The Representative. (Galveston, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 21, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 27, 1872 Page: 4 of 4
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TEXAS ITEIS^LS-
Tne Democracy are attempting
to buy up the colored vote in this
county, preparatory to the elec-
tion this fall.— Union Republican.
W. C. Fitzhugh, Deputy
Sheriff and jailor of this county
went up into the jail 011 last
Thursday morning, when a des-
perate fight ensued between him-
self and Geo. Smith, a prisoner.
Smith was convicted here at the
last term of the District Court
for horse stealing. The case
was appealed to the Supreme
Court and there confirmed.
Smith has been rather desperate
since, and threatens to take the
life of the jailor, if he ever comes
in reach. Mr. Fitzhugh was
badly hurt, having been struck
several blows on the head with a
piece of iron, which caused him
to spit blood for sometime. He
is now up and about.—Henderson
Times.
The Sunday Law.—It may
not be generally understood that
the last legislature reenacted the
Sunday law. Merchants and
shop keepers, in the habit of
keeping open doors on Sunday,
will do well to examine the law
if they would avoid action by
the Grand Jury, which is bound
to take notice of violations of this
law—Waco Register.
There will be a Press Conven
tion at Houston, during the State
Fair, and it is thought that al
most every newspaper in Texas
will be represented. The Grand
State Fair will be held on the
11th of May and continue seven
days.
Off for the Penitentiary.
Deputy Sheriff Goodjohn left
yesterday for Huntsville, with
Bob Allen, colored, sentenced to
two years fo/ burglary; Martin
Jones, colored, for theft, two
years in the Penitentiary. Luke
Forrester, attempted rape, two
years in the Penitentiary, and a
negro from Cass county, for
horse stealing, five years.—
Weekly Jefferson.
On Friday night the 12th inst.,
Columbus Hazlett, one of the
prisoners, sent here from Nacog-
doches county for safe keeping,
made his escape. By some
means he had got a saw with
which he cut a hole in the floor,
picked out the bricks between
the joists, and crept through,
having broken his chain from
its fastenings to the floor by
means of some instrument which
had also been contrived to him.
Though the Jury had but a few
weeks before examined the jail
and pronounced it safe. Hazlett
was tracked a mile or more, and
afterwards the chain with which
he left the jail was found, but he
was gone. Though efforts have
been made to capture this man,
we have no news of him.—Texas
Observer.
Our city came near being visi
ted with a disastrous conflagra-
tion on Monday evening last.
Dr. Fenet's livery stable caught
fire by some means, and the
flames were making rapid pro
gress when discovered. Our
citizens rushed promptly to the
scene when the alarm was given,
and by a vigorous effort succeed-
ed in extinguishing the fire.
Had the stable burned, the en-
tire south side of the square
would have been destroyed.—
Sherman Land Journal.
The prospect is quite flattering
for a good fruit crop. Indeed,
trom the amount on the trees,
there is danger that orchards
will be destroyed unless some of
the fruit is pulled off*. Many
fine orchards have been planted
of late years in our county, and
in this simi-tropical climate,
peaches, pears, apples and figs
all flourish together, besides
many other kinds of fruit.
Steps are being taken to have
an additional trip per week on
the mail route from Rusk to
Larissa.—Rusk Advertiser.
Mr. Crockett Eddings died on
Friday evening, from the effects
of the wounds received in the
affray at the Eaymond House, on
the Saturday previous.—Austin
State Gazette.
A Turkish Tichborne.
The Tichborne case is drawing
to an end; a similar case is soon
to present itself, though not in
our own courts. The story, as it
reaches us, runs thus r There is
in London a young Turk about
twenty-five years of age. He
calls himself Mustapha Djehad
Bey, and he claims to be the son
of his Highness the late Kibrisli
Mehemet Pasha, ex-Grand Vizier,
and formerly the Sultan's Envoy
at the Court of St. James. The
claimant has entrusted his case
to a firm of English solicitors,
and it will be prosecuted by Eng-
lish counsel at Constantinople.
