The Galveston Representative. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 30, 1872 Page: 3 of 4
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ocal Intelligence.
Hitchcock's Bayou.—The improve-
ment now being pushed to completion
by our worthy Street Commissioner,
being no less the drainage of Hitch-
cock's Bayou, by a most substantial
sluce leading into an outlet of
McKenuev's Bayon. The ditch has been
most most firmly boarded by planks of
two inch thickness, about three feet
wideband two and a half deep. This
relieves all that portion of the city
from frequent overflows, and will render
all that seetioa of laud in the neigh-
borhood of 35th street, from all staguat
pools of water, so imperious to the
iiealth and convenienee of pedestrians.
Thirty-fifth street is now claiming its
deserved atteution from our city au-
thorities, and in the course of a year
the railroad will be extended to the
beach on this street, and already the
due residences now adorning this
portion of the city, and others in course
of construction, justify a belief that
this street will become one of the popu-
lar avenues of travel.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Harbor.—The Mayor, Board of Alder-
men, and a, number of eur prominent
citizens, will make a visit to.the outer
'sar this evening at 2 o'clock, starting
from the Central Warf, accompanied
by the Messrs. McAlpin, to examine the
bar and the present works.
—The cases of Justices Sand-
ford Mason, Richard Nelson and
R. D. Johnson, charged with
malfeasance in office, were set for
a hearing in the Criminal Court
yesterday.1 After a partial hear
ing of the case of Justice Mason
the District Attorney decided
that there was not sufficient evi-
dence to sustain the indictments,
and accordingly entered a nol
pros, in each case. A second in-
dictment against Justice John
son was on trial at a late hour
yesterday evening.
—Gen. Clark addressed the
members of the City Council and
a number of citizens yesterday,
relative to the prospects of ob
taining an appropriation from
Congress for improving the har-
bor of Galveston. He thinks
there will be no difficulty in se-
curing an appropriation for the
survey, the cost of whtch will
amount to about $15,000. He
estimates the cost of the pro
posed improvements at not less
than $9,000,000. Gen. Clark
was followed by Mr. McAlpin,
who made some interesting ob-
servations upon the interests of
Texas.
Criminal Court.—State vs
B. Johnson, judgment nisi
against principle and sureties
State vs. E. S. Bell, carrying
concealed weapons, appeal from
Justice's court, verdict not
guilty.
Janauschek the greatest ac
tress of the present centuary,
will make her appearance at the
Tremont Opera House on Mon
day night, April 1st, as "Mary
Stuart."
Washington, D. C., March 16 1872.
Mr. Editor:
I was quite surprised to find a copy
of the "Galveston Rkpresentative"
among my other papers received by
mail. It has been a very l6ng time
since I received a copy, and I did not
know that it was still published. I
coucluded that after the success of the
election, it had felt that its work was
done, not only done, but well done. I
am glad it still lives. Of course it is
going in for Grant? I am amused and
interested in political affairs down
your way. During your election for
representatives, I was kept pretty
"wellposted," and concluded that Tex-
as politics were much mixed; ray after
conclusion was, that you wefe all well
fitted to sort them out, and adjust
properly. I went in for Clark, because
I supposed he was the regular nominee
of the party. (But, before proceeding,
are you responsible for .the views and
opinions of your correspondents? if so,
I must be careful in my expressions
I will, however, write and ask you to
answer this question in your next is-
sue.) Certainly we are not—[Ed. Repre-
sentative.] I had some curiosity to see
Gov. Davis when he was here, butwas
unable to gratify it. I expected Clark
would keep his seat. I have a firm be-
lief that you Texans would sticeed in
everything, particularly the advocates
of Clark. You may have very few vir
tues, but "persistency" must be amtfng
the lew. The manner in which the last
election was conducted, and the sucess
of your party in the face of such oppo-
sition, deserves to be recorded. It
Grant's election depended upon the
wills of the Republicans down your
way, we need have no fear on the sub-
ject. What trying times these are to
you politicians. I thought the politi
tical children could not toil more
fiercely than it did during the last
Presidential campaign, but I made a
mistake. It seems to me that the
nomination and election of the next
President, is the motive'power which
controls everything. I go in tor Grant,
because I believe no other Republican
ticket will be . successful, and it is
much better to have a Republican ad
ministration, if it is only so in name,
than a Democratic one, which needs a
cloak for its sins (I mean sins against
the irrepressible negro.) Now, if there
could be such a thing as a party, which
would advocate the right, and stick
to the right, for the sake of right, or a
party, which would advocate principle,
for the sake of principle, not make
principle subservient to party, we
might have a third party in the con-
test, but that is beyond the range of
human posibilities, and we must go in
for Grant as the best of two evils
Morton defended himself the other day
when accused of being actuated solely
by "party spirit," by saying that he
felt bound to sustain the party which
sustained him. I thought he spoke the
sentiments of every politician wlio
heard him-. Congressional proceed
ings are becoming "glittering'perso-
nalities," if I may be allowed the ex
pression. The "Administration" suf-
fers almost as much from its friends as
its enemies. Investigations are the
order of the day. If this state of affairs
contiues, we will need a n£w appoint
raent of representatives, for we will
have more committees of investigation
than members. Sumner's Civil Rights
Bill and his resolution regarding the
sale of arms to the French, has kept
the Senate in a state of excitement; and
Morton, Trumbull, Conkling and
Schurz have each risen to explain
many times during the past few weeks
Sumner having set the "pot boiling,"
sits by watching it with calm satisfac-
tion, adding once in a while a little
more fuel, in the shape of a remark, so,
so. I do not believe the galleries have
been as crowded in many a year as they
are now. The largest crowd this win
er assembled the day Sumner spoke
in his civil rights bill. Kainey created
quite a little excitement in the House
a week ago by replying to Cox, who
was at the time endeavoring to prove
that the Democrats were not the ene
mies of the negro. I was glad he did
speak. We are pretty well "soft
soaped" by some of the Republican
party, but we cannot submit to it from
the Democrats. The action of a great
many Republicans on the Civil Rights
Bill, forced me into the belief that the
colored man's interests were only a
means to an end, that enc. their own
political sucess; that vote on that bill
has lessened my opinion of many of our
would-be friends. Sawyer, of South
Carolina, whose constituents are
mainly colored, voted against the bill,
and the other evening, while speaking
at the commencement exercise of the
medical class of Howard University,
and getting off' the usual amount of
sympathy for us, and hope in us, and
what we deserved, and the like, was
interupted by some one calling out
civil rights—civil rights! I regretted
the interruption, because it was rude;
but felt that he deserved to be ques-
tioned. I am somewhat puzzled over
Sawyer's vote, as I had great csnfidence
in his friendship for us.
