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JOHN W. SWINDELLS PI BLISHER.
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FASHION
HOUSTON TEXAS
DARLING
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MEKRIMAN
ABE NOW OPENING THEIR
FALL STOCK OP
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SHAWLS and CLOAKS.
Bonnets and Hats
Xo Laines
AND
Oil-Cloths Mats Rugs
Darling. & Merriman
Emporium of Fashion.
Corner JUAln A Congress Sts
Houston Texas.
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TELEGRAPHIC. .
Nkw York Oct. 5. Advices per
steamer Persia say the British hur-
vest is expected to bo less encoura-
ging than it has boen supposed.
Tho Cornish Minors are leaving
their homos by thousands. Many
aro emigrating to Australia and A-
inorica while others are seeking em
ployment in tho coal noids oi ouui
Walos and of tho North of England.
Tim udvnnco which has taken maco
! t ln u.irm f.P nAnnnl niwl fin lllHll
to tho liopo that tho worst of tho cri
sis is ovor.
Tho Pone appears to bopreparinir
for his donarturo from Homo. His
Highness has dispatched a .special
messenger with un autograph letter
addressed by himsolf to Queen Vic-
toria and during tho last few days
. . . . i
intnntir1 I ntAll'I..Wfl nflVfl IflKCn IIIUL'U
between Mr Odo Russell and tho !
Vfnm.h AmWnnrinr nt the runal
Court.
IV a Un Knot TiiHinn Intnllirrnnco
in Aiicrnst 24. Tho fumino is still
a .1. . ! rtl .
aocinittiing ino nniivo jjupiuutiuii
I O h.:Ld tmlliuntr
DUnLTUl. ouvuiiiy imiw vt iitj ;
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havo been flooded in rscindo ana in
other districts wholo villages havo i
bccndcstro3'cd.
niw y oiik. ijri. D. i ne si.inii b
South Carolina Pamerna. Marigold
Hybiscus.Spirea Octorora.Tritonio
and Sebago woro sold by auction.at
tho Navy Yard to-day at prices ran-
ging from J5.000 to $71006 tho lat-
tor amount for tho South Carolina.
Tho Dumbarton and others woro
withdrawn.
A Pnria lfiftor asserts all the French
troops will be withdrawn from Mex
ico at onco during tno mil.
A. T Stewart at a private dinner
last evening indicated his purpose
to donate $1000000 to build tene-
ment houses for the deserving indi-
gent provided the ground is fur-
nishcu. .
Albant N. Y. Oct. 5 In this
vicinity to-day Judson Talmer elop-
ed with the daughter of Archibald
Stevens who pursued him. Tlho
mon were confronted in the house of
a friend and commenced firing on
each other. Stevens was killed and
Palmer was slightly woundod but
ho carriod off the woman.
San Francisco tot. 5. The Union
Stato Convention of Nevada have
nominated H. G. BlalswcIl for Con-
gress. Tho Democratic Convrntion
have nominated -John D. Winters
for Govcsnor and H. B. Mitchell for
Congress.
Washington Oet. 7. A dispatch
from tho capital of Oregon received
to-dny says tho Oregon Legislature
virtually expunged tho former pas-
ogo of tho Constitutional Amend-
ment by a vote of 24 to 23. -
Col. Kelly and Capt. McCafferty
on .Saturday presented the resolu-
tions of a meeting of lato U. S. sol-
diers iu New York which declared
that the honor and dignity of this
country' in our foreign relations
were compromised by tho action of
Minister Adams and several Consuls
rospeoting tho Fenian movement.
The President referred them to Sec-
retary Seward. . One of the delega-
tion said they had no confidence in
Mr Seward and it was useloss to see
him. Tho interview was mutually
unsatisfactory.
. Secretary Seward is much impro-
ved 4o-day.
New York Oct 7. Tho steamer
George Cromwell from NewOrleans
arrived to-day having on board the
crew and passengers of the steamer
er
Daniel Webster and also tneerew oi
tim oMn- Mii.nnliuhn. The Daniel
and also theerew of i
Webster was from this port for Mo-
bile and encountered a heavy galo
causing her to founder off the coast
of Florida Oct. 34 and the Crom-
well took off all her passengers and
crew whilo tho Webster was sinking.
No lives lost. The crew otthe schr.
Minnehaha woro picked up at sea on
the 5th inst having abandoned their
vcsssl
Philadelphia Oct 7. The mob
spirit prevails here and the political
excitement was higher than for ma-
nw vpnrn on Pridnv niffht- Three
Democrat headquarters were gutted '
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by iccpuDiican rowoies. jjusbuigin.
there were riotous proceedings in
differont parts of tho city and sovc-
ral persons were shot The Demo-
crats held a mass meeting in Broad
Street and woro not molested. Sub-
sequently a portion advanced to-
wards the Republican headquarters
against which threats had been made
during the day and were attacked
by a crowd of people armed with
clubs and put to flight. One man
was shot. j
L"ATER-At 1 o'clock this morning
a Democratic Association balled the
" White Boys in Blue" made a de-
monstration against the- head-quarters
of tho Republican Soldiers As-
sociation. Tho police came on tho
ground and were pelted with bricks.
