The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-05-18

supposed to be before him. One paper is
sometimes substituted accidentally. by q
sea breeze, and the hurrying writer OF count
less memoranda gives credit to the wrong
source. and if the Fort Worth editor did
this sort of work daily he would hardly re-
sort TO coarse expietives in correcting q
natural and often unavoidable error.
Msngher tS Ayery's New York wool cir
cular f149 Duane street, saws: We again
cal the attention of growers to the great
necessity for careful handling of woods. In
a market which favors the buyer, particu-
larry when the buver is forced 70 exercise
care AMI Judgment in his purchases, the
best clips will be the most readily sold,
and command The hi2hest quotations; while
faulty woods are entirely neglected, and
when disposed of are sold a. figures below
their intrinsic value. The following
prices are current for Texas wool Fine
Eastern "A TO &c cents; medium Eastern
"a TO 20 cents; fine Western 90 to "a cents :;
medium Western IS to 90 cents; inferior
ID to II cents.
Perry Aisberry, sixty-four years old, and
a man of good education and honored
| lineage, the man who cut down the bridge
al SAu JacintO and was wounded in the
battle, and long soldier with Deaf Smith,
is now suffering for bread. He lives on
the Saado, about five miles easr of San
Antonio. and has wife and seven chill
dren. Although old intirm and polished,
he tolls steadily, hauling fire wood into
San Antonio. This honored old Texan and
| brave soldier should hardly be allowed to
want bread. The old soldier has written a
4" History of Texas and Frontier Life but
| the manuscript is cobwebbed with poverty,
l a,,I H.,
Published history of Texas is takon frUm
the old mans data.
In 1909 the father of Jean Batiste Duplex
emigrated from Louisiana 10 Texas and
settled on the Nacogdoches At that time
young Duplex was about fifteen years old.
/ In 1911 the war between Spain and Mexico
began, the result of which Is of course
known. Young Duplex distinguished him
self IN that war, and received as a guerdon
for his valor, from the Mexican government,
thirty-three leagues of land. This was soon
disposed of at nominal prices, and Duplex
was fortune seeker again. He took an
active interest in the contest between Tex
as aud Mexico in its incipiency, and as soon
as hostllities opened, was foremost in the
struggle. AT San Jacinto he was conspicu-
Gus for his unparalleled daring, and was
the only man in HOuston's little army who
could interpret between Santa Anna and his
| general. Young DupleX-Or old Batiste,
as he is called now of Kinney county,
Texas was at the stormng and capture of
the Alamo by the Texans. He was eros
ing the street in company with Col. Bon
ham when the latter was shot, and
picked him up and carried him fifty
| yards amidst hail of shot from the
McXicans. cold Bltiste " was among the
first in the ''grass fight" November 26
1885, and says that if Gen. Burleson had
not INTERVIEWED the Texans would have cap
tured 1000 or 1000 Mexicans, besides hun
dreds of horses and mules, which were
needed at that time very much. Batiste
was near by when Robinson found Gen.
Santa Anna begged, with his horse, in
DckersOn bayou. He belonged to no par
ticulaT company, but, as he says, fought on
his Gown hook, " and acted as spy, courier
and soldier in turn. Batiste is one among
the few now living who, by their deeds of
daring, achieved the independence of this
proud State, aud bequeathed it to u.s.
Batiste was in the battle of Buena Vista,
Cerro Gordo, Puebla, and the City of Mex
leo in the war of 1S47-S. He is now old
yes, very old-hardly able to drag his weary
and feeble limbs along. He is ragged,
emaciate1 and blind, feeling his way, and
seemingly waiting for death to lift from
him the misery of his old age. When he
talks of Texas, as she was in her early DAYS,
a CLEAN of soft and senile light relaxes his
features, but when he talks of proud Texas
of to-day, and his poverty, he weeps, and
those who hear HIM weep. Poor old
Batlste is supported by the charity of his
| friends