Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 6, 1876 Page: 2 of 4
four pages : b&w ; page 29 x 22 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
15-
Mill
V ' PUBLISHED BY ' -
V-A HT)WTTf frTtTtTM.
TKHJlf rOK WKEKLIl
Subscript lW tor twalrs months. .; ...-....
Bubaoriptlon for 1x moottaa
I rATitLB W ADTASCS.
...... Advertising; RllMl
.ft M
. 1 W
lwjtw8wjlmj2m3m j6m 9m l
i S 4 6 i s li l s an
6 S 7 11 if U " 45
4 6 lf ) 85 45 M
6 1 10 11 1H aft 48 M 10
6 Ml u n au 6fr en
I II It It li tb so us tin
14 18 to as SS 66 to ISO 175
6 as 46 76 iw rw
One qdar;;.
Two iquim...
Ttreiuxea..
yoar aquarea.. .
71 TV squares...
8U sqnsraa...
Oatrter col no
iial column...
OsS songin
04a aqnars alght rtnaa f 1 tor tint Insertion; fifty
eanu-for ack mbawjaent l&Mrttoo.
ls-ppeaaJ notion next to reading matter f t-SOyW
sonars aarh Inaartlon. Eight linaa or luas ooa sqaara.
tST-naan I ntf auuer tocal com am nrtssa cents par
lit.
A dTertlaeinentn
5 arable
olnn m
in adraaf
regular bual-
class -r1tl lbn
usm- MM Milrul
tWi will contract Willi parties tbemseJvs at tb
shots' fates and not through third parties.
THURSDAY. ......... .!. . . APRIL ft. l8?
TO ItBICUIRKRt AND
PO.NDEXTtf. .
CtJBitES-'
"reriqn's.writing to tliii office in relation
to their papers or business will please state
the postoflice to which the paper is or will
be tent' or. the answer must be mailed.
They will also state whether they take or
les.re to take the Daily or Wkjc&ly. . ..
By joMoiog much delay and trouble will
ue avoided.
..I k..
The Mexia ledger hat resuscitated wjtb
the . Dallas Jlerald the controversy about
the' International road. As between Ireland
and' Coke' who opposed and others who
favored ' the . 13000000 loan ' there
is no question of principle involved. Coke
accepted the- substituted scheme and gate'
land : absolutely exempt from ' taxation.
Whether this donation will cost the State
more ..than.. ..the $3000000 .. loan .i is
a question to be solved by time. ' It so
happens jnst new that such Is the -constipate
jl condition of the money market;' that
the land ..if unsalable and we hare no
railway . to the Iiio Grande and -in
stead disorder and robberies : and 3 V Jo"
hatitabU.; .' If the 3000000 bad
been .conceded' tho tale of publio lands
woitkl have been progressive and. popula-
tion and wealth augmented rapidly with
the yblume. bf public revenue ' aed we
would be spared the necessity: of expend
log vast auins for border defense and in the
maintenance of public order. If the' Inter-
nationa' penetrated Mexico jter'doji republ
lie would be at peace and Texas richer
and growing in wealth and solidity more'
rapidly than they have : deemed possfble
who'liave dreamed most cxtravagikntlj'jpf
therandeur and unity and splendid future
of the mighty commonwealth. No greater1
calamity of late years has befallen Texas
than the fact resulting from' some .want
of 'wjsjpm and statesmanship or Xrom
tome fearful providential necessity
which paralyzed ' the arm of progress Wdf
made 'he 'International road stands till at
Roct4alo ... The. State has lost more than
$3000000 already and resulting losses are
cumulative arid incalculable.- The rittle'ln-
cideht of the' rdhbery of the Btage'c'oach'bn
an open highway that would have been im
posaihloln the presence of civilizing influent
ces ot loCbccotives cost Western Texas
round sunt thai Cnhot be estimated until wV
have 'learnjed how .o coin moral. acts ; and
jing)q them on tee tombstone of civilization
TheydugHf graVe in Western'TexatJ'iwhb'
dammed np the tide' of wealth and ogrei
and fcIVi)Tzatr6n anil law and order qt'Iiocl
lalc.''. TJiey uvqi $240000 on Interestf ac-
count and lost five or ten million in Vtcrrn
erty values in Travis county and Anstfn
clty'ajonb. .Western Texas is' left tqAne tcn;
dcr mercjes of highwaymen and. tb State;
it forced to augment and maintain ItwoaVJ
airy forced Wholly needless if the lntern'a-
tionjkf had pot been arrested by folly yr.bad
faith' or 1y a stupendous blunder!- What the.
land grant conceded instead of the 'loaa
will cost the State none can tell: When
federal E dunces are regulated and prices btf I
come(f normal ana. property other than. un
taxtyl.i'UniUd States bonds has aalable
aluy Uien it will be Been that bondi'alieh'
atcdTkd exenjpt fro'm taxatloni'aye'enr
fold"iclr. present jalue and- however. the
LtJjct:Wj be pUiMed that the. Stat lgae'
the road nothing; it wilt yet have cause to
weep ttut posterity was robbed by1 lolly1 an'
narrow selfishness andarraht demagogism
of a priceless domain. Either this is true
or they are stupendous "asacs who bare pry-
pheciod fuc Texas a glorious deatinyiro But
why discuss these questions. In supporting'
Coke foV the Senate 'we support Difck' faub-
bard or Coke's pUc? and. thu practically
ignore the dead issue which must solve it"
self . i We concede ' Cuke's h oneet y fehd' s
scrt Hubbard e wisdom in this behalf and
only askr that the nLtXg'ej con'rets'. nubbar.4'
Honesty and assert Coke s atatetnansnip and
thus oompromlae -the trifling- difference
and let the dead psst btfry its dea'1 '
a. v wos e P TU b sl ii En tn. ' 1
The-two-thontand botivlcts ttr the'pVnf-k
leuuary migni ue pcruaps proarauiy placqa
in charge of thfinteruionsl JLilway CW
pany thai iU roa) may bo extended to the
Rio Grande and even to Mexico.' It is prr-
posed torUse 'the six thousand enntirts of
Auisaissippi inneseeAuiaeua anU Ueor-
gla in cutting ship canal from Memphis
to Bnuutwlclt- on theV southeast ' Atlantic
coast throngh" the1 iron' and ' coel mlrnog
distrip Is about Rirminghanu If ; thisAwere
done Memphis' 'Wouhi. speedily .beonsne
with direct roads from Jefferson from Kaav
sas City.'WAni Vwi Smlrt and 8C Louii
and with Earts's mouth opeoej wide enough
to admit. f he -Great Eitem the greatest
commercial emporium of -the soathtrn half
of the continent. Iron aflToal fronj Ala-
bama brought through a canal at nininal
cost and 'meeting' On tne"baeks'bf the
siaaippi cotton and beef from Jefferson
and ShreverorCiind. wheat and corn and
aT aw aaa '....- i " "
bacon from jansa City r-the collocation.
at nrstcost or tnese prime necessaries of
life and of tmanufactoriog industry aad the
ebtablWhmeat of direct trade wifh EuMpe
through Edt' Jetties will concentrate i
one city either MsmpUis. or New Orleans
the fulure. Loclculbl. cocamerciai weaJth
and resourcet of tlie Benth- and West.' Verf
certainly the imprisowed'VlilaiBy 0f Te'Xjts
should not ' be 'Suffered' compete Vftft
the toil and rtilf oT.tnecna'riJs and of fafm-
ers and farm .uWtrs. Threfors-thit propn
oition . ft secyre Jot ih rulley of the Mls-
siasippi tie" immediate development of H
grandest Tosonrtes' csritrng la mineral
and nndcvelrNped 'manufacturing wealth ot
the Gulf States and in the perfection of a
scheme' by - which .semi-tropical producta
may be moat-cheaply interchanged for thaw
of the iNorthwesW " The ninniber of rxm-
Ticts in 8oQttierQ' penitorinaHes is" rapidly
multiplied. CtviliUktion and good morula-
move in ooejirreviioo. and freodom an-i the
privilege ot iiulrage m 4)uk Another m the
kmth.. lor fact; the tnaintemtrjc and mode
pf employment 6f petty Vriroinl1ec6met
jA.Wtloa.of iaioiU-puulie mportancv
ana it solved la Texas Iy the perfection of
our railway ystem and in trans-Mississippi
States by the creation of 'another Missis-
sippi river reaching the sea from Memphis
at Brunswick Georgia vice and idleness
and crime will be utilized as never before
and the mightiest commercial and financial
revolution ever wrought by human toil and
gcnlu will be consummated.
