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POME SOY AT HUSTSYILLE.
A tfd&D HELL.
State residentiary-Tfae Interna,
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Oil Friday, Mark M. Fomeroy,
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kaowa as "
James
superin-
International and
Railroad, and the
editor of tlie Merouby, accepted
the invitation of the President of
the International and Great
Korthern Railroad to make a fly-
ing trip over those two roads, and
we ail left the junc-
tion on a special train filled np
with mattresses, commissary,
waiters ete., and in two
and fifty minutes arrived at
we found the
to
to that institution,
our way there we were
of a rich joke perpetrat-
ifayor and citizens of
on the day preceding,
that the Galveston
had announced Pomeroy's
to be on Thursday, and
train arrived on
Tfrarsday, the Mayor of Hunts-
ville and citizens, with a band,
were at the train to receive them.
J r so happened that on this train
there were several prisoners, and
; them one of fine address
% ho had heretofore figured as a
lawyer and preacher. The crowd
took off hate, and were about to give
'httjc clificri; for Brick Pomeroy,
ey had decided the prisoner
to be, when lie 3tood up and dis-
played his manacles, and the dis-
appointed crowd dispersed.
Mr. Pomeroy visited the peni-
tentiary, spending three hours
examining into all the
m.
seen so much of our State as he
has, and we are sorry that he
could not prolong his stay, be-
nse we believe, with all his
strong and abusive language, his
influence is great; and, while he
denounces in strong terms those
who disagree with him, we can
stand much of this as a Republi-
can for the sake of getting the
strong Anglo-Saxon abuse of
those within his own party who
have pocketed the back pay. As
the editor and publisher of one of
the best circulated papers coming
^within our State, he has an in-
fluence, for good or evil, which
few possess and we hesitate not to
say that the visit of Pomeroy to
Texas will result to our benefit.
therein,
machinery ami work, the disci-
pline, food, clothing, health, medi-
tre&tment,
etc.,
etc.. and ex-
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passed his unqualified admiration
of the manner in which it was con-
ducted, stating that he had never
seen a prison where cleanliness,
is«3 Ith and discipline were so
jjy blended as in this. 4
It has been one year since we
via ted the institution. In this
mm new buildings have been
erected, new cells built, new ma-
ckleeiy of all kinds has been put
in, is-.iid nearly a quarter of a mil-
tiou dollars expended by the
At present this penitentiary is
the second largest in the country,
Illinois having the largest number
of convicts and Texas the second
largest, being at present ten
hundred and fifty.
After driving around Hunts ville
and twice calling upon the veteran
editor of the Huntsvitle Item,
George Robinson, we were com-
pelled to leave without seeing him,
tor which we were all exceedingly
Horn. as we had anticipated de-
riving valuable information from
. Jum regarding Walker county.
At 2:30 p. M., we left Huntsville
tor Hearne, arriving there at 11:20
p. m« While at Houston, Galves-
ton and Huntsville, Mr. Pomeroy
received numerous invitations to
speak m various cities in Texas,
all of which he felt compelled to
decline, as he was compelled to
hasten home to attend a political
conference.
At 11:43 Mr. Pomeroy left on
the through train of the Houston
and Texas Central bound for St
JpsMs and the North. At 1 a. m,,
wc returned to Palestine on the
International, and from thence to
Siesaston on the Great Northern,
arriving homo at 3:25 p. ac., yes-
terday. The train was under the
'.•hssxge of the able and courteous
S&dstimt Superintendent James
%. Faulkner. The engine being
SiMidleJ in a masterly manner by
dneer Buckner and fireman
helman.
The tracks of the International
mid Great Northern Railroads are
the finest earth beds ever built in
the South; while in every low
pl&ee the road has been ballasted
the fine, hard rock from the
ries. All the bridges
roads were built by Col.
e American Bridge
are the best to be
i South.
run through a
country, and
the
with saw
turning the
of feet of fine
the lines of both roads
are springing np
of what rail-
for our State,
to Huntsville the
as fine as we have ever
and we learn that the
ity
they
lose per
made up
tPomeroy
in Texas,
LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Paul Pry at Washington—The Galves-
ton Sews—Correspondent "B." Dis-
cover* a Mountain Concealed Under
a Peck Messare.
