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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

THE Corsicana Immigrant tells fearful
story affecting the selfishness of the
people of that town. 1t may become mon
umental and be remembered even when
Corsicana is forgotten. A stranger, too
sick to travel, was left on the platform by
the godly railway company, which, having
no SOUL can commit no crime. The sun
roasted the poor, friendless, fevered, thirsty
man through the livelong day. Some
good man, thinking the mayor might help
the dying wretch, moved him to the plat
form in front of the mayors Office, and then
the life happily went out of the friendless,
unknown wayfarer. They have churches in
Corsicana, but hollow and empty, we inn
agine, like an ancient tomb, aud these
churches have spires that point towards
Gods throne; but the people that reared
them were only making q nilometer to
measure the hight of the flood-tide of their
vanity. The spirit of divine charity never
came down like flashing bolt of living
hight to illumine with rays of divine good
ness the hearts of those in whose presence
poverty dies of haggard want and before
whose pitiless eyes friendless strangers are
roasted alive in the very presence Of pretty
homes and beneath the very shadows Of
Gods temples. The only sign of mercy
discovered in the midst of all these painful
incidents is the fact that the Immigrant fails
to give the name of the poor man. BE
might have a wife or mother or sisters or
children, and their hearts would have been
broken if they had read this ghastly, sick
ening recital of the intolerable woes and
dying anguish of him whom they loved 50
tenderly. s 81 Hi
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

THE ordinances of many cities protect
birds against badly-reared boys, who have
never been taught the cruelty aud folly of
robbIng nests and stoning doves and spar
rows that frequent the broad streets and
public squares and pretty gardens Of this
city. The people have never learned the
value of birds as destroyers of vertnin and
of worms and bugs, and in Austin we have
seen the nests Of mocking birds and birds
of paradise ruthlessly robbed by tow-headed
urchins thus taking the first lessons as bur
glars and higkwaymen. aaa
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

GOVERNOR COKE is going out speech
making. In any event, it is said he will APP
pear on the stump at Bolton on the twenty
fourth instant. The people are then ex-
pected to rotify the nominations made by
the district convention. The Democrats OF
the district are invited to attend. Nothing
is said in the announcement about barbe-
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

THE Fort Worth Democrat approves the
purpose of the Rockdale Messenger and its
conduct, the Messenger condemning the in
tervention of Ireland as party leader in
the creation of constitutional convention.
But now the Job is done, and we must
make the best of it. The party as such
must be responsible for the new Constitu-
ton, and it must be WISE one.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

THE last ordinance of Gen. Ord will be
deemed heavy ordnance by the registering
cattle thieves and highwaymen on the FROM
tier. Every white rascal caught when
painted red goes to the Dry Tortugas. The
whole country applauds the decree Of the
general. White villains who dishonor In
dian braves by assuming the livery of hell
10 serve the devil in can well endure blaz-
ing sunbeams that roast desperadoes on the
ghastly Dry Tortugas.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

Mr. JEFFERSON DAVIS will probably be
proffered the chancellorship of the time
honored University of Georgia at Athens. {
He hardly seeks such position and would
prefer to create, rather than shape the for
tunes of State institution, and then 10
create an university for such an empire as
this would crown with splendor a name
and fame already immortal. o,f.s
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

SEVENTEEN miles of the Dallas and
Wichita Railway are ready fer the IRON.
Dallas has more pluck and vim and cooper
ative force than any town in Texas, and
therefore its attractiveness to progressive,
energetic people. If these do not retain
the government of the place in their own
hands it will be, nevertheless, finally de-
stroyed by the terrible rabble that concen-
trates its vices and follies in such places.
Will not the coming convention devise .
remedy for such calamitiesG -..
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

THE inventor of the gas engine which is
to supplant steam publishes card, in which
he says that as soon as the machine is fin-
ished on which he Is now employed be viii
show that the Scientific american il griev-
ously at fault, and that this new motor will
do all that is claimed for it. The civil en-
gineer and surveyor of Philadelphia APP
proves Mr.. Keeley's assertions. rim fta
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

The existing Constitution OF Texas was
made by oficehoIders for oficeholders for
ever and not for the people. 1t even turns
over the towns and counties to Tie unre-
stricted sway Of the rabble and specially
prohibits the intervention Of the LegisIa-
ture for their relief. q
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

The Telegraph says the STATESMAN tried
to get the public printing, and, having
failed, has constantly opposed the adEinis-
tration in consequence thereof. Will the
Telegraph answer, explicitly, at what time
we applied for public printing and failed Z
and by and through what instrumentality
the failure occurred ~ -.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

IT is apprehended along the Rio Grande
that when Tamaulipas is reduced to proper
subjection to Mexican Federal authority
that many robbers and thieves who have
been Cortins's employees will seek refuge
on this side of the river. 1t is earnestly
hoped by the people that Gen. Ord will CO.
operate with the forces of Lerdo and drive
the knaves into their own country. Lerdo
may have resorted to lawless measures to
control elections, but there Is share of
justification for it in the character of the
population with which he must deal. The
true Mexicans would perpetuate his presl-
dency. ......
There is little danger of harm befalling
Cortina. He is an ignorant, soulless, sell
fish scoundrel no doubt; but by no means
devoid of strong, active, native intellect.
He has gathered great wealth and will use
it wisely among the purchasable masters
of the republic. If the betrayal of his own
serfs may be needful in securing his own
exemptionfrom harm, Cortina will have the
last one of them shot or hanged. He went
willingly enough to the City of Mexico,
conscious, if we mistake not, of the moral
condition of the Mexican capital. There
fore his favorite mistress follows the adroit
robber chieftain with many broad gold
pieces. These will gild with royal splen-
dor the future of the right royal robber OF
TamaHlipas. In fact there was no recourse
left him. He must choose between Texas
and Mexico. His destiny was inevitable.
Cortina is not the only prominent Mexican
ofthe Northeastern States who has rendered
himself odious at the capital. 1t is rumored
that government troops have arrested Ire
veno, reelected not many days ago Cover
nor of Nuevo Leon, and Canales is said tC
have been seized at Victoria, the capital o.
Tamaulipas. In fact Lerdo means, if Gram
do not, to secure the third term. - -,.-o
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

THE school teachers will bold conyen-
tion in Austin at the same time the consh-
tutional convention sits. This will give
each lawgiver pedagogue as mentor, and
the business Of the teachers will be to have
their bread and meat and greenbacks pro-
vided for in the States organic law. le.i..
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

WHERE no rain has fallen for seven weeks
and the fields were deeply plowed the
product, about Hillsboro, will be thirty-fve
bushels Of corn per acre. Those lazy fel-
lows who only scratched the surface will
continue to scratch and scratch, when flea
nips them, poor mems hides Tor many
dav lH =
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

THE corn crop Of Kansas, even in districts
ravaged early in the season by grasshoppers,
viii be superintendent, and Northern and
Western Texas must look to Cuba and
South America for q market for two or
three million bushels Of wheat. q Bt
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22
T7AKEN UP AND EsTRAYED

By william psge before James ". smith. jas
H.. ~ ~ r-.ro for Precinct No /, Travis coanty.
te@ foliosrfnr described osfrAsss 4rtain GRAY
GELDINCs. 6randsa ! p yith bar over e ON left
vrars cd Also = certain GRAY MARE, branded en-
I'm shoaiasr p ulth bar ever ~ io1rteen hands
olhcr GRAY MARX brunoed ? win BAL oser ~
Cd lct shoalaer ehlFtecn hands hi1a sbcat esht OF
ten years ed Following snch one q saae nnfer =
"a 49,. ,p.s.s 49, PRANK BROWN,
clssk District Coari Travis coanty.
Dy y. 8. DUx1. Depuy. ~ Wv
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

MAJOR WRIoHr, though an advocate Of
an usury law, says the Constitution Is no
place for It. he also approves the existing
exemption act. Major Wright has clear
head on his shoulders, the intelligent peo-
pie Of Bonham say.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

EACH old soldier of Texas should adopt
the wise plan of Judge Edwin Waller
and have his life written by some one
skilled in the art. p. E. Pearson dis
charged the task in this instance with
pains-taking care and skill, and the pamph-
let sent us by Judge Waller is Of infinite
interest, especially to old citizens Of Texas,
and the more to the new who would be-
come conversant with the history of thee
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

THE Governor il meditAting, We reckon,
about calling out the militia He looked
very solemn beneath the cool shadows Of
his mighty so1'breror when last seen swing
ing along the Avenue. He was cogitating
gruniy about the coming war between
Fort Worth and Dallas and the necessity
for the invocation Of Grant and Bristow,
the latter 70 stop the distilleries, and the
former TO exhaust the existing supply Of
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

SOUTH CARoLINA refuses to have aught to
do with the centennial celebration at Phil
adelphia, because some asinIne Governor of
the State gave the control OF the matter to
one Gurvey, from Maine or Duluth. Texas
fell, SO far as this matter is concerned, into
the clutches of the same sort of an adven-
turer. No citizen of Texas will ever recog-
nize him as the States representative, and
the fellow should resign. Can't Forney
persuade him to step down and QUIT 90
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22
NO. SO

is all the difference, suggested by the above
paragraph, between those distnets .of the
State distinguished by rsce-featurcs of
their populations, and our legislation
should be shaped that those portions
OF Texas naturally most productive, but,
as governed, least progressive, may be re-
heved of the calamity that paralyzes their
energies and renders progress impossible.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

IL Grant and his absurd Quakers and
DelAno don't dispose Of the Indian ques-
tiOn, why may not Arkansas and Kansas
and Texas be suffered to settle the business.
We viii have il 10 do sooner or later The
present condition Of affairs on the frontier
is simply intolerable. Let Grant attend to
the women and horses and whisky at Long
Branch and Texas win dispose Of the red
devils.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

TIE commissioners 70 select locations for
the two new penitentiaries have decided to
locate ne one for Eastern Texas on the
East and West Narrow Gauge Railroad, one
and q half miles west Of the town Of Rusk.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22
TEACHER WANTED.

An election for teacher Of the eeasniary branches
IN the New Brannfcls Academy win Be held Angus 3.
A. d. Isss SALARY go per noath- Application. with
testimonials, may be sent 20 the undersigned.
HERMANN SKELE
Sc Roara uf Trustees New Rrnanfels Academy.
-. na.snnf.l. INV III fssA. - iYisaIt wsi
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

WE have been trying currency ccntracs
ton for more than two years, and, for the
present, have had enough Of it. can't the
bondholders let up the screws just little .
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22
CTRAyED OR STOLEN.

the arst 81 Jaly baS mare about itsS hands hixh
branded Tc. eonnectcd. Had with her = bay stud
colt, -four 10 ave months old viii pay q liberal re
ward 20 anyone delivering the and colt 20 me Al
my saddlcry estAhhshmsnt On Pecan street, Austin.
iyi6ditttv v. = VAUGHAN.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

TnosE who were registered Just prior to
Coke's election, and those who have regis
tered since, win not have to register again
for the election in August. Is no. this
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

tanglefoot. Nothing else can allay the rage
and jealousies, commercial and political,
now shattering the fortunes of the two
cities, Fort Worth and Dallas.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

oovEnxnEHr launches with Calling guns
aboard viii hereafter navigate The Rio
Grande.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

IHE secret circular issued by an dttdcte OF
the Examiner Office excited much discussion.
Since 1t was harmless in fact and in pur-
pose the reason for the excitement it begat
has not been overlooked. Enemies and
rivals of the Examiner sought to make it re-
sponsible for the publication that the news
paper might be injured, and then the Ee-
anai'asr, to escape this result, thrust the Of
fense or blunder upon T. N. 1t served its
purpose, as the enemies of the EramiFler
imagined, and the mares nest was forgotten.
Now another secret circular has gone
abroad. The Bonham Neaos has seen it, and
many people have heard of it. The Nelos
seems to think that this circular emanated
from the STATESMAN Office. If so it Is q
good thing and will serve the people well.
But we were only going to say that the
Neacs itself is conscious that it spoke with
out thinking, or, maliciously, when it as
serted even the possibility of the production
of secret circular by the STATESMAN.
What motive could impel US to resort to
secresy9 The very habit and crime of the
STATESMAN, in the eyes of the party lead
ers, has been its reckless assertion alike of
palatable and unpalatable facts. 1t has de-
fed, when the facts and right demanded 1t,
every class of people. 1t has fought men
and conventions and newspapers and office
holders. 1t has never been against the peo-
pie. 1t has dared, under all circumstar ces,
even when Governor Coke frowned and all
the little parasites of power knitted their
brows and shook their little fists and empty
pates-while they thought somebody was
looking at them-while all these terrors
were before us our knees never smote one
another. The STATESMAN didn't scare
worth cent. We only recur to these in
cidents to remind our sharp little adversary
at Bonham that its animosity overleaps its
discretion, and for the simple reason that
there is not an intelligent Texan who does
not know that the STATESMAN, of all
papers, is utterly incapable of resorting to
the cloak OF secresy to conceal fact OF
opinion. But we would like to see copy
of this secret circular. u r-...'
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22
Miscellaneous.
Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.

Dam in the"1ight side, under the
i edge of the ribs, increase on pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the
left side; the patient is rarely able
to lie on ,he left side; sometimes
the pain is felt under the shoulder
blade, and il frequently extends to
the top of the shoulder, and is some
times mistaken for a rheumatism in
the arm. The stomach is affected
with loss of appetite and sickness;
the bowels in general are costiyc,
sometimes alternative with lax; the
head is troubled with pain, accom-
panied with a dull, heavy sensation
in the back part. There is generally
a considerable loss of memory, ac-
companied with a painful sensation
Of having left undone something
which ought to have been done. A
slight, dry cough is sometimes an at
tendant. The patient complains of
weariness and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains of a Prickly scnsa-
tion of the skin; his spirits are low;
and although he is satisfied that exer-
else would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitude
enough to try it. In fact, he dis
trusts every remedy. Several of the
above symptoms attend the disease,
but cases have occurred where few
of them existed, yet examination of
the body, after death, has shown the
LIVER to have been extensively de-
ranged.
AGUE AND FEVER
DR. c. M'LAHE's LIVER PILLS, IN
CASES OF AoUE AND FEVER, when
taken with Quinine, arc productive
Of the most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory to
or after taking Quinine. We would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease TO give them A FAla TRIAL.
p. s. Dealers and Physicians ordering from
others tban Fleming Bros. will do well 10 write
tlIoir orders distinctly, and take none bit Dr..
e. NLaass Laser Pills, prepared BY Fleming
base iaifafioHs. To those wishing 20 give them
trial, will forward per mail post paid. 20 any
part Of the United States ono box OF Pills for
twelve three-cent postage stamps, or one vial OF
Hermifuge for fourteen tn ree-cent stamps. All
orders from Canada must DO accompanied by
ewcnty centa extra rH ..
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22

are plunging about ferociously, head and
tail erect, looking anxiousIy for somebody
to assail- John Ireland is only represent
ative partisan, and his luck at Luling,
which the STATESMAN has never intention
ally misrepresented, signifies nothing. He
is only another Don Quixote Radicalism is
the windmill, the two organs are his glo-
rious Sancho Panzas, and we are sorry to
say that the Democracy, in this instance, is
the ass he rides. Properly enough he was
thrown by it at Laling, and from the ear
nestness with which his overthrow is sought
to be explained, and the ferocity with which
his ''squires" swear about it, men may be-
gin to think that our illustrious knight was
mortally wounded when he fell at Luling.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-22
DAKER & GRAHAM,

elAsscock's block. Congress Avenue Austin, Texas
Wholesale and Retail Druggist.,
Dealers in Paints. ons. window Glass. Periumeries,
Soaps, and Sundries.
eH-Prescriptions carefully compounded.
Orders from country merchants and physicians so
ncited.
D.wC Baker is the originator and sole Proprietor
of the Celebrated zyp Top, for the OF itch ring
worm letter etc. which Il kept constantly hand by
Us In quantities TO suit purchasers.
N B-MAsonic, Odd Fellows, Knights OF Pythias
and Temperance Society Rcgalias and Lodge Fumi
turc furnished 10 order, and on the lowest terms.
de2S wiim
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-21
A Bath.
A writer in Temple Bar saYs:

A writer In Temple Bar says:
In Japan, even in the lowest inns, the
travellers request for a bath ia never met
with that stare of blank establishment
which often attends the demand in our
own and every other European country.
| know in Ireland once | asked for a
bath and they brought me a horse
bucket, and on another occasion, in
France, | could get no nearer the article
than a horse trough, while in England
and Germany the request has more than
once led to a.serious breach of the peace
between myself and the landlord. In
Japan, on the contrary, there would be
much more surprise felt if the traveller
did not ask for one. There we're no
preparations required, no rushing about
of chambermaids, no turning on this
and off that everything was quite
ready, and | was at once conducted to a
huge wooden bath with a small eartheu
furnace let IN at the foot, and a lid in
closing the whole Of the top with the
exception Of a space just big enough for
the head of the bather to emerge through
III Que VI Jutst COutTlFduCbS Win n
small furnace burning gayly, a Japa-
nese, after his days work is over,
will sit calmly himself with the lid on,
and the water %bubbling about him at
boiling heat. He seems, however, TO
like it uncommonly, to Judge from the
pleased expression on his face fast deep
ening under the process into beetroot-
like tints; and when he has at last had
enough-about an hour of 1.-THE takes
off the lid and energies as much like a
boiled lobster as q human being can be-
come. Ny bath was quite ready; the
small furnace glowed with live pieces Of
charcoal; the water bubbled merrily,'
and my companions Of the bath, taking
OFF the lid, invited me to enter. Not
being, however, either a Japanese, a
blue lobster or a potato, l did not see
any particular object in being boiled,
and so had the fuel raked out of the
furnace and a few buckets Of cold water
added before ] got in.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-21
NEW YORK.

New YoRK, August 2l.-The entire
family of Thurlow Weed have been pros
trated by the use Of a copper tea kettle
which had been cleaned with oxalic
acid. 1t was a narrow escape from death,
particularly Weed himself, now recov-
cred.
George Reeves, an extensive boot
dealer in Newark, has failed. Liabil-
tiles, $4,000.
The members Of the Legislative Com
mittee appointed to investigate the sf-
fairs of the Emigration Commissioners,
after examining a single witness yester-
day became involved in a verbal altercs-
ton which became bitter and severe.
In the course of this, Award, whose
questions were disallowed on the ground
of ir~relevancy, declared he had been
choked off so many times that he should
not act any longer with the committee,
but return home Monday and appeal to
his constituents to support him.
The Herald's Washington special says:
1T is understood here among the friends
Of Senator Stephenson, of Kentucky,
that he has the personal assurances of
General Williamsand Governor Leslie
that in the event they cant secure the
election to the United States Senate they
will use their influence in. favor Of Ste
phenson as against Beck, who is an aspi-
rant" !.
The following is the bank statement
for the week ending to. day: Loans, de-
crease, $3.50, 700; specie decrease, 81, O56,-
400; legal tenders, decrease, 81, S56, 400;
circulation, decrease, $l78, 200; reserve,
1927 800.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1875-08-21

OK Wednesday, the lst of September,
the opening of the business season, the
LEDGER will appear 10 enlarged form,
and a very large edition viii be pub
hshed. 1t will contain a full report of
the commerce and trade Of Memphis for
the commercial year lS74-75. The
LEDGER wilLkeep up with the times and
will continue to deserve that liberal pat
ronage it has received from the public
for years past. The issue of the LIST
proximo viii be most interesting, and all
advertisers will do well to see our bust
ness manager sbost space and the num-
Der of copies desired.