Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 9, 1879 Page: 2 of 4
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la view of the hard times and the
extraordinary interest attaching to the
Ujfs-4irjc.hing State canvass the price of
1 tbo Weeklt Statesman will hereafter
J be only $3 a year; f 1.2 for six month
ii'ow is the time to subscribe.
Uo Dubscrlbora
By postal carJ other means being
t(.o- expensive subscribers to the
Statesman will be rendered accounts
allowing amounts due or soon to be
come lue on subscription. It la a
time of tho jci' when all may settle
accounts and subscribers are request
ed in receipt of statements to remit
nt once. V.j the first cf January it is
proposed to have all outstanding mat-
ters closed and a prompt reply will
save farther trouble in collecting bills.
Oar friends regarding thi as buti-
ncf8 wilfnot fail to respond.
HOW Vi:ill OLU UK A ft K.
Wc have entered upon the Gfty-cipjht
. I'.uudrcd and seventy-ninth year of the
world's creation if we accept Usher's
chronology or upon the sixty-five nun-
dred and ninety-second year of earth's
existence according to the Julian pe
riod. I5ut it most bo confessed that
we know very little of the correctness
of these dates. Few modern scholars
. reepect their accuracy and none think
the earth only 0000 years old. Herod-
otus's statement and thoso of Egyp
tian priests allccting the world's age
to say nothing of those of modern
geologists and scientUtsare more com
monly accepted now than fifty years
ago. If Dr. Schlcimann's discoveries
signify anything Homer wrote history
as well as poetrj and thero were oth
er and older Ilomers than
"Tho bluxl old hard of Sclo's rocky Isle."
Another and older Troy stood where
that fellbcueath the blows of Achelles
and craft of Agamemnon. Of dates
relating to important events in the
course of human affairs thit of Christ's
birth is fixed with tolerablo accuracy.
and however we may dream of the re
iote past It is true that we have en
d npon tho eighteen hundred and
enty-ninth year of the Christian
cra. It will be noted in history as
Anno Mundi year of the world 3879;
Anno Domini year of the Lord 1879;
Jowish year 5C39; Julian period (JG93;
Hegira or fight of Mihomct 1205; A.
U. C foundation of Rome 2G32; In-
dependence of tho United States
103-4; reign of Queen Victoria 42 3.
The year of the old Romans comprised
only SOI days. The Roman era "From
the Founding of tho City" Ad urle
rmulitti or A. U. C as commonly
written had origin at a period as un-
certain as the fablo which told that
Romulus and Remus were twin nure-
3 of a she wolf. It is commonly
oM Uowever that the Roman preced
ed tho Ctmjijian era about 713 years.
A Roman king aideri two months Jan-
uary and February to ths year. This
was continued till Julius C:esar as ad-
vised by astronomers and philosophers
g.ivo the year 3fl5 days and 6 hours
constituting the basis of the Julian
calendar. - C;esar alao provided "leap
-year" introducing bissextile when
the year was of 800 days the name
' having reference to these two sixes.
Rut the true solar year was made up
of 3G5 days five hours and forty-nine
minutes and it was found in 1582
when Gregory XIII. was Tope that the
earth had revolved ten times oftener
than enumerated in accepted dates
and thereforo the good Pope ordered
that the year 1"JS'3 should consist of
only 3o0 days by which pontifical de-
cree the fifth becamo the fifteenth of
(V.toler and then to prevent future
. irregularities it w9 determined that
the first year in each century should
not be bissextile or leap year ex-
cepting every fourth century. The
year 1000 will not as the- year 2000
will be leap year as tho Statesman
of tho period will announco at the
time. . But however oiuch rrotestanta
ol ject to papal authority neither
they nor pontiffs nor kings nor Grants
have interfered with the matter of
dates or chronological epochs aa we use
them sinco Pope Gregory effected
these reforms nearly .hrce hundred
. years ago. Our Hebrew friends have
a nice little chronology of their own
-"as we have when we innocently say
' "before the war" referring to some
thing like Noah's flood. The Ilobrews
assume that the earth was S7G0 years
old when Christ appeared and this in
their "Mosaic" of terrestrial events as
pointed before their eyes by pa
triarchs and prophets the world is
now 57o0 years old and yet Herodotus
as does Diodorus Slculas and Solon
speaks of events thit occurred
more than fifteen thousand years
lrf(re their time and Herodotus
nrt?d rive-hundred "years before Christ
came. . .
Originally C;var mida the alternate
months of thirty-one and thirty days
aad December was given an extra day
in leap-year. But August was lamed
iu honor cf Augustus Caur atd he
. wu uuwLiiing that this month should
have fewer days than July naUsd in
honor of Julius C.-esar. Augustus who
was a Chr!cs-'ViliaTi-neury-3ort-of--tel!
jw- prth-g his hair in the middle
au I fond cf pxtry as Virgil tcil
added a dsy tsiea from Septera-b.-r
to the duration of August. Thus
-. t!-cre were f tu months havloR thirtf-
: one diys eacU. The only month Mv-
isj the sstuij timber of days -with ils
j;uiiediite predecessor is Aulit a
fact uae to ths tsuity of a mighty eni-
reror ia whois rti?a Christ was born.
and the tcc-jp'.e at Janus c'osod and
pt ace and good will caaa upon eanh.
. Tli utotui esuUistcd by l'op
CiteoTr was adopted by Friaaei aad
ctler Ci'ho'Ic countries ia 15c2 and
f
bv Ki a.d ia 1731-2 ty kivtcg out
tUva dij't eski tii tLliJ cf tp-
temier the fourteenth of that month.
In Russia and Greece dominated bv
the Greek Church the o!J style i still
in vogue with a d;lTercci between
Greek and r.ur il.itu of twelve ii..-.
1
i;uh .N nor W ATI-If.
It i well this once thit a sturdy old
seaiuau who has Catieated the Mii-
sippi for forty year ha3 been e -nabh.-d.
ithout the appliances of that sort of j
learning which colleges gve and with- i II itise co-operate with the House com-
out a dollar beyond that which fur- i mittce Mr. U ilicson will be forced to
M.awa wc t.iiiiiiiiiji;i;i. iicet;a.irte9 ui
nlfll.jts 4 1 A . - - r '
life it is well for the returning sense
of public honesty wheu such a man bas
access to comrrc-ssional committees
and to the press of the country. L'n-
bought'newtpapers and unpurchaseable
lawgivers have discarcled Eads's
schemes of extravagant and worse than
useless expenditure and approved the
Bimp'e practical philosophy of Capt.
