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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-12-04

We see it stated that spiritualist in Yer
mont has been in communication with
Charles Dickens, and that wonderful genius
has kindly furnished him with the remain
der of the Mystery of Edwin brood, which
was cut off by his sudden death. 1t has
been already printed, and is for sale in Chi
cago, where spiritualism and free love are
quite popular. The gullibility of the pub
lie IS unlimited, and no doubt many will
buy and read this shallow imposition and
believe they are enjoying the veritable out
pourings of that gifted spirit, now free from
the shackles of humanity. 1t may have no
more real resemblance to Dickenss style
than it has to Lippard's, or any other fourth
rate story writer. 1t will be all the same,
and pronounced wonderful. There is no
end to humbug
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-12-04
English and American RanIxIng-The
Dtnerence in tIle Proportion Of Coin
and Paper Money.

The Ira me has au article on the Bank
of England, from which we extract the
following 1t exhibits, in a strong and
very suggestive light, the difference between
a rotten and a sound financial system. The
Tribune says:
The money of Great Britain consists Of
about two hundred and fifty million money
of paper, and probably four hund-ed mil
lion in coin. Excluding from the paper
one hundred million issued by the Bank
of England, against gold coin and bullion,
the proportion is one hundred and fifty mil
lion of bank notes. and four hundred mill
hon dollars in coin. Our money consists Of
seven hundred and fifty million dollars ire
decmable paper, about fifty million collars
In coin in private hands, and fifty million
more locked up in the Treasury. We found
no argument on these figures 70 prove the
redundancy Of the currency Of the United
States, but We beg our readers TO Observe
that the money Of the most prosperous and
wealthy nation in the world is composed OF
two-thirds coin to one-third bank notes.
We are no advocates OF a cast iron reserve.
We think the reserve OF a bank should be
kept for use and not FOR ornament. The
trouble with our finance IS and always has
been that the banks have never kept a sufIi-
cicntly large reserve. They have never
been able 10 stand pressure. They take
mems money and undertake 70 repay il al
any moment on dem d, but they deliber.
ately put themselves "a a position which
makes il impossible fog them 70 keep their
word. Il IS al very well to say that II
everybody wants money at the same IN
slant It is impossible 70 pay everybody, and
yet there is still a diGercuca between keep
ing on band forty per cent. Of what you
agree 10 pay on demand and keeping only
twenty per cent. The maximum per centaoe
Of legal tender notes held by the New
York banks as o fcgcrTe against the de-
mands of their deposilors has not 1t any
time within the last four years been equal
TO thirty per cent. of their debts 70 deposi-
tors On tho fifteenth Of October, the
date Of the last Ieirsn Of the Bank of
England received Is mail, the reeve 81
notes and coin II the banking dep r nent,
after having been drawn down from sixty
six 70 thirty-nine million dollars, was still
thirty-one per cent. q the pubic end pr
vate deposits. The rate Of discount was
then six per cent. fsiure raised % eight),
showing that tie proportion which our
banks consider s.fc. indeed proportion
which they have never once reached Tor the
last four years. 3 regarded by the directors
Of the Bank 81 EDgland - insufficient FOR
the safe conduct of their business
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-12-04

A BCsTON paper publishes an interesting
item from Chicago, which may or may not
be true. 1t runs in this way An Episco-
pal clergyman, in reading the service on
Sunday morning, was seen to falter and
break down as if from extreme fatigue or
sudden illness. At length he closed the
book and made feeble explanation of his
case. He had not been to market the day
before, because he had no money to buy
anything with. His dinner the day before
had been bread and butter and tea His
breakfast that morning, had been less.
There was nothing awaiting him when he
should 90 home after service. He was lit
orally starving! What was the result of
this exhibition and appeal, we are not told.
The spirit was willing, but the flesh was
weak. This story will do very well for Chi
cago, the great grain and meat market of
the mighty West!
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-12-04

TIE Indianola Bulletin, one Of the best OF
our State exchanges, in republishing some
account of the growth and prosperity OF
Austin, which we gave not long slnce, ex-
presses its sincere congratulation thereon,
with desire for a more intimate relation
ship with our beautiful city By railroad.
We most heartily join in this. We greatly
need a shorter outlet tothe Gulf than by the
way Of Houston and Galveston. The com
pletion Of the road from Indianola to Austin
viii be an event of great Importance, not
only to this city, but ali this section OF
country. Our cotton, wool, hides, pecans,
etc, viii be shipped in that direction, un-
less the railroads ruhning to Galveston
greatly reduce their. present charges for
freight. Competition in all things is desir-
able, and especially in railroads in this
country at the present time. But heavy
freights for shipment abroad will always
seek the nearest seaport. Morgan had bet
ter hurry up his railroad
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-12-04
EyERY SEWING MACHINE
DOUBLED IN VALUE.
ny
Palmer's Combination Attachment.


FOR ALL SEWING MACHINES.
l.IspEeparos the milllners fold better than can be
done by hand.
9 It prepares milliners fold with different colors
and pieces OF goods at one operation.
Il prepares and places fold IN any perfectly
without basting.
tpFepSrcs and puts double or single fold on the
edge OF q band.
5. 10 cords bias bands
finish.
Z. II prepares a cord welt perfectly.
8, Il prepares and places cord volt in any
without basting.
o. Is prepares cord WELT at the same time gathering
aud placing the welt IN the gathering seam, sewing it
TO plain band II desired, at one operation.
TO- lt does plain gathering.
II. Il gathers and sews on at the time better
than any other gatherer.
r. Itbems ail goods bias or straight.
IS II binds with braid.
H. Il binds with cut binding.
Is. Il sews any scam without basting.
The arrangement Is very Novel and It Is one Of the
simplest attachments IN use indispensable In It's utility
doubling the value Of any sewing machine
In ordering state kind OF sewing machine
Price. 81, with fun Instructions for its use mailed
post free. Address
PALMER MANUFACTURING CO..
Si1 Broadway New York.
An opportunity seldom offered to agents OF both
sexes, which are wanted everywhere, Immediately.
noy9I WY
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-12-04

II was an editor N Utah that asked his
subscribers 70 pay him, in order that he
might play fie same joke on his creditors.
buf the same straw thar ticslcl the Utah mar
has gone The rounds 81 tie press. and now
aDimntes the editor of lots 81 p4pers.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-12-04
CTRAYED OR STOLEN.

Prom the court house IN AUSTIN on Saturday night
October H. light bay horse mule about fourteen and
q halt hands high, branded IN two places. ION
shoulder and thigh ahod in front and the hair his
hD-bOne turned about. curcd, showing that Il has
u the court house BY his neck with rope about
hye feet long; had head-stall Of bride, without
renE and good Texas saddle about half worn the tie
strap cut and sewcd together; the buckle tongue the
Ohslde o. crth i broken and tied with raW-hide
string.
Fifty dollars reward VIII be paid for the OF the
mule 10 this Office information leading to his
cry and the arrest and conviction Of tho thief,
twenty ave collars for either. Address
j. N. HANCOCK,
nos w3ra Onion Creek r. o.. Travis county.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-12-04

IHk Cincinnati ksqeifer thinlss e can
have cnlia e ninety days panic 81 no pan
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-12-04
New Advertisements.

CsOS REWARD.
strugsd from the undersigned. two HoRsEs-Ons
sorel aboas yes Old iis hands high, star in fore
head. two barge saddle marks and branded on left
shoulder The other brown mars, . years old. Is
hands inches hIg star in forehead ief, eye .ligAiIy
affected, no brand.
Iwm pay sas for the return Of the above horses q,
psles Livery Stable.
rln1a aR, TIES WARNKIN
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-12-04
TIES wARNKIx.
e10 REWARD.

strayed or stolen from the undersigned, one bay
PONY "a -rs old, about i4I< hands hieh hrnnded
he LEFT Jaw with q mule shoe
Iwi pay so for the return Of the above described
pony at Kingsbufy's livery stable
noes wst G. W ERWIN.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-12-04
The RaIlroadn md ThsIr Con-.

"TyLnn, November 81, is7s.p
Wilmington daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1872-1874, 1873-03-17
The Defeat of the English Ministry.

1t has long been the custom of the Prime Min
lister of England, those who form the Cabinet, on
the defeat of a leading measure, TO tender their
designations to the Sovereign. An occasion of
this kind took place last week, by the defeat of
the Irish University Bill. Since then there has
been great difficulty in forming Cabinet, as Mr.
Disraeli, who is the leader Of the Conservative
party and opposed TO those in Cabinet which has
just resigned, finds his own party divided TO such
a degree that although it would fall TO his lot to
take the Premiership, he cannot select enough of
Lords agreeing upon policy to form Ministry,
and Earl Granville has been called on to select
Cabinet to take the place of that at the head OF
which stood Lord Gladstone The Irish UnIver-
sity Bill is not generally understood by American
reader and as it may be interesting we publish
elsewhere a statement of what it proposes to &C
eOmplish, from one of the English journals.
Wilmington daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1872-1874, 1873-03-17
the Moval of the Ice Gorge.

From the Baltimore Evening Mes
The Port Deposit ice gorge is a vast failure Its
appointed WORK, IN the opinion OF all well constj.
tuted newspaper reporters was to destroy the vii.
lage and furnish interesting full particulars and
sensational descriptions. 1t has disappointed ali
their hopes. 1t has always done precisely the re-
verse OF all predictions, and it is now quietly mel
ting away just as everybody was looking conf
IDENTITY tor a catastrophe.
When the ice first gorged it was, of course, sim
ply an ENHANCEMENT of large floating masses of
Ice, and might at that time have been easily swept
away by a lew inches of rise in the river But
every hour 1t stood 1t gained strength. A success
son Of OF thaws and violent freezes welded to-
Rether the blocks into a solid mass that resisted
like GiatTas arch the force of the current Men
tined to cut through it, to blast IT loose with gun
powder, TO SILVER it with glycerine, but it defed
all their Efforts. The water rose and surped and
loaned at IT at last ths warm sun came out and
looked down on it, and it yielded slowly and gem
tly.
The moral Of all this is, that persuasion is bet
ter than force; that great evils yield sometimes
under kind and gentle treatment that will resist
violence unto death. II your political leaders
could only see this, 1t would be well for all No
one can deny that there Low exists In our country
great obstacles, 70 the current of human progress:
innings that dam up the hopes and fetter the mo-
lions OF humanity. But they cannot be cured BY
violence. The days Of the gunpowdsr and nitro
RiyeeT1ne are over; and what Is wanted now Il
lftIle Of gentleness and justice. The unhappiuess
and turbulence, and class hatreds of the soutb
would be cured bV little brotherly feeling. and
kindly treatment from the North, Just as surely
As the ice blockade Of the SusquehannAh will dIs-
appear under the smile Of Gods sunlight.
Wilmington daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1872-1874, 1873-03-17

The Press still continues its denunciation of the
late Congress for voting themselves increased pay
The Nation, puts its opinion Of the matter in the
following emphatic language:
A single act Of misgoverRment which takes from
the Treasury IN round numbers one million six
hundred and fifty thousand dollars without the
smallest consideration having been received for it,
IS unquesuonably something about which in or
binary times we might complain bat when this
large amount is voted directly and openly into the
pockets Of the members of Congress, one cannot
hell asking, What is there to prevent il from be-
ing done again. and why cannot the amount be
increased teniold If General Washington or
General jackson had been President on the Sd of
March, 1878, all the word knows that the mea-
sure would have come back to Congress with
stern message of dIsapproval, and that coupling II
with an increase Of the Presidential salary would
have only rendered more Gel tain the Presidential
veto. II General Grant had done SO. il would
have been worth TO him more lhan $500, o00-rals-
ing him IN the opinion of his countrymen at
point where his character is supposed TO lack ee-
Vaton, and furnishing the sharp, incisive, surRi-
cal treatment that the nature OF the case
required. One can easily conceive how jubilant
the country would now be If these legislative Fsks
ahd Goulds were coming home covered with the
dlAgrace OF the attempt and rdicule of the defeat
II twenty Republicans, in either the Senate or the
House, had resolutely and honestly said to the
Others This retroactive increase OF our own sala-
'es shall not pass let the conSeq to the APP
preparation bill be what they may" the measure
would have bean dropped. As 1t Is, we have the
practical result that Republican House, Senate
and President have united sganst the unmistaka-
Ole wishes OF the entire country TO give this iui
qolty the form and sanction OF law
Wilmington daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1872-1874, 1873-03-17
nGLE d MILLER. AucIiOneers.
Trustees Sale.

- BY virtue Of an order Of the Chancellor OF
~ the State of Delaware. made the third day
III Of March. A ID 1873 will be exposed to sale
80 by way Of Public Vendue. at the Auction
Rooms Of Ogle Miller, Cos Market street, Will
ming1on, Del, at II o'clock, a. NJ !, on MONDAY,
March Ath, the following lands and tenement be-
ing the real estate Of the late Matthew Medrann,
deceased, to wit:
A lot of land in the city Of Wilmington, eount y
OF New Castle. State Of Delaware. With three
story Brick Dwelling thereon erected, beginning
at cerner formed by the intersection Of the south
srIy SIDE Of Fourth street with the westerly side Of
french street; thence by said westerly side of
French street thirty Ieet six inches TO =
line Of Sarah Thonson's land; thence thereby wes-
terry parallel TO Fourth street fifty six feet to the
Fourth street; thence along said alley northerly
and parallel 70 French street thirty feet and six
inches To the side Of Fourth street aforesaid and
thence thereby easterly fifty six feet to the place
Of beginning, be the contents thereof what they
may
Attendance will be given and terms OF sale made
known ct the time and place aforesaid by WILL
LIAM u. WHITLEY, ESQ.,, Trustee.
oGLE a MILLER. Auct'rs marl0ts
Wilmington daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1872-1874, 1873-03-17
JOHNSTON 4 BOGIA,
BOOK BINDERS.
AND BLANK BOOK MANUFACTURERS,
no. 40 SIMPLIFY STREET,
WILMINGTON, DEL,

Account Books Of every variety of ruling and
binding made 70 order.
hinsgnaGne1 Music. HswspaDsrs and Publications
o. AZ KINDS bound In PlAin or Fancy Styles
Botn being practical w0rkman, va are AHA IA
uAranteo entire satistaetion,
Orders b. nail promptly attended 70. andy
Wilmington daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1872-1874, 1873-03-17

The reckiessness OF the Radical Congress OF the
peoples monty was well shown in the fact that
during the last session the Presidents salary was
not only raised froza s25, 900 to S5OOOO but both
sums were voted, making $4,000 in all, tor the
last year. Whether Grant will look upon the 49,
70 o as gift from Congress and keep it or not no
one Is able to say at present; but there are many
who would not be surprised if he drew from the
Treasury all that was appropriated and never re-
turned it again until he was required 10 do SO.
Wilmington daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1872-1874, 1873-03-17

The students Of the Middlstown Academy will
give an exhibition on Friday evening
James V. Moore. of Wilmington, has removed
g. his old homs-Odessa
w. w. Ferris has resigned his position, as Ca
shier Of the Delaware City National Bank, and
Francis McIntire has been elected to I'll the va
caney.
Pole cats seem to be on the increase in Cool
Springs, Sussex county. A farmer residing in
that vicinity, killed six during last week
A tsETiacStoFm Of wind, rain, hail Tightening
and thundsT, vis.tSa Lewis last week.
Wilmington daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1872-1874, 1873-03-17
The Irish University RIII.

The hill relating to Irish university education
was n proposal for grouping the whole collegiate
education IN ireland around tho University OF
Dublin. 1t was intended to abolish tests, throw
open endowments in instances where they had
0een tied up by peculiar circumstances, and, as
MI Gladstone expressed it, 'emancIpate the
university from the thradom of Trinity college"
AT present the provost and fellows, all self
elected, govern Trinity College, and Trinity Col
lege rules the university The principle 81 the
bill was, briefly to reconstitute, re-endow, and
incorporate the university by act of Parliament,
giving 1t separate and independent existence,
with the Lord Lieutenant as its chancellor, the
vlceo chancellor TO be elected by its governing
body, and Trinity College, with the Queens Col
leges at Belfast and Cork, the Roman Catholic
| University in Dublin, Magee College, and any
other voluntary colleges, were then to be affiliated
- II rs colleges of the University of Dublin
The new government body would consist Of
twenty eight persons, TO be elected for ten years
by Parliament upon the nomination OF the Crown.
The theological faculty would be severed from
Trinity College and the University, as recon
stituted, would be precluded from teaching theol- |
ogy, or examining IN it, nor would it be permit
ted to establish chairs CT moral and mental phi !
losophy, nor OF modern history, these subjects |
are open to polemical treatment There was
also conscience clause" preventing any profess
SCR from persstently offending religious suscepti-
bilities in his teaching. The representatives of
the University in Parliament were to be elected
by q senate of doctors and masters of the several
constituent institutions The new university was
TO be endowed with an income of $50, coo year.
TO be raised by a charge of Gl2,00O a year Oh
Trinity College, transference of 10000 a year
from the consolidated fund at present absorbed by
Galway College anu the Queen University
$4,000 from the fees of students, and the bal
ance from the surplus fund of the ecclesiastical
property in Ireland. 1t was claimed by Mr. Glad
stone that By this plan the Collegiate system of
Ireland would be assimilated to that of England, |
and way opened to revival OF educational IN
erests in Ireland, now sadly, it is said on the de-
cline. Notwithstanding the unfortunate condi-
ton of education in Ireland, however, the people
were not prepared for such revolution, and so
he Ministry failed to force the project through
Parliament.
Wilmington daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1872-1874, 1873-03-17
Household and Kitchen Furniture

ION, Del,
Household and Kitchen Furniture,
Co sisting as follows: Bedsteads and Beds Iuzzv,a
Carpets, Wardrobe Paror Chairs, Rocking ~
Chairs, Dining room Chairs, Marble top ~
Table ami other Tables, Chest of Drawer E1.4aESl
Secretary and Bookcase, Piano, 81 vols Niles Reg
lister, bound in calf and other Books; Dinner and
breakfast sets Of white French China, Ham Broii-
en- Porcelain lined Preserving Kettles, Pots X cities
and Pans, Summer Cook Steve, large Ice Chest and
other articles.
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock. a. M.
" JOHN TOWNSEND
OGLE i MILLER, Auct'rs. marl43t
Wilmington daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1872-1874, 1873-03-17
PpRLlC SAFE

PUBLIC SALE
OF CARRIAGES, STOCK AND UNFINISHED
WORK of a first class Carriage Factory. situated
at Nos. 2l7 and 2l9 East Front street. Wilmington.
Delaware.
On Thursday, March Goth, 1879,
At le o'clock, IN. The stock consists in part as
follows:
cAp88J new we'll finished Buggies.
s17ES44 Jump seat RockaWays.
5 Cafrey Wagons
3 NO-top Wagons.
. Ph@tons.
UNFINISHED WORK.
8 Jump seat Bodies; Caffrey do. s Pbaton do.
- PIano-box de-. IS sets of Wheels, IS Carriage
Parts Lot of Springs and 9TH Wheels, lot of Cloths
and Carpets, lot of Leather and Oil Cloth LOT Of
Hickory, Ash and POPLAR; lot of Hardware, Singer
Sewing Machine. contents Of Blacksmith Shop and
q numerous articles not here mentioned.
at the same time and place the three I'D 49,
story Brick Building now occupied as q car gI5t
rage factory, IS feet on Front street, run llt
ming back lC1 feet. TN
TERMS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.-1u
sums under $50 cash. all sums Of $50 and over 60
days by purchaser giving bankabe note with IN
approved endoTser. interest from date. or 3 per
rent. of for cash.
Terms of building made known at sale.
sale positive; - MICHAEL LALLY.
Wilmington, March 49, 1873 -dGwts
= DelawArean. Cecil Democrat Jefersopian and
illaGe Record copy and serd bill TO advertiser
Wilmington daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1872-1874, 1873-03-17
What NextP

Wilmington has secured the reputation abroad
of beiDg an entcrprising and progressive city,
having completed two railroads and erected with
in the last ten years some of the finest edifices in
the county But all her enterprises seem 10 have
been finished with the completion of the Clay
ton House, and, spring opens with no great
building on hand What next is the important
Question
Wilmington daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1872-1874, 1873-03-17

GOVERNOR DIX seems to have resisted all i'm
pOrtunites in behalf of q commutation of the SEN
tence of Foster, known as the carhook murderer,
and he is therefore to be executed, notwithstand-
ing very decided sympathy has manifested it
self in his favor.
Wilmington daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1872-1874, 1873-03-17
New Root aGad Shoe Store.
N GEO. s. HAGANY

No. WEST SECOND STREET
between ID arket and Shipley has just laid in
= l4rge Ano varied assortment Of Boots and Shoes
!9T Ladles, Gentlemen. Boys. Miassa and Children,
al o. whleh he proposes 20 eel at pFees 70 suit
present times and respectfully asks the public 10
2" and examine his stock ~