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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-12-16

THE new ConstItutIon will never serve
but one desirable or prorer purpose. 1t
will teach another Convention what shall
lows and reefs and quicksands to avoid,
and how to create Democratic instead of
adespotic government. The worst posi-
bic administration of the Executive and
judicial departments are provided for.
Schools and railways are prohibited. Tswns
and cities are smitten with hopeless parsly-
sis. Dishonest voting is preferred. Taxes
are unequslly assessed and ;he people abhor
the whole code.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-12-16

Richard Grant White tells the following
dog story in the GaLaxy- The most supreme
exhibition Of contempt that ever saw was
from dog Of mine. He was noble bessf,
large ADD beautiful. His sire was an Eng
lish bloodhound. bis dam : 81. Bernard
mastia He vas fawn-calored. brindled.
and his ears were softer than the finest silk.
he was 90 big that he eould stand on all
fours and take roll with his monfh frDm
the dinHng-table, aud that be could spring
up, put bis paws on ny shoulder, asd look
me IN the face And yet hed lutte black
and tan terrier thas would bnlly dear cid
Thor--fur 50 named him--DuE of every
thing; everything. tbsfi i, bnt boDes-nest.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-12-16

The philosopher, Emerson, said that 'sif
you show me family Of intelligent chill
dren viii show you fresh newspapers on
the mantei and on the window sill. The
sun would rise to little purpose If the light
that newspapers shed upon mans path
way did not show him how to utilize its
benofcent rays. and the schoolnAster would
effect little bT teaching the young idea hou
. shoot q there vsrs no county nswspspsr
% Gre II
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-12-16

less bone--fOr thar Is n subj CT upon which
no dog IF any delicate sense OF Nhat is due
To himself will allow The least oatsi,ie inter
ference. But fhcT loved PucK ami would
leI the little rascal do almost what ne liked,
and when his teasing and imprudenc1
reached point rhat was intoieTable the
grand old fellow, instead of taking his I'll.
mentor by the back uf the neck aud quiet
~ dropping him some vi here out of the way.
would meekiy come and put his great paw
ON my knee to beg me 10 20 out ano sci
matters straight Aud yet for Puck he
would fight anything, auo many Mas the
TO" into which he got by staOding up for
his quarrelsome little plaSfeii.iw. De dsy
took Ihor with me III new walE, IA The
coarse ot winch We passed the gate "f n
faruer who had two large pointer dugs,
who were very cross and qudrrel,oiae both
with man and beast, even 50 much so that
tneS attacked men Whu came Ia the gate
As we approached the gate there they Iay
together outside of i: upon the close gree n /.
sward that stretched into the Tuah Al Tia.
sight Of Thor they pricked up ,n,ir ears,
rose 10 their feet, and began To growl.
Thor, t-otting ON ahead OF nae, tuned his
head moment, but kept ON his trut. As
we drew near they crouched together upon
theiI bellies and Negan to move thus to-
warts the middle of the road, aud when we
were opposite their gate, with one yelpins
bark, they made Simultaneous rush upon
the stranger. On, Thor, Thor. did the
spirit Of Shakespeare enter into thee that
without even turning thy head az ain thou
heavedst up thy leg, like Crabs dog, and
served those dogs AS he served the gentle
woman's iarthnSale, and then jogsedst ON
as il nothing had happened, leaving them
to sneak back to their lair, with their tails
between their legs, less in fear than in
astonishment, and thy delight II master to
cleave the sky win laughter. Verify. |
think there he some human ours, who like
to spring yeiping upon man IN rely b.
cause he Is stranger, whom it would be
well If some big human mastiH woud ,res,
somewhat after the same fashion. They de-
serve no more respectful consideration
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-12-16
The Gulrs,rsam--rSe oseaa'- nrss.A.


