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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-02-24
THE BNTOLRHABLz COST OF THE
FEDERAL JUDICIARY SIS TEM

We have had occasion to refer to h
enormous cost of the system of Federal
courts and inquire whether the sport is
worth the candle-whether the people of
the United States are not paying more for
the luxuries than for necessaries of life,
when hardly able, taxed ss they are, to buy
food and clothing. AS these courts exist,
they are for the use and benefit of the gov
erning class. They serve the people dde-
quately in nothing, and whether they should
exist at all is question of dollars and
cents, except as the barnaces are affected
by them. We refer, of course, to these
courts as agencies for the adjustment Of
civil questions. Each court, however eco
nomcally conducted, costs the people more
at any one term than it collects and pays
over to plaintiffs in any one year. Individ-
ual plaintiffs here and there may be profited,
but the sum total of results shows disas-
trous losses to the country. 1t were wiser
to pay directly out of the public treasury all
audited unpaid claims against solvent de-
PENDANTS than subject jurors and witnesses
and judges and lawyers to the labors and
waste Of life and money and morals Incl
dent to this prOftless litigation. But while
these courts at best IA resorts for plaintiffs
IN civil suits, are ruinous to the last degree,
even when their expenditures of public
money are honestly and legally made, they
have become, as administered by modern
Federal officers, absolutely intolerable.
How absurdly extravagant and corrupt are
the practices of many Federal marshals, is
shown by the appended tabular statement,
taken from the reports of the United States
Attorney General of 1872-73-74. Itseems
that Mr.. Pierrepont, perhaps because he fills
an unexpred term, has made no report for
1875; but since it is shown how extraordi-
nary Is the difference in cost of the different
United States courts in different States, the
appended comparison of business and ex-
penditures of United States courts in Grim
inal suits in the Southern States is gwen:
1872. Ark. western dists. (suits) 73
expenditures. $243, 500 90
N. C.westeru dists (suits) 373
- expenditures. $50. 167, 391 co
South Carolina (suits) =. 3O1
9 expenditures 1873, 423 n
Georgia northern (suits). 2l4
- {" expend. so, $50 90
Tex. western dists. (suits) 1924
- 6 "expend. 40, 425 90
1873. Ark. western dists (>uits) AZ
l." expend 1856, $40 90
North Carolina (suits)... 1927
g g expend.. so, 779 90
districts (suits) ..... 1873
North Carolina eastern
districts expenses 80. SO, 438 90
Georgia nth. dists. (suts) 3l9
" expen. 90, 761 90
South Carolina (suits)... FOG
- ''' expen.... SO, 756 19
Tex. western disUs. (suits) 2 800
g 9 . expen. g., 1913 90
1874. Ark. western dlsts (Suits) 40
" expen. 80, 7s5 90
Georgia northern (suit-). 161
expen. 81, ,ssO 90
South Carolina (auits)... 1OG
d" expend.. A, ,65s 90
North Carolina ults(... CAB
expend.. 143, 732 90
Tex. western dists. (suits) 1,4O2
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-02-24

Our readers may observe that in proportion
to the number of suits docketed the ad
min:stration of justice in Western Texas
costs the government less than elsewhere in
the United States, a fact that reflects
distinguished honor upon the officers
of the Austin district court facili-
tating the purposes of our able Congress
man who tolls to assure the construc-
ton in the capital of an empire OF
Federal court house to cost surely as
much as that to be erected in an in
terror SWINE and hominY manufactory
called Cincinnati. This inland Ohio city
already has Federal court house and post
office that cost more than million dollars,
and the blessed government is rearing there
another edlfce to cost three millions. While
Cincinnati and Philadelphia steal our Pa
cifc road, endowed bv Texas with enor-
nous wealth, they will surely concede to
Austin proper forum" for its honest and
economical Federal court. Ours, as shown
by facts above presented, is not an agency
used in convoking Radical party leaders
and paying mileage, ON the assuisptiou that
they are parties and witnesses, as is the
henored custom in Arkansas and other
States. On the contrary, having more case:
on the docket and the Rio Grande neutral
grouni within its jurisdiction, this court
] costs less by half than any in the United
States having like number of cases on its
dockets.
We present the facts that Congress may
reform abuses In these courts, that reform
in the practice or abolition of the court:
may be effected, and in order that the cos
of the court at Austin may be still further
lessened by the government becoming the
owner rather than lessee of costly build
ings for the use of the Postofiice and De
/ partment of Justice
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-02-24

