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THE PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST.. I Round Trip for a Single Fare to the
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Centennial.
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ADVERTISING RATES:
came over
The town of Seguin is 18 miles west
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A Plea for the Crusaders.
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8596 00 in clear cash. They then
The resolution
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worthy of his hire, and vice
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best taste, says of this indecency:
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tonio, $8 00; C. C. McKinney and
daughter, Atascosa, $10 00; J. W.C.
McKinney, nothing; V. F. Moore,
California, $420 00, gold; Dr. A. P«
Chace, Illinois, $15 00 and watch ;
L. K. Cocheran, San Antonio, $12 00;
D. E. Leighman, Missouri, $1 00;
Dr. Herman, San Antonio, $16 00 ;
R. G. Long and daughter, Pleasanton,
nothing ; AV. H. Harris, San Antonio,
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The only vital motor powers in
the coming Presidential contest arc
THE DAILY.
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telivered in the city at
n, payable monthly.
ertising:
Dollar for the first inser-
or each subsequent inser-
r half column or column
The exquisite gravity with which the
UjT ' l l ifie
push his political fortune. Although
by nature imperious, he has managed
to become a pet of many of the
Grangers, whose theory antagonizes
dictation. His dogmatism is equalled
by his ductility; and he conquers
prejudice, if not principle, by patro
nage. Instead of being the rocky
headland that withstands the waves
ing a miserably weak attempt to do
a mean and desperate deed. If the
Commercial’s local editor lives long
enough in Texas, he may at last dis-
cover that it is not popular to write
Bill Regulating License of Attor-
neys.
Regret at the Defeat of Judge Ireland.
[Special to the Age.]
The following was received too late
for publication yesterday :
Austin, May 8, 1876.
I I
ton, which is equally celebrated for
its liberality and its enterprise.
newspaper Bohemian
was unanimously
only chance for that city now is to
jj^gen its bar and prepare h.i
giomaigommerce which will yet
$10 00 and a Winchester rifle ;
Nunneliy, Tennessee, nothing:
ogden, San Antonio, nothing-
The press of Texas is actively en-
gaged in condemning in fitting terms
the stump speeches of Coke et al be-
-
e other prize of equal value
htbe deemed by them more de-
bleand appropriate. We should
|exceedingly to witness a contest
ween these two magnificent com-
these sales is totally inadequate to
the end proposed and works a very
great hardship to those persons al-
ready unfortunate in having their
properties put up at forced sale
The widest circulation should
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MAY 12, 1876.
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THE SEGUIN STAGE ROBBERY.
augury of disaster in every passing
zephyr, or who would contemplate
with horror the explosion of oxygen
gas in the laboratory of the scientist.
Broad views in the social and
political world can alone bring an ap-
proximation to, the truths of the lu
ture. With us, the centennial year
of our national life brings no cause
for immediate apprehension. Upon
the contrary the clouds of war are
passing swiftly away, and the stars
are coming out in thick array to com-
plete that firmament which bends its
grateful protection over the rights of
every person and every section. Cen
traliism is being lowered down into
a grave of unparallelled corruption,
and the heart of the people declares
>t to be a fitting sepulchre for an ism
foreign to the genius and spirit of our
laws, and the desires of the Ameri
ihe Marshal Herald stigmatizes
the late Legislative senatorial stump
speaking in the Capitol as a “disgrace
ful exhibition.” Hon. J. AV. Thr
slanders are confined to the local
department of that paper and are the
outpourings of a little martinet who
is a member of’ the Dallas Lamar
Rifles, which Company contested un-
successfully at the State Fair for the
military prize banner. Still we must
stoop to immortalize him by a
notice, especially as he has rashly
essayed to fire another “temple at
Ephesus.” To crush Houston and
A Dallas special to the News states
dHat the Lamar Rifles have chal-
■Bged, through the Dallas Common
KB, the Houston Light Guards to a
competitive drill “in thirty, sixty or
niety days, for one to three thou-
sd dollars and the championship
pthe State.” The challenge will
The following proceedings to- ac-
complish the above now probable
result were had by the United States
Centennial Commission (as we see
reported in the Philadelnhia papers),
in which the Commissioners Irom
Texas took effective part:
Mr. Hawley offered a resolution
that Messrs. Hawley, Morrell, and
Cleveland be appointed a committee
of the commission to co-operate with
a similar committee of the Board of
Finance, the joint committee to con-
fer with the railroad companies of
the. United States, and urge upon
them the vital necessity of reducing
their rates of transportation ' to
and from the Centennial Grounds
Mr. Lowry said that if X
yesterday, is a round trio for a single
fare. Our own companies have’al-
jeady generously aided the Centen-
nial, an I will not, we believe, refuse
this last request.
ADVERTISING .SHERIFF'S SALE?.
procure a greater reduction than
twenty five per cent. The Knights
Templar were striving to get better
rates than now. They had no objec-
tion to this additional committee, for
there was great dissatisfaction every
where throughout the South on this
subject. It should be stated that the
railroad companies treated them
courteously, and responded as well as
they thought they could.
Mr. Parsons, of Texas, called par-
ticular attention to the fact that the
only railroad men before whom the
question of cheap transportation had
been brought were simp lythe agents
of the directors. He believed that it
the commission could confer directly
with the highest officials of the
companies they could secure rates
which would bring, ten visitors
where one would now come. From
his State the expense of a trip to
Philadelphta would now be from
rates were reduced they could not
get the people here from the far
West points at a reduction of
only twenty-five per cent. Mr. Mai
lery, of Kentucky, said that he was
glad the resolution had been offered,
as it was one of the most important
subjects they had before them. Mr.
French, of Mississippi, said he had
been a member of the committee on
this subject, and they had failed to
The Judiciary Committee N». 2 of
the Legislature has reported favor
ably upon a bill regulating the ad-
vertisement of land sales by sheriffs.
We do not know the provisions oi
the bill, but any change from the
present mode of advertising such
sales would, doubtless, be an im
provement. The mode now in vogue
of sticking up three or four notices
in the (
) squelch
for that insane
THE DALLAS COMMERCIAL AGAIN
We have little stomach for the
bootless job of “ breaking a butter-
fly upon a wheel,” but it appears we
must say another word concerning -
the Dallas Commercial’s onslaught
upon Houston. It is true that its
adopted.
Commenting on the above section,
the Philadelphia Press observed :
C untry. On all hands we behold the
wounds of our late civil strife rap
idly cicatrising, and a thorough ho
mogenity of feeling and purposes ob
taining throughout the entire Union.
The vapors of the- sanctum and the
study are not representative of the
vigorous impulses and aims of the
people, and the cry of “wolf” from
these sources finds no echo from the
toiling gnomes who are busily erect-
ing a grandeur in material growth
which is even now the wonder of
the world. The press should fall
into accord with this progression,
and lift itself up to that high stan
dard of healthy counsel which the
present hour demands at its hands.
Certain artful newspaper dodgers,
who always try to leave the back
door open in most things they write
are now busily patching up the tat
tered garments of Gov. Coke, who
emerges from the Senatorial race in
An earnest effort is being made to
push forward the Dallas and Wichita
1 railroad to an early completion,
sectional prejudice on the part of the
: North, and the demand for civil ser-
vice reform by the democrats and
conservatives of both parties. All
other issues will remain secondary,
for at least four more years. If the
democracy triumphs it will prove
more than anything else that the
corruption of the republican leaders
is understood. Had that party dealt
fairly by the people its power would
have been perpetuated probably
during this generation. It is possibly
about to fall as the inevitable conse-
quence of the most extraordinary
exemplifications of official baseness
ever known in the history of any
€vuuury. rne Capitol at Washing-
ton was the salient of the most ini
mense concentric lines of organized
corruption that ever cursed and at
EMMenateasa demi^d^ew ethrns
to his people a self abnegating pat
riot, who lias labored for country
rather than for individuals. We
shall watch the course of Gov. Coke
with curious but hopeful interest.
CENTENNIAL 0 LU LOOK.
ambition of
And warring elements, he is the
creeper that blooms and vegetates in
its crevices, and abstracts its suste-
nance from all the subjective advant-
ages of the situation. He is a phi-
losopher that makes the best of
everything, and is a laborious worker
to boot. He not only drifts with
the tide, but he uses his oars to beat
the velocity of its flow. So lusty
are his licks that the spray breaks'
upon his prow, while careering man-
fully down stream. This is Coke !
Fortune placed him in the Guberna
torial chair, and he neglected not his
opportunities for higher flights. A
Governor enjoys an extensive pat
ronage—and Richard Coke was
■elected by a majority of seven votes.
Hon. John Hancock withdrew from
the contest, and the newspapers who
supported Coke now say that Han
cock is a good man for Vice Presi
dent of the United States. The peo
ple can’t see very well, but some
things are quite plain to them. We
hope that Gov. Coke will make Texas
a good Senator. We hope that
he may succeed in adjusting
himself to the proprieties of senato-
rial life. ' Had we the power we
would perhaps inject a little more
steel into his nerves, and cause him
to ponder less upon the mathematics
of political, chances. Without this
At its session yesterday, the Cen-
tennial Co emission appointed Messrs.
Hawley, Morrell and Cleveland a
committee to co operate with a si mi
lar committee of the Board of Fi-
nance in securing a reduction of pas-
senger rates by the railroad compa-
nies for visitors to the Centennial
Exhibition. The ticket agents, in
general convention, agreed, some
months ago, to make a reduction of
twenty-five per cent.; but it is justly
complainea that thie is not enough.
What is wanted, as Mr. Parsons said
the State Fair is
it is
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hr bouglin Widely drreiit
—Stageb‘ee‘developett.mie Eldest
crop is now fully matured and latest
yet in the bloom, lhe September
cyclone caused this increased fecun-
dity, and the fruit bearing trees of
the coast were affected in like man-
ner, but no scientist has yet shown
how it did it.
It is REFRESHING and amusing to
see Galveston waking up at the
eleventh hour and pitching into rail
road building. Lolling by the sea-
L side and enjoying its “natural ad-
t vantages,” it now opens its eyes to
' discover Houston the railroad centre
of the State and the shipping of the ,
seas coming up to make connection
with this iron network. Galveston
is full fifteen years behind Houston
in railroad construction, andpossibly
iuwiil never be any nearer. The
United States Senate. We regret to
learn that other aspirants did not.
Col. H. B. Andrews, of the Sunset
road, paid into the Treasury at Aus-
tin yesterday twenty-three thousand
dollars, gold, interest due by that
road.
The State Fair managers deserve
much praise for the successful con-
duct of the Fair during the week.
We have heard o* but few com-
plaints, and they were of a trivial
character. All in attendance appear
to be in thorough good humor.
-- RICHARD Coke stands upon too
ordered the negro to play post-
master and rip up the mail bags.
This involuntary promotion was
assented to swiftly and with
precision, and a considerable sum was
soon turned over by this official to
the appointing power which proved
more than ordinarily exacting. The
whole operation being neatly finished
up in the space of one hour the three
highwaymen became quite facetious
and stated they intended to serve
the west bound stage in the same
manner. They then disappeared,
and the passengers gathering them-
selves and the mail bag’s contents up
resumed their seats in the stage
which proceeded swiftly on to Kings-
bury. The robbers were heavy set,
midule aged men, and one of them
-was on foot. The two others rode a
gray and a sorrel horse. Dr. Heer
man, one of the passengers, said he
could have shot one of them but was
afraid that the return fire would have
a forlorn plight. They evidently
Hon. J. W.Throck feel that his fluttering linen requires
their stitches, and so far as we are
be given to the information that
property is thus to be sold to the
highest bidder to prevent those ruin-
ous sacrifices which all along have
been rendering the poor, poorer, and
the rich, richer. Land sharks have
found their most golden opportuni-
ties in watching out for stray Sheriff’s
notices and bei g on hand to gobble
up valuable real estate at a mere
s mg. The loss that unfortunate
debtors thus sustain is far more
than the cost of advertising the sales
in a half dozen newspapers at the
most extravagant- figure. We hope
the Legislature will do something to
cure tk is great evil.
he can never rise to the highest level
of senatorial dignity, but must grovel
. among the arts of^pl^ce hunters,
while his eonstitu e11 eygdgs-o n wi tb
es, and feel perfectly certain PortMML-sc,- t40e- mo ton, two years ago, denounced a
Ih6 Light Guards would win menstbdsuthe 8 '■ at -‘ much less blameable affair of this- concerned we think they ought to
day. Up, Light Guards and at an organ Pof ku'ot^^ kind as an “outrage.” What will he ply their needles ardently. The la-
11 ’ 9 , " ,S. OPu thought and the not say when he hears of Coke’s and borer
tateEseesetcesetteE i
. EM A EBDCASTLE, Publisher.
derer—a very demon—doing deeds
which,in bis sober moments, he would
not have done for “millions of wealth
untold.” The first venomous drop is
taken with a reproving conscience ;
the second with perhaps an admon-
ishing thought; the next time the
...“still small voice” is unheard alto-
gether, or hushed with a vague ex-
f cuse. The gossamer web from which
g * it seems he could at any moment free
eing himself, becomes at last adamantine
EM $1.50 per annum ; six
three mouths, 60 cents.
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Cuts, per square, $1.00 first in-
ME )s each subsequent insertion.
mN I [-—3, 9on,00 per year, and no
Q e space will be taken at less
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£ ix CONcRETE Building Up Stairs.
gMr. W. L Barker is the correspondent
. general agent of The Age at Galveston
seventy to eighty dollars. How
many people from the impoverished
South could afford to come to the
Exhibition at such figures? If a
reduction was not made the West
and South would shoot off their fire-
crackers at home, and the Middle
States would have to celebrate in
Philadelphia by themselves. They
wanted a round trip for a single
fare; then they would come to see
the altar where the fire of freedom
I lofty a pedestal to be reached by
such puny shots as are now being
aimed at him.—Comanche Chief.
- We are glad to hear this. For we
pride ourself oil our marksmanship,
and we have had misgivings that we
were overshooting. When we hunt
the lion we dislike to find that we
have bagged a .skunk. ~
The San Antodib Herald has given
a sc lemn avowal that it intends to
support the Presidential nominee of
___. the National Democracy, “ whoever
he may be.” This is cheering, and
we hope the party may feel encour-
aged to act boldly in the.' matter.
How It Was Done.
We are indebted to Lieut. N. H.
Smith, of this city, one of the gallant
survivors of the famous fight of Sabine
Pass, and only surviving officer on
the Confederate side, for the facts of
the late stage robbery on yesterday
near Seguin, as gleaned from the
passengers on the ill-fated stage who
chains whose fetters are riveted for-
ever. It is an old story; we have heard
it before,and some of us,to our sorrow,
are too painfully aware of its fre-
quent rehearsal. Is there one among
us, who, having- a suffering friend,
would trust him to the care of a phy-
sician whose intellect was clouded by
the fumes of liquor ?
If there was a case in court, the
decision of which involved life or
death, would we not seek him of
clear, steady brain to plead for us ?
And he who bows in homage to Bac-
chus’despotic rule can neither count
the pulse nor expound the law. So
it is in every other station in life,
from the President, who considers an
important question, to the laborer,
whose little ones will suffer if his
work goes not right.
This great vice is spreading all
over our land as the sweeping flames
on our wild prairies. It is mightier
than the flood. . It will doubtless be
admitted by the greatest skeptic on
this subject that this great vice ought
to be and must be banished from the
land.
To rescue our hearts and minds
from the corruption of nature re-
quires a hundred eyes to watch, and
a hundred hands to work.
But how is this end to be accom-
plished? By the influence of the
church ? No ! for though laudable
and untiring her efforts she has sadly
failed. By the Temperance societies ?
No! for, though in a measure suc-
cessful, they too have partly failed.
Then if man has failed why discour-
age woman ? In every office where
her sympathy and assistance have
been available it has always been in
requisition. Should she be denied,
if she can succeed wherein others
have failed? We freely admit that
many of the movements made by the
aggressive party are ill timed and
unsuited to the actress, yet the war
in its general bearing, spirit and
purpose is right.
We are no sticklers for women’s
rights ; we do not ask to see her
occupy the bench, the pulpit or Con-
gress scat, but we do say, if she can
accomplish the world’s reform in this
respect, do not retard, but aid her by
all the forces that can be brought to
bear in the war of Temperance.
We send you cordial greeting most
noble and courageous women. If
earnest effort, honest intention, and
noble purpose can pave the way to
Heaven, then may your joy be eter-
nal as the gates of Paradise.
Woman.
from Kingsbury, the terminus of the
Pierce Railroad, and 27 miles east of
San Antonio. Eight miles west from
Seguin there is a long hill sloping up
toward the east. Along this the
stage, en route for Seguin, was pro
ceeding slowly when a man mounted
on a gray horse rode out from the side
of the road and accosting the driver
asked if he had seenanything of a stray
sorrel horse. Being answered in the
j negative, he passed the stage and dis-
appeared over the hill. When the stage
reached the summit and started down
the steep declivity on the other side
three men emerged from the roadside
and surrounded it in a twinkle, one
of them leveling a Winchester rifle
at the head of the driver and ex-
claiming, “Halt, or I will send you to
hell right off.” The driver confesses
that he obeyed the order with consu-
mate alacrity, whereupon the knights
of the road, with decided evidences
of nervousness and apprehension,
proceeded to take an inventory of
the stage’s contents. This they did
while it remained standing in the
road. First, they disarmed all the pas -
sengers,securing two Winchester rifles
and two pistols, and then proceeded
to gather filthy lucre. The following
are the names of the victims and
their losses: C. P. Smith, San An-
can masses. He who can see peril
- - ahead of us, derives his inspiration
count y to call. attention to from a morbidity which is not shared
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' by the progressive majority of this
ably be accepted; but as Hous , ------
boy boys .think little of money, 10W n he State Fair or to vilify Hous-
plain that the conception orig-
inated in ignorance, vanity and
malice. The Houston Light Guards
were awarded the banner by one of
the very best committees of military
men that could have been formed in
the South. Their award was unani-
mous, and met the approbation of
every one—except, perhaps, the lit-
tle local editor of the Dallas Com-
mercial. He now endeavors to dis-
grace the Lamar Rifles by a cham-
pionship probably unasked and un-
desired. That fine company should
silence this Cincinnati local, and in-
form him that Texans are too manly to
whine, too honorable to misrepresent
and too brave to stab in the dark.
But he fulminates another complaint.
A little gamin of Houston charged
him twenty cents for a “shine,” and
another had-the audacity to bring a
lady a glass of water, and assesses
the “damage” at a “nick.” And here
he discovers the secret of Houston’s
friendliness to the State Fair enter-
prise, and her pride at its success. It
wants to make money out of such in-
nocents as the Commercial man ! But
the recital is too disgusting, and we
must turn away from it, regreting
that we have written a line concern-
f Senate—Various bills and resolu-
from Kingsbury last night, uons were introduced and referred to
last astounded and amazed a con-
fiding and honorable people. Presi-
dent Grant has proven the - most un-
fortunate, or the most dishonest, ruler
that ever presided over the destinies
of a free people. His idols, or his
emissaries, are falling on every
hand, and it would be strange in-
deed did he escape the suspicion and
distrust of all those honest men most
partial to his weaknesses and apolo-
getic of his blunders. If he be a pure
and conscientious man his reflections
must be little less than terrible. He
has wrecked his party and disgraced
his country. -
If, in spite of this/record, the peo-
ple of the United States still cling
to radicalism, it will argue that the
South is not understood, or that
prejudice has not loosed its hold up-
on the Northern mind. Perhaps the
South has suffered too much to be
believed when it alleges that it for-
gives and is loyal. The measure of
resentment is ordinarily in propor-
tion to the wrong, and this renders
the South suspected. But there is a
great difference in race character
Istics, and this rule cannot be gener-
al. An injury that fixes a rankling
hate in the breast of one, inspires
another with the less deadly emotion
of contempt. The South could never
send out a John Brown raid, but it
could avail itself of a once constitu-
tional right of parting company with
a people that did not enjoy its confi-
dence or respect. Since, however,
she is forced to remain in a Union
which cannot legally be dissolved,.
she will endeavor to do her duty,
withcut a thought of treason. The
South respects itself and is loyal to
its honor, and the North need have
no suspicions. If the S^uth cannot
THE SENATORIAL ELECTION.
, Gov. Richard Coke was elected on
Friday to the Senate of the Unit-
ed States by a majority of seven
votes, out of a total of one hundred
and twenty-two members of the Fif-
teenth Legislature. We have no
very grave regrets at this result, al-
though we would have much pre-
ferred Judge Ireland for this import-
ant and dignified station. Gov. Coke
has proven himself a very shrewd
and successful politician, and we sup
pose his election and the manner of
appropriate committees. Nearly the
entire morning was consumed in de-
bating on a bill regulating the manner
of granting licenses to applicants to X <
practice law. The bill provides that
no one shall obtain license to practice
law unless he has a diploma from a
law college or shall have studied law
two years under the direction of a
competent lawyer. No-definite action
was taken, though much discussion
was elicited.
Nothing of unusual importance in
the House.
There is a general expression of re-
gret here at the defeat of Ireland
for the Senate. They feel and know
that “the noblest Roman of them all”
was sacrificed. The people of Texas
will not rest until he fills the guber-
natorial chair. Ireland for our next
Governor !—is the general cry.
The negroes in Smith county
Texas are said to' be so lazy that
their women, more sympathetic than
the r lords, have to dig the graves
for their dead. This they have done
so superficially that the Grange Re-
porter states that the burial places
emit an unwholesome effluvia. Are
ihe negroe .'unequal to the civliza-
! tion of this country ? *
been fatal to one of the lady passen-
gers. The driver gave it as his opin-
ion that considering the nervousness
of the bandits, one shot from the pas-
sengers would have sent them scam-
pering into the woods. Unfortu-
nately, that ^question will always re-
main an open one. Miss Ogden, of
San Antonio, refused to be searched,
and thereby saved $300 which she
secreted upon her person. That girl
will do to tie to. The robbers threat-
ened violence, but she stuck it out
and saved her funds. We will guar-
antee she will never marry any of
those men.
Lieutenant Smith thinks that he
saw the two mounted robbers riding
through the streets of Kingsbury the
day before the robbery. They rode
magnificent stock, a_ gray and a sor-
rel, and he took them for wealthy
drovers. One of them was 6 feet
high, brown hair and whiskers,heavy
set, and about 35 years old. We sup-
pose these men will have a successful
tour in Texas as our people are very
much opposed to any kind of a State
Police. Gov. Coke will doubtless
offer a reward for them.
There are some who profess to
hold in scorn the noble women to
whom they apply the name of Cru-
saders.
But how dare they who are the
drones of the hive, sufferers perhaps
from the very vice which these noble
women are trying so courageously to
conquer, fold their hands and bestow
upon them that supercilious, imperti- •
nent stare, denominated "aristo-
cratic;” Intemperance is universal-
ly acknowledged to be one of the
greatest, if not really the very great-
est of existing evils. It renders beau-
tiful homes desolate, and happy fami-
lies miserable. By its influence pris-
ons are opened; gallows erected;
God’s glorious gift, the intellect,
enchained ; His divine law broken,
and man, (and, alas! sometimes wo-
man) oftimes converted into a mur-
Ssone of them having been seen or
PWbard of south of Red River for
nearly a year. All Texas east of the
100th meridian of west longitude is
said to be positively safe from their
depredations This is ascribed to
the vigorous policy of General Mc-
Kenzie and the rapid flow of immi-
gration to that quarter. The Times
says that at present none of the In-
dians at Fort Sill are allowed to
leave the military post without an
escort of soldiers, and several buffalo
hunting parties of the Comanche and
Kiowa tribes have been seen on the
staked plains this winter in-charge of
a detachment of troops, and where
soever met by the white men simi-
larly engaged in buffalo hunting, their
I greeting was peaceful and friendly.
its procurement, is not without
many precedents in the history ol
American politics. Gov. Coke is of
that class of oifice seekers who never
break because they are ever ready
to bend. He is shrewd and smart,and
possesses a very great deal of second
rate ability, with a great desire to
was li t. The bloodof the South was
red as’tHose who shed it -in 12076
and this eZHimilsonsaiAsgt}
their solid mN Egd'E Ihe .12
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men oftherailwayglahd- :. . g
that K is question T' dollars
cents to their roads as well as-t^W
commission.
RID AY.
Every government embraces ele-
ments which, if abnormally affected,
may visit destruction upon it. Even
the air that we breathe if refined in
to pure oxygen becomes a deadly
explosive. But he would be deemed
a timid fellow who could see an
$104 00. The sum total '
. Editorial Paragraphs.
Judge Ireland had the good taste
to decline to address the Legislature
--- in advocacy of his own claims to the
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