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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-19
ArrooIous AND ArmrnAnr PROSECUTION.



am brougni to trlsl Tor nohns csc tut tor Offences
Bti 10 bcen commit Il Ia tue rr1c"ss oi tns IN,
deie .cr ~ my "a e.. The hrel charge Ii lhai ! = ct
sumrhOw anIss the nrst htcp hgainsi mt tl.t ~ Ar
V No lie second n that urfendrd myself some
how unlith Ahtn my Cass MAS urUuR,t before ihc ~
. lululns Cualni tes Iie thlrd ca rSe Is the SAINT
he fourth cnar-c I'M the same and true to tnc III
ructs Ot tus uTOseCuilDn, NAN Chafgt CVcuc rd
at tie lIst mo amt 10 cover al ny aCls ON the very
ul sln ihrt tueY were nUOttrd, = lch EtruOluus
ann arbitrary prosecution Is unknpNn out Oi the
Inqui,iion. II wa. never heard ul in court, oi law
rom The helnnlng of tais ease the Examining Com
ttire ia, uny for me- ana tnen wou,d pun
!, Inr or ialIg ITO them. Not one lreVons Nliul
crrOr nf ine Ih+rged ngAnH' mt, nut soclY he way
vOdcd iel into their plitlls whie under TINS &C.
U,rtlastlca process, ---- A.. -. -, ID.
NJ, rhearDan ssu urcd me. on my very nrsl meeting
ucfure the I1annlug Committee, tina nolmrg wllch !
. ignt say before them would be used against me
Nnr IN lrct, nothing else has brt used against NE
L. thUlt ore, earnestly pro cst ngast tLy ~ Dtlhs
u1N ta>rn charges hs these 10 my damage tr
lhhunur and Mr. ShrA Al e.Bt, must COnbCht ~
tbs, or Dc sclicuudrn1cd.
Concerning th' 1rst charge, that he had said
mat lieecher WAS guilty of gross immoralIits
nr Bowen says;
now profess TO YOU once more-what neyer would
Aayc miue pu lr hhl az Ma pl1lshtl ny ~ ut IN.
OF I'M church that have received confessions
~ dul eY vita MI u ceher Il II wrs sn tnence tlsl
nad not ttted, Inject this charge iuy Dy shOwlnt
,um tbs'I ""iDUloteT n"rSad mssa,f Of II. eid ~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-05-19
Tng LAST HUNDRED MILES.


II W mot that hs had lost uluck, nut he had
~ pii 'icll strength To back II. lie had 100
lshlN 81. den the race wholly IN one dirtCtlon-a
mos ldlEulhR cNtTcise. lie uau -nt thd bc-t
htil nl a d " Without food, nd had htlrd hl,
heAl+d budY with cold vuter. Hs WAS almost
uh 10 steady himself on hursebaCk, anu
thnsr % saw nm were apprrhenslyr thit lie
lulRht either drop OF II, thrown rom some one
oI us norses, Iil llY, a. twenty hve minute
ps't a., he nni hed tns 226th mile, and was
sNl3O sea . te ABOUT 10 mount tpe relay At
nhul lor aim, lie staggered ike a drunken man.
shu lrriihg al NJ The front Ol the judges SAM
as man moves Ia tue oars, VITA h nds out
stelahru, he entered Tue DOORWAY, reeied one
Wv an another, aud droupcd into " char.
from ihs char he ieii hrAylil into tue arms o.
.n' 'noleTus ana ho-tlcrs. IneN laid hin Oh
ahNeI. " am stone bind" the PROSTATE TidpI
"1 'hed, On, sndil never see gam"
=, he lhNoci-n examined the riders eN q.
'p,nn had really neI llOm one OF Them. lie
tOli fefker that tue allMent was Onil TEN.
,alb uul urged nun u mount morse anu con
ttu"e tue race. Parker SID, painfully ! am
Dnnl rrVetc II ride any more. II ! wasn't
." would Yet win the race"
oihris urgeU tue IIutr To mount AMI ride
Hg,lh' ana u them lie replied " You want L.
AL, e. am not strong enough to move"
~" tll nlmculty Parker Was raised 20 his fcet
IL pIN rlcl n skrd ann questions ana IN r
w ne adld that his eNes n.d never been dis
bs,eI ana ne did not b,leye that anything hare
"Su A'lutk the blnued riVlt eve in the race.
N'N'h or eight thousand spectators wal &c
s"A"'4n Tor toe prOstr te man u Islppear "n.
t,te az an Iheir numbers Increased DY traii
'"tM ~" gon Loads, auu tue utmost excitemen
toNhheu' Whtn they saw the exhausted riut
onIhi hlOhZ the Track TO ms ludglng Llace In th'
VIVA VI hl' IHssds thoy watched him until b
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-06-29

