pap^Ttle following receipt í
preserving the feauty of gathered
''Procure a flat dish of porcelain
pour water; place upon it a vase of flowers,
and over the vase a bell glass, with its rim in
the water. The air that surrounds the flow-
ers being confined beneath the bell glass,
constantly moist with water, that rises into it
in the form of vapour. As fast asthe water is
condensed it runs down the side of the bell
glass into the dish; and if means be taken to
enclose the water on the outside of the. bell
glass, so as to prevent it evaporating i Jo the
air of the sitting room, the atmosphere around
the flowers is continually damp. Thei plan
r J
: receipt iot
d flowers:/
i, into which
experiment may bt¿ tried oi
inverting a tumbler over a
cer with water."
n-k. small scale by
. ro^p bud in a sau-
New Process in the Treatment op Flax, giv-
ing it the Texture of Cotton.—The Charleston
Mercury publishes a London letter of the 15th Nov.
from which we extract as follows:
If you read our papers, you will see some para-
graphs respecting a new prócess in the treatment
oi'iiax. giving it the the texture of cotton, and al-
lowing of its being span with thetnachinlry now
qsed lor the latter cumodity. I have spoken to-day
tfith one of our best flax brokers, who confirms,
tfora personal knowledge, what is so stated. This
r#ay intefere with the use of cotton- Our imports
of flax amount annually tp about 80 or 90 000 ions:
those of cotton to three ot tii&es that quantity
It
by those largely en-
ce of good Riga ¿ax is
is a matter to be watel
gaged in cotton. The
about .£33 per ton.
A Great Hunt.—lion. Edward Stuart
Wortley and Hon. W.Coke. of(¿titeen Victo-
ria's Guards, arrived sjt St. Louis on HW 21st
November from St. Páel. They have been
absent for five months, n a hunt in the buffalo
ranges of the Red riverof the North. Their
party was unusually snccessful in the chase,
having killed in a single drive two hundred
buffalo cows. The flirty was composed of
eighty horsemen, mostly half breed. The
R chains OF A GIANT.—A tam n keletonA¡;^™f"eP'OT^'MW'! f r ffN.orth".<:st
ol has been discovered to Lake, kdlmgWl the buffaloes they
mus, N. J., buried in oyster shells of immense y
size. It was in a sitting pasturo when found
and is [doubtless the fimme of an Indian of
olden tune. The skull measures fifteen inches
from the root of the nose over the top to the
base ot the occipital bone, and is two feet m
circumference—containing a full set of teeth,
even sound and white.
Water-—Water, wherever we see it. is
hill of use, and beauty, and glory. From the
dew that distills upon the roeeleaf, to the ocean
thdt heaves Us vast tides around the world, it
is perpetual wonderand delight In the dawn
rater raafcea the^eauty
face of the wate
ot our silvery ckmpi
golden sun sets; it
ofthe rainbow;
it dances to the earth in April showers; it
murmurs in brooks and thunders in cataracts;
it waters the earthin rivers, and bears our na-
vies o
An Ol® Suit.—There is asuit in the Eng-
lish Court of Chancery, thai of the Attorney
•ral t . Treve/yan. which is said to have
led 165 years, aftd is still as good as new !
us from ti**1 never wear out!
Methodist tninfetersofNew York, Williams-
BrookVn. have come out in a docu-
BttY íretíy denouncing the "Fugitive
iw,aoi calling very loudly for its
immediate and unconditional repeal.
accompaniments ofthe warm
i we have experienced for two
says the Journal of Commerce,
' -the Jenny Linds of the poor
j. Night before last we were
< one for a long time, gratis.
N. C., cut his
r, and died in a few hours,
been a ""
le
k tí55
Daring Outrage an Female Heroism.
A disgufS*d man entered the house of Mr.
Piatt, at "Ithaca, N. Y., and inquired i|
g. (Matt Vas at homi. On beingr told by
theservant girl that she was not, he advanced
towyds the grl, and with a blow fi lled her to
®j r. He^ien commenced searching the,
houséybut the &I having recovered her posi-
tion, lutaed an «arm and defended herself
with a shovel. Bf> then made his escape.
The World is Bright Before Thee.
by fitz greek halleck.
The world is bright before thee,
Its summer flowers are thine;
Its calm blue sky is o'er thee—
Thy bosom, virtue's shrine;
And thine the sunbeam given
To nature's morning hour,
Pure, warm, as when from heaven
It burst on Eden's bower.
