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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1872-02-22
VOL. L.
ConaialeucN.

What Judge Duval thinks of the
contemplate indictment of the Gov
ernor may be inferred by the remark
he recently made, that if the District
Attorney had asked his advice, " he
would have counseled quashiDg the
indictment, as at once frivolous and
meddling with matters outside of the
proper province of a Grand Jury"
This indictment will yet turn out to be
heavy load upon the shoulders of its
perpetrators and abettors.--State
Journal.
The indictments Of the Federal
Grand Jury at Austin against Cover
nor Davis and other State officers is
another form of the senseless folly
which sends ranting secessionists and
impudent adventurers to Congress.
Instead of iDjuring Davis, ousting Clark,
and bringing the laws of Congress in
to contempt, as was intended, the
exact contrary will occur, and the res
suit may be that the Judge, whose
charge seems to have melted these in
dictments may feel the sting of the nest
of hornets that he has stirred up
State journal.
Both the above EXTRACTS are taken
from the Journal of the same date
This paper, always SO consistent, we
hope will allow US to compliment il
by quoting its valuable and convinc
ing editorials No one, we presume,
will doubt now, that Judge Duyal
worked both for and against the in
dictments, since the Journal, so well
informed upon all secrets, even what
goes on in the sacred precints Of a
Grand Jury room, says so. And
Since the Journal says that the matter
was not in the "proper province of a
Grand jury" will it please inform US
where such indictments should be OBJ
tanned ?
1t first threatens the perpetrators
and abettors, excepting Judge Duvall,
and in the next paragraph quoted
shows a perfect rabidness toward him,
saying that the Judge, whose charge
seems to have melted these indictments,
may feel the sting of the nest of hor.
nets that he has stirred up and we
suppose the King of this nest is the
Journal man, who penned the attack;
yet we will give notice that unless his
sting has become more virulent of
late than usual, it will not even irritatc
1t speaks of our representatives in Con,
gress as impudent adventures -
if there is any venom left in the sting
this will hurt Clark, the notorious
carpet>bag adventurer, from Connect
cut.
We would like now to wash our hands
but cannot do SO without making an
other quotation. The same pape
says 4:
"When the Democratic lawyers auC
politicians got up the scheme for 10
dieting the Governor and heads Of de
partments, their aim was simply to dis
credit the State Government and af
feet favorably the contest OF Giddings
Exactly the contrary has been the
result"
In conclusion let us ask, who in tht
name of Journalistic imagination dil
manage the job?
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1872-02-22
Editorial Items.

a new town, called : Forest I'LL,
has been located in Montague county,
on the road from Gainesville to Jacks
boro.
There is an unusual amount of sick
ness everywhere, in consequence of
the late severe weather.
The NJ. K. & T. R. R. is now COM
pleted twenty miles this side of the
Arkansas river.
The cold has damaged the wheat
crops in some localities.
At Dallas the thermometer fell as
low as 40 above zero. At Paris it
was 60 above zero, at sun rise.
Many cattle on the coast prairies
are dying, in consequence of the late
excessively cold weather.
They are about to establish cotton
seed oil factory at Bryan. The ma
chinery has already reached its desti-
nation.
Additional force is being placed on
the Waco Tap Railroad.
The Sherman Courier is in favor Of
Substituting the NJ T., K. & 7. R. R. to
the amount of two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars.
The dogs on North Bosque are af-
fected with hydrophObia many have
been Killed. ----------
The Bosque county District Court
was adjourned in consequence of the
cold weather, and the proximity OF
small pox
News from the Western frontier
gives fearful account of the robberies
and murders committed on the ranch
eros by the Indians.
Trains are running regularly to
Keechi, on the International road.
At Sherman on the 9th, VIM. Ham.
by was convicted of murder in the first
degree, and sentenced to be hanged.
The late cold weather has killed, in
the Western part of the State $780,
900 worth Of stock.
A scouting party, consisting Of
twenty cavalry and twenty infantry,
will be stationed at Kickapoo Springs.
Our exchanges from all parts of the
State, speak of the early preparation
OF lands for the coming crop. This
is one of the great secrets of good
farming.
Tbs skeleton of very large animal
was found near Sherman, thirty five
feet below the surface. The teeth
were three times as large as those Of
an OK.
Alderman Groos, of San Antonio
has sent in his resignation to the May
or.
Ran Johnson, the State POLES
who murdered Cooley and y
Tyler, has been arrested and loo
Jail. ~
A valuable coal mine has been dis
covered in Gonzales county.
Houston is about to dedicate a new
cemetary, to be known as GIenwood
Cemetery.
Sheriff helms, of Navarro county
without provocation, shot German
waiter in Corsicana.
The Baptist church at Independence
has been burned. Loss $4,000.
The Houstonians are having lively
time with their Gas Company. L
supplies light spasmodically, and the
the light spasms arc very short.
In some Of the Northern counties 0I
the State, the people have been putting
up ice for summer use.
the WeathertOrd Times says, thai
the Sheriff of Wise county killed al
Indian near Decatur, a few days ago
1t was also rumored that an Indiar
fight had taken place in Jack county
no particulars.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1872-02-22