His claim to the property of
Kibrisli Mehemet Pasha is based
on the following statement—for
which, of course, we do not
vouch in any particular. In
1840 Kibrisli Pasha married the
widow of a European physician
at Constantinople, and had by
this lady a daughter and a son.
The son was born in 1847, at the
time that his Highness was
Governor of Belgrad, in Serbia.
The birth of the heir was cele-
brated with a considerable dis-
play of rejoicing. In the year
1848 the Pasha was sent to the
British Court as the Sultan's re-
presentative. During his ab-
sence the child Djehad became
seriously ill, and his mother,
Melek Khanum, suffered much
anxiety on his account. The loss
of her only boy would have been
for her a very serious matter,
since the Pasha might be in
duced to marry again. Accord
ingly Melek Khanum had a con-
sultation with a woman of the
name of Fatmah—described as
the lady steward of her harem
and decided on averting the
dreadful evil by feigning that
she was about to give birth to
another child; and to carry out
this deceit a child was to be
bought or borrowed. This was
done ; and the Pasha, who was
then in London, in due time re-
ceived the news that Heaven had
blessed him with another boy.
But things did not turn out al-
together 'according to expecta-
tions. The first-born recovered
from his illness. The woman
Fatmah ^nd one of the eunuchs,
named Beshir, made use of the
secret of the borrowed child, and
dictated to their mistress and
the whole household. But when
they had achieved this, they be-
gan to contend between them-
selves for absolute supremacy;
the Pasha's wife, it is said, all
this while playing a very humble
part—the part of one who had
put herself entirely at the mercy
of others. In vain Melek Kha-
num tried to appease the con-
tending parties, and restore or-
der to the house. Failing al-
together in this, she asked the
intervention of the Pasha's man
of business, Reshjd Effendi, who,
however, took it all very lightly,
as a woman's quarrel. There-
upon Mdme. Kibrisli resolved to
dismiss Fatman, at the same time
quieting the eunuch by gifts of
of money. A little while after-
wards, during a reception given
at Mdme. Kibrisli's residence, he
was smothered in his bath.
Mdme. Kibrisli was charged with
implication in the murder, but
the accusation was not substan-
tiated. While the trial was
going on the Pasha was sum-
moned from London, and hasten-
ed to Constantinople. On his
arrival there he found affairs in
a hopeless state of imbroglio,
and divourced his wife. This
done, the question of the legiti-
macy of his children arose, there
being a natural suspicion that if
one child had been borrowed the
origin of the others might be
doubtful. The question being
put to the wife, she declared that
the child Djehad had been bor-
rowed also. But she now main-
tains that she was actuated in
doing so by a feeling of revenge,
awakened by her divorce and the
Pasha's second marriage, which
soon followed. From that time
the boy Djehad has been a wan-
derer over the earth. He spent
some years in Egypt as a domes-
tic servant; he joined the Papal
Zouaves; he has been a lay in-
mate at the convent of St. Lazare,
in Yenice: and, at his reputed
father's death, which occurred in
September last, he repaired to
England, the land of portentous
lawsuits, there to prepare his
claims to Kibrisli Pasha's pro-
perty.—Pall Mall Gazette.
An old lawyer says that the
three most troublesome clients
he ever hod were a young woman
who wanted to be married, a
married woman who wanted to
be unmarried, and an old maid
who didn't know what she wanted.
National Union Republican Convention.
The undersigned, constituting the National
Committee designated by the Convention held
at Chicago on the 20th of May, 1868, hereby
call a conventinn of the Union Republican
party, at the city of Philadelphia, on the 5th
day of June next, at 12 o'clock, noon, for the
purpose of nominating candidates for the
offices of President and Vice President of the
United States.
Each State is authorized to be represented
in the convention by delegates equal to twiee
the number of Senators and Representatives
to which it will be entitled in the next
National Congress, and each organized Terri-
tory is authorized to send two delegates.
In calling this convention, the committee re-
mind the promises of tho Union Republican
Convention of 1868 have been fulfilled. The
States lately in rebellion have been restored to
their formsr relations to the government.