The letter of "B." to the Gal-
veston News, published yesterday,
gives a copy of a document pre-
sented at Washington regarding
Texas affairs. " B." says this was
to be kept on the sly, concealed,
&c., and yet he saw it. The idea
of any one trying to keep a thing
private after J. Warren Bell had
seen it is richness* indeed, For
the benefit of the Galveston News
and its readers, we wish to say
that the document alluded to
was " presented to the editor of
the Meecury and by him signed
as a document to be seen by those
concerned, andjto be published, as
he believed it would be, as one of
the signers. The edtior of this
paper has only to . say that the
document alluded to says noth-
ing which we have not said in this
journal and repeated and proven,
and he has not in the
past, and will not at present
or iu the future append. his
signature to any document which
he has any hesitancy to the whole
world seeing, and which will not
bear the comments and criticism
of friend and foe.
Converted Democrats.—The
number of Democrats voting at
the Republican Convention last
night must have been a pleasing
sight to those who worked so
hard to break up the Convention.
In the next Convention we intend
to publish a list of those Demo-
crats voting in the convention,
that the public may see the num
ber and standing of the new con
verts to the tenets of Republi-
canism. We know it will sur-
prise their friends and the public.
We are indebted to Messrs.
Baldwin & Co., for the latest
number of Pomeroy's Democrat,
Banner of~ Light, Xew Varieties,
National Police Gazette and Peer-
The two most important Post-
offices in Kentucky are entrusted
to the care of women. The Lou-
isville Post-office is under the
charge of Mrs. Porter, daughter
of the late Governor, James T.
Morehead; and the Covington
Post-office under the charge of
Mrs. Sultana S. Farrell, formerly
Miss Sebree.
The counterfeit fifty cent notes
in circulation may be detected by
holding them to the light, when
one can see there is no silk fibre
in the paper, but is simulated by
irregular scratches on the plate
which gives the surface impres-
sion. The red treasury seal is also
printed in ink whieh will ijub and
blur over the paper if a person
dampens the figures and passes
them over it.
Let all who hanker after san
sages beware. The Indian Medi-
cal Gazette gives an account of the
discovery by Dr. John Candy,
109th regiment, British infantry,
of a number of hydated cysts in
the brain of a British soldier.
The deceased had been in the
habit of eating country cured ba-
con and sausages, and it is sup-
posed that it was owing to the
presence of parasites in this food
that these cysts were found.
Post Office Statistics.—A state-
ment just issued from the Post
Office Department shows that the
number and value ot postage
stamps, stamped envelopes, news
paper wrappers and postal cards,
issued by the stamp division of
the Third Assistant of the Post-
master GeneraPs office during the
month ending July 31, the first
month after the abolition of the
franking privilege, was much
larger than that of any month in
the history of the Post Office De-
partment.
A Man with a Needle in his
Heart.—On Friday evening Wil-
liam Repadan, a shoemaker by
trade, but of late employed in a
lumber yard, went to his boarding
house, on First street, Hunter's
Point, and lay out upon the stoop.
He fell alseep, and in rolling over,
a needle which had been inserted
in the lappel of his coat pierced
his left breast and penetrated the
hea$. He attempted to withdraw
it, but broke the needle, leaving
the point in his heart. Physicians
were immediately summoned, but
they could do nothing. To make
an incision to recover the needle's
point would be certain death.
They gave the unfortunate man
choloform, under the influence of
which he has since been. Last
evening he was not suffering as
much' as previously, but the phy-
sicians have little hope of his re-
covery,—Ar. J. Sun.
The Persians say of noisy, un-
reasonable talk. "I hear the sound
of the millstone, but I see no
BY
Bloody Fight Between the Sioux
and Pawnees.
The Pawnees Defeated.
One
Hundred Braves Bite the
Dost.
special to HOUSTON MERCURY.
Omaha, Aug. 9, 1873.
A dispatch §x>in Elm Creek, Ne-
braska, states that on Tuesday
morning while a party of Pawnee
Indians was hunting, near the Re-
publican river and Blackwood
Creek, they were surprised and
attacked by a large body of Sioux,
and a bloody fight ensued, result-
ing in defeat of the Pawnees, who
lost about one hundred killed, com-
prising some of the best men in
the tribe, almost all of their horses,
arms and game. The Pawnees
were pursued thirty miles, and
only escaped when night came on.
Associated Press Dispatches.
Steamship Warn asset Burned—From
Washington to Coney River—A Chapter
of Horrors.
Washington, Aug. 9.—The Wa-
masset horror is fully confirmed.
Most of the passengers perished.
She left Washington on a
regular passenger trip for Coney
river. She burned off Chattenhan
Landing, where there is no wharf,
the passengers and freight being
landed by small boats. A boat
had been lowered when the flames
burst out. The vessel was 200
yards from shore. Nothing re-
mains but a broken-jshaft and
smokestack. There were 110 pas-
sengers registered when she left
Washington, Ijut she received and
discharged some at various land-
ings, of whom no record was kept.
