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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-02-10

required to obey and local governments
that make these laws, and detesting the
mastery Of a race of slaves from creations
birth-when crimes are committed by such
people the real authors of these crimes in
the Senate and House lift up their stainless
hands in holy horror.
1t is only unfortunate for the South, as
contemplated abroad, that the trainers of
the worlds opinion of US create evils which
they condemn and vices they portray, and
if the policy proposed by Rdrper's Weekly
be adopted, and these States become ''pro-
tectorates" of the central empire, it is to be
hoped that Schencks and Beechers and
Kallochs and countless thieves and whisky
and Mckee will not be included IN the list
of Southern masters. If the South must be
reformed by its local rulers, and these from
abroad, and defalcations and thefts in the
North are as numerous as placeholders, and
New York city itself Is the worst governed
in the world, we would fain hope, when
the satraps are chosen, that they Will come
from any class or country except the gov
erning class of the North.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-02-10
THE sOUsH AND WAR MINISTER
BELKNAP.

The South surely owes a debt of graft
tude to the Secretary of War, Gen. Bel
KNAPP. Confessedly grievous injustice has
been done US and our statesmen and SOL
diers In all Northern books written of the
war. 1t could not be otherwise. Northern
writers could see but one side of current
events, and official reports of battles and
campaigns were made up from statements
of subordinate officers, each making the
best possible statement for himself, and
thus the minutest facts have been discol-
ored. The North has access, and the South
has not, to the ear of the worlds opinion,
and thus we have suffered grievously, until
even the editor of Harper's Weekly deems
us worse than savages and unworthy and
incapable of proper local self-government.
Gen. Belknap, Secretary of War, was a
gallant soldier and won fame enough to
deal generously with his foemen. He
proposes, therefore, to publish a complete
record of events of the war, using, without
change, Confederate papers that may be
furnished the War Department. He earn
estly calls upon all who have in their pos
session any official documents on the Con-
federate side-reports, letters, orders, tele-
grams-to furnish them for the purposes
here defined. This is as it should be. Let
the North and the South, and the nation,
be judged at the tribunal of history instead
of further arguing the case on either side.
To this it must come at last, after the pres
ent generation are gathered to their
fathers" and the best that can be done by
the actors on both sides is to furnish all the
information possible, of an official and relia-
BILE kind, to those who are to come after US.
All that either side can ask is to be correct
ly understood and justly judged. And
Gen. Belknap asks nothing more, and to
concede less would be unworthy of his
fame as a soldier
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-02-10
THE SENATORsHIP.

We happen to know that Judge Devine
would accept gratefully at the hands of
HIS f.llow-countrymen the Office of United
States Senator, and everybody knows, who
knows Judge Devine, that he will not de-
scend to scramble for the Office. Under
the circumstances VIC have thought that
Judge Devine or Governor Stockdale or
Judge Ireland, of the western district,
should be the next Senator from Texas.
Then they have worthy competitors for the
distinguished office in Judg. Hancock and
Governor Coke. 1t is needless to deny that
his Excellency would well and worthily fill
the office, and none can gsinsay Judge
Hancoek's fitness for the position, and We
have only to say that the conduct of
many unwise local party leaders and their
newspaper organs by persistent hostility to
Gov. Hubbard will surely beget close alli-
ance between his friends and those of Gov.
Coke. The latter will be sent to the SEN
ate that the former may become the worthy
Chief Magistrate of Texas.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-02-10
Sale OF shorthorns During the Past Year
Prices Realized.

From comparative tables OF the results Of
shorthorn cattle sales during the past year
in Great Britain and America, il appears
that the total amounts realized at these sales
were almost the same for both countries
The returns prefer only 20 the sales Of
pedigree shorthorns"-ihat is to say, OF
animals described in the Herd Book, which
is for cattle what the Stud Book Is for the
turf; and from them we Learn that while
the sixty-fve sales held in Great Britain
yielded total OF 81, 40, 40, the ifty-seven
sales in America amounted 10 81 O33, $50.
Each Of the American sales amounted, upon
an average, 20 $l7, 500. as against fl7, ,4s0
for each Of the English sales. The 25S0
shorthorns sold in America averaged $395
each, and the 2590 sold in Great Braitain
k435 each. The largest total realized Ut any
one sale was S2i4, sos, for which eighty-fOur
animals belonging % Il Lincolnshire farmer
were disposed Of In September. The highest
price given at this sale was SO, 800 and the
average for the whole lot was $3.50. Still
more remarkable was a sale held in Scot
land 4 week previously when ihirty-nine
animals, the property Of Lord DunmOre,
fetched $751; lis. This gives All average OF
$3.50 for each animal, one OF which went
for f22, 800. At thiri sale thirty-iour
animals fetched more than $50, 900, And
several Others took place at which the total
was over $35, 900, aud the average over
$1,000. The most successful sale held In
America was that st winch eighty-thres
shorthorns fetched SOC $50, with an aver
age Of $2015 for the whole number, one OF
them reaching Sl6. 1926. AT two other sales
in America totals Of rather more than $50.
coo were obfziaed for thirty five and thirty
three lots, the average in the two cases be-
ing sIightly over and under $500. These
igures may be left 10 speak for themselves,
bat IL il impossible u avoid the suspicion
that thoroughbred cartle are bringing prices
equal 70 what Derby winner would have
Won q few years ago.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-02-10
RUTABAGAI>M RULES THE RoOsT