The laws of the country have been faithfully
executed: public raith has been preserved
and tho national credit firmly ertablished;
governmental economy has been illustrated
by the reduction at the same time of the
pnblic debt and taxation, and the refunding of
the natianal debt at a low rate of interest
successfully inagurated. The rights of natur-
alized citizens have been protected by treaties,
and immigration encouraged by liberal pro-
visions. The defenders of the Union have
been gratefully remembered, and the rights
and interests of labor recognized. Laws have
been enactcd, and are being enforced for the
protection of persons and property in all
sections Equal sufi'rage has been engrafted on
the National Constitution. The privileges and
immunities of Americau citizenship have be-
come a part of the organic law, and a liberal
policy has been adopted toward all who engaged
in the rebellion. Complications in foreign re-
lations have been adjusted in the interest of
peace, throughout the world; while the
national honor has been maintained, corrup-
tion has been exposed, offendors punished, re-
sponsibility enforced, safeguards established,
and now, as heretofore, the Republican party
stands pledged to correct all abuses, and carry
out all reforms necessary to maintain the purity
and efficiency of tbe pnblic service. To con-
tinue and firmly establish its fundamental
principles we invite the ce-operation of all the
citizens of the United States,
WILLIAM CLAFLIN,
of Massachusetts, Chairman.
WILLIAM H. CHANDLER,
of New Hampshire. Secretary.
S. A. Peters, Maine. T. W. Osborne. Fla.
Luke P. Poland, Vt. L. C. Carpenter, S. C.
L. B. Frize, R. I. J no. W. Caldwell, Ga.
H. H. Starkweather, Ct. J. P. Stow, Alabama.
J. Gospill, N. J. M. H. Soutnworth, La.
Wm. H. Kemble, Pa. A. C. Fisk, Miss,
H. M.Jenkins, Del. S. C. .Pomeroy, Kan.
B. R. Dowen, Ohio. B. F. Rico, Ark.
J. Coburn, Indiana. Jno. B. Clark, Miss.
C. B. Farwell, Illinois. A. A. Burton, Ken.
Z. Chandler, Michigan. H. Maynard, Tenn.
J. T. Averill, Minn. E. B. Taylor, Nebras.
D. Atwood, Wis. James W. Nye, Nev.
Geo. W. McCary, Iowa. H. W. Corbett. Oreg.
C, C. Fulton, Maryland. Geo. W. Gorham, Cal.
F. Stearns, Va. Jno. B. Chaffee, Col.
J. R. Hubbard, W. Va. W. A. Burleigh, Dak.
Wm. Sloan, N. C. S. J. Bowen, Dist. Col.
Washington, D. C., January 11, 1872.
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.
Change of Time Ordered.
A Delegate Convention of the Republican
party of Texas is hereby called to assemble in
the city of Houston on the second Tuesday of
May: 1872, for the purpose of nominating
Presidential Electors, selecting Delegates to
tbe Philadelphia, National Convention, for a
thorough re-organization of the party, and for
the transaction of sueh other business as may
properly come before the body.
The basis of Representation is fixed the
Bame as for members of the Legislature under
the present appointment.
Papers friendly to the objects herin express-
ed will please copy this call. J. G. TRACY,
J. P. NEWCOMB, Ch'n Republican
Secretary. State Executive Com.
List of District Judges.
First District, William Chambers, Liberty,
Liberty county.
Second District, H. Pedigo, Woodville, Tyler
county.
Third District, L. W. Cooper. Crockett,
Houston county.
Fourth District, M. Priest, Rusk, Cherokee
county.
Fiftn District, M. W. Wheeler, Centre.
Shelby county.
Sixth District, J. B. Williamson, Marshall,
Harrison county.
Seventh District, J. D, McAdoo, Jefferson,
Marion county.
Eighth District, A. H. Latimer, Clarksville,
Red River county.
Ninth District, Z. Norton, Tyler, Smith
county.
Tenth District, John G. Scott, Palestine,
Anderson county.
Elevtnth District, W. H- Andrews, McKin-
nev, Collin county.
Twelfth District, C. C. Binkley, Sherman,
Grayson county.
Thirteenth District, Charles So ward.
Weatherford, Parker eounty.