The Democratic party will be wise
enough when convened at ST.. Louis to con
fess at once, that the whole world NAV un-
derstand il, that we do not propose to carry
Ohio and Indiana. Local elections in these
two States occur in September, and they
are joined to their idols. They utterly
demolished Greeley, because Greeley IS
managers pretended to believe that they
would vote for him. Failing, Greeley was
ignominiously beaten, and mainly, because
of the moral effect of local Republican SIP.
tember victories in Indiana and Ohio
There will be no repetition of this folly, and
by nominating Tilden and Trumbuli at St.
Luuis, the country will be assured that
Democracy relies for victory upon New
York, Connecticut, New Jersey and upon
the conservatism of Illinois, and of the
Northwest. We do not need Ohio and Ia.
diana and enter upon no boOtless contest to
win them. We can well afford to lose
them and for the reason that the very facts
that cause this loss make assurance of VIC
tory douOly sure in the States assigned to
Tlden and Trumbull. A Washington letter
writer states pertinently that ''large num-
ber in the Republican party will vote for
Governor TIiden because of his splendid re-
cord ~ retormer, who will not vote for
any other Democrsct. 1t is asserted with
great confidence that he Can carry Massa-
chusetts, and he is the only candidate
named who can certainly carry New York.
These commou-sense views have made
deep impr ssion here, as they have done
elsewhere, and there is growing increase
of Tilden sentiment"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-06-29

THE Dallas and Wichita, like the Austin,
Lempasas and Bolton narrow gauge, is in
dispensable to the prosperity of Dallas.
Broad gauge roads, having remote termini,
would carry freights the greatest possible
distance, and Tom Scott and the Central
with the broad gauge roads couvergiug at
Austin. They exist for New York and St.
Louis, and Austin is only way station to
gather in and transport the most and leave
here the least possible wealth and popula-
tioa. Nothing can compel the reduc-
noa OF freight and passenger rates,
in promotion of Austin interests, ex-
cept the narrow gauge. The old roads
know this, and, it is alleged, even hire men
to take stock in the narrow gauge in order
that these pretended friends, fighting from
within the company, may excite hostility to
1t and Its active, earnest friends. The
scheme must not be Abandoned. We must
have the narrow gauge, with branches to
Bolton, Salado. Lampasas and TO the min
eral districts Of Llsno and Mason counties.
Austin need only build twenty five miles OF
the road and these viii build the rest. But
We only proposed TO say that Dallas is as
sured of the construction of its narrow
gauge line, and with il this from Austin
must be ultimately connected ana the two
an unit viii become part Of the Deaver and
Rio Grande Railway. coming down like :
nofsher from Pixies Peak
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-06-29

WHEN the article entitled Jefferson
regular order. and by the regularly en-
ployed contributor to AppletOn's Cyclic
pedia, it attracted hardly proper share
of attention. 1t happened, however, that
the writer in question was devout Unionist,
as were the Messrs. Appleton, and that the
sketch was deeply co.ored by prejudices
which time will surely heal. Every absurd
story and ridiculous allegation ever pub
lished, affecting the conduct and character
Of Mr.. Davis, was accepted by the writer
for Appleton. Not long ago Mr.. Walthall,
CT Mobile, editor of the Cycle. prep ired and
printed a careful review Of the article in the
Cyclopedia. The cyclopedist's statements
were shown to be uutruthful and his spirit
mauifestly unjust. Messrs. Appleton were
induced, like honest men as they are, to
confess the wrong done and to suppress the
circulation of the volume condemned by
Mr.. Walthall. 1t is proper that the
public should comprehend these facts.
and understand at what enormous cost to
themselves the Messrs. Appleton, having
uawittingly wronged the South, undertake
to apply the proper and only remedy, by
employing Mr.. Walthall to rewrite the ar
ticle affecting Mr.. Davis. The genius and
worth of the Mobile editor will surely be
properly recognized by his own people, and
as thoroughly that of the great New York
publishing house.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-06-29