The Corsicana Lnder is very just to Tom
Scott and to Gould and Huntington. The
three are each in pursuit of their own pecu-
liar interests. Tom Scott is part and par
Gel of the Pennsylvania Central, of the ST.
Louis bridge, and of the Atlantic and Pa
cifc Isl. Louis and Vinita) road Scott
and his "pals" remain masters and mana
gers of the Texas and Pacific, owning all
the stock, after it is finished. They will
make the trunk line through st. Louis, and
Southern branches will be only feeders to it.
Gould and Huntington, owning the longest,
want the shortest route across the continent.
They have finished more than six hundred
miles from San Francisco on direct line
to Galveston, and since they don't want a
line to compete with the Union and Pa
cifc, but shorter and better route across
the continent, and this leads to Galveston
and New Orleans and Charleston, and not
to Philadelphia, we prefer their plan. 1t
costs less and subsGrves every necessity of
Texas, centering in Houston and Calves
ton the commercial wealth of California,
Asia and the Indies. Ii the Inde1 will con-
suit a map and estimate the riches of Cali
fornia, it will see how infinitely preferable
for Texas and the SOUTH is the scheme of
Gould and Huntington. 1t supplies Fort
Worth, Dallas, Paris, ,J Jefferson and Shreve-
port with all they were ever promised by
Scott, and then g ives to Galveston and to
Southern cities, instead of Philadelphia,
the terminus of the trunk line. But Gould
and Huntington have no stock in Rutaba-
gaism, and that's what's the matter.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-02-10
Treasury Department.
Hox. A. j. poRS, rREAsuRER.

HON. A. ]. DORM, TREASURER.
On the first of January there was paid
in interest on State bonded debt $3.50, 600.
In the last two months there have been
received as State revenue $215, 600; special
receipts from available and permanent
school funds, county bonds, ETC., $115, 900.
In the last two months the disburse-
ments on State revenue have been $209, 900
special funds $I22, 900. The item of inter-
est is embraced in that Of disbursements on
State revenue.
The ruling Of this department on pay
ment Of revenue still allows the party de-
posting to draw out one-fourth on State
CLAIMS
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-02-10

MoRToN's speech is leveled at the color
hnei but since the speech was made, and
Morton has been thinking about it and that
God drew the color line, and that it sepa-
rates continents, ss well as peoples, and that
neither water nor blood will wash it out,
Morton is becoming little pacific. The
color line can bs obliteraied when one race
or the othsr is destroyed. or when Chinese
and red Indians and Anglo-Saxon inter
marry and each and all with Africans. Nor
Ton may live several centuries, but will
never see the color line obliterated,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-02-10

A WASHINGTON letter says that the atten-
tiOn of the President was called recently to
the statement that he had declared to Sen
atOr Conkling that he would not ve a can
didate for denomination; and that he would
favor Senator Conkling for the nomination.
The President remarked that he had had no
conference with Senator Coukling nor with
any one else on the subject, neither had he
written any letters in regard to the matter.
lie lurthe: said that he had no doubt of the
election of the Republican nominee. lie
considered it desirable that there should be
harmony in the deliberations of the conven-
tion and its choice of candidate 1t is
the impression among the friends of the
President that he will maintain the same
policy as he did prior to his first and sec
ond nomination.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-02-10
THE POETRY OF THE BYGaNE
YEAR,

WE have known winter only through
three days and nights, and never confessed,
since last February, the necessity for blaz-
ing hearthstones. Glad and gracious days
through a year have shed upon us ccntin-
uous luster, and We may well love to linser
on them. OF all the years of our lives this
has been lighted with sweetest sunlight
never have flowers blossomed more brightly
or fruits ripened more generously or waters
murmured or birds sung more charmingly
than through all the months of this wond-
rous year. To rise when all these hills and
mountains and plains are flushed with
splendors of the earliest dawn; to traverse
even now deep green cotton fields while
scarlet flowers clasp the gliding feet; to
watch the purple wrath of rain haunting
the silvery fairness of the particolored
hills; to see the shadows chase the suns
rays on the dusky sides of Mount Bonnell;
TO feel the living light of the cloudless day
beat as with million pulses; to 60 out into
the luster of the night afame with astral
splendors until the dark, still plains and
deep and darker valleys blaze like phos-
phorescent sea; to breathe the wondrous
air, soft as the first impassioned kisses of
young love and rich as wine with delicious
odors of a world of flowers-these have been
our joys, as was written of Italy-the joys
at once of the senses and the soul. This is
the dreamland of the continent, and the
cold breath that comes now and then from
icy caverns beneath hyperborean SHOWS i'm
bues US with stronger affection for the
homes we have beneath these cloudless
skies, famed by delicious breezes, which,
even tomorrow, warm with the lifeblood of
the equator, will come tripping away from
the tropics with laps full of roses.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-02-10

