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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
^rnstr, July 29?6 P. M.
The monetary news by the Peruvian, so fur as oar gov
ernment security* are concerned, fully justifies the an
ticipations of the foreign houses her*, who for sevwtl
iliys past hare been quietly buying up old IrHwirtlM
to a very large amount for shipment, the Parsia alone
having last week taken out boo da to the value of ao leas
than two millions and three-quartera of dollars. It to to
thsae eager purchases for exportation that we must la
part attribute the noteworthy fact, which la proved by
an examination of the records of lbs Stock Exchange,
that daring the month of Jaly the Board sales or govern
ment gold beariag bonds have amoualed to a vary
tnuoh larger sum Uun thoae for any similar
period since the beginning of U1* J***- jUMe
transactions so far this month reach nearly ten
millions of dollars, independently of the very much
augmented business which has been dona over the
?punter. And as all the private advices from Europe
concur in representing five-twenties as very scarro
^here seams vary little donbt that the export movement
?wllf go on, and that the quotations here, so far as tbey
depend on that oause, may be fully sustained. It will
be seen from the comparative statement which we give
below that the London quotations for five-twenties have
gone op 8 per cent sinoe the last previous advices, and
that during the interval between the 27th of June and the
39th of July there was an advance of nearly 6 per cent.
This movement is ail the more gratifying as the Bank
?f England raie Is still 10 per cent, and the failure of a
bank in the large cotton spinning town of Preston, In
I*ncashlre, contribute with the other more important
recent failures, to ??jow the extent to which financial pres
sure and comtpttrc al embarrassment prevail in England.
There is, however, it must be remembered, a vast
amount of disengaged capital soeking secure Investment
m Europe, and the owners of that capital are exhibiting
their good sense and shrewd sagacity in placing it in the
bonds of tho Unl'ed States, which offer greater security
and more lucrative returns than any government secu
rities now offering In tho monoy markets of tba Old
World. Tho su cess of ilie Atlantic cable and the proba
bility that it ? II soon bo In full operation for commer
cial 'purpose* can scarcely rail to impart a considerable
increase ot uctlvity to negotiations m bonds, In produce
and oilier ex|?rlable commodities; for the monetary
transactions between tho two continents wilt have
Imparted to them, by the rapidity of communlca
lion, an elo.uent of certainty, precision sr.d
safotv which canno' attach to contracts the parties
to which have to wait ten da , h before thoy can obtain
the answer to a question or the accepiat ce or rejection
of an off r At he sailing of tho Peruvian on the 19tli
Inst consols had ml anced In London to 88 >4 a 88>?,
tl vat wen ties to til 1 70, Illinois Central to 77 a 77 >j,
and Erie to 42J? a42,'{. Tlie drain of specie Irom t lie
Rank continued, the slock of bullion in both depart
ments being reduced to ?13,646,470, showing a decrease
on the woek of ?347,000, and during the fortnight a
docreo.:o of ?1. '.'30 000. Tho latest quotations at tho
London Slock Exchange compare as follows with former
returns:?
Jim- 71. t'lly 8. JhIi/ 12. July 19.
6 JO. M a fri? ST1,' a #7,W 70
OL Cent.. 74 "41$ 7K, ? 7?? 7V, a 76* 77 a 77S
Kne 38 a X8 a M'C Si>: a - ??!>* a 42i!
OoomI. . Hbjf ? 87 S, a 8T>i ?7?; a VtJi 80* u Bo^
Wall street, although deserted by sa many of the
prominent capi'Hllst* und perators, is the scene of a
growing activity in speculative enterprises. The stock
market last week showed more animation and less of
feverish incertitude than might have been anticipated at
this doll season of the year, in presence of tho d'scus
tuung in Congress relative to the various financial
measures which bad been allowed to He over to the
nlosing hours of an expiring sessl <:i. The general grail
?cation at the defeat of Sherman's Funding bill is some
what Itlloyed by the passage of some other measure
but it is pointed out that one of thaw ? tba Miscellaneous
Appropriation bill? will require considerably less t ban the
sum of two hundred and Itfty millions that was at first
estimated. The addition It will make to the pabilc debt
will not, therefore, be so formidable. To them facts Is
dus the Increasingly buoyant feeling which prevailed
la Wall str ei <v-lerday. Tho railroad share list
its*, on the ? hole, been less excited than during the
previous week. 'Be most active on the Hal was Erie,
which fell oil 1 per ccnt t ince last Monday, against # %
per ceut decline since the pr ced ng Monday. North
western has also showed considerable s|*culatlve ex
citement, as have also Reading, Rocic Island and Fort
Wayne. Michigan Southern and Hew York Central have
been in request at a alight advance on the quotations of
last week. Railroad bonds are dim, bat extremely dull,
aod it I- a slgmiicant fact that the business at the Board
in these railroad mortgages during the last Ave months
?mounts only to about the same aggregate as the trans
action* of the single month of January last Bank aharea
are quiet at d coal stock* flat. Petroleum share* arJ
drjoplng and mlnla ng stocks negieoted. Of the mined
laneou* stocks Boston Water Power is rather more In de
mand, and Western Union Telegraph has, during the last
throe or Tour dam. become much more active.
The quotations of the leading stock* sold at the flrst
??avion of the Stoek Exchange at tha close of each of
the last Tour' weeks were as follows:?
tf'Ws. July 7. July 14. July 2t July 28.
Atlantic Mail, I ill % 131 114 US
Alton k Term Haute RR. . 32 34 34% ?
Alton k Terre Haute pref. ? 64% 64 J,' ?
Boston Water Powtr 33 32 33 V 34 %
Canton l ompany. 55% 62 62 6-i'?
Cleveland it l Imliurg... h.i R4 \ 84 V 81 %
Cleveland v| miedo 100 110 110% 114%
Chicago k IWk Island... 9.'.% 06% 07*,' 100%
chicagofe f ?rthweHtern . . .".1 % 3ft 35% 36';
Chicago* Northweeicra pf 61 % 8aV 64% 66%
? um'ierlaml t'oai 45% 46% 46% 46%
I>etawarn .* Hud-oo Canal. ? 1 fcS 140 140
Hn.tfcon River 112* 114V 11''!.' 119%
111 mots Catitral 122 1.7 % 119V 121V
Michigan Central 122 106 106 10"%
Ml "? -:??? Southern 79V 1*% HK 84%
MiUn.iV.ei' <t St Paul.... 55 65 ? 56
Milwaukee k Si. Paul prrf 71 68V 68); 72
Martpona Mining...*. 10% 11 ? 12
Maiipo*a prnerred 23V 22V 22% 2CV
Mew York Central RK ... 90% 99% 1<M% 104%
Nov York k Eri Kit 68 74% 65% 65
tew York At Krie pr f.... 7iV 77 74 , 76
ohlo k Mississippi ier... . 27\ 27 V 28.% 28V
Pacfl.-M.iil 214 ? 210 211
lltuhuig * Kurt Wayne . 97V ?*% 00% 101 V
Q iJcknCver Mining 48 51% 50 50
UeJhinK RR 107% 110 110V 111%
We?t?rn Culoo Telegraph i:>4% 63% #4% 56
Novnrnment securities were quoted on each Saturday
of the peat lour weeks a? follows:?
J- '/ 7 Jvly 14. July 21. Ju'v ?8
Hmss of 1881 109 HI0?, 100% 109%
Kixsa of 1-67 120% 129 128 1 J?
Hlxes of 180* 123 ? 124 124
Ten forties 98% #*V ?s% 9vV
live twentiesof 1862 105% 106V l<f 10,%
Mrs twenties or 1*64 .104% 104V 106 106%
Fire twenties or 1*15 in.i lOf.V 10.', 106%
7 and t-10'hx l?t aerie* 108V 103% 10.1% 104
7and:;-10ih*.ad series. 10:i >? 1011% 10J% 104
7 and 3 10 b*. Id sertef.103% 10.'!% 10,1% 104
The course of the money market has tend d steadily
uiwards increased eaae. The plethora of national bank
totee rau*es the large hoid-rs to dispose of them at ?
*ocrlflce o( one dollar In the thousand. The cause of
Ihls concentration of those notes here is chiefly the want
if any effective practi al method of returning these
aote* to the Mining bank* for redemption. The lending
Institutions l ave large Idle Ulsoccs which they Had no
?mall difficulty In lending at current rates. Hence, al
though the nom pal inte of Interest is 5 per cent, there
la an increasing volume or transactions doing at 4, ar.d
even at lower rates, where the coOateraU are government
eecurttte* The heavy disbursements from the Sub-Treas
nry during tho paat few weak* on account of the intereet
on the seven tlilrtlee and for the payment of the certifl
c.?t*a of Indebtednees have aided In increasing the ease
of ths loan market The mterwt on the first series of
the seven thirUes will be due on the 16th August, when
a fur. her dohursement of eleven millions will he called
fur. The balaacee at the New York Sub- Treasury during
the past four months show the following change? ?
1 Thitr Palnnet.
Ai-rtl 7. ...f 8.1, 827. 70? Decrease.... $1,5.14 868
Apr>l 14. . . . 00 .126 Bfcfl Increase,,.. 6 704:105
April 21 ... . 97,691. 348 Is. rase... 7, 2*5.1.64
1 April 28 97,773,823 Increase ... 1RJ.478
May 5 .... 93.326.986 llecreaae . . . . 4.4*6 8;t3
May 12 08 318,600 Increase.... 4 Wtfl,104
May IP.... 103 061 222 lacrvaa*. ... 4.7. 2 6., 2
May 26 ... 111,021.417 Increes.-, ... 7,070.104
Juno 2.... 86.J02.32I Decrease ... 25 8 10, tW6
.line ?.... 80fll;i,442 Inrreaee.... 4,411,120
June 16.... 04,261 68* Increase. ... 4.M8.246
June S3..,, 07,638 849 Incieaee ... il.3i* l?l
.'me 10.... 80.846 741 Decrease.... 16 7<<4 108
July 7 88.0M.802 Increase.... 7 2X1061
July 14.... 04,248,108 Increase ... 6.1*3.11.5
July 21.... 01,572.928 Decrease. .. . ?,67.r. 260
July 28.... 86.804,282 Decrease. ... 5.468, 66?
The gold market has shown eowrtderable strength
during th" latter port of the week, although th*r> has
been but I itle ?pecaletive activity. The largo "short'
Intereet is men< eaod as one of the cause* of the Arm
?ess of th* price?, and tbo large importations of foreign
goods, togeth -r with other similar cause*, lead assay
persons ?? t'clpete some advance in quotation* The
^i(h<?t ( I last waek was 161V, 00 Monday, and the
leweet Hw , <a Thursday. During the eatir* wwek,
fcowrvei. Umps wee liule boat seas aod M noi 1888481:
and at the cfaeo oa Saturday 160 waa bid. The holder*
of tiold were leading coin for delivery flat towards the
cloee of business on Saturday, after exacting for the two
daye preceding a commission of one-thlrtysecond to ons
sixteenth from the borrower.
The alll^nenu of spaaie from thia fort last week and
during tlM year to daw eompare as follows with the cor
responding periods In 1804 and 1865:?
1864. lMft. 1U&
Thirtieth week ?40l,312 $180, T15
Previously reported.. 80,812,893 18.44d.lT5 49,779,151
From Jan. 1 to date. ?31,014, 306 $18,626,890 f61.894.iW
The total New York imports for the week sndinR July
JI compare as follows with the two weeks previously:
Dry goods. ?&& ?????.??
General mercliwMse 3,759,747 8,876,17?
ToUl ITOOMM $6,263,994 $5,829,287
The imports of dry goods oompars M Wtowg WUI\
former returns:?
Jfirrthr Wt'k. 1884. 1*84. 1888.
Entered at the |iort. . .$18,46,091 $3,860,869 $2,860,310
Thrown on market... 672,528 3,301,949 2,675,183
Sine Jan. 1.
Entered at Uie port. . 61.012.206 30,530,297 77,703,695
Thrown on markot... 40,661,439 34,686,818 74,960,044
COMMERCIAL REPORT.
Saturday, July 28?4 P. U.
ASHB& ?Receipts 3 bbla. Pots were steady at $8 37 X ;
pearls were dull and nominal
BRKADsrorM.? Receipts *ft,838 bbla. floor, 170 bbls. and
800 bags corn meal, 8,907 bushels wheat, 1,033 da corn,
17,284 do. outs, and 626 da malt The market for State
and Western flour continued quiet, and prices for all
kinds, excepting low grades, were somewhat easier. The
aalee were confined to 8,000 bbla, nt our revised quota
tions annexed. Southern flour was more steady, with
a Utile more doing, the sales comprising 400 bbls.;
Canada Hour was dull and heavy, with trifling sales at
the "ubjotned quotations. Of rye flour sales were re
ported of 160 bols., at $0a $6 50. Corn meal was in
moderate demand and steady ; gales 100 bbls. Brandy
wine at $6 10. Wo quote
Sui<erflnn aud Western flour $6 80 a $7 GO
Extra State 6 76 a 8 29
Choice State 8 30 a 9 75
Common to medium extra Western. 6 *5 a 8 50
Extra round hoop Ohio 8 15 a 9 55
Western trade brands 9 60 a 11 75
Common Southern 9 40 a 10 !K)
Fancy aud extra do 11 00 a 15 50
Common Canadan 8 40 a 9 80
Goed to choice and extra 9 90 a 12 00
Rye (lour (superfine) 6 00 V 8 60
Corn meal. Jersey 4 78 a ?
Corn meal, Bramlvwlne 6 00 a 6 10
Corn tamM, puncheons. 26 00 a ?
There was but llttfd ittltity in the wheat market, but
full prico* were realized. Tlie Sales were 22,000 bushels,
nt $2 05 n $2 10 lor new 1 iyi?nwkce. Wo outside
prlco lor choico, and No. 2 Milwaukee ou teriflS 76 Wer6
unable to learn. Corn was in moderate demand at un
changed pric es; sales of 100,000 bushels at 84^o. a 85c.
for s und mixed Western, 84c. lor unsound do., 90c. for
Western yellov, and 96c. for round yellow. The oats
markot was scarcely so firm, with but little do ng, the
sales not exceeding 25,000 bushels, at 46c. a 4Tc. for
Cbl ago, 61c. for Jersey, 49e. a 52c. for Milwaukee, and
6ftc. lor Iowa. Ryccoutinuod dull and heavy; we notice
the sale of 500 bushels Riato at $1 06. Barley an 1 bar
ley malt continued dull, and prices were nominally ua
chaofed.
i oki lh ? Tho news from Rio bad a favorable effect on
the markot, and prices rulod nom.uaily %c. per lb. in
seller's favor on good prudes. There was no improve
ment in the demand, however, aud wo have only to note
the sale of the Orinoco's cargo, comprising 4,700 bags on
private torms. Other kinds wero quiot, but unchanged.
Curios' ? Tho demand was limited, and prices more or
less nominal at our quotations, at which the markot
closed dull and heavy. The pales only reached about
600, while the receipts were 2,266 bales We quote: ?
Uphnd. Florida. Mobile. N.0.4T.
Ordinary 29 29 30 30
Low middling.... 32 33 33 34
Middling 35 88 88 87
Good middling. . . 38 38 39 39
Kksights wore very, quiet, and rates, In the absence of
engagements, were nominal. To London, per sto. mer,
16.000 a 20,000 bushels oata wero taken at 6d. per 32
lbs. The charters are:? A brig to London, petroleum, at
6s. : a British bark to Havana, $3,600; a ship from
"h elda to New York, coal, $21 per keel and 21s Od. per
ton ; a bark from Charleston to Havana, lumber, $14,
gold; a bark from T ries' Island to New York, salt, 16c. ;
a Br tlsh ortg to Turks' IsMhd and back, salt, 16c ; live
v easels from, Llngan, C. a, to New York, coal, $4 87X;
one from Bridgeport, C. B., to New York, $4 76; one
from Cow Bay, C. B., to New York, $4 C2X; a schooner
to Charleston, corn, 10c. ; thence from Georgetown, a
C, to Boston, lumber, $16; one from Darien to Port
land, $16; a brig from Georgetown, 8. U, to Boston,
$16; three sohoaner* to Calais, flour 86c , corn 7c. ; one
from ltnndont to Hock port, coal, $2 80; one from da to
Newbury port, $2 70; roar from do to Salem or Boston,
$2 60; one from Elliabethport to Boston, Iron, $2 86;
two from do. to Portland, coal, $2 25 ; two irom do. to
Portamo' tli, $240; two from do. to Boston, $2 30; a
bark to Callao, a Bremen bark to Acapuloo and a British
hark to Havana on private terms.
Moiassbx. ? No further sales o> cargoes war* reported,
the market beinn q iite dnll In the absent* of buyers.
Prices were nominally unchanged, with a small jobbing
trade at prices within the range of our last quotations.
Naval Stobsh. ?Crude turpentine was in moderate de
mand, with sales oi 600 bbls., to arrlvs, part virgin, at
$4 76. Spirits terpentine was steady at 70a a 72c , with
papers, r >d 67'\ a 68c., without pa pars. Common resin
continue scarco and Ira at $8, at which pnoe 100 bbls.
wero sold Of other kinds we notice sales of 300 bbls.
No. 1 nt 44 60 a $8 AO, 160 da pale at $7, and 100 do.
strained at $3 50. Tar was stesd y sad firm.
(>t<k. ? City Unseed was in moderate Jobbing demand,
and Arm at $1 80 a $1 81. Of English no Important salss
transpired.
I* Tninrtxw. ? Crude ?m ia modem* demand ad Arm
at 23 *C. ? 23c, with galea of 1,600 bbla.,, Also 1,000
bMx. lor Aui usi at 28c., buyer's option. Bonded wu
quiet but steady. Kaiee, 1,800 bbla. at 88>fc. for prima
l.gbt straw to white, aad 40c. f < r standard white.
ttwivwoN*.? Reccipta, ? bbln. pork and 1 do. lard.
The pork market opened steady at yesterday'* prices,
but aubseq' eutlv d rimed, rinsing heavy at $31 66, cash,
wiih sale* or 8 000 hols. at (31 66 a $31 88 for new mexa,
$30 for old do., aud $27 a $.'7 76 for prime. Beef waa
In moderate demand and Orm Sales, 600 bbla at |io a~|
$21 60 for new plain maaa, and $20 60 a $24 60 for new
extra do. Brrf hanui were dull and nominally un
changed. Of cut meata we notice aalea of BOO pkga. at
18 He. a 21c. for bams, and 14Xc. a 1>H& for shoulders,
iincun ? aa scarce, and n the absence of nalea prices con
tinued nominal. Lard waa dull and heavy. Sales 600
bbl*. at 18c. a 20)jc. per lb Mutter waa dull and un
changed at 20c a 3Sc, for Weetern, and 27c. a 40c. for
State. Cheese waa heavy and Arm at 8c. a llta. for com
mon to choice.
Kioa.? The market continued quiet, but small parcels
realised full pr.cen.
Sra?a was but modern! nly active though full prtoee
wet'1 In ull ea.*w obtained, tbe market cioeing firm oa a
basis uf 10\ a 11 We. tor fair to strictly good refining.
The aalea were 620 hbds., including Cuba, Porto Rico,
und a small lot of St. Crols, at (torn 10Hc- a 13\o; also
821 boxes Havana moetly at UWc.. part at 12c. Refined
sugar wax firm bat quiet, standard hards at 17o. aad A
coffee at l$V'c.
8 kirn k wu q' let. Sales 37,000 I be., at 19c a 21 Xc. ;
alau 30,000 lb-, g ej-e at 14Ho. ? 14J<c. per lb.
T*m ow wax in moderate demand and heavy. Sales
86,000 lb*., at 12H a 13??e*rer lb.
Wiiikkit. - IteoeiptH 282 bbla The market cootlnned
dull and tiumlnal at $2 20 a $2 26 for State and Western.
POLITICAL XWS.
Fnt.'T Winrn\snt Pamticr. ? H. E. Mm is a candidate
for the republican nomination for Coogreaa
For nra Wiacotran District. ? Charles A. Kldiidge la a
candidal* for reaomlaalloa for Cucgrsas by tka de
?salary.
Sixth Iowa T*mt<T ? Judge Woodbury and Jndga
Porier are talked of to succeed Congreaanhn Hubbard,
who decliaed a rmomiaatlon.
A Ooa Aaoor Purai Orr ? One of the recently ap
pointed (but unconfirmed) Illinois postmaatera lately
addreased Ilia member of Coogreaa a letter, violently
denouncing Johnson's "policy ' and the Philadelphia
Conventloo. A ft* days slnoe the member, hearing that
be had written aa equally strong latter eadorstng "my
policy" and denouncing the radicals, poated off to the
White Honre to ascertain about tbe matter. Mr. Johnson
informed him that the poetmaster endorsed his "policy."
When the member read the letter which ha had reoelved
the President expreeerd some aurpriae, and remarked
that tbia game could not be played upoa him after the
14th at August.
Nihtw Ikhuiu Piantwr. ?David Sttrple baa bean nomi
nated for Ooagreaa by the democrat*.
rirrsviTAjrn Dauoans.? Tha following are I ha
naties of the renaaylvania dalegataa appointed to the
Nat ion nl I'aien Convent lea
At Large? Rx-ftovernor David R. Porter, ex- Governor
William Bigier, ex tiovernor William F. racker, Chief
Justice Ce?rge W Woodward.
District*? First, James Campbell and George M. Whar
ton ; >*eeond. Colonel w C. Patteraon aad Richard Vaag j
Third, Daniel M. fox and John Robbing; Fourth, Olla
Lewis and Charles Brown; Fifth, General W. W. R
Davis and John (1. llrenner: Sixth, John D. Ftilea aad
Colonel Owen Jones; |? venth, George G. Letper aad John
A Morrison, Klghth, Wnrrnn J. Woodward aad CUarlea
Kissler: Hlntb, Isaac V Hiesler and H. M. North;
Tenth, F. W. Hughes and Dr C D. Gtonleger; Eleventh,
Asa l acker and Col W. a. Hatter; Twelfth, General B.
I* Dana and John Blatiding. Thirteenth, Coloael W.
H Knt aad C. L. Ward, Fourteenth, Edmund S. Doty
and Hamilton Alrlclts; Fifteenth, Hoa. J. 8. Black aad
Samuel Hepburn. Rubentb, William Uo1?llaa aad Wm.
P. fchell, fevenieenth Gen. W.il amH. Irwin aad a
A. P?rshlnx, Kirhteonth. Col. Phalon Jirrett aad Jamee
(letnble , Nineteenth, William A. (Salbraith aad James
f Leonard; Twentieth, Gen. Alfred H MrCalaxwl and
Oaylord Church; Twenty first, Henry D Foster and H.
W. Wler; Twenty >ee(oiid, General J. B. Hweltaer aad
Ceorge P Hamilton ; Twentr third, Oeorge W. Cat* aad
Colonel William Klrwell; Twenty-fourth. Jr-s? Laxoar
and William Hopkins.
In j wo. ?Tbe democrat!* candidate for fongreaatmtel
delegate fntm Idaho la K. D Hoibrook, and the republl
caa candidate is J. M Kllpatrlek.
Rixrsairra Oat* Pvran-r. -John A. Rmgham wilt aa
do a Med I y be reaominsted for Con greet ma a by th* r*
TEXAS
The Steedman Commission Unearthing
the Bureau Planters.
KMiapptng end Peroral*! of Oflce
by a 8ufe-CemalMl*aer?
Who Qwai General " Carrabas' **
Plantation* 1
An Assistant Commissioner &??
baking Trovidence.
Manners, Customs and Condition of
the People.
THE BEBEL GENERAL HOOD ON THE SITUATION
/
Bebel Planters Appointed Agents by Radical
Assistant Commissioners.
*?? He. t<.
OUR TEXAS CORRESPONDENCE. '
Hopstok, Texts, July 11. 18M.
I used to think that Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi and
a few othor States saw some pretty tall lighting daring
the war. I was over the old linns at Yloksburg a Taw
weeks ago, where, by the way, time has made consider*
able changes, effacing all traces of O rant's, Sherman's
and everybody else's headquarters, except Frank Blair's,
which are marked by a big clump of trees and a heap of
broken bottles. I went over both the Union, and the
rebel lines, and renewed the impression I had previously
formed that this Mississippi stronghold was the keystone
of t!)0K>>llion. I have since learned that I was mis
taken. I hftfa P'nQe ascertained tfwt the capture 'of
Vicksburg wasn't a circumstance e?iA pared with the
capture of the Harriet Lane; that Chickamauga, Corinth
and Petersburg pale before the lustre of the attack on
Galveston, and that Grant, Sherman, Leo and Bragg
were very small potatoes by the side of Mag ruder, Kirby
Smith and Colonel Cook, lfy authority for these state
ments is mainly Colonel Cook himself, backed by the
asseverations of his Texan friends and admirers.
TXXAN BLOWHAHDS.
I made the acquaintance of this gentleman while lying
in a state of somi-seasickness on board one of those
Morgan steamships, which seem to be specially con
structed with a viow of roll'ng to tho greatest possible
extent In the smallest possible sea. I did not make his
acquaintance either. It was thrust upon me noltru voUm.
1 was compelled to listen to the story of his sxploits,
told a hundred different times, in a hundred different
ways. No matter where I took refuge, tho colonel's
grating voice followed me, and, though I must do him
the Justice to say he never told the same tale twice with
oat Introducing such sciential modifications as some
what relieved him from the charge of repetition, yet In
the end oven this was apt to grow monotonous, especially
when I found, as I subsequently did, that Colonel Cook
was a representative man, and that one-third of his
countrymen (of those I met, at least) believe that Texas
is the greatest country on earth, that the Texans an tho
greatest people, that Texas played the most prominent
part in the late rebellion, and that but for tho pusillan
imity of Magruder and Klrby Smith In surrendering
when victory was sure, a Texan President would now be
seated on tho Confederate throne, with the entire Tankee
nation kneeling at h>s footstool. 1 think Dickens mast
have Imported Mrs. Harris from Texas, or slse Texan has
stolen Mrs. Harris from Dickens. Every Texan warrior
keepe a Mrs. Harris on hand to sing the praises of Satng
Gamp. As thus: ?
"Colonel Cook," says be, "la tea yearn, sir, yon will
control the State of Texas. Ton are a soldier, sir; yon
are a gontlemnn, air, and n scholar; and 1 expeot to see
yon the moat trusted nun In Texas. Says I, "General,
do yon think sot" Says be, "Colonel Cook, I know it"
1 apologise for saying so much oa what may
dfrpear so unimportant a subject The fact la,
I nave boon haunted by the Colonel more pertina
ciously thsn Slnbad was by the Old Man
of the Sen. I aa not certain that I have yet got him
off my shoulders. Long after I thought I had Anally
parted company with him. be turned up at my albow la
the railroad cart, holding X B. Hood, the M-rabel Gene
ral, by the battoohole, and laying, 'Thero, General, now
f< a are passing 'Fort Cook,'" pointing to a wretched
Ule mud embankment, wltboat guns or anything elite
to Rignify a fort. *'I built four of thoee form rouad the
city, air." The General smiled a grim smile. 1 think at
or near Atlanta ho bad aeen fottiUcationa which teemed
to him more formidable.
N? ????.
Himself a Texan, ia exercising a good influence on hla
countrymen. Be aaya there U not the least danger of
any further trouble with the South. There are bad men
who will talk, and malicious men who will try to keep
np bitterness and strife, bat the Idea of any armed reatst
aoce to the government or the United States is too absurd
for argument. If the right of secession were conceoed
to-morrow, the South could not be kicked into rebellion
again. The only danger now waa of collision between
the two races, arising l'rom onuse* at present beyond the
reach of society, and even of the law Increased by po
litical agitation, and which time and the influence or the
Deuer class of cltlsens alone could remove. Hood la in
buxInoM as a commission merchant ia New Orleans, and
Is driving a good trade. Ho walks with a crutch, bat
says he can ride on horseback as wall almost as ever he
could, und never once need an ambulance from Atlanta
to Naahvlllo. Nona of the photographs I have seea give
an adequate Idea of his height (over sis feetL or of Ike
wonderful elongation ol his head, which reminds me of
a fine mastiff 'a sesa lengthwise In the bowl of a spoon.
Hood purposes to publish a history of bis campaigns aa
noon aa he can collect the necessary materials.
nmroarrioN or thb rwrta.
General Hood, I feel convinced, represent* accurately
the feeling of the educated and influential class of ettl
tens, but there is no ignoring the fat t that among the
masses much hard feeling prevails. The trouble with
Texas U that it has anvor f'-lt the war as the other South
ern Stales bare ; the panple have never been whipped and
they cannot appreciate the strength of the covernment
tbey affect to derpisa. The bitterest man I have met
waa the landlord or a hotel in the interior. His dennn
claliona of the Yankee government and his Jeremiad
pver the wrongs of tbu South were more forcible than
anvtMM ' beard before. I was smtwed afterwsrda
at "dlico?4r!Bft}J>*t this llUtwed Texan waa born In Kng
land, educated id *fl(H?butells. and had not even been
aalurnllred aa an Am?ncll tliiwl. Mob law, of course,
prevails largely as la ail young, undeveloped ooun trier.
Almost every man you meet tarries a huge revolver la
his belt and probably has a bowte knife tinder his veal
They laugh at the little revolvers common at the North;
call tbem popguns and reepeel nothing but a navy tlx
shooter or a Ballard rifle. Look round in any barroom
and you will aee marks of Derringer and revolver
hullote all roand the walla la every alterratioa
the rale Is to shoot flint sad argue afterwards. At Rich
mond, a little town not far from here, I was waiting at
the d.'p. t the other day, and It happened that a fight
took place In a barroom oppooite. The scuffle had lasted
about flfleea seconds, when a brawny Texan near me
who at first had manifested aa laellaaiioa to rmm over
an I see the fan, tamed on his heels with a countenance
of deep disgust, exclaiming ? "They're Irish. They're
not Americana, or there'd have boon a shot flred before
now." laqulry showed that be waa right, and thai little
incident gave me a curious gllmpee lalo the customs of
tbs rountry. Bntnan Ills la of lees account here lhaa
hcrsefleeh. There has been iMy hung for murder In
lexaa for the last tea years, bat a gnat ssaay have been
huag for horse steallag.
rat u> wiutta ahd mem
Texas it rich la natural resources it has the capaci
ties of aa empire. I have eeea no eoil to compare with
that of Texaa in fertility, except that ol the Pea Islands
and the Mississippi vslfey. Her boandlee* prairies, greea
aad beautllsl s? those of Illlaoia, are alive wftb cattle,
and in the Interior the best beef can he bought for Ave
cents or less a pound. In this ceanection I beard lately
a Utile fact which deservee relating. The commis
sary ol one of the military posta here waa
aatoaiehed at receiving a large supply of canned beef
from Hnetoa, Mats Now the t ommisaary reflected. Ha
knew that no beef worth eating could be bought In Boe
ton under twenty five reals a poned, and that canning
aad transportation to Texaa would add at least twelve
ceate more j and here be waa la the centre of the flneet
cattle country In the world, with the nrtmeet heef at hia
eery doors at flve ceate a pound. He thought the mat
ter over, bnl Anally, being a discreet and |? a deal aaaa,
kaowing something of the myeteriea of public depart
meats, aad shrewdly supposing that somebody bad a
contract, aad would looe money if the ooatrart ware re
voked, be reanlved to hold hie peace. Cases of caaaad
beef arrived for ?ome time afterwards, with the atateal
ragalartty, aad with equal regularity were throwa away.
For all 1 ka?w to toe contrary, ibia Interact lag little
gaaae may still be golag on.
OoM aad rtlver are plentiful In Teiaa, and are the boats
of the currency throughout the Ptate I would advlae
aay owe, however, who wish e to travel for a length of
time, to bring alt be wanta with him, and to Ilea la a
lent. Ivery little eerviee informed, every pur
chase made, roete "two hlie*' (a quarter) or half
a dollar In apecta It la two btte for a Shave,
two Ma for a drink, two bits for a rigor, two MM to haen
year boote blocked, two Mia for every collar or haadker
?Mtf ARM tetkfwa*, tod four duflan i? gold for i<wr
board The porter who carries your baggage down stair* i
wo lila't look at a dim*; (be back man who driven yon
to the (lop t exa.u ai lea-t one silver dollar for your
self and an eitra half dollar toryour truuk; tbe news
bay from whom you bay your Hbbald obargee you flf
teep or twenty cents, aud ''baaa'tany cbaage. "
thing, in (act. la charged in apaoft at greenback* prwee,
ml gr attacks in only isksn la the interior at a Hi fain
discount. ,
are very flanrigbiag where uninjured bv overflow* and
grata, and are quite forwafiL Cotton la In bloom, and I
nave seen plenty of sugar oane over four feet high. A
planter near Klo> mood told me be expected to mate a
hundred balaa of cotton from twelve hands. Tbe count
crap, according to present indications, wlU be over a
fourth and leas than a third.
tub am itr
In Tasaa to n farce aod to *hm extent, I fear, ? mto
chlorous one. Tbe Stale to utterly unmanageable fbr
bureau purposes. IIS Vast extent places t beyoad the
reach of an/ ortlnary mechanism ol cniraltsad govern
ment. TO sltempi to regulate the labor question In
latas by maaa* of a Fivedmen's Bureau to very much
like tickling a rhinoceros with a straw. The stations are
I n--i 'r so far apart, oomaMiataatioa to a work of
so much d.Bcultv that I am understating matters when
I say that to half tbe colored population of Texas the
bureau Is utterly Inaccessible. I have oonversed with
many poisons who have panned through these un bureau
protected d.atri (a. toy inf >rmanta, Northern men and
Southern men, one and ail, assure me that in tbaeo coun
ties the negrous are work ng aa well br better, are as
kindly treated and earn as high wages as In any other
nart of the - two. I can answer for other districts where
there is a bureau, and where its maladministration has
resulted in Injury to the negro.
?ubxao ruimn.
The bureau In Texas is looked upon by the citicens {
generajlv as a planting bureau, and In some districts
grave complaints are mad < of the manner In which
negroes ha* e been k dnappod from one plantation to be
get to work on another, In which aa et?ot of the bureau
Is interested. Tbe newspapers assert, and public rumor
supports (bo assertion, that Genoral Gregory, the late
Assistant Commissions' of the State, who baa recently
been relieved, Is engage^ largely In planting, and the
number of his plsulfttttas to variously stated at from
flfteon to twenty -a ven. It to atraags with what iterated
these words, "General Oregon 's plantation" bar* rung
In my ears. It rem nda one of the stratagem of "Puss
In Boots." who Inmructed every one to reply when
aak?d who owned tbe lands and bouses ro nd them,
" The Marquis or Cart abas. " Meet an old darkty on Uw
road, "Well uncle, wjjere <1? -311 wpc!l ?'? ''(to, T work
on General Gregory's plantation." Come to question
him and you find he lcno*s nothing more than that
people say it Is General Gregory's plantation, and
that be supposes it Is, but that somebody
else hired him and pays him hts wages. This
morning Generals Steed man and Fullerton were sitting
In the bureau bore when in came a fat. old mulatto
woman to compla n of in j untie - that had been done her
by some other negro on Ooneral Gregory's plantation.
This case l>eing looked into yielded something a little
m"i? tanirlble, but not much so. There wan a son of
General Gregory known to be a partner in the isrm,
and General Gro ory himself occasionally visited it.
Five different plantations in the neighborhood of Hous
ton were mentioned to me as being General Gregory's
plantations; y t no ona brought forward any legal
proof to 8u*ta n thoso assertion*, and ail the b'if?r-iyi
??eotg Jii( %xkminc3, slate Posi
tively that Gonorai CrfJfiryTs not, 10 tho best of their ,
knowledge, Interosted in any planiatinna at all. Tli. a
the matter stand < Who cau unravel itf Bomo Puss
In Boots has certainly been along and aet down all those
forms 10 the Marquis of ( arrabiw
AT Kb MM WO.
Generals Steed man and Fullerton took tssllmonr perl
oukIv afiecting tbe character of Cuptaia S. C. Sloan,
the sub-Commissioner for Fort B od county. The cap
tain himsell was first sworn, and denied point blank
that he was interested directly or Indirectly In any plan
ta'ion. He said he knew there w<-re rumors to that
e fleet, but he thought those rumors were explainable In
this way. The freedmen talked about the Bureau Cap
tain's farm, and people supposed It was to him ihey rc
f. rr d. Th > fact was, that Captain Potter, bis clerk, was
interested In a plantation with Mr. John Mitchell. Or
Boyd, the post Burgeon, and MaJ->r Pearson, the post
commander, friends of Capt in bloan were subsequently
examined, very 'reluctantly <>n their part, and provod
that Capialn Moan had repca ediv in conversation with
them spoken of the piamation In which ho was Inter
ested with Porter sad Mitchell, and had even told
tbsm how many tbou>and dollars bo expected to make
by It. Subsequent evidence established the ?ct that the
most high-handed measures had been used to got ne
groes on thi" plantation, and that the powers of tho Bu
r an had beon used In a most arbitrary manner for a like
eud. Tbe planters all rauad complained of the way in
which they had been deprived of their laborers for the
emolument of the Sloan-Porter-Miiohetl firm. One of
the clltxena, a Dr. Bell, wbo had been an intimate friend
of Captain 8loan, stood this until bis Isst nigger was en
ticed away from Btm, and th'-n ha oould stand It no
longer. Meeting Captain .Sloan in the street, after tba
manner 01' the Texans, he publicly slapped his face.
Captain Sloan took tbe Indignity pretty mueh as Grin
aell took his caning, and nothing further came of It. la
OTRea niTaics,
ao far aa matters have been Investigated, they an only
moderately satisfactory. There has been too much mis
government in Texas for matters to bo aet straight all
at once. General Klddoo, the new assistant commander,
Is doing all he ean la that direction. The General, bow
aver, as it seems to me. has rather rashly fallen Ami of
Providence. In one of hto last orders. Inculcating in
dustry on tho freedmen, he administers the following
reproof:?
The Frovldenttal interference with the erops In what Is
?ailed the Trinity region, has been a aouroe of deep regret
to the aaalaunt oomm .nrier; but he Is pleased to bear that
llie crops are be eg replanted, and ho oalb upon all thoee In
that region to aid the planters to the full ex loot of their
power by inciting industry among the freedmen in this laud
able undertaking. The Assistant Commander deem* It for
the higheat Interest of the freedmen and plantees of the
Slate that a large and profitable crop be the result of this
year's labor.
It appean that la Texas ths regulation of the seasons
and tbe ere pa belongs to the department of tbe Freed
men's Bureau, aad aa Providential interference to per
muted.
Galvsbtos, Toias, Jul* IS, ISM.
Whilst Saratoga, Newport and Leaf Branch engross
attention at the North let na pat to a word M behalf of
a Southern waterlog place, little known as yet, bat pos
sessing natural advantagee of the highest order. Fsncy
aa Island city of wall built houses and broad street*,
where the tamperature during the hottest lummrr
months never exceeds nlouty-slx degrees, and at the
present time of writing Is only oighty, with a sea breese
from the Gulf of Mexico which carries health and In
vlgoration at every gust. Add a magnificent surf for
bathing, and a beach affording a straight drive of at least
Ave mi lex unbroken by shall or shingle, and aa hart and
level that after a hundred vehiclca have driven over It
scarcely a track Is visible. Place this city wtthin forty
hoars' journey by ses from New Orleans, surround it by a
profusion of luxuriant f rails and flower*, sad yon have
Galveston aa it Is this 1Mb day of July, 1M& Aa excellent
and commodious hotel already aetata In the Island City
House, and an energetic Yankee baa obtained a conces
sion for constructing a street railway through the prin
cipal parta of tb? city. Galveston, I believe, is susoeptl
ble of immense development, aad will become one of the
most fashionable summer resorts seuth of Msasa aad
Dixon's line.
mammaii's amiag.
We bare returned here after a partial Investigation of
affairs in the interior, some of the results of which 1
have already advised you of. It would take at least six
months thoroughly ta inspect the State. The north
easters, north and son h western portions, comprising an
arsa of one-half of Taxaa, and fully as large aa the entire
State of New York, bava never jet besn penetrated by
either the military or the Bursas Respecting the con
dition of things in this vast tract of country the moat
confiding statements are made. It appears to be a
veritable terra tnempwifa. Bureau agaata oa outlying
poets represeat that slavery still exists there; that the
negroes are sold from ons plantation to another for smell
sums, and that lbs plan ten, feeling that their teaare uf
pow.r la short, treat tbcm with piupsrttsaals seventy.
On the other hand intsll.geut and dMaalerested Northern
mea, who have ridden through tha entire country proa
?acting, assure me that the negroea are wafl Wanted;
that the crops are large aad that In point of fact a far
mora favorable condition s< aflhlra prevails bore thaa
la district* regulated by tha frsednsan's Bursas
General Ki<?kv. the Assistant Commissioner for
the Htate, baa urg?<iy laprsnsata* tha iisaawHy ot
send iag a cavalry forth, commanded by a reliable eOaar,
to see how things are woAiay la thla ankaown portion
of Texas, but hsa not yet blr* able to obtain tha rs^st
slte authority. There Is aa evVlaM braak of logical coa
Unutty bara If the Bureau I. nwasrary for Tsxse, U t?
aeoesaary for all Texas. I'aisss It la uuatladad for purely
partlaaa purpaaas. It should either bo extiadad pver t ba
whale Male or bo withdrawn altogether
rns sraxar Aoarta
are tweaty-lve ta n aiber, ten of them lasKsat planters. I
the maturity of whom are unpardoned aitsaof the
rebel army, who were named agents almost before they
bad inid down tbeir arms. I'nanaaHf. I have aa obJec
lion to raise to this Personally, 1 believe that rebel
planters are apt to deal more wisely by tae nigger tbaa
fanatical philanthropies But hern la another lacteal
dilemma, which 1 present to the Northern radicals. Tbeaa
mea received their apnoiatmeata at tbehaaAs sf Oeae-al
Gregory, the extremely radical pndimaaor of General
KM doe ta the Aastataat Commtrntooershtp. It la evtdeat
that if tha Southern planters are to ba mated la traat
ths freedtnsn kindly and fairly, and to aaa that ha baa
Justice from* others, there la aa earthly nneeasiiy ?sr the
> feed men's Bureau It is equally evident that If they
are not thus |to be trasted It M a creel bardeblp to the
freedman to place the tremendoua aad arbitrary pan?
of tha Bureau la the bands of rsbel plaatera
raam row? ?.
Texas la now I bellsve (thanks mainly ta ths fbrta dls
closed by the Wsedmaa-rallsrtoa commission) the only
Rtat* in ilia South in which the boreaa la a separata
organisation front the mHltary command. Texan being
atill oonatructlveiy la rehllton. martial law still remain
ing In force, tha agent have ail i be powers wnlch were
oxercteed by tUa Prosdmea'a Hnrsau in atbar Warns Im
m dlataly attar ths rollapss of the rebetttoa. They
make arreata. Impose Anna, snd Impel eon with Im
punity. and almost without r?apoaeibiNly. The great en
teat of ouu>ry aad the difficulty of communication con
auiuia each agent a lulls despot la bis district We heard
sf cases at Beaumont and ?lne?hare where aiisats bad
beea made apparently wlilioul rhyme or reaaoe, on the
mere ataiemenis of negroea, wnaappoctad by aay swora
tea imowy whatever. It m evident at a glance that the
eflect of such pr<?-s*dlnga o?i the enmmunl y muat be to
embttt-r the lealing o tlie wbiiaa toward lbs hmekn end
tect.eek the gmath ?>( kindly Mnlimentam ngat 'bem
At liranbam cititen* ba<e bean arrested be the bun a'
for edaoosa lor wh ch ll<ay bad be a pra?i ?- f nod l>y
the cl ' il QgitaafWna. The late a^*r . *t iti# po at, Uau
1rn._. Arnold, Of (M Twelfth tni "I Then he I
Save carried on matters w,th *. (3K.pl?in Ll?ermors, he I
left. tike General Haxton and Cba^am ? .
i^ok ill tbs official record* of hlao?c? ",U1 " (
? M wty twjand
???? *f_ * J?y.^!nnrtiSTM w?r |
K5&22^*2 5*j^SST5
gUM, bet after S,,/T-!
|?8E%Sx!l?S3:?
srwa
an Englishman and * J?l~vallsd through tbe Bute m |
ttat>bo eight ye? ago levelled Texaa Uto at I
r^,^r^5%.'Sg o. my SeMoZi 1
that Um* f*?"". 7, w_ Lu nhnt we bad *>?? ?f* 1
"Not a week p?*J{|> ^ . near tbe circus, or in a die- 1
r-^-vVvri' s
5??*t?ffi5b?J?5i
S5 *??y JS&um ?t?
Tor* at ?? 'h*.,lr^
? jj&tt f? wss.r?ss'2-t
S3". s^jgahx'ttir
tad. The worst ?L^!L 0f seduclag a y?un? J"J2? 1
an tyr"!*
as ? sSus - sf sr."?~ fss
?U. I was standing (,"wliB wai)ted straight up IfJ, ?" \
wltbagunlnhisbMd- H ue.r UieJ??V^ "nd I
nit, or roan, who was "J ' j _OB mo of a 6 ? i, ""'J 1
claimed 'I've 8?' quickly on ???
flred. Che msaatot ???' - lJ?J^b|I? 1
the shot stmck tbe , he replied,
have I, yon ?,n ? J?HI??t deaa, Neither ot ?uetn
volver, and ^ ? *<?>
bad ever seen the "JJ*, a ng?M charart<1
glory of da*c*^Uf^ TfcWf *no*p to have klHtfd
MTO?d bTi J#!U>>H>b, wbo TULfe v? afraid or blm.
gcVftSteoA men, k"d m0*L J^rtLnerado a triend of hi*,
S.?ebS3ryhM W?t toM?^rg.<l#r 'H. ueard the
and Bi? vowed W ?? ?? ^ htd g0a? J?
x. iWS'?--. 2? -Sii i
'.^?J t?> r"T'? SCS? ??!> A? "? ""H
over, he went there aft** h?m. ^ hand to,
killed a couple of men i to k l ey attempted
iaD ri followed him to Waco. the officers; but
to arrest blm, be *h0V??* .j an(j Unarmed him an A put
they eventually ovfr|'?*!? huiit il>e house. Some frlwtd
him in the jail, a strongly w nlfo and a revolver
of Joauaon'soutBhle^sed^ ^ cme for the nisht
through a chink. When g? seven citlxens and
he made for^B#.^^. wtl0 lived bard by told me
drove them oft A blacksmi n, ^wok() by the DOim at th?
the rest of the tragedy. He blacktned fat'es,
ail a id saw aiiout twenty men, witu , to this,
SnS ^ tz Wnnd heard John??
they took w sawlng at ? , j pitted by the Jail ?"d
JS. EJi
l(f# glglU '****. *"< **. ' ?|'l tbelTDr-ggaaW4
much impro*1^ .8lnc" u?jj bcdm ot Justiee and a
and pugnacity, there ? a ? (jt t(l0 Texan character
sturdy straightiorward leave the State with re
which I ratuer like, and ? ??? 1 d j have been here I
K ret. During the M B or twei Jh ^ but though I
Save heard xoroe PreU' ^*.pi,,n? or he>.itat"d to join in
have never cono-.Ued my oijnl^ a inault n^
the oonvsrsat on. I ha ln the fouth (icnorally, that
viol nee I ?nd here-'u ?. rebei army ms ^ the
those wt? fought tbe bravMt ent and the most to be
best d.spowd towwd tbs|P> w,.o tajkab<wt w
S2S, ? ?? ? "
lug at alL ?
POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
Sraumo a Tuikid Doa? Mr. Ferdinand Stoessel ,
propr.etor of the Sbakspere Hotel, 243 William stre t,
yesterday appeared before Justice Hogan and made an
affidavit against a young man named John C. Forrest,
whom be charges with having on tha 21st Instant stolen
from blm a trained Russian bloodhound, with collar at
tached, which be values at $600. Forrest, who boarded
at tbe Shakspere at the t me or the Alleged theft, was
arrested by officer H -ape, or the Fourth prBclnct. I'lilllp
Brown, of No. T Duane street, swears to seeing the
K'soner have the dog by tbe collar and leading blm away
in the house. On Saturday Mr. stoensel received In
formation that bis dog had been taken to Poughkeepsle
and sold to a farmer living In the interior ror $36. Ho
Immediately despatched a mesa nper in search or tbe
mlwdtur animal. Forrest was taken before Justice Hogan
and committed for trial. He is twenty-three years of age,
and was born In Englaad. pretends to know nothing
whatever In regard to the theft ol tbe bound.
Thsit or Molasses Banana.? Jsmes Lake, a oarmaa,
living at 334 Hudson street, waa yesterday arrested by
detecuvc Field, of tbe Fifth precinct, on the charge of
baring stolen sixty-eight molasses barrels, valued at
$102, belonging to Mr. Lowell M. Palmer, doing business
at 424 Water street. The barrels were taken on tbe 16th
Instant, after which the accused sold Itatrty-ona of
them to James McGahan. a cooper at 401 Washington
street. Justice Hogan held tbe accused to ball in tbe
sum of $5?0, to answer tbe charge before the Court of
Sesslona
Tryimo 10 Bam m Wm-OtfiMiy nlgbt last about
nine o'clock Mr. William Scbults, a Broad wiy Jeweller,
wu In hi* store. While there all alone, bat patiently
awaiting I be coming of a customer, a young man, about
twontyone years of ago, William Deogberty bf ?awe,
as ItcasM oat afterward* stepped la aid "would like to
look at aeme watchca." "What kind V Inquired
the tradesman. "Some gold onea? bigb-prioed
one*," responded Dougherty, ia a earoiesa, busi>
tums fashion. "Hers sre a cooplo of One ones,"
ssld tbe Jeweller. "Yes, that look* well," ob
i>er. ed the man at the (Winter; "can I trouble
you to let me see the movement." "Ob, certainly: bo
trouble," was the deprecatory answer; "Jnst observe how
steady the motion. " "Ah I Indeed I that baa tbe right
sort or a ring," observed Dougherty, putting the watch
to bis ear. "I Would like to look at some plain gold
rings," said a man just then, standing at Dougberty'a
lea Dougherty turned around In blank astonishment ;
for that was his first intimation that aaybody stood be
side bhn. Scbulu looked up and said, "In a moment,
air, whan this gentleman is through." "Very well,''
said tbs strsnger. But it t"ok Dougherty a good while
to make up bis mind; and, in fact, before be bad fairly
made It up, the strange man at bis side snatched tba
watch and ran off, without aa much as mentioning
tbe gold rings again. Now Dougherty looked blanker
than before, and ScbulU looked a a blank aa Dougherty
at first Dougherty was too much annoyed to ruu after
the thief and Schultz bad no ooe to stsy in hla store.
In Men of his less, therefore, Schults called to bis aid his
lungs, sad bawled lustily for aa officer At length he
was heard by officer Irwin, wito came, and, atrange to
aay, Instead of starting on tha chase for the man
who bad taken to bis beeis, he faateaed on
Dougherty. At ibis crisis Dougherty's astonish
ment wss beyond all containing or concealment.
Innocent f Of course he was ! Why, what
had be done f But officers grow callous to protestations
of laaocoaco after a while, and Ibis officer to twrtioulsr
had become especially hardened. When his plea of in
nocence availed not he became indignant and then con
temptuous, snd after a little a trifle shaky at the knees;
for tbe offloer proposed to search him? ths unkindest
cut of all He was searched, bet not a earthing did he
bare; yet be waa going to buy a "high priced ' watch,
jjnageioua Judge Shandley thought SO, and so com
Tseim Guana or a Fame's Psorsarr r? his As
sets.? George Christie roeidee st 4M Eighth svenne.
Some few weeks siBce Christie went to tbe ooentry. Re.
ceatly be returned. While away Cbrttole lent tbe key of
tbe boose le a connection of hi* Samoel Cargin
Thinking George's clothing end other srliclcd iff! behind
too valuable to be expooed to tbe chance of beiatf Jtnlan
while tbe b osae wss etcssd. >am, It la alleged, remoffe*
a quantity to n place of safety. Knendly in gam. Tbe
place choaen by 8am eihiWie4 great Judgment. It
also showed bow strong wss Sam's Interest In
the security of hla friend's goods. Ordinary minds
may mtetatorpret flam's conduct in this; greater ones
will sdasire Ik Basing decided upon this coarse, in look
ing for s place of safsty ham found a bouss where tbey
made special anaugemsato with persons deetrlng to
secure for a abort tune tbe aafaty of email arMeies of per
sonal property. A hind hearted geailsmaa had opened
aa seisaHshmsct up town fur that purpose He ctiufed
no rent for foods loft with him, and to secure against
pnsaiaie aecldsot of lose by Are or tbe like he
gave eaab person who left anything srttb bla a
certain proportion of its value. Mm left Christie's
slothee with htm, aseopt one vset, which bo bad room
for on bis own person. When ( briette returned be ei*
|IIBH btms'fr dtssntisfied. Ungrateful man Ham
could not immediately get berk tbe goods, aa unexpected
difficulty having ariecn. Tbe old gentlemaa wanted 9am
to return him toe money flrst. Christie sroaldn I wait,
so he had *<am up before Justice Connolly ou Saturday,
who bold him to answer ia three hundred dollars, when
be waa hailed by a relative
Joan Moos a, Nanvn or Aram, ia Aocoean es Sraauaa
a Boar? John Moors, "native of Bpein," twenty si a
ysars of age, by occupation a farmer, reeiding at Little
Meek, Lang Island, waa charged with basing, On the
night of tbe Mth of July, atelea or attomptil to steal
from tbe acbooaer Hsnry J. Raymond, lying la tbe Baal
riser, at tbe foot of Thirty seveatb street, a yawl boat of
tbe value of one hundred and twenty -dve dollars, basing
been detected while removing tbe aaaa by tbe aaooad
mate of tbe acbooaer. "What bays you lo say, John, If
anything, la reft reaoe to toie charge f" said tbe Jartiee.
" I did not Intend to steal the hoot. I waated to cross
ths riser, having tabued the laat ferryboat man lag
from Thirty fourth street on that night, and I took tbe
bant for the porpoee of getting over the river, with tbe
Intention of bringing it back la toe morning. " "John
Moore, netlse of "pain, that will do. Tou are committed
to answer la default of three hundred dollars," waa tbe
I sop sees of Justice Coaaolly.
HAITJ FOB STJEOFE.
The Canard man rtaaaishlp Africa, Captain Cook, will
lease Roeton on Wednesday for Liverpool.
The malls far Europe w U oioee la this city at a quarter
peat one aad hair past five o clock la the afternoon.
The Niw Tosg Hssjld? Edition for Ear tips will he
ready al elevas o clock to. morrow morning.
ingls cop ise in wrappers, ready for maiUag, ait
<eaia
OUR CUBA IN THE PACIFIC.
m mmm* cwmmhce.
Oar Ncii* Com* Deaifc ?* ,h*
r HI ? faturu, MrtNM App???t ??
(k? Tkna*-ABtM?Ur ?*
h, v. u KTirplhlai Aa?rU??-OMlN
ot la|iM? to bOfeUDi ? rMM(w*u
n?( tbe flaw
Occap?tlo? kr A* ItalM-tfc.
??.?wlele IriMdi ?!?? Omfc? rf tk. ??
etfle Oce??, **? _ . ..
lomn), Sa?dwiflb ***** ,ttM "?
m nvoRtiaci o? i* a*wAiu* wmnm
I. commerce and poiitton hM WUi.rt.BOl Ml
appreciated. Writero wltb vartooa prajodlceo krVe wc*
tu books and oorrsepoadenoe c^Mrntag ik^m, k?t *?
majority of them have keen oMJtded inoorrecv 1??
CaMforwlan a trip to tbe lalaada Uaaao^ter of m little liaM
end mm m a (our to Cuke La Yorker. Indeed,
the Sandwich Uianda ara tb? lube of our Pacllc on*
Wkao tka Pauiflo B*lwaj >j galshed the MUoda win M
brought very M?r to. Saw Tort Tka foreign "?*f
bar* ta metaly .>',aerlcea ; tka plaaiaUoM ara ownad kf
iB*rloaai;^iB?r.ou capital la tnvMied bare, ao tbat to
u tba kiKjida ara of gnat iatereet.
yf Dim o? rmaoaaa vioroau.
? VljVOtla, the K d|'i aiatar and batraw apparent to tba
i 'urona, dlad a fa* dayi alnoa from imprudently balbtac
while heated. It la euppoeed that a diaeeae peculiar w
.JMfie aided her deoeaM. Her remain* are new
%ln, i. state, and the natlraa ara in mourning. *1*
bar we Iom a politleal ally. While the pwoent for**
mtf< ia aniacoulaUe to American* tba PrinoeM Victoria
wm our firm friend. Dr. MeBftfe, our Mtaleier
b5ll ber !i fkUeck ?ue preoeui Slue ? ???
bameba V. In tba Constitution of 18?4 declared bar bla
belr, and upea her aoceetioa to tba throne tba lalaada
would TlrtuaMf hare been out*
tua racaiMT dm.
Upon the acceaslon of tb?| present King he wap In IB
health, but under the care of British physlciaus he ?VM
grown'oorpuient and healthy. He is thirty fire yeas*
of age, unmarried and cbildleea. He hM decided anttp*
tblcs to all that la American. Yearn ago, while he wea
travelling ihro,Kh the .United 8uw-wUh Dr. Judd, aad
while be wm ascending tba Conaeotlent rtver on*
BteanHx.at, be Mt uua^ummgly down to the j^PP"
ubie with a princely coodeecenalon before Bit nr ??
known. He wm clothed In otixen ? attire, and bad
&WbU brown l'a*> m a diet ngu*blng mar^ Turo^ffc
the iuadv-ru ncv of Or. Judd
tii the oaHHt'nsent or officers of the boat. So a
democnUlc^ native of the Green lale, a waller a. tba
table. unceremoniously informed ^
T.%"?um" were all .wed to eat with the white folk**
SrttoEbl iitUMTki KTW%
now Katnebameha V., hM nafor W*J?YW --?*
InaulL ?Bir:an influckcb TBI
jstis
mount tu the , ovt-rnmeut. U|?on the ad feet or Victoria
wo might '.iav eipectoil a change in our favor.
Hie neii belr presumptive la PrinceW 1 1 1 lam , f
arlv called "Prince Bill." a favorite witb Uie butotef
hovs a drunkard and an entirely unreliable man. Ha
wma 'a-sed over in ilie wiKtlop of tbe lwt n?lerf ind bi
~ SnS? d ?Jh "f tb. preMnt King would pr-^abiy ba
Dassed over again 'Ike Leglaiature will probaMjr naaw
to goiect a ruier, wbeu Kamehameba dlee, from among
the race of native chie'a, who, with tba paopla of tba
Uianda, are fMt dying out.
Tai ramioit rmrtATKW
ta principally white, and Britain and lTranoe wll! P"~*"
bly strive to obtain a iirotectorata bar*. A crtaa In tbo
political history of tba ulanda H
qnMtlon is, ahall BrIUIn or PrancB bo allow d to obtajj
the proieciornte. while American capital and |pdn*rr
are raising the liilanda to a respoctablo ooaditlon amosw
^ wtioD, of the ewthf I hoar from Tory eic Uoj
authority? and tba rumor came through the French
Commissioner? tbat Km Kamehaaoba., battog ?.
com* wealUiy by hi* JhUm
rAVi ?? v liu wry on bit ilioui<l*fi wii??
S7 ^whitM iitMd of Ka^ to gM^
has oflered tl?e protectorate of an tba Sandwich
lslanda to Oraat Britain. Shall wa wbo foe jwjt ^***
labored here? who have built cuurcbM aad
Imito ipeoi tbouHftndi oo tb? eduvslleOi IB butiM^
tbe planurtloaa of Uie Islands, wl>0M Jjj?
every nnmaeoaaMa couoaaa nn to Utaif relor%
.ball we now bo snubbed?
th? new ositcd mm tomtm.
I in ciid tbe Uutw-d 8tAM foftnunwt tt 1SL5
the tmi'irtauce of H.wa.1, Dr. McBrtda kavUf^rM^d
bla poattiun M M ni<ter Bealdant, Oaaaral Bdward IM.
McCook bM been appointed Inbia plaofc
tbat our governm nt hu propooad to nOas ^ *?
Ua leaate here to that of the
honoring too Hawallana. Ooneral McOook, l? jaat Uy
oOoor wa ? ed. Let him bo reeoluto, dignified and dipto
?n? and tba alanda will yet ba out*.
tub oc>'i or twb ridM
But. people cay. tbn United Btataa deo't wnnttbo^L
Here In the ceotre of the PacMe Ilea a tog* gw?*P
lataada. Five hundred tbouaand aoraa aw adapted f
sraxlna and agriculture. Owe hundred IboaMnit aaws
are auited to oaaa culture. Already tba
tioa la oewolderable. Fibo water M ^
veer' whalemen have wade Boootulu ? port tor
ing, storing, and tba rMb pmant of "kaioKno ?u?dea
Oar commerce with the ?lan?a la g*** ~.B>l>.!y
cieeo are several large bousea wholly dependeatjipoB Ha
walian commerce. Our trade In the {? 1
already* oommanoed oporatlooa bero. Tbe Baedw*
lslanda are a Una nav^ po^
England 10 Art vlag !? f^n
,mLi mKm ukM in lh? n?w line of iUumti
Franrbco to China and Japaa ill
to bold ao important a aaval poet oflTonr JMte Madtus
right la tbe midst of our ooeaa commerce T^Biit
land with the Fenians At bif heato eoo luwjt
America sharply watching operations on the P^"0"
not dare to accept ihe protectorate of the islaudfc Ba
for Brit'ik ^diplomacy" In baring tbe d'd^KiBg prt
soned, wbo wm about to concede the islands to tai
United statan, they weald now ba oara. AM w% ?
turn, must cicumvent Brluln.
Mr. Henry Cornell saved the Ufa of a la dy who ?M
Minding on tbe railroad track at Niagara Falls naeoa
ecloua of an acpreacblng train by eeiilng fear and Ui row
in* bw with bimaalf outaide tbe track Juet aa tba ea
gm? panned bf .
A Mr. John Chnrcb, llrtnz naar Buflhlo, N. T., a aar
Cu la a claim for tba 136.000,000 whlcb It was aaM
a. Walker, of Hartford, nai to ban.
lira. Carrie M. Guild, wife of Leman A. 0*1 Id,
raltted salclde by drowning, at Bethlehem, Conn., aa
tbe IMl ^
? wlilto woman who married a negro, tba eoiiple llrtaf
in Buflhlo, N. T., attempted to poleun herself tbe othat
day to aacapa the brutality of fear huebaod.
While tba apprentioae cm board the SaMae, off Nam
LoBdoa, were at practice wltb the gatia a few days age,
much remark wae eaaaed br the proprietor* of the Ooaaa
House. They aobatitatod for tba American flag wbiek
ilee above their roof a piece of white elalli. Aa officer
of tbe Irlgato, who leaded to laqslre what the yronad
lug meant. ?aa I a formed that pleoea of ehell oocaslonully
Mruek la that rleinMr, aad henea the earreader. Mara
care I* to be taken when the next bombard meat oomea
?r.
Mr. Tawmrd, IhiiIw of the city of Maw Qrieaaa, m
to Be loipe tched by the Board of Aldermee, for (pproori
ating the flaea for patty offencoa, which beloag to Ik*
jity, to bla ewa uea.
? A Oerw*" eewspaper atataa that a rouag maa reoeotlr
lurried a hid age, aad ha aaoartalnad eeh
muectly thathls Wit tjd once been Ha F? IHfee.
I Eraatua W, Smith, of Mew Voii, KTH(it,H
glncer of tbe creat rare Duaderbrrg, wae oat
bla wife, m Wttortord, Conn., whan Mm
Irotn tbe wagoa acd bar leg badly broke*.
married i
ee^nently I _ . __ _
Kraetna W. Smith, of Mew Yo?4, ftfKlitlMtliag g*.
I " f r '* driving with
wan throws
lag badly broke*. Mr. SaMfc
got hlmself~e*tnnfipd la one of Ike wheels and wm
dreadfully bruised, bs* fortunately no bone* were broke*.
Mlee Sarah Weld man, a bean Ufa I voung lady of Mom*,
town, (la., committed suicide by hanging, oa the Id*
taat., aad all far love.
The Tale College Olee Club wV epead the raeaHa
making a concert tour through New Kaglaad.
?irgeaaea, Vermont, will hereaegetoseial omebraMw
ea the 21et of AagueL Oaorga W. flraady win gtea a
hletorlcal sketch of the town, aad T. B. Wood bridge wtO
Mr. Maiafean, of rorlahootm, Conn , wag eat la twa few
a fragment of reek ihrowa oat by a Meat oa the 17th.
A fruitful wife In Lebennon, Ten*., recently gave Mr*
to four chiMiea, weighing all pounde each, all of ~
are alive aad klcktag.
A Chicago officer bought a ticket la a lottery la ordet
to prosecute Ibe concern The ticket drew a thousand
dollar priaa, and the officer bee concluded to overtook
tbie oflence.
Watson, the professional hnrglar, who !? to be huag
at Niabrilla, on Augnal 31, for the murder of Capiat*
Memer, rrcantly sent to the Clerk of Berry county,
sfedtaae. a package oonialamg a letter and the revolver
with which tba murder waa commuted. The letter
?toted that la tba course of Ma operationa laetoprlag.
Wauoa entered the reel de nee of the clerk for the nor
Cor obtaining his keys aad robbing the safe. rteia
icceas to tbe ileepiag apartment, be round, Maeplag
soundly and entirely w Kb oat enepictoa of barm, the
buehand, wire aad WM Taming tba Hght of hie
"glim" around tba room the guilty "croasmen" noticed
on the teble n loaded revolver. Re looked at tbe weepoai
and then at the sleeping child and mother, aad thought
that If la tba course of bis search for the keys he should
w?k?n the fbtber be might bare to murder them all t*
order to aeeape. Dreading eaah work he autetly took
tbe revolver and left the houee, sad with this revolver
be murdered Chptaln M eater.
Oential Qtb wae vie l ted by a dee tractive tornado a?
tbetloL
A highway rubbery was nommlttod at Bocbeator, M.
T., oa the eight of the flat
Mm. John Higler, of Reaver, Ohio, wears a widow -a
weeda at the age of twelve Bar baby bag see* half a