As something worthy Of special no.
tice, no delegation of citizens waited
upon Governor Davis on his late res
turn, no JOY was expressed that he
was safe and sound again in Austin,
no public honors were extended him,
and feeling the scorn of the people
he has clothed himself at once in his
shell. A dozen or more State Guards
in the pay of the government, under
the control of the Governor himself,
got up a salute on the occasion.
What a shame on the name, when a
Governor is so despiscd, and when he
himself ordered the salute upon his re
turn. We can think of nothing so
contemplate as this audacious show
1t reminds us of the tyrant Nero fd-
ding while Rome was in flames
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1872-02-22
Senator Carl Schurz upon Amnesty
md Stealing.
Mr.. Schurz, in his speech upon the

Mr.. Schurz, in his speech upon the
amnesty bill, made use OF the follow
ing remarks:
Some Senator, referring to default.
ing paymaster, who experienced the
whole rigors of tue law, asked US
when a poor deiaulter is punished,
shall rebel go free? Is embezzle-
ment greater crime than treason p
No, sir, it is not; but again l repeat
that is not the question. The ques-
ton is whether a general amnesty to
rebels is not far more urgently de-
manded by the public interest than a
general pardon for thieves. Whatev-
cr may be said of the greatness and
the heinous character of the crime of
rebellion, a single glance at the histo-
ry of the world and at the practice
of other nations will convince Won.
that in oil - -
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1872-02-22

diers to the Republic, is now settled
on his headlight, and has a very fine
large farm, he is trying Swedes on,
and is well pleased with them His
next neighbor, Major Mundine, has a
large farm, steam mill, and gin, and
there are also several others. Licking
ton is on Capt. Shaw's headlight, but
its glory has also departed. 1t is only
twenty miles from Giddings, on the
Air Line.
Leaving Capt. Shaw's, 1 struck fol-
Ever Green, in the upper part Of
Washington county, and there took the
old wagon road to Brennan. Business
required my attention about twenty
miles from that place, on the Yegua,
and in the neighborhood of Lincecum's
mill, from whence l write this.
Here can be found one of the best
countries for a poor man. Post Oak
land, with creek bottoms, of very rich
land, that will always produce when
planted, while, in ordinary seasons,
three-fourths of bale, and in good sea
sons of rain, a bale of cotton is the
common crop of sandy post oak land
Tomorrow 1 will write you again.
Yours,
WANDERER.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1872-02-22

President Theirs has placed the
muzzle upon two independent French
journals. This is worse than at any
time under Napoleon III, during whose
reign newspapers were never sup
pressed, except for the most fragrant at
lacks upon the government, and then
not until they had been the third time
warned to become more moderate in
their expressions. The French were
not only happier but freer ander the
Empire than the Republic.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1872-02-22
Nearing an Issue.

The State Journal asserts that the
Democracy are violently opposed to
the free school system, yet at the
same time boasts of the full attendance
Of the schools.-Austin Statesman.
Precisely. The people of Texas,
irrespective Of party, want public
schools, and are willing to support and
maintain them but the Democratic
press and leaders, with incurable ma
lignancy, oppose every measure for
the public veal that has its origin in
the Republican party. This blind
ness of imbecility and bitterness of
partisanship is widening every day the
gulf between the people and the party
of the rebellion.-State Journal.
" Precisely The Democracy of
Texas, indiscriminately, has been
charged by the Radical press with op-
position to the free school system.
The Journal knows this charge to be
false every time it makes it. When
cornered by eur above attack, in its
spirit of vituperation against the Dem
ocratic press, which unoonditionally
condemns the partisan manipulation
of the free school system, it forgets the
hackneyed cry against Democracy at
large, and now says the opposition
comes alone from the press and lead
ers. Now, since the journal has been
driven so near an issue, will it please
state upon Its own assertion, why
Radical organs that could see no evil
in the system, are suspending every>
where, and why the consistent Demo-
cratic papers of the State are so well
supported. Let it answer these ques :
tious, truthfulIy il it can, and then, to
uscan eloquent and soul stirring expires.
sion Of the Journal, "g so slow"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1872-02-22
WHAT is Proved by the Custom House
Investigation.