IT is understood that the mission Of Great
Britain having been rendered 10 ex Senator
Morgan, OF New York, was declined By him.
The reason assigned Tor declining was that
he preferred 10 remain in this country dur
ing the ensuing political campaign. His m
terest in remaining mAy be well understood
when IL - remembered that be is chairman
of the Nationsi hepuDllcan committes, and
has some political aspiration. Gen. Schsnck
is 70 be recalled, il credit can be given 70
the weIl-founded assertion Of gentlemen Ia
high position who claim TO know.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-02-24
HYMN OF THE ALAMO.
BsOOkIrN. n, Y. sss FRASx,Ix Avrxur

BsooKLrS. N ". sSs FRANKiTS AVENUE.
February J. Is5a
Editors Democratic Statesman - | observe
that the Texas Scrap Book" compiled by
Mr.. ID. W. c. Bake, gives 'The Hymn of the
Alamo" incorrectly, and as it is more de-
sIrable to point out such inaccuracies in
collection which has some claim to dura-
bility than it would be in newspaper, I
request that you will allow me sufficient
space in your journal for the publication OF
a corrected copy. The first word of the
song in the ''Scrap Book" happens to be
sufficiently wrong to iujure the meter,
though not the sense, being ''arise" instead
OF rise" and the fifth line OF the last
stanza, though in accordance with the
earliest copies, is not given as amended by
the author near thirty years ago. That
ilne as originally written, and lately re-
published, The last was fell'd the fight to
gain, was the weakest line in the whole
song, and l regret to see its infantine
teeoleness restored. The true version of
The hymn is as follows:
"Rise, man the wall, our clarioa's blast
Now sounds SIS anal reveille;
This dawning morn must be the last
Our fated band shall ever see
To life, but not TO hope, farewelll
Ion lrumpets clang, and cannon's peal
And t stoTming nm. S shoat, and clash Nf seel.
Welcome The Spartans deaih-
IT'S no despairing strife
We falll-we debut our exnirng breath
Is Freedoms breath OF life!"
"Here. on this new Thermopyla.
Our monument shall tower high,
And Alamo hereafter be
In bloodier fields the battle cry"
Tins Travis from the rampant cried;
Aud when his warriors the foe,
Like whelming pillows move below,
At once each dauntless heart replied,
Welcome the Spartan's death
Tis no despairng strife
We falll-we die !-but our expiring breath
Is Freedoms breath OF life!
"They come-like autumn's leaves they fall,
Het, hordes on hordes, they onward rush;
With CORY tramp they mOun the wall
Till numbers the defenders crush
Till falls their flag when remanl
Well may the rufians quake TO tell
How Travis and his hundred fell
Amid thousand foemen Elain
They died the Spartans d, ath,
But not in hopeless strife
Like brotheIs died. and their expiring breath
Vas Freedoms breath OF life
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The Portland daily press., 1876-04-03

Hon. ALDEN JACKSON retires to-day from
the Office of Deputy Secretary of State in &C
cordance with his cherished desire of relin-
gushing the cares of the position. II was
his original plan to retire on the first of JAN
uary, but on the earnest solicitation of Mr..
Chadbourne he consented to continue to fill
the position during the first quarter.
1t is eminently proper when a gentleman
who has served the state so long faithfully
and efficiently as has Mr.. Jackson, to call at
tenlion to the fact. 1t is simply an act OF
justice. Mr.. Jackson was first Deputy Sec
retary of State under Hon. John G. Sawyer,
from 1850 to 1858 inclusive. He was Secre-
tary of'State in 1854 and 1856. The Demo-
Gratis got year in 1855 and Mr.. Jackson re-
turned with the Republicans in 1857 and held
the office that year. He was ain appoint
ed Deputy by Mr.. Stacy little more than
four years since and has continued until the
present time. Hewas Secretary of the Elec'
toral College of Maine in the years 1856 and
1872. Very few men have been so long con-
pected with The service of the state as has Mr.
Jackson and none have achieved higher
reputation for that uniform courtesy, thor
ough kno owledge of the duties of his office, a
close application to its business and consci-
entious discharge of all his duties. During
the years Mr.. Jackson has been in the public
service he has made hundreds of friends who
will wish him many years of comfort and
happiness after so long and honorable pub
liz rocord
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-03

WHATEVER might have been said Of the
equipment and condition of the Grand Trunk
Railway ten years ago, it cannot be truthfully
asserted that it is in an inferior condition al
the present time. The track aud rolling
stock of the road are among the best in the
country and its trains are run with regularity
and as free from delays and accidents, as any
road can be when twenty-six regular tra is
are run daily. We do not say this because
the corporation is special favorlte of ours or
because it ever recognizes newspapers and
newspaper men. 1t is not the first and nev-
er did do the latter. The Grand Trunk Rail
way, however, is a great corporation which
has done great things for Portland the past
twenty years and is likely TO do much more
In the future. Having done so much, and at
an expenditure of millions, recently put the
road in state of efficiency second to none
in the country, it does become a Journal
knowing these facts to protest against con-
tinual Misrepresentation of its condition to
its probable injury. We repeat it: the Grand
Trunk Railway is in most efficient condi-
ton, its employees men of experience and
skill, and its immense business is as safely
ana promptly done as that of any road Of
its magnitude in this country.
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-03
Dominion Notes.


Hay is S. to 81 per ton 10 Fredericton, N.
B; oats 35 to 40 cents per bushe
The work of enlarging the Welland canal is
goiug on in many of the sections The whole
is under contract.
An Ontario despatch says that much alsrm
is expressed there at the sudden fall of Cana
dian bonds in English market they having de-
cined Al per cent.
All of the liquor licenses of Halifax have ex
pircd and the authorities have not had time to
grant any more. That looks like dry times on
illicit drinks.
rived in Canada in 1875 was q, 1872, against
39.373 in 1874 and 5OO5O in 1873 The falling
off was of course due to the general depression
on this side of the Atlantic. ~
The Toronto Globe says that American silver
coin is again becoming nuisancein certain
parts of Ontario, and merchants are signing
tor delverance from it. Can't say as much for
this locality.
A Quebec paper says letter from the County
of Oxford passed through the London postofice
the other day addressed to 'James Whyoherly,
eSq., Mr.. Andrew Scroggins' p o., Oxford,
County Maine, u. s." It is supposed the
epistle is intended for "Androscoggin.''
The st. John Telegraph says that despite
the fact that the Nova Scotia soft Goals are
quite near at hand, abundant and cheap, the
use of United States hard coal is greatly in
creasing in that city aud vicinity 1t hopes
that some inventive Yankee will derive some
means to facilitate the use of bituminou3 coal
Why not an inventive Bluenose?
The Dominion brass founders cannot love
their Yankee neighbors in the same trade to
any extent. One testified before the Drpres.
sion Committee of the House the other day
that they sold goods 20 per cent, below cost
when they came in competition with DOM oon
manufacturers for the purpose OF breaking
them down aud monopolizing the trade. They
want tariff of 25 per cent adUalorent. That
will fix Mr.. Yankee.
The business done at the G. T. r. station at
Clinton is much in excess of last year. There
were shipped from this station last week 49,
400 bushels of grain, 200 barrels of fccr, one
car of apples, one car sundries, and one car of
salt, the charges for which amounted To S4726
This is an increase of $500 for the Correspond
ing week of last year. The increase for Febru
ary was over $4,000, and there was slight iu.
crease for January. There is every prospect of
a good summers business.
man named W. 81. Hefferan advertised to
lecture in st. John oh "Mauliness" with local
hits. Two hundred people assembled with
fish horns, pea blowers, etc. When the lectur-
er came upon the stage he was saluted with
unsavory eggs in the face. He was pulled In
to the hall and hustled about roughly, and the
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-03
Connecticut.

To-day the people of Connecticut assem-.
BILE at the polls 10 elect governor and leeis-
lature. These hold only until January /,
1877 for under the amended constitution
another state election is to be held in No
vember. Last year the Democrats polied
So, ,752, the Republicans 44,272 and the Pro.
hibitionists 2,942 votes. 1t is too much to
expect that the Republicans will overcome
the adverse majority of 6521, but they have
strong and reasonable hopes of greatly re-
ducing it. The tide is now in their favor,
their state ticket is one of the best ever nom-
mated in Connecticut, the prospect is that
many of*the prohibitionists will support
them, their opponents have disguised the
people by vacillation and recklessness in ma
tional policy and mal-administration in state
affairs, and the soft-money movement has
drawn many men from the Democratic ranks.
Were the voice of the people to have fair ex-
preston the Republicans would undoubtedly
carry the state. But the Democratic leaders
in Connecticut are masters in corruption and
will hesitate at no means to defeat the popu-
lar will. Many of them are wealthy men
who have been accustomed to buy Office, and
this year great prize tempts them. The
legislature will have the choice OF Senator
to succeed Mr.. English. That gentleman is
candidate for reelection, and is bidding
high for the seat. 1t is stated that he is will
ing to expend fifty thousand dollars to secure
a Democratic majority in the legislature.
Mr.. Barnum would also like to be Senator,
and is not minded to permit Mr.. English to
outDid him for the coveted position. Thus
aided by large corruption fund and with
their well-known facilities for importing
repeaters from New York the Demo-
Gratis will probably keep their hold of the
State though by considerably reduced ma
jerity. Since 1873 their majority on joint
ballot in the legislature has increased
from to "a, and they are quite con-
fident that it will not he diminished
sufficiently to hazard their chances of
the Senatorship. The Republicans however
are hopeful. and if they secure the legislature
will gain a substantial victory.
In the third congressional district there is
vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr..
Starkweather. The Democrats are support
ing David A. Wells and the Republicans
John T. Wait. The district is Republican
and it is not believed that Mr.. Wells can
secure enough Republican votes TO give him
an election. The candidates for governor are
Henry G. Robinson, Republican, and
Charles r. Ingersoll, Democrat.
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-03