The crew consisted of 12. Prob-
ably 50 passengers weielost, and
two of the crew. The cause of
the fire i§ unknown. As soon as
the fire was discovered the boat
headed for the shore, but struck
on a bar on the Virginia side.
Many ladies and children were
aboard, visiting friends sojourning
at places of resort down the river;
also many colored people. Ten
bodies reached the wharf, five un-
known. Ail accounts applaud the
gallantry of the captain and crew.
, Capt. Woods is burnt round the
neck and ears slightly. He says
the fire broke out 25 minutes past
12 o'clock; I was in the pilot house
and a fireman came and told me
the boat was on fire below. I im-
mediately came out and found the
flames had not reached quite to
hurricane deck; saw it was impos-
sible to get to the life boats,which
were on after quarters on east
side to lower them, although they
were full of passengers, I threw
water on the wheel ropes, so as to
keep her steerage all right, and
passed buckets of water from be-
low to the hurricane deck for the
purpose, as there was no hope of
saving the vessel, and that the
only chance to. save the passen-
gers was to keep her going, head-
ing for the beach. She reached
the beach in about 12 minutes after
the alarm was given. In less than 5
minutes after the first alarm,
fire reached,, the^pilot-house; the
engines stopped working about a
half a minute before she struck
shore; the boat ran her length
and came to a dead stop and
grounded in less than five feet of
water at the bow. I remained on
the hurricane deck till the cur-
tains in my room and saloon win-
dows were burned; then I came
do^n on the forward deck,.and
did what I could to save the pass-
engers, a great many of whom,
were afraid to jump over-board,
though I assured them that the
water was not over their heads.
One or two made a leap, and the
rest seeing that the water was
shallow, followed, and were
saved. It was with difficulty that
I prevented their jumping over ifi
great bodies and drowning each
other during the excitement.
Nearly all lost were in the stern
of the boat; the flames driving
that way and forcing them to
jump or be burned. Just before
I left the boat I saw Mrs. Haylan,
of Alexandria, hanging to the
middle chain crying for help, I
sent a boat and rescued her. One
testified that the excitement
caused undue loss of life; many
were lost by the life-boats being
pver-crowded before the boat
stopped; one of them was crowd-
ed with colored passengers;
and when she was cut
loose the stern bulged out and
swamped her. About twelve small
children were aboard, and I think
five or six were lost. The fire
caught in the hold, it is impossible
to say just where. The boat was
very dry, almost like tinder, and
the flames, when they struck the
oiled machinery, spread like a
torch. The cargo was miscellane-
ous and all lost. It contained
nothing inflammable except two
barrels of whiskey, which were in
the forward hold and were about
the last things burned. The pas-
senger list and manifests were
lost, it being impossible to reach
the office to get them. But few
passengers were asleep at the
time and none in the state-rooms.
Some were lyjng down on the
sofas. The Georgiana came along
on her way from Baltimore, and
brought up a few of the passen-
gers; many were down through
the country, and some waiting for
boats to come home on. All were
taken care of. The steamer was
valued at $40,000.
Latest from the Wamsetta Disaster.
Washington, Aug. 9.—Another
steamer arrived here at seven
o'clock this morning, bringing up
three of the bodies of those who
perished. The remains were
those of Miss Bettie Reed, a
child of Mr. Jas. Reed, and a
colored child whose parents
reside in Madison street. Twelve
bodies were held, nine of them be-
ing colqgjpd women and three chil -
dren who were not identified.
They were all buried on sh
MM ;
after a description of each body
had been made for further identifi-
cation. Persons were engaged grap*
pling to-day about the wreck, but
one body was fished up, that of a
colored woman who could not be
identified. Another steamer goes
to the wreck to-morrow. Twenty
bodies have been recovered, and
it is thought there were at least
fifty.
Spanish America.
Havana, Aug. 9.—The El Garro
Figaro, a new Republican paper,
has appeared.
A Spanish telegram announces
the destruction of a large aban-
doned encampment of the enemy,
near Sarantan, in Holquin.
Ten persons presented them-
selves from the enemy's camp,
bringing the head of the insur-
gent colonel, Jose Arias.
Fears are entertained that the
news from Spain will cause a reac-
tion in Porto Rico. A feeling of
discontent is manifest throughout
the Island.
Advices from St. Thomas to the
4th report heavy rains.
Port an Prince, July 24.—The
Chambers at Port au Prince have
not been opened. No session is
likely to be held this year, as the
Government apprehends trouble if
they meet.
