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

GExKRn SIDNEY SHEnlAN Of Calves
ton died in that city on the night Of the
FIRST Of August. Gen. sherman's name is
enrolled upon the Texas scroll Of fame, and
the people Of the State viii hear with deep
regret that this veteran patriot soldier has
gone 20 bis last resting place.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-07

The Chicago and st. Louis papers are
quarrelling over their respective number of
Inhabitants, asn it were really matter of
public concern which little village contained
the most The next United States census
viii tell the story.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-07

II. V. HAMILTON for many years connect
ed with the Tyler Reporter in the August
Cd number takes his leave of that paper in
well written and feeling valedictory. He
will hereafter be connected with the Tyler
Democrat The Reporter viii now be con-
Quoted by Mr.. P. H. Callahan as sole edi-
tor. It's politics will remain the same.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-07

We are anfhnIirel 20 a1nounce DENNIS f1I.EE
. elnddnle Tor sheriff ~ ITarIs tonnfF E. I71 DE
ccnIbcT elccfion, aubIert ~ ffc Decision a II. Dead
cratic Noul.n1sinE Confe1lion q ea'f lr11I4 l10r
one be held
Weere authorized - enno1noo ~ PITTS s. I.
the decIlien q connIg Dlnccfaiir CdrIlnIioa
We Efe anftoIizoIi % a1nonnre c.o u TI14r|I.
NAN ~ eanlldnfe for ahtlIl "a Isr,I. comm. :. ~.
December election. rn1ccf 10 l|e flri.lI ~ fIf |
oc11.Ic aealInallng conFcnsion ~ SID eonnIg
July n f41E-f
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-07

WE have received well written commu-
nication from GAINESVILLE, recommending.
in strong terms, as the candidate of the
Democratic party for Governor, that veteran
Of the Texas press, Col. Charles DeAIOrse of
Red River county.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-07
AUSTIN, July 81, 1878.
A. R. MoRRrs-
ArToaxEr 60 oEFIcE

August /, 1873.
Respectfully returned with the opinion
that under the decision In 18th Barbour and
the acts Of Congress, especially the later
cases, declartions Of intention 20 become
citizens must be made in open count and not
IN vacation.
AIExANnER. Attorney GeneTal.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-07

A HANDSOME COMPLIMENT TO AMERICAN
ARTIsANs.-One of the most interesting
and instructive facts connected with the
visit of the Emperor Francis Joseph to the
American department on Tuesday was that
he praised the intelligence of American in
dhstry. ''Your artifcers," he says, ''are
thinking men, and your labor seems in
spired by constant and active intelligence. !"
A handsome compliment, we say, evidently
well meant and tastefully put. One hundred
years have done much for us, thanks to our
public schools. We have no aristocracy to
patronize industry; but we have great
country with great wants, and the struggle
for precedence makes men think, and our
public schools render labor at once active
and intelligent. It will be well if the Old
world can learn the lesson in time. A little
more of the school and little less of the
patronage would be gain. We are not
yet industrially or artistically at the top Of
the tree. In a few years we shall have few
rivals.-N T. Herald.
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FOR SUPPLEMENTARY On pUBlIc INsTnrc
TON

