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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

As WITH human beings, the first law of
nature and nations is self protection
State Journal.
But as the latter is only creation of the
former, it is the duty of the people to keep
their government within bonds. Radical
ism as evinced above is working for an un-
natural effect.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

HEREroFoRE yellow fever has apparently
radiated from New Orleans throughout the
Mississippi valley. This year, although the
disease is now raging AZ Memphis and has
almost dspopulated Shreveport, New Or
leans has been almost exempt from the
scourre. It has not been epidemic in the
city at any time this year.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

THERE have been no failures or suspen-
sions Of banks or banking houses in Calves
ton. There was a run upon JOckush & Co.
last saturday week, the eth, and they
closed. On Monday, the goth, they re
opened and are paying in fun. Private let
tiers represent business as improving and
eonadence fully restored.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

SUICIDES. Vincent Henry, q well-known
Creole Of this city, formerly clerk q the
market under the Harrington administra-
ton, committed suicide with laudanuul. at
his residence, corner Of Warren and Dan-
phin streets. October l. His wife died some
tune since, and L is believed that despond-
enc{ ~ consequence Of his bereavement and
q the hard tines led 70 tho commission Of
TIE act. He has left several children in a
very destitute coalition. ~ Iolilc 1c,cs
The vel known shoemaker, H. Witt
mayer, aged about thirty-four years wa
found IN bis bed Saiariay morning, October
a with his ihroat cnt and 3 razor lying on
bis bed a. his right hand a11 The bed
vas ia the hack.roon Of his shop.- t,n
Ns<V
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

BULL fights are in full blast at Corpus
Christi. Such demonstrations are only
remnants of barbarism, and should be sup
pressed.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

YELLOW FEVER AT CALvERr.-The Hous-
ton Mercury contains the following special
dispatch:
CALVERT, October4 4, 1S73.-We still have
some fever. viii give you the names of
all that have died from various diseases dur
ing the last eight days, which covers the
time since the excitement commenced:
Mrs. Haynes, Mrs. Wilson, John Marks.
Philip Taylor, Mrs. Williams, Miss Bette
Gerard, Mr.. Wicky, Mr.. Knapp, Hosea
Williams. Sam Bergman, Mr. Harrell. Mrs.
]. S. Montgomery AID James Castles. Our
friend Jeck Jones was among the first to
recover He is now out attending to busi-
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

ALL the prisoners escaped from the Harri-
son county Jail on the night of the twenty
fourth of September Among them is
Louis White, a murderer. And this is the
third Jail delivery in Harrison in the space
Of one year.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

ron ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Q. \. HOLLINeswonrn. or nay. Co.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

In spite of assertions about the dead De-
mocracy, the Radicals are making the most
lively efforts to keep their party from being
prostrated by it in December.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

MosT of the original secession men are
Democrats, but E. ]. Davis, one of the
would-be leaders of secession, leads the
Radical State ticket.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

THE kilograms tell us that the Modocs
will be hung this morning, the third in
slant, at Fort Klamath. The next news
will be that Quakerdom has gone into
mourning.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

ron COMMISSIONER GENERAL LAND OFFICE
,. :. eROOs, OF comal County.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

Don CARLOS has ordained, under penalty
of death, that railroad communication shall
not be deslroyed.-Er.
What would our quarantiners do under
such an arbitrary law2
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

a FrExT scene took Place n the post
ofice Last week. a negro woman received
package Of books, which was short
weight o. long weight, AID .sie ives ~
quircd ~ che postmaster 30 pay an add.
t.onel nickel, when she Baxed Wr1thY and
throstened % start % once - Austin, % see
her f-iend, the Governor. she vas p dead
earnest; and IS & e probable Davis win
a. doubt taxa TIE oppoftunily % ~ her.
qrieVances before hir augnst ma
c,nnfg Ezpeeiiv
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