They drew their revolvers and fir-
ed driving their assailants several
qnarea after which tho city became
quiet." v "
- Louisville Oct. 7. The new
steamer Robert B. Lee left foijNew
Orleans this evening with a fine load
of freight and a cabin full of passen-
gers. A splendid banquet was given
to tho passengers and invited guests
tvafttna t ha lionartnrfl of the boat.
Vibdikotok. Oct 8. The Presi-i
dent ny proclamation recommequa
that Thursday the 29th of Novemr
ber be observed throughout the
countrV as a day of thanks and pray-
er to the Almighty who has pleased
to vouchsafe to us as a people ano-
ther year of that national life which
is the indispensable condition of
peace security and progress; that
year moreover has been crowned
with many peculiar blessings. The
war that tiss recently closed among
ns has not been anywhere reopened.
roTegn intervention hasVeasedto
Kamitf alarm nr anm-ehem-ion : in-1
frusive pestilence has been benignly r
mitigated ; domestic tranquility bus
improved ; sontimontH of conciliation
have largely prevailed and aflections
of loyalty und patriotism Imvo born
wisoly renewed; our farms have yicl-
dud quite ubundiiiitly ; our mining
industry has boon richly rewarded
and we Imvo boon allowed to extend
our railroad system into the interior
recesses of our country whilo our
eommorco lias resumed its customa-
ry activity in foreign countries.
Theso great national blessings de-
mand a national acknowledgement.
Tho President also on the sumo sol-
emn occasion recommends tho poo-
plo to humbly and devoutly imploro
God to grant to our national coun-
cils and to our whole people thntdi-
vino wisifoin which. ulono can lead
any nation into the ways of all good.
The Chief Justice of tho Supromo
Court lias suomiiied to ine Associate
Justices tho question whothor Cii
euit Courts wi! be hold this lull in
cuit Courts will bo hold this fill .111 1 1
tho altered Circuits by the Chior
and Associuto Justices and District j
Jiidircs. or by tho District Judges
A 1 1 siniirln Thia Hint.
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tA trva mi fr. nP til fnot i.hnt. Inft :
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circuit court wub not raumw nom
Norfolk to Hichmond bocauso it
was found that tho adjournment
wuh iiuu in acuui uauv-u .i.u k
of Conirross
New York. Oct. 9. The wrecked
steamer Evening Star had 165 pas-
i i n n I 1
sengers including ta iemaies aim
a French trouDO of sixty porsons.
who went aboard from tho Havre
steamer without landing hore.
Tho vessel was valued at $4000-
000. No insurance
Baltimore Oct. 9. Randall At-
torney Gonoral of Maryland pub-
lished an elaborate opinion in oppo-
sition to that of Revordy Johnson
and John H. B. Lathrop maintain-
ing that nono but those who regis-
tered last year can legally vote at
tho municipal elections on Wednes-
day. Judges of the election met and
resolved to follow Randall's opinion.
This if adopted will disfranchise
fifteen thousand persons. Much ex-
citement prevailed to-day. Several
serious fights occurred last night.
Thurlow Weed announces to tho
Now York Times that he supports
the democratic nominee for Govern-
or of New York and prefers to oct
with tho democratic party than
with tho Radicals from whoso as-
cendency he fears tho worst results
for tho country.
New Orleans Oct 9. Tho chief
topic of remark is the appalling dis-
aster to tho steamship EveningStar.
It is impossible to express the depth
of sorrow felt at this sudden and
lamentable occurrence.
Philadelphia Oct. 9. Tho voto
in tho city is evidently large both
parties bringing out every voter
possible and both' parties . profess
confidence in the result.
The Republicans assert large gains
in tho Second District and claim the
ro-elcetion of Moyers. Tho. Demo-
crats have largely increased their
majority in the First District and
Randall for Congress will have three
thousand majority.
Baltimore Oct. 9. It is report-
ed that Governor Swann intends re-
moving tho police commissioners for
alleged official misconduct respect-
ing arrangement for municipal elec-
tion to-morrow tho rumor causes
much excitement.
New York OctflO. Tho Even-
ini Star which foundered a hundred
nnd eirrhtv miles off Tvbee. Georeria.
ha(j two hundred and fifty rrnssen-
gers and fifty crew among tho pas-
sengers were upwards of fifty wo-
men. . - :
Tho Paris correspondent of tho
Times says: Tho French troops will
all leave Mexico at one time. Max-
imilliun will abdicate and bo ap-
pointed Regent of tho Austrian Em-
pire Baltimore Oct. 10. Tho oloc-
tion is proceeding quietly and tho
vote is confined exclusively to tho
registration ticket.'
