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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-05-04
aExHcurIvH OFFICE, STATE OF Texas

-uum.) AUSTIN, December 30, 1875. s
Mesrs R. 4. Merrirk aAl Thos J. DaraLt, wash
ingtoD, ID, {.
Geulemen-Y communication of No
vember came during my absence from
the capital, and in consequence of the
mass OF business accumu lated in the office
during that time has not teen attended to
belore. 1 have to say in reply: When !
came into oflice nearly two years ago,
found that nothing had been realized for
the State from the various suits heretofore
aud then pending in her behalf for recovery
OF the Texas indemnity bonds taken II ON
her Treasury during the late civil war,
while the bonds, OF their proceeds, were in
the hands of parties residing in foreign
countries beyond the jurisdiction of the
courts where the suits were pending, and
unaffected by any judgments that might be
rendered therein. Repeated experiments
mail filled to bring any reply from these
parues or TO eLI ain recognition of any sort,
showing that they felt safe as long as no
other Steps We're being taken than those
then and since initiated by you. | became
Impressed with the conviction, that some
thing must he done TO prevent loss of the
rights of the State in the subject matter of
these suits, against the parties in Europe
holding tHebouus and money In actual ad-
verse pOSsession. Twelve years or there
sb,tuts naviug elapsed since the State lost
her posse or, L ftael that limita.
tiJn might cut some figure In the
matter Ii aloYed to rest longer in that con-
dition. accordingly employed Messrs.
ID. y ID. c, Giddings, AS the agents of the
State, 10 take hold of the matter, and, if
necessary, 10 90 to Europe to look after her
Interests. These gentlemen went to work
under my Instructions, and, after scqui-ing
sur, Ia iurmAilon AS was necessary to enable
them }'st>'.c the matter intelligently, and
wuh ~ peet vi success in Europe, Col.
ID. I. Gidjirgs went and recovered posses
sloa 81 bonds, coupons and money, the
proceeds OF all which aggregated a small
fraction over 1888, 900. l have no doubt
but that your services at Washington con-
duced very materially to the success Of Col.
Giddings's mission to Europe, but believe
If he had not gone that your legal proceed
iugs IN Washington would never have real
lied to the Stale one dc liar Of the large
amount which, at his own risk and cost,
and for q fee dependent entirely on his
success, Col. Glddings has recovered,
brought 70 Austin aud paid into the Treas
ury. Aud il Is worthy of remark here that
of al the numerous agents and attorneys
who have represented the State in the pros
ecution OF these claims not one Of them has
ever broaght or sent one dollar 70 the
states Treasury before. The records Of
this Office show that heretofore, under my
predecessors administration, 81, Ss5 (coin)
Of the States claim for distracted bonds have
been recovered and paid 10 attorneys rsp-
Fesenting the State, and that OF this amount
which was received by Jadge Paschal
there was paid in currency to Brent, Mer
rick aud Taylor, attorneys, the sum Of
81, ,e74.9S, Judge Paschal claiming and re-
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and refuted by the volume of the vote
caSt-the largest ever cast in the county
and by the political and personal com
plexion of 1t as we'll.
Fourth. The undersigned has no knowl-
edge of the matters embraced Ia your
Fourth " and filth grounds OF contest,
and said matters sre ton vaguely stated 10
enable him To- inquire into and answer the
same, but ON his best information and be-
liei, lie replies that the charges are 2Tatui-
tous and wholly unfounded IN fact, aud the
same are all and singular distinctly denied.
Respectfully replied this eighteenth day
of March. 1876.
Signed A p. MCCORMICK.
The committee hSd the benefit of Iull dis
cussion orally, and by written brief of
learned counsel, both for contestant end
sitting member, and, after mature rehec-
ton and examination, believe the sitting
member entitled to the seat.
Granting that the word ''eliSible, used
in section 10, + article 8, of the Constitu-
tion, refers t. the time of the election as is
stated by Cushing (Law Leg. Assemblies,
sec. 7S,) and to signify ''capaole of being
chosen" as il is defined in our leXicons as
well as in the case of Searcy V. Grow, is
California Reports, l2l. Still the commit
tee believe that the section referred TO can
not affect the election held o the fifteenth
of February, inasmuch AZ the present
Constitution did-not lake elect, or To use
the language of the ordinance submitting il
to the vote of the people, 80 come the o :
ganic and fundamental law of the State
until the eighteenth day of April, 1876. o..
IL is true the ordinance providing for the
election of this Senate took effect in
November, 1875, bur the ordinance no.
where prescribes, by reference to the Con-
stitution or otherwise the qualifications OF
the Senators to be elected under it.
1t will not be coutended for moment
that the Constitution just superseded can
govern in cases arising under the present,
for the old Constitution nowhere contem-
plates such an election. and could not pro
vide for its own destruction or anything in
cidental thereto. The committee, bRlievine
that the sections of the Constitution pro.
scribing the qualifications of Senators can
have only prospective operation, recon-
mend the passage of the following resolu-
| ton. to-wiI:
ReSOtred, That A. p. Mccormick possesses
all the qualifications necessary for Sana-
tor under the Constitution, and was proper
! ly and constitutionally elected TO the office
he now holds. and is entitled 10 hold his
seat in this Senate.
Other matters of law and fact not being
necessary to disposition of the case, and
in the view taken of it by the committee,
have not been thoroughly considered and
| are not reported on.
MCLEARY, Chairman
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-05-04