Fourteenth District, Hardin Hart, Dallas,
county.
Fifteenth District, W. H. Russell, Browns-
ville, Cameron county.
Sixteenth District, T. C. Darden, Indianola,
Calhoun couuty.
Seventeenth District, D. D. Claiborne, Goliad,
Goliad county.
Eighteenth District, A. P. McCormack, Bra-
zoria county.
Nineteenth District, James Masterson,
Houston, Harris county.
Twentieth Di strict, W. Burkhout, Matagorda,
Matagorda county.
Twenty-first District, L. Lindsay, La Grange,
Fayette county.
Twenty-second District, Henry Maney,
Seguin Guadalupe county.
Twenty-third District, George Noonan San-
Antonio, Bexar County.
Twenty-fourth District, J. J. Thompson,
Castroville, Medina county. .
Twenty-fifth District, S. B. Newcomb, El
Paso, El Paso county.
Twenty-sixtL District, I. N. Everett, New-
Braunfels, Comal county.
Twenty-seventh District, J. P. Richardson,
Austin, Travis county.
Twenty-eight District,. I. M. Onins Bryan,
Brazos county.
Twenty-ninth District, I. B. McFarland,
La Grange, Fayette county.
Thirtieth District, James R. Burnett, Hunts-
ville, Walker couuty.
Thirty-first District, John B. Rector. Calverj
Robertson county.
Thirty-second District, E. B. Turner, George
town, Williamson county.
Thirty-third District, J. W. Olivor, Waco,
McLennan, county.
Thirty-fourth District, Jno. P. Osterhout,
Belton, Bell county.
Thirty-fifth District, Francis P. Wood,
Corsicana, Navarro county.
Criminal District Court of Galveston and
Harris counties, Samuel Dodge, Galveston.
List of District Attorneys.
First District, M. D. Priest, Liberty, Liberty
county.
Second District, G. W. Gann. Woodville,
Tyler county.
'Third District, R. E. Borden, Crockett,
Houston connty.
Fourth District, Jeff Shook, Rusk, Cherokee
connty.
Fifth District, D. S. Camaban, Centre, Shelby
county.
Sixth District, S. H. Russell, Marshall,
Harrison connty.
Seventh District, B. W Gray, Jefferson
Marion county.
Eigth District, R. Peterson, Paris, Lamar
county.
Ninth District, S. F. Newton, Tyler, Smith
county.
Tanth District, T. D. Evans, Palestine,
Anderson county.
Eleventh District, Lucas F. Smith McKin-
ne.v, Collin county.
Twelfth District, J. J. Lovejoy Denton
Denton county.
Thirteenth District, J. N. Dickson, Denton,
Denton county.
Fourteenth District, H. L. Rap, Dallas,
Dallas county.
Fifteenth District, F. E McManus, Browns-
ville Cameron county.
Sixteenth District, J. S. Givens, Indianola,
Calhoun county.
Seventeenth District, E. R. Lane, Goliad,
Goliad eounty.
Eighteenth District C. Olfson, Galveston,
Galveston county.
Nineteenth District, Henry E. Perkins-
Houston, Harris county.
Twentieth District, S. C. Patton, Matagorda,
Matagorda county.
lty-first Di
Grange, Fayette county.
Twenty-first District, J. C Mitceell, La-
Twenty-Second District, Milner Jones,
Seguin, Guadalupe ceunty.
Twenty-third District, A. Dittmar, San-
Antonio, Bexar county.
Twenty-fourth District, Thos. M. Paschal
Castroville, Medina county.
Twenty-fifth District, James P. Aague, El-
Psso, El Peso county.
Twenty-sixth District, John 0. Walker,
New Braunfels, Comal county.
Twenty-seventh District, Bingham Trigg,
Austin, Travis county.
Twenty-eigth District, Geo. W. Scott, Brvan,
Brazos count v. ,
Twenty-ninth District, T. G. Davidson,
Brenham, Washington connty.
Thirtieth District, A. F. itcKinney, Hunts-
ville, Walker county.
Thirty-first District, I. B. Ellison, Calvert,
Robertson county.
