The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1871-09-07
From Flakes Bulletin.
Registration.

AS the citizens will be called on to
register for the coming Congressional
election, and as the office of the Reg
istrar will soon open, it becomes the
duty of every male citizen over
twenty>one years ofage, who is not
convicted of felony OR adjudged
insane, to register, so as to vote and
rid the community at once of Radical
Congressional rule. Every foreigner
who has declared his intention to
become a citizen, though he may not
be citizen, also has the right to
register and vote.
Those who registered for general
election purposes need not register
again. Look up your registration
papers, if you have them, preserve
them carefully. If you cannot find
them, register again, by getting a
registration certificate, making the
proper affidavit of loss.
The following authorities bear on
the subject. The letter of the Gov
ernor we find in the Tyler Inder.
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE,
Austin, August TO-
W.D. s. Cook:
In reply to the enquiry contained
in your favor of the 9th instant, l
would state that Section 2 of An Act
to provide for the registration of
voters, approved July II, 1870, per
General Laws 1870, page "a, pro-
vides that persons holding certif-
Gates of registration, shall be deem
ed qualified electors. A registration
consequently is not necessary, except
in case of loss of certificate furnished
by the first registrars.
Very respect'ly, your obi serv't.
VIM. ALEXANDER, Atty Gen'l.
Section 2. The registration of
voters made under the late Provision
al Government by the military COM
mander, is hereby declared valid,
and persons holding certificates shall
be deemed legal voters to all
intents and purposes; provided such
registration shall be subject to the
revision of the boards of appeal, who
shall have power to strike from the
same the name or names of any per-
son or persons who were wrongfully
or fraudulently registered under said
Provisional Government; and provi-
ded that no name shall be stricken off
if the party is entitled to registration
under the Constitution of the State.
The Agricultural Report.
The forthcoming report from the
Agricultural Department will be
largely devoted to statistics of the
cotton crops and other Southern
staples. According to advices Just
received the entire cotton region
has been afflicted with unprecedented
drouth, which in some instances will
seriously impair the yield. The
breadth planted this year. as COM
pared with last, shows a falling off
at least twenty-five per cent; while
the yield will scarcely exceed fifty
per cent of the usual crop. In some
of the richest cotton districts the army
worm has appeared in larger numbers
than ever before, and the boil worm
is also reported in several sections of
the South.
Accounts from the Louisiana
sugar districts are more encouraging,
and the yield in some instances is
placed as high as $50, 900 hogsheads.
Virginia and Maryland will fall
largely behind in both the tobacco
and corn crops, these being cut
short by drouths both early and late
in the season.
Prince Bismarck, approaching the
effect of the "Watch on the Rhine"
in arousing the martial spirit of the
Germans, has sent NJ. Wilhelm, its
a present of $3.50, and
expresses the hope that the gift may