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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

THE Glo5e Deaaocrat denounces with un-
paralleled ferocity that baseness which dis
tingnishes the conduct. of Tennessee in
failing to pay interest coupons of its
bonded debt. Some sound Democratic
journal might be listened to patiently in
this behalf, but when a representative
organ of those who dragged the State down
to poverty and plundered its treasury re-
morselessly, and at one fell swoop destroyed
half the States wealth-when one of these
godly rascals rises up to damn the poor he
reduced to poverty, the listener is much in
clined to rejoice that the alleged wrong has
been perpetnted. 1t seems perfectly right
that creditor and debtor should share each
Others unavoidable calamities and when
Tennesseeans lost half their wealth that
the humanitarians might be gratifed the
humanitarians should share the loss, and
not groan so wretchedIy through this sane
timonious mouthpiece at St Louis. More
over the law Of Tennessee, under which
these bonds were issued, declares on ITS
face, and every bond buyer read il before
be bought, that the bonds we're void IL sold
for less than their face value, and yet these
fearful Iascals did buy them for forty cents.
and this sum was paid because the people Of
Tennessee were supposed to have lost sixty
per cent. of their wealth by negro Liberation
and war that efIecfed IL
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

GovKRNoR CoKR's special organ at Waco,
the Duly, not the Weekly Erdminer, says
that the reason people didn't vote for the
convention was the fear that the pres
ent rulers might be removed, ''and the
equally general desire that they should
NOT" walk the plank. Some paper has said
that the light vote. was caused by the
war or anti Ireland movement, when, in
truth, everybody that had anything else to
do ON election day, thinking il sided
business, neglected to vote. But the Er.
6nsiass's exposition of the facts is simply
absurd. II the people had been animated
| by the fear that Governer Coke might be
elected from efice 0y the convention they
would have voted agAinst the convention.
On the contrary the vote for Democratic
candidates and Tor the convention Is nearly
the same. and If we are to measure hi,
Excellency's strength by the Democrats
opposition % the convention he is verj
weak. But this question was never though
os save BY place holders and was nevel
discussed in these pages, even indirectly
There are Governors enough to be found il
Texas. but good Constitution is hard L
get, and the people had lntelhgcnc'
enosgh TO set with reference to the import
ant question submitted to them. The or
Ig4a. however inverts the proper order o
ideas sad eixes supreme Importance 10 tina
which Affects the man and iOrgets the woe
snd wants Of the country.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

INTELLIGENT people judge of the weight
of ideas and arguments by reference to their
own intrinsic worth. 1t never occurs to a
thoughtful person to measure the value of
a production by the name and fame Of the
writer, and it signifies nothing, to an intel
lIgent busy population, who may be the ed
itors of paper. They want quid pro quo
for their money in news, in fresh suggest
i've thoughts, and in 'facts and fancies. "
Therefore it is that the Herald, or World, or
Tribune speaks, and never Chamberlin, or
Manton Marble, or Whitelaw Read. A
trained journalist may designate the pro-
ductions of either of these writers, recog-
nizing the modes of thinking aud of ex-
preston of each as readily as he would bis
face; but the great majority of readers only
exact originality, force, clearness and com
pactness, and never inquire, and there is no
reason why they should, as to the author.
ship Of that which pleases them. Thus the
newspaper becomes impersonal, and to pro-
mote this result editors even avoid the use
of the impersonal oracular s'we" and en-
ploy, instead, the name of the newspaper.
We have written this to explain the recur-
renee of the word STATESMAN in these
pages. 1t is properly substituted for the
wearisom 1--WE" which most delights tyrOs
i n the art of journalism. 81
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19
THE sOHOOL1AsTsRs' RISING.

Several Of the most distinguished instruc-
tors Of the youths of Texas met last Satur-
day in Columbus to provide for the convo-
cation of the teachers Of Texas at Austin,
and to cooperate, with tins end in view,
with the State Teachers Association. Mr..
Carruth presided, and was especially harsh
in condemnng the payment of teachers in
deprecated paper. He said he would
gladly exchange five hundred dollars in
school vouchers for two hundred aud hfty
dollars in currency. Since his auditors
were mainly pedagogues, or, like Col. w. 5.
Delany, had been, we cannot doubt that
MIR. Carruth's speech made most profound
impression. That brokers should be en-
abled to take toll to such an alarming
extent when luckless vouchers are band
led about is deplorable fact, If
fact. But why remedy it They through
whose oily hands all vouchers must pass,
leaving the toll that makes the teachers
weep, themselves would be broken-hearted
If the process complained OF were reformed.
1t is as broad as it is long, we innocentiy
suppose, unO tne tears Sneu oL columbus,
even though they filed the channel of the
sunken Brazos, viii avail nothing. Per-
haps Mr.. Carruth is wholly mistaken,
and vouchers held by teachers now are
paid in full on presentation at the
Treasury. But it is not strange that
these pedagogues, after such speech, de-
clared for representation in the State
teachers convention, to be held in Austin
on the twenty-ffth instant. In tins body
Messrs. p. L. Collins and e. B. Carruth
were requested to represent the Colorado
County Teacher Institute. The constitu-
tional reform convention meets here the
first week IN September, and at that time
very many teachers will be busily em-
ployed, and the teachers convention should
meet and have its work done, and plan Of
organizing the school system of Texas
printed before the constitutional convention
sits. The STATESMAN, and several other
papers, were requested to publish the above
facts.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

SENATOR CHRIsTIANCY was not far wrong
when he said that it was the white race
that was emancipated by the late war.
We were freed from responsibility which
every intelligent STAKEHOLDER had accurately
measured and which none would re-assume.
We were freed from habits, which, how
ever incurable in the aged, will never be
shared by their descendants. But good men
are most pleased that they are no longer re-
sponsible for the abuses Of an institution
which we could hardly see till slavery was
no more. The Michigan Senator tells, and
we confess the truth, Hloieing personally
what he sgpposes to be true. But from this
point forward We differ toto ealo from the
excellent Senator We do not believe the
social or political equalization Of the races
possible or desirable, and hope, since he has
begun tie honest discussion Of the subject,
that be VIII inquire whether colonization
be not the enly solution Of the problem
which he considers win great fairness.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19
TIE San Anlonlo HeraM Is

THE San Antonio Herald is still aggrieved
and succinctly assigns its reasons for adyo-
cacy of the subdivision of Texas. If its
complaints be well founded, it is easier to
remedy them inside than without the con-
fines of Texas. The Herald says that 1--WE
who live east OF. the Colorado oppose divis-
ion because. we have the railroads, the
United States Senators, the Governors,
Lieutenant Governors, five Congressman out
of six, and because we pocket and appro-
pirate all the taxes. We sell and appropri-
ate the public domain; we deride the peo-
pie of Western Texas as set of poor dev
lis. too impotent even to raise cry of dis
tress." We never before contemplated
wrongs endured by Western Texas as thus
defined by our excellent contemporary, but
do not doubt that il the Herald will study
the story of O'Connell's life and deeds and
wisdom it will find "agitation" wiser than
secession, and the Herald viii surely like it.
1t is fond of being agitated, and its local,
another Niobe or Alazan ditch, is ever
flooded with tears.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

The STATESMAN has repeatedly called at
tention to the necessity Of having some gen
tleman substituted for Mr.. Parsons, who
assumes to represent Texas in Philadelphia,
acting as the States authorized agent in all
matters affecting the worlds fair and cen
tennial exhibition. Persons may be very
proper gentleman. We know he has
neither the confidence nor respect of the
people of Texas. and il he retain the place
he occupies Texas will necessarily have
little 70 do with the great gathering Of pa
tnotIsm and industry in 1876,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

In former years Texans imported, now
they export wheat. They bought bread,
now they sell bread. In mono save negro
ruled communities will Texans buy bacon.
The cotton crop, therefore, constitutes, for
the first time, almost nett surplus and
when it does not the excess Of grain and
cattle and sheep will make up the deficit,
and therefore we may assume that there
viii be left in Texas, when the accounts Of
the commercial year are closed. = sum total
Of profits win be found equal 70 the sum Of
values Of the whole cotton and sugar crops
Of the State. Texas grows rieh.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

ONE Prentiss, the matchless orator, was
born in Maine; the other Prentice, the alter
ego Of the Louisville Journal, the matchless
wIt and charming poet, was born and
reared in Connecticut The two men are
often confoundcd with one another, and Of
late both are claimed by the unIettered a.
sons of the South. They became thorough
y Southern in tastes, habits, prejadices
and modes Of thinking and ilcting. Both
were fearful spendthrifts, and both = i IL
wreng 70 tell the truth II both died Of
WhiakE.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

The recently reported Turkish successes
in Herzegovina do not seeEn 10 have accom-
plished mnch in the way of puttihg down
the REBELLION There Is no doubt that il
seryla ana Montenegro unite snd arrest the
Herzegovinisns, the disintegratiea OF the
Ottoman empire win commence. Its only
question Of time when Egypt will refnss
10 paw tribuse. and the greed Of the Euro.
pean powers viii lid 10 eomplsts die
memlermenf Of Turkey, to ne advantage,
no douht, of the inhabitnnts and Of ths
worlds progress.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

. THE mayor Of GatssviIl., J. B. Wills,
being moved by divers and sundry consid-
erations, affecting the good Of our race, to
reign, does so in a paper beginning: I'm
the name OF God, Amen." and closes by
saying that ''the charter of the town should
be surrendered and the people live under
the general laws Of the land" Corpora
tions do cost too much and the confession
of the fact thus solemnly by Mr.. Wills may
have a good effect upon the constitutional
convention.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

TEE blue end the gray are at last TO
ceaIesce finally and perfectly. The process
is begun in Houston. An association Is to
be organized, constituted only Of Sighting,
ditch=aigginga fellOwa- QaarteFmasters,
volunteer aads, and the blos-hards that are
just getting n.aay % tight and the bilious
Of all sorts AMI 70 be kept oat- A restored
Union, after die fashion Of that Of I76s, il
to be reproduced in 1876, and these boys at
Houston who wore the blue and the gray
are TO bring about this most desirable con
summation. They intend 70 reproduce the
skill and dis.spIine Of ten yeafs ago, and
iitustnts in social and soidiezly facts at
Philadelphia. next ysar, The perfect recon
ciliatioa Of the Norti and soulL
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

FOREIGN papers have begun to recite the
whose cruelty, or that of men to whom
they hire desperadoes, may be unparalleled,
but they deal with convicted felons, and
yet not one word is said of hundred hid
eous jails in Texas, or of five hundred in
the South, in which confinement is worse
than the lash or pail and chain or sweat
box of Ward, Dewey & Co. At the last
term of Texas court men plead guilty to
charges, of which the court, jury and law
yers deemed them innocent, that they
might escape the horrors of slow death in a
frightful den called a county jail. 1t may
be we'll enough to revile Ward, Dewey &
Co., but it occurs to us that prison reform
should begin where the innocent suffer tor
lures of the damned, and not where the
guilty alone are subjected to lndescribable
anguish. Whatever the opinion of Texan
and foreign newspapers, prisoners in mar
row, iron-plated dungeons, the guilty and
innocent alike, prefer the penitentiary, with
all it's woes, to these county jails, hotter
than ovens in which food is cooked, and
having air holes through which a bird could
hardly inhale enough breath to I'LL its
parched lungs. Ignorant, thoughtless pep
pie built these internal jails, never think
ing that honest men, as faultless as them
selves, would often be incarcerated, and
these prison builders impose undeserved
punishment, while the demons who hire
villains from Ward, Dewey 6 Co. find q
partial apology for enormities done in the
confessed baseness or criminalitY or demon
ism of the victims of alleged, unparalleled
Il orualfv
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

THE mayor Of waco advises his city
fathers 70 cut down the city attorneys sal
ary 70 city dollars per month, and that Of
ths recorder TO elas, and then would COM
pei al officers, after securing their fixed ssi-
pends. 10 pay over 10 the city treasurer all
aass, fees and psrqaisites- u Is capital
ideA and win Be adopted here at once n
van popalarize those in Office and save tax
payeFs vass sums. The excellent mayor Of
Waso further says thai these perauisitss
Bsloae 10 the people and not % TIE place
nan and thai oilie.a have no right 10 ne
isin fsss, 6nes and forfeitnres while the
people mus psy he costs ofs lmantAanias
these municipal gOssEnnents-
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

PEorE believe that Donaldpon and Grim
wood who went up from Bainnm's hippo
drome in Chicago, were instructed By tho
old Snowman TO enact this TACTICAL tragedy
and have themselves advertised as dead
cveTywhere. il Is said tha. Donaldson,
wearing a disgnise and with bis vhiskers
closely trimmed, has been seea In Canada
He will soon be restored 70 ife nnd then
tae newspapers become Gabhd's trump Of
resurrection and this fraud she most sue
cessful evsE trumpsd up.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