From the Courier des Etats Unis
The general order speculation, foul
as it is, has nothing more specially
odious than the thousand and one other
vices which affect the public service
in general and the Custom House in
particular. But what is most grave
in it, and what makes of it most
conspicuous scandal, is that the inves,
tigatIon demonstrates as clearly as the
day:
l. That the holder of this fat sine
cure, Mr.. Leet; is special protoUo
Gen. Grant, through ~
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1872-02-22

The Augsburg German Allgemeine
Zeitung, in speaking of the Alabama
claims, and the position England has
taken npon the question, says:
1.-THE attempt to forestall European
judgment, and thus gain national opin
ion in her favor is foolish as it is IN
just" The writer proceeds TO con
trast the comparative silence and
great moderation Of the American
press with the ill.considered cIamol
of the English journals"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1872-02-22
AbsCrdIty.

Both tie Union and Journal make
the ignorant assertion, that the Fed
eral Grand Jury had no jurisdiction
over the case of Z J. Davis in the
late election frauds. The Ku-Klux
and enforcement acts were purely
creatures of the Radical mind, and as
they were both intended as a means of
persecution against the Southern peo>
pie, of course it is very serious, when
the Radical Governor of a State also
becomes amenable under the same laws;
yet such is the relentless course of the
law, and when Governor Davis is
charged with crime, the same Jury,
which would try rebels, is in duty
bound to investigate charges against
even the uncrupulors partisan covers
nor OF Texas.
Yet, suppose the Jury has taken q
false step in the matter not involving
jurisdiction, for this we hold is indispu-
table, but in charges; then let Cover
nor Davis come boldly forward, when
the case is called, and produce relia-
BILE evidence to support his innocense.
Yet let him flank himself we'll, for I'M
less he refutes them there is no alter
native left, except to provide room for
few more first class tenants at Hunts.
vile.
The Connecticut Democratic COnven-
ton.
The Democratic State Convention,
of Connecticut has nominated Rich
ard D. Hubbard Of Hartford, for Gov
ernor. The substance of its resolu-
lions are as follows:
First-Thesupport Of the late amend
mcnts to the Constitution.
Second-EquaI suffrage and COM
plete amnesty for all.
Third-General tariff reforms, and
no discrimination in favor of monopo-
lists.
Fourth--Denounccs the abuse of the
governments patronage, for controlling
Conventions and elections also Civ
ing thanks to those Senators, who
have been instrumental In exposing
these misdeeds.
Fifth-Denounces Capitalization, and
the encrolchmcnt of Executive power;
coercion Or bribery, to ratify treaty;
packing the Supreme Courts to relieve
corporations and seating members of
Congress, not elected by the people.
Sixth-That the people should rise
and repel those, who are disposed to
prostitute official power to selfish ends.
Seventh-Denounces any repudia-
tion of the national debt.
Eighth-Sympathiscs with the Gu
bans, and denounccs their oppressors.
Ninth-Favors a liberal system of
free schools, and denounces any inter
ference of the Government with the
system.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1872-02-22
Recently a handC

Recently a band(
little town of Juudi
States, were iucited
ring which they mad
the Foreigners. The
surprise, were massacre
Der of thirty-six. The
troops soon came to theil
tackled the Gauchos, who
loss of sixteen killed and
four taken prisoners.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1872-02-22

In Japan, bigamy is pun
Punishment, and mau>slaugl
in cases of self defense, W
The head Of the paricide
without the least delay. Tn.
insanity is not admitted
stance.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1872-02-22

We have had the pleasur
from Hon. w. W. Mills, Of
He made the trip through
Paso to Austin, via the
hoe from Fredericksburg
days-the quickest trip on re
reports plenty of buffalo on
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1872-02-22
The AIesasa.friiat1l n d 2 I;

The AIepa.az;al ia..,-e L;;-,u
4hS = '1s-.OI III DT IJfO1sTaViq
says in regard TO the Ana
dispute =
"The American j
damages is not a
distinctly formuL
protocol without /
of the British Com
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1872-02-22

me Executive Committee.
The Central and Senatorial Executive Com
mittee chosen b. the Democratic State Con
veution, are as follows:
A. S. WALKER, CHAIRMAN.
n Il. BOWERS, JOHN D: ELLIOTT,
w NJ WALTON 5. G. SNEED.
Central Executive Committee.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-13
rry Lowery. His violent disposition began