The revolution on the northern
frontiers of St. Domingo is pro-
gressing. Fighting is of daily oc-
currence. The roads in all jthe
northern provinces are impassable,
owing to guerillas.
Spanish Matters.
It is reported in Spanish circles
here that telegrams from Havana
were received yesterday by a
Spanish commercial house and
by a high Spanish functionary in
this country to the effect that
General Portillo, at the head of
3000 men, entered and captured
Cieniuegos, and without a shot
being fired. He proclaimed Don
Carlos as King of Spain. Many
leading Spaniards of Havana, in-
cluding generals in the army, colo-
nels, and volunteer regiments, the
Jesuits and several leading slave
traders of the Island, are said to
be conspirators with General Por-
tillo for the overthrow of the Re-
publican Government of Spain.
Late from Spain.
Madrid, Aug. 9.—Arrangements
for the restoration of national
authority in Salamanca has been
concluded between a deputation
from that city and the govern-
ment, but the conditions have not
been made public, p
Barcelona, Aug. 9.—The Carl-
ists are concentrating before Bur-
gos, the capital of the Spanish
province of that name, prepara-
tory to making an attack upon the
city.
Madrid, Aug. 9.—Yesterday
while the intransigents of Madrid
were attempting to organize the
administration in opposition to the
Carlists, they were attacked by a
body of citizens who dispersed
the assemblage, destroyed the red
flags and beat the bearers of the
objectionable colors.
- Another targe Fire.
Portland, Me., Aug. 9.—A large
fire is raging on Galtz wharf. The
steamer Dierego has been burned
to the water's edge. The Boston
boats and the steamer Chase are
in great danger. The sheds of the
New York steamers are all burned.
Later.—2:15 p.m.—The steamer
Montreal is burned.
2:30 p. m.—The fire is spreading
rapidly. Galtz and the Atlantic
wharfs are burned. The fire may
keep off the shore. The steamers
now burning are the Dierego,
Montreal and Chase. *
Latest from Portland Fire.
Portland, Aug. 9.—The fire is
under control. The Grand Trunk
Railroad depot is safe.
lift Insurance.
Memphis, August 9.—The Caro-
lina Life Insurance Company of
this city has effected an arrang
ment by which their entire busi-
ness has been transferred to the
Southern Life Insurance Compa-
ny, the latter company insuring all
the outstanding risks of the for-
mer.
V Racing.
Saratoga, Aug. 9.—Countess
won the three mile race. Time,
1:1,7*.
Disappearance of Cholera.
Vienna. Aug. 9.—Cholera has
entirely disappeared.
Movements of CarUsts.
Barcelona, Aug. 9.—A force of
Carlists, numbering 4000 soldiers,
are marching on the town of
Berga, fifty miles northwest of
this city.
New York Items.
New York, Aug. 9—The Brook-
lyn Trust Company resumed.
Michael Jordan, seaman on the
ship Hamilton Fish, has been held
for examination on the charge of
stabbing John Aleo, mate, during
her voyage to this port from Liv-
erpool. Jordan and shipmate say
the stabbing was done in self de-
fence, and that passengers as well
as crew were badly treated by the
officers of the ship,especially Capt.
Bryant and first mate. The sailors
are supported in their statements
by written charges signed by the
passengers. —
The Chinese on Railroad Attacked.
San Francisco, Aug. 9. — A
camp of Chinese laborers working
on the Narrow Gauge Railroad,
near Bevecia, was attacked yester-
day by a of crowd a drunken white
men, who tore down their tents,
stoned and clubbed the Chinese.
The Chinese fled into the hills
like sheep; all work was suspend-
ed ; several of the assailed, labor-
ers were subsequently found miles
away from the places of work.
Nominated.
Jas. Otis to-day received the
tax-payers nomination for mayor.
Missing Steamer.
New York, Aug. 9^—No news
from the missing steamer Arndt.
Baees.
Samtoga, Aug. 9.—Satire won
the first./race, and Hubbard won
the second race.
1 Arrest of Slater.
Washington, Aug. 9.—Slater,
who killed Hussey, has been ar-
rested.
Contradicted.
Trieste, Aug. 9.—The statement
made yesterday that an attempt
was made to assassinate Hospo-
dar, of Montengo, is contradicted.
Saratoga Races.