There i3 a song of sorrow—
The death-uirge oí the gay—
That tells ere dawn of morrow,
These charms may fade away:
That sun's bright beam be shaded,
That sky be blue no more,
The summer flowers be faded,
And youth's warm promise o'er.
Believe it not; though lonely
Thy evening home may be.
Though beauty's bark can only
Float on a summer sea;
Though time thy bloom is stealing,
There's still beyond his art.
The wild flower wreath of feeling—
The sunbeam of the heart.
The N. Y. Tribune and the Boston Atlas,
both zealous opponents of the fugitive slave
bill, say that it is certain from the indications
at Washington that all attempts to repeal or
modify it will amount to nothing.
A Speculation.—The Cincinnati Enquirer
of the 6th. has the following paragraph :
One of the New Orleans boats left yester-
day for the Crescent city, with three hundred
fighting cocks on board. They all belonged
to one man, and he is assured that he will re-
alize $5 each on them. They wilLcost $400
when landeflffcgL New Orleans^j^l thus he
will realize a protifofc*$l,100. i^mandsorae in-
terest upon what cost* im so little.
X LISH LANGUAGES taught in private les- ! Stlfl
sons or in classes. For terms and hours apply to ¡ t\es1rable family residence
, t_ PROF. 1. MATON, jjox broadway for sale.-
ueel i at the select school, Market st. j Subscriber has instructions to sell that
JQEsjlRABLE
The
GOLD, GOLD, GOLD,-All Persons who I commodious mansion recently owned and
are desirous oi disposing of th.ir eoll. sil- p?CílP:e^ by Dr. Len Jones, together with the half
ver or pap?r funis, will please call at P-i^r & í)iocko': ?r'ünd OÜ,which u ?s "tuat«L The dwel-
Brother's OAK HALL CLOTHING STORE.
where the greatest selection of Goods can always
be had at very low prices.
PEISER & BROTHER'S
Oak Hall Colthing Store. Strand, next to
Frosh's. d!7.
ling is large and convenient, and handsomely
finished, has a good Kitchen servant rooms, brick
cistern, stables and carriage house, and all other
conveniences. The garden is filled with choicest
shrubbery, shade and fruit trees of five years
growth. \Vill be sold a bargain, andon accoiumo-
Prentice-iana.—a
attempting to reply to
Mississippi paper, in
article of ours, savs
attempting to reply to jjn article oi ours, savs
that Louisiana has a perfect^ight to secede
from the Union if she pleases, and establish
an independent government of her own ; but
that if she were to secede she would have
right to shut up the mouth of the Mississip(
Now. if Louisiana were an independent po
erT the mouth of the Mississippi would belong
to her; it would bs her mouth—and wouldn't
she have a right to shut her own mouth 7—
Louisville Jourval.
A man named Kiug has just been pardon-
ed from the Ohio State prison, after having
been confined there six years. The death-
bed confession of the real criminal proved
Kins's innocence.
Goshen butter and cheese
I have on hand, and will continue to have
through the winter, the above articles.
dl7 2m. S. SOUTHW1CK. Market st.
Leath er, bin din gs &. saddler y
HARDWARE. I have on hand a large as-
sortment of all kinds of Leather for Shoemakers
awl Saddkrs, Band leather, Sadulers' tojls, &c.
B.ing acquainted with the business, these ordering
can depend upon getting what they order.
d!7 S. SOUTHWICK Market st.
dating terms. Apply to
' Galveston. 20th Dec. 1S50.
A. F. JAMES.
Strand.
The cashmere shawls prepared by Mahar-
ajah Gouleb Singh, of Jamoo. for the World's
Industrial Exhibition, are valued at £10,000
and are bestowed in free gift to the trustees.
The surrounding hill chiefs are also forward-
ing costly contributions—one sends a suit of
steel armor, inlaid with gold.
English Politeness.—During the pro-
cession in London, on Lord Mayor's day, the.
windows of several large houses of high re-
pute in Cheapside were occupied by "gentle-
men." who, u for the fun of the thing," threw
flour, ashes, pipe-clay, and earth from flower-
fiots, upon the peaceable crowd below. The
astidious gentlemen at the windows also threw
quantities of hot half-pence, in the scramble
for which several ladies and gentlemen were
seriously injured.
