The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-07
TELEGRAPHIC.


A million postal cards we're shipped from
the factory at Springfield yesssu1es. The
company are now printing 9esf 700 daily.
The President has confrmsd the pardOns
recently recommended by the Attorney Gen
eral. The papers have ben sent to the
State Department, and ot3ers for release
viii be issued Immediately.
WAsH1SGToS, July 31.-AtsOrney General
Williams, replying to the committee on be-
half Of the ku-klux prisosars, says, ..1Ou
arc informed the prosecutions now pending
in the courts for violation Of the enforce
ment acts, will be suspended or discontinued,
and instructions to that effect have already
been given to several district attorneys, bIs
there may be aggravated cases where the
government will insist on conviction and
/ punishment"
WASHINGTON, August IL President Grant
has returned from Long Branch.
Secretary Robson has gone there. Com
mOdOre Reynolds acts as Secretary of the
Navy during Robeson's wanderings.
Governor Sam Bard has secured the gov
ernment patronage for his paper, the At
lanta Nei0 Era, which will resume publica-
| ton September 1.
WASHINGTON, August 3.-The Govern
ment buys half a million bonds on the sec
ond Wednesday, and will sell million and
half gold each Thursday of August.
WASHINGTON, August 3.-Chief clerk
Chew, of the State Department, is dead
| WASHINGTON, August All claims pre-
sented to Southern Claim Commission sit
ting at Washington under act March 3,
1871, have been numbered and registered,
their number is %, 295. The aggregate
amount claimed exceed fifty-six millions
In last report to Congress the commission
/ Ill
under the act was 10000, and amounts
claimed fifty million dollars in round num-
bers. The extraordinary exertions of the
claim agents, however, when they found
the time for filing claims was not likely to
be extended beyond two years is remarkable.
Robert S. Chew the Chief Clerk of State
Department. who died yesterday, com
menced his career in that department under
John Forsythe, of Alabama, Secretary of
State under Andrew Jackson.
Official dispatch from Washington Terri
tory report white woman killed by the In
dams returning from Peace Commission.
WASHINGTON, August 5.-The Cabinet
session of to-day was unimpogtant. Beyond
the ordinary business, the session, which
continued about two hours, was employed
in general conversation, nothing of extraOr-
binary consequence being under considera-
ton. There were present Fish, Delano,
Belknap and Williams.
Gen. Sherman has returned.
The President departs tomorrow.
Leroy s. Brown has been appointed mar
shall of the Southern District of Mississippi.
J. B. Stickney has been appointed United
States Attorney for the Northern District of
Florida.
The Vice Presidents Health.
B0sToN, July 31.-Vice President Wilson
is much better than he has been at any time
since his illness, and is steadily improving.
No operation whatever has been contem-
plated.
BosToN, August 5.-Vice President Will
son is in town to-day, and says he is improv-
ing very fast.
New York.
New YORK, August "a large force of
laborers frcIn the board of hea.!It.h, escorted
by the police, proceeded 20 Fulton Market at
midnight and tore down all the remaining
booths, stands and sheds outside of the
market The proprietors showed no re.
sistance. All quiet.
1t is rumored that 5000 men, chiefly
Americans, have been enlisted by General
Quesada for service against the Spaniards
in Cuba.
The custom house officers seized large
quantity of cigars yesterday, Struggled from
Havana on the steamer Wilmington.
Chas. SteinbOrn, a bar tender in u saloon
on west Houston street, was struck OIL the
arm by glass thrown by Chas. Dunn. The
main artery was severed, which will prob
ably result in his death. Dunn escaped.
Custom house officials have seized from
the crew of a Bremen steamera quantity of
l hrtr, hofr or,rNroica1 or Gin mn and fxvn
bales of rare lace.
NEW YORK, August during an eXcur-
sion of the Helvetta Manner Choir to
College Point yesterday storm drove the
excursionists on board the boat, and crowd
of pick pockets endeavored to get on; and
failing they attacked the excursionists with
bricks and stones. Two gentlemen had
their skulls fractured, and several ladies
were seriously injured, one reported knocked
down by stone and severely injured. Several
injured parties were carried to the Bellevue
Hospital.
Timothy Donovan kicked his wife fatally.
NEW YORK, August 4.-0ne of the safes
containing the department of public works
vouchers was broken open, but the COM
missioner is as yet unable to tell whether
any of the vouchers are missing.
Lowell Purdy, first president of the first
| jockey club is dead-aged 20.
Custom receipts to-day amount to over
half million.
A detective and a deputy surveyor of the
port yesterday met the steamer City of
Mexico and arrested Antonio Tuery AlVez,
clerk of the Commercial Bank of Havana,
who robbed that Institution of bills of ex-
change to the amount of $67 900, and
$50, 900 gold Nearly all the money
| fn,rr,I 10 laa1 n fa1aaola WI
who took the matter very easily. Two
others, Enrique CSires and Maria Luc, are
concerned in the robbery. They were also
arrested.
NEW York, July S9.-Edward Rookie 6
Co, glassware importers, whose books have
been seized by the Custom House officials
for alleged violation of the laws, assert that
all the violations were committed by one
clerk, who conducted their business daring
the absence of the firm in Europe.
Reports are current that Boss Tweed has
escaped a new indictment through the
stupid blunder, carelesSness o. design of
some official. 4. J. Mooney testified be-
fore the grand jury that he collected fraud
ulently from the city for Tweed 1926, 7O7
and also collected through Trgersoll check
for sos, 900. On this and ether testimony
the grand jury ordered IN indictment
agailst Tweed and Ingerscll and King
CTweed's private secretary, bu4 when the
bill ST indictment was returned for the sig
nature Of the foreman, the name of Tweed
was found omitted and the mistake, il
such, was not rectified.
Inserscn and King having fle5. the in
dictn,ent was worthless.
James and Alexander Burnett, brothers,
quarrel led IN their house in Newark, MI,
last niAbt Alexander stabbed James IN the
breast Nth an old shot knife, killing Aim
instantly Alexander, who was intoxi-
Gated, fed, but afterwards surrendered hin.-
self Their aged mother was the only
witness.
has commenced suit against Downing 6
Co, glass importers. for SO, 600, for al
legged vioiations of revenue