The Gulf Stream takes Us rise in the Gulf
of Mexico, between the islands OF the coast
and the peninsula OF Florida, and thence
within the Bahama Bank, parallel TO the
American coast, until il raeets Sc. Gebrges
and Nantuckct Banks when its course is de-
iccted eastward. After passing the south.
,rn extremity of Newfoundland, il runs in
the SAME direction Ia about SS degrees west
longitude, within the parallels oI 85 and 80
degrees north latitude. AT this point the
main stream turns TO the southeast as far
as the Azores, after which il is lost. It's
whole range Is estimated ut 5000 miles, and
it occupies about scventy-eight days in ite
progress, giving an average rate of motion
OF one ans a half miles per hour. The eur
rent however, varies greatly, being as much
as five miles an hour as it issues from The
Gulf of MeXico, and not more than ten miles
per day near the Azores.
The Gulf Stream is warmer than the
ocean around II, generally averaging 90 de-
grees Fahrenheit, while the water of the
tropics does not average S5 degrees. What
causes the Gulf Stream is unknown DIR.
Franklin suggested that il h,.s.its origin In
the trade winds. Lieutenant Maury. how
ever, thought this cause wholly Inadequate.
and that the phenomenon Is btfter exclaimed
by difference in the density aud epecilic
gravity of ocean waters, aiisng from diff
ference in temperature. Dr.. Carpenter too.
insists in specific gravity as a cause of ocean
circulation. All Propositions however,
relative to the causes which produce the
Gulf Stream are purely speculative. Per-
h lps there is a hole under and through the
lsthmus of Darien. The Pacific is i've feet
higher than the Atlantic ocean, as shown by
measurement on both American shores, and
the primeval inhabitants of the isthnus, as
Humboldt tells, cut canal from the Pacilic
to the Atlantic, since closed by an earth
quake. But nature kept the subterranean
Orifce under Darien open, and through 1t
passes the mighty summer OF the scas-the
Gulf Stream. 1t comes from the midst OF
the equatorial islands OF tine Pacific. and Is
warm with the life flood OF the equatcr.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-12-16

leaped into positian OF importance re-
specting financial Affairs second oniy 10 the
/ TImes itself. The Hour prints a circular
which the solicitors of the Emma Mine
Company have lately sent TO she sirseeh1fas
ers, from which It appears, upon evilence
received ON oath, that the hackers, the met
al-5rokerS, the directors, the inspecting di-
rector, the brokers, the solicitors. aud the
accountants, connected With the enterprise
were orihed ia thoussnd VI pounds by Nc.
Albert Grant, and that the American minis
ter at the Court of ~. JamesV upon the
strength of whose name many Ea2 ish fami.
lies subscribed, was bribsd 10 rhe exsantSf
SIC, 900. This eI0, 600, il isstAted on oath.
was loaned" 10 Minister Sehenek 20 enable
aim TO purchase shares, aud he secured
private guarantee from the lender that the
shares which We're 10 be bought with II
should yield hlm eighteen per csnt. year.
hitherto, II Is Ia be noted, the friends Of
our minister have ascertained that be was
an honest loser by the Emma; that conf
dent OF the value OF the NINE. he had pus
his own money into ie, and lnst severe
| y by its collapse. These assertions will no
| longer be available in she minister's defense.
II what has been sworn 20 is true. By turn
ing out old directors and putting in new
ones the majority of shareholders in the
company have now inausarated policy OF
revenge and restitution. The Alexander
Macdougall p&rty have gone IN FOR making
clean sweep. The 1DFestHt value OF the
mine-which is full of water--is that OF an
old song. There is absolutely nothing left
ous OF the million Of capital subscribed. no
mine ore, no tools, no capital. A million
of money has been thrown away, and the
innocent people who suiIer the loss have
never been able 10 learn the reason why.
Their patience IS tired out, and hence the
victory of the Macdougall patty, which
comes in with cry OF ''proseeHte. Mean.
while Gen. Schenek remains unifea States
Minister 10 the Court Of -. James,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-12-16

would be iut-rposed. These. Rutabaga
people knew rot what thsy were doing
when they gave an empire to Tom Scott
with which to extend the Pennsylvania
Central and the big bridge 70 California.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-12-16
Thomas oor.vln.

Thomas Corwin, ia so far as the record
allows Judgment, far outshone Hardin in
this Kentuekian constellation o.. humor. In
all the elements, from the lowest buflesquo
To the finest wit, be WAS ccniessedly Ghe
master. He drew from the arsenal all the
weapons of parliamentary woi fare; but how
seldom he used theml HIS efTusions were
brilliant, fervid, eloquent, pathetic; but.
above all, his satiie, while keen, wus not
poisoned or barbed with ill-temper. Ii was
pertinent and powerful; demolishing, vet
sungless. He was great lawycf---as great
MS Ogden Hoffman, and FAR greater tran be
in Congress. His mind was full, and his
words were thoughtful. He was no cynic
He was also scholar. His mind had
ranged through the bounds OF human knowl-
edge. His eloquence on tie stump and az
the bar, in the House or sennte, when piead-
ing against the Mexican war, or for compro-
nli.e before our civil war, whether he struck
the basso of sorrow or the tenor Of meIri-
ment, was full of divinest sympathy. YET
he is best remembered for lighter Efforts. as
when he started in full Opulence Of illus r.
tion after the foible OF a feIlow.member.
No one can imagine his power unlcsa he has
seen his facial expression and heard his va
riety of tones. A early as four
teen he had the action, emphasis aud oes-
lures which make the rhetorical yonth. His
childhood was father to the orator. Hisin-
dependence of Thought and his lucid ex-
preston We are called upon in this paper
70 discuss. His bumor makes one or lie
green spots IN the Congressional desert.
One of its best illustrations Is his anlwer
TO Gen. Crary, Of Michigan. who had ac-
cused Gen. Harrison Of want Of strategy at
Tippecanoe. Crary was militia general.
The droh manner of the resp0nse cannot be
put ON paper. The humorous orator de-
scribed tiaining-day--fhe leader OF the
host on horseback, the retreat to neigh
boring grocery, the ireDchant blade OF the
general remorselessly staying watermelons,
aud the various feats upon this bloodltss
6eld--in suck style that his victim was
ever after known IA the ''late Gen. CrarF.,,
Hon. s. s. Car, N Harper's .Mogaeiae 'Jor
December.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-12-16

NEW observatory Tor solar physics is IN
process OF erection AT Caicuitas Il will be
provided with ssvrn-inch eQustoTial q
Merz, and with the usual specffosc0pic and
other accessories. The scheme ol The Oh
servstory originated IN suggestions made y
the Italian Transit-Of- Venus Ezpeditipn
which observed ne Aaddapoge. Ter funds
were obtained by private subscnption and
grant from tie gDvernmenr
The Botanical GARDENS at calcrlta are
being considerably improved and extended
A large conservatory is being butt, which
viii give facilities for the culture ~ delieafe
plants hitherto unkno~n Ia Caiculfs. The
building will be- 200 feet lork and Go feet
hrsad. The collections is the 0rellfd 8on6cs
and other cOnseEystoTies have been largely
lncreased daring the past year by additions
from Sikkinl, the kba.ibills, the Al Elmans.
Barmah and the EeiiVberT1ss. The super
intendent Of The gardens feels the need of
= trained Esrgpeaa eoilcctor - txplsse dis.
tficts aud secarc representatives. ~ their
norns IN the form OF living sud drifd plants
for the enrichment Of tbs herb4fiuIn and
eonseryatories Of the Gardens We're this
want supplied. the gardens wouid soon -
able 10 exchange plnHts with similar inalita-
lions 81 over the world, ana thus greatly
e large the sphere II their utefuine1.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-12-16
DUBLIC NOTICE.

II
hereby notify all persons not TO buy or trade fr he
following notes. which stolen from the unacr
signed:
One note dated Goliad, June =, 1875: twelve mon he
after date, $500 COIN twelve per cent from date in
favor and payable to N. Krei e. Credit the back
OF this note Of $40.
One note twenty-fou months after date, dated Go
Had, Jnne-, I6I5: $40 q bearing Twelve per csn' ,
and payable To N Kreis q. Both the above are
signed by ID. M. sill "a, and being a vendor Iein
on property sold TO her last June.
One note, dat Austin, No ember Is, 1875; BIB
coin; day after dat, with Twelve per cent
est from dzie payable to, NJ Kreise, and signed by
her
Antonio Y Cruz.
mark.
One note, dat d tustin October ~, 1875: one day
after dates $5i2 95, with wo per cent. interest per
month, payable To NJ. Kgcisle, by WIN. Kluge and
wife.
One mote. dated ,ustin, octoher %, 1878; day
after date: 500 with per interest payable
TO H. Krtisle, Gig cd by Mor.ey Bros. no5' w3t
NJ. kRElSLE.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-09

in the city, and mounted squads were
out in force, riding through the suburbs
at full speed. Inspector Thorne re.
ceived immediate notification, and in
short time was at the 18th precinct
station house. TakiLg Sergeant Whit
comb and Detective MCGOWAN with
him, he visited the residence of Tweed
Leaving the former to guard the en-
trance, he made a thorough search from
the roof to the cellar, but not the slight
est trace of the fugative was found
Sheriff Conner summoned a number o.
his dupities, and visited all the uptown
precincts.
REPORT THAT THE BOSS ESCAPED 4
WEEK AGO.
New YORK, December 5-A repor
is in cirulatiou, but cannot be varified
that Tweed escaped week ago and il
now well away from the country
Sheriff Conner and Warden Dunbar
are liable to a fine of 81 900 and ont
years Imprisonment for their neglect
and if Tweed is not forthcoming they
will be spt to get the full extent of tn,
law.
EXCITEMENT STILL RUNNING HIGH.
There Was no cessation to-day to th'
excitement created on Saturday nigh
throughout the city, by the announce
ment of the escape OF Boss Tweed
Police Commissioner Matsell has NJ
theory in regard to the escape, but saiC
alphabetically that, in his opinion. ther,
was collusion somewhere. Superin
tendent Walling said, at late hou
this morning, that thus far not th'
slightest clue had been obtained by hin
which might put him on the track o
the fugitive, as the police were unabl,
to find any person who saw the coacl
which it is supposed carried Tweed of
or the driver "i the cOacn, who haC
teen left at MS reSldence by the Sher
ifs officers. The Sheriffs deputies ar,
securing the city without result. Th'
police are still of the opinion tina
TH eed passed out of the front basemen
door and was taken to Sixtieth stree
and East river, where he embarked il
steam vessel.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-09

beginning with those from the New
England States, who on being called
ranged themselves in front ei the
Clerks desk and there with uplifted
hands went through their part of the
ceremony. What is known as the Iron
Clad Oath was the form administered.
To members unable to take that oath
the modified oath was Administered.
After a lengthy discussion, n hich in
VOWED the legality of the kellogg Gov
ernment, upon the right OF Mr.. Morey,
of Louisiana, to qualify who was ob-
jected to by Mr.. Wood, of New'York
and of Mr.. Good, of Virginia, objected
to by Mr.. Blaine, of Maine, both OF
these gentlemen were sworn in.
The delegates from the Territories
were then called and sworn, taking the
iron clad oath.
Mr.. Lamar then offered resolution
declaring the following as the officers Of
the House: Clerk, George NJ. Adams,
of Kentucky; Sergeant-at-Arms, John
&. Thompson, of Ohio; Doorkeeper,
Lafayette H. FitZhugh, of Texas; Post.
master, James NJ. Stewart, of Virginia;
Chaplain, ]. l.. Townsend, of District
of Colum bia.
Mr.. Wheeler, of New York, offered
an amendment substituting the
names of the present incumben
| The amendment WAS rejected and
original resolution adopted. The new
ly elected officers were then sworn i I
Messrs. FitZhugh and Stewart taking
the modified oath.
A message was sent TO the Senate Il
inform that body that the House had
organized and was ready for business
A com mittee was appointed TO join d
like committee on the part of the Sen
ate to wait on the President aud inform
him that Congress was now in session
and ready to receive any communica
ton he might be pleased to make
Messrs. Cox, of New York, Knotte anC
Blaine were appointed such committee
Mr.. Randall offered a resolution
adopting the rules of the House in the
43d Congress as the rules of the present
House except rules l66 and 167, anC
also providing for the appointment o
the Committee on Rules to consist o.
the Speaker and four members, requir
ing motions to suspend the rules to bt
seconded by majority and forbidding
the entertainment of dilatory motions
Mr.. Garfield suggested that by i'm
memorial usage the rules of the pre-
ceding House became the rules of this
House without any special motion tC
that effect.
Mr.. Randall replied that immemori
al usage might do for the Republican
side OF the House, but not for the Dem
Ocratic side, which required stric
construction of the rules.
Mr.. Garfield (contemptuously)-Oh
yes! Laughter.
The resolutions were adopted, and il
was then ordered that the usual draw.
ing for Seats should take place at
O'Clock Tomorrow.
i The House then adjourned.
Many members were conspicuous,
and among them Mr.. Blaine, wht
stepped up to the Speakers chair and
took this opportunity of felicitatins
him upon his election and the manner
in which he had discharged his first
days duties.
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THE WEEKLY sun.
8. NEW YORK. 1876

Eighteen hundred and seventy-six is the
Centennial year. Ii is also the year in which
an Opposition House of Representatives, the
first since the war, will be in power at WASH
Ington; and the year of the twenty-third cleo
tion OF President of the United States. All
of these events are sure to be OF great interest
and Importance, especially the two latter; and
all of them and everything connected with
them will be fully and freshly reported and
e1pounded in The Sun.
The Opposition House of Representatives,
taking up the line of inquiry opened years ago
by THE Sun, will sternly and diligent Y in
vestigate the corruptions and misdeeds of
Grants administration; and will, it is to be
hoped, lay the foundation for new and bet
ter period in our national history. OF all this
TIVE Sun will obtain complete and accurate
accounts, furnishing its readers with early
and trustworthy information upon these alb
sorbing topics.
The tweaty-third Presidential election. with
the preparations for it, will be memorable a:
deciding upon Grants aspirations for third
term of power and plunder, and still more a,
deciding who shall be the candidate o. tht
party of Reform, and as electing that candt
date Concerning all these subjects, those
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-09
scenes at the Opening OF the
Forfy.EOurtll Congress.

A Washington special to the Cincin'
natl Gazette, gives the following de.
scription Of the opening scenes in the
44th Congress:
The Scene in the House was without
. precedent in the last ten years At 9
very early hour the seedy thrOug OF
office-seekers that has filled the hotel
Hobbies for the last two weeks had ta-
ken possession of all the approaches to
the House wing of the Capitol. Every
available inch was filled. The floor Of
the House was q living mass, the gal
leries were densely packed, and the
atmosphere was a disgrace to the Re-
public. The scene on the floor was in
teresting to the historical Observer
One who has followed the history O
this country during the last civil Wal
could not have believed that there had
been q rebellion.
A visitor at the Confederate Con-
gress would have been reminded of the
men and times when Robert Tomb>
was going to call the roll of his slave,
at Bunker Hill. Within the House
wes the vacant chair which was Oc-
cupied during the last Congress by the
Vice President of the COnfederacy, land
which is now reserved for him in this
John II. Regan, the POstmaster-Gener'
al of the Confederate Government, was
sworn in. Among those sworn in were
q score of persons who held high places
in the political service of the Confed
eracy. While the Confederate Briga.
diers were present in large numbers,
the number of those who were com
PEELED to take the modified oath, would
a few years ago, have startled the North
and have been declared impossible.
The Confederate Congress in Epitome
can be found in the House of the 44th
Congress, and those who have been SC
long called rebels in the North guard
the door. From tomorrow the ap-
proaches to the hall to the House OF
Representatives will be guarded by
Lafayette Fitzhugh, the old Sergeant
at-Arms OF the Confederate Congress.
The prayer, which was omitted to-day,
will be spoken by an Episcopalian rect
or, who WAS unable in the war days to
minister to 4 church in Connecticut be-
cause he then refused to remember the
President of the United States in his
public prayers as his rubrlc ana MS
Bishop commanded; and the letters
will be Distribute d to the members Ut
the hands of u Captain of Joe Stewards
cavalry. Things have changed.
The scene ON the floor of the House
was one customary on. such occasions.
The Republicans have been reduced t0
IO9, but they seem to have adopted
Blaine's suggestion-to be always
ready. They were all there to-day,
and they showed in the course OF the
heated afternoon where the parliamen.
tary skill and political acumen in the
House are-st the end of the first
five hours. Fernando Wood, the proud
and naughty leader of the majority,
and Cox, his imitator, were worsted in
the first debate, and defeated in the
first trial of parliamentary skill, and
routed by their own majority.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1875-12-09

THE bitter contest for the Speaker.
ship ofthe House OF Representatives i:
over. The fight was puerly personal
one, alike as to the participants and in
Its relations to the Presidential contest
Never before, it is credibly stated, ha:
such open and barefaced trading and
dickering in the struggle for that office
been witnessed, and This very fact for
bids all hope Of an honest administers
tion Of affairs by Democratic Con-
gress. The old Copperhead treason ele
ment that KERR, the successful candi
date, belongs to, that was so servicea
BILE to treason in 1S61-62, and, indeed,
all through .he rebellion, will now be
heard from.