The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-17


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III scs.s'isss noou. Nsw s.ress ~ ueins Nv s;da
discreet policy showed itself the laying out OF the
towp. The streets are wide and airy. aoundsnt snaas
trees line every and street and lane and TO near
~ every dwelling attached capacous lawns ana gar
dens beautiful In their rich luxuriance OF shruooey ana
fragrant with the perfume or rarest flowers Most Of the
buildings Of wood and painted white and with VIDE
porches and their general look OF udiness the een WINE
paint green window blinds and neat white picket Fences
give tho place striking resemblance to thriving New
England village Most of the sidewalks are paved with
shells from the beach, and Is the intention TO pave
the roadways with the hard and durable material
The Custom House. q portion. of which Is used
as the Post once large, fine brick building and 20
on the There good markets. which are
models Of neatness, and abundance OF good hotels,
three daily newspapers national banks, several pr
yate boarding houses q steam fire engine two club
bouses-no SO immense but quite exclusive and well
appointed in their way arisocratc club houses OF
New York Churches. colleges, female Summaries and
priyate schools keen paca with the citys progress
There was theatre here where Miss Eliza Logan once
delighted the Galyestonsps and where Mss Julia Dean
rave her most naasnc nersonations and il was here
Il will be remembered she married Mr. Hayne; but the
glory Of the place IS departed and the voares 10 hes
pis have been DISPLACED by horses and hacks and from
the heights where fair women aud brave men once
looked down on the exhibitions OF tragic passion are
now throw down tufts Of hay the equine usurpers;
or IN other words the place is now a livery stable
Altogether the town. in the rapid rush Of business, Ia
the multi pcity O. its ornate barrooms aud billiard
saloons and balls and drives the beach--bere is an
uninterrupted drive Of thirty miles the hardest and
most compact beach ever saw-and sansst onth, 10,
showing groups OF bahers reminding one or Cape May
and Coney Island and Nnhant copplneGis CAV spirit
ed lively little city There re several cotton presses
here said 10 be the besin the country and there are
abundance of coos wharves and several that are
sadly out OF r.,ar There II large shipping trade,
the returns last year showing the arrival OF twenty
ve hundrcd vessels Two steamship lines run regularly
TO Now Orleans and one 10 New YORK. ana very soon
steamship ne Is 10 be estaoiisned 10 Liverpool adect
Last year the exports including the Shipment OF 100 5O
bales OF cotton amounted to S23 $40 While thevaue
Of the imports for the same time shows an aggregate
heterogeneous Character being one-fourth Americans
and English, onefourth Germans, ons-sixth Irench,
one-sA apan,sn anu .nc ias' Az h ~ Wr
IS variety suited 10 tho most cosmopolitan TASTE Lager
beer swezer case 'npnrger eneese and sour xr'l are
mere ~ Pereoou iou e"n oilnA n..'e ten.u VIZ
with Frencnmen or smoke cigarettes win darx-eyed
spanish oeauties OF iuncn on ooosnas anu inavsa,ou
WIN laahs, OF play euchte OF uiaw PoNer auu oncw
the moss scnorc OF plug TOBACCO win nause iexan
win cnance on the sIigntest provocauon OF LOOKING
lnto tne oarre OF SIX snoo.er or see suaaeny haso ~
AR oeiore You most cut-throat looking ooWie knic
inc history OF uaVeston from us usoosery m Aooo "
Ia saie now was nrs! caes ls'e ue Saaoas rom 's
received It's present name from GaveA spanish nooie
man hen IA authority III MsA!oo. nov ~ 10
ofefnoweu oy tno uuwontca Iisns VI tno oiaAos IN
Iiny rivers ana buuaio bayou anu n,an uues ~ .ne
BAY and from its nsuiar poson fearful appfenenson
oh paIs VI ~ nao'tnus ~ 1,, ."1 @
70 1893 epreiy submerged Last isana ana mere recently
inc caicasieo country the darng exploits o. Laute the
Pirate OF the Gulf who used 70 make TINS MS head
quartofs an tns ana nnch more arc iuteres.iug sao
Jecis 10 wrte up, out must hurry on 10 otuer topcs
lily first business on my arrival mere made 10 can on
brevet MAJOR Chsries rini Coionei ihiry'tn oh.co
States infantry, commanding district OF Texas AS q
HERALD army correspondent had KNOWN MN during
the war. From bis mpetuous ga'lantry shown IN com.
mand OF the Inth united states artillery plitery nv bun
Run to the dash,ng and brilliant charge led by himself
as commander OF the glorious Fifth corps a. Appoma'
tox Court House, causing Lee TO surrender bis army,
have watched the gradual rising OIL MS military star
had not seen him since the disbandns oil the army a.
Washington but saw he had not whit changed ne
has the same erect military Carriage, the same style o!
carrying his head back ana giving andscious
courage nothing can daunt and irmness that nothing
can broad the same quick despatch OF Official business
the Same frankness OF manner tho same blunt, curt,
fearless way Of talking what he thinks and means
Well. what is the New YORK Herald doing here -
his salutaory Inerrogaory and withou. watt ng
for an answer burted out imprOmptu, though unin
tended, HERALD toast would be hard TO bcat:"Great
paper the HERALD: first in war. FIRST in peace, first
everywhere and first in everything"
The Generals account OF the present political cordi
ton Of affairs 10 this Slate is not altogether the most
encouraging Most Of the whites entitled TO register
show disposition 10 do so, but Afterwards many 90
away and damn the government thu best they know
how. at the same time proclaming themselves for The
constitution as IL and loyal as they interpret los
atty. Soue members OF Congress and others, go TO
register TO TO rejected 10 prevent conhscation
The freedmen nearly unanimous in registering
In nearly all the counties the registration has been
peied but after revisa OF the lists the books viii be
opened again, pursuant TO recent orders extending the
term or registration Qiiie number OF White REGISTRARS
have resigned from ear " their lives, while ali the
ngo registrars show tho bodnes OF lions on The SUBJECT
and arc not afraid 10 fare the music One OF the chief
causes OF trouble has been tho appointment OF negro
each registering board, bit the people getting
used IT, and the opposition this account
ing each day IL is few desperate outlaws who have
been and doing the bulk OF the mischief regards
acts OF violence. tho Of most OF these
have been reported 10 him. some Of whom he
has now in custody and IN pursuit OF the
others Two oil the men shooting the registers IN wash
ington county few days since now under arrest.
Most OF those who committed not long ago nine murders
In eight days In Robertson county are also in custody
Up 10 the present time there have occurred about
hundred cases Of felonous assault throughout The State
from political he assumed command of the
district IL is his intention TO weed tho outlaws COM
hitting these acts OF violence oat OF the state His line
OF policy is TO show the people that all will DC right If
they do right but that the more opposition they show
TO the government the worse ii will be for them and
much tighter they themselves draw the rens holding
eventually all viii be ri,ht and peaceahc here aud saws
that fears need be entertained OF volence by mm
grants des roas OF settling here There no violence or
opposition shown to privae individuals only they
represent the government. He gives good report OF
the freedmen and says they are working well and that
Their conduct IN every regard far exceeds the e1peca
tons OF The most sansuine on the subject The white