The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-11-30
EDITORIAL Notes.
Ten thousand Californians expec. to leave

Ten thousand Californians expect to leave
for the Black Hills next year.
The constitution Of the next Legislature
Of New Jersey, which is to choose success
sor to Senator FrelInghuysen, seems to be
matter Of some doubt. The Democrats
have majority of one in the Senate, count
ing one Independent Democrat in the num-
Der, while the House is tie. This would
give the Democrats q majority OF one on
joint ballot.
The introduction OF universal liability to
military service in Russia has proved far
less effective FOR the purpose Of increasing
the forces Of the empire than was expected.
Instead of the army of 2, 500, 900 which 1t
was thought would ultimately be produced
by the new scheme, it has now become evil
dent that the largest force Russia can dis
pose Of on a peace footing is 30, 900 officers
and 730, 900 men, and on a war footing 49,
600 officers and /, 200, 900 men.
This is not the first close count in the
electoral vote for President. In 1897 John
Adams received II votes in the electoral
college, and Thomas Jefferson 6s. In 1901
Jefferson received 20 and Burr 20, and the
election was decided by the House. Since
then there has been no close count In the
electoral college, though there have been
several occasions when, there being more
than two candidates, no one had a clear
majority of the electoral vote, and the cleo
ton was completed by the House of Rep
resentatIves, as the Constitution in such
cases provides.
Mrs. Irene House, the Trenton murderess,
thinks that she is divinely called to lecture
by q vision she has had since the trial, and
has actually prepared lecture. She will
travel under the management of her mar
ried brother-in-law, and thinks there is a
large work cut out for her. She says: 81
shall never rest until have divorce abol-
ished for every cause all over the United
States. rshall never rest until have the
laws relating to schools SO changed that
Christianity, from infancy, shall be instilled
as thoroughly as the alphabet, accompany
ing every study, and fit my charges so that
SIN cannot get any hold on their minds or
lives"
The British Postmaster General has is
sued q circular to the steamship companies
engaged in the transatlantic trade that the
contract for carrying the mails between the
United States and Great Britain, which
expires in December next, will not be re-
newed, and that the service will be con.
Quoted after the first of January on the
same principle as that now followed by the
Postmaster General of the United States
Each steamship company will be invited
on the first of each month to send in a
list Of its proposed sallings, naming the
port of departure and arrival, with COPY
Of the log for each of the three previous
voyages made by the steamers proposed to
run. From this list the Postmaster Gen
eral will make his selection, and the rates
OF remuneration will be the same as are now
paid by the United States government.
These payments will average something
like one hundred pounds a voyage. The
subsidies at present paid under the existing
contracts amount to $4,000 year.
The following appeared originally in the
Memphis Bulletin in 1866, and has been re-
produced as Texas joke of n Texas editor
1t 10 supposed to be a memorandum copied
from the note book or diary of Mem
phis editor. 1t sums up events for the