Besides our political seusations, we
have the Japanese Empassy, aud that
and the weather keeps us all in a statu
af excitement; aud anxiety over the
Japanese and anxiaty overthe weather.
That oft mis quoted line about winter
lingering in the lap of spring will need
to be revised, for it seems that winter
has concluded to make a permanent
thing of it, or at any rate, stav until
summer dissolves his embrace. We
have snow agaiu to-day. The poor
Japs have had a hard time of it, and
must think that this is a land ofpienty,
and that plenty—snow. By the way,
one of the daily papers, in describing
the reception ot the Embassy, made
some amusing remarks in regard to the
likeness between the Oriental embassa-
dors and the African waiters. I could
not help thinking that after all one's
skin did not give rise to the) prejudice.
How the Americans worship foreign-
ers, no matter how dark the skm,
while they endeavor to keep under foot
a people, who owe its existence
largely ta them. But I must close,
having already trespassed upon your
columns.
More auon, J. n.
your soul racked with disap-
pointment, as mine has been 4"
and he burst into a flood of tears.
His spirit was, indeed, utterly
broken.
I had the following epistle en-
graved upon her tombstone:
To the memory of Tabith, wife of
Moses Skinuer, Esq., gentlemanly
editor of the Trombone. Terms, $3 a
year in advance. a kind mother and
exemplary wife. Office over Coleman's
grocery, up two flights of stairs. Knock
hard. •
We shall miss thee, mother, we shall iniss thee
Job printing solicited.
Thus did my lacerated spirit
Cry out in agony, even as Rachel
weeping for her children. But
one ray of light penetrated the
despair of my soul. The under-
taker took liis pay in job print-
ing, and the sexton owed me a
little account I should not have
gotten any other way. Why
should we pine at the mysterious
ways of Providsnce and vicinity?
(Not a conundrum.")
I3P Cannot some of onr friends
at a distance, raise a club of
subscribers for us ! Remember
that any one who gets us a club
of ten will be entitled to one
copy of the paper free. Who
will be the first to send
club ?
us a
An Affectum
Loses his
£ Story
Wife—I
_ A California Editor
ife—His Model Obituary,
A disconsolate editor thus be-
moans his departed spouse.
"Thus my wife died. No more
will those loving hands pull off
my boots, and part back my hair
as only a true wife can. Nor
will ever she arise amid the tem-
pestuous storms of winter, and
hie herself away to build the fire
without disturbing the slumbers
of the man who doted on her so
artlessly. Her memory is em-
balmed in my heart of hearts,
wanted to embalm her body; but
I found that I could embalm her
memory cheaper. I procured of
Eli Mudget, a neighbor of mine,
a very pretty gravestone. His
wife was consumptive, and he
kept it on hand several years in
anticipation of her death. But
she rallied last spring, and his
hopes were blasted. Never shall
I forget the poor man's grief when
a askee him to part with it
"Take it, Skinner, and may you
never know what it is to have
Call for a National Convention of the
Colored People of the United States.
Columbus, S. C., Jan. 22, 1872.
The following preamble and
resolutions were adopted by the
Southern States Convention of
colored men, which convened in
this city on the 18th day of Oc-
tober, 1872:
Whereas, the time fixed for
the assembling of this Conven-
tion was very unfortunate, owing
to the important canvasses going
on in several of the Southern
States, and the inability of many
good men to attend, in conse-
quence of the same; and where-
as, many prominent colored men
disapproved of said call, because
they considered it sectional,
therefore, be it
"Resolved, That the President
of this Convention be, and is
hereby, authorized to call a Na
tional Convention of the colored
people of the United States, to
meet at the City of New Orleans,
Louisiana, on the 2d Wednesday
of April, 1872.
Resolved. That the represen-
tation to said Convention shall
be two from each State or Terri-
tory at large, and one for each
twenty thousand colored voters,
and one for each fractional part
over ten thousand, to be elected
as the State may determine.
Pursuant to authority vested
in me under the foregoing reso-
lutions, I hereby call upon the
colored people of the United
States to elect and commission
delegates to assemble in conven-
tion on the day and at the place
mentioned at 12 o'clock m., to
consider their political and ma-
terial interests.
The ratio of representation as
laid down in the foregoing reso-
lutions, is expected to be strictly
adhered to.
Respectfully,
Alonzo J. Ransier,
President of the Southern States
Convention of Colored Men.
Papers friendly to the cause of
equality before the law and the
material interests of the colored
people, will please copy.
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Nelson, Richard. The Galveston Representative. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 17, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 30, 1872, newspaper, March 30, 1872; Galveston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth203077/m1/3/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .