The Galveston Representative. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 16, 1872 Page: 3 of 4
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I^ocal Jntelligence.
District Court.—Wm. C. Kelley vs.
Wm. Neal and F. M. Spencer. On trial.
Criminal District Court.—Jury for
the present week:
, ; j jury no., i.
Maurice Coffee,
V Favro,«
W Campbell,
Thomas McClain,
John Williams,
Z T Collier.
A Hinkttldey,
R Shaw,
Mike Daily,
Thomas Gorman,
George Allen,
W Bernhardt.
jury xo. ii.
H Johnson,. A Marks,
A Sawver,
W H Shaw,
P Merry weather,
N Clayton,
A Brown,
Wifley Daniel,
Harry Winfrey,
W Barnes,
J H Jones,
R Smith.
The State vs. Alexander Frabb, theft
from a house. On trial.
If the mountain will not come to Ma-
homet. Mahomet must go to the moun-
tain.' Can you enlighten my ignorance.
It is said that when Mahomet first do-;
clared his system of religion to the
Arabs, they demanded proofs of his
miraculous power, such as Christians
claim lbr Jesus and Moses. Mahomet
replied that it \wotild bo tempting God,
and provoking Hiy. wrath, to grant
their demand. Nevertheless, he com-
manded Mount Sofa to come to him.
Of course it didn't. Whereupon he
exclaimed: "God is merciful! Had
it obeyed my words, it would have
fallen on us to our destruction. I will
tlierefoie go to the mountain,^aiul thank
God that he has had mercy on , a stiff-
necked generation."
Justice Mason's Court.—J. Harris,
colored, charged with theft of liquors
from Central Wharf. Bound over to
the Criminal Court.
Justice Nelson's Court-.—The State
vs. Thomas Murphy and f. Edwards*
charged with assault and battery with
intent to commit a rape. Dismissed.
Cap. James Nelson, of the sehooner
Mary Let, lying in the stream off'Cen
tral Wharf, reports that Thos. Mayer-
field broke open the locker of the boat
and stole $400 in currency .and $150 in
speci«. ; Mayerfield was arrested by
officer Martin, and $322 currency and
$62 25 silver and a pistol found on his
person.
Discharged.—We are credibly ia-
formec. that the Chief of Police has dis-
charged officcr Gates, for serving
warrant placed in his hands by Justice
Nelson for the arrest of two sailors
charged with an attempt to commit a
rap«. . '
I COMMUNICATED. J
To' the editor of the Representative:
I see in last evening's edition of the
Galveston "News" an article headed
"Richard going for the Grand Jury."
suppose you are the same as the other
Justices of the Peace, you are a bond
officer and compelled to file all com
plaints that are brought before you, and
in case you should fail to take the com
plaints- the Grand Jury would, on any
information, indict you for neglect of
dnty. !
The News says, in the matter of the
Wessendorff arrest, upon the charge of
selling goods after nine o'clock on Sun-
day, that "upon examination of the
watch of the colored man who brought
the charge, (Justiee Nelson's brother-
in-law and constable,) it was found to
be one hour and ten minutes too fast."
This is false, and the Galveston News
knew it to be so'at the time. The affi-
davit was filed by Mr. John Potts, (not
a brother-in-law of Justice Nelson, and
whose watch it was that proved- itself
so fast,) and the warrant for the arrest
of Mr. B. Wessendorff was handed me
to be served upon the gentleman, which
I forthwith did, bringing him before
the Magistrate named in the warrant
There Is also another misrepresenta-
tion in the Galveston News that needs
correcting: that paper charges that
"when one of the parties who informed
on Mr. Wessendoff was asked if he was
instructed to watch him specially, he
answered that he was," is simply ad
surd, the answer to the question was
"No, not any more.than auy one else."
Yours, respertfully.
William Anderson.
• *
Origin of a Sa yixg.—A correspon
dent writes: u I have vainly endeavor-
ed *o aeoertain the origin of the sayin
PROSPECTUS OF THiJ
t ati ye.
Well-Red.—It may be interesting
to some of our entomological readers,
and especially our lady scientists in
that line, to'know that it takes sixty-
five thousand cochineal insects to make
one pound in weight, nnd that the
amount, imported into this country last
year was 1,849,842 pounds. The annual
slaughter of these harmless insects,
therefore, to supply carmine for Ameri-
can ladies' toileis. anid the various dyes
and tints for the ribbons, feathers and
dresses of red, crimson, scarlet, magen-
ta, solieri no, and other similar colors,
actually reaches 120,239,730,000 in num-
ber ! "These figures are perfectly awful,
but some of the uses of carmine ar«
worse.
Tlie report of the Chaucer So-
ciety of Great Britain indicates
a waning interest in the first
English poet in the land of his
birth. The society lias only sixty
private subscribers in England
and Wales, five in Scotland and
one in Ireland. There are but
sixteen colleges and public libra-
ries on its list from the whole
United Kingdom, while there are
nineteen from the United States
of America.
Great Men.—Cardinal Wol-
sey was the sou of a pork-butch
er. Oliver Cromwell was the son
of a London brewer. Wliitefield
was the son of an inn-keeper at
Gloucester. ' Columbus was the
son of a weaver, and a weaver
himself. Bolivar was a druggist.
Mehomet Ali was a barber. Vir-
gil was the son of a potter. Mil-
ton was the son of a scavenger.