WHEN q robbrr presents MS pistol, de-
manding ones purse, or when highwaymen
appear, as when Mr.. Fry's 400 cattle were
driven from his home at Burnet, or when
the gentle horse thief enters farmers in
CLOSURE to deprive industry of means of ex-
ertion - in each instance the pIunderer
comes armed cap-a pie. He has already
committed murder in his heart. The cepit
ct asportd0it-'' taking and carrying away
constituting the gravamen of the Offense
criminal of its incidents. The law,
as now operative, Furnishes the wrong done
property-rights; 1t should also punish the
bloody deed already consummated in the
purposes of the highwayman. He who
does these terrible deeds of robbery and
outrage is the very prince of murderers,
and should be hanged. Tbs South, and
not the North, was the scene of terrible
war, and here the choicest villains, born of
the foul womb of war, were left like Rom
ulus and Remus, tO be nursed by wolves
of famine and to prey upon order and
society. Here, too, are the impover-
ished victims of CHASTITY governments that
have desolated the Gulf States. Here
are aggregated the knaves and desperate.
reckless adventures of a continent. To
destroy the whole brood or drive 1T across
the Rio Grande or turn back ward the tide
that flowed into the South through Federal
offices, we must not only make TIlden Presi-
dent but so amend our criminal code that the
highway robber and cattle thict shall be
punished as Il murderer, and in order that
the laws may be executed, those counties of
the west, in which public officers are muir
derers and thieves, must cease to exist as
corporations. Reform we must have and
the remedy must be assimilated in its
tiefceness and violence to the disease to be
cured
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-06-29

ALTHOUGH the Tom Scott influence is
just now active, it will fail to convince
members of the Legislature that an i'm
mense public domain should always be held
at his disposal. 1t will also fail to prove
that it is right for Texas to use clerical
force for years, and to supply place for
the safe keeping of Texas and Pacific land
papers for an indefinite period, until this
railroad magnate shall see fit to turn the
States labor to his account. He will fai
in these schemes as effectually as he did IN
foisting Blaine, the bitter enemy of the
South, upon the people of this country a,
their chief magistrate.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-06-29

CHARLES SCOTT, a negro, outraged white
child twelve years old Saturday near Waco.
The child, the daughter of poor widow, is
now a maniac. Scott will be captured and
properly executed on the spot, and yet North
ern newspapers, because the war rotted here,
and because the North generously comedies to
the South all peculiar blessings that flow from
degraded citizenship, are ever amazed that
deeds of lawless violence are done in Texas
But will not the Inter Ocean be good enough
to publish the story of Scott's enormities? If
Scott were white his photograph would be the
frOntisniece of the next Hnr.ner's IReekKL
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-06-29
VOL. V.

J HE STATESMAN has reported Mr.. Nc
Comb improperly upon the question as to
whether this is a regular or biennial session
of the Legislature. His remarks we're in
favor Of the majority report. He said
there might be three kinds Of sessiOns-reg
ula- sessions, as to time provided by Law; ;
called or special sessions; and extraordi-
nary sessions, not provided for by law or
called by any authority, such as came di-
recly from the people through the late con
vention. by an ordinance and not a perpet-
ual law; that according to these definltio IS
this must be an irregular biennial ses-
| sion, because not assembled by any
law fixing the Irregular" time of meeting
Governor; that it is an extraordinary ses-
| sion, called by the people acting in their
'overeign capacity; that delegates with ex
trlorIinary puwers, restrained by nothing
They said by ordinance that this session
| should be held at an unusual time, the
eighteenth of April-an extra period of
time "tacked on to the present term of
Office, assembled for purposes for which no
other session can be assembled until we
have another constitutional convention
that the power which convened this session
was extraordinary, as it did not meet at a
regular time of meeting, while the leading
purposes for which this session was con-
vened were extraordinary, and it cannot be
Irregular" biennial session, nor yet spe-
cial session called by the Governor; that it
must be an extraordinary session, yet with
The authority of regular session-because
the power which called it gave it the au-
thority to do what may be done in regular
session. That convention had the right to
confer this authority because it had su-
preme politicai mower
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-06-29

IT was the Texas delegation at Cincin-
natl that turned the tide, and, hitting up
Hayes, turned down and drowned poor
Blaine. Blaine, contemplating the bloody
shirt hanging on a nail in the wardrobe
whence he draws the Sunday clothes of his
eloquence, weeps because of the ingrati-
tuoe of his party in Texas.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-06-29