EOt oLEEllANA'ENOLNE. "a klnLetL IsI.IIIEI|
TON
We are authorized 70 announce HORACE CLARK
% candidate for the once 81 Superintendent ~ Pub
le lnstrnction. TWenty.1fe ycafs q experience la
educational matters Ia Texas aud IN intimate ar
quainiance with al systems 81 public and rfIgflc ~
atrueflon, induce him 20 o1cf ha name 8hoaII -
ceire the nomination 81 the State Democratic Conftn
ton, he win discharge 70 the best ~ ne ability lln
duties q this responsible once.
iulssi dsn
10 the People Of Texas: Al the soIicafioao ~ lsfs
In different paFs d fhetafc. present my name tHr
votersO Of Texas the Dcmocfiic ~ "a sfls
Superintendent q Public Instruction. EuhIrrf ~ lIf
decision o. the neKt Democratic Stale Cc1Fo1iIan
The cl1ln1 present % my fellow citizens 1I1 ENI
gr1o1oie q an Old and noted college n f1e 8caI1 m
ior oyer quarter q century ha4s t1rnlet ~ te
energies 20 educational cufcfuflfcEs that fI fIf a
nfeen years haEe been sHecclafa ID Ifla.
and for tbs last eight years lad charge " ftI14
Collcge ~ BeRnln. 6ec6nd 70 none "a ihe 1Ialf era
trust that NY EpefIelee h11 ounIiled ne ~ II'If
aer.iand ne be., mode q conane1Ilg l.oel. q e
gfade. have taken mneh pains - illoIl1 U11rI q.
TIE workings 81 pubIlc schools On ftt aEoIlEt States
g this connffy sid IA knfopo. aqd hoI1 q ~ 81.
choice 81 yQnf deicgatee, 10 s. aI|e ~ nll|nr de0
ton 70 the duties 81 o1co 20 ntFel lho r.fsI'l 81
the youth - the cc1ulfg, N Eaan1rf b1ne1tfaI
them and satisfactory % me peoe.e
srous. TExAs July q. les8 iai5
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Wilson, Audubon and other American
ornithologists, have related with some
minuteness the courage of the king bird,
otherwise called the tyrant fly catcher and
field martin The bird is eight and one half
inches long, with an extent of wings four
teen and one-half inches The prevailing
colors ere dark blush ash and while on the
body, with dark brown wings. On the
crown of the head there is concealed
patch of vermillion feathers, edged with
white and orange, and capable of being
erected as crest. Il prefers to build ia
orchards, fields of clover. and in the vicin'-
ity Of houses. In defending their nest, q
pair of king birds does not hesitate 10 at
tack crows vultures, hawks, eagles cata
and larger animals Il is called the 'farn-
er's friende in protecting eggs fron the
crow, chickens from the hawk, and IL de-
vouring noxious insects. The above ac-
count is interesting, taken in connection
with an incident which recently occurred al
Westminster, Pennsylvania. A boy, having
climbed pear tree for the purpose Of de-
taohing rope, had gained about half hia
desired height, when he was attacked by
two king birds who had nest Of young ia
the higher branches Of the tree. The at
tack was kept mp alternately for long
while, striking the boy on his bare head
with their beaks and wings, and finally be-
came SO demonstrative in their war Of blows
and cries, that the boy, in fear Of losing his
eyes, was forced to beat a retreat.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-07

LITTLE BRoTmRRs. Sisters do not turn
off your younger brothers as II they were
always in your way, and any service they
might ask Of you were a burden Perhaps
the hour may come when, over a coffin that
looks strangely longer than you thought.
and over pale brow where often, half IN
willingly and perhaps with petulant push,
you parted the hair, you bend with blind
ing tears, and sObs that shake your very
soul, while remOrseful memory Il busy with
by-gone hours. You will wish then. that
when he came and asked you to help him ~
his play, or to lift him on your lap bocauao
he was tired, or take him out because he
wanted to sec; you had lain aside your book
and made the little head glad 4amaas
Life at Home.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-07

The County Court of Harris has ordered
their jail to be repaired. A good thing,
which should be done in other counties,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-07

DIR. MARY WALKER, failing to secure a
clerkship at Washington, has been recon-
mended by Gen. Spinner to the lunatic asy-
lum at Washington, where she should have
been long ago.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-07

e-SssoFFICR OF COMPTROLLER OF PURI1c
~ ACCOUNTS, AUSTIN, August 3. f8la Foach.
Of the teachers Of the Public Free Schools Tor scr
vices IN Bell county, up 70 April 1874 win BE- paid q the
State Treasury after this date.
w. G. PHILIPS
AUG IL Acting COMPTROLLER.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-07

49, TO he Dfm0cyofs q Praaind No q Tsdris
- county: In accordance with TIA caIl ~ the
Chairman Of the Democratic Executive Committee 81
Travis county mass convention Of the Democrats 81
Han, az clock ~ on August i6 next, Tor the nul
pose OF electng delegates 70 the county Convention 81
Travis county 20 be held August ~, and aIfofr Ec
lect candidate for Justice Of tbs Peace 81 Precinct
No =, Travis county. 10 n hoped that there will ~
fuli attendance Of the Democracy 81 the rfocI1cf.
J. D. DoxCY,
EHED CAHLEron
For Executive COMMITTEES Of Democracy 81 Precinct
No. 3. Of Travis county.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-07
THE Houston Mercury of the I'd inst. has
the following special dispatch, signed ''B'':

WASHINGTON, d. c., August /, 1873.
Governor Davis left yesterday. he has
been whipped out, and abandOns the field.
Has sold no bonds; secured no removals of
Federal officers; has secured the nominal
ton of no friends, and left disgraced and
disguised. B.
Is this the same .sB'' who has been the in
innate companion of Governor Davis at
Washington and New York, according to
his letters in the Galveston Ns,os' We pause
Cor n. ranlv
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Announcements.


The name of JOHN HENRY BROWN b. REQUEST
Of his fFieude Ia az parts 81 the State q presented
q the Denocrntlc state Convention candidalc lo
Lieutenant Governor
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-07

FOR the information Of the public and
particularly our fellow citizens Of foreign
birth, we publish the following conespOn-
denee:
AUSTIN, July 81, 1873.
Hon. Wa. Alexander, Attoraey General
Is It indispensable that declarations Of in
tention to become citizens Of the United
States, be made in open court, by foreign
ers, preparatory 20 registration, or may they
be made before the clerk in vacationi am
acting upon the superstition that these
declarations must be made in open court.
Please let me know.
Yours truly,
A. R. MoRRIs-
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-07

DIR. t. S. Bell, of Louisville, KY, has
given to the public, through the Courier
Journal, several instructive articles on the
origin, nature and distribution of cholera,
in which particular attention is called to the
fact that the disease generally attacks per-
sons in the nighttime or early in the morn
ing. He regards cholera as malarial in its
origin. In the COurier-JoarnGl Of the
seventeenth instant, he says;
But the main force Of my statement Is
untouched. It is an important one. fe-
peat It. No case Of cholera has ever yet
occurred, except as the result Of sleeping at
night where the cause is, and no amount Of
exposure in the day time, without the sleep
at night in the locality, ever gave the dis
ease. No mere sojoumer during the past
three hundred years has ever slept at night
in the malari0us season. in the Pontine
marshes, (near Rome) without dying. The
Abruzzi mountaineeFs, who put in sach
crops as raised there, sleep in daytime, but
never at night. All testimony that has
spoken on this point in reference to yellow
fever testify that no amount Of exposure in
daytime Is perilous, but that the only dan
ger Is in sleeping in the locality At night. F"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-07

ISDIAxs--F. C. Taylor writing to Mr..
Muncey July 20, gives the following intor-
nation In regard to Indians: s.Friday last,
a. noon, about ten Indians on foot attacked
the Station AZ PecOs Bridge, killed the
hcrder, q Mexican named Juan Chavaria,
and drove Of an the animals. fourteen in
number. TheW were four other men IN the
employ q the Nail Company there and q
guard 81 three soldiers. Sunday Il II p. n,
nine mounted Indians came % the Station
g Kickapoo. but did not attack IL but at
lacked some German Transfers camped
fhere The taaulslcr8 fined on them and
drove them Of IN TIN direction 81 - Nc
KsTelk without losing any stock. Over q
hundred head 81 hores were stolen On
Drady'f cfcek last ucek and annnbcl ~
Indians and Irit have been
~
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1873-08-07

Chairman Dem. Elk. Committee
CoRsrcANA, Texas, July IA, 1878.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-08

NJ Office is hereby given that the undersigned
' administrator of the estate of Talbot Bragg,
Sr., deceased, will in obedience to the order OF
the Probate Court Of Lincoln county, Missouri,
made at the October term Of said court for the
year 1872, sell on
Wednesday, January Is, 1873,
town Of Troy, in said county, between the hours
of ten O'Clock, n. m, and FIVE O'Clock p. m. Of
said dey, and during the session of the Pre- bate
Court of said county, at the January term there
of for 1873, the real estrte belonging to said de-
ceased, situate in said county VI Lincoln, Mo-,
and described as follows, or so much thereof as
will be sun sent to pay the debt Of said deceased
The northwest quarter OF southeast quarter of
section 2S, township 40, range west, containing
40 acres the southwest quarter of the northeast
quarter of section %, township 40, range west
containing 40 acres: the southwest quarter of
southeast quarter of section %, township 40
range ! west, containing 40 acres; the west half
Of southeast quarter of section SO, township 49
fange west' containing so acres the cast half
Of southwest quarter of section SO, township az.
range west, containing 70 acres the east half
Of northwest quarter Of section 81, township 40.
sangeh west, containing so acres the south.
east sractfonal quarter Of section 26, township
eS' range ! west, containing 4047 acres the
hortheast fractional quarter Of section IS, town.
ship ~, Nnge ! west, containing 20. .5S acres +;
10 survey NO. 452, township 40, range l vest,
conta'cing 7oo acres. All of tho above de-
serioed real estate is sold clear Of widows Der,
and.is hereby offered for sale privately nntiI ~
said lhth day of January, 1873.
TEkMs-One half cash. The balance In s;x
months the purchaser to give bonds for deferred
payment, With good and approved security. with
10 Ger cest. Interest from date.
49,, 5. n. VOOLFOLK, Adm'rof
sse@ ~s~eFass Of Talbot Bragg, sr. Se,
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-08