DR. J. II. Rutherford, Of New Castle on
Tyne, Mr.. Ray, Secretary of the English
Cooperative Society, Manchester, and Mr..
Thomas. Secretary Of the society at Leeds.
were in Dallas Thursday. They propose to
inaugurate q system Of direct trade and
cheap emigration routes between England
and the South $ So
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

ALEx- RoDekRs, Of Bonhan, soon 70 be
hanged, Is black; crime, npe; the victim
Of his brutality mother-in-lAE- These
papers thar deem the whipping post bar
barous should protest against the enor-
nifty CO proposed TO be done in cracking
the brute's neck.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

JoIIxsoz is the third President whose re-
mains are in Tennes.ee. and there IL = pro-
ject to bury hlm with the Others jackson
and Polk in Nashville, and erect grand
monument; but his family prefer simpler
grave In East Tennessee.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

MAJoR EUoKsE w. BAYLOR win soon
publish . Sunday paper in Dallas, to be
called the Snnday Times. He Is trained
jOuEn.lisss scholar and gentlemaa, and
his literary Teuture viii doubtless prove
eminenfly succeszfal.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

The antiquity OF the candidate for GU
bcrnatorial honors in Ohio has been the sub
ject Of many grim joke. There is pop
uIar campaign song now chanted every
where in Ohio. It is not poetry, bat it may
he truth.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

The Hia 09srnty Ezpossfsr thinks Gov
ernor Coke should not stoop 10 deny absurd
charges affecting his integrity, and We
thought il bsttef 70 desy for him than 90
publish his denial. It's a matter Of taste.
however.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19
Miscellaneous.
SYMPTOMS of a Diseased Liver.

Dam in the right 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 the 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 rheumatism in
the arm. The stomach is affected
with loss Of appetite and sickness,
the bowels in general are costive,
sometimes alternative with Lax !; the
head is troubled with pain, accom-
panied with a dull, heavy sensation
in the back part. There is generally
considerable loss of memory, ac-
companicd with a painful sensation
of having left undone something
which ought to have been done. A
slight, dry cough is sometimes an at
tcndant. The patient complains of
WEAKNESS and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains of prickIy sensa-
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 dca.h, has shown the
LIVER TO have been extensively de-
T@ELcd.
AGUE AND FEVER
DR. c. M'LANK's LIVER Pitts, IN
CASES OF AoUs AND FEVER, when
taken with Quinine, are 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 FAIa TRIAL.
P.s. Dealers and Physicians ordering from
otDrs than fleniing bfVs. will do well 10 write
t!rir or'isrs distinctly, aud take uoss bm Dy.
Bros., Pltsbaygh, Pa. he a,arks being jan u
bias i'1i,afioas. To those wishing 20 give them
trinl, We will forward per mail post paid TO any
part OF tie United States I; ono box Of Pills for
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

Tine Waxahachie Entexpriss insists that a
new deal must come after the constitutional
convention
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FRANKL.IN
hEsss and Rrilung Ialral Of EUR 1sSsiiynl
Tn1JfIS ~ A ITS1VOTf0sTS

AAeses as AAtAbnA N-.elt4l " nttAI htAaslIillAs
NO11CE OF ACCOUNT.
The State OF Texas to all persnna interested in the
admini-trat Of the estate Of 4 x MoSRLEY, de-
ceased taf a.aa.ef tftaa 4 -
I. v. Davis, admtnlstrator OF the estate Of & 4.
Mosslcy, dcccascd, has ed his Anal account n the
Distrct ceart " Travis coanty, which Win be acted
On the next terra of sad court, eommsncing oR the
Ftrst Mondav IN October. 1S5S ~ the court house
ihercof, In the city % Austiu at hich time Al per-
sons i9.sre.,ed IN said estate may uppear snd make
Witness, " brown, clerk Of sid court and
lSEAL the seal thereof atiachca th,s fourth day of
Aagast, isia FRANK BROWN, Clerk
A true copy " the riglnal:
GAO "A zINPELMAN, sheriF +. G.
w JosN y SruNgs, Deputy. anle wSw
UNOk sALE,
a Neat Cottage Residence,
One block south oi passenger dspse q ooznezs On
the stiect railr,lad. hOnse nealY new, well hniit
thoruaehiy painted. canfaine I've fouma nnd porch,
hall pantry, Kitchen. locruo. large e1one cttlcrr
which holas 30 barrels Of Water yard tcEgeccd, Eoo5
EarAcn, choice frai. trses md gtAPes Wal be sold
cheap for cash. 81 part on tlgae. Apply 20
mssa an u. nlLI:lkk PhalazEspheE.
A VENUE HcTBl. ~
~ Hls A .t1EEf 1888 . ..|.. a
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-08-19

TIE Dallas Herasd viii exchange with no
publishers whose papers do not observe
rules Of social decency and personal deco
rum. Insulting invectiyes will be deemed
objectionable.
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A VENUE HcTEl7
AUSTIN, rsz4s'

unaer ne prcsisIon- % dccd % trust sxccaied
nv W n Davis ana he wife n y tlaNs, for thp hrne-
Eecaro the aynne a. 1o nd iulcett eh1reon. and
al ths request q I'd Chrl<fian. tee nasixpoe - sad
ON MONDAY lhe slxfecoik 81 AaEoei, ttta, between
thr harfu of iooclock = eaa oelock p n. - tAe
snfheasf coracr % block ~ II tkoclF u AHzli1, e
10 thc hirhest bdtr iof es4 u silver coia. ne y
lowlnr dssrrihe1 tract ~ Ants oua Aa1tfe4 ecres
IN Basirsp coeliy, fexnA hegnning e lnn soqlheaHl
west 81 so paf4A passing ne soqteNest Sosaer -
MafilaA Cart and seateeaas c.sns- g - - =. tels.
eofh 10 deerees wczf 80 tar1s sonthNest e1lees
81 - srFe lracfs thence en1th - oAtreos CO. -
nrsh - 5eFresz east 50 6io xsr4s - ~ eetnnIeF
Ae ala nIes 0f uhich lr4c1 = prtle4l.z,y - f1rln
county book 7. page 80 - Hh,sA ss,stsaes = 9.lr
sheriff Tsasis Co. To1aEs nd 1!uz-eA
a,-sxt4 Inlr ~ 1s.a. Z. 1900 40 iTI -
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be truth:

Coinmbas crossed tlss oeesn's blue,
lie found the Aztec In bis place
ne found ne copper -colored rsce--
he found q land % white msn new
But hete he found-Biu Alien. fooI
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AGUE AND FEVER.

P.s. Dealers and Physicians ordering from
otinrs than flenIing Brvs. will do we'll 10 write
t.rir orders distinctly, aud take uoss bed Dv.
g. TLanes LiSer Pdl,, prepared by Fleming
Bros., Pttsbwgh, Pd., As siarkd being Jnn o|
bias iui,afioas. To those wishing 70 give them .
trnl, We will forward per mail. ost-paid TO any
part OF tie United States ono box Of Pills for
twelve three-cent postage stamps, or one vial Of
or'sirs from Canada musl BE- accompanied W
twenty cents extra 80 .. e.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-12-02
uovSE OF DELEGATES.

The House met in the Court House,
and WAS opened with prayer by the Rev.
d. w. Fisher, of the First Presbyterian
Church.
The Speaker then addressed the menu
hcrs of the Holsc, stating that within
the last twenty-tour hours the hall with
in whI-h the House had held lis sessions
since meeting in this city had been
burned down, but owing 10 the kindness
and enterprise of the people Of the city,
we are enabled to assemble together this
morning under as favorable circum-
stances as could be expected Indeed, it
is doubtful whether any other place in
the State could have So promptly re-
sponded to our wants, and we are fortu-
nate in having those wants 50 comiorta-
blv rrovidcd for. Now, being 80 COM
for,ably situated, We are ready to pro
coed TO business.
Mr. Fleming, from the Committee on
Taxation and Finance, reported House
bill No. BOG, recommending that 1t do
not pass.
Also House bill 2GO, recommending
that it do pass.
Also resolution in relation to tax on
agents who sell goods by sample as mex
pedient to legislatc upon.
Also resolution relating to the COM
penSation of shcritls for collecting coun-
~ and school taxes, as iueNpedient to
legislate upon.
Also House bill SlI, "A bill to pro-
hibit public officers from using public
funds for the purpose of acquiring II pro-