Thirty-second District, A. J. Vaugn, George-
town Williamson county.
Thirty-third District, J. W. Dickenson,
Waco, McLennan county.
Thirty-fourth District, J. J. Vardiman,
Gatesville, Coryell connty.
Thirty-fifth District, Chas. T. Booth, Corsi-
cana, Navarro county.
Dd. Collier, Criminal Court, Galveston
county.
FAMILY GROCERIES.
BICHABD ANDERSON
Has in store and for sale the following articles
Sugar, Coffee, Flour,
Tea, Bacon, Hams,
Butter, Lard, Rice,
Potatoes, Meal, Soap,
Molassess, Starch, Cuddles,
Wash Tubs, Washboards
TOBACCO AND CIGARS,
Wbisky, Brandy, Wine, Beer, Brooms,
Puckets. Can Fruit of all descriptions, and
Poultry, Chickens, Turkeys and Eggs. mar9tf
PRINCIPAL OFFICE
FREEDMAN'S SAVING AND
TBUST COMPANY.
Warhington, D. C., June 21, 1871-
AMENDMENTS TO TEE RULES AFD
REGULATIONS.
By authority of the Board of Trustees Rules
V and XIV of the "Rules and Regulations"
of the Freedman's Saving and Trust Cympany,
as found in its deposit books, are amended as
follows:
Rules for the Payment of Interest.
In place of Rule V read:
From the first day of Julv, 1871) the Freed-
man's Savings and trust Company will pay
interest at the rate of six per cent, per annum,
until further notice, on all sums of five dollars
and upwards received by it on deposit, under
the following conditions and exceptions:
Interest at the above named rate, will begin
to accure at the beginning of each month on all
sums of five dollars and upwards then on de -
posit. It will be calculated twice a year, viz:
on the first day of July and the first day of
January in each year, and will be paid in cash
to or entered to tne credit of the depositor as
a deposit, as he or she may prefer, within
twenty days after those dates.
No interest will be allowed or paid on any
sum withdrawn before the first days of July or
January in each year for the period which may
have elapsed since the date ol the last divided.
On deposits of five thousand dollars and
upwards only five per cent, per annum will be
allowed.
Rule XIV shall read thus:
Deposits in snms of not less than fifty dollars
may be received, to be subject to check at sight
which shall draw interest from date of deposit
at the rate of four per cent, per annm, on con-
dition that the sums so deposited shall remain
on deposit not less than thirty days.
But deposits made under this rule will not
participate in the higher rata of interest of
Rule V. mrch9tf
THE THEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY,
Washington, D. C.,
Now Permanently Organized, Will Open Sep-
tember 15, 1871.
FACULTY:
0. 0. HOWARD, LL. D,, President.
J. B. REEVE, D. D., Professor.
Eliphalet Whittlesey, A. M., f
J. Eames Rankin, D. D., > Lecturers.
J. G. Butler, D. D., )
ST. CHARLES
Corner of Twentieth and Postoffice Streets.
. A First Class Saloon.
Foreign and Domestic Wines and Liquors
German Schiddam Schnapps, Bottled Wines
and liquors for medical purposes.
I^Old Bourbon Whisky.
G. JAMISON,
mrch9tf Proprietor
FISK UNIVERSITY.
Founded by the American Missionary
and Western Freedmen's Aid Com-
mission, January, 1866.
NASHVILLE TENN.
The Fall term of this institution will begin
Monday, September 11th.
During the past year four hnndred and fifty
pupils have been in regular attendance, graded
as sollows:
Senior Peparatory Class 4
Junior Preparatory Class y
High School (including Normal Class) 76
Grammar School km
Primary School 124
Night School 49
In Theology 4
Of these forty-eight have studied instrumen-
tal music.
There have been in the Boarding Depart-
ment one hundred students from the following
States: Tennessee, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois,
Missouri, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and
Virginia.
At the annuel meeting of the Board of Trus-
tees, a College Department wa formed, with
appropriate professorship, and a class was
admitted to college; thus the work of
collegiate education in Fisk University is
actually begun.
This will be carried en as the present class
advances and others are added, through all
those stnilies usually embraced in a college
course.