TINES change, but the manners of the
Pennsylvania Democrats do not. Theil
fashion of yearly changing their attitude on
the financial question appears to be an old
habit. In a copy of the american, news
paper published in Portland in 1S43, which
has come 10 notice, we read that Mr..
Buchanan in the Senate presented memori
al from citizens of Pennsylvania complaining
of want of currency, and proposing that
the government issue certificates of loan is
the amount of s2oO,OoO,OO0, founded upon
the public domain. The next year the Penn
sylvania Democrats were ardent sub.treasury
men. The same paper announces that the
Wings attribute the slate Democratic triumph
in New jersey to the lavish use of money!.
That was before the Democrats put off cor
ruption and became "reformers." 1t is doubt
full if bribery in New Hampshire would have
shocked them in those days.
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-03

IT is understood that the attempt to break
Secretary Bristow down came from the fol-
lowing sources: l. The Shepherd-Mullett
combination, in revenge for Mullett's remoy
al;2. The safe-burglary conspirators, because
the secret service force was reorganzed; g.
the Indian ring, which hopes to save Della
nos administration by crushing Bristow's
reform movement; 4. Ex Assistant Secreta-
ry Sawyer, because he has been indicted; 5.
The men interested in the seal-lock frauds
which Bristow checked; 6. The claim agents
IN Washington, who can no longer swindle
the government with Mr.. Bristow at the
head OF the Treasury Department; Z. The
Whiskey Rings throughout the country; g.
the Argus, which desires to make capital for
its party.
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-03

IT has appeared in all the Democratic pa
pers that Hon. Daniel Hall appropriated
soooo to carry the town of Canaan in New
hampshire The independent press has NOR
ailzed on the exceeding wickedness of such
wickedness. Now it turns out that the
whole statement is fabrication-a joke
played upon certain Democrats.
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-03

The naval committee of the House have
examined over three hundred witnesses and
taken testimony which covers 5000 manu-
script pages, and yet they have found no evi.
dence OF corruption on the part of Secretary
Robson,
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-03
TERMS $500 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.

by ap.item elsewhere it will be seen that
'ne house has appropriated $4,000 to pay
certain parties who, in running the boundary
line between the head-waters of the St. Croix
and the 81. John, under the treaty of 1912,
lost, it is alleged, 10000 acres of land. The
claims have slumbered long time, but hay-
ing been secured by parties for a-trife, who
thought it worth working up, they have at
length secured favorable action in the House
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-03
THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING. APRIL 3, 1875

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer in
all cases indispensable, not necessarily for publication
but as guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or reserve eommu-
nications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-03

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credentials of every person claiming to represent our
journal.
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WOULD NOT BE WITHOUT
VEGETlNE
FOR TEN TIMES IT'S COST.

The great benefit have received from the use of
VEGETINE induces me to give my testimony in its
favor believe it not only great value for restor-
ing the hath but preventive of diseases peculiar to
the spring and summer seasons.
would not be without it for ten times its cost.
EDWARD TILDEN.
Attorney and General Agent OF Massachusetts of the
Craftsmen's Life Assurance Company, No. 80 Sears
Building. Boston. Mass.
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-03
Political News.

By decided vote and a full one, New
Hampshire decides to have constitutional
convention.
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-03

AN IMPORTANT BILL The House on Fri
day, says Washington special, passed the bill
to provide for compensation to the owners Of
certain lands, formerly in Maine, ceded to
Great Britain by the treaty of July. 1912. By
this treaty a new byundary between Maine and
New Brunswick was adopted to meet political
and commercial exigencies, and the title to an
amount of land between the head of St. Croix
river and the st. John, equal to 10000 acres,
was deverted from the American pioprietors
and vested in British subjects. The bill passed
authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to
compens ate The proprietors so divested for val
ue of the land at the time of its appropriation
at an average rate of no. more than three dol
lars an acre, and also for all timber cut from
the land by British subjects during the susoen-
sion of jurisdiction by the respective guvern-
ments preceding the treaty. Thuty five thous
and dollars is appropriated to enable the Secre-
tary to carry the bull into effect
The Portland daily press., 1876-04-03
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tion.
G A. WESTON continues the business at 2f and
% Free Street, and E. G. GOODHUE continues the
business at rs Middle Street.
G. A. WESTON.
ma30dtf L. G. GOODHUE,
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