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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-05


A CoLoRED gentleman has oeen impris-
oned in indianapolis for the crime to which
Ssmbo is peculiarly addicted. It is a name.
less and horrible offense, and often terribly,
punished. In this instance the negro bad
been inducted into Indiana as 'repeater"
and illegal voter to support Harrison, the
Radical candidate for the Governors Office,
and unfortunately happens that the moral
effect OF sambo's conduct, and publicity
given to his deeds and purposes, has done
much mischief, and Morton is fearfully
vexed about it. The facts should serve as
a warning to colored repeaters who ravage
s ,uthern States aud counties everywhere.
II they will vote early and often, they
should not, at the same time, commit
crimes even more revolving. $3.50 .Itlp NJ
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-05

WOULD it not be well for the city su-
thorities to inquire whether the Cuero aud
Indianola road is to be extended In this
directionl We have no chamber Of COM
merce to give direction to public opinion
or shape tc events affecting the ciry's for
tunes and our city fathers might serve Aus
tin well if they devoted share Of attention
to events having even more signi6csuce
than the fluctuations OF city scrip. Per-
haps the direction taken by the rosd from
Cuero may be controlled even by making
known to Commodore Morgan and his
agents in New Orleans, Houston and New
York, the advantages TO be realized by
meeting at Austin the Central and Interns-
tional roads, and the road on paper which
Austin has built to Lampssas and Bolton.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-05
THE NEW YObK '.GIMES, AND MIR.
TILDEN.

If Tilden were not candidate for the
presidency there is not a man on the con
tinent whose mere ipoe dlsiS would be more
universally accepted as truthful and final.
The New York Timas, that now questions
his veracity, even when his statement is
made under oath, was for years after this
oath was made the staunchest adherent of
Tilden, VIII Dse honest worth it never ceased
to laud. Now, however, Mr.. Tilden be-
coming the chosen leader of the Democracy,
he becomes instantly petty thief and
perjured villain. The Timess employees
have had access 10 the Federal revenue
office, which has been denied TO the friends
of Tilden, and Photographic copes of such
portions of Tilden's sworn statements have
been reproduced, even In the pages of the
Times, as suited the purposes Of his enc
mics. SO persistent were assertions of
Tilden's perjury, and so confident was the
Times of the support of the officers of the
revenue bureau, tnat the newspaper did
NOT hesitate to assert unqualifedly that
Tilden had sworn falsely and absolutely
cheated the government. These facts have
caused Judge James p. SiunOtt, the conf
dental law clerk of Tilden, to publish the
facts and show that ...,.. . ......
''Out of thirteen pretepded items of iR-
come amounting to $l10, 900, eleven items
amounting to SS4, 900 sre wholly fictitious.
while of the other two, only one of $1,000
IS entirely 'rue, and the secOnu of $50, 900
is only partially true.u ... ...... e..
''There is therefore no ground for the
assertion that the sworn return WAS not a
just and accurate statement of the net in
come of Governor Tilden, after making
such deductions for losses, interest paid
and other charges, as the law authorized
him to make.
''If exception be taken to Judge Sin
motifs letter on the ground that II does not
contain detailed stat ement of the several
items upon which the return of 1862 was
made, it is proper to state that the regula-
tlons of the Department did not require
such detailed statements, and very few pro-
fessional men made such statements, or
could now recall items or have kept the
memoranda upon which their returns were
made"
The Times, in gathering items with which
to make up its account of Tilden's income,
made him the recipient of fees paid to
Others and blundered, or Was wIlfuly false false
says that Tilden believed and said at the
time when these taxes were collected, that
he was paying more than law or right re-
qmred, and so plain and simple are ex-
plantations made of the Tamsss assertions,
and its deductions are demonstrably SO
utterly false, that this sole accu 'ation of
persoI al wrong-doing brought against Mr..
Tilden becomes innocuous as it is empty
and baseless. Nobody supposed that
stainless saint could occupy Tilden's posi-
tion and escape calumny, and very few
gave credence or assigned importance to
the assertions of the Times; but these
gained prominence simply because none
others were. made ana it is we'll enough
that Mr. Sinnott has seen proper to dis
pose of them. ,.. .... .....,. .....
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-05

VIZ have never heard, however coarss
aud violent partisan newspapers become,
and however false those like the later 0usan.
one word of unkindness spoken Of Mrs.
President Grant. A correspondent says OF
her ''thst while the President has always
passed as the most silent man Of the cen
tury an impression wholly erroneous =
Mrs. Grant has been generally acknewl-
edged to possess easy and graceful powers
of conversation. A good-natured, warm
hearted woman is nearly always pleasant
to talk with, and Mrs. Grants pre-eminent
social characteristic is so entirely that OF
good nature, that she cannot fail to please.
The conversation turning to the Presi-
dents prospective tour through Europe
after next March, Mrs. Grant facetiously
remarked: 4 have lived so much in trunks
that am anxious to settle down. Mrs.
Grant, in speaking of the President, uses
he term the General and she limited
hat while the Generals desire to zee
also Asia, Africa and Australia, in addition
to Europe, might lead him to make tour
of the world, she would probably be con-
tented with seeing Europe"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-05


EVERY RepuOlIcan North is curious to
know into whose hands Hayes will fall if
elected. Will he lapse into the embraces
of Norton or of Curtis, of violence or of
moderation and justice9 But nobody asks
in whose hands Tilden will be found.
He has will and way of his own, and will
sh,pe as suits himself the conduct and pol
ICY of this administration. Neither the
North nor the nth will be his master,
and neither the white nor the black race.
Even-handed justice and honesty and econ
omy will distinguish an administration
whose history may be written even now in
lines and letters as distinct and strongly
marked as the firm, fixed features Of Til.
den's vigorous, manly, self poised public
and private character. Such man should
be President, and especially at sucb pc
ROD in the country's history when v gor-
Gus Andrew jackson is required to stay
the tide of corruption aud prevent the ut
ter subversIon OF the republican system Of
governments framed in behalf OF popular
and local freedom by the men whose names
and deeds we have celebrated through the
wear
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-05
THE OHA CORS ANO AHE NEWS
PAPERS.

The New York Herald thinks the days
of orators and the supremacy of their power
at su end. The HsraH is by no means first
10 make this discovery, and congressman
and Senators confess the fact when their So
called speeches are really printed editorials
and successful only to the extent that they
are readable Ii signifies nothing whether
they have hearers or not. II the House suf-
fer Congressman, who is conscious that
he writes we'll, TO print his speech as il
really delivered, he is happy as big sun
flower, and as brilliant as Sunset" who,
by the way, is as brilliant as viEasious and
full of magnetism. His barangues, in fact,
constitute an exception to the rule that
Congressional speeches "miscarry" aud are
"lost" il delivered The power af the
press grows hourly, and that Of the orator
as leSsened Pari PaSa, Audiences, even il
gathered by most famous speakers, are
smaller each year, and for this simple rea-
son, that the press and telegraph anticipate
their assertions and Arguments, or, when
these are original and novel, Il is infinitely
easier for the multitude TO read by the fire
side than listen in . crowded hall or In the
open air. The very eheapness of daily pub
licAiions Is st war with the coautry's orato-
ry, and We may well fear that the day is
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-05
MIR. GIDDlNGS AND THE RAILROAD
MATTER.

Mr.. Giddings, the candidate for Congress
in this district, speaks here on the seventh
of October. Before he b.came a candi-
date, for many months, the press of Texas
has been discussing the relative value OF
propositions submitted to the Federal Con.
gress by Tom Scott and c. P. Hunting on.
W hlle the STATESMAN was satisfied to zee
Mr. Giddings obtain the congressional
nomination and while it supports him with
unmixed satisfaction, no obligation has
been incurred to suppress our convictions
affecting great public question: in order
that coterie Of politicians, who have as
sumed the pleasing task of governing alike
this district and the s ate, may he soothed
and appeased. 1t has been their divine
right to parcel out the offices, appropria
ting those that are most respectable
and profitable. But, failing, .they would now
dictate the subjects that shall be discussed
and those thar shall 6e eyaded by cand:-
dates in speeches before the hoodwinked
people. We haye The right to know
whether Mr.. Gddings viii vote in Congress,
if elected, for the seventy mIlllon Tom
Scott loan. The question has been before
the country for three years past. II involves
enormous public burdens, and more than
this itinyoives the deprivation of Texas Of
a railway from California which will enrich
every leading city of the State, and concen-
trate and distribute within our confines the
riches of California AMI Oregon and
OF the remote Eastern world IF
IN . --rt OU.-r,--
~" VIII not be suffered to have the simple
right of way with the usual land subven-
ton across Arizona and New Mexico, and
we would know whether Mr.. Glddings
would serve Tom Scott and St. Louis and
Philadelphia or whether he proposes in this
behalf to represent the district which will
surely elect him. Whatever. his position
on this question it cannot affect the action
>of Democrats at the polls, 1t is only one
Of many before the people, and however
important to this district and to the State
there are others infinitely overshad-
owing it, and if Mr.. Giddings absurdly
believed that Tom Scott's plans were de-
vised in the interest of Texas, and not SIM
ply to drain it of wealth, we would neces-
sarily support Mr.. Gidiings because he is
the Democratic candidate. The election of
Tilden and creation of congress that will
cooperate with hun in reforming public
abuses, of which Tom Scott is chief in Til
den's eyes, is of more Importance just now
than the thwartipg of Scott's local schemes,
to be dissolved into nothinguess by Tilden's
triumph In the meantime, we still insist
that Mr. Giddings, as fearless, honest
candidate, asking people to vote for him,
should tell the people frankly whether he
proposes to vote for the seventy million
Tom Scott loan:
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-05

The New York Fimes tells the World that
Tom Scott can inform il whether Tiiden
furnished correct accounts Of his income
to the United States authorities. Il some
bow seems to us that we have heard OF this
gentleman, Scott, before; but never in con-
nsction with Mr. Tilden. He has managed
railways, canals and Legislatures In Penn
sylvaniA and in Texas, and, fortunately for
himself, never entered into auv Of his pecu-
liar lines of business in New York. II be
had, while Tilden reIgDed, the readerof the
Times might well exclaim, "Hark from the
'Tombs,'" and the doIeful refrain would
be '.Sing Sing"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-05

Two OR three benevolent and honest
people about Waco made the Central road
pay them for the right II way through
their lots and farms when the Weather
ford branch road was located. II seems
never to occur to landowners that what
ever shape their farms assume, and how
ever acute the angles left by the road, ev-
elybody must have a front on it. and
boundary lines must be conformed TO the
course OF the road. The sharp, narrsw
tract cuts OF somebody from the road and
thus commands at once an enormous price,
and the worse the shape Of the tract as
left by the road the greater the price it
Sill command. Honest and sensible COM
Uissioners and juIies must be slow, II not
prepared by ignorant prejudices, TO mulct
progressive railway. Where land il
enormously costly in the. densely PoPula-
I'd East, or in EoglAnd, railway corpora
tons must pay for it, but not here In Tex
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-05

GOVERNOR PORTER, of Tennessee, was of
Gen. Cheatham's staff through the war.
Dorsey b. Thomas, his competitor, was an
UniOnst and since the war a sturdy Demo
crat. Porter, when the two met, made
divers charges affecting Thomss's integrity
as a politician and man, and Thomas pro-
nounced Porter's assertions false. Thomas
attempted to cane Porter, and Porter drew
a pistol, when others interviewed and blood
shed was prevented. Thomas publishes O
card IN which he says Porter proposes to
play the bully rather than the exponent Of
cussions impossible. The AUdtdnehs
says that Porter defeated by bullying May
nard, then a candidate for the Governors
place and now United States Minister at
Constantinople. II is an ugly, disgrace
ful business, and such conduct as this, OF
Thomas and Porter, would better ft them
for places among Turks and Arabs than for
high position in a civilized country,
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-05

Pitchers CastOria is complete substitute for
Castor o. and IL AZ pleasant to take Honey IL IL
particularly adapted Teething irritable chill
dren- IL destroys worms, asslmiaes The food, regu
lates the Stomach and curez-WiRd Colc. Few RENE
dies elcAcious for Feyerishness. Group Worms
and Whooping Cough, Castoria is scientific and
purely etable preparatio more effective than Cas-
tor Gil and either gags nor gripes. Prepared by
Me srs. J. b. Rose a Co., 10 Dey street. New ork
from the recipe OF Samuel Pitcher NJ D., OF Barnsta
ble. Mas. .-....... ..fF.4.FI d je22dtawtSw1yr
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-05

naughty HIdalgo is humbled at last. This
immense source of wealth is now within
the easy grasp of American wealth and en-
ergy, and if we do not seize it the English,
French and Germans VIII; but it justly be-
longs TO the people of this continent, and
entesprislns capitalists OF this country at
no tistsilt day win plant themselves firmly
IN ChlhuahuA, Sinalos and Durango. Ii
the mines of Chfhushua alone were proper
ly developed and worked with modern ma.
chiaery, under American skill and direc-
too. they would yield enough silver and
gold TO pay the national debts ofthe world.
These facts were known 30 Napoleon when
he sacrificed Maximllian, and they are now
partially understood by our own people,
and the moment that country is invaded by
the International railway there will be u
rush OF immigration aud capital TO Chi
huahua. The minerals of Chihuahua are
far more abundant and richer than any dis.
covered IN California or in any of the States
or Territories of the United States. If
one-fourth OF even one-Denth of the capital
which has been thrown away in prospect
ing for silver and gold In the cold and
frozen regions of the North, or even the
money which is now squsndsred in search
for gold in the Black Hills, covered half
the year in snow, had been invested in the
legitimate working of the ''old mines" of
Mexico, which have already been developed
through one hundred years by the Span
iards, and where rich paying ores, in well
defined ''tissure veins" are already ex-
posed, the world would be richer, the mas
sacre of Custer and his men by the right
full owners of that country avoided, and
financial panics, which have been and are
now prostrating the energies Of our people,
would have been averted H ~r. .t
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-05
THE DEATH OF GEN. BRAXTON
BRAGG. .... ... .........