A Theological course has also been establish-
ed, and a professor of theology appointed, and
haarty welcome will be given to young persons
desirous of fitting themselves for the Christian
ministry in ony of the religious demonstrations
whose taith is in salvation through our Lord
and Savior Jesns Christ; the great aim in this
department being to impart a correct
knowledge ot the Bible, anifcractical instruc-
tion in sermonizing, pastoral labor, etc.
It is the intention of the Board of Trustees
to furnish instructions in the Department of
Law and Medicine, as soon as there is sufficient
demand for it.
The Normal Department will still be a
prominent feature of the University, in which
special attention will be given as heretofore,
to the education of Teachers for the Schools ol'
the South.
A Boarding Department is established for
the accomodation of students from abroad
in which they will find superior opportunities
tor study, and all the refining and elevating
influences of Christian home.
Children uoder thtrteen years of age are not
admitted to thia department.
Fisk University is open to all persons of
good character, without respect to race, color
or sex, and it is the intention of the Trustees
to furnish the best facilities for a throrough
preperation for all departments of business or
professional life.
EXPENSES ARE AS FOLLOWS;
Board, including founished room, washing,
fuel and light, ?2 75 per week.
Which must be paid monthly in advance.
If paid at the end of the month, it is $3 Oo
per week.
Tuition in the Common Branches, 1 00 per
month (of 4 weeks.)
Tuition in the High School., $2 25 per month
(of 4 weeks,) to pe paid in advace at the be-
ginning of each Term.
A limited number of pupils in instrumental
music, (piano or organ) will be taken at $4 00
per month, including use of an instrument.
All bills are to be paid in advance.
First Term begins Monday, September 11,
1871.
First Term ends Friday, December 2,1871.
Second Term begins Wednesday, January 3,
1872.
Second Term ends Friday, March 23, 1872.
Third Term begins Monday, April 2, 1872.
'• " ends Thursday, June 19th, 1872.
Students should be present the first day of
the Term.
For information on matters strictiy educa-
tional, adress.
PROF. A. K. SPENCE, A. M., Principal,
Rusiness letters should be addressed to
GEO. L. WHITE, Treasurer.
Nashville, August 12,1871. March 9
THE FEEEDMAN'S
SAVINGS AND TKUST
COMPANY.
A National Savings Bank.
ESTABLISHED MARCH, 1865.
Chartered by the Government of the
United States.
Deposits of five cents, or any larger amounts
received.
Six per cent, interest paid on sums of five
dollars or more. All deposits payable on de-
mand, with interests due. All accounts
strictly private and confidential.
Principal office, Washington, D. C. Branch
offices in all the larger cities of the South and
Southwest.
The great National Savings Institution, es-
tablished by the authority of the United
States Government for the beneitt of the
freedmen, knows no distinction of race or
color, and offers its great advantage#*to all
classes alike.
Save the small sums. Cut off your vices—
don't smoke/- don't drink, don't buy lottery
Put the money you save into the Freedman's
Savings Bank.
The Washington Branch office, No, 507
Seventh St. opposite the Postoffice, is open
from 9 a. m., each <\ay, and on Wednesday and
Saturday nights receive deposits only, from
7 to8:30 o'clock
GALVESTON, HOUSTON & HENDER-
SON RAILROAD.
ffiTjS
.tfu inr,
-CANGE OF TIME,-
To take effect on and after
LEAVE GALVESTON DAILY (Sundays
excepted) AS FOLLOWS:
Leave Galveston: .6:30 A. M
" " 1:30 P. M
Leave Houston : 7 A. M.
" 5:05 P.M.
The 6:30 a. m. Train connects with the G. H.
& S. A. R. R. at Harrisbnrg from Columbus,
thence by stages for San Antonio and Western
Texas.
Connects with the H. & T. C. R. R- at Hous-
ton at 9:15 a. M.
The 1:30 p. m. train connects with the Cen-
tral Railroad.
The 7:00 a. si. train connects with the
MORGAN STEAMER.
GEO. B. NICHOLS,
Supt. G. H. & H.. aud G. D & S. A. R. R.
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