Next Tuesday the legislature will begin
the excitement ef voting for q United
States senator. The aspirants are all rep.
resentative men, the most prominent of
whom are Gen. Blair, Col. Bogy, Gen.
Phelps, Gen. Marmaduks,J j f. .Broadhead,
&c. The "fc." stands for those who MAJ y
feel themselves aggrieved by not being
named as among the "most prominent of
whom"
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-08

A steamer arrived 10 New York the
other day, having on board ten men, de.
nominated "Ku- -klux," on their way to
prison at Albany. 1t was a cold day,
and the prisoners, poorly clad, shivered
and shook, and formed sorry spectacle
for the holidays. They were all from
South Carolina, and were in charge of
carpet bag South Carolina marshals, as
far as New York. There they were de-.
livered ever to other authorities, and
some of these took occasion to address
them such insulting remarks as occur
to low. bred, ignorant tyrants who have
their heels on the nsoks of better men.
Republican.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-08

Senator Summers health is very deli
cate. His physician says that his condi
tion is very bad. He has frequent re
ourrsnce of acute pain in the region Of
the bsart-a relic Of the spinal difficulty
which has afflicted him for the last fifteen
years. These attacks are very violent
md prostratiug, but Of short duration.
The senator suffers from the loss OF
sleep. and on retiring each night he has
3D. opiate introduced under the skin of
Tho rm,. from the influence Of which
slumbet is a4one induced.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-08

Mr.. Davis of St. Peters, formerly of
Ohio, while hunting on the Mississippi
last week, was crawling through the
brush "calling" turkeys. when trapper
named August Bolman, living near. see
ing his hat and supposiug it to be a tur-
key, fred and killed him on the spot.
Bolman went to St. Peters, Sunday morn.
ing, and gave himself up.-St. Charles
News.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-08

The general assembly Of this state met
at Jefferson City last Wednesday. The
first few days were spent in caucussins,
organizing and canvassing the claims Of
aspirants. Col McIlhsnsy Of Audraiu
was elected speaker Of the house, and
Senator Essex speaker pro tenn. Of the
senate. A detailed account Of the pro.
cesdings would occupy most of our
space and be of little or no interest to
the readers; but every matter of i'm
portance TO the people at large, or to
this section, will not pass unuoticed.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-08

The Missouri Republicans new Off ce
will be formally opened to-day (Wednes.
day.) Our thanks are due the proprie-
tors for on Invitation to be present. 1t
will doubtless be magnificent affair, and
the guests will indulge 10 grand feas,
Of resson and flow Of soul, as we'll as other
good things.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-08

The President gives his first state
dinner to day, the srh, the guests being
members of the cabinet and their wives
Vice President aud Mrs. Colfax, Gen
and Mrs. Sherman, Admiral and Mrs
Porter. State dinners will be giver
every alternate Thursday during th'
season.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-08

BARKUM BURNED OUT AGAIN.-On
the 24th ult. p. Il. Barnum's museum at
New York was burned, and the sad spec.
tacle OF animals roasted alive was re en-
sctsd. Gro elephant, nine eamcls, .
sirafSs, lions, tigers, monkeys, and hun
sreds OF other auinals we're burned.
The ,os'ings, mosninss and sersschss Of
the doomed animsls brought tears to the
eye. Of the beholders, sad many sere
fssstie ia their exclamstiens of "csp't
soaaeshing Se done To save them ?" But
fss Of <hs sondses aosissisd ~ che
greet shsW0as wess taSed.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-08

The Republicans Jefferson City cor
respondent, speaking Of the arrivals of
members Of the legislature, names Bull
Of Lincoln" Our representative is a
bully good fellow, but that isn't bis
name. Such is fame.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-08