Negroes to be hired at
auction—ON WEDNESDAY,
JANUARY 1st, 1851, in and by virtue of an _
older issued out of the U. S. District Court loT
District of Texas. I shall proceed to hire out in
front of the U. States Court House door in tlu
city of Galveston, the following described negro
slaves. To wit:
ARTHUR, a negro man ?.ged about 50 years,
a Brick Mason.
HENRY, a negro man íged about 45 years", a
Carpenter.
CAMERON, a mulatto man aged about 25
years, a laborer. •
MATILDA, a mulatto woman aged about 45
years, and her children, to wit: HENNETTA,
aged 17 years; INDIANA, aged 13; LEONIDAS,
aged 11; THEODOSÍA, aged 9; LAURA, aged
5; and an infant, aged 7 months, upon the fol-
lowing conditions:
First, the hirer of any or all of said slaves,
shall give a bond with approved security, for
the hire of sueh slave or slaves, payable on the
1st day of January, A. D. 1852, and' secondly a
(further bond with approved security, for
oufele the. value of said slave or slaves, so hired,
onditjpned that the said slave or slaves shall be
eturñed and delivered tome in the city of Gal-
veston, on Thursday, the first day of January,
i\.. D. 1852, and that the hirer shall treat the said
slave or slaves, whi^Éin his possession, in the
manner that is usua^Whh humane and good mas-
ters, that they shall op led aivieloihed in the man-
ner usual amongstr planters "of most approved
standing, and furnfeheu with medical attendance
when necessary for such slav^ftr "slaves, and utxrn
the further condition, that the hirer takr-s such
slave or slaves subject to no deduction for sick-
ness, loss of time, or other contingency.
R. B. DOSWELL, Receiver.
S. L. JONES, Auctioneer.
Galveston, Dec. 10, 1850.
DISTRICT OF TEXAS. }>SS.
N^val.—The New York Star of the 29th
uly'says: "The old tub. the steam frigate
|^>bert Fulton, has been hauled up under the
large ship-house for the purpose of being fit
ted out ás a tow-boat to tow vessels round the
ha/-| or. The workmen on the San Jacinto
• 4mWbeen transferred to the'Tormer vegteel tor
a short time.'5
The entire capital stock of a company to con-
s'ruct two steam vessels to ply between Philadel-
phia and Virginia has been subscribed. One ship
nearly completed, and the other is in the course
of constriction.
—An old fellow being visited by his pastor,
the fatter assuied him that he could not be a
good Christian unless took up his daily cross
—whereat he caught up his wife, and began
lugj^g her about the room !
COMMERCIAL,
Latest Dates.
Liverpool. Nov. 8, 1850.
^Havre. J* . • Nov. 6, 1850.
New Y4*"k Dec. 4, K850.
Boston Dec. 3 1850.
New Orleans Dec. 17, 1850.
Weekly Commercial Reports. "•
' Galveston, Dec. 23. 1850.
Cotton.—The news from Europe of one decline
after another has put a stop to transaction and
all the cotton received here is forwarded, da >
tation are therefore but -nominal.
Ordinaiy to Good Ord'y 11 all|
Low Middling to Mid'g 11 Jal21
Good Middling y ... . 12\a—
Middling Fair 12Ja—
Sugar.—Saljj^y the single hhd. at 5&>ic.
Molasses—TOO bbls. superior sM¿ at i >c. 70
bbls. at 24c. >
bio, $5¿ a57 5; St. L&fis, $5 75a6 25.
demand; wet salted 4 jo 4|c, dry
ela and
Hqls^ Fa si to sh e Union.—Gov. Manly,
of North Carolina,^ his late message to the
language
horetofore confined
ption of the country, is
Sing an expansion end
íe combined counter-
eedom and friends of
Uaitd mjmgm
neither lot nor part
je U\¡on of the States."
lature, uses t!
e spirit of dis
to sdiqe particular
now, Bo'
strength that
action of the
the Union tt
icidal strife let
Let us iiold fast t
The Supreme CÍ
at Washington on
Hioes—;
6¿ to 7c.
Coffee—12 12|c.-
Laro—in kegs and bbls. 9c.
Whiskey.—Rectified 35q.; Mononga
Bourbon 50cal ,25.
Salt.—Fine i£2«$2,25,coarse §1.60.
Bagging.—Kentucky 16cl6¿ ; India, 20c.
Rope—8$a9c. *
Freights—Cotton to New York and Boston, Jc.
" N. Orleans, pr. bale SI.
