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

GALVESTON, December 3.-The city of
Galveston gives Coke majority of 1910
All the Democratic candidates are elected.
News from Bryan, Plano, and other
places along the lines indicate that Coke is
leading almost at every point.
GALVESTON, December 4. -Galveston Dc
mocracy greet you. Coke's majority 1850.
SAN MARCOS, December 81. Hays county
gives large majority for Coke, Hubbard
and the entire Democratic State ticket.
WACO, December 3.-Returns for this
county are all in except from three Demo
cratic precincts. Coke's official majority
will be 500. The news of 1900 majority in
Dallas has been received and is very cheer
ing Davis, Newcomb, Barnes & Co. viii
all take the same boat up Salt River
INDIANoLA, December 3.-Davis gets a
majority in this city of 40. Other Radicals
obtain like majority.
TRINITY, December 3.-Coke gets ma
jority here of III.
RocKPoRT, December Cookies majority
here is SO.
HA1LvILLE, December 9.-The Radicals
have carried all the precincts yet heard
from.
HoUsToN, December 3.-Coke's majority
in this city is 1885, Hall is most probably
elected sheriff. The other county officers
will certainly be filed by Democrats.
HousToN, December 8. Coke carries
Harris county by 1000 majority. The
whole Democratic county and district tickets
are elected by majorities ranging from zoe
to 900.
TYLER, December S.-Coke's majority in
the city is 81.
DEN1soN, December 3.-Coke's majority
in the city alone is 24O Good news from
all around. North Texas will give glo
rious majority.
TYLER, December S.-smith county
greets you with $50 majority for the State
Democratic ticket.
vIcroR1A, December 3.--Victoria county
gives Radical majority of fifty-eight fol
State officers
BELToN, December 4.-Coke $50; Davi;
11s; Davenport Csenate) 400; Shields (sen-
ate) SO.
SALADo, December 4.-Coke 252; Davis
2; Davenport 1873; Shields z.
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Famous Trees.

Individual trees, planted by famous men,
are still to be seen by the pilgrims who visit
their homes and haunts. In the last cen
fury there was quite fashion for planting
willows. 1t is said that the fist weeping
willow seen in England was sent to the poet
Pope, as a present from Turkey, by his
friend, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and
planted by him in his garden at Twicken-
ham. 1t is the famous Salix Babylonica of
the Psalter, upon which, on the banks of
the Euphrates, the weeping daughters of
Jerusalem hung their harps. Garrick
planted two willows on his lawn. beside his
Shakespeare temple; in the midst of a
thunder storm, which destroyed one Of
them, the pious and devoted widow of the
great actor was seen running up and down.
excitedly CRYING out, 'sOh, my Garriek !
Oh, my Garrickir The willow known as
DR.. Johuson's willow, at Litchield. was
blown down long ago; it was said, in the
GdrdGlcr's Magazine, 10 have been planted
by him; but it is more probable that his
admiration and talk Of il developed the le-
gend of his planting It, At the time Of its
destruction it was thirteen feet in girth.
Pieces of household furniture and snuff
boxes were made Of it, and slips from It
were planted, by his admirers, throughout
the neighboring country; an Offset Of the
old tree was planted on the same site
Thomas Moore tells us that when Byron
first went to Newstead Abbey, from Aber-
deem, &c the age of ten, he planted a young
oak in some part Of the grounds. he had a
notion Cor thought he had) that as it -four
ished so should he. Six OF seven years
later, on revisiting the spot, he found his
oak choked up with weef.s, and almoss
dead. Chambe7ss Journal.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-12-04

A negro knocked white man on tie
head with plank, at Sherman, on last FRI
day. At last accounts he was not expected
to live.
Rome Denton, of Cleburne, was seriously
injured by striking tree while running his
horse at full speed. The Mustang Mills,
some seven miles south Of Clebume with
the cotton gin and considerable quantity
Of cotton, were totally burned by spark
from the smokestack lighting on the cot
ton. Loss, $1,000.
! Mr.. Caleb Ragon, not far from Jefferson,
raised, this season, on three acres of land,
400 bushels Of ground peas and pumpkins
unnumbered. In addition, his crop Of cot
ton and corn, at present prices, viii yield
him $1,000. Three hands performed all the
labor. So says the jefferson Democrat.
The Rockport Transcript speaks very
favOrably of the public schools of that town.
One William Strait a notorious horse
thief, has been arrested near Pilot Knob
and was bound over IN the sum of 500
to appear at the Sherman court.
Mr.. John Young at Johnson's Station, had
his hand badly mutilated by cotton gin
at which he was working.
We learn by the Mexia Ledger, that the
house of Mr.. J. d. FLANAGAN, three miles
from Kosse was consumed bv fire and every
thing in it. No insurance The family
were left without a change OF clothing.
The neighbors are aiding.
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A uysterIOu. Parsonage.

The Princess 'Iiechtensteinr (as she
spells the name, though the ordinary spell
ing IN Austria is .Liechtcnstein, - was
Miss Fox; but who Miss Fox was. further
than that she was the adopted daughter of
Lord Holland, nobody-wlth the exception
of some two or three persons who are bound
TO silence-cOuld say. When Miss Fox,
who was engaged TO be married to the Mar
quis of Butte, Catholic by conversion, and
when the intended bridegroom wished,
naturally enough, to know to whom il was
he thought Of aliying himself, Lady Holland
declined TO tell him. The Marquis. she
said. must trust 20 her for Miss Fox being
worthy Of him BY birth, as in all other re-
sDects At the same tine she offered to
communicate the secret of the young lady 3
parentage TO the Queen This was not suth-
c;ent for the Marquis, and the sort Of en-
rasement which already in some degree
bound him TO Miss Fox WAS broken OF.
WheE Prince Liechtenstein proposed. he
also wished 10 know whom It was be was
so anxious to marry Second refusal on the
part Of Lady Holland The Prince must
have confidence in what she told b m--that
Miss Fox was Of distinguished and ire
proachable birth. For the rest she was
ic-t4t - -ct tAe TN rcto4 ~ -A-7---. Az"
all about the mystery, and il his Majesty
was satisfied, TIE Prince. his faithful sub
iect ought 20 be the same. Prince Liech-
fenstein accepted this view Of the matter.
The Emperor n due time was enabled 20 as
sure the Primes that be could, in all honor,
take the so-calied Miss Fox Tor his wife,
and thu celebration az the marriage. at the
Cath0lic chapel Of kensington, WAS honOrcd
~ the presence Of the Priace and Princess
81 Wales
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\ billiard player, who is dissatisfied with
ivory balls, makes in an English paper a
suggestion which may be worth the atten-
ton of inventors. He says:
Everyone who plays at billiards knows
that occasionally the balls do not run true.
They are made of ivory, and even when
they are quite new the ivory is not of equal
density throughout; and when they are old
the external portion is much more dry than
the internal, consequently the difference of
density is greater, and the balls, especially
when going gently swerve from q direct
course, the specific gravity of the different
parts of the mass being different. 1t has
often occurred to me that much better and
truer balls might be made either of glass or
STEEL The weight might be made the same
as those of ivory by having hollow in the
middle of the BALL 1t is well known that
hollow sphere runs more truly and more
evenly than a solid one. The specific gray
ity of ivory is to that of glass about as 3 to
4, to that of steel as to 10. The hollow
IN a steel ball would thus be greater than in
glass one, and it would therefore be the
truest, and the elasticity in either case
would be greater than ivory. It appears to
me, therefore, that either steel or glass
would be superior to ivory for the purpose,
and / wonder whether it has ever occurred
to any one to try these materials. do not
think that glass of the toughest kind would
be more liable to chip than ivory, and steel
would be much less so. There is another
point to be considered-the expense, and
this am convinced would be much less
in either case. The experiment is worth
trying, as elephants are getting scarce, and
may be applied to better purposes than
making billiard balls.
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scRIRNEIl,s 5IoNTnLr.

