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DEMOCRATIC STATE EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE.

JNO. C. BURCH, Of Davidson.
2. c. DUNNINGTON, of Maury.
THOMAS F. HENRY, Of Montgomery.
JAMES W. NEWMAN, of Lincoln.
THOS. B. MURRAY, of Warren.
j. NJ. BROOKS, OF Knox.
JNO. BLEYINS, of Hawkins.
W. d. VANDYRE, of Hamilton.
j. NJ. COULTER, Of Gibson
II. W. WALL, of Henry.
LUKE Z. WRIGHT, of Shelby.
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To
Advertise Your Business.
Take n Panel i'm the Exposition, and
have WEST, the Artist, put some
oF his Work ON IL

GEE THE TWO PANELS ALREADY PUT
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Water Tax Reduced-Pay Promptly.

NHF WATER TAX HAVING BEEN RE-
L duced, and being now due for the last SIX
months Of this year. all persons are earnestly re-
qurSted to call at the Office and pay them taxes
without further notice. The city needs money,
and all must pay promptly or the water will be
sl,ut on JOHN l.. GLENN,
iv9 Nv Il. Water Tax COLLECTOR
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1 Good Paying Investment.
OWING TO THE DEATH OF Ny LATE
- partner. 5. J. Slime, together with nay own
declining health, desire to sell our
Stock and Business,
which has been conductel By

slime ~ BIRMINGHAM,
Corner Cedar 1T. and Public Square,
for the paSt five wears. The business is large
and profitable and IL is on account OF no dissatis-
faction with the business that We offer II for
sale The stock Is well selected AMI complete.
The stand = a good one. a-d there Is yet an Nv
rvt.ircd lease on the building OF year and a
hall. which, OF course, would 20 into the pur-
chase.
ANY one DESTROYS Of making g0Od-paying in
vestmeut in the
Fancy Grocery and Liquor Business
would do well to coll on or address me through
the POSt-Ofice. The application should be
made a once. "
JIM. BIRMINGHAM,
jyS DIV Surviving Partner.
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debt. Our great national foreign debt was
not only a political blunder but political
crime. 1t was the folly of the general whe
marched his army int the sarboneaii bog
But what Is the amount Of this foreign
debt: al d what are its demands upon our
cold fesotircesf ttonl ID Al Wells, Steeial
Commissioner Of the Revenue, in his las
report QS69) estimated OR foreign delf as
follows
National securities ...;.:..;..... 81 ,Cco,OO0,ooO
STATE. railway, municipal, and -
other securities. ........-........ 4cii-oo'O'l
Total STAG, 800 600
Hon. E. Young, Chief Of the United
States Bureau Of Statistics, in an article
published In the Independent New York;
April 9, 1874, says;
dIi6of.sh tsete EeFe 10 hstiaasi Securities
| held abf0ai at the commencement OF our late
| war, vet some of the bonds OF the Commonwealth
| Of PENNSYLVANIA, and probably OF Massachusetts
| and other States, as well as railroad shares and
| securities, were owned in furope: In the alb
| seuce of accurate data the subject, " l. be-
level that fft+ lrilloH Is AZ sliNie estiate ~
| these aute-bellum securities. With this sddi-
/ ton our aggregate foreign debt amounts TO about
81 200 ,On 200, and our annual Interest charge TO
nearly s72,UO,oO0.
| w nat IS our SOlu ctptcity W uiSct even
the sI2,OOO,oOO annual interest, ON our for
eign debit The statesitiap's Wear book,
1914, page $50, gives the following Stats
tics:
The yield o. the precious Metals in the Tilted
States in the wear ISL was estimated at sec 6S
| 600 Neraila produced the largest amount, SD, :
5OqOr and after il came California, 81, 600 ,OO;
Montana, IS, ESQ ,Oo; Idaho, S. ,OoO; and Colo
| RADIO. 4.6s3, OU0. Oregon, Washington, Utah,
| New Mexico, and Arizona Territories produced
| smaller amounts
This shows that the annual productions
of DIR gold fields are not equal to ottr an
nual .foreisti intetest! When thh, Interest
las the ODDS against us, what will We dc
when We come to wrestle with the debt ?
To show t!Iat our country is already
squeezed aud sucked of its gold like an or
anGe bF orr foreign debt refer to the fol
lowing table, furnished in the same Year
Book, page SIS, showing the total value OF
the gold and silver bullion and specie i'm
ported and exported from the United
States in each of the six fiscal years ending
June 80, from 1865 to tSl3i
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ROANOKE COLLEGE,
Salem, Virginia.
A. c. CARTER

