March 30, 1863, Tri-Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Texas)
It is thought by some that goods are lower in this city than they have been. We cannot see it in making purchases. Some lots of inferior unseasonable and damaged goods have been sold at a low figure, but damaged goods are not the market by any means. There is a good supply of merchandize in Houston now, some of it being old Galveston stocks that have been boxed up ever since the war began till now, and other having been brought from Mexico. Goods may be lower than they have been, but we will guarantee that whoever buys them will not do it because they are cheap, for the present at least. And we can assure owners of goods at Matamoros that they can find no better market in Texas to consign them to than Houston. There is plenty of demand for all that will come and at tremendous profits. When flax thread is $18 per lb., imperials $1.75@$2.00 per yard, printing paper $50 per ream, linseed oil $20 per gallon, and alcohol $30, and everything else in proportion, there is nothing to be lost in bringing them to this market.