Philadelphia. Oct. 10. Geary's
majority in this city four thousand
and ninety-three and in State" ten
to fifteen thousand. Randall (Dem-
oernt.1 for Connrcss. has four thous
and six hundred majority a gain of
wtTT tt 1 inIran Tf !Itt Afrnra
and O'Neil (Rcpuclicans') elected by
reduced majorities. Taylor (Repub- L
lican; boat iioss in tuo if inn dis-
trict w hero tbo Democrats confi-
dently expected to gain. Dennison
rDAinoeratA eloclod in tho Twelfth
District but will bo contested on the
groung of illegal voting. Gen. Coko
(Republican) elected in tho Tenth
District a gaio.
It is reported that John Covode
(Ro publican) is elected in the
Twenty First District which would
be a Republican gain.
Later. Tho Pennsylvania dele-
gation stands seventeen Republican
and six Democrats. Republican gain
one' with Dennison's scat contested
and two of the. districts in doubt.
The Democrats concede Geary's
election tty ten thousand Forney
claims fifteen thousand.1'
- Indianapolis Oct 10. The re-
turns of the Indiana elections are
very indefinite and unsatisfactory
but the Republicans claim the Stale
by reduced majority. It is impos-
sible now to determine.the complex-
ion of the Legislature.
Cixr!iATi. Oct. 10. The Repub-
lican State ticket is elected by a
large majority. Fifteen Pepnbli-
cans certainly elected to Congress
norhiina Mvtnteen. The content in
the First District between Tcndle-
ton and Egglesten (Repablu-a-) wa
spirited tggleston is eietiea iy
five thnncnnd ronioritV a 1"SS I
nineteen bondred. Bockland (Re-
rnblicsti) rS-elected m the .nth
fitted a gain.
DALLAS DALLAS COUNTY TEXAS. OCTOBER 20
The 1'oul Rfirion of Texas.
Kxtruct IVom "a I'rcliiniimry Itu-
port of tho Texas (ieologicaj .Sur-
vey" by S. B. Buckley.
Wo mndo but a Hying trip to Fort
Bolknnp and tho .adjacent rcgioij.
W'ti saw that the ccal measures -in
their chaructcristio forms occupy a i
largo region of country in Young i
and its no'ghboring counties. Tho j
rocks consist of sundstones lime-1
stones and shells with scams of j
bituminous coal. Somo of tltosaiid-1
Htnnns are rinnlu marked and tho :
limnKl'.rii.i'a have some of tliO well
limestones nave somo oi ino wen .
known fossils peculiar to tho coal
measures of tho Western States in
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I ilin vnlli.v nt tlirt Af iHl'milllli. Kllell
! ns Snirifur cumcratus. Athvris sub-
tilita Chonetes mesoloha Fusilina
cylindrica Products Hogorsii and
Bomireticulutns. The vegotublo re-
mains aro verv numerous and well
nreserved. anions which uro the
genera Nouropteris Sphenophylnm
pOCOpteriB mid Cnlamitcs of which
tho )8 js vory abundant. There is
a bed of coal about thrco-fourths of
a milo abovo Fort Bulkuap in n
small ravine near tho Brazos river.
From this seam coal was obtained
both for fuel and for blucksmithing
when tho Fort was occupied by tho
Government troops. After tho re-
moval of tho troops tho bank above
the coal caved in so that now there
is no view of the coaL bed which
was worked. Tho lay r of coal at
this place is said to be between three
and four feet thick.
Tlio followim? section waa taken
about two hundred yards abovo in
tho samo ravine :
1. Sandstone and shale al-
ternating 4 foot.
Hard crev sandstone. 1 foot.
Blueand oehreous shale H feet
Coal
13 iuui.
4 feet.
3 feet.
1 i r..t-
Blue fire-clay
Black sandstone (la-
mina!) 7. Bed of coal exposed to
bottom of ravine but
not to its bottom
This ravine has not a
feet.
running
stream and at tho timo of our visit
was partly filled with dirt and
stones. No. 5 of the abovo section
is a good potters' clay. Thcro aro
from two to four seams of caul in tho
vicinity of Fort Belknap one or
moro of which are met in sinking
wells throughout that region. Tho
country is undulating with hills of
from one hundred to two hundred
foet liicrh. and ucnlle slopes except
intr occasionally on tho banks of
o - ti
streams or the sides of a few rocky
hills. Its timber is liveoak post-
oak blackjack elm hickory cotton-
wood mesquit and a few other
small trees und shrubs. The prairies
arc small. Stock raising is the chief
business of the fanners bat sufficient
corn ond wheat are grown for homo
use. The soil of many of tho prairies
is of an excellent quality. On Hub-
bard's creek there is said to be good
coal which is used by blacksmiths.
We were shown coal from this place
of quite a hard texture breaking
with a cpncoidal fracture like can-
nel coal. The blacksmiths of tho
country say it is a good quality of
bituminous coal and little if any
different from the coal of the west-
ern coal fields in Ohio Illinois and
Kentucky. The strata of this s;c-
tion are horizontal or dip ut an
angle of from three to five degreos
to the northeast.