Tiixiii's i'i;nno...
On the fourteenth ins. Senator S. B.
3Iaxcy presented to the United States Scn-
atee petition of W. J. Ilu'china T." J.
House and others of Houston prsjinj for
a repeal ot the ttankrupt law. We did not
believe that fifty ilnstures to tur n a pe-
titlo could le procured in Texa. Bot
in vitrv; of tlws broad pnrview of our home-
ataWxcmpt5on under the new Constitu-
tibii Texan do not attach any extravagant
value to insolvent debtors act or Federal
bankrupt- laws. Practically we have
stopped litigation as' between creditors
and debtors and men give credit upon
honor and wlicn a pitizen has a wife and
children and secures a home he cannot lose
it. Trades are made in Texas upon this
tBOrooghly' weri-defiaed' wt-Il-undcrstood
basin of lawjwd fact aud people speedily
adapt bttsinesn relations and acts to this
scheme of legislation which saves vast
sums invested in other States in litigation.
Here it will finally build up as lawgivers
relieve a social system in which honor and
(ruth must be deemed invaluable. More-
over; the lawgivers of Texas believe that
there Can be no desirable government or
' social system save that based upon "the
family." 'The "family" is the State. Eich
family in 'Texas is a little free republic
maintained and supported guarded and
provided for by organic law. The
married are especially cared for
and if tho scheme ' of legitlation
beget results contemplated we will never
have reason to regret the fact that we are
condemned abroad for local selfishness and
for the adoption of codes that protect debt-
ors But the law Is printed and published
and proclaimed everywhere and Texas says
frankly - to the world Caveat Vendor!
Let him who sells know the man to whom
he tells. ' Trust the honor if you choosej
but not the property of a people. The lat-
ter takes wings and flies away; the former
endures forever and will grow with th?
years of the State's adhesion to the policy
approved and established in the very law of
its existence. i :
j KILK CIL'IIKK IN TEXA.1.
; !To show the imporvanoo and extent of
the silk trade we may state that three
freight cars containing six million dollars'
worth of silkworm eec as etited by the
New York Sun arrived in New York on
the twenty-fifth ultimo en route to- Italy.
These eggs were out seven days from Ban;
Francisco. This extraordinary cargo goes
to Italy by eteamer end could possibly have
reached its destination sooner by wa'of
the; 8ur canal but a Southern climtiie
hatches tiie'eggs. ?e are told that -TBe
silk worms are put upon long sheets
of Cardboard in China and are loft until
each board is covered with eggs which are
about the size of mustard seed. Tlie etrsn
Wtlok' to the "card which interlaid Wiih'1
lieeta of paper are packed in . wooden
'Ilexes; tightly closed and wrapped in can-
Vas and mattinr.' ' In this shipment there
syfwereiOIZf cases containing over 100000
Card. " The' cases Were transferred to the
Btaburg'-'steamer Frtsia When' the eggs
Veaen. their destination they .will be stored
ih) vaults secure against warmth until the
rhuberry .trees; on which tbey feed have
grown their .foliage. . ...
Wwiiadrert to this subject because' the
JtaHsrf Consul at'Chicago has been spend-
ing some wet ks in this city and its vicinity
Inspecting the soils and products of diHar-
entjCftuotyea with the purpose of introdnc-
fnBtonoe in conjunction with Dr.' Francis
AadrinMvah Italian colony of silkgrowers.
The Consul and the Doctor leave Austin to-
itjorrow bu a tour of observation and will
yisit Colorado Qonzle9 and Lavaca conn-Ik-p.
the .silk worm flourishes where mul-
berrf trees and 'grapes grow redundantly in
ftaly and 'to the production of grapes and
ads: the. colonists will devote themselves.
The (Conul and the Doctor concur in 'de-
elarinn !the climate of Austin to be pre-
cb3Cry"t'hat'bf !N'Hp'!e4:and so well pleased
if oignor uiia anu assnreu mat tuts wUl
be hi utuir home that he has forwarded
front this city his rewgnation of consular
honors Bind firtetiotrs' at Chicago o make
Texas his permanent abiling-pl ice. '
I '" ' " J'' '
. XM!Itewnl'eraeto Timei-' wisely ' says ' that
pWnein' lecKaiiicat and. manufactuiing
."ft.if'r h.Jj.lJ- often experience great
difficulties n-tuHainiog themselves because
of remoteness from a Surplus of skilled la-
boi;'mecfiardci'a'iid'. materiul necessary 'to
repairs and to keep mills running." Would
Lit). ot be well- fr th Lejrwlature to give
-relief from taxttnm for a'few yearsf This
afiJe mantgement' of mills such as furnish
mdependVnje and "employment' Jo ' women
and; chtJJ'reny prevent .beggary retain our
MOicyj at home create homa markets for
bread btxf and cUnn and wntild make Tex-
as as rich in population - and Iadu-trial re-
sources and 'produots as magnificent iu ter-
ritorift'f'.'eut'ines. ; .. .... . .
1 TMK ivri4 lalls; into error w hen it
tells tha the new Constitution is silent as
to the oflice Of notary public and asks the
question if the functions of notaries now
fctieg wilj not expire on the eighteenth of
April.; Article four section twenty-six of
the' new-Coaotitiition reads': ' ' ; '
Tbt'GoTeHior by .'and' with the adYiee
und consent of twivthlrds . of the Seuate
ajiall appoint a convenient number of nota-
ries public for taeh county; who shall per
form Kirh dnrteS as now are or may be pre-
scribed t. hi sr. . ' '
And clearly the functions of notaries do
90t.ceMfiUie eighteenth of April. Tbev
are appmted to lioM office for four year.
and the provisions in the new Constitution
Ha noi; coutotri slate a teuinorarv susrxin.
nion oi utn vini-ers.
. . Jlie new Consiuution wid uot suffer the
LrgiiUture U make m appropriation to
matbtaia ' oentennial commissioners and
Hobby it fcofMedand Jeaniogs will have
lo'wrt for his share of the Jauuings Bog-Uh-!
etativ tn volvod in Jaradyoe v. Jrr-
dyee and .Texas will pUy a lone if not a
stiq hand ln lTJMphl Mr. Schleicher
will b(! deeply jncrtlSod when be dads it
out." jlie. bat .sail tht the LevriaUtnre
sliould ive fresh' paper colrars and - spike-
tall coats to' the commissioners above
named' aad: Governor Cike was mightily
disposed t set the tailors at work and hare
the Juiminjra and Col Hobby tricked out
In all the paraphernalia of centennial glory."
But the law spoiled the job '
a . ?. ' "
and A( pellate Courts u at follows : O.'M.
Jloherts 153145; G. Moore US.M6'
Rt S. Gould 145505. a M. Winkler 144-
fe!2 Jf D. Ector 14iS50; P. TN hite
Wpald attract skilled capitalists and money
nd WValtn.VAhd' 'these import practiced art
!nd! Sauil md give uj lessons in the profit-
"TtTB llodstfinye" names from memory
the following papers which have declared
their preference for Hon. John Ireland lor
the United States Senate: "3Iexia Led-j'r
Marshall JlePnli Panola WaUhnxir Rask
fxer -JeffeWon Jimplervte Tvler Re
porter Brenham Rinner Belton Kecier
Cuero cfrr Gonzales Inquirer-Index Se-
guin numldiij Timet Lockhart.Vfir Eel.o.
lvlliidr-'-JEejcarkana 2' tun and at
least a dozen more which we canaot now
recall." Adding these dozen we have
tweniy-six sy thirty papers for Ireland and
the rest of the one hundred and thirty-six
are mainly for Coke.
i -j. 1 1 1 1
The New Orleans Timet does not love
Tom- Bcott or ' belieTe him better or worse
than" the 'sorCaTled Senator' West who as-
iume& to represent Louisiana in the Federal
Senate. .But Scott has lapsed into the em-
braces of Huntington and we only regret
that the Washington politicians have not a
better leader in this movement. Bnt it sig-
nifies nothing.- Nothirg will be done and
when the Congress rises Scott goes down
forever. "'"'
Aboct wne-furth of all the hides tanned
in the United States are furnished by Tex-
as and yet this State has not within her
borders one tannery worthy the name. And
;hn too with every requisite facility for
conducting the business successfully. The
same arguments which apply to the manu-
facture of textile fabrics apply in this case
with the important difference in favor of
the latter that no such costly machinery is
essential. .