John Cowdon. "While Kids was
organizing capitalists m St. Louis in-
cluding owners of the great news-
papers of that metropolis in order to
draw ten millions from the Treasury
for the construction of wa'ls on either
side of the Mississippi at its mouth
honest thoughtful and practical John
Cowdon was urging Congress through
the press aad through two or three
members of the House who had
studied his plans for the relief of the
lowlands and establishment of direct
trade between Europe and the South
to cut a ship canal fifty mfles 1mm
New Orleans to Barrataria Biy. lis
proposes to have a locomotive on its
banks to tow vessels to and from New
Orleans. It costs each merchantman
entering the jetties one dollar per ton
to enter and the same sura to make
its exit from the river and thus a vts-
constructed to carry wheat and cotton
must pay ten or fifteen thousand dol-
lars to go in and out of Eads's jetties.
With such a tax upon the commerce
of the South New York and Boston
must ever maintain a monopoly of
European and even South American
and Cuban trade.
But the New York San' exposition
of Eads's financial adventures and the
sale under mortgage of the . bridge
that Fiadd built for Ends and the ex-
posure of the combination of f pecula-
tors who lent money to Eada to be re-
funded two for ech one dollar ad-
vanced all these ficts have influenced
the conduct of Congressmen who
listen to the plain unpretending
uaheralded Etcamboatman rather
than this swindling empty pre-
tender and adventuror Eads who
if the New York Sun be trustworthy
built jetties on either side of. the State
Bank of Missouri and flooded his own
pockets and relieved those of share-
holders of vast sums of surplus cash.
He was part and parcel and the big
financial J parcel of the ignominious
Governor Fletcher's reign. If the
Sim' statements be ' credible Eads
will spend a few years while we are
testing the value of his jetties ia the
Missouri State prison. Meanwhile
paid enemies of honest plain sailing
will intcrpoBe no further obstructions
to the theories and practical simple
philosophy of John Cowdon approved
us they are by 31. Laasc ps tne
greatest of living civil engineers
Federal supervisors of elections are i
perhaps the most odious not person
ally but cflic'ally of all the agents of
central power ever injected into the
States. They are detested in Northern
cities especially while the South ac-
customed to such people tolerates
their interposition in local affairs with
infinite patience. The Chicago Times
of strong Republican tendencies for
the last few years says of the opera-
tion of the odious law in that city :
The patriots who served as Federal
supervisors of the late election in this
city are discouraged and disgusted at
the backwardness of the government
in coming forward with their pay.
The yalue ot the services rendered
was not very large for the super-
visors blundered almost as badly
as the local election officers in mak-
ing up their returns ; but that is hardly
a sufficient reason for keeping them
waiting two or three months for the
promised pittance. Experience has
proved the utter worthlcssness of these
officers as an agsncy in protecting the
much-talked-of "purity of the ballot-
box." Although nominally appointed
by. the Fedrtal judiciary they are
nominated by the local party commit
tees and as a stream cannot rise above
the level of its source it would be folly
to expect the character of the nomi-
nees to be in any sense an improvement
upon that of the nominating power or
of the regular election boards whose
appointment is practically made by the
same authority. ' The. supervisors are
mere canvassing agents or drummers
for their respective parties who are
enabled under the law to levy upon
the national' treasury for compensation
for their services. The law which au-
thorizes their employment should be
repealed. :
The law referred to was enacted in
order that Grant's appointees might
shape at will the results of Southern
elections. . It was enacted to secure
to; the blessed negro h forty acres
and t mule and other civil rights and
blessings. Such was ' the pretext for
its enactment. B;it the party that
made the law has failed. to derive an
ticipated advantages from its opera
tion and even with Republicans pre-
tending to be economists of public
monev the law becomes odious. -Its
execution costs vu-t sums charged up
to the systrui of Federal courts al
ready incurring popular .antipathy
for iccaicuhxlJo wastefulness . cf
public moiney. But this mis
erable Iaw passed for the purpose.
of stealing Southern majorities and
working up. fnls mojoritiea iu North
era State has failed everywhere of its
aims. In New York and Philadelphia
the grossest outrages 'were done 'under
its guise and in Chicago these super
visors of elections have incurred uni
versal pcrular odium. This or the
next Cxigteia will prolnWy-put a pe
rioil to its operation. It ts violative of
the spirit and philosophy of AuHtican
institutions and tf tat personal free
dom to which we were - once accus
tomed till the enforcement act and this
of which we speak and the bureau and
blacks became significant of American
degridation rather than of ' b'a k per
fectibihly -:.-
. Nat Q. will hump hiaaselt down to
Austin to see Hurnptv Damrrfv. ' Nat
has been rifTVghed that he Eight en
gineer Lis ixrd for a time Nit's
record is cot .tho best in the world
He has been both for and against the
mill dksk and fat and agsirht Hiucock
and Jones. ' But Nat is a good .man
cespito fcii ilcwv. His pedigree is
Mrs. WniTTiioRNE chairman of the
navnl tfTairs committee insists that
e s-Secrttary Robeson i$ very nearly a
thief thit he only hopes for time
enough to to tuai.c him to
pi. 1 1 the i-t jtutc of liiiitatiobs ; that if
nothing b;; done at this fcfcsiioa cf
C..r.gr.-:s the ol I freebooter expects
to go fco. fice. Whitthorne
ii of ir.iiaitc energy txct lent ability
ai:d of ladumitabie pluck and if tie
refund at leuat $-1000000 unlawfully
used by i.im. Mr. Beccher has been
talking about the extravagant manage-
ment of the Navy Department insist-
ing that it has co6t the country 20-
000000 in two years. "Whitthorne
says this is a mistake. The actual cost
ha3 been $180000000 siuce 1372 dur-
ing whic-U time there hare been on the
register two humlrec' United States
vesseis of a'l sorts except the best.
It must be gratifying to the "old
salt" so called because of the abun-
dant Attic wit with which his wisdom
ii seasoned who now shapes the for-
tunes'of our naval afliirs that Whit-
thorne's committee and the newspapers
have discovered no cause for criticisms
and denunciations afectiDg himself
such as t x-Sccretary Robeson has en-
dured. In fact the careful watchful-
ness and sturdy integrity of "Uncle
Dick Tuonip3'.n" would soon perfect
reforms and w.th half the sums wasted
by Robeson and his associates of
Grant's extravagant reign he would
give us a war marine capable of any
service and honorable to the country
that sustains it.
Lawks of Austin and of other cities
of Texas propose to vote in elections
affecting public schools and the whisky
question. As long as women are the
mothers of the sons of Texas and as
long as they love their children and
thus the land they govern and inhabit
we do not see why in these local elec-
tions affecting the home and the fire-
side they should not shape the laws
and select those who execute them.
Many women have a fancy that it is
unwomanly to vote that they must
face a throng of vulgar drunken howl-
ing knaves and idiots who hoot about
Toting places and make the act odious
and results of elections most unfortu-
nate. '-With these women need not mix.
They may have polling places of their
own and having the privilege they
will study questions involved and ex-
ercise their rights wisely honestly
anu discreetly. We can see no pos
sible harm to come of a law
in ' thU country like that of
England. If a woman pay taxes in
corporations she should yote in these
corporations. If she have children to
be educated she should control the
conduct of schools that absorb her
money and train her children. Women
are wanting neither in intelligence nor
virtue and both these are sadly needed
u bi.llot-'oxe!. . It the woman be net
harmed by exerting power honestly
and wisely there can be no harm in
thisTcEtricted woman's suffrage.
We have written of slow poisons
used in bread crackers sugar and
candy mills. All these articles of food
arc profusely polartned "and cheapened
by the process. Fancy syrups aic no
onger: used by sane people and the
whitest sugar is looked upon most
suspiciously imt now we are told of
people poisoned infected with diseases
worse than leprosy by using perfumed
fancy and other soap made at the large
factories like Colgate's. There they
buy all rotting flesh and old bones and
mad dogs aui cats and reeking rotting
fowls from suburban barn yards to
be converted into fancy soap with
which- pretty girls cleanse their
soft white bkin. Several cases of
this sort of poisoning affecting the
most delicate organ have occurred
and many sensible industrious house-
wives of the great Eastern and South
ern cities have learned how to make
their own son p. It is safest for cen
tlemen frequenting barber shops to
have their own chosen soap. The
worse the material of which it is con
stituted the more delicately it is per
fumed. And it has come to this that
modern knavery in the manufacture
of that which should insure perfect
purity is in itself perfect foulness.
The new army bill contemplating
the abolition of the Adjutant General's
office atd making this officer and his
subordinates the appointees of Gen
Sherman and dependent npon him and
his facile tools and sycophants is not
approved by the press. E'pecially are
the Democratic newspapers hostile to
themeasuroj They suggest the pos
sibility of Graut'a reelection and
with Grant's personal government and
Sherman's absolute mastery of the
army thus divested of its only princi
pie of republicanism and transferred to
the absolute mastery of one man the
empire becomes an accomplished fact.
It is not proposed to lessen materially
if at all the cost of the army or to in
crease its efficiency but rather to make
the one-man power perfect. With
Sherman gcueral-'.n-chief and his bro
ther master of the treasury. Grant
president And. the army the supple ma
ch'iM -ia all ita incidents organization
and staff of the chosen agents of Gen
Sbermin the empire would be an ac
complished fact.
. Wr. have been trying to induce
preachers to use terms properly when
they speak of "Sunday" and of the
"Sabbath? and now since the courts
interpose ia our behalf a share of sue
cess may attend reformatory efforts. An
indictment against a cigar dealer of
Bridgeport Connecticut charged that
thB-rffcnsprwM-commUtcd net on
Sunday but on the "Sabbath or Lord's
Day." The court quashed the indict
mnt; holding ti.at the Sabbath means
the seventh day of the' week and Sue
day is the first while the Lord's Day
is S dnrday with s 'me worshipers and
Suovliy with others. The Christian
use of the word Sabbath when Sunday
is' meant. Is a mere affectation.
Trrs -newspapers say that a great
number of teachers will attend the ap-
proaching convention of pedagogues ia
this city. Tbey should dense a plan
for the proper and perfect workiag of
the public school system. Bat
they igreo upon a code!
ill
Jrroe PcvAL'a diensaioa of the
4 lowers of Federal and lt eoorts as
toocbirrg the richt of fraacntM wiil ba
lsa J sua iilU(at.
The London Ej-iminer thinks that I
the duration or the earth's existence j
mnst yet exceed years slcev that '
many will lie icqir.rtd to convert at :
he present rn'e .f pro'rc-s. the 'heath
en cf India. The sasne paper ad. Is thnt i
the "sn-c-illt- I conver:s are tlie worst
royu8 in India.' Too rcflt-Ttion de-
duced from the (nets tted is thut we
ave more lieuthcr.3 t home tlno we
can ever convert and 'iir inii.aary
labors should be cmiir.ed to our own
chits and to cur own communities in
which the Bible is ntTfr rea l and ser
mons never prouounced.
TnE president nf the c-lrvatcd rr.il-
way in JNew a orK v-ity rece: r-"-000
per annum for his ssrrvir-c-. Con-
ductor? get iio per month. Should
ot the president like H- road and
the stipend of the condrctor be ele
vated even stand on nothing and pull
hemp?
Wilson G. Richakdsox of Sher
man professor of Ancient aud Modern
Languages in Austin College of that
city is one' of the finest scholars of
America. lis and Justice Gould of
the Siipreme bench of this Stale were
schoolfellows and classmates. .
IIeheaftkh the Associate! Press
will not rjivc gold quotations. Re-
sumption is begun and gold and paper
as for some time past nre pir. Shortly
we may expect currency to be at a
premium and all this nonpluses the
Greenbackers.
The only machines on which wc hear
of no improvement arc fiddles and
women. A good woman like a Cre-
mona violin improves with ngr even
though she may not have sweeter
tones.
Gkx. J. J. Fini.ky of Florida a
brother of the eloquent lawyer and
legislator Finley of Galveston wili
probably represent the Everglades in
the Senate of the Unite ! States.
Most of the boys wh3 foretwore
their "ba3!" practices on New Yei r
day were pursuing the even "tenor" of
their way lastnight. Tin y made an
awful uproar.
The whisky ring is resuscitated In
Illinois to restore Windy John f.oine-
times called Logan ta the United
States Senate. - - . i .
Ex-Uxan:r States Senator Povi:-
roy as we supposed everylrody knew
is the original of Dilwhrthy" in the
'Gilded Age." .
Lawyers will be pleased to know
that a codfish is hko a supplementary
will when the cod-ie-tU.
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Some traveler has discovered that
the birthplace of Burns is the kero-
sene can.
There can be no doubt' I think that
whist is increasing in poonlarity.for not
only do old people now play but young
people also are olten touna to prcler a
quiet game to adorning the walls cf a
room or gazing out of the window.
The reader will remember Tallyrand's
remark to a youth who had said that
he did not play whist : "loung man
what an unhappy o'd ac you are lay
ing up foryourw-lf !"' Aud now-n-days
youth seems to Cad the game as attrac-
tive as age. Partly no doubt this in-
creased popularity proceeds from the
habit acquired ly many ot playing at
college; but it in mostly to be attrib
uted to t lie fact thit tnu wuist of
to-day is so very different from
that of thirty years since. "It is as-
tonishing" says Dr. Pole "in how
different a light the game appears. Its
acquisition instead of being lalorious
and repulsive becomes easy and pleiu-
ant; the . student instead or ieing
frightened at difficulties rinds them
vanish before him; and even thoe who
having formerly practiced v?il:'ut
method take the trouble of !M ruing
the system suddenly see the ! ghi break
in upon them and find ' themselves re-
paid a hundredfold in tlviucfeaiLd en
joyment and satisfaction the game will
afford them. . me ciia-i means oy
which the "new gauat"has been intro
duced into this country is through the
practice and advocacy of college stu-
dents; but I find even among those
who play systematically tricks of play
sanctioned so far as I know by no au-
thority. Thus having first lead from
he Ions suit many persons maRc tneir
second lead from a "snpak" that is
one card in order to ruff -on the re
turn. I haye also noted a signal not
given in the treatise. "Trumps being
shown against you" says Cavendish
"throw away from your strong sun
because there is no chance of bringing
it in." The signal alluded to is trumps
being lead by your partner and your
own hand being exhausted of them to
drop the lowest of your strong suit the
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nrst time you are oongea 10 reiuse as
a hint to play from this suit when he
gives up trumps.
D wight Benton in J.iiipineott'a for
January writing at Capri the Artists'
Island says: The other grcttocs are
of less beauty but not lacking in in-
terest of their own- kind. The Orotto
Verde or Green Cavern is an effect
created by the introduction of light
from without through masses ox loli-
age overhanging the opening and pre-
sents a scene of singularly' tender na-
ture in its gradations of lonp. .There
is also a White Grotto and several
others of minor importance. Ihe
principal aud indeed the moat re-
markable one is the II no Grotto
which is often visited by steamer di-
rectly from Naples without touching
at other portions of the island' The
entrance is "through an aperture so
small that visitors are compelled to lie
flat in a small boat; and owing to the
conformation of the rocks' it is not
only dangerous but almost im
possible to cltect a passage
except under the most fnvora-
ble conditions ot wint ana sea.
When fairly within the scene pre
sented is one of bewildering beauty.
The impression is as if earth and sky
suddenly exchanged' places aDd the
boat was floating in the deepe&t blue oi
a translucent r.eaven. aoovo area
the great recesses of the cavern every
point and pendant' of which glints
with aiure reflexes-I rom tne wa"'r
which in turn receives I'.s light trm
the distant narrow cLtrance . Tle ef
feet of the many refractions is to trans
form ot-jeots into a spectral cnaracter
and for the moment it can scarcely be
realied.tbat opehv. rot been ushered
into Fairyland so dream-like and lm
palpable seem tha surrouudinga. A
figure bathing immediately assumes a
transparent quality that renders it a
phantasy rather than a rcaliti a nsiad
rather tdau a hnuiau bi.-ipg. Under
such iiflaences one can ou'.y Mt and
drink again and can trout an-im
pression surpassing . the power of the
most vivid imagination and regret the
moment of. departure.
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A curious acquittal was secured in
tha criminal court at Washington last
week. A abort .time since Senator
McDonald of Indiana secured the
appointment ot James II. Wbitten to
be doorkeeper of the House of Repre
sentative. w bitten was almost- im
madiataly arrested for personating an
army craccr and drawing f 12S.S3 due
him. The trial cime on and Wbitten
was acquitted re the" rocnd that t
son due tha cQccr flS i3 1-3 oaf-
third of a cent grtaur ttua the sunt
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J and ready for use.
The Xvrth Ttwiti u'.u ;tavti s'uk-re-!
in Lamar count;.
Cow-horns tra wcrtj - cent and a
half each at Biici-hci.
Terry's Rmgtrs Lute a uunku n
Sin Antonio ia &i.y.
Judge Prior Lea rprt '.S wheat
.r wu in G-jiiad rouciiy.
Cjtton ia being shipped ly wnijfn
from San Autonio to Mexico.
Fort Wottli ha just htd another are
destroying one whole block.
A branch road from Navns.ta to
Montgomery U b-irtr rapidly built.
The Laboring Men's Aid Association
of Texas met at Mekin January U.
Thomas Downing a wood chopper
near Dallas ha3 falb-n heir to fl 2000.
Arenback Bros. at llemtead are
paying four dollar per tou for cotton
seed.
Skating ur.i a popular amusement
upon Li ng Like at DalUs the other
day.
Motion for a new trial in the Rothf-
child case faik-d and an appeal fol-
lows. The Orsn.1 Commaudi ry or Texas
meets at W:ico on the twelfth of Feb-
ruary. Too much cotton sampling i9 gener-
ally complained of throughout the
State.
The press of tie State is very well
aarUtid of ii- ill ness for the
halter.
A fellow just goes out a little piece
at Mason and kills his wild turkey for
dinner.
The Jimplrcitc is well satisfied with
the management of the State Lunatic
Asylum.
The San Antonio lleruhl is now
woiked on a pover press run by a wa-
ter motor.
The tide of xnmigrati.-m from Ger-
many to Texas isheavicrthis year than
ever before.
The East Line Road is slowly but
surely approachhg Sulphur Spring? in
Hopkins county.
The cold weither sends droves of
howling and ravenous wolves into the
town of Rockpoit.
Capt. Hieronynus retires from the
Mwsenqer at Ibmpstead and goes to
Nsw Orleans.
The case of latt Woodhef at Hous-
ton has been ctntinued on account of
his sickness.
The Clarion his commenced blowing
away at Taylonville. J. C. Deninan
is its publisher.
No penalty eing fixed the law
against bribery in elections in this
State is a nulliu
For the preent season to the
twelfth inst. Halvert had shipped
14330 bales of ntton.
And now that the whole tale is told
J. G. Tracy is tnly a gauger. He has
heretofore been gouging.
Dr. Chaplin'i lecture profited the
Rockdale .churdi $30. They should
have given him i75 of it.
Paul Bremonda narrow gauge rail-
road will be toupletcd into Polk
county by the fist of March.
A gentleman ias opened n f ooso
ranche near Sac Antonio with five
hundred of the fca'.herj tribe.
Hons S. B. Maxey and Dave B. Cul-
berson spent the holiday recess at
home and ao did fudge Reagan.
Dr. Sears of :he P-body fund
visits Texos.an I wll be at the U&cbem'
convention meetin; in Austin.
The Telegram ml the Teh?ione are
pleased at the coduct of the State Lu-
natic Asylum urjer Dr. Wallace;.
Horace Roweias returned to Txas
and takes the 'rnfeasorship of Eng-
lish Literature iiWaco University.
Weatherford I hopeful that Texas
and Pacific cars will be running into
town by the fouh of July next.
The habean conn case of Andrew J.
Walker at Bryi for tho murder of
Graham has lci Bet for January 7.
The Houstonhar dined and wined
Judge Master n at the Ilutchms
House. It wasi right royal festival.
And now coeth the time of the
year when one avoeates the cause of
railroads that pees may be renewed.
Granville Gole a notorious horse
thief that has eerated in North Tex-
an was killed ii other day in the Na
tion.
The town of 'ortham in Freestone
county by an unimousvote perpetu-
ates the cxclusa of whisky from that
borough.
And now were told that the jtory
about the exttsion of the Central
branch railwayjyond Waco is in truth
a story.
The Entrain thinks the first law
passed by the "gislature should be to
make lobbyin a crime us Georgia
ha3 done.
We knew th Telegram was a slow
coach and this why it reaches Aus-
tin five days o.' It crawls slowly up
the Central.
The teache convention is called
to meet in tl city on the twenty-
ninth of Janry when the Legisla-
ture will be lrrssion.
Miss Risley' Houston is studying
for the lyric tge at Vienna. under
Frau Marchesi'Wio taught DeMnrska
and other prim onnas.
The official :e)rd of votes of 11 the
counties in tte.iate shows that Texas
has at this tin over two and a half
millions of inbtants.
Col. W. D S. Cook for many
years editor obe Eiiqiirer a zealous
legislator and .Te boldier died at
Gonzales oh Deflber 23.
John O. Gr-" the murderer of
Lewis Coope- d slayer of his uncle
Ed Greer Will county was heard of
a short time igat Weimar.
Gen. Wallchas concluded to open
hit school intesame building he late-
ly used for t snilar purpose in the
northern portoof the city.
The New Irnfels woolen factory
has lately add- much improved ma-
chinery and v hereafter manufac-
ture a much finline ot goods. .
Peter Flcrckas again opened his
bask in Housi having settled 'up
everything owrfy the concern when
it suspended ait a year ago.
The telegawires across the bay
were weighed wn and broken by the
ice and Ulren was shut out as it
often is Irou s civiiizei work).
Church servi. have been suspended
in 'Bonham o account of the cold.
Such dcvotienvill probably lr.r
about a good sraing after awhile.
The brake of car gave way ia the
hands of a beman at iltxia c&Hf
ing the man tcU under too train to
his destruction Hi s came was Dyer.
A lortnne-hung Tei-u writs buck
from Dealwoitkat it a man wants
to dia quick d bave an expensive
and speedy bu let ntm coma tberr.
'lie lived :a oust oa aad was fond
of whisky aai snk rf Mat-
tin Joors ia t Ma i ?. There's
one ls UUa Uiiuj Urge fsa.-
I Of n. Tre- ino and staff did not viit
II Hi.Ktnn. I' wa. the mud that srared
; the in vJ" Tl'o .lyr says a dredge I oiat
is i.c:.l J t.l--3:j the main thorough
; fa. i-.
iy.i:t urer is nt satidUcd
; ihe growing disposition throngh-
: .j: the titate to have the Supreme and
.Appelate Ciurti fit penuaueutly in
Austin.
j Sixty ll.ou-and young sslm u were
! iurn:u loose in iiic nvt-r ai j.uersoa
on DeeemU-r ;iu. The Uili commu-
nion is just now slorkiug the waters of
Texas.
A Texas ju !: in hi charge said:
"ltjnish whisky and the pistol from
Texas and crime will cease in this
State." But how are we to banish the
whisky 1
Mr. M. Bohcr. county attorney of
Iumbsdl county while descending
a ladder foil and fractured hi leg.
Amputation was necessary. from which
death resulted.
The force at woik on Sabine bar will
continue its operation until twenty
feet of water t low tid ia rrfiohed.
It will then be the best hrlor ou ti e
Texas coast.
Frank Ruston was kiih d iu Parker
county by Charley P'ack. They and
others weie hunting in the woo-! an.l
Ruston was mistaken tlirnuh the
bushes for a deer.
Just think of Bullock Spencer Du-
rell Ke 11 oc ; and our own Gen. Daviel-
son who left Taxas o unceremonious-
ly Iteiuix placed along side of the Sa-
vior as ".-.ons of God."
Dallas took ou a bit of sleighing the
other day. Everything that could be
converted into a sleiyh waa utilized
and the whole town was cmt and mov-
ing in wild excitement.
A. i-.tiiion from S -"nn.l Texaa
R'ginient a-king the Governor 1 re-
tain Ocn. Win. Steele ia tho position
of Adjutant General has been : pre-
pared for presentation.
District Attorney Spencer sti.tcd in
court that the State impeded his pro-
gress in the Orissom case in Houston
in not providing for the transportation
of a most important witness.
Judge Cook having granted the
fourth continuance in the Grissom
case the Cummtrdul thinks it would
do just as well to suspend the prisoner
instead of continuing liis case.
Greenlaw the Sherman carriage ma
ker outstrips all rivals in Texas hav-
ing made and sold 8:50 buagies and
carriages last year. The timber of
Texas is the best in the world.
The changed attitude of the Mexican
forces on the border and the fact that
Cortina is closely confined in prison by
Rinz makes the reorganization of the
State force less than a necessity.
A railroad section hand at Ctarks-
villc bravely drank one ouiirt of
whisky attwodrinks and then lay
down in all humility and gaye up. not
oniy me wnistcy out tne guost.
Among other kinds of gatherings in
Fannin county during the holidays
was "wood cutting" parties where the
neighbors assembled at the houses of
widow ladies and cut up their wood
A Dallas man Thomas Clarkston
sometime married in St. Louis to Mrs
Annie Morton has since discovered
she was his stepdaughter. They are
stepfather and daughter man and wife
The Fort Worth Democrat thinks
that the only wav for Dallas to secure
recognition from the State government
is to persevere. It thinks Dr. Carter
ahuuld have cliargti of the deaf mutes
ut Austin.
Marshall If. Levy an express mes-
SiiKtcr was shot by W. S. Corley also
in the employ of the express com-
pitiT at Waco but Levy's time had
liol come and he will bo all right in a
abort tunc.
The death of Mr. George Huucock
will defeat for a time at least tho
construction of the narrow gauge rail
way. He had agreed to invest in it
nnt-'hird of his ya'uable property ut
Lampasas. .
It is Rsvcited that not more than one-
third of the convicts in the Texas pen
itentiary have received tlio rudiments
of an English education .and not more
than half of them know how to wnte
their unines.
An unknown man a traveler com
mitted suicide at Seguin on the first of
January by cutting his tliroftt while
in bed at the hotel from ear to car.
He had said in conversation that iie
was hu Englishman.
Sulphur Springs has a municipal law
against cock-fighting but at the re-
quest of a numerously-signed petition
the town council suspended the law
and the average citizen enjoyed a holi-
day season of cock-fighting.
The Marshall He mid is mistaken
when it puts Austin in the same debt
category with Houston and Galveston.
The debts of the lost named cities goes
up into the millions whila Austin's
debt does not reach $100000.
Nine hundred Indians are reported
absent from the Rill reservation on a
hunting expedition on the head waters
of the Peas river. They say their
families were starving and they were
compelled to resort to tti3 chase for
subsistence.
A planter it is said voted twenty
Chinamen at the late election in Cal-
vert. In reply to the official question
it he was a citueu one of the heathens
said: "Melican man askee Chinaman
if he swearee on blige booku like Mel-
ican up-stairee." -?
The New York Mail says ' there are
rive hundred of the seventeen hundred
Texas penitentiary convicts in prison
and the rest are hired out. Ia one in-
stance a rich fellow is hired to his
wife. He has the worst time we reck-
on of any of the lot. '
Judge Robertson has decided in the
contested election cacs of Smith
county that the Radical county judge
and county clerk were elected that the
Democratic district clerk was elected
and adjudged a new election as to the
other candidates. . . .
Cattlemen complain greatly at the
reinspection of cattle at Fort 'Griffin.
The inspector it is said rarely ever
looks at the cattle but collects his
fees as though he did. Many imposi-
tions are exercised npon drovers and
the matter should be righted.. - '
The Deaison Herald wants to see the
whipping post revived. .So does the
Sulphur Springs GuzttU and the North
Tern Era and many other papers that
would see the State recover from the
burden of supporting petty thieves and
making officers rich npon their acta.
Major Leigh Chalmers is a candidate
for chief clerk of the Senate. His
large experience in such capacity makes
him an invaluable officer to the State
sicce by perfection in the conduct of
the business of the Senate much time
is saved and the State's reapontiilHy
creatly reauccd. . -t
Toe Sherman Itrg'uter of January 1
wa full cf pictures. Te court house
nl wgo;i yard about arc beautifuL
Miutin' ieVii.-e is there but it is an
a:r lin c-uraiag and almost invisible
to ie aiej eye. A eoJnnm rula
tnr.kt a perfect photograph of the ei
Urpr'eicg vigorous journalist.
svrdau who attempted to rob the
Saviags Bank as DlUa;was seat to
the penitentiary for seven years and
E. II. Gruber president of that fcank
who succeeded in robbio? ttw deposi-
tors ot all mcney estraated to bis care
is in Califomia a large operator in
mining atocka. .... . . '
It U reported that Senator Coke ia
earnestly at work ia bebalf of the pro-
posed railway extent ion from Saa Afl-
toaia WUa Oraal attars Jo.
This road it wi'.l be remom'x red was)
urgeil upon I onsre."'. at the I:u-t session
in connection with en extension of the
Ietetna'.ii;ual trom Austin t! Saa Au-
to). n.
I'-Cnn Hortii i.-ii.--.if rpuua
that the money expended in the sup-
port of the froutier ba'--:lion would
be more judiciously app'u-1 in t'ie in-
creasing school fund ami that the
Texas delegation in Congress insist
upon the protection f the frontier by
the general govcrum nt as is done in
other States.
Jim Hampshire tliccegr shot down
and killed as he stepped out of a door
in Navasota was an important witness
agaiast a lot of cotton thieves who
al.o attempted to kill Detective Price
sometime back at Hempstead. The
coroner's verdict allege that Hamp-
shire was murdered by a negro ex-convict
named Dennis Braver who of
course has escaped.
The Pari Ti.tuu'r speaking of Abe
Rothschild'. appeal to the Court of
Appeal to get rid of the death sen-
tence given by the Marshall jury de-
clares that Uithschild will never be
hung but iu less than two yeats we
shall see liiin walking free our streets.
Rothschild has too much money to be
hung says the Rutmr.
Rev. M-uloy at whoso house in
Sherman the miserable girl Amanda
J. iMovt-r brought forth the fruit of
her kid and shame alone and unat-
tended as a brute or a beast is pul-
lishing explanatory cards in the Sher-
man papers and yet says tho Bonliain
AVir nothing can relieve biiu of his
share of responsibility for the awful
murder which attended it.
What to do with that unfortunate
class of lii'iaties who arc elapsed na in
curable an u hose poverty make them
public chartrfs it u problem that la re
ivin mrnof ttf ntiou from many of
the t ate papers. At present the sys
tem not a very humatic one by the
way is to incarcerate them in conntj
jail and let them rot or die there just
as nature orders. Their condition il
really worse than that of the coiumoi
felon iu any Texas jail.
... San Antonio Etjuyki: "Austin hanjr
ared after a visit from Gens. Trevin
and Ord the council appointing a coiv
mittee to invite and escort them to tint
city. We are glad to note this evi-
dence of ambition on the part of our
neighbor and hope it will not becast
down in gloomy disappointment u not
getting to Haunt this feather in its cap.
Austin should move itself over ta Sn
Antonio if it desires to enjoy distinc-
tion and 'social luxuries.' "
The Belton Journal lindsjn a mst ap
propriate locality a panacea foi mob
law. It says: "Most of our pubic offi-
cers have been elected by large majori
ties showing the faith reposed oi their
ability anawutcgrity. Now let every
true man and patriotic Texan orao to
the front and boldly avow bisj deter-
mination to support the lawsof the
land and not say by their actons to
the world tnat our officers eleel are so
impotent that the people are f iced to
execute the law themselves." J
The Brownsville Democnf says
Diaz's plan in punisHug Cortina se-
verely is being well carried put. He
is confined in one of the strcijest and
best prisons in Mexico and'n allowed
no liberty except that of hs prrson
yard where he is to be ani daily
walking up and tiown its bngth his
bands clasped behind him ind in deep
meditation. His recent troubles the
seizing of his stock on the frontier is
a great blow to him for atono swoop
if the intended sale takes place he
loses the wealth necumnlalid by years
of stealing fre.m the citiz-ns cm this
side of the Rio Grande.
George Rcev:s James Leonar d and
n. C. Foster of Gray9on county come
to the Legislature prepared to obtain
the repeal of the law cre-iting the office
of cattle and hide iuspi:.ir. The Den-
ison Xews in noticing tne ireeting of
citizens asking its reped 8ys: "This
law which has created f r the purpose
of protecting stockmen serins to be a
hardship instead of a bnclit to them.
Instead of paying onr. nce for in-
specting they have t pay at least
twice if not oftener boore the cattle
leave the State which avolves a heavy
expense upon them t-.milar meetings
will be held all over "lie State and a
vigorous effort made -o have the ob-
noxious law repealed -y the next Leg-
islature." The TelegrniD says: "Of course there
is a reason for ever law they being
made more in the i.terest or special
classes than of thegnicral public and
since the advertiserr-nts on the court
house door are alwars followed up by
a special set of spensators whilo tho
average citizen ncyf sees them and
never knows anythilg of the property
to be sold it is rea ily seen that such
sales arc made to he special parties
who watch for thn aud that there
can be little or nocinipctition in the
bidding and consepeutly the proper-
ty is not sold in civn market sayo in
theory it would appear that if the
law permits a ru:ii.Y property to be
seized and forcibN sold for debt it
should also give t e property a chance
to sell for as goor a price ns possible
and save it from istng sacrificed.
fonc-eriilue I-ler.lv Franrlile aud
the Power ol Federal and Mate
Conrto.
Extract fiom Y fiim. Tim. 11. Ilnvrl's
rhar'.'i." to t niied Si.e f.iainl .liny Juumiry
Ii is. 'J..
There is ono hbject however (that
of the elective ranchise) to which I
k your atten on on account of its
great public iuiortaiice the free ex-
ercise of the riht. of suffrage being
absolutely cssefjal to the well being
and existence d popular government.
Reports have gtie abroad that at the
recent elcctinr in this State and at
some places ii this judicial district
citizens of thigS'.ate and of the United
States have by.lireats or other unlaw-
ful means brn prevented from vot-
ing either fo- Slate officers or mem-
bers of Cong-s or both. As you
may feel cad upon to investigate
this matter nd possibly to take ac-
tion thereon i some cases I think it
is my dutyo tell you in advance
what cbaraier of cases fall within
your cogniz.ace and jurisdiction as a
grand jury olM oourt.
In the cas oi me imua iimav.
Rftu tt al. and that of the L'niteJ
HUitii tl tvilthtiik tt al.. decid
ed by the Supreme Court of the
United Sites in 1375 it was
held amng other things that
neither th fourteenth or fifteenth
amendmen' f the Constitution or
any other Jaue of that instrument.
confer- thi right of suffrage upon any
on". - I ua ii'ia a ght derived
alone froc the States and that while
all citizen cf the United States bave
the right cvote and are guaranteed
this right ty the Constitution this is
true so 1 only as they are qualified
voters an entitled to vote under the
laws of ti State in which they reside.
The Srreme Court further cUxided
that thewer of Congress to legislate
at ail- Bn the subject of State elec-
tions ii u;oa the fifteenth amend-
ment of !;" C T.stitotion. Thi pro
vides t't " it-c rub f citizens of
the UaH States t- r-to s"iall aot be
denied r abridged by the United
States r by any State on account of
race vcr or previous condition of
servitn-."
Ity held that this amendment did
not con the right of fuSrage; that
it Sim exemnta all citizens of tha
Uaiieicuatea from any discrimination.
as to 'eir right to vote on account of
race olor etc. and only applies to
easee herein a qualified elector bad
beeaeaiei the right or prevented
from oua tuUlv on account of hi ran
or cof. This amendment was mainly
intercd to aeenra to colored citizens
the rat of nffraga in ail States where -
m 7 Vera auati-4 Vetera at any
whether fr
State or national infers. S:i!t it i n- '
braces qualified white voter nl.-o w..
c.pially protect them from being .-':
u.ed or prevented from voting n t. - j
ouni oi ineir rare or color. 1 1- iu !
tli.-se lfcis;oasof thf Supreme Court
of the I'uiicd State aj 1 understand
them and my own construction of the
laws relating to the elective franchise
aad the penal tins for it violation I
deduce the following results:
1. If either a white or colore I citi-
zen of this judicis.1 district. Kin; a
qualified elector unJcr tho laws of the
State of Texas lis been prevented
hindered controlled or inUii.nUted
from exercising or in exercising the
right of sutTraje at uvy election
whether State or Fed r-d.a.s guaranteed
by the fifteenth amendment by means
of bribery or threats of depriving such
person of employment or occupation or
of ejecting such person from a rented
house land or other property or lv
threats of refusing to renew leases or
contracts for labor or by threats ef
violence to himself or family as is pro-
vided for by the fifth section of the act ol
May 31. 170 (Revised Statutes .r:07)
and this has been done on t"nl of'
fas race f.W the person or jhtsods
thus violating tin provision of the
la would be liable in 'this court to
indictment ar.d it would be your duty
upon properevidiT.ee to indict them.
2. But where c titer a white' or cal-
ord citizen war denied the right of
suffrage or prevented from exercising
it by any un'awful means in the clec-
tka of any &tite cotn.tt or inunicij)!
ofliier (unless it was on account ot ma
race or color) then it would In a case
winch Congress bus no constitutional
power to provide for or punish.
It would lie one exclusively within the
jurisdiction of the State of Texas and
""i yV. ' lVcn"in
member of Congrees was voted for at
eurh Btatc ol.M'iit.n iatoiiLI mnke no
difference whatever.
" iu vv t ia a. a i.u iui c i i I 1 1 :ai n
3. While I Ihiiik therefore that the
courts of the United Stabs have no
jurisdiction arising out of a denial or
prevention of the right of suITra' e by
any quahlied elector in the election of
a State county or mnin-tHil iMheer (un-
bsiitwason accouut oi his race and
color) yet my opinion is that if such
denial or prevention of the right of
sull rage was in respect to Irs voting
for a memlnr of Conyrek then the
United States courts would have jnrir-
diction over the suiiji ct matter with-
out regard to race or color. By article
1 section 4 of tie Constitution it
was provided that "the times planes
and manner of holding elections for
Senators and Representatives shall be
piescribed in each State by the legis-
lature thereof; but the Congress may at
nny time by law make or alter
such regulations except as to the
place of chosing Senators." My opin-
ion is that the c ffect of tins constitu-
tional provihion gives to Congress the
power to legislate generally a respects
the election of members of Congress.
They are national oilicers and it would
seem by this constitutional provision
that Congress was vested with a con-
troling power over all subjects relating
to their election and that where a
qualified voter in a State is denied the
right to vote for a member of Congress
or is prevented from so doing or any
other act is dune m violation of
the provisions of any act of Congress in
regard to the election of such oilicers.
that the United States Courts would
have jurisdiction fiver cases arising
thereunder. This Congress intend
ed to do by the act of May 31. 1870
The provisions of this act so far as
they relate to elections for membnia of
Congress are too lengthy for mo to
qu td to you in writing. But I call
your attention particularly to sections
5511 5514 5515 and 5520 of the Re
vised Statutes of the United States.
and will read to you the first and last
of these section? ss the most impor
tant in my opinion thoc srrtions aro
constitutional and you have the right.
and it would bo your duty upon legal
evidence to indict any persons who
nave violated them whether they were
white or co'ored citzens."
Keueral Jickwu'ii .i v.
Many are the interesting scenes of
Jackson's life which hi biographer
Purton ha omitted and not brought
to light. When a pov I saw him scare
aud put to flight twenty thousand
men. The occasion was this: Grey-
hound a Kentucky horse had beaten
Double Head a Tennessee horso nnd
they were afterwards matched for
$5000 a side to bo run on the Clover
Bottom course. My uncle Joscphu9
II. Conn carried me on horseback be-
hind him to see the raco. Ho set me
on the cellar fence and told me to
remain until he returned. In those
days not only counties but States in
full feather attended the rncf-aourse
as a great national amusement and
the same is still kept up in Franco and
England under the fostering care of
each government. There must
have been twenty-thousand pprsons
present. I never witnessed nich fierce
betting between the States. Horses
and negroes were put up. A largo
pound was filled with horses and ne-
groes bet on the result of this race.
The time had now arrived for the com-
petitors to appear on ' the tra.k. I
heard some loud talking and looking
down the track saw lor the first time
General Jackson ri ling slowly on a
gray horse with long pistols held in
each hand. I think they were a long
as my arm and had a mouth that a
ground squirrel could enter. In his
wake followed my unele Conn Stoke-
ley Dvinelson I'atton Anderson and
several others as fierce as bnl!-.lo jp.As
Generar Jackson led the van ar t ap-
proached the judges' stand lie was
rapidly talking nnd gesticulating.." As
he camo by me he said that he had ir-
refragable proof that this was to 1 a
jockey race that Greyhound was seen
in the wheat field the night bffere
which disqualified him for the race and
that his rnicr was to receive f .00 to
throw it off and "by the eternal God"
he would short the first man who
brought his horse npon tho track; that
the people's money hould not b sto-
len from them in this iiiuuncrv 1 lie
talked incessantly while the spittle
rolled from his mouth and the lire from
his eyes. I have seen bears anil wolves
put at bay but he was certainly the
most fen-ciuiis look ng enimul I had
fcver seen. Hi aiipcur-ince urid man.
ncr struck terror to the hearts of
20000 peoplf. If ihoy felt as I did
everyone expected to be Uin. j lie
announced to the partu s if they want-
ed some lead in their bides to first
bring their horses on the track for
"by the eternal" he would kill the first
man that attempted to do so. There
was no response to this challenge and
after waiting some? tine and they fill
ing to appear. General Jcksoil sai l it
j -tuioa sail ill
hiuu. He WMfiM I
was a great misUk
tome that he t
without consideration. lie wtiti (
j;i . r vuujitH a nil trial nu 1 lO
that end he would constitute a c. nrt
to nvestigate this matter who would
hear the prof tr.d -do jiHtice to ail
parti. Thereupon te pointed a
sheriff to keep order and fivr'j idges to
nerr tiie cae. j'r.cliu:tti.ii uairuade
that the court wa c.rf-n ar I w.- iedr
to proceed to bii"im nr I f -r thf pir-
Hes to appear as I defend the ia e.c.
ao one appearing tka. Jckon in-
troduced the wiines prcviog the
bribery of Greyhound's rider who was
to receive $500 to throw oft tlx race
having received J5) ia lrniv acd
that Greyhound bad been turned into
the wheat field the rU lf'.r. He
ageia called oa th p-uii; U appear
and contradict U.ii pn of oa J vindicate-
thfcir innocence. They failing
to appear. Gen. Jntkon told the ctmt
that the proof mas cl acd and for them
to render their judgment in tha prem-
ises which in a few mcmeaU was
dote ia acnorda&ua .with the facts
proved. I wm t;il on ttejecce form-
ing one Hnii ot tf.i ftrge' pontd con-
tuning the pi-penj omm tta raca.
election he'.d thereir.
wu man was acxioti to "ct lin-V i.;
prom ity. G-.:n. Jackson ;vc j
: ! tind amuniiieed inp itcei-ion aud
so.:: "Now ?;e ntl-mcn g cdinly
-.r.d in order and cieh man take hu
. a oroiicrt v. Vi h
n the word w a
tho people cnnie with n rnsl.
I. was more terrible than an aimy with
oanners. They cami l".i!;:in against
the fence and in 'thf strut- ;lo to get
over they knotk I it down f.T Iiul-
lrcds of yard I was overturned and
nearly trampled to death. Each mm
got hi property and thus the fraudu-
lent race was broken up by an exhibi-
tion of the most extraordinary courage.
He diil tht day what it would l.av.-
rr quirc.l St'aHl trmed men to hive cf-
f eted. All this was ifu-ctol by tho
presence snd action of one man and
without tb diawtug of f.ne f'rop of
blood. A certain knowledge that iu
one event ttrrvns of blood would hav
flowed etlec'iesl this great fftid worthy
object.
m
the SaLltebro aw4 lauirr.
Omci.ft No i. S-ren egg nd ore
cupful of sweet milk." R-v th yelk
first; scald th milk with a piece of
butter the sir? of an egg and pour
over the beaten yelks. Aid pepper;
pour Into a buttered frying pan. and
while i i bitiwninrr bt the white
to a stiff froth. put tUetiton our-'ialf the
yelk and f-dd thMner half over tl.e
beaten whit. ? rve at once. It is
liijnnd diMiciou.
OiiEMrr No.'?. Six cir while
and yika !atin ejraiflv; one cup-
ful ot-warni milk one I liile-poonful
of melted butter am ono iab!espur.-
fill of tl iur. Wet to a pnslo add salt
and pepper; an.l tho white of Iherggs
last. Bake fifteen minutes iu a ipiii k
oven.
Omklkt No .1.- O.ie cupful of milk ;
two slice of bread broken into it flint
softened ; a small piece of butter luelt-
d;a litllo salt; yelks ef eit'ht rgqa;
lastly add tho whites well beaten.
Drop into hot pans and set in the oven
unltl browned on top.
To Bake Eons. Put saucer. in tho
oven for a few minute to heat; then
put into each one a email piece of but-
ter and cover the saucer with it.
Break two eggs into ech saucer; put
into tho oven for a few moments tiatil
the whites nteNft.and seive iu saucers.
They are very nice.
Indian Caue No. l.-T. cupful
of corn meal; one-third of a cnplul of
dour; two and oni -half cupfuls of sour
milk ; soda to sweeten ; ene egg.
Indian Ca Kit No. 8. Two cupful i
of meal; one cupful of Hour; one cup-
ful of cream; tine teaspoonful of soda:
ono of salt; two-thirds of a cupful of
bugar and three eggs.
Indian Cake No. Three cupful.
of meal; one cuptul of Hour; fine pint
of sour milk ; soda to sweeten it ; two
eggs; two large spoonfuls of duller;
one cupful of sugar.
Indian Meat Mcfkis. O ie cup-
ful of meal scalded in ouo pint of
milk; butter tho si.) of an cg; ono
tablespoonful of sugar; salt; fine egg;
half a cupful of yeast aud (fiiir
enough to make a rather stiff batter.
Hake in a quick oven.
Indian Bajmu-k. One pint of meal
thoroughly scalded in oue qmrt nf
milk; wheu cool stir iu eight well-
beaten egg; a little su-jar and salt
aud bake in a quick oven. It j ve.y
nice.
Bkf.k Tea. TA" nicn juicy meat
and cut it up into small pie'res sprink-
ling a small quantity of salt through
it aud pour over it very cold water
sufficient to entirely coyer it. Put thi
on ice or If you have no ic in thn
very coldest place you have. Let it
remain three bonis and on examina-
tion tho juice of the meat will lm
tound to be all eitrurted. Piaco it
over the fire where it will come quick-
ly to a boil and let it boil ten uncut.-.
Then take it at oi.ee from the lirn and
pluce iu an open vessel to cool. Whnn
OaMrcly cold strain through a lice
cloth and it is ready to use.
'Clilua Combination Dinner. Urcakfaet and
Tea Seta. 100 ntecra $14. Fine enprtved Oob-
leti tl 3 do. Ivory-handled Tabla Knlve.
8 dnz. Silverware China Cutlrry Crockery
and Olaci Titilf Chamber and lIonneLnll
Ware at equally law price. Good fkllifully
packed and ahipped by itanier to Testa wtrfc-
ly. Ten times frt-iKbt cliarget tavfd on every
order. Flfty-pKi prion lint fr. HtlliifHrtury
reference to cuitomrr snppllad.
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