This illustrated magazine for December is
worthy of Its predecessors, and is well cal
culated TO keep up the high reputation it
sustains among publications of its class
Old and New Louisiana Is continued in this
number with unhaging interest, and the
illustrations are well executed and praise
worthy. The writer seems to understand
the real situation OF affairs in that noble,
but down trodden State, and his represen-
tations, we think, are calculated to do good
at the North by opening the eyes of the
people there to the shameless doings of the
carpet-baggers, scalawags and negroes. If
the present Congress does not restore to
the real citizens of Louisiana the right of
self-government, it should stink forever in
the nostrils of all decent people everywhere.
The other illustrated article of the present
month is one on Savage Man, and the sew
eral leading types of mankind are given
with fidelity as well as sundry representa-
tions of customs and scenes in different
countries in olden.times. A finely executed
picture of Richard Anthony Proctor, the
English astronomer, follows The reading
matter is all interesting. Price 81 per year.
Scribner & Co., 653 Broadway, New York
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colonel clarence Prentice.

On Saturday night, between IL and IL
o'clock, Col. Clarence Prentice, only survi-
wing son of George d. Prentice, the emil
nent editor of the Louisville Journal, was
thrown from his buggy while returning TO
his farm, FIVE miles from the city, on the
Preston street road, and received internal
injuries from which he died in a few
minutes.
Mr.. Prentice was man of varied accom-
plishments. He had graduated in law and
medicine, had resided in Europe, and had
Travelled over every portion of the United
States. He had an especial talent and love
for music, and played on several instruments.
AT his farm in Meade county, where he has
resided during the last two years, he enter
taincd largely his numerous friends with a
true Kentucky hospitality. He was about
maturing plans for the publication of a
volume of his fathers poems, the manu-
scripts of which he had in his possession.
In medicine he was said to be successful
and able practitioner, but preferred farm
life and its comparative freedom. His son,
George d. Prentice, is the only remaining
child of the Prentice family. He is bright
and intelligent boy, and inherits the natural
talents of his family Ourier-J0uRGl
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values of Gold and silver.

Many people have desire to know the
value of gold and silver in bulk, and to
this end we have secured the following
from Prof. ]. +. L. Schirmer, superintend-
ent of the Branch Mint in this city, and it
may be relied upon as correct. The fine
ness of Colorado gold and the calculation of
values on gold and silver are also given. 1t
is matter of considerable value, and
should be cut out and preserved.
, One ton (2000. pounds avoirdupois) of
gold or silver contains 30, 1853 troy ounces
and, therefore, the value of ton of silver
is $37, 7O4 81.
A cubic foot of pure gold weighs 1, 21S.75
pounds avoirdupois; cubic foot of pure
silver weighs $685. pounds avoirdupois.
One million dollars gold coin weighs
$685. pounds avoirdupois, one million dol
lars silver coin weighs IS, 929.6 pounds
avoirdupois.
If there is one per cent. of gold and sill
yer in one ton of ore, if contains 291. SO
ounces, troy, or either of these metals.
The average fineness of the Colorado gold
is 7S1 in 1000, and the natural alloy; gold,
ISL; silver, 200; copper, 10; total, 1000.
The calculations at the mint are made on
the basis that 43 ounces of standard gold,
or 900 fine (coin), is worth $500, and IL
ounces of silver 900 (coin) is worth $12 80.
-Dcnrer NelcS
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-12-04

IT is doubtful, even with the recommen-
dation of Grant, whether the Congress will
take any steps to COMPEL the resumption of
specie payments. There is so large and in
fuential an interest opposed to this sensible
move, that they may be able to buy up the
Radical Congress to prevent it. But pa
per currency money cannot last always.
There must be, sooner or later, return to
the specie currency of the world. Wetrust
this may be done soon, but we have our
fears. We have ever looked upon an ire
deemable paper currency as one of the
greatest of curses to any people.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-12-04
NO Wharf.-The QUESTION SETTLED,

Our readers will have seen 10y the tele-
graphic dispatches of Sunday morning that
the Cuban troubles are likely to be settled
without any war as we have predicted all
the time. There will be no chance for Bob
Brutus Taylor to display again his wonder
full military talents. Longstreet and no
other renegade will raise his %, 900 men in
the South and offer them to Grant. No
more lies about Davis being authorized to
raise troops and appoint officers, will be
telegraphed by the State Journal to the
Galveston Ners. The Radicals are again
flat on their backs and kicking up their
heels in the death throes
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THE State JotyHeI of Saturday evening
last has a specimen Of hifaluting on its first
page worthy OF the writer of Governor
Davis's character and requirements, which
appeared some time since 1t compares
Davis running for Governor of Texas to the
Apostle Paul on Mars Hill, Luther mailing
his thesis to the church door, Columbus on
the Santa Maria, Cromwell, Joan dare,
Faust, and, it might have added, the devil,
for they are often coupled together. The
last is the only comparison which could be
truthfully made. After to-day we trust the
wind bag of the Journal will collapse. 1t
has been a nuisance to all decent people
during the canvass. Falsehood, vulgarity
and profanity have been its chief staples.
1t has even insulted the dead Houston by
comparing him to Davis. Now it is after
the Apostle Paul.
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LcakY Commodore.

According to the newspaper reports, Adj
miral Porter has, during the past two weeks,
been fighting out the war for the conquest
of Cuba on paper to his own perfect salts
faction. Having provided himself with q
complete set of photographic and topo-
graphic charts and maps, showing the en-
tire coast and waters of tho Island of Cuba,
including all the inlets. anchOrages and
harbors, he commenced the attack with his
naval and land forces, with monitors, IRON
clads, transports and steam tugs, sailors,
marines, infantry, cavalry and artillery,
bomb mortars, siege guns and field pieces,
and without a single reverse or casualty
worthy Of note, has whipped of and sunk
the Spanish feet, cut TO pieces the Spanish
army, over-run the island, and planted the
American flag on the Moro Castle-all on
paper.
This brilliant achievement Of Admiral
Porter would be ali well enough, at least il
would be perfectly harmless, If he had not
published it to the world, with al his STRAIT
egetic plans, a little in advance Of its ac-
tual accomplishment. It is all very proper
that the Admiral should amuse himself in
this sort Of warfare, if he only means it as
pastime, but If he seriously meditates
taking Cuba i. Is very ridiculous for him to
tantalize the Spaniards by telling them in
advance Just exactly how he is going to do
it--where he is going to establish his de-
pots, how he intends to envoy his troops, az
what points he intends to make a landing,
etc. etc.
Admiral Porter may be q great sea-cap-
tain on paper. but we think he is entirely
too ieazy.-Saralznah Eers
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Tweed. snder different indictments. is in
for twelve years, but the probability IS that
he viii manage in some way to get out be-
fore long. He has money enough at his
command 70 interest large number in his
behalf, and this is most decidedly an age OF
corruption. It is just now somewhat fa'h-
ionable in New York to convict criminals,
but surely Stokes got of rather easily.
They are now, however, after his jurymen,
who It appears were all bribed.
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AMONG the recent reforms In Rome is the
abolition Of one noted feature Of the Car
nival. With fun consent OF the regal gov
eminent, the municipal authorities have
prohibited the Corso del Barberi, or horse
races without riders, a very barbarOus and
cruel sport, which ought not have survived
bear-baiting and cOck-fghting. The ami
mails were goaded to their fullest speed by
spiked bullets, so slung that the faster ti4cy
ran the harder they were spurred by pam.
When thisis gone the Carnival itself, which
principally consists now Of the wholesale
shoHering Of q dangerous and binding
preparation Of lime over timid passengers,
may soon follow. The present pfaciicc Is
very different from that childish bat grace
full warfare Of flowers. fruits and bon-b0ns
Of former times The modern Romans, no
doubt, would gTumble over the suppression
Of this ancient cnsfom, but perhaps the
greatest regrct win be that 81 English,
American, aud other sightseeing tourists.
Who, for long time, have made point Of
being IN Rome during the CaTnival-a noted
feature IA the eaturnaIia d the Church
Forarfs Paes-
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not credit a vague rumor which had a Ger
tain currency At the time. that she FASTENED
her escape from a welded lot too hard To
bear. Grief, isolation. and an unhealthy
climate, acting on a frail body and sensitive
nature, sufficiently account for premature
death. \ shudder went through the liter
agy circle Of London when her fate was al
nounced-a shudder, and nrobal,lv a sioh of
relief and an appffstion tone vori
chaaged) Of q well known line.
after nfe's htful fever she sleeps uen,~
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A COMMITTEE has been appointed to re-
port bill to repeal the law increasing the
salaries except those of the Supreme Court
and the President. Why not repeal as TO
the President? Grant has managed to get,
while in Office, indirectly, by appropria-
tions in one way and another, twice the
amount of his regular salary. Besides, he
has accumulated large fortune by various
speculations and gifts.
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ELEcTION IN TRAVIS COUNTY.