; neAHKB expends $40000 to compress
coton that it may be"a shipping point. If
it had invested $40000 in one of Whitfield's
Corinth (Mississippi) cotton mills it would
have doubled the population of the place
and given employment to every poor woman
and homeless child of porerty in the
county.-' Hearne would have been made a
depository instead of a funnel for the cot-
ton crop .of the adjacent county. Does
Austin see the point of this solemn joke? '
! We would respectfully ask the reporters
of the press 'dispatches for tho Statesman
why the dispatch relating to the resignation
of Governor Ames was not pent to this
office at ( the game time that it was trans-
mitted' to Galveston and Houston? Papers
from those cities containing the facts reached
Austin at the tame time that the story came
V us by" telegraph. Why is this? Why
Should we pay. for: flews by lightning when
we get it as early by mail ? .
The Manchester New Hampshire Union
estimates the nnmbeTof Totes purchased by
the' Republicans in New Hampshire last
week at six thousand. "Our people" says
the Union 'fare not in favor of public rob-
bery and private rascality yet they are made
to sustain both' by this1 purchased verdict ;
and no' men.-will receive it with so much
satisfaction jas the thieves who have their
headquarters at the White House." '
The Philadelphia Ttm feelingly remarks :
"This business of investigation is sometimes
carried to extremes. We freequently shoot
the arrow over the house and hit our brother.
Investigating men forget that they live in
glass houses tbemsclved and they are only
reminded of it when they find the proeets
they apply to thuir neighbor applied to
themselves. .i j ; . : .
Thetis are butt few' cotton factories in
Texas Rnd Jhcse 'on' a .comparatively small
ecsle.' '; Yet ' with ' tjb'e ' raw material at our
very .tjbora and no limit to power on un-
navigable: rivers there should be dozens
and at least sufficient of the plainer fab-
rics produced to supply the home demand
and consuming the cotton crop of the State
send it abroad in the hapo of thread or
OsnaburgSs' --;i'i!'" ' ". 7
' Dro Gbant; then 'at Long Branch with
Secretary Robeson' know that the latter.
when Jay Cooke telegraphed ha-was about
to burst dul. Grant know that Robeson
ordered a million-add a half of the money
of the people to. be transferred to the vaults
of Jay'Cocke fc.;Co..in London? Ought
not Grant .to be impeached? - Can't some
'spiritist consult Andy Johnson and see what
he says about It T '
Mbntijthab. 'two nd a half millions of
sheep are annually shorn of their fleeces in
Texas and .but one factory of any preten-
sions can the State show tp .work up these
millions oif po'uh'd'o w'boL ' The enviable
success ofutlie JJew.Braunfels woollen mills
bears ..testimony to-'the possibilities to be
achieved by manufacturing skill and energy
in Teiasy i v-' "n." vv
JA''iwwrB-Jof Jnflnite lungitude in
the i-f"'.yh090:ace. is longer than
his yintrinjna'bl'iai- article - thinks the
country ;( lies- at' i last i gone irretriev-
ably to the devil. The only hope of
escP? !ff ?et? 'tb'e Rads in th-s preid-
ient'al .9o'Ntet..v.jtust now therefore our
prop peota are nxt-smwzioely bright.
The Indiatuapoh Jbumat says that the
Republican rparty In' its present situation
need? aU the nerve and wisdom it can com-
mand and its salvation depends on its meet-
ing the. . question . . of political corruption
fairly squarely and honestly. It must evade
nothing conceal nothing shirk nothing. "'
Two fall regiments of regular cavalry
filled up for the purpose from four hundred
to twelve hundred: men each will soon be
scn we believe to the Rio Grande. The
Texas 'committee 'report 'in favor of this
scheme and it is thought that Congress and
the President will absent.
. Some p( the bt and ablest papers of the
Slate are earnest advocates of the election
of Judge Inland to the United States Sen-
ate as th Hnston tAg Belton Journal
Psnola Xfatehmu Guadalupe timet Colo-
rado Citizen u(7ra Patron Bryan Pitt
and Itk. rtf0een. .b.vi-:' t
The Z4?t wouW have- the Ktaminer
manifeat a tittle less of the afrwiirin'
sir MiTf -manner in addressing its contem-
poraries.' )ocsn't . the'infir know that
the AAfiainav' i the .organ ot the Putroint
It is to the fUDxt bora.
- Dbj Fbajik Raixnr Superintendent at
the Blind1 Aiylno would have the press
mke the fact aawa that tho Buni Asr-
ixh U NOT chased for want of funds as
has been reported maliciously or otherwise.
Usxrars t cotton dealer gave a $1000
premiam furthe best cotton bale to exhibit
at Fhiladepiua. Arkansas won thg money
and those Memphis fellows know grod
cotton when they see It. -
Toe several' rattroad companies have
agreed" it is stated to suffer the old veter-
ans "to attend .the aanual meeting on the
twenty firX ' Axil in this city by paying
half fartvv jt v t '.t ' ' .
LtKrTEXAST oTEfctoa Datis has been
kicked oat of" cCice nd rendered by Uw
forT infamous. lis can never vote or
hold officax r- - .- "
A correspondent of the Age suggests
snd the Age approves with its' whole heart
the concession of the United States Sena-
torship to Judge Charles Stewart. A
: 1. J
Th k Sherman Jie jitter repudiates rhffT
article ascribed to it bj the yettt and de-
clares for Coke as. the proper man for the
United SteSedati 1 1 . . JM
"TiiKitE--said to be a direct issue of
veracity Retw'e'crl G ant' yndIer repo'nt 'as
there was between fcr&nt and Andy John-
son. '. - -' . - ;
Tuet are going to send Mrs. ifyra Clark
Gaiifs and her lawsuit 'to the Centennial.
.'it EDlTOHIaE TUtyiCI. '
IGfo. IWknsp is presideht tt tlicfeocicty
of the Army of the Tennease' ''L'." '.'
Colorado .will becooie . jl .; $tte pi. the J
Upiop on the fourth da? of Jaly next; 'and
in Noveoih followiBgete"for David DaVis
provided - !: . i - i-'-5 ;"
The storm ' against Beecher contihues to
gather force and' it seems prbbabl that1
unless he steps down and Zrati'b'e will yet fee
the roeansof disrupting the Congregational
Communion. n- laii; h - " ' '
Pronouncing matches are rapidly taking
tho placeof spelling bees in California1 the
prompter spelhng oat ithe names "of 'local
towns and the competitors' -being obliged
to pronounce them correctly !.-;. i -n i '.
Mr. Clywer was too small for the Belknap
business.. -W ithout intention to do eo in
nocently and stupidly ho permitted s good
opportunity to crush 'tho Republican party
to slip through; his fingers. r He is not an
ass but he Is almost. '
'Gen. Pillow was suffered to buy property
worth $tnnTjfl f f iiw'nnfr. hanltriipt
sale. There is still a vendor's lein of $10-
000 on the residence which the.Genera! must
extinguish and this is the full value of the
property once worth perhaps $30000.''
Bri3tow has iiot' bought the product bf
any mines with' the 'purpose ;6f resuming
specie payments." He' says'' 'the-'repo'rt 'is
premature j 'nnd if ti"dbe8"n0tJ'telieve so
time wiltteaoh him that - he Can never re-
sume by the adoption :of auehav foolish
PnCT- . y i -...'.ibit 1.. a-jloMI ' .'
In the center of a seaarsh 0j the river
Teche in Louisiana.'.is.a beaotiful and. fee-
tile island of oyer r300r acres and on this
island is a mass of pure flolid-rock salt jes-
timated at 90000000 tons. ' Scientific men
are trying to'find 'out hoWfhb island came
in the marshland how the Salt came on the
islands ;.; ..nu-al ill t:is -;i-iJiii; b-
The Ejcavuiw't bead tis ilevet when it
figlrti tbq market housat syssemx It -was
stated some time ago bythe Mobile Regitter
that the market bouse system and the rings
and taxes growing out of :t cofit tha forty
thousand. people of 'Mobile half a .million
dollars annually a dead loss and especially
terrible i to- :thei! -poorj'- -Tree1 trade is the
policy for cities and alike for interior towns'.
Down with monopolies of which market
houses-are the vert- essence'.0'" 1
One of the Crockett87TtbVerr'li!.''grand'-
nun ji A-ra xvt n in i.no witll uiut LO i 1111a-
delphra the rifle !presentevd''tbJ'his grand
father forty-One years' 'Ago 'ih fiil'acjelphia
David's watch an alcigin8:i'6oTtrait! of
David himself. . -Robert id a leadfnat latvyer
in Arkan8svand a "chip 9ftheld blockj"j
Mrs. Iiannicr ot this' citv. the onlv white
American survivor 'of 'the' A famb-nca'Wii
. t . 7 . T . - TT 1 ' .': . '
i-iouu iiwui- uuuvar- nanreman county
Teunessee. nd -Jiowl about" firrr-Bve ve.ra
of age will also viaifc Philadelphia. idler
uusoiiuu was liuieu in ine Alamo his name
was Diekerson. "-' '' " -.
. The Stephenvei?;e' s" Ioth' to' say'
but does 'say1 that r'4' we haven't mu'cn.iove
for'the' Texas "Pacific 'since1 the" railroad1
King has been pl'aded"'atuthe'hea4i ''His
luicicai uciiji; iucuuuuu - wn.a iOXtncrn
C!ipitalists;..:hehit9 Jaid the jplan to divert
the interests of .Jhia rpadj Nrtb;u whilst
Texas has donated an immense.domain tn
build a road that would develop per great
ic3irtiiiu:r. I3"ll pimsiuio LUab leASS Will
remain inactive and seharsolf stripped df
the benefits resulting from the Texas Pa-1'
cihc Extensions liavu bueQgrahted until
thy haye ceased to.beji vjtwd' Jeoin an
The New Yorkis-presente tlie' Jol-:
lowing startlipg statistics (Ji then lath disss
trous (Jecade.p .tliis fioutxtry.; 5 Altar llow
ihg for. the jnevilabje .addition fa. the iaxes
arisingjfrom.iWar expenditMBsit Imay e
safelv estimated that for the last two veara
the taxei including ill 'kinds nave been.
the rate 06. $2T)O00Oa yea." If thls'eBti-:
mute be cprrecfc we havefeid within Jone
decade $2 500 000 000 .an amount suignt
to extinguish tne whole national debt and
equal to four vears' net ekftiirigs' ot the na
tionas the; penalty of "tolerating 'piliticat
corruption. on i;iia -lilnot -tooa -sinnio
' Chicago. Jooks uflpqqbeuchoicw ofai&U
Louis asthe jlaee 9 .hlding-jthe National
Democratic Convention. wjthii.'niiBgled
feelings." The- r!jne Ulkaiftboafel tliO
committee 'reslstintr the unparalleled
bbindishnfbnts of Oiir snlemlid hotI acr.om-
111
mod atloos" xhdj I oi' beautifuIJ9itimmer
cli mate f and. 1 makes this mourn f a I ptedioJ
tion : ."pa th.twpnjj-sevntll p(Jwoeitbe
delegates will swelter'and roast in that4or-
rid city and wh pn tho bot el jieeosn mod a-
tioos are exhausted wilLsleep on()Jhe big
bridge; 'piryrbg' ldt' each" way. nii wonder
what-'the dmiee ere' thinking MHo
select such plate te kheiconveattdn; '!
. The AlexflndFifcSirtan4 pnbliaUe the:fol-
0wir5 letter froraicGesu ffosephi E. Jobi-'
ston to sn oU oo.lored servjrSavijNkii;
February 10 a8T.-4DdaJil: I eannottetl
you how glad Mra Jahostmwas when Lipid.
. 1 . . i . . . - - 1
nri juu uau come to sefl.me ut aicnmonan
And we agreed theii W tend ypu a Christ-
nias glftJ ' But Vhen 'Christmas earner peb
pie were to slow in bringing me) my money
that J could pot raise a djecent sam for yn.
At last however. I m said and 1 send vou
fifty dollarsld a check on thp National Cjty
Bank of New' York; Jwlttr thtTiest wishes'
for yon. Maryiaifti the- children. Retoethi
ber Jimtbat jo .eatL.neyeiii findr4ruer
riends than Mr JytosteajL! .i
The Victoria jrrttJa aays'fjioStoclfr1
dale. Rive nfCok6'ftr tecwajthe-dr!
tvnite'i fatal objection to Ireland consti-
tutes the Age't leaauu fur 1U IdTocacy of
Ireland's elevation to ;the $Ma! Then
comes the Dallas Herald whose adroit editor
was
with " Mr--" ' CnfoeTSon; ''the' chiefesf
foe of Ireland in' the 'Legftlaftire when th!
Internstional subsidy ' bill -was discu3se'd'
saying that Ireland istinfitTor the office1 of
Senator and then the jrSdhhcef Sowhn
the UtrdhltioA th'ert a"gehernf free"fighi
all alongthe Hhe and it tbickent khd grows1
inttreMing- imd wfe 'begitt to efijoy;it keen-
ly.. But it i4 rattor'roogti lit some 6f . 'Its
aspects on the politicians and -"candidates
and their adherentveridapetliliy 4s there
terrible ho6tUity.tHV!Jki.!8 m r.
lt Mita? Vfetionvnadby that pi
ous good and learned newspaper the Bon-
ham ChrutiaAjlMuyer. which saft: rVTbe
Austin Statbsxahs trying teach. the
editor cf the Hooto.: JeUfnpk tit differ-:
ZW .iy and teach himThat he should
quote the fourth commandment In regard to
Uie former and n.apfiyiftt he tatter
When doctors of divmllt gaal tn&
thing about tn ejoanvtidn 'sanri-i
iog tuai a aewspapecaaitew fbosdd btni
led." We don't very w1 see wky singer
shoold not know as much aboujj" these mat-
ters as the sint.''-'It IsVsfmple'qoestio'n
ot- fact and Christ's opinions a thcimbjvct
are very clearjy ulefieed. .Tne hcW
however in hoatility to certain. forma e.
ligion or of superstition in Aie and Europe
have j?one' Into 'asceticism and sbatltated
practice conformed ' fa Hebrew fb-'
uatical practicM rather tham t tan Savior i
in-titunoa cf a day pi ftst i u a .
Recent develommtso near Jibe throne
have at liitrniyen te jm2emrhabditje4
the IVehiJent-j BenealU hiacod. demeanor
and fe'tt hat tber. i evident aainei and
disquiet never before detected.. Q4
fewer vltitor and refuses .ace (d
tinguished person. A letter writer ssys an
air ' of gloom ' and despondency seems to
hang aroued the White House. .When the
President goes out he keeps his eyes down-
caf t and does n t seem to care to recogniza
any one.- With thevery few. persona to
whom he talks confidentially he admits that
he is not-in a happy frame of mind. - He
seems to realize what was said by one of .his J
tion that the bottom has been knocked
ttrarTitirBT the thud'term". Whetlier he
cee in fcW.-ik.uap any signs of impending dis-
aster to himself is known Os!y to himself;
but it is beginning to be whispered around
that the very offense 'bf which Belknap
stands convicted in tne eyes of the world
will be brought directly home to the Presi-
dent.' It was said by a person supposed t
be well informed that within three months
Gen.- . Grant-would be Convicted and re-
inoved from pffice . by the vote of a Bepnb
lican Senate. . It is .understood -thajt Col
Fred Grant has been anxious for some time
to resign from the army and that he" has re-'
WaCtautly been persuaded to foreeo his inteo
- i i - .1 .
Huo uj uw mwiiiw sua nis wuei.--c t.ji
The uue inwardaeas of the Belknap mat-
ter is explained by f gentleman who claims
a personal acquaintance with the family of
the . ex-secretary as well as tkat of the wit-
ness Marsh. According to this authority it
waf Mrs. Marsh's jealousy of Jtfra. Belknap
that led Marsh to divulge the terrible -secret.
. Mrs. Belknap got Mrs. Marsh's gen-
tleman lritnds away from her more espe.
eially a certain Baron de. Martini.. Both la-
dies Wanted him for an escort in Paris but.
Mrs. Belknap captured him. This brought
about a cold neee and though the two ladies
went to Europe together they returned in
separate ships and when Mr. Bowers mar-
ried Secretary Belknap she put' as she
thought the last nail in Mrs. Marsh's coffin
by not inviting her to the wedding. This
set .Mrs. Mirsi crazy. 8'ie sought for re-
venge. She put her husband up to kill
Belknap in Order to get even with Mrs.
Belknap and satisfy her wounded pride
and Marsh killed Belknap to please his
wife. . Uefore the explosion the Marshes
lived in a most beautiful brown-stone
house in New York and their carriage and
foot in an are the most stylish in the Park.
Mrs. Marsh is one of the most stylish ladies
in New-York... She is petite in stature and
has .a head of silver hair that Mother Wash-
ington would have envied. All the ladies
in New York "go wild'over Mrs. Marsh's
gray hair;' She wears it' Pompadour and
displays it withi'pearls and diamond dust on
all. uau occasions. Mr. Marsh m about
forty-eight years old ;. his wife is about
forty. "
; The Denison '2Teirl commenting on the
assertions of the Statesman's Bon ham cor
respondent in reference to the worth of J.
W.'Jennings the newly appointed Centen-
nial Commissioner says" that "our corre-
spondent should keep still until he has fac'j
to talk about. J. WT Jenninsrs came to
Denison in 1872 and thi3 has been the
borne of himself and family ever since.
; The first thing he did on his arrival in our
city was to buy property and erect resi-
dence' while he has ever proved himself
One of oiir most enterprising and public-
spirited citizens.- Mr. Jennings ienoW'As-'
sistant Doorkeeper of the House of Repre-
sentatives and of course - his duties ires
quire his presence-. at the - capital of the
nain but . we .cannot see i why thi
fact deprives him tof Texas citizenship."
Referring to this excerpt from the Denison-
Netc' a prominent banker says ; "I clipped
the foregoing- from the Denison JTews. - Per-
mit me. to say that your Bonham correspon-
dent in alludipgto the appointmept of this
man' Jennings states' the facts in the case
' the "Newt to the contrary "notwithstanding.
Many-;in this community are much -surprised
at MrFitzhugh's appointment. Mr.
Jennings has moved his family from Deni-
son and cannot be considered a resident of.
this State' at present. He left this place long
before his appointment by Mr. ' Fitzhagh
end it isj well known here that he was a
candidate in Washington for anything from:
ergeaht-at'-Afins in the Senate down. I
presutne Mr. W. B. Bass wbb furpished all
the means1 that- Mr.' Jennings ever used l'ri
Denison could speak of Mr. Jennings's in
vestments.. Mr. Jennings is welcome to all
the honors and profit he can get but it is a
pity Some bona 'fide citizen" well identified
Withrbur'Btate and its interest? was not ap-
pointed to represent us at Philadelphia; in
I) lace of Mr. Jenninss. who labors tinder
the disadvantage of being .suspected as a J
carrHj't-bafr&er."' '
t A Washington' letter tells a good story
njjiuuua ui vue recent eievuiiou ui ju 5.
waul jr. to tne ouice 01 private seCjr.etajy
Of jthe President.'' It appears that the fres-
.ident'Wished''to talk ' over in an inforraal.
manner with the 'ting 'thieves of thetjric
and 'their' Congressional backers some mat
tera oi. importance to his household.'' Ac
cordingly Ulysses Jr. was handed by liit'
father a hst of. the persons to be summoned
to the presidential dinner table. Later Jn
the day 'he- went to the' Capitol ' and personally-presented
the President's 'compli-
ments .with tlie retpjest that each' person
'Waited upon would be at the; White: House -;
to dinner that evening. .Gen. Garfield. was
among the first called upon." Thehj look-
ing ' over the' list ' he - saw the 'pre-
fix Sen. i which-.1 he- thought u meant
'Senator and the angular writing of the
-President led him to read the . line aa. Sena-
tprj Sanlsbm-y '1'' To that venerable and
gentle-'DenocratiC' Senatbr from Delaware
young Ulvsses presented bis father's compli-
ments and requested binvto be at the White.
House at 7 o'clock that evening. At1hes-
poiCtedJ"titne'tIie guests were all in attenT
ldanceri'!'Nd one so bland and poliW at Sen-
rator .Saolsburyj r Grant "saw- the nrlstake
but il; wafl( useless to. attempt Xoi eorrect it-
thien. "Now. the Senator who should have
been IhVited' instead of1 Mr. Saulibury was
ftentr:8argTjtit; bf California.'1 Garfield In
he Hoqse-aad Sarirebt in tlie Senate are the '
defendera-of Bss? hepherd .the -real estate
pool and all the other profitable rascalities
Which have c u rsed the-Dratriet for six years
past.'iTbert iiaothepgodjeOTinertd1
..iritriteiTerent -dinner at tne'-wture-non:
It pecnaedre tne-PreArdebt rhaf'fre' wttrrld
invite a number of CyDgressmen to meet
Ju'dge Tift" the hew Secretary of War. The
OOngressmeM ennej bnt the President forgot
to invite Judge Tafr who consequently was
.not present ..j i . -1 lh
i.i i ! il
.ui i .n
1.1 '. J ' OJ 11 -I
v Btn-rr winy or grae. or (rv
;. ! vouaanaa!! a um tref yoa cu; i f "
" Vnr1r in fht rt.dii-t wav.
1 Jt."l wh"trr50 imutut noaaeboklaSatr 11
; Or partlculir ibinua In lowo. -'-..-i
JaMiiaka wr of frfendlv advice:
T . Boilll duwui V .iJ
; Mnd dogs are killing cattle oa the Lago-
xvese.
i'j
1-1 ui i
The Tyler Reporter reports mad dogs in
that vicinity . f ;;.0v ... .....-jm -!"
'Baldwin the 'indomitable . trickster and
puzzler is in Houston. . .. . . -j r i
i Jbe measiesi in Kauiman caused tne sua-
pension of the schools. ..... -.m -:
J j" A strsriger named Bradley died suddenly
at Jerry "Ellis's on the Boregn. ; . ;
' The West Tex s Presbytery will be held
at Seguin cn the sixth of April. -'
Mechanics are - bidding on the Austin
College buildingt at Sherman... .
'A good roadt for travel it being opened
"from Kerrville to Fort McKavetU L
f The prisoner in. the Raines county jail
got tired and nil left the other day. -. r : ...
Grangers of Smith county are making
preparations for a grand"fair in October. VJ
The Supreme Court has decided that can
rency is not money nnderthe laws of Texas.
LMr. jGay of Texas proposes to win all
the purse at races of the tmeentb at iew
Orleans "4 ... . ... ;
Tom Tiilcy it tinder arrest ' at Jacksboro
charged with cutting " the jugular of Pat
McTeak.' ; ;
a. J. Saonders a noted horse thief refu-
sing' to surrender was shot and ' killed in
Tictoria.-' " '"
R- A. Crace lately of theWaco Reporter
is going to start ajsper and eruely himself
at Hamilton. "- - " ' . "
t Citixens ef Weoo and her m nnicipal coun
cil re -naving war of words. The fame
st aaermari. - - - - -
The Henderson Time says significantly
ween speaking of Coke and Hancock that
Coke will be the man.
We are sorry to. tear that nn. R. Saa-
somofjhe Constltntional Convention is
dangerously sick.
.-Battle and -Maxcy a the great lawyers
of Waco and are as famous for integrity
as ability and learning.
The Oiaiiges-hrre established their big
ware house at Sherman and infantile Deni-
son weeps wonderously.
The Texas veterans will meet in Austin
on the twenty-first of April the anniversary
bf the battle of San Jacinto.
' Grasshoppers in Medina have grown large
eoMigh "to get to ork in esrnert. The
frM-mere r nervous about It.
Efghryeaw'agrt no cotton was raised in
Hood county. K' The two years passed aver-
aged about ove thousand bales.
-.Gorais selling In Brenham at fifty cents
pes laashel; sweet potatoes sixty cents fsnd
egg ght to H cents per dozen.
; JdL Damonr tired of idleness and noth-
ing to do left for the frontier to "jine the
csvlry jineth cavaU-y.
'lessni jajripn & Craft of the Duty Be
j Bianco have djssolvej their connection
knd MrIIarion is now sole proprietor.
pilTh'e i'armers'of Lampasas county have
planted more wheat this year than the ag-
gregate acreage planted the past two
yearvi toy)' '
; Sari Saba county has two thousand popu-
lation and San- Saba town seven linndred.
The Cfunty k filling Up with a good popu-
lation . ) . .
. Paul Watson of Grayson county recent-
ly' deceased was eighty years old and
forty years oi that time had been spent in
Texas.'-""'"' '
The' LVonitor ta'ys that John f. Marchant
of Pilot PoinF is selKusr off all his prop-
erty and will move to Gray ham Ciry Clay
county.. nu i -.1 i .- ' .
The you tig men of White bo ro Grayson
county Jiave organized a "Throckmorton
literary.aociQty.'V What will they do with
A njan j living cn Plum creek Coryell
county named Salert Oglesby who is one
hundred years old was at the battle of
New Orleatisl " l
1 TheMcKlntiey Jnjurerhas couned near-
ly a hand red ''nfew dwelling and business
house k-oiiigWp'Bnd under contract in that
beautiful twwn.
. TheiWOo-i&;xrr and Gainesville Sun
are in layer of .a State .police. . Something
of the kind is a ''nyitary necessity" as well
as a civil tine qvonoQ. t (
; It is hot ain aquarium cr herbarium but
sanitarium Tor folks they are building over
at KeTrvilie. '"The pebple'take stock to the
amount 4f $6000. ; ' " '
. 'Kentecky'it' boasling of sheep weighing
from''875i'toi 400' pounds and would know
whgt Texas is. going to do about it at the
next State Fair at Austin.
t The . Rockwall Banner has suspended
and the proprietors intend trying their luck
by the publication of a weekly paper at the
emerprfslng town Of Piano.
Cbl.-'JK. Logan Is concocting a scheme
witfi the1 Gran ger's about ' San Antonio to
niniHrrga'for them. He had enough of
RuUbagsiamiiere in Austin. '
' The'st'TlKm Patron confesses pro-
fouqd inijPfjtjinhe great Sabbath (Shu-
dayj SchiJ).riyi9pIto joccur there oa
the eleventh and twelfth ie&tant. ...
It is expected that the Trans-Continental
Will be comlete'btTrom s'ris to Texarkana
withttht 'delay:' " Not : however if Tom
SooteSailiihopelessly fn. Washington.' -''
M'iufofajpiwve" bees -reported in the'vi-
dnkyief Alwarad Jhbson county.' Peo-
ple over thupq get their' whisky from Dal-
las and dog sympathise with masters.
.' Uoajrch1!27;there had ..been re-
ceived at a. . v United States porU
izabb bales of cotton lieccived
time last 'season 8156640 bales.
same
" A1ndicalJsprihg has been discovered
near DnisorP'!whibh the' Keirt thinks will
soon rival thecit springs in the Indian Na-
tion aaa. Jashi enable resort for invalids.
Cq.w E JTnghesv of Dallas bought
thirty .hull.clyea! ft Lebanon- Kentucky
All; of them shqrt hprns ; full .bloods and
fine pedigrees and will brins them to Dal-
' l The'htimertras ft'llbw's'l'ndicted'at Cfora-
cans for'tfafd 'paying held a virtuous indig-'hationts-tigviodt-eted
the jury and went
for the jcouxt And agreed to keep on card-
-playpg. vjrUi) i! . .;
SS??"!'''2? .-stepped on a
yCowling Tom-cat as ne crawled out of bed
and she died of hydrophobia. . Dogs and
cats art 'supposed1 to:b6 'necessary evils in
famUieswu-i'i-"!"""! lo l i .
i''j!Tb! Mofltsgbte aViM came'out last with" a
patentiostdwWhlchf'fs ptiblished up North
which .makes the newspaper business rather
cheap buwill uinaa'jeldainsge the print-
ing business. '.
"'- - "OI.'.Js TM'OI.J ... 1
.j- Meningitidis tti jl crackjipg people's necks
about' Cleb'urnel'. It s a; .pity the disease
dont glet'lntdthe'jili'rs and penitentiary and
twist the pr-fiper1 becks and spines of the
pTopM :peiptc. Inq edt io't i- ' "
l'-Giddidgs tns nbont sixty business houses
Including dnans shops eal high and ' low de-greetjanighhuRrfd-jnhabitapta.
It ia
a growing progressive village and sustains
afirst'rtteiiewBpaper
.: .KVefy neigfi8brhoioa . in Hunt county has
its iscfiWl noise 'a'Hd a' good ' teacher. H.
W.lWs44 'ft(: representative man of that
regionjWMia lifeloag; pedagogue and made
them love pedag0nes..i 'nU-.i .. i
i'A jMjf. .3torrow .has invested and otber-
wise ..-scalfred- thirty tboand i dollars
around McKinney and. iba Enquirer inno-
ce'ntry'rtmarks' '' 'Mr.' Morrow is highly es-
teemed "Iff all1 Out' people. n": ' '
DartatrdVy rreofptS to'ass'astnate' B. J
Parker have been 'made Inlffarlin and some
murchJrer sends tbneatfeni eg tootes to other
itiejr&nlflitfcere-;i.a eal of anxiety
among the wptnen .sd bildren. .;
'jWe 4oij' kniiw.wk-o is the grand tycoon
ot-BeltoDj rbnt Jlt.is a queer Jbutttractive
place for snipe people. Any how one of
thfe RoysT Yertdo Japanese troupe gave birth
roVctaildet Button the -Other day.
uThe Baptist Church sfHooston wanU a
psstosvn Tbta f 4'poAd field for' a talented
mam. !rAddre-jrW Hj iCrank Esq. Houa-
ton Texas i But they don't want any more
copying clerks at the State department.
'u A Dallas fellow itbuldn'tj induce a loco-
motive to fun over' him as others have done
and squeeze but the villainous wbiskv and
he got the trestle Work near Eagle Ford to
crack bis cranium knd let the stuff out. '
i' Pete .MoCartfcey: is bow diffusing in order
worry Marshall Pnmell a five dollar conn-
teriat on the ilerehanU'Natjonal Bank of
New Bedford Maasachrvietts. Pete has been
quiet for some time.' ne got a big scare in
Texas. ' ' : - ' :
Good bthd -ean be bad about Marlia from
$4 to $19 per Wrre. according to size and
qoality of irn prove menu.-' It can be rented
and the usual termf are a third of corn and
fourth of cotton or money rent of $2 to
$5. per tere ' -- - . -
Winitm'son county corn Is worth one dol-
lar per ;basheJ and bacon twenty cents per
pound; Ten'poimdi of -cotton for a bnabel
efeomvi antk uopaudv of cotton for one
of bacoe Ul ltrdlj fay. im Williamson or
anyothcrwanly-.--:.. ; - .
..Frnit-sbipping from. Marlia has become
fery profiiabifl.' -Ycgetables of all kinds do
exceedingly well some families having
vegetables nearly the year round in the
shape of the j'i have mistaken it fore
turnip; bicb' tstvl; ! t" : ...
. Mesars. 'Nix & Rush are putting up the
PiawbytenahCnurcb'in McKinney. They
will come ft rahd with- a rush and thus the
old aphorism is tUttttrated and the brilliant
idea contained ;ta the. lacid expressioa of
Nixcnmaruahv:3T v-. T . ?
The eloquen ngrb preacher at Giddings
has "been gobbled Jsy the Brenbam sheriff as
a horse thief; and the colored people want a
fresh disciple to lead the way to brighter
worldt than this and one who is not so
keen to go on horseback.
Thirty-five hundred head of cattle 1 e-
longiag to Capt. James Ellison of Hajs
county passed through Kerrville Monday
bound North. Capt. Richard King's cattle
to the number of SO 000 will also t.ke this
route on their way to market.
The people over at Shemiffn'watit a bal-
aeee sheet shewing- the city's condition.
Taxpayers are nervoua and their pockets
flabby and they are no -longer . mealy-
mouthed but talk put in meeting and that
statement must be forthcoming.
Rockwall county wilt abolish whisky un-
der the local option clause of the new Con-
stitution. The purpose is to draw over
there once or twice a year the whole pop.
elation of Dallas that thT ma; take fresh
breath.1 ' ' .'.
David Meyer just from the Black Hil!
has given Bonham an awful scare and ilt
an individual from North Texas ho hear
Meyer speak will ever go rx the Black Hill
gold diggings There ia only hunger and
thim and suffering and no gold there-i
"Thanks to the good management and
honesty of a board of city fathers Co-
lumbus is out of debt and has money in the
treasury." Columbus also boa-ts bf the
best classical school manSged by perhaps
the beet classical scholar of the State.
Society in Travis county is ss good as can
be found anywhere. Every neighborhood
has iu churches and schools. Taxes are
ordinarily about one per cent. Just now
we are building a fine court house asd the
financial condition Of the county is emi-
nently healthy.
A guileless innocent paper printed aboi t
Bonham says "that a Mr. Thornton is in
this city representing a paper published on
a sand-bar fifty miles southeast id Houston.
We understand that before the death of
Willard Richardson the paper had consid-.
erable circulation in this section." v
The Athens Courier ssys land is so cheap
in Henderson county that the poorest man
can secure a farm if he is willing to woik.
And tbst's what the matter in Dllas. A
fellow that does nothing and will only be
happy and swill a little whisky can have a
nice little suburban lot 2x0 feet for noth-
ing. The Rev. Dr. Henry Parnell editor of
the Richmond Four Countiet has obtained
license to practice law. . What wirti editing
a paper practicing tientistry filliug the
pulpit and devoting a small share of his
time to agricultural pursuits babies ere.
we should judge our eonfrer would have
little time to give the law.
Dallas is always in hot water about mean
whisky and now they have a lot of good
fellows arrested over there lor 'illicit distil-
ling. Kahn not Genghis Was tirrested
nothing but Tamerlane ever could arrest
Genghis and be was put under bond with
one Cornish who has the ''tiu'' we reckon.
Cornwall people always have tin
Palestine has a market house with ten
unoccupied stalls. The butchers don't
dance to the tnne of $30 per month' rent
which i asked for each of these stalls and
therefore it is only a market house in name.
Butchers and hucksters should only pay
enough to keep the market house repaired
and provisions in a city should be the
cheapest possible.
Suptirb oak pecan end other : forests
should contribute to the general prosperity
by transformation into vehicles and agri-
cultural implements. Cedar trees on hills
and valleys about Austin would make the
finest pails and tubs and other trees should
contribute to the enjoyments of life1 by the
arts and wilee of the cabinet maker. : .
The Waco Examiner wants fb wager its
new silk hat that the ex-editor with a
numerous wife and children now driving
a dirt Wagon about the streets of Austin
will soon be lifted from this1 avocation to a
seventh heaven of 'i-eportorial bliss. The
Examiner fellow is dreaming of a beer gar-
den or dance-house as the. destiny of our
brave friend and he is grateful to the
Waco man. '
There was a lively little and very absurd
shooting scrape between John Povers. of
Cooke county and Frank Yeatman a counter-hopper
in a Sherman store which re-
sulted in the serious wounding of Powers
in the hip joint. Powers stated that some
one in that store had Swindled his friend ;
the lie passed and blows were struck the
pistol hopped in and spoke and settled the
quarrel and the Powers that be came near
not being. . . ; :l :.
The editor of the Bremond&nlintfZ has
a fiddle one hundred and four years old
and a music book printed before the world
thought of printing both sides of the ssme
sheet. .Moreover this editor tcbs of a cow
fed by mistake .on.' saw.--dust instead of
bran and abe gave next morning a gallon
of turpentine sold to Dr. Alexander. of
Austin and a peck of shoe pegs used by
the German shoemaker on Pecan street. "
The Fort Worth temo6rat says' that "the
destruction of the.' minutes and records of
the district court bad -thrown everything
into chaos and confusion. V'"urV . beinjt
adjourned from day today and jnwfersand
clerks are engaged fn making'up the min-
utes of the court and copies of judgment's
decrees and orders from such data as thej
have. The judge has. .ordered the grand
jury' to reassemble next Mouday and be
will return and transact such business as he'
can during the remainder -erf the tertrf'.' '
Commodore James E; 'Montgomery re-
membered as commander df -the Mississippi
squadron Confederate nfelatesvrnavy' has
fixed in Dallas his permanent rewjepce.
-The Commodore ascended the Trinity a
far up as Dallas thirty years ago on a large
steamer.- '.His stay was ' "however' tery
brief as the river began' to recede ' about
two hours after bis arrival necessitating a
hasty departure; and there .were then no
reservoirs of whisky In those parts to rup
ply as they could to-day' natlgable quan-
tises of inflaainabie fluids. J v ' ' V: '
There is crazy German In' Austin snr-
d am ed Damns who hts many qeeer traiM
of character akin to those tbatiduaioguiihed
the celebrated Dr. Samuel Jqbuttou For
instance he will reach up aDd" touch sign
boards will walk over loose etonVs'and Will
go back some distance o tonctt whh --hi
foot any stoue which he thinks that In-
msy have omitted. . He is also gluttonous
slovenly fall of strange whimt and fond it
literature never failing traits in the charac-
ter ef Johnson. -! Have we Bo well among
us ? .Truly . great wits to madness nearly
are allied.. . . . . ; j
The peripatetic Masonic deadbet .J
Maury Ogden is sgain on hit traycla. . He
resided here for several weeks snd levied
on innocent tradespeople Tailors snd shoe-
makers to the amount of $6on. -" He was go-
ing to get married be bd a wife and chil-
dren with bim and secured a coat worth
thirty dollars from a benevolent tradesman.
Many blessings attend the good man who
calls bimaelf doctor. He has fcandy Jia'ir nd
whiskers sallow complexion active feet
ten inches higb'of good sddres snd will
pounce down en to cue other pUue and vic-
timise the Mesons if they don't watch Lim.
When the jury last Saturday at San A n-
tosio in the cae of Sh.elda. indicted for
the murder of KVocke. brought in a verdict
of 'not guilty the defendant 'swooned
and the fullness ot death - for a time per-
vaded the court-room. Whea restored to
eonscioosnefs be thanked his advocates and
tbe jury in a most affecting manner assert-
ing his ova innocence and their juatice
When the court adjourned. tbe throng sur-
rounded CoL Bethel Coopwood of the de-
fendant's counsel.. lified him upon their
shoulders and bore him in triumph rum
tbe court boose and down the ttreeti ' .
The body ef Iter. Mr. Hutton of Pilot
Point was found in Bnck creek.1 ne ttarted
from Pilot Point about three weeks. sgo to
visit bis daughter who Cvef near Collins-
sille. . No thought of any accident to him
was entertained ontil news came that he
had not reached hit daughter's. ' Search
was at ooce inati tared and resulted hi the
fading el his body in Bach creek:. " Tbe
body was lodged below the ford and. was
far advanced in decomposition. 11'. eyts
had been picked oat and his face was torn
to pieces. Parson Hon tee was-highly es-
teemed la Denton and well known is Sher-
man. . r ; rad; ; w
A poor helpless bot pretty girl was in-
ducee by tbe proprietor of a dance boose
to leave Chicago for tbe foulett den in Den
ison. The girl was brave and honest and
finding herself among lewd women fled.
She was arrested sod fined by the horrible
recorder's court. The costs go into the
pockets of the placemen. She was again
arrested and fined and sold her shawl to
pay the ghastly recorder and his pals who
pucket the money as m such cases pro-
vide! by law. The girl was penniless aud
starving and friend less and dreaded the po-
lice snd the diabolical court even more al-
most than w rcdum. A preacher at Inst
heard her piteous story and befriended and
saved her. -There
are broom manufacturers everywhere
iu Texas and aome ot these enterprising and
sensible people sweeping away as they do
cobwebs of prejudice aud habit will next
erect cotton mills; the Legislature will ex-
empt cotton millsfir a definite period
from taxation employment will be given
poor women and children and intelligence
and industry will co-operate in perfecting
the attractiveness of -Texas. The Fort
Worth Democrat aaysthe Legislature cannot
exempt cotton factories from taxation be-
Cinse forsooth the nw Constitution rr
qmres taxation to be qutl and uniform."
True enough; but this quality and uni-
formity has reference ouly u localities snd
subjects of taxation. Bar-rooms may bo
taxed 'tor than broom factories but must
py the same tax everywhere and the tux
on bar-rooms must be "tquajand uniform."
It is not Hated that a conop mill and w his-
krmill must bo alike Stub mill (b.tsxgatii-
. .1 ..':' .' '
erers.
Texas . Fwlltlca.
The Sertk Ttwn says the pop guns are
after Hancock but tapers down .at. last to
the. solemn conclusion that 'vWe shall be
satisfied with Coke if be js' elected but
we ' need Coke in his preseut posiiiou and
object to his transfer to tho St pate."
Marshall is snid to be infested with hun-
dreds of negroes with no appurcnt means
of support who are crowded into misera-
ble huts eud living lives of druukeuneas
an. I the most loathsome debauchery. But
they are lively voters and do the country
infinite service on election dy not only
by frequent voting themselves but by de-
terring all decent people from voting places
and these are tbey whom Rutfbagaiaoi said
should. not pay a poll tax before they voted.;
The San Antonio Erpres thluk that "the
gun fired by the factional' Jlepublican con-
vention" ui Houstou for the destruction of
certain Federal officeholder! in Taxas con-
tinues to do damage at the breech a.nd none
at tne muzrle. Our old friend Chase of
WacY- lost' his -poj-tmastersoip' and our
other old friend Mjor B yle was removed
from the United States Attorneyship nt
Galveston and Judge D.J. Baldwin put
I ick in his old place. That couvotition as
we have said dots not represent the lie
publican party of TexaV- j r
The Palestine Ttme$js that "the unan-
imity of the press 'throughout Texas for.
Governor Coke for United . States Senator i
speaks his popularity with the people and
assures His call to the Federal Senate. It
is true that many friends went oil hastily
on the idea of a desire that be should re-
main in the gubernatorial' chair until the
expiration ef? his term; but a little n flec-'
tion called to mind that be-wMiM In the
event of promotion renmiu Governor. untilJ
March.- .UkueU tjiaia itli- o.iiii-
mendttile' candor to wheel into line aud
support him with cordiality and effect." '
It is said by the Jfeie ol ' George Mason
just elected city attorney at Galveston tbst
"he belongs to one of the hi.torical fami-
lies of Virginia being the son of Hon.
James M. Mason. George Mason has been
in Texas for twentyyeais. He was United
States District Attorney under the a.lmiris-
trations of Presidents Pierce and Buchanan
is recognised byalbwhu kuow bim as one
of the ablest lawyers and purest - men in
the State lie was also Confederate States
District Attorney. Since reconstruction ho
has steadily declined .political preferment
though often solicited to permit bis namu to
be used. A graduate of the University of
Virginia thoroughly conversant with tho
law in all its branches and would give dig-
nity and honor to any position."
A correspondent signing himself - "A
Fellow Soldier" and' writing from Stt
v. .a vt w i. i.i p ai ii'i iuu fol
lowing fashion: "Every one agrees that
our next United States Senator should;
come from the Southwest and amongst
the many names menliotntd' I have seen
none named who meets with entire approval.
Will you grant an old subaciiber the liberty
of proposing tlirough your columns the
name of one. to whom Texns owes a laree 1
debt of gratitude; hitherto .unrewarded a '
soldier a statesman a scholar and one
who knows and sympathizes mOre .with'
the wants of the western' people than any
other living man perhaps and whose elec- '
tion would lie hailed with delight by the '
whole State! I mean Col. Jjhu 6. Ford of
Cameron county." ." 'A
i . i '
Macallan - - .
. These are the three eeseetials to le taught
:'i. A i.ii .i . .
Ill luv ffuiinu biiuuibt- 11T31 BUUI1U morula..
secondly good Eogliabs thirdly elementary
inathemstics. 'The tcfioor whfch u-aclias
these well and thoroughly gives a good com-
mon school education ;" the school ..which .-
fails in any of the three makes a vital fail-'
u're. Tjie child wiui lmsthrjnglily It-aVned''
these will since good morala-include habits
of iniTbstry acquire of its own accord all the
further education which its abilities ami its
oooortunities allow. It ia for the beat iu.
terests of the city and the Slate that op
portunities tor fun her education be JIrdei
as they are afforded ia the h'gh achxil
but the esaeutial thing for the safety of the
whole community is tnat all the children be
carefully grounded in these great t-lcruents
of culture; which mnst be secured in tho
primary school even if at the saciilic of all '
other things. Moreover the three things
are to be learned practically before they are
learned theoretically; acquired a arts even
if not mastered aa sciences; to be fixed ss
habits of action not aa lumber in the Mem.
oiy or theorems in the understanding. This
is felt by all judici. on persons to be the cae'
in morals; it is niaiutaiued by all the most
distinguished writers on ed'i'-stion to bo
equally true in language snd mathematics.
The World thiuka.the Republicans ere
plottipg to admit Niw M xico expecting it
to elect Senators of their faith and the New
York Time opposes the proj-:t for fear tbe
DrtnocruU will capture tne State.
Ncir AdYcrtiscmtiits.
jo iCut .N lU l' or ?ce.' ' '
Tt anoVratgned have bt-eum uax-U'ed aa part.
Den aoder the fna aamaof CAJUlWKLL A MOH-
kit lo owry oa tbs pabllcaUoa of the Daaocaavic
frarraa . aad e coadsct a tv-eraj BHnris( bnat.
sca wlih lha Bttb prtntlaf aaubUabraent; aa!d
pvta. blp ctmuamrltif on tha flr.t at April 187S.
cttlemeot of all arroanta and paiaent of all cl.lma.
dne prior to Ap.il 1 17 Is left ia tha baada of the
aald iuba Cardwa L . -
iOHX CAKDWtLt
A. T. MOEftlH.
Acenn Txxaa April t Vr..
JTOTICE.
lMateletl-ai ef Coparlaerahlp.
by ntn aal eonaaul. Joarph tprnx will ctlnna U
bto-. a d aiaaiburltoaeiila all he bu.inTl.
of tba laia Srm. atUMaHII hpKSCK
Jdae.fl.uns. ' r A. I. htj.U CK'
1 It-fw lag to lbs ahora card. 1 brg Wra to annoane
tfcmjr f.lc.u and lha pahlic thai ta wit: tlrawai of
Mr. .diiilwlU bim no tn. ga la tb- niaaajrf.'rat
a tha l.a.li... Ail maitera la cban- of tha ton
will b attaM'd loaa brf-tiifun. f .tisui (xail-ca.i to
do s grntTl Uae and e- li i( tram M Mj
ae auici parauaal aUialloa lo . Trrjr thing m:rnal
10 JUbtMi -Fti k
. Au.T in. April l.lg-t. apifceAwim'
J OSEPH t PENCE
(romer Comad'alor not tha aeseral tat i Offles. and
le l tbs tarn vt fpeaca JtJ.ll
UKO AND COLLEDTIHS; ABEHT
AC8TIX TXAS
Wtl Jeves lgats land e'atma bay and sn land tb.1
betlslnpas Un niflc pi"4
. pa lasea. uIki aa4 raaut mom aLd aiajbs la.
vaaliaenu la Mats aMoxtUaa. w
Keaissaa ha tbs eaaaral Laad OSes nude a apwdalt r
J - orperVoad fani!!aritrWi h the b&ainess
laa iXa. P"UU J?
.awtuapaua. tyt ilmAW
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 6, 1876, newspaper, April 6, 1876; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth277570/m1/2/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .