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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-10-22

CHICAGO complains that it has no good beef
to eat-nothing but widowed, emaciated
cow; superanuated old bull; aged and invalid
stag" The people of Austin synpathize
with them deeply, and are almost tempted to
invite the whole city down to Austin to a
porter-house tender loin supper.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-10-22

CoTTON GIN AND CORN AEILL.-=As win be
seen by advertisement, Mr. A. B. Palm is
prepared to gin cotton and grind corn at his
gin and mill on Brushy creek, two and a half
miles below Round Rock, which win be.
great convenience to farmers Of that section.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-10-22

TRAVIS County SCHOLASTIC CENsUs.-- The
scholastic census report for Travis county, by
S. G. Sneed, president of the board of school
directors, is before US, and from il we. copy
the following table:
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1874-10-22

GALVESTON, October 90 Money steady
and unchanged Gold quiet, with but little
demand at 1O61<01O9, buying and selling;
silver quiet and uuchanged; rates are 1910
1914, buying and selling. Exchange CON-
mercial bills are abundant but rates weak.
Commercial New York sight, currency, =
discount; do, gold, L premium; New Or
premium; sterling, 60 days, 5.24; bankers
New York sight. currency, discount; do,
gold, q premium; New Orleans sight, cur
reney par do, gold y premium; sterling,
60 days, 5.34
! Bacon dun and unchanged; clear sides
16c; clear nib 15lrc; breakfast bacon, none
IN first hands. Baeging dun and unchanged
domestic, heavy, 1511Sc per yard: light 1l51<c;
India nc. COffee-stock ample; prices drIn;
n round lots: fair 1e1f0lez<c; good 100
19l{c; prime 100000; dealers arc selling
from store at about &c advance on these prices.
Com-fair supply and prices firmeT; selling
81 el.3001.40 per bushel- Corn meal quiet
at SIS per barrel; pearl meal 81; grits 81.
flOur-sales fO4ddy trivial; prices steady
and unchanged; xxx e6aG.50 per barrel;
choice extra 60. 7507: choice family $3.50
$50; fancy brands $3.50. Hams quiet; choice
sggaEcuEed l51kc; ordinary la0i45Se;
lower; dry dint selected, 20c; Wei sailed,
selected, 01<c; butcher green Sc; dry
salfod nominal; damaged y price; badly dam
aged and glue stock i pfice. Lard dull but
unchanged; lieEco 165<0l61<c; key 171<0
175{c; Proctor & Candles: tfcrcc &c; do,
key IKE. Pofafoessioc ample bui prices
dun: Western f30325; Northern e375a4
per barrel Salt-sfock ample but prices dull:
coarse e1.4091-45, gold, per sack; fne l.SO
Mlo0, gold Euear-market 1rn, and prices
advancing; fully fair IOl(c. prime l0s<c.
choice II l(ci colfee 115<c; coffee lie:
coffee A 12012l(c; crushed and powdered
129< 0lSci Domerara 115fc Iieg-iron cot
ton baling &c for both arTog and bard
Wool cnl and easy; medium. free Of burs,
spring clip, 2o09lc, fan clip 25117c: coarse
sllSic; Aexican il1l7c; bury "a l2c lesa;
sales today : saclrs, 90 pounds. % tNo buyers
Cotton steady and nncIIanel1; Foc1 cI.ii-
nary l3cs low middng l85<c; middling
l4l(ci mles 100 haIes; receipts 1850 bales;
stock "a .025 beles
Losb6s. October 20 Nooa.-Eris 20
lfTEnfooE, Ociob9 20 = Noon.-c olion
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-16

EDITORS would be saved a world Of
trouble and vexation if all contributors,
or those who desire to become contrib
utors, understood how to prepare man
uscript designed for the press. The
following rhyming advice is so excellent
that we quote the whole of it for the
benefit of whomsoever it may concern !:
"a Write upon pages Of a single size.
Cross all your It's and neatly dot your is;
On one side only let your lines be seen-
Both sides filled up announce a yerdant Green.
Correct-yes re-correct-all that you write,
And let your ink be black, your paper white;
For spongy foolscap of q muddy blue
Betrays q mind of the same dismal hue.
Punctuate carefully, for on this score
Nothing proclaims the p~ractieed writer more.
Then send 1t of, and, lest it merit lack,
Inclose the postage stamps to send it back;
But first pay all the postage on it too,
For editors look black on six cents DUE
And murmur, rs they run the effusion DER,
A shabby fellow and n wretched bore.
Yet, ere it goes, take of 4 cop clean
Poets should own a copying machine;
Little they know the time that's spent and care
In hunting verses vanished-who knows where:
Bear this in mind, observe it to the end,
And you shall make the editor your friend"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-16

If We may credit the observation of a
Boston writer, there is inevitably an
ascending and descending scale in fam
lilies in regard to money. That is TO
say, wealthy young men begin where
their fathers left off, and end where
their fathers as business men began-in
poverty. 1t follows that our million
aires of the future are the young gentle
men who are at present skillfully con
Quoting the onerous details of the pea
nut, candy and bootblack trades. One
clever little match merchant is men.
toned as one of the coming gold princes.
Having nothing but the power and the
determination to work, he borrowed n
little while ago $25, all of which aston
ishing fortune he invested in matches.
He presently sold his. stock at a good
profit, paid his debt, and began business
untrammeled, putting every spare dol
lar in bank, and being now the possessor
of $500, a quantity of matches worth
$75, and money enough besides to give
him daily comfort. This is the sort Of
boy to know his catechism and never go
swimming on Sunday, and naturally to
grow up rich and respected.
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again been placed on the Palace of the Cap
tain-General."
The new Government of Spain has pro-
mulgated a decree s%uspending the constitu-
tional guarantees, and putting in force the law
of 1870 for the maintenance of order. 1t has
also ordered the suppression of all Carlist
newspapers. CASTELAR, has issued an address
protesting against the coup detat, and de-
nouucing it as the work of demagogues. The
besieging army at CartaSena accepts tho new
order of things, and the Madrid militia has
been quietly disarmed.
Spanish items: A Madrid dispatch re-
ports that 200 persons were killed and wound
ed before the disturbances in Saragossa and
yalladolid were suppressed. The new Gov
eminent intends soon to add 100, 600 men to
the reserve. The extraordinary powers de-
manded by Captain-General Jovellar of Cuba,
have been granted without restriction. The
disarmament of the disaffected volunteers is
going on rapidly everywhere.
Another powder magazine explosion at
Cartagena, Spain, is reported.
Castelar, has rejected the oyertures Of
Figueras, Salmeron and Pi y Margall, asking
him to cooperate with them in reorganizing
the Federal Republicans.
A dispatch from Key West, Fla. says 4:
manuel Quesada arrived to-day. He be-
lieves that the prospects Of Cuba are brighter
that ever, and declares that nothing short of
independence can be accepted"
Senior Ruiz, the Spanish Minister of the
Interior, has issued a circular to the provincial
authorities, stating that the principal object
of the Government is to re-establish order,
and show its compatibility with the Republic
and liberty. To secure this object, it will en-
ploy the most energetic measures.
A great number of changes will be made
by the new Spanish Government in its diplo-
matte service, but it is announced that Adj
miral Polo will remain at Washington. The
entire reserve Of 1874 has been called out for
active service. The Ministry has issued a
manifesto, declaring their objects to be iden-
teal with those Of the revolution of 1858. A
decree bas been promulgated dissolving the
Cortes. The Carlists, it is reported, COM
pletelv surrounded Bilboa. The suppressed
Carlist Journals have been permitted to re-
sumo.
The remains of the late Emperor Napo-
leon III. were. on the 9th inst, transferred to
a ~scrcophagus presented to Eugene by Queen
Victoria.
The French Cabinet Ministers all rendered
their designations the other day, but MscsIa-
hon refused to accept them.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-16
FINANCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL.

During the year 1873 the public debt Of
the United States has been diminished ga
937, 0l2. The increase of the debt in Decem-
Der was IS, Asa, 272. In November the increase
was 50, O23, ST., making an increase of Sl7,-
4S1, $50 in two months.
Henry Clews & Co, whose failure was one
Of the earliest and largest in the panic last
summer. announce that they are ready to pay
all their obligations in full.
The trade statistics Of Indianapolis for the
past year show all increase Of SIG, 600, 900 over
the year 1872.
Sixteen hundred Of tho Lake Superior
copper miners are on a strike for higher
wages.
1t is said there is no prospect of the adop.
ton by Congress Of Mr. Creswells postal
savings banks scheme.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
called for statements of the condition OF the
national banks at the close Of business on
Dec. %, 1873.
The Pennsylvania coal-operators have
made a proposition to the miners to make the
basis for their wages during 1874 on a sliding
scale, to go a. low as 1925. II is believed
that the miners will accept, and that no
trouble will occur in the coal-regions.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-16
LOSS OF ATLANTIC STEAMERS.