A PAINFUL difficulty occurred on yester
day evening between g. A. Bate AMI Ed
ward Eaton, n which the latter was &C.
riously cut with knife. We forbear com.
ment on the facts until after the examining
61Al which VIII probably Be had to-day. =
Afiiam A6,eagsg, 01fo5sr J.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

FOR SENATOR TwENTY-EIGHTH DISTRICT.
". n. wKsTRALL, of Williamson Co.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

THE Journal says that Austin is in need
lof amusements. Wait till December. The
dismay of the whole clique viii give plenty
of amusement.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

HonninIE. IA telegram from Dubnoac.
Isra gives a. account o. tie seduction ~
IL girls belonging % ne orphan as3ium e
AnaIcW. III Jackson county, Iowa 81
ocnn1n Lulhcrnn minister who Hae - the
bead % the inrlffaiion.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

THE Smith county bonds for the Inter
national and Great Northern Railroad have
been signed and delivered to the company.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

SEVERAL deaths from yellow fever have
occurred in Dallas. The people are in a
great state of alarm.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

o. s.s -
This is all, and challenge the bitterest
enemy OF the Thirteenth Legislature to find
an additional item. Eighty cents on the
hundred dollars includes it ALL Now, what
proportion does it bear to two dollars and
five cents on the hundred, which we paid
IN 1912 After calculation, will it not be
found that was right in my assertion that
Radical taxation was higher by one hun
dred and thirty-three per cent. than Demo
cratic9 / think so.
do not deem it necessary to notice the
comments of the Journal on occupation
taxes No tax of this character can be
laid upon the farmer or mechanic. They
are protected by the Constitution. and
without such protection are in no danger Of
taxation OF this SORT Occupation taxes are
imposed upon the professional man, the
tradesman, and that class of occupations.
A comparison of the occupation taxes i'm
posed by the two bodies manifests but little
difference. In some cases the tax is in
creased, in Others, diminished. Some oc-
equations taxed by the Twelfth Legislature
are entirely exempt by the Thirteenth. The
difference, if any, is in favor of the lat
ter, in that the burden of taxation is di-
rected, in the main, to that class of occupa-
tons which contribute nothing to the
wealth or prosperity of community, and
in many instances are lightened upon the
opposite classes. All occupation taxes are
Objectionable, and they can and will be dis
pensed with as soon as we pay off the in
debtedness Radicalism has piled on us.
They were unknown in Texas prior to the
advent of reconstruction and Davis's adj
ministration. MADISON.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09
SuafBER EIGHT.

In closing my last article, stated that
had suspicion that the rate Of taxation
authorized by the Twelfth Legislature was
about one hundred and thirty-three per
cent. higher than that authorized By the
Thirteenth This paper viii be devoted to
comparison of the rates authorized and
imposed by the two bodies, and incidentally
70 q criticism Of the labored effort Of the
State Journal upon this question.
/ discard as utterly frivolous, the attempt
Of the Journal to argue an increase Of taxa
ton from tho fact that the Thirteenth Leg
islature changed the valuation Of properly
rendered for taxation, from specie TO cur
rency. The law as aforetime, was incon-
eruous, and the wonder only has been that
il was allowed TO continue in force 50 long.
Property was rendered at specie valuation,
but taxes thereon were levied and collected
in currency. The change Is q salufaFy one,
and viii not add q cent 70 the rate Of taxa
ton. No property owner viii increase the
valuation Of his property BY reason thereof,
and II such should Be- the case IN isolated
instances. the difference, 90 far IS taxation
Il concerned, would be too minute and IN
tangible for accurate calculation.
The Journal publishes the following IS an
accurate competitive table 81 the taxes
levied b. the two bodies.
1axrs LEVIED NJ 1HE rwEFIH AHD EaInEEEE1B
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