Exchanges.—N. York 60 days 1 pe^ct. di«.j
" sight par a\ dis
John McLean, Hon.
John Catron,Hon¿ John
uel Nelson. Hon. Levi
C. Grier. Associate Ju
Mr. Chief Justice 1
Baltimore by an unfinis!
Court of the U. States,
eome days on trial.
Port of Galveston
Loading.
ark Mariel for New York.
T ,. «aig Hyler " " "
In this par- Bark Carlos for Boston.
Brig Anna for Antwerp,
Ready for Sea
Bark Norumbega for New York.
Discharging.
Ship S.F. Austin from New York.
Chartered.
Bark Solon for Europe. /
of \he U. States met
inst. Present: Hon.
Af. Wayne, Hon.
inle^, Hon. Sam-
bury, Hon. Robt.
whl
detained ia
the Circuit
been
at New
in Ja-
of life
being
ng so
Jamaica.—Late accounts
York represent the cholera inc
maica to a frightful extent.
was very great—the deaths peí
150 to 200. The inhabitants we
not be pre
[n some instances
to bury the dead.
used to check
^ -
thetr ticket for
ah on the 3d inst., in
and Southern Rifi
JAMES K. BROWN, STRAND, is now re-
ceiving in store j 100 packages new buck-
wheat, 150 whole halt and quarter boxes M. R.
raisins, 10 barrels Zante currants, 30 barrels dried
for fruit, 50 jars fresh prunes, 10 barrels soft shell al-
monds, 20 boxes Goshen cheese, 10 kegs Goshen
butter, 20 cases assorted Preserves, 20 cases
brandied fruits. dlO
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
To the Marthal of the District of Texas, Greeting :
Whereas a libel hath been filed in the District
Court of the United Stales, for the District oí
Texas, on this fourth day of December, in the
year <|f our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and
fifty; by James Murrill, Charles Bock, and Ed-
ward Fitzgerald, late seamen, and James W.
Brown, late mate of thesciiooner Signet, against
tht said schooner Signet, whereof William Swan
now is, or late was, master, her tackle, apparel,
and furniture, and ail persons lawfully interven-
ing fiir their interest in the said schooner, in a
cause of subtraction of wages, civil and mari-
time. amounting to the sum of two hundred and
foity dollars and ninety-two cents, and praying
the uaial process and monition of the said court
in th^t behalf to be made; and that all persons in-
terested in the said schooner Signet, her tackle,
appall, and furniture, may be cited iu special
and general, to answer the premises; and all pro-
ceedijgs being had. that the said schooner Sig-
net, ler tackle, apparel, ^pd furniture, may be
conddfinedjo pay the amWi|,so claimed, amount- i"
the aforesaid sum of two hundred and
For rent.—A large 2¿ story house
to rent on Market street next to Mr Mer-
ritt;s, the inside newly finished. Possession"*1™*^
given on the first day of January. Enquire of
deelO Mrs. S. Á. SISSON.
A large and splendid res-
idence for sale.—One ofthe Si;iü
most commodious and desirable family residences
n the city of Galveston, is now ottered for sale;
ituatjd in a healthy and improving part of the
lty, only three years old. built of the best Mobile
and white pine lumber, by experi enced workmen.
The house contains about 15 rooms, all hand-
somely finished. On the premises is a brick cis-
tern holding 10 000 gallons—excellent carriage
house and stable, wood house, &c.—the lots beau-
tifully adorned with choice evergreens and shade
trees—will suit a large private family, and is el-
igibly located for a respectable private boarding
house, apply to A, F. JAMES. Strand,
Or to P. G. MER.RITT. on the premises.
Galveston, Nov. 22. 1850.
rpo RENT—Pait or the wholeof the spa-
X cious premises occupied by us, consist- t-'jji
ing of a large store, awelling house. &c.
my3l E. KAUFFMAN & CO.
To let—The store on the Strand, re-
ce
cently occupied by Messrs. Jas. Burt _____
& Co. Also, a comfortable Cottage. Inquire of
sep24 ALBERT BALL.
FOR RENT.—The dwelling house on the
beach, now occupied by Mr. Cappes. low, to
a eood tenant. Apply to
oet22 IADAMS. FREDERICH & CO.
MANSION FOR SALE.