A London paper gives a list showing
that the Vile du Havre was the four
teenth large Atlantic liner totally lost,
with great sacrifice of life, since the
Cunard vessels began to run in 1910.
The first disaster of this class was that
which occurred to the Governor Fenner,
bound from Liverpool to New York,
which was run down off Holyhead on
the 10Th of February, 1S41, when 122
persons persisted. The President, as
far as is known, foundered in the fol-
lowing month. In August, 1S48, the
Ocean Monarch was burned off Great
Orme's Head, q few hours after leaving
Liverpool, and 17S lives were sacrificed.
On Christmas Eve, 1852, the st. George,
from Liverpool to New York, was
burned at sea, with about fifty persons.
The George Canning, coming out from
Hamburg, was lost, with n~inety-si1
lives, on New Years Day, 1856. The
Pacific, which was the first steamer to
cross the Atlantic in less than ten days,
disappeared, with 1856 passengers and
crew, in 1856, being supposed to have
struck on an iceberg. The Austria was
burned in mid-ocean with All souls ON
board on the 18th of September, 1858
and the Indian was lost off Newfound-
land, with 81 lives, on the 31st of. No
vember, 1859. The Hungarian, with
2O3 persons, went down neal the coast
of Nova Scotia in February, 1860; and
$40 lives were lost in the wreck of the
Anglo Saxon, off Cape Race, on the 9th
Of April, 1863. The City of Boston was
probably wrecked on an iceberg in Feb
ruary, 1870, with several hundred VIC
tins, not one of whom has been heard
of since. Twenty-four persisted in the
wreck of the Germania, off La Rochelle,
in December last. The collision be-
tween the Nortbfeet and the Murillo,
in January, caused a loss of $50 lives,
and about $50 were sacrificed in the
wreck of the Atlantic, on the LIST of
April. The statement that the Vile du
Havre was the largest vessel ever built,
with the exception of the Great Eastern,
is manifestly erroneous ; for while her
tonnage Measurement vas $500, that of
the Warrior is $40 that ot the Agin-
court 6,621, and some of the more mod
ern vessels of the fleet are still larger.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-16

VINEGAR BrrrERs.-DR. J. WALKER, a
regular practicing physician of Califor-
MIA, has conferred a priceless boon upon
mankind, by the introduction of a
:" Bitters" compounded from herbs ex-
clusively, which may be truly said to be
superseding all others, and is becoming
a bitter dose indeed for the charlatans
and quacks, on account of its immense
sale and universal popularity. Not only
are these VINEGAR BrrrERs, as he calls
them, an invaluable tonic and Alternative,
but they are acknowledged as a standard
MEDICINE, and the astonishing rapidity
with which they cure diseases hitherto
declared incuraDle seems almost in
credible. After having been carefully
tested, they are kept on hand in thou
sands of households, and used for any
and every form of disease, many relying
upon them in preference to the most
celebrated physicians. They have be-
come a recognized Family Remedy"
and properly so. 25
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-16
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

- E n L
An attempt was made. a few days ago, to
assassinate Judge S. r. Morris, the leading
prosecutor Of the corrupt Brooklyn On. W
ring, by means of an internal machine. For
t~unately the torpedo failed to explode.
The bark Polly, from Pensacola for Liv-
erpool, foundered at sea on the 26th of Deem
Der. Nine lives were lost. ...'
Three men at work on the Dayton (Ohio)
jail were precipitated q distance of 10 feet. by
the giving away Of a scafold, the other day.
Two Of them were killed, the other escaping
with slight bruises.
The schoone Elida was wrecked near the
mouth Of San Francisco harbor a short time
since, and all on board, believed to be about
twenty-seven persons, we're lost.
The Treasurer OF Richland county, Ohio.
has disappeared, leaving his accounts sIOO, 600
short.
A youth named Clinton Knauf, of West
Jefferson, Ohio, the other day became en-
ragged at his sister, an estimable young lady,
about some trivial matter, and struck her over
the head with a fire poker, killing her almost
instantly. & s. re
Two young men Of East Saginaw, Mich,
who went out fishing Oh the last day of the
year were carried away on an ice-cake, and,
after several days absence, were given up as
lost. After drifting about in the lake for xix
days they dfifted ashore, and were rescued in
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-16

a.a. % ..H.
an almost dying condition. A party of six
men who went in search Of them are believed
to have been lost, as their boat has been found
bottom up near the shore.
David A. Gage, the defaulting ex-Treas-
urer of Chicago, has been indicted by the
Grand Jury for perjury and embezzlement.
The man who is supposed to have set
Portland, Oregon, On fire last August, was ar
rested the other day, while attempting to burn
the remaining portion of the city.
John Gilmore, arailroad engineer, was muir
dered at Memphis, a few nights ago, by his
abandoned wife. who split his head open with
a ~cleaver.
The dwelling -house of Mr.. McMonagle, i'll
Tuscola county, Mich, was recently destroyed
by fire. and the entire family, consisting of
husband. wife and child, was burned to death.
The livery-stable of John Scudder, in
Indianapolis, was burned Oh the night of the
It'll inst. Twenty-eight out of tlirty-two horses
in the stable at the time persisted before they
could be got out, and fifteen or twenty val
liable carriages and buggies were burned.
john Fefee and George Williams (colored),
who were sentenced to be hung at ~Pinckney-
Vile, Ill, ON the 9th inst, have received a COM
mutation of their sentence to Imprisonment
for life.
-Ex-SherifT Brennan, of New York, and one
of his deputies have been sent to jail for
thirty days for permitting the escape of Sena-
tor Genet, the convicted Tammany thief.
The Governor of California has offered a
reward of s15, OGO for the capture of Vasquez,
the notorious bandit.
Ira H. Buttrick. a Lowell (Mass.) bank
| Cashier. is q defaulter to the amount of about
$50, 900.
George W. Smith, ex-Deputy Collector OF
Internal Revenue for the Northern District of
, Mississippi, has been arrested for embezzling
S25. 900 of Government funds.
Three Indians and one white man are IN
der sentence of death at Fort Smith, Ark.
Jacob Michela was hung in the Hudson
county On. j. jail on the 9th inst.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-16
The catching of frogs has become

The catching of frogs has become
quite a business in Eastern Massachu-
sets. According to a Newburyport
newspaper, the frog-fshery employs q
number of men in that neighborhood.
The market for them is in Boston, where
the epicares like them as a change after
too many tish-balls. One Newburyport
man has taken 1000 and another 600
frogs this season, making 5000 hind
legs in all. These creatures, after cap
ture, are kept in tubs, fatted with meal
and forwarded to order.
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4

The news from Madrid il of a startling
character. The Cortes met ON the % inst,
and, after the delivery of the message of Presi-
dent CASTELAR,, and adjourned till the 3D.. On
that day the Deputies, on two test votes, gave
a majority of 20 against CASTELAR,. Thereupon
Gen. Pavia, an adherent of the President, oc-
cupied the palace Of the COrtes and other
public buildings with 1900 troops. He dis
solved TIE Cortes, and summoned the most
eminent of all parties, including members of
the present Government, only excepting the
Carlists and Intransigentes, to form a new
Government. This was done by making
Marshal Serrano President of the Republic.
and investing him with the chief executive
power; Senior sagasta. Minister OF Foreign
Affairs Seuor Zavala, Minister of War; and
Senior Echegarry, Minister of Finance. The
prominent civil and military authorities in the
various provinces telegraphed to Gen. Pavia
approving his course. Nevertheless he is to
be court-martialed for treason.
-yesuyius threatens another eruption.
Ii addition to its other troubles, Cuba has
got into a financial crisis. The trades organi-
cations are on a strike. and wharf-laborers are
demanding gold.
The French Admiralty Court has pro-
nounced Judgment declaring the management
of the steamer Vile du Havre to have been
blameless, and holding that the bad manage
ment Of the Loeb Earn was the cause of the
disaster. The court eulogized Capt. Surmont.
"A Havana dispatch says: THE over
throw Of the CASTELAR, Ministry has been favor
ably received in Havana. The Casino Es-
panal is especially jubilant. The volunteers
are evidently in favor Of a monarchy. The
crowns OIL the sterns of Spanish vessels in the
harbor, which were painted over when the Re-
public WAS in vogue, are now being regilded,
and the Imperial Spanish coat-of-arms has
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-16

We may learn a lesson 10 kindness to
animals from the "Heathen Chinee."
A gentleman who has travelled extern
sively in China says "They are al
ways kind to animals and never punish !;
hence a mule that, III the hands OF a for
eigner, would he not only useless but
dangerous to every one about it, be-
comes, in the possession of Chinaman,
as quiet as a lamb and as tractable rs a
dog. We never beheld a runaway, u
iibing, orr vicious mule or pony in a
Chinanan's employment, but found the
same rafting, cheerful pace, maintained
over heavy or light roads, by means of a
turr-r or ciuck-k the beast turning to
the right or left, and stopped with but
a hint from the reins. This treatment
Is extended to all the animals they press
into their service. Often have I ad-
mired the tact exhibited in getting u
large drove of sheep through narrow,
crowded streets and alleys, by merely
havinga little boy to lead one of the
quietest Of the flock in front the others
steadily followed without aid either
from a yelping cur or a cruel goad.
Cattle, pigs, and birds, are equally
well cared for"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-16
THE HOUSEHOLD PANACEA,
AND .s
FAMILY LLHMEKT.

70 the best remedy in the world for the following
viz: Cramps In the Limbs ana stom-
ach, Pain in the Stomach. Bowels, or Side, Reeu-
matism in all its forms, Bilious Collie, Neuralgia
Cholera, Dysentery, Colds, Flesh Wounds, Burns,
Sore Throat, Spinal Complaints, sprains ano
Bruises, Chills and Fever. For Internal and kx-
ternal use.
Its operstiou il not only to relieve the patisnt,
but entirely removes the cause OF the complaint.
It peuetrates and pervades the whole system, re-
storing healthy action 70 al its psfss, Ane JUICE
eninR the blood.
THE HOUSEHOLD PANAcKA Is PURELY VEG
ITABLE and All Healing.
Prepared by
No. 3l5 Fulton Street, New York.
For sale by all Druggists.
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DECREASE OF IMMIGRATION.

The New York papers publish the re-
turns of the commissioners of immigra-
ton for last year, mp to Dec. l.. They
afford an interesting comparison with
the number of immigrants who arrived
during the first II months in 1872. The
decrease during this period amounted
to about 3 $1,000, the arrivals in 1873
numbering only 261,S61, while those
during the corresponding period in 1872
numbered 293, 256. The decrease in the
immigration from Germany alone was
about 20, 600. The following is a COM
parative table Of statistics for the first
II months in 1872 and 1873:
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-16
INTERNAL VEMENTS

Propositions relating to internal i'm
provements continue to rain upon Con-
gress. Among the most remarkable OF
any that have been offered is n bill in
troduced the other day by Mr.. Bonn
berg, Of Alabama. 1t proposes to cre-
ate a bureau of national improvements
to consist Of the Chief Engineer of the
Army. the Secretary of the Smithsonian
Institute, the Superintendent of the
Coast Survey, the Superintendent of the
Naval Observatory, the United States
Geologist, and the Commissioner of Ag-
riculture. They nre empowered by the
bill to proceed ut once to make a survey
Of the country, with a view to establish
ing Il uniform, connected, and continu-
Gus system of improvements, and tend
ing to develop the of the
Union and to secure for the agricultural
and other products of the country GER
tain and cheap transportation to the
seaboard and other countries. The
object Of the survey is said in the bill to
be "To check the waste of the national
treasure i'll desultory appropriations
upon works of a purely local character,
OF small national importance"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-16
POLITICAL.

The Executive Committee of the Labor
Reform party of Tennessee has issued an in
yitation to the Labor-Reformers and farmers
of the West and South to take measures for
calling a convention, to meet in st. Louis on
the odd of February next, in order to resist
the combinations of Eastern m~onopolists and
capitalists.
A resolution condemnatory of the salary
grab has been unanimously adopted by the
Illinois Senate. The House passed a similar
resolution with only two dissenting votes.
The President, on the Sth inst, addressed
a message to the United States Withdrawing
the nominations of Mr.. Williams as Chief
Justice and Mr.. Bristow as Acknowledgement.
This was done at the request of Mr.. Williams.
The following is a copy of his letter to the
President requesting the withdrawal of his
name:
To tie President:
SIR: You were kind enough, without my sohci-
tation or any knowledge on my par; that you contenl-
plated such u thing, to nominate me for Chief Jus
tice Of the Supreme Court of the United States
Since that time the food-gates of calumny in all
directions have been opened upOn rue. My abili-
ties have been disparaged and my integrity brought
in question, and it seems to me that public opinion
adverse TO my appointment has been created which
might hereafter embarrass your Administration
and perhaps impair my usefulness upon the bench.
With perfect consciousness that 1 have performed
with Il clean hand and upright purpose all the du-
ties Of the various public offices to which 1 have
been called, and trusting TO time and a jest public,
when better informed, for my vindication, ! re-
spectfully ask you to withdraw my nomination for
ChiefJustice.
l have the honor To be, with great respect,
GEORGE H. WILlIAMs.
The Democrats of New Hampshire have
nominated John 4. Weston for Governor.