' On Whisky creek about two miles
north of Fort Belknap there is a
flno exposure of tho coa strata of
which tho following is a section
taken near its mouth and not far
from' the Brazos river:
Soil sand3' loum ' - 1 foot.
Sandstone (conglomer-
ate) - 44 feot.
Coal - - - IJfcet.
Sandstono and shale al-
ternately -. - 8 fcot.
Coal - - - 3Jfeet.
Sandstone - - - - 20 feet.
Shalo and limestone
fossiliferous ..- 2 feet.
Coal . ' ... ljfeet
.Light grey triable shale"-
to bed of stone ' 3 feet.
OOJfect.
A few hundred yards higher up
tho stream where coal has been
mined to some extent nnd where
one man is said to havo dug out
'seventy-five bushels in a day there
is the tollowing section :
1. Shale covered with saml
stme extending fur
back and not measured feet
2. Black j-ellow and sjs1
4 tbnlcs . - 10" feet
3. ' Fine grained sandstones J foot
4. "Bluo fire-clay- '" ljfect
5. Coal - - 4 feet
6. Clay containing selinite J foot
7. " Slope to tho creek
Here the sandstone above the coal
plants and is ripple marked. Thcro
are several other places on Whisky
creek where the coal crops out.
North of Fort Belknap at the dis-
tance of about six miles near Judge
Harmonson's. is a bed of coal five
fect 'hick. . This bod is exposed
along the bate of a bill toa'disUmcc
of from twenty to twenty-five ysrds.
Coal has also bwn htained here
both for fuel and for Hack smithing.
Un the Lamn loioraao roaa. in
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i hie that tber is a larce feld
conntics.
Copper is Mid to t-nrvU.e heal
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t)em.riU do otten4 mort than
repon
hith is vet unsettled. Tbe
ore than
tw.lv miles rorth r Fort
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several places m liucnanan county .sunrape mu. i t""' . "" r -. lrr- rm.
we .w beds of coal expced -in the groa." The philosophy of this fa-; one by R.v J""' n
hill Vide.. In Talo Pinto county natical parly drives them forward bcHif m.n.stct 'L:
good bituminous coal is said to oc- 'and they could not psuw .f they The Letington Observer snys -fur
and to be used by the bkek- would . . f . "Th f 8t ."nVv. walk
smiths ofthat section It i. prob. ! ' "Mr. C-ltoun as fur bsck as 1837 and fact . . fk;
t T when they are there by thou
sands and nro killed in such num-
bers that hogs aro ho.m timos fatten-
ed on bulVulo meat. We ate some
of the buffalo bacon and unani-
mously decided that eoni-mailo ba-
con is preferable. The tt renins
which feed tho Great and Little
Wichita rivers aro most ol them said
to be brackish and impure from the
niinorul ingrcdionts they contain in
solution which has been a hindrance
in port to tho settlement of that
section. Good cisterns of ample
dimensions sufficient to contain all
me wuier nouueu " in.....
would . emedy tho difficulty because
tho waters of these streams aro not
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the water needed for family use.
deleterious or distasteful to horses
cattlo or buffalo. It is also highly
probable that wells throughout a
largo extent of this country would
ufford good water for most of tho
streams become ininoralixod at their
- .1 i.noiiin
tho most healthy in any country it wcro good tnai men i u.uu
and should uhvays bo preferred. j innovations would follow tho ox-
In tho Stato ceolo-'ical collection amplo offline which indeed lnno-
ill 113. UUViU IHIIIMUHVI mj iiwiiviv.)
nre numerous specimens of copper
ore trom western anu isoruiwoKicrii
Toxas but as they aro now mostly
without lubols it is impossible to
specify thoiroxact localities. From
the samo region wo also have a
great many spooimens ol Galena
or sulpburot of lead somo of which
seem to contain quito a largo per
cent of silvor. Wo only mention
this that the noonlo of tho Stato 1
may know that tho unsettled west-
ern and northwestern portions of
tho State are probably rich in val-
uable ores ; nor is there any reason
from what wo already know of their
geblogy as doriven from reports
and specimens why they should
not prove to bo oqually as rich in
mineral resources as tho neighbor-
ing country of Mexico.
On the upper Red River lying
partly in Texas and partly in the
Indian Territory is tho largest
gj'psum formation known. It is
about 350 miles long and from 100
to 50 miles broad. It is said to cx-
tond down tho river to about forty
miles north of Preston. This vast
deposit will yet prove to bo a great
source of wealth to the State afford-
ing a valuable fertilizer to all sandy
clay soils within its borders or in
those other States. The uso of this
article with red clover has increasod
the valuoof many farms in tho old
States ten fold. Ii is also used ex-
tensively to give a hard finMi to
walls and is often called i'laster 01
Paris.