Saratoga, Aug. 9—Considerable
interest, and much uncertainty
was felt as to what would be the
result of the second race, which
was to bo for a purse of $5000
for three year olds; the winners
this year of any * single race
amounting to $1000, to carry
ten pounds extra weight; the dis-
tance being 1£ miles. A splendid
start was effected, Sunrise taking
lead; after rounding the first turn
Satire came up with her, and the
two ran neck and neck for one-
fourth of a mile, when Warlike
and Mark Jordan closed up for a
contest. When within one-eighth
of a mile from the winning post,
Satire, who had kept close on the
quarters of the other three, passed
them with a sudden shoot, and
won, after executing a struggle,
by a length; Sunrise second, War-
like third. Time l:58v
Third race, purse $800, for all
ages, two and three-fourth miles,
was won by Hubbard by about
eight lengths. Time 4:&J£.
The Atlantic Pacific Ran road,
New York, Aug. 9.—At the re-
onganization of the Directors of
Atlantic Pacific Railroad Com-
pany to-day, Thos. A. Scott was
elected President; Andrew Pierce,
Jr., Vice-President and General
Manager, and Gen. Clinton B.
Fiske, Treasurer, Jno. Edgar
Thompson, Thomas A. Scott, Al-
fred L. Dennis, and L. David Sol-
omon of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, were chosen Directors. The
election of Scott to the Presi-
dency, it is said, indicate an alli-
ance between the 32 and 35 paral-
lel continental projects on one line
of railroad to San Francisco.
The Cable of 1865 Recovered.
London, Aug. 9.—A rumor is
current in London to-night that
the steamship Great Eastern had
succeeded in recovering the At-
lantic cable of 1665.
Bavaria.
Munich, Aug. 9.—King Ludwig
will visit the Vienna Exposition,
incognito, next week.
Paris.
Paris, Aug. 9.—The inquiry by
Government officers proves that
no case of cholera has occurred in
Paris this year.
It is rumored that Dieuffure is
►to be appointed President <5f
State.
Man Shoots his Wife.
Poughkeepsie, Aug. 9.—John
Wentz, a junk dealer, shot his
wife this evening, and then shot
himself. Both are dead; they had
a quarrel about money matters.
Wentz was drunk. They leave
seven children.
Shipment of Sliver.
New York, Aug. 9.—A quarter
of a million of silver bars were
shipped to Europe to-day.
VeUowstone Expedition.
A dipatch from the Yellowstone
expedition says that the Otta-
wand arrived at the Yellowstone
river on x the 16th July, and
then encamped fifteen miles
sonth of the mouth of Glen
.dine Creek. As soon as the troops
and wagons are transferred
to the other side the expedition
will proceed to Mosecle Shell
River, leaving a detachment of in-
fantry under the command of Cap-
tain Pearson in person. A stock-
ade is now being built. Only one
death has occurred on the trip,
and that was of Dean Moley, who
was killed by being run over by a
wagon. The survey is progressing
favorably.
Base BaU.
New York, Aug. 9—The Atlan-
tic and Mutual nine played a
game of ball to-day on the Union
Ground, with the following re-
sults: Atlantic, 12; Mutuals, 2.
Weather Probabilities.
Washington, Aug. 9.—For the
northwest and thence to Missouri,
low barometer. Warm and cloudy
weather with local storms are prob-
able for the uppej lakes, and thence
to the lower Ohio valley. North
westerly to southwesterly winds,
partly cloudy weather, followed
by felling barometer and occa-
sional local storms. For the
Lower Lakes and thence to West
Virginia, warmer, generally clear
weather and southeasterly winds.
For the Eastern and Middle States,
rising barometer, low temperature,
partly cloudy weother, and occa-
sional local rains. For the Gulf
and South Atlantic States, lower
barometer, high temperature,
southeast and southwest winds
and cloudy weather, with local
storms near the east. Reports
are missing from the southwest.
Later from Portland Fire.
Portland, Aug. 9.—The steamer Dierego,
with freight .sheds on Galfcz's Wharf, are on
fire, and the fire has spread to the freight
shedsof the Boston steamers on Atlantic
Wharf. The Dierego is of the New York
Line.
2:50 p. m.—The fire has spread and has
burned the elevator on Galtz's Wharf, with
several thousand bushels of grain. The
steamer Montreal, of the Boston Line, was
burned. Most of the freight in the freight
sheda was got out Five hundred tons of
coal on Galtz's Wharf ia burning.
A Boston dispatch from Port-
land at 2:45 p. H., says, the grain
elevator on Gatz's wharf is gone.
The Boston boats' wharf, foot of
depot of Grand Trunk Railroad,
has just caught. One woman, un-
known, has been drowned, and
others are reported as having
lost their lives. The build-
ing of B. N. Hall & Morrill,
Packing Company, is gone.