THE International must come to the Ave-
nue. and to the river. Every public and
private interest confesses the necessity. BY
whatever route or at whatever point the
railway may approach the center of trade,
it must encounter violent opposition.
Property-h too remote to derive ad-
vantage from the location of the depot, and
those so near that locomotives may disturb
the repose of those who ''love mine ease
in mine inn"-all these will hurry up and
down the streets and bdzz-fuz city fathers
and rush frantically into the embraces of
loving lawyers and file bills and pray for
eternal injunctions, and there will be nine
days wonder and excitement, to be forgot
ten when the volume of trade and popula-
tion rolls over and crushes it out. We will
soon forget, in the progress of grand events,
the woes of the helpless and hapless who
would forget the interests of the many in
conserving those of the few. The many
must triumph. lg .
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-05-04

THE story is published that Stillson
Hutchins, of the St. Louis Times, was pro-
nounced liar and coward by CELSIUS
Price in card published in the Republican.
Hutchlns grew furious and went for Price
with pistol and cowhide. Price and he
met, and Price, not appreciating the price,
less jol Q, shot at Hutchins, who wanted to
know if he were armed. Then, when Price
missed h,s aim, Hutchins forgot the cow
hide aud sent two bullets into Price, one
entering his arm and breaking bones, the
other his mouth and lodging under his ear.
It's said Price will die. But the Republicdn
discredits the whole story, and so sigDii
cantly that we don't know whether Hutch
ms ever shot at Anybody or ever saw cow
hide since his daddy, unfortunately, quit
tin eshing him. a -oW tg
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Two or three different firms of lawyers
were employed by Governor Coke's prede-
cessors to collect the "Britlsh debt" They
failed and though twenty and twenty-five
per cent of the debt was promised them,
they still failed to collect anything though
they exerted themselves to the utmost.
Governor Coke employed Mr.. Giddings at
less than one-half the fee promised Gid
dings's predecessors and Mr.. Giddings
succeeded. He was publicly congratulated
ny lawyers in New York and Washington
on his success, which they.had deemed i'm
possible, and now Coke's enemies are
enraged because Coke achieved so cheaply
consummation in which Coke's predeces-
sors were thwarted, though they prom
ised twice as much as Coke to the excellent
lawyers who served them. i''ifi3 ?
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HoS. JAMES WHITE, wife aud daughter
and two servants, of Plymouth, EnglAnd,
isS in the c,ty and remains till tomorrow.
He is a member of the British Parliament
and distinguished for his practical good
sense. In former years, he was great
friend to America aud admirer of once
simple and honest republican facts and
forms of government; but recent develop
ments in municipal systems and rOooefies
OF cities aud of the Federal treasury sno
universally Of corruption have robbed
America in English eyes of its sheen and
Inspired profound contempt for our rulers.
Sehenck and many like him abroad have
done as much detriment as BeIknAps at
home. Mr.. White goes hence 20 Denver,
Salt Lake, California, to NAogasAki. Egypt,
Italy, Paris and to London. He has studied
financial, moral and physical facts affecting
Texas and thinks that honest local gov
eminent assures for the great common.
wealth magnificent iuiure. We need
hardly add that Mr.. White pronoanees
Austin, in its. local. incidents and climatic
facts. one Of the most charming spots he
has ever visited. -. ..,-.. -
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-05-04

