Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-08-19
TEXAS.

A Newsy entertainments Immigra
tiOn-sn apology 80 HRrper's Week
1y-Radical Judges at LOggerheads
A DistrIct Judge Summons Two su
prems Judges for Contemplating
nous Mutiny Of Negro SOldiers-Th<
State Certain To go Democratic in
the Coming Election.
Correspondence of the Union and American.
AUSTIN, TEXAS, Aug. 5, 1873. Although
the State government Of Texas has beer
under Radical rule for FIVE or six years, it il
not uncommon to SEE, in the Republican
papers Of the North, effJIts made 10 create
the impression that the people of the State
are still disloysl and that it is unsafe for
quiet, orderly people. Tnese charges, how.
ever, have bad no sort of influence in pre-
venting immigration 10 Texas. In 1880
Texas bad two Repr, natives in Con
gress. Now she has six, and thera is
no doubt but that the next census
viii show population Rhich will entitle us
TO at least twelve. Even that philarthropic,
pictorial paper, HaTper's weekly can see
evidences IF disloyslty from The fact that
our late Legislature invited JEFF Davis to
visit the State Capitol, and did not ask Gen.
Grant. NJ. Davis contemplated d aking a
business trip to the Slate, and our Legisla-
ture knew that the people Of Texas would
3 be glad of an opportunity to show how high
ly he was esteemed in the Lone Star State.
Gen. Grant was fixing up for bis annual
-isit to Long sBraEch, and as that place
had been made branch Of our
National Capital, it would have been
wrong for Texas to have brought him away
from the sports of the season. If our leg
islators we're in session now probably they
. would like to have Grant here TO settle some
vexed questions which bis Radical friends
have brought upon themselves.
The Constitution of Texas gives the Gov
ernor power Of appointing all the judges of
the State subject to the confirmation Of the
Senate. Gov. Davis, elected st a time
when the military bad q right to say who
should vote, appointed Judge Nancy Dis
trict Judge. In 1872 Nancy fined some
members of The bar for contempt of court
and struck their names from the list of at
tornies. The lawyers appealed to the Sup
rene Couri and it was there held that
the matter at issue was not con-
tempt of court. Judge Nancy still
refused to let the attorneys Practice before
him on the ground that he hSd the power to
determine Wha was contempt of court"
when he was On the bench. This seemed
to the highest Judicial authority of the State
as deserving something TO convinc the
District Judge that he had over-estimated
his court, and therefore they fined him and
ordered him to jail for fifteen days. At the
expiration of 10 days he was released.
When he left the prison bars behind he ex-
hibited no signs of meekness, 10 repent
ance, no submission to the highest
IA, i'll d. IL
determined that the honor, dignity and
power Of the District Judge shall be MAIN
tanned. In order to carry out this deter
minaLion be issues a summons for two of
the judges TO appear before him and ans yer
for contempt of his court. When the
Sheriff handed this summons to the Su-
preme Judges they could not spare the time
to. leave the bench and call on Judge Nancy,
but, instead thereof, handed the Sheriff a
writ directing him TO bring before them the
body of Judge Nancy. After q travel of
several days the Sheriff trings the refracto-
~ Judge before the Supreme Court, and
now Judge Nancy is safely lodged in the
Jail Of. Francis county untiI the
18th Of this month, at which time
bis case will be taken up. The judges
of these two courts are Radicals AMI ought
to be of that class who shave taken away
the key of knowledge" but they don't seem
to know how 10 use it. But tie key of the
State prison the Supreme Court can use to
answer their purpose. If either of these
courts were made up of d mocrats, Grant
with bis "boys in blue" would settle the
difficulty as speedily as be did the Kellogg
McEnery case in Louisiana. But as they
are all RAIDS, this case must not be charged
TO the disIoyalty of Texas, but rather to the
ignorance of some Of the Governors judicial
appointments.
There is another case of more difficulty
perhaps than the judicial troubles. There
is at San Antonio company OF negro sol
diers. List Sunday one of them wrote a
letter 10 young lady of the city, which she
handed to Der father. The letter was shown
to the officar, a white man, and the result
was the nero was whipped by the father of
the young lady as iu the days of ante bel
Il M. This so enraged the colored soldiers
that they resorted TO SEGA: sion, rebellion,
fury and revenge. In vain the officers or
dered them back 90 their quartz rs. Negro
soldiers, with Enfield rifles, thirs.ing for re-
Tenge, made things look decidedly unpless-
ant. Gen. Au:- ur, on being informed how
matters stood, took a "new departure" 10
order 10 give quiet to the city, he eDrolled
two hundred citize,s, armed and marched
them to the scene of the mutinous soldiers.
The ds kies were arrested and ironed, and
now wait the &C ion of the military. Such
is the report we have for San Antonio, and
i pres line is 3 correct version of the aE
fair.
The election for State officers and MEM /
bers Of The Legislature takes place in De-
cember next. The Legislature will meet in
January. There is no doubt of the election
Of a ID smocratic Governor, Comptroller,
Treasurer, etc and it is certain that the
Legislature will be thoroughly Democratic. i
In spite of all the Radicals can dc, Texas
will continue to increase her population
more than any other SAFE in the Union.
Our III Id climate and rich lands will bring
more tan one hundred tbous nd emigrants
to the State in the next twelve months. We
are building railroads all through the State,
and capitaliss are turning their attention to
the rich lands West of Austin. There is q
lsr. q scope of country West of US, embrae-
ing the counties of San Saba, COncha, Cole
man, Mensrj, etc, con.aiEing as rich lands
as can be found anywhere. Ia addition to
this, il is sa d that the bills on San Saba
river, which runs through the counties of
Meuard and San Saba, contain very valuable
minerals. Capitalists re wiling to make
investments, as there is no chance to lose
money by purchasing lands in Western
Texas. TENNESSEE. =
A LONDON CORRESPONDENT tells new
story Cf the Shah. The King Of Kings was
very much charmed with the paintings at :
the international Exhibition, and fin'lly
bought 81 500 worth. He admired one
viii b had three dorkeys In it, but declined
tc nav The pre-. Gl6O. because be bad been