MISSOURI REPUBLICAN,
A First Class News and
Family journal.
THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN is prepared
to enter upon another journalistic year with
newed vigOr and enterprise. We have recently
added to our establish uent all the latest improve
ments in the printing business, including the
fas est presses and the most complete machinery
in the world. We have likewise secured ex ra-
ordinary facilities for the collection Of the news,
III all important quarters, and for its prompt
transmission by telegraph. Our foreign and do
nestle correspondence has been increased, and
our editorial ass stance augmented. The RE-
PUBLICAN now feels able to compete with any
newspaper in the United States in the extent
and variety Of its news, the freshness Of its
responjence, the soundness and dignity of its
editorials, the reliability of its financial ,ntel-
gence, the character Of its Literary, Local and
miscellaneous features, and in short the various
departments embraced in first class news and
family Journal.
The REPUBLICAN, as political paper, isa
fearless and independent advocate Liberal Dem
cratic principles. 1t is bound, however, by no
party ties to the support of unworthy mon, mr.
by party discipline to any action it may deem
wise or impolitlc. Its utterances will echo the
sentiment, of the popular masses as far as they
can be ascertained. Its main platform will be the
and 1t will seek to encourage immi grafton, to de-
velop natural resources, to promote improvement,
to advance Agriculture, Manufactures ana Min
ing to cultivate the economic arts, to elevate tho
standard OF general intelligence and morals. 1t
will studiOusy strive, as in the past, to avoid
sensational and prurient journalism, and will
without sacrificing spice and piquancy, aim to
make itself worthy OF admission into the purest
circles.
The WEEKLY REPUBLICAN will contain
the cream Of the DAILY ISSUES, CONDENSED AND
COLLECTED EXPRESSLY FOR THE COUNTRY and coll
tanning the LATEST NEWS up to the time Ct COINS
to press. It will also be enlivened with var
etI of misce llaneOus matter, and by features OF
interest to be found only in this paper.
TERMS.
THE MISSOURI REPUBLICAN, published
every morning, by mail, one year, Sl2. To clubs
Of three, $34 of ten, 800.
THE TRI-wEEKLY, published Mondays.
Wednesdays and Fridays, So a year three copies
$l7; Eve copies $27; ten copies $50.
THE WEEKLY, 81 a year, three copies es,
Eve copies So, ten copies fifteen dollars, twenty
copies twenty FIVE dollars.
Additions can be made to clubs at any time at
club rates. Ten per cent. com mission allowed to-
Agents getting up clubs.
Papers not sent unless paid In advance, and
invariably discontinued at the end Of time paid
for.
Remittances eau be made at our risk in Drafts,
Post-ofice Orders or Registered Letters,
GEO. KNAPP & CO.,
st. Louis, Mo.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-08

1t is believed by many that post.
masters, or the post Office department,
are responsible for the loss of registered
lensts, but the post master general says
that no such decision has ever been made
aud that neither Are responsible 10 any
Way for the less Of such letters.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-08

New Iott Ans been suffering severely
from the FIRE fend. Last week a book
bipdery and the Fifth avenue theatre
we're burned, and a number Of persons
perishsd 10 the flames.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-08

1t is said that Pike county alone has
candidates enough to gil 70 overhowing
every office IN the gift Of the Legislature.
There are also other localities equally
represented. The long abstinence has
made q good many hungry office seekers.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-08


THE SENATORIAL CoNTEsT.-The Times
Jefferson City correspondence of the Gath
says: Gen. Blair put in an appearance
this morning at the Madison house.
His friends, as usual, are warm in the
canvass for him, and many think his
chances of success are not only fair, but
certain. Not so with the men who sup.
ported Mr.. Hutchns for speaker; there
is almost bitter animosity among them,
relative to the election of General Blair,
and it is believed that the anybody to.
beat Blair principle prevails in their
ranks. Upon whom the opponents Of
General Blair will settle, is not known.
Their opposition is carried Oh quietly,
and it is believed, surely. There is
sono talk Of combination between the
Confederate element here, and the Re.
publican element. If such were the case,
and they would combine against any one
particular aspirauts, be would te run to
the girth," if not distancsd entirely.
But we do not believe iu the existence Of
any such combination, for such thing
as the miugling of these waters will never
be. 1t is contrary to the very spirit Of
both.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-08

"Maj. Peers" Of Wsrrcntou i, the way
the Republican correspondent writes it.
About every other member is dubbed
Maj, Col, Capt, or some other title than
plain "Mr."
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-08
Final Settlement.

NOTICE is hereby given that the dndassisnee
~ administrator Of the estate of Polly Shelton,
deceased. will make final settlement of his ad-
Of said estate at the next term Of
the Probate Court of Lincoln county, Mo to be
bsgtn and held at the court house in Troy on She
second Monday in Ssnusry, 1873.
dssiI 4. Q. SITT0Es A6A*,
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-08

It 10 said that the retirement OF Sec.
rotary Boutwell, from the Cabinet is no
longer doubtful. Judge Richardson it
10 supposed will be his successor.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-08

Both house Of the general assembly
have been engaged on bill po.tpouiug
penalties on the collection Of taxes until
April. II vas referred to . special com.
nittee.
The Lincoln County herald., 1873-01-08

Stokes, the murderer of Fink, has been
convicted Of murder in the 6rst degree.
Ills attorney will move for new trial.