Smith, Mayor, and Aldermen S. Gibbs. ].
Clark, ]. Houston and II. c. Ohphant, and
c. d. Belts, Marshal.
Mayor stated that the council had been
called together for the purpose Of taking
into consideration "a proposltionr Of less
ees Of State Penitentiary 10 close the street
running between the main penitentiary and
the financial agents building, and open
other streets, etc.
After due consideration, the following
was unanimously adopted. viz:
Resolred, That the mayor, aldermen and
citizens of Huntsville. in council assembled,
do hereby convey to the State of Texas,
for the use and benefit OF the State Peui-
tentiary, so much of i. street as Is con-
tanned between the main penitentiary and
the building formerly used IS 'stlnan-
cial agents" office, extending in
length from the west to east sides
of the main penitentiary. building, and
that the lessees are authorized to close
said street with brick wall at each end OF
premises conveyed $50 far as this city is
concerned,) on the following conditions,
viz: i. That the iessees open good street
aronnd the entire walls of the prison; and
that the street Immediately north of peni-
tentiary shall not be further than one hun
dred feet from and in every respect as good
as the one closed. :. That the lessees
open and put in good and substantial order
for travel Cedar street, from the pub
lie square TO the street running
north and south in front Of ID. w.
Momane's residence. 8. That they
close said part of street herein conveyed
with good brick wall, making it part OF
the penitentiary building.
No further business, the council ad-
journed.
[Signedl II. C. oLHHANT, Secretary.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-06-29
ne MOS, murvsIga. su,q.as on record.

James A. Moore, nged about fhirty.hvc,
living on farm near the armef'h Institute,
about fifteen miles south OF Ia Fayette,
committed suicide a the Lahr H0use. The
manner IN which IL was Accomplished IL per-
haps unparalleled in horrid ingenuity. He
came to the Lahr House Saturday, said Ne
was perfecting an invention, aud would
probably stay q week, but would visit his
hume Monday, and prepaid bis bill till that
time. He called NJ the machine shop Of
Harding & Sons, had large new broad Ak
aud two bars Of three inch wide by one inch
thick iron, sixteen inches long, which no
had rivcied 10 the head OF the ax. Ca
either side, fastened to these bars in the
shape Of handle to an AK, he had system
Of wooden bars eight feet long, the extreme
end OF which was fastened 70 q crosspiece.
secured - the floor by hinges. The ax was
raised and held 70 its nearly perpendicular
position by double cord, fastened 20 the
wall. Between the cords'st0od n candle,
arranged SO that when the acaudle burned
down 70 the cords IL would burn them Of.
and the AZ fall. Where the az would strike
he placed 9 small box, open on one aide, in
which when found, was his head with some
cotton, which had been chioroformcd. FITS
chin was held up from his neck by sick
run across the box, through holes on either
side, holding his head nFmly in position.
He was strapped tightly 70 the flor zith
TWO straps, one around bIs legs, another
about his arms and breast. The straps
were both screwed 10 the floor, rendering lt
impossible 70 move. Ii Is supposed that he
set his AZ, lit the candle, and strapped him
self 70 the floor. put has bead IN the box
with the chl0rofOrmed cotton, and was
probably insensible when the AZ fen. The
AZ and fxings would weigh about dffy
pounds, and would fail 9 distance u from
zen 70 fifteen feet. His head was compiste-
y severed from the body, and the AZ buried
in the boards beneath. = Chioa1o Tribune.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-06-29
rv,HE STATE OF TEXAS,