THE Constitutional Convention expected
this Legislature to perfect amendments to
be submitted to the people, and, therefore,,
provision was made for a long session of
this Legislature. Thus the constitutional
Convention itself approved, in general
terms, the suggestions Of Governor Coke,
The very trainers of the new organic code
thoughtit should be modified, sndHyet, be-
cause Governor Coke specifies what he con-
ceives to be defects, it is declared. that he
has betrayed those who made or approved
the Constitution. The argument is too
thin to be a decent jacket for the seIfishpur-
pose it conceals. Eaa cts i baoti lln
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= THE BRENNAN Banner thinks that the
create need of Texas would be supplied
by cotton mills, and therefore we have
suggested their exemption from taxation
that capital and skilled labor may be in
Quoted into the State. We would have an
immense establishment, and for the reason
that the costliest employees of cotton mills
can supervise a large as we'll as small
mandatory. A great cotton mill creates
home demand for all surplus products of
plantations in the vicinity of the cotton
mills. Were these large manufactures es7
tablished in the midst of cotton district,
the expense of ginning, baling, waste,
transportation, ETC., would be saved.
There is no good reason why the manufac-
turing of cotton should not be done on the
soil that produces it, and that sooner or
later it will be in the manner indicated
above, we have no doubt but until this
can be accomplished the Banner is content
with small factories, and any is preferable
TO none ''
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-05-04

"wL You walk into my pA-lor said the spider to Ihe
ls The pretticst little parlor that you spY."
Ex-Governor E. J. Davis has been in pos
session of the matter embodied in the So
called memorial of Merrick & Durant for
many months, and has been holding it to
use at some opportune moment against the
present State administration. 1t was got
ten up for him by special agent at Wash
ington. aud in December last, just
few days before the meeting of the
Galveston convention, before which Coke
was to be q candidate for reelection,
these very papers, now presented to the
Legislature, were brought 10 the STATES
MAN office by Col. DeGress and propositions
made for their publication in the STATES
MAN. These propositions were declined.
though we must admit, having heard SO
many whisperings in regard to exorbitant
commissions allowed the Messrs. Gid
dings, We had some apprehension that
truth, partially at least, attached to the re-
ports in circulation. However, the prop
osition to publish was rejected, and now
this matter is sprung, and that too when
truth has proved it as unworthy of considera-
ton. The question arises, has Merrick &
Durant, presumed to be proper business
men, and in face even of complete settle
ment, of their own choice, made between
them and the Governor, been the instigators
IN the presentation of This memorial, or is 1t
the work of Republicans desiring to cre-
ate discord in the Democratic party.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-05-04

The International Railway Company de-
votes money and genius and TASTE in letters
to the purpose of populating the country
along its route. Each farmer, the head of
a family on the line of the road, is worth
one hundred dollars per snnnm 10 the cor
poration and it would gladly have the dis
trict of Texas through which it passes
densely populated. Enriching itself while
snnching the State and multiplying tax
payers and quadrupIing again and again
the value Of farms railway corporations,
directed by wise aud liberal managers, are
the greatest Of all public benefactors.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-05-04

Ex-GovERSoR DAVIS hates d. c. Cid
dines more than the devil does holy water,
Giddlnes defeated and at last degraded his
pet. IT. Clark, in one OF the most nsans
fuI Of struggles before Congress for she
honor and dignity Of Texas and Texans-
Davis now seeks revenge. and thinks be
viii have it through the instramentslity
ofDemOcrass. whom be would ever degrade.
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Report OF commIsGee In the Case oi
Clevelana v. MecormIek.

Hoa. r. B. Hs8ard, Psesident Of as Senate
Your Committee on Privileges Aod Eiee-
tons, 70 whom was referred the contested
elecsl0n case Of Hon. Charles L. Cleveland
v. A. p. AIcOormiek, have had the same
under consideration for several dsys. The
contestant and the sitting member sgree
upon the facts which are rs follows:
A. p. Mccormick wss appointed Judge
Of the EighteeDth Judicial District about
the frst Of October, 1871. ELECTION certifi-
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LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
WASHINGTON NEWS.

All Parts of the World.
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They keep their stock Of Groceries and Lumber al
ways complete. They invite an examin alton OF their
STOCK and promise always the lowest prices and hest
quality. la,al-s q b. Lsi5 - sepswiyr
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Miscellaneous.
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/ oST.

Headlight OF wm ". Rozier, for 32Q Bcres. 8esued
in March 1874 by the ard Of Land cotnnlt sioners
Of Jackson cOaHts. boaniy warrant No. 49, Tor
Donation warrant No 2s for $40 acrcs. fs-ued 10
ChrstopheT W Iam-. May ~, 1925 Fir-t class head
rVht ~ Il q Alison for one labor No iGi, 4 sued
January is by the 30 lrd Of Land C. nniiss one5s
OF Sabine county. Fir-t eia@s headrght or Josiah
Tavlor Y ons-thi "a cue, No q, Issued Marca l.
1899 bY the Beard OF L. ID Commissioners OF VIcto-
ria c6npty. AND the unlOcsted balatce Of 4f6B cd
"a uare v1ras of the headlight u Deessur DanIelS H.
sued october .. 1880. by the Commissioner OF the
Genera L-nd once And n'by scrip nos. /, .. g. 4,
sued by hTpas Toby june n IssH 20 SAM ST. John
Jr.. and Nos % 80 90 g. 90. 49, 20 ST. 49, 5i s. ST. 81
53, ~ u " ", b3 t. ~ al0 b. zach $40 acre.
lssuen ny .hOnes Iooy, July .1f. 1Ssb 10 SamI
81; John, Jr: II not found In ninct' days |
VIII apply Tor dupiicat =. BARNES PA RKRk,
Apfil 10, l9b apis w9t Agent ior owners
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Very respectfully,
V.ksa:-
fSipned1

(Sigued) pi RICHARD COKE.
p. S.-You ask me especially as to state
ments made by Col. Glddings when l set
tied with him. l have to say in
reply that those statements consisted of a
detailed account of various and compii-
Gated difficulties he encountered in Europe
in bringing on a settlement, and the fact
that his legitimate expenses in prosecuting
the claim to conclusion amounted to four
thousand dollars.
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Received, Austin, January 81, 1876, from
his Excellency, Richard Coke, Governor.
the sum of eight thousand dollars, sac
knowledging the same to be in fuil of all
demands against the State in and about the
recovery of the Texas indemnity bonds or
their proceeds.na b.
(Signed) THosGAs ]. DURAST,
$1,000. (Signed) r. T. MERRIcK.
A true copy OF the original receipt row
on file IN the Executive Office.
GEo. T. DAsHIKLI, Private Sec'y.
Austin, April 20, 1875.
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Dark Brahmas per pair, RS; Light Brahn,as. IS I.
Buf CochlnE 81; White IS; Partridge IS; Black, S.
White Leghornr, 50, y own, SO. w. T, Black Span
ish, g. S. O. Pork ngr, s.. G. s. Polish, IS.
Eggs OF the sbovc sa per dozen; Bronze Turkeys
eggs, IS; Pekin Ducks $40; Rouen Ducks, S3.
Fahey Pigeons. per rsir-Bue Owl PIGEONS, So
Black Carriers $40. Pouters. So; White &l0. White
Fantair, $2fD5. Jacobi = Red, 50; Back, $5 Vel
low. 20; Sdyer, s.. Trumpeters, Red, IS; elbow.
$40; Spotted 50 Turbits, $5 1umblers S2Cn5. Ger
man Black Wings 81 BarDs Black, s. Arcnangel, 81.
Address a. above. mr23 w2m.
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ST. LOUIS BUSINESS HOUSES
t SEEKIN0 TEXAS TRADR
BAGS AND BAGGIHG,
DRY GOODS. = -
C4ML {: DAVIS a CO.: " MPsIss.is p,l,s Dry Goods,

cIISO rRoSsrORE, ieO5 \. "a 81. iron. .sseer.
y horseshocs, Blacksmith lIerehAndise, &C., 50
- = : LIVE ST0cK COMMISSION. 5 80
pEASLKY BR0S., Live stock Commission Mer-
tIpNrER. EVANS 4 co.. Live stork Comnlis-
~ slon MerchAnts, Nal Stock 1ardaa III.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-07-08
BIBLICAL QUESTIONS.

b was a man whose sight was lost, but
which the Lord restored;
Cwas faithful Israelite who took a'giant's
city;
d was Jun of almsdeeds,s and for the poor
felt pity;
e was taken up to heaven in garments
white as snow;
y thought that Paul was innocent, and
would have let him go;
q was by STRIPPING slain, while Boosting
Il was captured by the Jews, though strong
1 became an orphan as soon as he was
] was by a affiiction compelled to grieveand
K was a man who had son than whom
there wore few higher;
L with his family escaped from dreadful
death by FIRE;
NJ was by king advanced TO honor, power
and might;
n of his vineyard was despoil'd, though
precious in his sight;
o took a heather city. and thereby won a
p was & king whose heart was hard, who
thereby lost his life
q was what the Israelites did in the desert
cat
r compelled her son some food before his
s met with speedy death for having falsely
T would not his friends believe, until he
U for having touch'd the ark Immediately
was slain;
v aqueen OF whose fair face her royal
spouse was vain;
w being very scarce the people mourn'd
2 was Where King David stay'd and his six
hundred men.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-07-08
Judah p. BENJAMIN.


Moncure d. Conway, in a letter to
the Cincinnati Commercial, speaks as
follows OF this distinguished gentle
man, formerly SO prominent in our
politics
Mr.. Judah 2. Benjamin, .. c., ex-
United States Senator and ex-COnfed-
crate Minister, must be regarded as
the most famous advocate at the En-
glish bar at the present moment. Hav-
ing heard Mr.. Benjamin speak in
the Senate in old times, | can bear
witness that, vigorous as he then was,
he has greatly improved since his res
idence in this country, in manner as
we'll as power. He is very eagerly
sought for in all great cases, especially
those which involve questions of for
eign and of international law. 1t
would be natural to suppose that with
so many large cases as he has recently
been employed In Mr.. Benjamin must
be getting very rich. No doubt he is
making a good deal of money for a
member of the English bar; but it
must be borne in mind that even the
greatest lawyers here do not receive
such fees as are frequent in America.
Mr.. Sergeant Parry told me recently
that the fees he heard of in America
were such as almost took an English
barrister's breath away. The English
litigant has to pay two firms in each
case-the solicitors who prepare and
the barristers who conduct his case,
and the payments are therefore divi-
ded. There is not barrister in En-
gland who gets more than $75, 900 a
year-which is about Mr.. Hawkin S
income-and there are only two, or at
most three, that make over $4,000 a
year. A thousand dollars for one
case is considered fancy fee.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-07-08
Death to the AppIetree Borer.

A farmer correspondent to the New
York Tribune gives that journal his
method of Kidding his orchard of these
pests, as follows:
l have waited for a long time for
some one to invent an easy way of
killing the appletree borer but the
chisel, mallet, knife aud wire are only
recommended, and in using them /
have had to cut a six-inch appletree
until could see daylight through it,
to kill single borer. My way of get
ting at this worm of the dust" is an
easier one and more effectual. / cut
a sumac, or elder, one foot more or
less long, punch out the pith, cut one
end with slope, hunt the borer's
hole, clean it out at the entrance with
a wire, place the beveled end of my
tube against it. take some putty-like
clay that | get in our spring branch,
plaster it water tight around the end
neXt to the tree, fill with very strong
soapsuds, and the thing is done. No
matter how crooked the hole is, or
whether it goes up or down, the s4ds
IN the tube will force itself to the end.
l have tried 1t two years, and have not
failed once. Of course, any kind of
small hollow tube will 90, anything
that will make it water tight will do
to plaster it with.