GENERAL WAsH1KeToN's ORDER Book
Secretary Belknap has obtained q large num-
Der of manuscript letters and orders Of
General Washington, among them his gem
eral order book, 10 which all orders are writ
ten in his own hand One of these orders
gives the details for the fertilization Of
West Point including the names Of the men
employed, and another is in reference TO
profanity in the army, expressing disappro-
baton Of Il In strong and beautiful Ian
guage. The secretary will have these "a
pers and others prepared for publication.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

THE Waco Ecqmfner is responsible for
the following: Many jokes have been
cracked on the quarantine subject, but the
richest one, we think, occurred yesterday
One Of our Texas natives seeing the Hook
and Ladder Truck, and not knowing is
Durpose. wished to know n 4 was 4 oi.0y-
antins. He had . been q hearin' Of the
thing, but had never seen it before.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

u was reported, says the Columbus ga
6ur, that a faro hank bad broken the other
night Tho crowd made 3 run on Il, but
dispersed on finding the free lunch vas
suspended.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

THE news is that large amount of cur
rency has been shipped from New York for
Texas. This is gratifying intelligence.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

Col. GUSTAV Cook of Harris, declined to
allow his name to be brought before the
nominating convention for that district.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

FOR coMPrRoLLER PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
;. n. DAnDES, q caldwell County.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

JAY CooKE was noted as the pious banker.
he entertained fifty clergymen IN bis bospi-
table and palatial mansion in Lake Eric,
every summer, while he was acting as agent
for the sale Of five-twenties ana negotiating
millions Of bonds for the Northern Pacifc.
The guests Of the great banker may now
serenade him with the old hymn, begin
ming
'on Jordan'a stormy banks g ete..
and bid him a long adieu. = Courier-Jopzol.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

Instead Of eighty-seven and one-halt
cents on the hundred dollars being the rate
of taxation under Radical law, it was two
dollars seventeen and one-half cents-rather
a difference. But it may be urged that this
that does not alter the question. The laws
passed by the Twelfth Legislature authorized
this rate of taxation, and it is of this only
that speak. How much was really col
lectedl Let us. take the year 1871 as our il
lustration. In that year taxes were levied
as follows:
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

ST. LOUIS has escaped epidemics this
year. The city is thoroughly severed.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

and laws "a brace il up, and the architect
81 the Adore table, managed unWitfingiy
to fulfn every requirement of legal fais;ty.
We have therein as well the sHpaf6ssic
pcri as the suQgcsfi0 fsals;. The annual road
and bridge tax IS whitfield down to Just
one-half its proper proportions. It Was nm
der Radical law, ti1eatg ne ocnts, instead Of
twelve and one-half cents on the one hun
dred dOllars-(see General Laws 1871. first
session, page 44). No mention Is made of
an additional poll tax Of Que dollar for
like purpOse-(see same section). Indeed
It has been q cardinal maxim with the Rad;-
cal party that darkies should not work on
the roads, and 50 tenacious were they 81 the
principle, that either they or Gen. Canby's
military secretary, stuck the prohibition into
their State constitution, thus requiring our
property to be taxed for thar purpose.
Neither is there any mention made Of the
frontier tax, and the school tax, the heaviest
burden Of all, is entirely ignored.
In order to show the reader how people
will differ upon the same subject, will
here give two tables, one showing the taxa
ton authorized by the Radical Legislature,
and the other that authorized by ours.
propose that these tables shall be accurate
and truthful, and in order to enable the
reader to Judge thereof, will refer to the
exact sources Of information in each case.
TAXES AUTHORIZED Br rHR TWELFTH LEGISLATURE.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09
FOR TREASURER.

4. 2. DOnN' Or Fannla County.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

FOR REPRESENTATIVE,
SAM RAsLBK, OF Williamson County.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

Who will deny this, and who that con-
suits his tax receipts for that year will not
find that he paid it2 Say not that the school
tax of one per cent. was special tax col
lectable only for ono year. Did not De
Gress at the beginning even of the present
year, order that same tax to be again levied,
and did nothis obsequious boards through
out the State obey his behests9 Such was
the case in this county, and the attempt
would have been made to enforce its collec-
ton but for the action of the Thirteenth
Legislature, which put an end to the official
existence of these gentlemen-and the law
itself
And what tax was authorized and i'm
posed by the Thirteenth Legislature9 A
short table thereof will suffice, and here
it is;
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-10-09

:. =. HUHHAHD, Or srIn COMFY.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-17


a very touching case Of mental aliena
ton in a charming young lady is described
by a careful observer Not long ago her
mother found her ia her room energetical-
" darning stockings, and soon after she
appeared in the kitchen and assisted that
wondering dame in baking bread and pas
try, Alarmed by these fearful signs of in
tellectual disorder, her fond parents i'm
mediateiy sent for skillful physician who
watched her through keyhDlo while she
sewed buttons on her fathers garments
and mended those of her little brother.
Much affected, the venerable man remark
ed that never during a medical practice Of
twenty-five years had he known any young
person 10 manifest such symptoms a.
these The most heartrending phase Of
all, however, was shown the other day,
when her kind father, with u faint hope OF
rousing her from her sad state, gave her
$500 and told her 20 buy her new dress.
Alas twas useless. She instantly oh.
served that she didn't need new dress
and il he would let her keep $25 to pay o
poor widow rent she'd much rather he
would take the rest Of the money for him
self For few moments that grief. strick
en- old gentleman gazed upon his helples,
child, then hiding his face, muttered be
tween his sobs, Tier mind il gone He,
mind is gonoF
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-17

At the close Of an editorial on the Good
rich murder case, the New York Tribune
says very snggestively:
The shameful and pitiful story has but
one moral, which all can read as they run.
What need TO draw it anew when it is GER
tain that there are none who will take the
lesson to heart? Illicit love does not al
ways end thus tragically for man. In nine
ty-nine tragedies out of every hundred the
world sees that it is the woman who suffers
wrong and bears contumely, and finally
dies, scorned and soon forgotten OF the
world. These lives make no narratives in
the par ers, these tragedies find no record
on the books of the law but TO all the act
ors alike there some day comes home the
bitter truth, the memorable decree, The
wages of sin is death.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-07-17
The Sailg Atsns.
Thursday, July II, 1873.


When the farmers movement first De-
gan to assume formidable proportions the
Administration organs were unalng In
their efforts 10 impress upon the farmers
the absolutely diabolical nature Of all poll
tics and the certain ruin which would fol
low should they uieddle at all with them.
But the recent unqualified censure which
the farmers have passed upon Administra-
ton corruption, exempting not even the
President for his signature to the salary
swindle, has shown the organs that their
advice is UNDECIDED, and they are now on a
new tack. Since the farmers are DESTROYS
Of having voice inpoGtics, why of course,
say the organs, our party Is the one for
them to join. Perhaps they will be willing
to take back their resolutions against the
salary swindle, but It Doesn't look bit
that way now. In fact they seem TO have
caught that infection which fills the aver
age organist with such horror, independ-
ence, having for their political creed
no other principle save hostility to corrnp-
ton This certainly will not lead them
into the Administration camp.
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These Pills, so ealenrared many years ago N
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has strict conscientious principles. and has withheld
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Another Ffhs Hau,s.

We understand that Mcigs Wait, Esq.
is erecting on his farm in Perrytou Town
ship, a dwelling house which it is said,
when completed, will be the finest struc
turc Of the kind in the county. We are
told that it snot only very large but that
no pains will be spared 70 make il not only
convenient but attractive as we'll We ike
10 see good buildings going up in the coun-
try as we'll as town. They give an air Of
PermaneRco, and an Indication that their
occupants intend them for homes and will
not in few short months, be seeking out
location in the West.-Atedo Record.
Mr.. Wait is one Of the olditime sub
scribers to The ARGUS, and we are glad
. TO note this evidence Of bis prosperity