THE very convenient and pleasant TWO
STORY DWELLING HOUSE and cor-
ner Lot. on Church street, opposite to the Metho-
dist Church with all the improvements thereon,
now occupied by Dr. Williams, will be sold at a
moderate price for cash. For further particulars
apply to nov22 B. S. PARSONS.
FOR SALE OR RENT.
HE NEAT COTTAGE, situated east of
Capt. Jerry Smith's, on Market Street. Ap-
ply to nov 23 M. SEELIGSON.
T1
PLANTATION FOR SALE. —Half a
league of land on the west bank of the Bra-
zos river, about 8 or 10 miles by land below Rich-j
mond—has a large front on the river, highly re-H upon all shipments of produce to
" *ox Messrs.
Sanmina.
REGULAR GALVESTON, LA VACCA
BAY & NEW ORLEANS U. 9. MAIL.
LINE OF STEAM PACKETS.
NEW
ARRANGEMENT.
GALVESTON Cam- Pltzt
PALMETTO Capt. J. &mith.
THESE splendid Steamships, having superior.
state-room accommodations, will, after th«
first day of July next, leave as follows:
New Orleans lor Galveston, on Sunday, 9 A. M.
Galveston for New Orleans on Sunday at 4, P. M.
Galveston lor LaVaca Bay, Tuesdav, at 4 P. M._
LaVaca Bay lor New Orleans, via Galveston,
Friday, 2 P. M.
For freight or passage apply to the Agents of As
Line.
DOSWELL. HILL & CO., Galveston.
HARRIS & MORGAN, New Orleans.
June 2lth. 1850.
texas ani> new york line OF
packets.
THE following vessels will in future comprise
tiiis line of Packets between Galveston and the
city of New York: Captain.
New ship S. F. AUSTIN. 500 tns. D. N. Moss.
New ship B. R. MILAM, 550 " H. M. Aixe*.
NewshipW B.TRAVIS,G25 " F. B. Bolles.
NewshipJ.W. FANNIN,500 " P. Norsis.
New ship W.H.WHARTON,750 " G. Gatks.
New baric NORUMBEGA, 400 " J. B. Baxtbh.
New bark MONTAUK, 400 " C. Brown.
In addition to the above vessels, others will be
purchased or built, as the wants of the trade may
require.
Messrs. John H. Brower & Co.. will continue ta
be the established agents in N*w York, and the
vessels wiil be under their entire control while in
that pert.
Freights will at all times be taken at the lowest
rates, and shippers may rely upon an equitable uni-
formity in this respect* as well as punctual depar-
tures as advertised.
The vessels are expressly fitted with ample ac-
commodations for Cabin and Steerage passengers,
and every attention is guarantied for their comfort
during tíie voyage. Price of passage will be uni-
form and low.
The subscribers will make liberal advances upon
all shipments of produce to the address of the
Agents in New York. Messrs. J. H. Brou-er <f- Co.
WM. HENDLEY & CO.
fe? Agents in Galveston.
commended for a sugar plantation, and is now of-
fered at an extremely low price. Upw ards of 2C0
acres of the tract is cleared and improved. Dwel-
ling house, out houses, Gin and Gin house, &e.
For terms, apply to A. F. JAMES,
dlO Galveston.
PLANTATION FOR SALE, ON OYS-
TER CREEK'.—1000 acres of land, lying
between the plantations of Jonathan D. Waters
and Bingham's, is offered at a great bargain—be-
tween 100 and 200 acres of laud is cleared—and
on the premises is a small dwelling, some cabins,
gin and gin house, &c. For terms apply to
dlO A. F. JAMES, Otíice on Strand.
galveston and new york
star line.
The following vessels will run
as regular packets between Gal-
veston and New York.
Ship STAR REPUBLIC, Jameson, master.
Banc M1LFORD. Hepburn, master.
Brig EMPIRE, Hopkins, master.
Brig MARY, Sherwood, master.
The subscriber will make liberal advances
the address
HUSSKY & MURRAY,
Agents at N. Y.
J. C. KUHN,
fel Agent at Galveston.
t^urniture.-
Fi
ing
forty dollars and ninety-two cents, and costs.
Yoijare therefore hereby commanded to attach
the sáíl schooner Signet, her tackle, apparel, and
furnitijfre, and to detain the same in your custody,
until tee fuither order ofthe Court respecting.-— — —.
the sine, and to give due notice to all person^ "rich mahogany high post J ¿¿steads,.
claimkg the same, or knowing or having any- and walnut French Bedsteads, walnut, cnerry
jhing |b say why the same should not be con
_ o
demndi, as aforesaid, according to the prayer of
said lii^t by making publication of this writ in
a newsnaper, called the "Journal," printed and
publMM in the C\ty of Galveston, for the space
of fifteen-, days; and also, by serving the said
William Swan, the master or lace master of said
Schooijcr Signet aforesaid, if he be found in your
District, with a copy of this monition; that they
be and appear before the said Court now in Ses-
sion. oí the first Monday in January next, at 10
o'clockin the forenoon of that day, then and there
to interpose a claim for the same, and to make
their a/legations in that behalf; and what you
shall have done in the premises, do you then and
there make return thereof, together with this
writ.
Witness, the Honorable John C. Wat-
rous, J uvige of said Court, and Seal of
Court, at the City of Galveston, this
' December, A. D. 1850, and
of the United States
75th year.
1 - JAMES LOVE, Clerk.
A true cooy of the original,
J. BATES,
de 6 U. S. Marshal, D. T.
I>ífE INSURANCE.
MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE COM-
PANY, No. 108 Bpoadway, New Yorfe es-
tablished under the new law of this State ^ith a
cash capital of SJIOO 000 invested in Uniisd Slates
Stocks, oilers, upon the mutual principle, to in-
sure—
1st. The lives of individuals,^!' one> or more
years, or ' /
2nd. For jomt lives.arf-úpt payable at the
death of either. ' ^
3rd. Against accident by*hravel, for long or
short journeys.
4th. To insure the payment of a certain sum,
at a futiré period by the payment of a small an-
nual premium, tht. assured, in all caset^ to partici-
pate in all the profits of the C&mpany. Payments
of premiums arranged to accommodate the as-
sured. >
BOAR0 OF DIRECTORS.
Mynd't Va| Schaick, David Austin.
"hull, Ambrose C. Kingland,
lorgan,
TREMONT STABLE AND BLOCK OF
LOTS TO RENT.—To let or lease, the
stable and fourteen lots of ground on Bath Ave-
nue, all under a good fence. The stable is known
as the Tremont Stable, and was formerly occupied
by Magill.
The premises are
stable, or for a market
The lots are high at!
GE B
ly suited to a livery
ener, or both united.
, and well manured,
& BROTHER,
Strand.
5RY.—20 crates assorted, just ree'd,
by nov22 J. K. BROWN.
Caleb S.
Edwin D.
Wis. Burg$
D. Henry j
R J. Ande^
Eleazer Pa
John J. Wifiams,
D. Austin l^uir,
Geo. D. Philps,
Denton Pearsall,
Edward Haight,
Wm. J. Valentine,
Humphrey phelpbs,
John S. Hairis,
George Ekáings,
Silas C. Hexing,
Enoch Dean,
Nath'l G. Bradford,
Edwin J. Brown,
Jas. C. Baldwin,
Wm. K. Strong,
Lewis B. Loder,
John R. Brown,
J. B. Herrick,
John P. Ware,
Dan'l Burnett,
George Webb,
John A. Merritt,
Henry Stokes, ...J
Jas. Van Norden,
D. S. Mills, Jr.,
\ A. A. Alvord.
A0NZA A. ALVORD, President.
C.Y. Wemre, Secretary.
Retnoios 4 Vvn Schaick, Attorneys and
Counsel.
AbraM Dubois, M. D., Medical Examiner, at
im 2 to 3 o'clock daily.
PUesb, M. D., Consulting Phy-
the offici
Will.
sician.
Pamp'
will be
Jones &
, The
receive
for
in this
G- Hoi
©
its and any other information desired,
:ly jiven, by application to Messrs.
rFFOR .
riber, General Agent for /Texas, will
ilications, postpaid with references,
of this Com ptny, for different places
F. A. STOKES.
Medical Examiner.
j, December 17,1850.
FASHIONABLE STORE.
HATS, BOOTS, AND CLOTHING.—Black
Dress Coats, Frocks, Sacks, and Dorseys,
Olive Frocks, Black Doeskin Cassimere Pants*
and Fancy do.; Silk Wrappers, Drawers, and
Merinos, too numerous to mention. Made to or-
der under my particular instruction.
Also, Philadelphia made boots and shoes.
rm. H. Beebe & Co.'s Bkoaoway
Sold at Wholesale and Retail,
pfi
Wm
Hats
ow for cash or city acceptancesr- D. NEFL.
nov 5 Strand, next door to Geo. Ball's.
Mahogany & Walnut
Parfoi'Fu' niture, Sofas, chairs, neat wal-
nut top Centre Tables, Side-piers, Work and
Toilet Tables, extensión. Card and Dir 'g Tables,
_ ¿any
and walnut French "Bedsteads, walnut. cEerry and
maple do , Trundle beds, Cradles aud Cribbs, ma-
hogany, maple and walnut Rocking and Nursing
chairs, fancy cane seat and Windsor Chairs, chil-
dren's high Stools'Chairs, Rockers, &c., at the
novl2 House Furnishing Warehouse.
Willow, woodenware, etc.—
The largest assortment of Wooden and
Willow ware ever brought to this market and
will be replenished by every arrival from New
York and Boston, comprising :
Painted buckets,Hide whips. Shaving soap.
Cedar tubs, Sauce Pans, Shaving cream,
Painted tubs, Frying pans, Tooth powders,
Foot tubs, Shaker brooms, Hair wash,
Cedar buckets, Willow wagons,Hair oil.
Oak well do. Willow chairs, Perfumery,
JVlilk piggins, Clothes baskets, Cla'k's'matches,
Nest measure, Market do Pollishing pow-
Axe handles, Bottle do der,
Wood Bowls, Fruit do Carpet tacks,
Wood spoons. Fancy work do Black ink,
Washboards Traveling do Steel pens,
Rolling Pins, Childrens toy do.Shoe blacking,
Chopping trays, Doormats, Leather varnish,
Potaw mashers, Toy wheelbarr's.Brass candle-
Tow mops, Toy wagons, sticks,
Mop handles, German toys, Tin Lamps.
Lemon squee'rs. Tooth brushes, Globe Lanterns,
notice to travellers.
I HE fast sailing and staunch sloop,
T]
CLARA, has commenced running as¡
a regular packet between Galveston and Turtle
Bayou, touching at Anahuac.
After the 20th July she will make regularly two
trips a week each way, leaving Galveston every
Tuesday at 11 o'clock and every Friday at 1)
o'clock, A. M., and Turtle Bayou "every Wedne -
dav at 3 o'clock and every Saturday at 6 o'clock,
P. M.
People from Galveston visiting Sour Lake, and
those from Liberty and the neighboring counties
east af the Trinity visiting Galveston, will fina
this their most direct and expeditious route, and
can rely on this arrangement as permanent and
positive, and on the boat as safe aud comfortable.
We will endeavor to make arrangements for
providing persons from Galveston with horses at
Anahuac and Turtle Bayou, and also for the keep-
ing, at those placea, ©í hor «s belonging to persons
from the country at reasonable prices.
Passage $2; Freight of dry barrels 40c, wet do.
50c, other articles in proportion.
Apply to J. Berlocher, strand.
WM. M. SPALDING,
R. MARTIN.
. ... i2 . tf
Bung starters,
Pastry boards,
Knife boxes,
Spice do.
Flour buckets,
Hair
Shaving
Horse
Dusting
Shoe
Towel Rollers, Scrub
Barrel covers,
Wood faucets,
Clothes pins,
Clothes horses,
Towel do.
Wood saw do.
Saw frames,
Bed -lords,
Clothes lines,
Lamp shades,
do
do
do
do
do
do
Spittons,
Tea Caddies,
Match safes,
Fasting spoons,
Flesh forks,
Twine,
Marking pots,
Whitewash do
Carpent. pencils.Sad Irons,'
Slate do Fish Lines,
Lead Points, Pocket Flasks,
Carpet bags, Fish hooks,
Lamp wick, Pocket match
Baling needles, safes,
Gravy strainers.Wafers,
Mouse traps, Ivory TeetMng
Rat do Rings,
Childrens rattl's,Nutmeg graters.Shaving boxes,
Cocoa dippers, Razor strops, Pocket mirrors,
Children shoopsEmory bags, Spool stands,
Waffle irons, Brass wiresievesWork boxes,
Coffee Mills, Iron and hair do.Darning needles
Tea bells, Sn uffers & trays. Silk purses,
Money belts,
and other articles tao numerous to mention, for
sale, wholesale or retail, by
A. C. CRAWFORD,
nov!5
Market street.
ODD FELLOWS' OFFERING,
FOR THE YEAR 1851,
Published by Edward Walker, New York.
Subscriptions lor this elegant Annual, will be
received at the " Journal" office.
Specimen copies are to arrive by the Ship Fan-
nin from New York, also of the " Offering" for
1848-9, and 1850. It is printed on fine paper,
contains nearly 300 pages octavo, and embellished
by ten beautiful steel engravings. The contents
are chiefly contributions from members of the
Order, an^t the encomiums of the Press give to it
a rank unsurpassed, if equalled by any similar
work in the United States. Price S3 50.
For Presents.
THE LARGEST and best selected assortment
of goods suitable for presents, ever offered
before: as workboxes, papetreslfjfancy baskets,
shell baskets, card cases, portmonaiés, purses,
bags, and reticules; Steel trimmings and patterns,
ladies' companions, fans, portfolios,"pearl enam-
eled and plain inkstands, paper weights, ivoiy ta-
bles, memorandum books, flower vases,
bottles, smelling bottles, mantle clocks, girandole
at the . ,
nov 12 Brust Furnishing Warehouse.
jpor new york—STAR LINE.
The packet brig MARY, Hopkins.^
master, will have immediate despatch for.
for the above port.
Fcr freight or passage, having superior accom-
modations. apply to nov 12 J. C. KUHN.
for new york.
HE FINE BRIG H. R. Hyler, Capt.
Montgomery, will have dispatch lor
a aove port For freight or passage, (at J
very low rates,) apply to
dec 20 ADAMS FREDERICH & CO.
T1
For boston.—The superior last
sailing bark CARLOS, Sears, mas-
ter, having on board and engaged a quar
ter part of her cargo, will meet with despatch for
V Po: " '
sage, apply to
the above port. For balance of freight, or pas-
ADAMS, FREDERICH & CO.
nov22
For new york.—The fine bark
MARIEL, Capt. Colson, will have
immediate despatch. For freight or pas-,
sage, apply to declO J. C. KUHN.
Star line.-
b;
FOR NEW YORK. The
brig Kedron, Capt. Connent, will have quick
despatch for the above port.
For freight or passage, having fir.e accommo-
dations, apply to J. C. KUHN,
nov 12 Strand.
For new york.—The new and
regular packet, Barque Norrumbega,
J. B. Baxter, Master, will have immedi-
ate dispatch for the above port.
For freight or passage (having good accommo-
dations) apply toj Wm. HENDLEY & Co.
Dec. 14th, 1850. d!7.
-The su-,
l OR CORPUS CHRISTI.-
perior fast sailing schooner MIST, ¡
F mggM.
Jenkins master, will leave for the aboveí
port on Friday the 20th inst. For freight or pas-
sage apply to
dec 17 JONES & UFFORD.
HOUSEKEEPER'S GOODS, &r.
BLEACHED and Brown Linen Table Cloths,
10-4 and 12-4 bleached and unblepched Cot-
ton and Linen Sheeting
Worst id, Linen and Oil cloth Table Covers,
Turkey Red Draper)-, Marseilles Q.uilts,
Bed Ticking, Diapers, Crashes,
Irish Linens. Furniture Prints,
Merrimac Calicoes, Towellings,
White, red, green, blue and drab Blankets,
Cotton batting for Comforts, Wadding,
Flannels, Bleached long cloth Shirtings,
Window Shades, colored Cambrics,
Heavy and fine biown Sheetings and Shirtings,
Apron and Furniture Checks,
Linen Carpeting. Pillow case Linen,
Window Paper, Shade Tassels and Cord,
Spool Cotton, Linen Thread, Tapes,
Sewing Silk, Needles, Buttons, Pins,
Hooks and Eves, Earning Cotton,
Cotton Hosiery, children s Yam Stockings,
Cassi meres, Ky. Jeans, Sattinets, Tweeds.
Just received and for sale by
nov 19 A. C. CRAWFORD.
FLORIDA, COLOGNE, and Bay Water,
extracts and perfumes; hair oils, fancy soaps;
&c., in endless variety; Jewelry, silver card cases,
shaving brushes, tooth picks, India rubber toys,
toys by the case, basd boxes, wadding butter,
moulds, dolls, Saddlery and Trimmings, purses,
purse rings and silks; Portmonaies,pocket-books,
emery and cushions, ear picks, lead points, guard
chains, bodkins, bells, coral necklaces, Colt's re-
volving pistols, &c., &c., for sale by
nov 12 LE PERT & DYER.
ys
JJAMS.
by
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nov22
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