Berry Lowery. His violent disposition oegah
to be manifested as early as 1865, aud he was
incarcerated on TWO occasions for numerous
assaults. His second escape from jail was
made In the coolest manner imaginable. he
presented knife and revolver at the neao
of the frightened jailor, saying that ne was
stirred of staying here" and then walking
leisurely out. From that day to this, he has
led the life of an outlaw. killing sometimes
for plunder, sometimes for revenge, some
times for defence. He has refused to trust any
person except those who by olooasnea
put themselves out of the pale OF
society, like himself, and he has COL
lected a pack of murderers who are under
his absolute control. Like all similar characters
he Is said to have his good traits, and no
outrages upon women OF purely malicious
destruction of property are charged against
him. His first great crime, after escaping
from prison, was the murder Of Reuben King,
sheriff of Robeson County, for which several
of the gang were arrested and sentenced 10
be hung, but dug their way out OF jail aud re-
turned to their camp. The murders OF owen
G. Norment, Mr.. Carlisle, Mr.. Bstha, @r.
Reyels, and twenty or twenty-five others fol-
lowed in succession with startling raplolty,
and seldom did any of the marauders suffer
In the least for their crimes. And still the
Lowerys roam boldly and securely through the
State, robbIng wherever they can, killing
wherever 1t becomes necessary, and employ
Ing their intervals OF leisure in electioneerlng
for the success of the Radicals, who can con-
ouer whole legions Of "Ku-KIux" with ease,
but are ssunable" to prevent the predatory ana
murderous raids of this handful Of cut
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-13
A EIt Of Genealogy.

The Rev. q. A. Brown, who preached the
funeral sermon OF Mr.. John Scott, OF Ohio,
the father OF our Governor, gave on that oc-
casion an interesting item from the history
OF the great Sir Walter Scott. He stated
that .Mr. Scott (the deceased) wasof Scotch
"descent, and was cousin OF General
"Wlnteld Scott, and, consequently, de-
..scendant OF Sir Walter Scott" Now, as
the nearest common ancestor OF two cousins
is their grandfather, the fact stated by MIR.
Brown affords remarkable instance oil pre-
cocity in that ilustrioas family.
s. Sir Walter Scott was born in It'll. Mr..
John Scott the elder grandson, was born in
1855. General Winfield Scott, the younger
grandson, was born in 17S6. Thus it ap-
pears that Sir Walter Scott had grandchll-
dren in America when be himself was be-
tween fourteen and fifteen years OF age! We
feel pardonable pride in reporting this re-
markable physiological phenomenon. Can
any other family show 'the likes OF that!
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-13
Gostetter's Bitters.

s- LASSITUDE AND DEBILITY
Tne relaxation OF nervous energy which creates
an indle position to physical or mental effort, 30
strong as almost to amount to positive inability
and which we term lassitude, proceeds from
variety OF uses. The principal OF these are con-
stllutional debility, heat OF the atmosphere,
coupled with humidity, climatic changes, and the
physical prostratlon consequent upon q long Ill
ness. But whatever the cause, 1t must be per
rectly clear that IL the nervous system is unduly
relaxed, something Is required to brace 1t up
That something is HOsTElTER'S BITTERS,
which Is universally recognized as the most COM
plete and speedy recuperant OF the physical
forces In existence. 1t has been so thoroughly
and widely demonstrated as to be matter Of
positive certainty and familiar knowledge, that
the BirTERS will not only rehabilliate the ply
siuue, when shattered and wasted BY disease, but
will also, II taken systematically, actually CON
pensate the constttusionally feeh!e frame for i's
deficiency Of strength, and by infusing new life
into weak system, endow 1t with the health and
vIgor which nature has denied It. The BifTERs
also enable the body to resist the enerrating In
fuences OF heat, humidity and changes from
temperate to hot climate. 1t Is on these &C
counts specially to be recommended to travellers
and residents in the torrId zone, and persons
subjected to abrupt transitions 10 temperature
mch1l-mwr9D8c
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The Laurens Ku-KuI.

The disturbance at Laurens Courthouse
on Monday week, which ingenious Radical
agitators have garnished as Ku-Klux out
rage, was a very small affair.
A man named I. ". Hayne Williams had
an alteration with County Treasurer Fow-
Ter, and put his hand in his bosom as
though he were about to draw weapon.
At the instance OF Mr. Fowler, before any
weapon had been produced, Mr.. Williams
was arrested and taken to jail. Soon after
wards he was admitted. to bail, and LETT the
town. The difficulty between Fowler and
Williams had private origin, and does
not look much like Ku- -Klux affray. There
was no other breach of the peace al Laurens
Courthouse on court day, with the excep.
ton of sharp little quarrel amongst four or
five young meb, who had been drinking
freely. Yet the Radical papers have magni-
fed the whole business into terrible riot,
In which several persons were killed or
wounded.
Is there not at Laurens Courthouse an
official Ring who are engaged in manulac-
ing Cock and Bull stories Of Ku-Klux out
RACES, siLh no other object than that OF
giving the Radical brethren an excuse Tor
putting the county under martial law?
These are the true Ku-Klux in South
Carolina.