Dispatches have been sent to Joco
and Beddeiord for aid. It is the
steamer Carlotta instead of the
steamer Chase that is burning.
A New York dispatch from Port-
land says that the fire is fully un-
der control. The steamer Dierego,
of New York, and contents were
destroyed. The steamers Mon-
treal, of Boston, and Carlotta, of
Halifax, were burned. The Grand
Trunk Railroad depot is safe.
MARKETS BT TELEGRAPH.
NEW VORK.
New York, Aug. 9.
Market for cotton on spot during the week
has been subjected to much irregularity,
and prices sinco the opening of the week
have declined. At reduced figures there
was considerable business consummated
both for export and home consumption.
For forward delivery, fluctuations have been
wide, especially for August contracts,
which, daring the early part of the week,
declined, but with increasing transactions.
Witbto a few days past there was an entire
recovery, and at tha close a partial advance
was obtained. Yesterday closed with bet-
ter feeling. Sales for the week aggregate
84,301 bales, of which 974,910 bales were
for future delivery, and §350 bales on spot,
as follows: 4950 bales for export, 3954
bales for spinning, 227 bales for specula-
tion and 220 bales in transit; included were
377 bales to arrive.
Naval stores have been defective. Rosin
has declined, and the recent offering at $3
did not result in any business.
STATE ITKMS.
From the Fort Worth Standard, Aug. 6.
Fort Worth has three first class
banking establishments. Each
one is safe, reliable and prepared
to do an extensive business, the
statement of the Epitomist to the
contrary notwithstanding.
Work will begin on the Texas
Pacific Railway between this place
and Dallas by the first of Septem-
ber, provided Tom Scott, who is
now in Europe, succeeds in rais-
ing money by the negotiation of
bonds. That he will raise the
money there is little doubt.
We learn from Mr. P. M. House,
that in the neighborhood of Mans-
field, cotton promises one bale to
the acre, and corn from thirty to
thirty-five bushels. This is ac-
counted for by the recent rains.
If there should be a another about
the 10th of August, cotton will be
a certainty.
From the Iron Age, Aug.. C.
At Marshall workmen are busy
putting in another turn-table, and
the tracks in the yard are all
laid.
A large amount of material for
constructing fifty box cars, which
the company proposes building as
soon as possible.
The stationary engine for the
machine shops has arrived, and
machinists are busy setting it up.
Work on the east wing is pro-
gressing finely. The blacksmith
shop is about completed, and car-
penters are erecting the frame for
the car shops. Carpenters are
busily engaged in building two
10,000 gallon water tanks in the
cock loft of the main building for
the machine shops. Pipes will be
run from them to supply water
for all the buildings. Water is
pumped into these reservoirs by
steam from the large well which
was dug beneath the shop.
It is expected that some time
during this month all the works
at Hall ville will be removed to
this place.
Several new locomotives hare
been received at Sherman and set
up there, to be used in building
the road from Sherman east.
From the Dallas Herald, Aug. 8.
A drove of goats, numbering
eighteen hundred, passed through
yesterday.
General Dodge, Chief Engineer
of the Texas Pacific Railroad,
reached this fity last evening in
his private car, direct from Mar-
shall.
An Exciting Scene iu Detroit.
From the Detroit Free Press, July 29.
At a late hour Saturday even-
ing some boys discovered a man
disrobing himself near the Russell
street cemetery yard, and when
they approached him he attacked
them so vigorously that they were
glad to retreat. They raised an
alarm, and some men turned out
in search of the stranger, but
they feiled to find him. Sunday
morning his clothing was found
on the street by a boy named Ru-
dolph Phillips, living on Clay
street, and soon after this the man
was discovered in the cem-
etery. Young Phillips and stfve
ral other boys entered the grounds
and approached the man, who
jumped up from behind a stone
and fired two shots at the crowd
from his revolver, one of the bid-
lets narrowly missing Phillips.
The man then shouted and yelled
until a crowd of men collected
and made preparations to capture
him. Being afraid of his revolver
they approached very cautiously,
sheltering themselves behind the
headstones. The lunatic fired
twice at the men, and then becom-
ing afraid he leaped up and ran
out of the yard, hotly pursued.
He had removed every garment,
and as he dashed up Russell
street, shouting and shrieking and
flourishing his revolver, he crea-
ted no little excitement. Some
of the men could have overhauled
him, but whenever they came near
he turned and presented his re-
volver, as if about to fire, and
they dare not come too close. He
was pursued to the north end of
the street, and was once almost
surrounded; but he gained the
woods Mid escaped all further
search, though twenty or thirty
men were looking for him all Sun-
day forenoon. Most of the cloth-
ing left behind was old country
linen, and from this fact it is in-
ferred that the man had lately ar-
rived in this country from Ger-
many.
Germany and Belgium.
It is rumored that on an early
day the King of the Belgians will
meet the German Emperor at
Frankfort. Political importance
will, of course, be attached to the
interview. In view of the ap-
proaching final evacuation of
French territory^ by the Germans
it is quite possible that Ger-
many may be willing to enter into
friendly alliance with both Hol-
land and Belgium. Belgium, it
may be taken for granted, will be
anxious to have Germany for a
friend. It is well known in some
quarters that French ambition is
already looking in the direction
of Belgium in search of
compensation for the loss of
Alsace and Lorraine. An alliance
with Germany may thus become a
Belgian necessity. The rumored
interview seems to indicate that
Germany and Belgium are on
good terms; and it will not be
matter for surprise if, in the hour
of her need, Belgium should find
in the German Empire a good and
a powerful friend.
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555!
5555
Lack
Mrs. Detweller, of Allentown,
Pa., gavo birth to triplets, two
boys and a girl, on the 27th ult.
The children only lived for a few
hours.
of Thought In
Life.
Acts of
We have but to observe human
action as it meets us at every turn
to see that the average intelli-
gence, incapable of guiding con-
duct even in simple matters where
but a very moderate reach, of
reason would suffice, must fail in
apprehending with due clearness
the natural sanctions of ethical
principles. The unthinking inap-
titude with which even the routine
of life is carried on by the mass
of men shows clearly that they
have nothing like the insight re-
quired for self-guidance in the ab-
sence of an authoritative code of
conduct. Take a day's experi-
ence and observe the lack of
thought indicated from hour to
hour.
You rise in the morning, and,
while dressing, take a phial con-
taining a tonic, of which a little
has been prescribed for you; but
after the first few drops have been
counted succeeding drops run
down the side of the phial—all be-
cause the lip is shaped without re-
gard to the requirement. Yet
millions of such phials are an-
nually made by glass-makers and
sent out by thousands of drug-
sts, so small being the amount
f sense brought to bear on the
business. Now, turning to the
looking-glass, you find that, if not
of the best make, it fails to pre-
serve the attitude in which you
put it; or, if what is called a
"box" looking-gtass, you see that
the maintenance of its position is
insured by an expensive appliance
that would have been superfluous
had a little reason been used. Were
the adjustment such that the
center of gravity of the glass
came in the line joining the points
of support (which would be quite
as easy an adjustment), the glass
would remain steady in whatever
attitude yon gave it. Yet year
after year tens of thousands of
looking-glasses are made without
regard to so simple a need. Pres-
ently you go down to breakfast,
and taking some Harvey or other
sauce with your fish find the bottle
has a defect like that which you
found in the phial—it is sticky
from the drops which trickle down,
and occasionally stain the table-
cloth. Here are other groups of
traders similarly so economical of
thought that they do nothing to
rectify this inconvenience.
Having breakfasted, you take
up the paper, and, before sitting
down, wish to put some coal on
the fire. But the lump you seize
with the tongs slips out of them,
and if large, you make several at-
tempts before you succeed in lift-
ing it—all because the ends of the
tongs are smooth. Makers and
venders of fire-irons go on, genera-
tion after generation, without
meeting this evil by the simple
remedy of giving to these smooth
ends some projecting points, or
even roughening them by a few
burrs with a chisel. Having at
length grasped the lump and put
it on the fire, yon begin jto read;
but before you have got through
the first column, you are reminded
by the changes of position which
your sensations prompt, that men
still fail to make easy-chairs. And
yet the guiding principle is simple
enough. Just that advantage, se-
cured by using a soft seat in place
of a hard one—the advantage,
namely, of spreading over a large
ares the pressure of the weight
to be borne, and so making the
pressure less intense at any one
point—is an advantage to be
sought in the form of the chair.
Ease is to be gained by making
the shapes and relative inclination
of seat and back, such as will
evehly distribute the weight of the
trunk and limbs over the widest
possible supporting surface, and
with the least straining of the parts
out of their natural attitudes.
And yet only now, after these
thousands of years of civilization,
are there being reached (and that
not rationally but empirically) ap-
proximations to the structure re-
quired.
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The Manchester (England) Ex-
aminer thinks a National School
of Cookery ought to be estab-
lished.
When a dog takes a mouthful
out of your leg, it is said to be a
good sign that he is mad about
something.
A Buffalo minister recently bap-
tised 28 children with water which
he brought from the Jordan in the
Holy Land.
A Peoria antiquarian claims to
have a stone that General Wash
ington threw at a woodpecker on
his father's cherry tree.
Buffalo witnessed a water spout
over Lake Erie on the 20th ult.
Elizabethtowu, Ky., is said to
have had a shower of white
worms.
Friday, July llfli* 1873,
TWO HUNDRED
LACE MOSQUITO BARS.
DUCK SUITING#,
GRASS CLOTHS,
Batistes, for Traveling Wear.
Stripe & Check Nainsooks
At 80 Cents per Yard.
LEATHER* MOROCCO UEI/T8
USE* DRILLS FOR ROTS' WEAR.
25 Cents per Yard.
Jyii-tf
T. R. FRANKLIN.
ED. XTLBY.
MILBY, PORTER & CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS
-AND
Commission*
ooasER main a ookmubos era.
HOUSTOS,
tkxas,
Keep cwtntl? on h nd Urjsand <
slock o!
STAPLE AKO
Haggiag and
CASS OBDESS
Bnyeri are Invited to
prices.
Liberal advances in vie. oa
COTTON and other produce.
Excellent Educational
prof. hitl'ukli., Prli o=e>*\
—at —
J W. BLiCKMAN'o
NEW ORLEANS
COMMERCIAL COLLEGE,
Established Jn 5851
78 Camp Street. Entrance 4S
Open Day and Evening the
x. t # 9 ?• v.
'U
Bo Vacation!
Scbolarahipa good during Life !
EXCELLENT SUMMER ABIUKGEMEXT.
VJ foriC-r ch*
" Willi 'otit
Boston had her first poor Chil-
dren's Excursion for this season
on the 28th ult.
Attention, Democrats or Harris County.
A Convention will be heid in the city of
Houston on Friday, the 15th day of August,
A. D. 1873, for the purpose of electing Del-
egates to the Democratic State Convention,
to be held in the city ef Austin, on the 3d
day of September; 1873, and foi the trans-
action of such other business as shall
properly come before Democratic County
Convention. Matters of importance will
claim the action of the County Convention.
Democrats of the several precincts of Harris
county, select your best representative men,
and men who will in person attend the Con-
vention. Asiibel Smith,
Chairman Democratic Executive Committee,
Harris county. td
AUCTION SALE.
Fa. I.CBROCK
• MONDAY at 10 o'i
Bafeins, Bacon, Flour,
XJqucre, Brandy. /
Books, Notions. UudenreaPfor Oentlemen,
Mattreaaea, and an indefinite amount of Son-
dries. auglG-H
DR. M. PERL,
GENERAL PRACTITIONER.
Special attention to Ossoxic
otttcm lxb rmidekcw:
OOBWtE TRAVIS ST. AND T3XAS A VENTRE,
5 UK'STOW,
*
Total,
out
Business Penmacihip,
' '
Book-keeping. 1>. en
Arithmetic, Auaijtie
Stationery,
CHABuXS 1
'* Our chargea
of atactics in above
Spelling. Gaopraphy and
charges "—$170, exclusive
and History.
present
Instruction by
Eoys and Young Men
above branches by the
or secure a "
begin and
life, free of
Usual Term to
five
To Parents, G
Members of every
lOMl
"TeaeBr
when they will
Invest ft —
ft life scholarship In i. W. BX*A
GBLSAHfl COMMERCIAL OGLLSG*,
commercial or
in " head stock." ia money that t«
pounding and whoae interest ia
success, prosperity, honor,
To Tosns Men, Clerks and
fact: By
ning session from two to five
obtain a practical
at least
S5C00. Five Thoataad Dollar*.
situations on new lines
Usual time far oo
to fiTe months.
tmm.traiihm
■Hii ' wllSiifll
former
MW
of our facilities asd
by members of this
a comparison of the same with '
mercUl Colleges ia this city.
pM M
formation, please call, or
Wa S
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CHEMICAL PAINT DEPOT.
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fey the gaBeu only.
h.
Travis Bt., next door to K. J\ Sefcmiit's
nil
RUBY SALOON,
JGHS VALEHTIXB, pbo
Always on band the best •*
WEK5B A1TD LIQDOE8.
Lunch daily at-lOK o'clock *. u.
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W. * A. BB1CBABOT.
R. H. HARRIETT.
J. A V. BAILKT.
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Svery oaoil is guaranteed to
made from thU year's <
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BCDTCHIR ADVOCATE.
GALVKSTOK,
Offloe, Opposite Post office. P. t
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