THE endowment by Congress of the
Southern Pacific road as it was, as its man
ayers were originally organized and as the
road was then proposed to be built, would
have been proper enough. But Congress
demands no guarantee that, when built, the
road will not only be managed and owned
by Tom Scott and his associates of the East
and of st. Louis, but that the mighty cor
poration, deriving from the government
twice the amount needed to build the road,
will forever use it in behalf of States and
cities already muDopolizing the wealth and
trade of the. whole country. No true Texan,
correctly experimenting the facts, can ap-
prove the scheme now considered by Col-
gress; certainly not, unless provision be
made at the same time for an independent
trunk line from California to Texas. We
want no st. Louis and Philadelphia road
managed by Tom Scott, of the Pennsylva-
MIA Central.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-02-10

A special dispatch from Rome says the
cremation Of the remains Of the late Cheva-
lier Rossi was conducted publicly in the
Monumental Cemetery At Milan on Sunday.
The arrangements for the purpose in Milan
were very complete. The corpse was placed
in chamber in which one hundred gas
Jets combined 20 raised q temperature Of
one thousand degrees, aud incineration was
nestly and thoroughly done in an hour, .
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-02-10

THE hard money politicians everywhere
are beginning to soften Even in Congress
the elect Of progressive contraction and
terrible bankruptcy is confessed, and re-
sumption, at fixed date. is deemed of
doubtful possibility. Texas can stand it;
but it is rather rough even here; but De
mocraey may make soft or hard platform
and we win accept it only asking that the
greatest of American statesmen be nomina-
ted for the presidency.
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j. III. ZEILIN & CO..


MatU1s NsNs, NE1N = -HElN NEeEIlNIa.
YoEs valuable meSlie,ns, Simmoas's Liver Regula-
TOR has saved me many doctor bus. luse Il for ev-
crv,hlng il is recommended and never knew Il TO fail
have used Il in colo and gruhbs. with my mulcs and
horses giving them about half bottle Al = time.
have not lost one that gave n TO- You can rrooza-
mend Il to everyone that has stock being tho hest
,necane known for all complaints that horse nesh is
heir 10 T. T. TAYLOR.
Agent for Grsngcrs Of GcOixis.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-02-10

In modern days it is talent and not genius
that wins greatest and most enduring tri-
umphs. Careful, painstaking, cunning COM
binations now succeed, and of these the
nervousness, the impetuosity, the.sensltive-
ness of genius are incapable. There is no
Office or place of honor in our time for men
of capricious inspiration and modest worth,
like the wondrous Goldsmith, who wrote
like an angel and talked like poor Poll.
Drill sergeants, whisky thieves and book
keepers and land pirates and whisky and
railroad rings are the worlds masters, and
to these equestrian statues are uplifted; for
these sinecures are especially created, and
to these alone are loftiest honors awarded.
Genius, taste, learning and modesty stand
aloof when Tom Scott buys States, strides
across continent, leaving, like Attila, foot
prints of iron, to girdle the globe at last
with railways and steamships. There may
be greatness in this, but Webster and Gold
smith could never have achieved such tasks.
1t is the age OF talenc rather than of genius.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-02-10
nRRSCRIPTIoN PED.

Fo- the speedy cnre OF Nervous Debility. Weak
ness Opium EaIing, nEuakenness CaiSrrh, Asthma
80 ,,.,nsum pffon Any druggist can paf u ~. Ae.
srcsS. PROP. Wl66fS. chAEiestouE. Mass-
aagoair
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-02-10
Miscellaneous.
Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.

DAIN in The right side, under the
edge of the ribs, increase on pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the
left side; the patient is rarely able
TO lie on tne left side; sometimes
the pain is felt under the shoulder
blade, and it 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 arc costivc,
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 undonc something
which ought to have been done. A
slight, dry cough is sometimes an at
tcndant. The patient complains of
wcariness and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains Of prickly scnsa-
ton of the skin; his spirit, are low;
and although he is satisfied that excr-
else would be beneficial to him, yet
be can scarcely summon up fortitudc
enough to try it. In fact, he dis
trusts every rem dy. Several of the
above symptoms attend the disease,
but cases have occurred where few
Of them existed, yet examination of
the body, after death, HIS shown TIE
LIVER to have been extensivcly de-
ranged.
AGUE AND FEVER
Dr.. c. M'LAnE's LIVER Pills, IN
CASES OF AGUE AND FEVER, when
taken with Ouinine, are productive
of the most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory 10
or after taking Quininc. We would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease TO give them FAIR TRIAL.
P.s Dcnlers and Physicians ordering frora
OF 'crs than Fleming Bros. will do well 10 Wute
t"ir orders distinctly, aud hiLs none b. Dr.
e. MLaRe's LiOer Pai,, prepared By Fleming
Bro'., Phtsb'Ugh, Pa, the maTLet bring J,H u
bnse limitations. To those wishing 20 give them
trial, we will forward per mail, Post raid, to uny
part Of the United States one box of Pills for
twelve thrce-ccnt postage stamps, vial Of
Ncrmifuge for fourteen IN rCc-ccut stamps. Al
or'frr7 from Canada must DO accomplished by
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-02-10
The Cheapest. Purest aud Rest FanaE
NlcdIciAr IN the w rlht
EFFECTUAL sPECIFIC
Do has mo- EQual.
OAurroM-

A. there are number Of limitations tGered 20 the
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Rny no Powders or Prcparcd SlNNONS'S LIVER
RESlfIAf OR uul1s : IN car engraved Wra4 pcr with
Trade Mark. Stsmp aud Signature anhrok,n. None
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The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-01-09

The Atheneum on Friday evening. on
the occasion Of Mr.. Wendling's lecture,
was full to overlooking Of Odd Fellows,
their families and friends. Our people
had been leato expect lecture Of more
than ordinary merit, and being a appre.
ciative people, turned out by hundreds to
listen to Mr.. Vending. When we say
that the address far surpassed the antici.
patiOns Of the audience, we but feebly
express the universal opinion concerning
it. As literary effort it Is perfect as
tribute to the merits, the aims and the &C.
complishcd work of the order of Odd Eel
lows. ii is full of truths, most eloquently
expressed and most imprcssivcly deliv-
cred. Mr.. Wcndlin. is not only bril-.
liant lecturcr--he is finished orator.
and the frequent and hearty
applause by which he was III.
terrupted, attested the delight which he
was giving to his audience. The people
of Cairo have listened 10 many of the
famed lecturers OF the day; since Fri.
day night last, aud Mr.. Vending stands
head shoulders above them all.
The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1876-01-09
Weddings Lecture Praised.

CAIRO, January :. 1876.
Mr.. OBERIy--Wo have Travelled north,
south, east and west; we have heard the
most eloquent divines. some of the most
noted aud gifted orators, but never have
we heard such an address "a was our
good fortune to listen 10 last evening at
the Atheneum. ''Ihc Stone Eel" deliv-
cred by Hon. George Il. Vending. His
address on Odd-Fellowship was not the
usual compiling of statistics. but it was
several sermons condensed in one grand
effort. Mr.. W.'s defense of the Bible,
Christianity. temperance, liberty and Odd
Fellowship. was beautful-sublme Sir,
did You ever study the faces Of an audi.
ence: The scene presented during the por-
trayal Of the merits of the Bible, was well
worthy the artists pencil not one in
different countenance. hut each were
chained by that flow OF eloquence.
True, there were few who looked as
though they would like TO step ont and
view the weather.
ON our way home, our mother turned to
us and said swell, wanted TO take that
speaker right in my arms" We laughed,
but did not dare to echo her words, tor
you see our husband were at our elbow !:
but mother was safe, for father had run
up to the lodge room to see if THAT
goat was safely housed in his pen Tor
the night BY the way, do you not think
it cruel to use one poor animal SO long I?
MIR. S. remarked yesterday, "that
poor goat had been CREASED so
often, its caudal appendagc was entirely
gone" We think there il work for Mr..
Bergh, in the different orders, to sec that
a new animal is provided every few
months, and send the worn out one to
pasture.
Well, Mr. Editor, freely confess to
you, have not been an ardent adnircr
of Odd Fellowship, although our worse
half belongs to that honorable body, and
our dear father also, has been member
ever since we first knew him, that is
somewhere in the ncighborhood of
twenty or thirty years. At the
installation, we were fayorably i'm
pressed by a remark dropped by friend
Of yours, II. W. Grand Master j. II.
Oberly, who told his brethren to escort
their wives to the Athcneum and hnd
them seats, before proceeding to the
lodge room. Yes, we say brothers, IL you
want your wives to honor your orders,
give them always the first attention.
And now sir, since hearing MIR. Wend-
ling, am completely won over to the
cause, heart and hand, and I must add,
II all men had the courage and principles
of George Il. Vending our country
would become as il were a garden Of
roses. Respectfully, ME-