The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-01-27
The Old states.

Sewing is taught in the Boston public
schools, and committee of thirty compe-
tent ladies recommend that the system shall
be extended.
The debt of the city of New Orleans is
over twenty-one millions of dollars. An
effort is soon to be made to compromise
with the bondholders at sixty cents on the
dollar.
DR.. Samuel G. Howe, founder of the In
stitution for tho Blind, in Boston, and the
husband of Julia Ward Howe, died at his
residence, in South Boston, ON Sunday, of
softenng of the brain. He was seventy
four years old.
The Chamber of Commerce of New Or
leans has invited Don Pedro the Second, the
Emperor of Brazil, when he makes visit
to the United States, TO land at that port,
as suitable point from which to traverse
the Southern or Western States on his Jour-
ney to Philadelphia and the East.
Bishop Haven may be erratic on the third
term question, but it is evident he knows
how to take care of his financial interests
He recently lectured for the ostensible bene-
fit of church at Kalamazoo, Michigan, for
which he charged and pocketed, 1t is as
serted, $50, while the church failed to pay
expenses from the enterprise.
The New York Stats Zeittag attacks Mr..
Blaine with great severity for his speech
about Jefferson Davis. 1t holds that go
good can be accomplished by il; ; that its
only apparent object was to revive the pas
siOns of the war as a means of furthering
his Presidential aspirations, and concludes
by roundly denOuncing it as pure demagog-
| ism. -..
James Blanchard, the precocious littlo
reprobate who has been personating Charley
R8Ea weS # 81 ne leae llebaaeeed 5 home in Milford
on Friday. A correspondent of the Spring.
field Republican thus describes it: "The
streets were crowded, and his weeping
mother clasped the little liar to her bosom,
and promised not TO whip him. sHe dropped
a tear or two himself, but, on the whole,
was comfortably happy, especially as his st.
Albans keeper, Mr.. Rugg, wants to adopt
HIM.
Governor Tilden, after examining the pa
pers, and considering the petition OF Edward
| s. Stokes to be released from prisoue has
come to the conclusion that the case is one
in which be cannot properly interfere. This
is great disappointment to the numerous
| friends of the prisoner, as well as his coun-
sci, who seem to have been quite confident
of different result. Stokes, it is said, is
far gone into consumption, and since the
recent death of his father he has hardly
been fit to, go about.
Dion Boucicault, the dramatic author,
has written long letter to Mr.. Disraeli,
urging the release of the Fenian prisoners.
He points 10 the fact fhat the play of
tSlaughraunp has been witnessed by two
hundred thousand people in London, and
a.. Al.
posed amnesty to the Fenians were always
enthusiastically received. In conclusion,
he said: 81 know that towards these few
miserable men are directed the sympsthies
of twenty millions Of English hearts in
American breasts, which sincerely respect
their mother country, and would love her
dearly II she would let them"
Ex-Mayor A. Oakley Hall, of New York,
appeared for the last time Saturday even
ing at the Park theatre in that city, before
a crowded house. He made an address, in
which he thanked the audience for the
support he had received from them. He
said that his enemies and friends differed as
70 whether he could act or not that he had
tried to drop the legal harness in vain, but
found that he could die with the harness on.
Rumors have IL that Mr.. Hall will retire
from the stage; but II is also said that he
| Will plhJ IN kAiDaIys DuJ 1iI- Alhli WILL soy
nothing about the matter.
A New York letter OF Saturday says:
s'Mercbants who have been selling largely
to tue South within the past six and BiBc
months repnrt coilOotions from all that quar-
ter as very satisfactory, except from Louisi-
ana, where they are rather backward.
There have been few or no failures Of late,
, except at New Orleans and Montgomery,
Ala, and even these latter were Of compare
lively little account. The people generally
have more money than they have had at any
time since the war, and the indications are,
therefore, that the Southern influence will
soon be fayorably felt on the early spring
trade" -.
The important committees in the present
/ House Of Representatives will be composed
: Of seven Democrats TO four Republicans.
The ''rule OF three" is applied to the prob
lem, which is stated TO be: The whole
/ number Of members Of the House (29f) is TO
} the number of Republicans 900 as the
5 number Of the committees Ql) is 70 tho
number Of Republicans which will be ap-
e pointed 70 each committee The result
: gives four and q small fraction. The party
: In the majority has always taken advantage
/ | Of any fractions arising from the prorosi-
. ton, but in no case has the representation
|. Of the minority been reduced below the
' whole number in the result Of the calcula-
7 ton. The Republicans are entitled 70 four
! places on each committee OF eleven, three
: on each committee Of nine, and two on each
conmittee Of seven. In the committee Of
eleven the division Of seven and four d a.
J nearly equitable e. the representation Of the
, two parties could DC made IN any Congress.
E In the Milan cemetery pavilion has been
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