Horace was the son of a shop
keeper. Demosthenes was the
son of a cutler. Robert Burns
was a ploughman of Ayrshire
Shakespeare was the son of a
wool-stapler.
A New Comet.—The Swiss
Times says that M. Plantamour
the celebrated Professor of astro
nomy at Geneva, has lately dis
covered a new comet, which in
volume for surpasses, all comets
hitherto discovered. Aceordin
to his observations and calcula
tions, it is darting with immense
velocity, proceeding in a direct
line towards our globe, and will
come into collision with it, on the
12th of August next. Its ap-
proach will be rendered sensible
by an extraordinary degree of
heat. The catastrophe cannot
possibly be avoided but by the
-deviation of the rapidly ap-
proaching comet,^produced by its
coming within the scope of the
attractive influence of some other
heavenly body.
Republicans!—The want of a
well-conducted journal, to advo-
cate and defend the principles of
the party with which we feel it
an honor to be identified, is gen-
erally felt and acknowledged in
this community. I propose to
meet that want by publishing
The Representative. This
journal will be Republican in ill
its features, and will be devoted
to the cause of Republican prin-
ciples. It will advocate the rights
of all American citizens, without
regard to color, race or previous
condition of servitude; heXco it
will be National in this respect.
The necessity which is felt in
the city of Galveston for a true
Republican paper, which will re-
spect the rights of all, and main-
tain the end and principles of the
now dominant party, is too ob-
vious to need au argument. It
is proposed to meet this neces-
sity, and to publish a journal,
Republican in all its views, advo-
cating the doctrine that "all
should share in the government
they help to support," and that
"none should be disfranchised
who help to support the govern-
ment." In advocating this doc
trine, we are compelled to stand
by and support the doctrine of
general amnesty with such ex-
ceptions only as are deemed ne-
cessary to the safety of the gov-
ernment in all the future. We
do this the more readily because
we know it to be right, and have
in support of our views on this
point the ablest journals of the
Republican party in the United
States.
We feel at liberty, and shall
exercise the liberty, to attack
corruption, no matter whether in
the Republican party or in that
opposing us; and while we will
not be the organ of any clique or
faction of a party, we will not
feel at liberty to forsake or aban-
don our party because of differ-
ences of opinion or internal
strife, but will use our inlluenee
to heal all rupture aud reconcile
all mere differences of opinion
that we may remain united, aria
thus triumph over our enemies
With regard to general litera
ture, we will give as much atten-
tion to that subject as our lim-
ited space will permit. And our
school system, or education, will
find in The Representative
all the aid within our power to
give, believing, as we do, that
only that government is safe from
evil and danger whose founda-
tion is laid deep in fundamental
and lasting intelligence.
The subject of caste we cast
aside, and advocate a cause sole-
ly for its merits, without regard
to the source from which it came,
and in this respect we will, as a
matter of course, advocate the
equal rights of all under the laws,
leaving the social circle to the
conventionalities, of society.
As a matter of course, in con-
ducting a public journal,. mauv
questions will arrise of which we
, caa not now form a correct con-
\Y O Kj k A. m J
promise that we will endeavor to
tdvocate an honest and econom-
ical administration of State and
National affairs, with a strict re-
trenchment of expenditures, and
to this end we shall feel it to be
our duty to oppose the unneces-
sary taxing of the citizens for the
mere purpose of feeding a set of
officials, whose services are not
needed j at the Same time, we
will advocate a system of inter-
nal improvements, so necessary
to the developement of the hidden
resources of the vast area em-
braced within the limits of the
State of Texas. We will labor
for the elevation of all; the edu-
cation of all; the prosperity of
all, and the peace and quiet of
all alike.
Comming before a generous and
free thinking public with this
prospectss, and promising a strict
adherance to the foregoing an-
nouncement, we ask for that sup-
port only which our friends will
feel gratifiedin giving ; and with
a consciousness of the correct-
ness of our convictions, we com-
mend tlie Representative to
the Republicans of the State as
the organ of truth and living
principles.
The Representative will be
published weekly—every Satur-
day morning. Terms; Three
Dollars a yeai\payable half-yearly
in -advance.
The Colored Man in Europe.
After dwelling at length on the
apparent sincerity of the religi-
ous portion of the population of
the continent, and commencing
the practice of the Catholic
Church in keeping its sanctuaries
open to communicants at all
times, and bringing nobles to a
common level in their devotions,
Mr. Phillips got his word in on
the eolored brother. He said the
people of Europe did not know
black from white, in Paris lie
had seen a dozen couples of
colored people promenading the
most fashionable walks, and he
had been the only person 'rude
enough to turn round and stare
at tliem. At the-Dome of the
Invalids, at the House of Depu-
ties, lie had seen colored men
high in office, and profoundly
respected. At the Propaganda^
in Rome, the lecturer who was
most applauded was a colored
man, and at St. Peter's Cathe-
dral the priest whose chanting
delighted him, was also black.
When learned this, he said to
himself: " This must be four
thousand miles from Boston."—
Exchange.
' Candidates should take the
following oath: Will you swear
to accord the colored man every
civil and political right the white,
man now enjoys! Social rights,
being: admitted as beyond your
jurisdiction and of the kind which
it lias been said "therein the
patient must adininitser himself."
—JjOicsCajiiari.
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Nelson, Richard. The Galveston Representative. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 16, 1872, newspaper, March 16, 1872; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth203075/m1/3/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .