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sygEsDAY MORNING, DECEMBER Il, 1880.
RIo gRANDg CORRESPONDENTS.
niaf,fm Gpms and our Ne,o Judge. Benefited.
effects Of Judicial Egaisps-dee ofseei1 ~ g,,a -
KrgS5asssEss - Grdad Mess asn0sg tss Aasa
Dsscks 17se Grand Jol on tls dslgat - 1ssach tl
3o0f Yafgse Coaaina Political Matters 10 eneTo
Record of Local Nssrs.
spsca, 10 shs New esssns Crescent
BROWNSVILLE, Dec. Z, 1850.
lii. MSasr.-.The continuance OF the Dlsts1c
f..,uyf has eccasioned my neglect to post you a
fesIy foT ths past month. and the same cause mus
NJ Nv spolovy for the meagerness Of ny letters b
sha nresesst steamer. Judge Deyine, Of San An
touls. who il holding court for Judge Davis OF thi
aistsies. has won golden opinions from all sorts 2
j pecnle, during his official engagement here ana
d nrohAhfe that with such man on the oehci
hsre. there might be better condition OF society
andoe Dapine has been % the bench for the ias'
eiFhteea years aud Tie fact that ne mas neeh CON
tenk III do duty lii that one posihons ana snas the
1srs III vesuectabIe district oVer which ne pre-
y.,s 81 - continued fasa in it, are best evidences
S. III yst,,ras for and deserving Of, the honor It
q ! misfortune with US that there are not more
mi, pf that temperament; bat the truth Is, tne
sreat majority Of our prominent men only occupy
ss2 hsnef long enough 70 enable them to step an
atbar round higher III the ascent to political pre-
{ fsrmant Men do not estimate the character an
Annarable man may win, and the name ne may
Sss,s s.shind him, by wearing the judicial robes
rs, a,,a hnnaatly. He iixes the moral standard OF
t,a oommanity in which he lives; be deters bad
man, fr,rn seeking that prominence which brings
tlsslIl Hnaer his critical eve.
II ,ssereuce IL made to the files Of the Crescent
ss.,s months back, one Of my letters will be found
= vsipli contains some rather severe remarks upon
III osyicars III Cameron county. That letter, at
fj3at fifaa created an intense excitement, and al
iurst every man you met with in this community
could produce d copy Of it from the right hand
Yfscket III his vest / was asked to explain, and
denied MY ability to do 40. wrote facts, and the
aslthors of these facts, said i must explain them
Wel Tie matter finally seemed to die out, and the
ueople sheHghs they were again given over to the
I'D order 8f things. Not 80, however, for the
Ieayen vas at work and ut the present term Of the
Cpuff fhs Grand Jury of the county took the mat
Ill up where the correspondent Of the Crescent
left Ii. and that body made final and official re-
bort, challenging the conduct and sometimes the
Integrity og The officers of the county. It i now
said that your paper was the author Of the excite
ruent, say ii was not. say the eyil-workers
brought this expose On themselves by growing in
dignant and kieking up muss'f when called at.
teaion to the natter It they had kept still, the
pubis interest wouid not have taken hold on the
inquiry.
4hink tile future promises better things for
Cameron county. 4 think we are to have better
s5f,su,urity. and think the miserable crowd which
has heretofore hung upon and depressed the com
13tnify il about to sink to its level We have had
Il society so mixed up that men who held high po-
sigons we're afraid 10 say nigger, but expressed
themselves politely Of the colored population
Tae iinas Was and sill is when copper.colored,
III lyshsaded wenehes, Of the surest African de-
ssens, occupied seats ID the parlors of the ton and
zalksd the streets with the insolenee Of equality.
To.dsy the schools Of the town, or one OF them, |
MI u aid have, muatto children mixed in with
ths purs Caucasian race. Doyou not think there
ii room fur reform7 To-day the boast.of one-half
cf ths AhplitIousss of this community ia that the
Murth win subdue South Carolina into submission.
Ii III time NE had better stock Of men in this lat
aude, ii my opinion
Hhe notle position taken BY the Crescent, both
hefare AID since the election, has made it hosts of
friends. While tie Bulletin. the Bee and the True
Della, gioriEed fhe Union as above llother con-
aiaerasi6ns the Crescent maintained that the South
hag highsr Interests than the Union. If the Com
Eederaey could be maintained with honor and just
lid. than Il gas sha greatest good; but if itconld
not, then the Union coald be lost with greater
advantage than hunor and Justice. That was the
sentiment of every nsan--the knave and the fool
might bold otherwise
{ The election for District Attorney occurred In
tiis district ast Monday, and resulted in the sue
eass Of Nj. Doughtery, q very capable and worthy
man TAe Office was formerly held by A. B.
Eacar Esq, III present the editor Of the Newsboy,
af Algiers.
Considerable inquiry u made by our merchants
VI ID tle pFopristy of entering any more goods in
the New York Castpmhouse, to be exported TO
Mexico at this port. suppose Texas should secede.
what #oald be the effect ON those whcsigned bonds
IN New Iprk,
The customhonse books shew an expectation of
sl6l 40 worth of goods at this point last month.
The lat week has been very busy one. and our
own Iegee and the opposite bank Of the Rio Grande
have presented most animated appearance. The
mpoftstIons for the same period were 4e,4o0 lbs.
soels ~ e7s lbs. copper a2O0 beef hides; 229o
deer and goat skins Az 794 lbs. wool and slss AID
In species We also exported from the lst Decem-
her 10 the 9th, ak days. sl4s 600 worth Of goods.
The old steamer Ranchero, 80 long known on the
Rje GfaHde, has been abandoned to the worms and
70 destruction. Her machinery has been taken
ont and understand that she is to be sunk in front
" the town to turn fhe current of the river from
tAe crusade II d now making upon our water 'front.'
The Rev. Mr QQinley, Of the Episcopal faith,
made his commencement sermon in ths Y1lane last