From tlio Wlllngtoil (D. C.) IntclllKOlicor
Disfranchisement of Whites In
the South and Enfntnclilsli-
ment of Negroes.
Within tho last five years we
have sot free four millions of slaves
and given them' perfect civil equal-
ity. To accomplish this wo have passed
through one of tho most terrible
convulsions of which history takes
note. Wo have carried on tho most
gigantic war ever known. We havo
sacrificed at least a half million of
lives. We have expended fabulous
amounts of troasuro. Wo havo con-
tracted a debt of over three thousand
millions of dollars 4 practically
owing to the high rato of interest
tho largest national debt in tho
world. W have loadedour country
with a burden of taxation undor
which it reels and staggers. We
havo filled a continent with sighs
and tears and agonies -and hung
the very heavens in black.
lst not tune to pause 10 iaae
breath to staunch tho
wounds of
the body-politic to recuporato to
restore pouco and harmon' and
Mm.n fnr inatnrinl
Interests to begin to make haste
slowly in further social reforms?
Tl wniilrt seem ko. Yet there is a
party in this country who refuso to
stand still a moment; who tro
keeping on to still further and moro
radical reforms a party who do-
mand universal negro suffrage
The sneecn 01 Mr. uouiwcn 01
Massachusetts in opposition to tho
adjournment of Congress throws a
Hnnrt tt llfrlit An tllA nlim RPH OI Lllu
PoHicnls ltflfi-rrinn to tho. tllOO
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approaching assemblago of the. so-
called Louisiana Convention he
stated in substance that that Con-
vention weuld disfranchise tbo reb-
els and confer tho elective franchise
on the negroes. What excitement
what agitation what hatred what
a brood of convulsions aro' prefig-
ured in such a programmo as this;
and if it is carried out as it certain-
ly will be if this party have the
power what a future is beforo us I
A war of races civil war tho nor-
mal condition of society tho coun-
try treading in a path that leads but
to despair to the prostration of the
productive industry of tho country
to the impossibility of free institu-
tions to the protecting sword of the
conqucror.and the gulf of national
bankrupt
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1I1V It 19 411 amjww'i" '"
truthful picture to the fanatics who
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.proclaimed a great train wncn tw
au.:y u.e! 5" '
. it. av ..i ri rttA 1 n a
I t a I - a. L.
u.e i.e -.r.
n a annul ana roHlloll
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Mualitr with tbe white and that
1 :r ... t . a fir ihm
n-CT.n-4. --c
m-miiI wrflitmi int ; i-
M --...l TKt anl their Iorit.em
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'arejnarthingon. iney m i l""- r. . .
! von in some snch imperative form tion wore rod white and rod badg-
I of rigid moral logic as this: AI1. Two oration .were delivered
i men are by nature created free and one by Rev.Ir. Holland formerly
t J - - t -1 I..- : liA-at Smith a rpcri
1800.
wo the slaves; tho condition of tho
whitj race in the Hrith-h WoHtlmlia
Inlands as bad as it is would bo
happiness to ours; tlicio tlio moth-
er country is interested in sustaining
tho supremacy of tho European
mco.
if Mr. Calhoun had been a proph-
et ho could no more oxuetly havo
predicted what is now taking placo.
And this is tho party which claims
tho possession of the Government
and the working out of tho destinies
of this groat eouutry ! Alus I it will
bo u sad day for the Republic if they
succoed. One will almost bo tempt-
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cd to doubt ho capab.l.ty of man
kind lor solt-goornmen .
Tn r-rininiii-iHiin with tl 0 aVOWCI
In comparison with tho avowed
nnrposos of this party how strango-
ly apposito and.what a significant
warning i tho opinions ot Lord
Bacon one orthe most extraordinary
Intellects of tho great Anglo-Saxon
VrtCrt. on th HUHIOt't Oi DOlltlCUl Hl-
; novations. On una su
nrivnl.imiH. On tins subleCtllO SaVSt '
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vateth greatly but quietly anuDj
dogrees scarcely to bo perceived.
it is good not to try oxporimonis m
States except tho necessity bo ur-j
gent or tho utility evident and
well to bo aware that it bo tho ro-
formation that draweth on tho
chargo and not tho desire of change
that pretendoth tho reformation.
ATllatlv Hint tl.n novo tv. thoush
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it 00 noirejouteu ) ui uu uciu .u.
suspect.
Between such wise counsels as
these and tho programme of univer-
sal negro suffrage of Mr Boutwcll
what a crulf I
If it bo deemed proper to extend
the cloctivo franchise to tho negroes
every dictoto of common sonso and
common prudenco would urgo that
it should for tho present go no
further than an equality of political
1 I jl b HUVIIJ IV V.lVll wmivu its 3 u.. .
the ballot-box with such tests of
property or intelligence as it might
think expedient to apply to all its
futuro voters.
But this docs not satisfy tho Rad-
icals. They demand universal no-
gro suffrage and from what Mr.
Boutwell said they superadd to
that tho proscription of all the whites
involvod in tho rebollion.
Great Britain has maintained her
stablo institutions for centuries
with tho most wonderful stability.
Her policy has boon in the spirit of
Bacon's opinions.
America can only prcscrvo hers
by pursuing much tho samo path.
It-she follows tno laiso ngnts 01
Radical . fanaticism instead of tho
political millennium promised her
by theso saints sho will find tho
grave of her liberties and tho end
of her glory. . .
The Rc-lntcrmcnt of Confede-
rate Soldiers.
At Georgetown Ky. on tho 18th
September was a very affectihg af-
fair. There wero ton bodies among
whom two wore from Texas viz:
Capt. John Black First Texas Reg-
imont and Wm. Tanehill Gano's
Texans. These men were captured
and killed by tho Federal troops
f!r.l. Rurbridcre. and two of
retailiation for the killing of a Union
man by the Confederates lho cir-
cumstance has left a painful inter-
estin Scott County and thoro was
a very large concourso at tho cere-
mony of re-intennent as a letter
says "without referenco to parties
or creed. Men who fought in tho
PVHnrnl nrmv and thoSO who foUlfht
in the Confederate ranks joined in
' paying the lust sad tributes to tho
unfortunate dead.
Thn nrocession consisted of a
handsome car drawn by six white
horses and escorted by twenty-four
1 nail bearers; upon tho. ear were
placod tho coffins containing tho
mouldering remains of tho heroic
doad; immediately in . the rear in
an open carriage rodo tho orators
ot tho day and Mr. Wooten.of Har-
d n. the acred lather 01 0110 01 ine
youths executed by order of Geo.
1 Burbridge and vfso. corpse was
UDUIl Cili . L..U.1 imiiw
I . '
on foot then sitizens on horseback
then tho carriages and other vehi-
cles not less that two hundred in
all ; making the procession ovor a
mile in length.
After reaching 'the-graves Elder
Gano mado an earnest and touching
prayer after which Elder McGinn
delivered a beautiful eloquent and
touching discourse.1. .
Tho Cincinnati Gazette endeav-
ors to turn the demonstration into
a disloyal movement and does not
scruple to manufacture facts for the
purpose It says : .
"Ex-rebel soldier rebel sympa-
thisers ic. to "the number of fivo
or six thousand foftned tho funeral
cortege. Basil Duke rode at the
head of about three hnndred mount-
ed men formerly of Morgan's com
! nvnniivt a rarriace in the psoeession
mand and tho jridow 01 me laiicr
- -I . " . 1 .1
. The rolel soldiers and many others
i u wwt in ti.o iipmnnsm.
1 ni.ni rS Mnrimn i. mmna. anu
tuiniu. 1 :
rebtl soldiers
m.A MkllV a-l hi
- j:
ana mniiT oinrrs um uut -.
" " . v..)rrM Th onlv
wuiio aim ii "-J-v"- ---j
badge dipjayeJ was that or a
ixf-m-cf-L'iwn Jociety. uion which
' ' nsm.
. u" '.r"'" ' ..li
!nnPi omi. imiir-nmo"
w.oldeM with crerlan.
under Col. Jiurbndge and i U ...ii nH fli1(r ini .; etotho citizen:
them were deliberately executed . '"f .' "
VOL. XIV NO.
niiil Hu aged men young menfar-
inurs. mechanics and iirofesnional
mon jiouio had neon in mm. onu 'i-.
cr.ite army many had not.
... i
It is by such inoalis laisi ii'"i
und misreiircKimlailon inai
tli
i.ilter snirit of tlio North
s itiuin-
ii.iii.'.l.
In an article upon thU general
subject tho duty of the living to
the dead of tho war wo said : 'N'o
man who has tho. heart ot u gentle-
man or tho courago of a soldier but
will honor those who thus honor
tho dead who fell at their sides or
in defenco of a causo which thoy
doemod just.
Tho bravo will honor this spirit
Ihoft ignoble ulono will abuse and
sneer at it.'
Wo repeat this."
The Burning of Brcnlmni.
The LeirisluU'vo Committee sent
to innuiro into and report upon tlm
o
Circumstances Ot 1110 blll'llUl
ot a
largo portion of tho town of Bren-
ham havo discharged that duty.
After a patient examination of wit-
riAUdna nil ff wlinm wrn I ii tjzetiu.
as tho military would not allow the
; suiuicrs iu uu uiwu.n.itu
mittee report as follows:
On Friday night a party of U. S.
soldiers belonging to the command
of Major G. W. Smith stationed at
I Brenhom boing under tho influence
j of liquor visited a negro ball in tho
town created a disturbance neat
Spmo of tho negro men and ulti-
mately broko up tho ball.
About the same time a party of
soldiers pursued a negro who wa 1
endeavoring to cseapothem to tho
door of tho ball room up stairs
whoro a party of whito ladies and
gentlemen wero engaged in dancing
tho soldiers dragged tho screaming
- oa j
nrwl tmiiiiflivl npnri-n to tlin flint ot tha
stairs and then commenced to boat
him luis uisiurnauco aiarmeu uu
Indies within and a small party of
1 I
j tho gentlemen tho escorts and com -
nanions of tho ladies at tlio ball
among whom was Messrs. Wyatt
Dickie and McAlister went out to
quell it. They stated to the soldiers
that this was a private party of la-
dies and gentlemen who did not
wish tJ be disturbed nnd they re-
quested the soldiers to leave this
tho soldiers refused to do; but in-
stead they used insolent and insur-
ing language and finally drew their
weapons and flouriscd thorn in tho
fac s of somo of tho citizens and at-
tempted to striko others; t!ic citi-
izens wero wholly unarmed but dis-
persed to arm thcmsolvcs for tho
protection of their female friends.
On their return armed the quar-
rel was rouewed ; pistol shots were
fired nnd other weapons used ; in
tho course of tho difficulty two of
the soldiers wero wounded. Tho
wounded men wero borne off by
their companions and no attempt
was mado on tho part of tho citizens
to fctop them or injure them in any
way nftor they had left tho 1 mined -iato
neighborhood of tho ball-room.
The wounded men wove taken to
town and citizen surgeons were call-
ed to attend on them. Meanwhile
great excitemont prevailed in the
camp nnd tlueals pointing to tho
tnwn vero loud and frenuent as
Similar threats of hurniiii: tho
town and other violence wero open-
ly made throughout tho night by
tho soldiers up to tho moment of the
fire.
About 12 o'clock Major inith
with a mounted snnad ciiino in to
BrcnhAm arrested nndseut to camp
two beardless boys a.s host:!ge ''.
cording to Wis subsequent statement j
to Dr. Bauer but according to Ids'
statement to tho eommiMoo on
tho ground that they wcro part Ism
to tho "shooting."
There was not a particle of test! -4iiony
introduced to show that eith- (
er of theso boys wero even present
at tho difficulty. Major Smith a!'-
ter a fruitless search lor Hyatt
MiiAlislni1. nnd others announced'
to tho clerk of tho principal hotel
principal hotel
in Brenhum that if these parties
nnd Wvutt in particular' wero not
.delivered up to him within one hour
according to the civilian witnesses
or according to Major Smith and his
mnn Mm names named woiuu nave
causo to regret it and that ho wvdd
. 1 1 n .1 1 .1 1
po oac-K ueioro uiiy-nui.
Mair Smith and his mounted
squadxthcn patrolled flio town and
visited scvefal places among oi.icrs
Pnmr.ton's store where ho uotCil!an
armed guard of infantry and then
after announcing that tlio hour was
up proceeded to Wyatt's Saloon
forcod their way into itby breaking
down tho doors and then commenc-
ed a wanton destruction of tho furn-
iture and other property ; the wholo
company of soldiers had followed
Maior Sinith into the town nnd now
joined him in front of Wyatt's.
. .. 1
Alter they nan piunuerou ine esiuo-
lishment and destroyed or carried
away its most valuable contents tho
men wore ordered out ar.d marched
about ono hnadred yards in the di-
rection of their camp where they
halted in front of lied kick 'a Ilrttcl
on the edge of the town ; hero words
of command were given the subject
ofburningtbe town wasdiscuss-e 1 li-
quors stolen from Wyatt's aaloon
were drank and finally a portion of
the company were marched in tlje
direction of their camp and a por-
tion back info town proceeded di-
rectly toCompton's store and after
firing six or eight shbts iuto tho
breaking down the doors" and de -
build:mr. lorced ineir way in nv
j the goods.' Within aew minutes
ineir I'm 1 ur biiuuiui imuniDu tv
the same (tore and piled up boxes
and other inflamable material and
... .3.. .1
Am1 St a-nvrlinir (hAlllwniMM tll.ttl
ui -. iauu. .... - 1 1 " 1
the fire had gotten beyond control ;
of antil as one of them expressed
it. 'Sail h 11 couldn't save it now."'
5. - ..WK0LK MMBEB m.
The
ior Sin
ihterviil i.l'tiuio between .Ma-
Mil's ili imit lire with his null
4i- . : ....i . ... i .. ....
irom tiu ri' " n
of Comptmrs H'UV could not havo
vxi-ei'Mcii i m . e .jinn u. in
Durliiir tho inlliicin" nnd firing
armed sentinels wero stationed In
front i'f Coinptou's store and 11
mounted videtto was patroling tho
streets. The men who committed
theso out rages wore armed equip-
ped and drcst-od at U. 8. soldiers.
None but soldiers havo been per-
mitted to wear tho uniform and to
bear the arms of tho U. S. army in
Washington county since the sur-
render. One of the "Tried Patriots."