Twenty SeC0sd Session, 1S14-15-Be-
gsgins Sept. 2Iana Closes Jnne l6.
COURSE OF STUDY A5 HIGH AS Thai
" of any College in Virginis.
Literary Societies Of Erst rank. Extensive Ii
brsTies. Heading Room, Cabinet ADD Laboratory
1OratiUn unsurpassed in America Inc aDuh-
dance 81 the Roanoke Valley renders the eN-
peI.s- vert r7lerste. For session OF ten months,
including board, tuitsOn, fuel. lights, washing,
etc about 500. Students from SEVENTEEN
States and Territories, including tennessee.
a. For Catalogues and further information,
address REV. ID. F. BITTLE, ID. D.,
go ,ls.o.ls,v 2-yv9t President.
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Ninth Ward.
second District.

,Iudges-O. Newly, EasOn, Watt MeMur-
ray.
Ulerks-John A McCampben and Jas. Aver
itt
Receiver-David Stephenson.
Election to be held at McQuirter, Edwards
gin. and all other usual voting places IN the Dis
trict
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Third ward.

.Iudgcs-John Todd, Charles Wand, A. c.
Carter.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Election to be held at Fireman's Hall.
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judges VI Simpkins, Esq, &c orge Bench
Willis DOzier.
Clerks-Henry Abernatly, VIM Hyde.
ReCsiver-A. Warren.
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THE CURRENCY.
Its Bad Quality and the RuinOus
Policy of the Administration.
FaIIacies and Misconceptions of
the Presidents Veto Message.
Speech of Hon. John NJ. Bright,
of Tennessee, in the House
of Representatives, June
I3, 1871

''4fn,l IL came to pass in those DAYS. that there
went ont decree from Cesar Augustus that
all the world should be taxed. Lake ii, !.
"What mean We that We beat my people IL
pieces, and grind the faces of the pOor2 SAITH the
Lord God of hosts IL ill., Is
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Third District,

,JudgeS-M J Couch, j B Fuqua, H S Cotton.
CieTks-James Cotton, COlyar Cone.
Reeeiyer-D NJ Briggs.
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Judges-JOhn Luck, Tom EsAew, george w
Smith.
Clerks-A S Camp, Cos Piummer.
Receiver-A- b. Shankland.
Election 10 be held at the Hook and Ladder
Hall
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Fourth ward

,Iudges-Wm Burt, A A Garter, john Latt-
mer.
Clerks-JOe Burt, Cas- Hale.
Receiver-Wm. singleton.
Election to be held at Old Theater.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-02-12

Both branches Of on State Legislature
IRE overwhelmingly Democratic. and "a the
list q names comprising its members ne
see many Of the best and ablest men 81
which Texas cdn boast. Our chief Execu-
tive combines within himself Gil the better
qualities o. the statesman She idrist, tic
patriot and the leader.
Every branch Of our State government +
now, or soon win be, IN full harmony. no.
jar OF discord in all its machinery. or a
government thus composed, the people
Justly expect Euch IN the way Of reform.
and It would be well for Democracy that
they be not disappointed.
The present cOnglOmeration Of corruption.
absurdity, ignorance and petty tyranny,
that was forced upon Us by Federal bayonets
and which we are still forced t0acknoWl-
edge as our State Constitution, can never
command the hearty support or cheerful
obedience Of our people. It's very parent
age forbids It. To attempt even in news
paper editorial TO enumerate its many OBJ
lectionable features, its many absurdities
and contradictions, in short the many good
and cogent reasons why it should be wiped
from our statute books in toto, would be al
most an insult to the intelligence Of our
people. They arc so patent to all and have
been so often discussed and condemned
This is question in which the entire
Stale isinterested, and should form a subject
OF grave deliberation by the legislature.
While we announce our own views, and the
views Of others, we assume our friends,
who may disagree with us, that the columns
Of the STATESMAN are open to enlightened
discussion.
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concern Tor the malice Of his constitutional
Isl mendlci0ns enemy. ought to have been
satisfaction enough between them. But
the said Footer seems 70 think be owes .
balance, dating back a long time. And It
IS characteristic Of the man-perhaps we
should rather say Characteristic Of the con
stitutional prOcliyity attributed to him by
Dir. Davis--that, notwithstanding he has
lately written vehementiy against the bar
barism Of dueling, and expressed the ut
most contriti0n for his own liberal indGl-
gence IN the murderous practice, he pro-
poses to discharge his ancient arrear BY
meeting Dir. Davis, according to the duel
ing code, in deadly combat = He knows, =
SAYS Mr.. F0ote, as thousands Of others
know, that for full twenty years / have
stood ready to accord TO him such satisfac-
ton as he might deem necessary to
his deeply wounded honor; and that, what
ever general views may entertain touching
the propriety Of settling such issues as have
arisen between him and myself in the mode
referred to, yet that, from special Difference
to him, shall be altogether induced to
make his an exceptional case. The habitual
calumniator of honest and patriotic men has
no right to skulk behind the hypoeritical
pretenses Of extreme piety."
This inveterate quarrel, If it has hui
.morous aspect, is also profoundly pathetic.
One of the parties is upwards Of eighty,
and the other is sixty Their enmity com
menced before the deluge, so to speak, aud
the flood could not extinguish it. From the
ashes of political ruin it flames out as
brightly as when they were in the heyday
of political fame and promise. 1t seems to
be the freshest and most unfading thing
about either, which has survived from the
antediluvian era. Is there provision in the
great hereafter for an immortality of re-
jgious hatel- GalUestoH Aescs,.-.S-
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PHEsmrsr GRANT recently gave exprcs
sion to the following sentiment, which is
crcditable to him As citizen and q states
man. Had he acted upon it from the be-
ginning the southern people would have adj
mire5 aad loved him. But il Is not the less
welcome now:
Ibegin to think It Is time for the Repub-
lican party to unload. There has been too
nluSa dead weight carried by it. The sue
cess Of our arms during the rebellion, and
the confidence that the Republican party
was strong enough to hold up any burden
have imposed all the disafection in the Gulf
States on the administration am tired Of
this nonsense. Let Louisiana take care of
herself, as Texas VIII have to do. I don't
want any quarrel about Mississippi State
matters to be referred to me. This nursing
Of monstrosities has nearly exhausted the
life of the party. am done with them,
and they viii have to take care of them
selves.
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There b a rhythm, q music and a senti-
meat - these lines which We admire.
.fAele was once in our history. as there have
been in many others, bright eyes, rose-red
iips White arms, ard 9 love, coming fresh
over the chasm Of years. But the dar-
llngsp have passed away, leaving only the
iragFance 81 their presence and the felicity
u q memory rendered harmonious and
sacred by grief meliowed BIZ time.
Far bright cycs coaso % ne ia ny drcams-
IRomc 81 black and iwoaFe brown IS
The black cyeg gov virh hidden fro
TIC bgoEn eyes mieat melt a.heArt Of stone
Foartose redflps come to ne In ny dreams-
Two with pout iuyillng nay kiss;
Two nag close firmly, with prond resolve
1et nenhef pdf eeeid bear p piaz-
Eo1E white arms twino about ny nee
feel TIE ihril d their e4cet carsss
While ihe fingers wander o'er DgoE ana cheek
hndn ny 1oni aIises IN strength 70 bless
This love that makes life 20 dear to me-
This love thai Wili last. tn my heart Is sifi
Above that no faint Of sin can stain,
loge that entiralis both sense and san.
Black eyes, agl0W win yonr hidden Gre-
Brown eyes. with your sweet enhancing Rraces
Red Bps. white arms and velvet palms,
wonid strain you close In q long embrace
by darilngs, y0uE mother longs for Jon
The dream Of your presence = passing fair
Dut-yonr Eosered lips are far from my own,
And my eireiched-out arms, clasp the empty arr
The stars CLEAN bright IN these Southern skies,
But away at the North, the came stars beam
watch their light through the nights long hours
md aseat nlg pain sriii ny noeking dram
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The following article from the Waco
Esgniasr, which COMFORTS with q commu-
nication which we published yesterday,
meets our approval, and win receive the ap-
probation Of every one who desires the pro
lection Of the planting interests Of the
coutry. We are surprised that the mer-
chants Of Galveston, who have a deep in
terest in this matter, have not rigidIy cor
rected it promptly, rendering any legislation
unnecessary:
THE PUBLIC WEIGHER. arc at loss
10 understand on what the objections of the
Asrs to Mr. Simpsons bill rests, providing
for the appointment Of a public weigher.
The bin provides for the appointment of
this truly important officer-importan 10
every planter and shipper-by the Gov
ernor.
Fair dealing and honesty in the admins.
tration Of the duties of the Office is sought
to be enforced. Every planter and shipper
we have heard express himself on this sub
Jet insists upon the passage of this law
When it is remembered that nearly the
whole cotton crop Of the State passes
through the hands Of the weigher, upon
whose honesty and correctness every planter
depends for the compensation of his toll
and industry, it may be understood how
much this matter interests him. We will
follow the bad example of the Neus in adj
dressing word to the members on this sub
ject, differing, however, in Its purpose. We
say to Mr.. Simpson: Push your bill through
to law, and force every one opposing the
bill, If there are such, who wish to 60 on
the record thus, to come out plain.
bill now pending, with reference to insurance
and the regulation thereof in this State.
We have long and badly needed some law
upon this subject, and hope that the inter
ests of the people in this respect will be
considered and carefully guarded by sound
legislation on the subject.
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The RIurderers Of London.