To the Shcrn OF Travis comfy, greeting:
You are hereby commanded 10 summon by publica-
ton OF this citation Tor eight Successive W. eks prior
To the return day thereof in newspaper published in
Travis county, the heirs OF Henry Hinehart, whose
mes and residence are unknow 10 be and appear be-
fore she District Couit to be holden ia md the
county OF Travis at the court house thereof in the
Guy Of austin the fifteenth MOndny after the first
Monday In July next then ind tnere to answer the Pc
tition OF Edward l.. Compton, filed in said court
against the aid heirs alleging In substance
follows, towit: hat the psintlH dts in the
aud aces of residence OF the defendants ere un-
known 10 the plaintiff; that htnry IN hart, who 10
dead on the If tn day of Jane, A. ID. 1870.
was the owner headrght land certificate No % in
the name OF William Johnson. issued by the boara
land commissioners OF Jack county, for Onethird
league Of land; that afterwards the twenty
day OF May 1881, paintin becdme the owner and pos
Of raid ceril and The nuniments Of title
to the rame through int rmCdiate transfers and
deliveries I the = il eriieaic and nuuiments OF
title from said nehart down to hin. elf and nas ever
eince had continuous. open, quiet aud ADVERSE pos
session OF sid certifcSte, by reason Il which facts
and the statute OF limitations OF two years. which he
sp, eiay pleads he Is the legal aud equitable owner of
said .certhcaie and having had tn same / Nv ully
located and surveyed in several survey he is apply
ing for patents on the e, 0ut the defend
aus are hinderiug aud obstucling hm from
obtaining SAID patents, claiming that
transfer has been made sHd certificate
from said kineh and that The tle to the is ia
the heirs OF kiLehHrt, TO tue damage Cf petitioner In
the OF two Thousand collars, which Il the value
OF said ceuincate; and plaintiff pr ys Judgment
against the defendants tina ne has full aud complete
title 60 sad certificate aud ento'n'"g them perpetuay
from setting up title TO the same, costs gen
Herein fail not, but have you then End there before
said court this writ with your return
- thereon showing you have executed
I st the same. Given under my hand
So'| aud tho seal OF said court In the
- ci' y Of Austin, this The eighth day
OF June, A. ID 1876.
r. HALLM ANN,
je9-DitWst. Cler, ID. q. T. c.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-06-29

MCRGANs steamers at Clinton will gather in
the whole trade of San Antonio and of the
Sunset route. They capture the cotton and
wheat of Dallas and the only recourse left
Galveston is the extension of the Gulf, Colo
RADIO and Santa Fe road to Austin. A ring
bursted this concern, in the interest of the
Houston and Galveston road, and the scheme
must be revived or Galveston moved up to the
head of the canal. Leeds and the Clyde tell
Houston of the trifing task she must accom-
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-06-29

IT is proven by Mulligan, Fisher and
Charles Francis Adams that the good man
Blaine did not read the full text of his let.
tiers produced before the House. But we
only proposed to say that, as we predicted,
this irrepressible Blaine was first to express
his supreme delight that he wasn't and 9TH
ers were nominated at Cincinnati. He. is
frank, honest, good fellow - especially
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-06-29

eONE hundred and twenty-elght million
ninety-nine thousand two hundred and
forty acres of public land have been granted
by legislatures of Texas to railway corpo-
rations, to say nothing of breakwaters, big
bitches and cleaning out imaginary and
other streams. The State never had more
than $1,000, 900 acres, and the rest may
well be thrown into the sea at Galveston.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-06-29

THE late District Attorney of Philadel-
phia, when leaving Cincinnati, after the
nominations were made, said: "There is
one thing that mortifes me beyond meas
ure, and that Is the total want of princi-
pie evlnced by the Southern delegates :"
The representatives from Texas will please
rise and explain. Did the shrewd prose
cutor of knaves blunder or did he know
what he was talking about?
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-06-29

BRIsTow withdraws from Grants cabi-
net, with the purpose, We would fain hope,
of securing unemployment a: the hands of
Hayes. The purpose, if approved by
Hayes, is a good one; but Bristow's chances
for future public service are not brilliant,
unless he have an understanding with Til
den, and why not2 He and Tilden are the
practical reformers of modern times.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-06-29

THE daily expenses Of the Legislature are
only sess per day, or one-half less than
those Of any previous Legislature for the
last ten or twelve years. The pr diea to
members is $71s. while the contingent ex-
pense, including pay Of all clerks en-
ployees, stationery. printing, etc, amounts
to bur $s72.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-06-29

A sHERIFF's bond is approved by the
county court, and the Comptroller has moth
ing to do with it. He settles accounts with
sheriffs, but has no right to even investigate
their bonds. Hence the absurdity OF
charges made, that the Comptroller is to be
blamed for loss to the State, by default OF
Raby of Coryell. If all public officers
were to perform their duties as faithful ss
complaint about official short comings.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-06-29

To SILENCE further inquiry we would
state that the Wheeler tackled ON to Hayes
to defeat Tilden in New York is not the
Mayor of Austin or the inventor of clock
stitch" in the rent garments of red-shirted
Radicalism. He is the standing Colfax
Blaine-appointed chairman of the Railroad
Committee of Congress.