Among tho itinerant so-called
loyalists of the South who aro now
filling tho role of circuit-preiiehern
of radicalism in the Northern States
is A. J. Hamilton who is unsparing'
in his abuse of President Johnson.
General Butler and ull other emi-
nent criminal lawyers tell us that
it is competent to show to the court
tho character of the witness in all
points affecting his credibility.
Now- Jack Hamilton arraigns
President Johnson as lho embodi-
ment of moral and political turpi-
tude. But what is Jack's record?
We will not reproduce tho charges
mado against nimby tho press in
thoso States where ho is belter
known than in Washington but.
will only transeribo a police record
mado one year ago in this city
which will at least show that tho
titlo of "tried" patriot belongs
riirhtlully to him. lie was tried by
0110 of ou.r police magistrates.
On tho record of the police hooks
Seventh Precinct (City Hall) wo
find that on June 17th 1805 an ar-
rest was made of A. J. Hamilton
ngo 47 years whito American oc-.
cupatlou "Governor" married can'
read and write; chargo disorderly
gathering on complaint of Officer'
Wm. Johnson and others. In this
case on the night of June 17th
18(jj Sergeant Kckloff with polico
officers Grant Fuss Lewis How-
ard Kelly and Brewer mado a
"raid" 011 tho notorious houses ot
111 fame at Nos. 10 and 12 Marble
Alley kept by Kato Geogro and
Annie Dean and a largo number of
dissolute persons male and female
wcro apprehend and taken to tho
station house at City Hall. Justice
Walter dismissed tho malo culprits
ar.d fined (he females 85 each.
A. J. Hamilton Govornor of TeXr
ns. was one of the "tried patriots"
on this interesting occasion. Ham-
ilton was taken to tho stutionhouso
in a carriage with four disstduto fo-
males and his high rank as a Mill-
Governor and a "firo-triod patriot"'
might possibly havo led to tho dis-
missals of lho masculine members
of that disreputable company
Washington Republican .
Gex. Blunt. This defunct radi-
e:il federal officer has written a let-
I lor to a friend in Chicago which
I found its way into the columns of
i the St.. Louis Doinocrat. In this
j loiter Mr. Blunt villifles and abuses
j the people of. North Arkansas and
still harps upon tho old tui0 of
I '-disloyalty" and '-Union persona-
tions." Ji is seldom that we notice
the effusion of such men as Mr
Blunt and wo only do so now for
the purpose of pronouncing thu
I whole s'Vtcment in regard to tho
I people of Arkansas one unbroken
eoiuatetiation of liialieiniis miwrep-
I rcsen lat ion and premeditated falso-
: hood. This man Blunt onco held
the position of Major-General in
the United States tinny and com-
! niauded in the northern part of tho
j State but that does'nt mako him
j infallibloaby any means and tho
people there place about as much
i-eliiiiien in what he SUVS US they
would in the b irking of a coward-
em
. Mr. Jilunt Knows tun wen
i"i-ii 1 In unrinle of Arknnsnsr tiro as
p.. (yom attempting or entertaining
the idea ot revolt (.:; as 1110 poopio
of Illinois or any- other Slate yet
1... i..u mmim)iniid bis honor.
(j l0 evcr had any)' to tho success
' o 1.;- in!in lirtiro In n lonr
; strain of nliusc and niisrcprcscntu-
1 t;0s Waxltinriton ( .Ir.v.) Jikjraph.
Rkvknit. Stamps. Instructions
lmi-M Imen i.isned by the Treasury
I Department to ' all tho Assistant
i Treasurers Und to several Collcc-
I tors of customs requiring them tQ
I keep on hand packages of inter
nal revenue stamps wnicn uu 10
bo sold to the public at Jtho same
rates of commission as areallowc4
by the Internal Revenue Burcaq.
Tho National banks that aro "de-
signated depositories'' are also re-
quired to keep internal revenue
stamps for sale in such ainounft as
tho public may require and at the
rates of commission allowed by the
Bureau.' Theso rates aro: upon
31000 worth and upwards & per
oent. discount ; $500 4 per cent ;
S200 3 percent.; 30 I pcreent.-r
Houston Jimmy. -
A Bf-ai tifi l Kittex. The Dar-
lington Wis. Ihwvrat relates tho
following very probable story :
Whilo one of our business men
was taking a quiet walk last San-
day near tho fair grounds he dis-
covered a beautiful striped black
kitten in his path.- He at once en-
deavored to make its acquaintance
and had succeeded in getting hold
of it wh(C be su Idenly changed
his mind ind came to the conclo-
sion he Vouhln't. The kitten wont
! its way and tho citirsn itartel for
KAmn Krpt-v one he tiafised held
"his ncse and i.wn. women and chiU
dren fled from bim as though ha
had the cholera. Un Monday morn-
ing there wts a -'new made grave.
I - 4.:. MA.M..... : n arl.l. .K vae
near liis residence in whieh wt
Henositd a suit of "store clolhea.
We understand he says he has nq
further cUrioitV about kittens
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