The following singular letter, sigued ga
Retired Murderer, . was forwarded to the
editor of the Pail Mall Gazette:
"You were good enough, on former
occasion, to permit me, through your
columns, to protest against practice in
dulged in by young and inexperienced MUIR
derers of hacking and mutilating the re-
mains of their victims, and thus naturally
exciting in the breasts of the public dis
gust not generally awakened by simple
assassination artistically effected without
undue violence, and with proper regard
for the feelings of survivors. venture,
therefore, on behalf of a growing and I'M
portant class-the murderers of London, in
whose reputation l shall ever feel the
deepest interest, having spent some of the
happiest days of my life in their society
to trespass again on your kindness, while
beg the public to believe they have no
hand whatever in a practice which APP
pears from certain remarks made by DR..
Lancaster at an inquest held by him on
Monday prevails in the neighboThood of
the Regents Canal Of taking outof that con-
venieut receptacle the bodies of murdered
persons or suicides, robbing them again in
the water. A more contemplate form Of
crime cannot be conceived than the system
referred to; and would implore the public
to believe that no murderer worthy of the
name would so far demean himself as TO rob
the remains Of one in whose removal to
better world he had borne q part. SO far
from the London murdercrs, rs a rule, APP
proving this practice, they would, feel as
sured, willingly lend the police whom they
cordially admire, and for whom, indeed,
they are beginning to feel sincere affec-
ton every assistance in bringing TO Justice
the low scoundrels who thus disgrace the
criminal classes. need only point 20 the
neat and peaceful manner IN which babies
are now dispatched, and their bodies
packed in lime deposited under the very
noses Of the police, to prove that murderers,
not only know how to perform disagreeable
duties in an orderly fashion, but thSt there
Is an openness In their proceedings that
speaks volumes for the nobility Of their ma
fure''
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II was in December, in the year 1861, that
the French expedition to Mexico, subse-
quently commanded by Gen. Bazaine landed
at Vera Cruz. In the brief period of twelve
years, since elapsed, what lamentable facts
have overwhelmed four of the principal
characters who figured in that episode.
Macmillan was executed; his widow, Car
lotta, went mad; Napoleon III. lost his en-
pire and died in exile; and now Marshal
Bazaine, degraded of his rank and con
demned to imprisonment, only escapes exc
cution through the clemency of the Presi-
dent of the republic.
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IN BANKRUPTCY.

In tho District Court Of the Unitc States for ft Wc1
This e. % give notes. il tie tuen.Yl0uTfh day
~ the District Court % the United States Tor the
leEl Dslltet q Itrels against lz estate 81 sid ISAAC
DiElrct q IcxnE atiudrcd 70 Be t1u1lpt o. he on
rctiL1n- I1t ne payment q any debts and the deli
rcff q my properly 1eI1I-IlG 20 1lca r1I % HIN
o. lr BIZ use and tie q any rIcplIg 81 HIM ~
forbidden ~ iaI. and that meeting 81 lEc creditors
81 The sail h1lIt. n order - prove lhlir ochls ana
chou one Or more ~ aid h11llls estate
VII - lcl o Court a. D11FlltcT. 20 - hcIl11 Is
ne United states Corrt Room AZ Alelin, hrlcIe
dittfc thc lNenig -1Irih tlT ~ Fchrnl7 1874 -
ll oclccL A. >. THOMAS u. ELLLII-II.
Z. $. N1rl1cl ~. d. 81 Jex1l. q. 1Isr1e1..f
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SPARKLING REVELATIONS TIREATESED.-
The following comes from Washington. IN
der date Of the thirty-frst ult. A double
loaded editorial paragraph in the New York
Iri5rHs for to-day, announcing that the
editor IS il possession Of startling docu-
mcnis, gravely affecting high officials, has
created considerable discussion II al circles
here, specials nraong Congrezsmen, who
manifest great interest ii al such matters
- late. Tie paragraph referred 70 further
states that While the publication seems 70 Be
clear duty. ret the editor S unwilling to
give The papers publicity while tie rsm1fcst
possibility 81 doubt IS @ Their authenticity
rtr4ins. IS tle facts they ailese n.osi bring
l.scllif rpon tie Amcfir name. ard
tHat Aor1neA ilesz c1da has tee
o1 t1 and NiIl soon determine I|t mat
t1 riiel NIilh l1ly era Withheld Tie
monk h4licf lt Tonight S
it ll Referred 81 have stl4 a
I|t II Subsidy
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-02-12

THE people of Ohio take shrewd mode
of getting the tangle out Of the feminine
yarn. Il is to let the women settle the
question for themselves. A resolution has
been offered in the House asking the Consti-
tutional Convention to submit to the women
of the State separate clause giving them
a right to vote. If a majority Of them vote
in favor of it, the clause is to become part
Of the constitution of the State.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-02-12
VIZ aye pleased at Ills article, which we

VIE are pleased at this article, which We
find in the jefferson Magaei:;
WHAT WILL OUR LEGISLATURE DO This
is a question we are called on to respond to
so often, that we wish we could tell ex-
actly. But they have done some things we
did not expect, and may fail to do others
which we might expect. With these reser-
vations as to probabilities, we might sug-
gest many measures that probably viii re
ceive their attention. And first in the
series, because the most pressing in its inn
portarce, should be a heavy reduction in
the taxation of our people. The next one,
and an auxiliary to the first, should be the
repeal of the free school act, and for that
reason that the civil rights bill, which Con-
gress will pass, will throw these schools
open, Unfortunately, to white and black,
a condition of things we can only defeat by
not creating the schools. Shall we hest
tate q Another measure, and one which we
have before suggested, is the reduction of
the number of the judicial districts. An
alteration of the election law must be made,
which shall secure the people against re-
peaters IN voting, and frauds in registering.
The Democracy must hold the power of
registration, not as measure of playing
advantage, but of protection. We do not
discuss any of these measures at length,
for we have able legislators, familiar with
the wants and necessities of the times, and
can frame their bills of repeal, of change
and amendment, so as to meet the public
requirement.