The election in this city and county
passed of very quietly, and the result Is
very gratifying indeed. We have gained
largely on the Democratic majority Of last
year, and If the Democracy elsewhere have
done as well, our majority in the State can
not fall below 90, 600 We have not, while
writing this, the full returns from the
county, four or five precincts Of which are
wanting, but the majority Of Coke Will hg-
ure ~. we believe. at 800. In the city
his majority is $50; ia the county, as far as
heard from, 3es-making 727. For the
other State candidates the majorities are
about the same For the members of the
Lower House Of the Legislature there was
no organized contest, but for the Senate,
A. j. Hamilton proclaimed himself an
independent candidate against DR.. West
fall, the regular nominee of the De-
mocracy, and his friends made great ex-
ertions in this county to secure his election.
But he is beaten in this county, as
far as heard from, ninety-one votes
by DR.. Westfall, and the other pre-
cincts will probably increase it. The
election Of DR.. WestfaIl is perfectly
secure as well as the three members to the
House, Smith, Easley and Brown. The
Radicals have not carried single county
in this district. From the long residence
Of Governor HAMILTON in this county, and
his acknowledged ability, we entertained
some fears that he might get a majority of
its voters and it speaks we'll for DR.. West
fall that he succeeded in beating him at all
in this county. All of our county candi-
dates have been elected by handsome ma
jorities, and we may say that our victory in
Travis has been decisive and complete. We
trust our Democratic friends elsewhere have
done equally well.
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An attempt is already being made by
Butler to seat Sypher, Sheldon and Pinch
back, the fraudulent pretenders from Louisi-
ana Should they be admitted, we pre-
sumo the Congress will sustain the Kellogg
government also. We notice that the noble
champion of Democracy, Beck, of Ken
lucky, made powerful speech against the
admission of the Radical members.
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THE length of time required to count out
the votes, prevents our getting returns from
any other counties except by telegraph. AS
the returns come in, we shall give them to
our readers from day to day. AS far as we
have heard, the reports are cheering from
every quarter Texas is undoubtedly
thoroughly redeemed All praise and honor
TO the Texas Democracy.
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THE Radicals, of course, have had it all
their own way in the organization of Con-
gress. Blaine was reelected Speaker. The
Democrats mostly voted for Fernando
Wood, who was determined on in caucus
Some Democrats bolted on account of
Wood having voted for back pay.
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THE San Antonio Efpress of the thirtieth
November, calls Jimmy Newcomb the
''Ajax lebanon of the Radical party.
This is evidently a wrong spelling. 1t
should read Ajack Tailofaman But we
suppose Jimmy himself is responsible for it,
as he was IN San Antonio at the time.
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AMI Grant, Sumner and the rest VIII find
this ont in the end. To conclude, tbs mes
sage is worthy Of Grant, and what might
have been expected.
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We see the telegraph announces that
Tweed has been appointed one of the State
Prison orderlies. We are not certain what
the duties of such an Office are, but suppose
it is to watch over the other thieves and
keep them at work, doing nothing himself
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INEkn has a. last been taken 10 Black
wells Island, and the striped dress has been
put On him, aitsr shaving his head. Whether
this win prove warning 10 other pilIerlrs
q the public money, remains 10 - seen.
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The ELECTION IN TRAVIS COUNTY.

The uboined tables exhibit the Travis
marked with the regular Democratic nominees:
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A JoHS Bull conveTsing with an Indian,
asked him if he knew the sun never sets on
the Queens d0minions. NO. said the
Indian do you know the reason uhyl''
asked John. Because God IS afraid 10
trust an Englishman in the dark, was the
sararc's reply
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THE editor 81 . Minnesoia paper has 3
buffalo robe which was once the property
81 the Sioux chief, Son Of the Sun. whereon
are pictured al bis battles, hls scalps, and
other trophies. He i going 20 use i as
means % frighten delinquent subscribers