A private dispatch advises US of the
death of Gen. Braxton Bragg. For some
years he has been citRen of Galveston,
and wherever he was known he wss re-
spected and beloved. Whatever opinions
may be entertained of him as a soldier,
there are no differences in estimates of the
sterling personal worth and stainless purity
of conduct and character that pre-eminentiy
distinguished him. He was the very i'm
personation of truth and guleless sim
plicity. Never knowing an emotion of
fear, he rarely found it in ais heart to as
cribe corruptness of purpose to others, and
his assertion of a fact was never questioned
even by those who feared or opposed him.
The time has not come when we can criti
else fairly and justly his career as sol
dier. The hravest and truest and most capable
of Confederate warriors have ever pro-
nouuced HIM one of the greatest leaders,
and surely the most successful organizer oi
armies the country has produced, and mis-
fortunes that befel an army entrusted to has
leadership came of no weakness or fault
of B1axton Bragg. To utter unrestrained
criticisms upon those now dead, who are
supposed to have failed in the discharge of
duty, aud thus caused each mishsp for
which Bragg was held responsible, could
hardly be approved. The history of the
war between the States has not yet been
written, and those most thoroughly eogni-
zAnt of fscts, and best capable Of deternin-
ing the shape of the worlds final and fixed
opinions, have ever declared that Braxtop
Bragg would finally stand foremost among
soldiers and heroes of the South. 1t is
enough for those who now live 70 know
that society never recognized purer and
better man, the State : better citizen, or
the church 8 truer, more consistent Chris
tan.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-05

PEOPLE going North always go or return
via Niagara Falls. When visiting the
worlds wonder, readers of the STATESMAN.
should stop first and always on the Canada
side of the river. Hotels on this south side
advertise lodging and board at 81. so per
diem, but the rooms referred to are unin-.
habitable attics, and guests are uniformly
mulcted in the sum of So. so to $5 per diem.
Moreover, there is no law TO protect stran-
gers agains. the infinite combinations Of
rogues that in the persons of policemen,
hackmen and gate and tavern keepers con-
spire to rob every stranger. A Canadian
magistrate near the bridge is terror even
to knaves on the American side. He Gu
forces contracts made by hackmen, and i'm
prisons every seoundrel who attempts to
wrong strangers. Moreover, the hotel at
the falls, on the Canadian side, gives bet
ter fare at lower rates, furnishing carriages
1t forty cents an hour, than any American
caravansery. Never stop on the American
side at Niagara. ''
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-05

The w hite Lfatme q Z /. for the human niily.
II wiI drive rheumatism SciAIiea and Neuralgia from
me system; cures Lumbago, ChillblAins, OK Iw,
tract frost from froz hands and et and the poi
son OF the bit ana sttn OF " pomou r'ptiles; IL
WPo s%enyI ana slystes pam OF every k
remey dis OVsred To heal the nj red parJs The
Tsntaar inlmsnt T. used with gr.a efficacy for Sore
and W ak Back. The following is but sample Of
Numerous testimoaials: ,ff w. ava r.flv ,l.
''IsDtAEA HoxE JEpr Co; IND May 2s 1873
"I think 1t my duty 10 inform you 'thHt ! have suf
fered much with swollen 4. .sI nd chO- O-Hs. A,
WOrE for me. have no; been Tree from these
swellihgz in eight y ars.. Now Z as perfec =
BENJAMIN BROW"
The proof IL in the trial II Il reliable II s hanfy
l. is ch ap, and every family sh uld have the WuilC
Centanr Liniinent.
The Yellow Tea eur LinIinent fs adapted
10 the toug mnscIe- cord. and NJ n of horses and
animals bas nerf1rmed morI ,.onderfni cnre. AIu ~
three years OF SPAWN Strain, windgall-, Scratches
Sweeney d general Lameness IN in all other RENE
dies lr existence. Read what the great kxpressmeP
say Of IL:
" Ev y owner Of horses sho,ld give the CENTAUB
IINIMENT trial We consider IL the best article ever
used in our tables.
I'll, N ARsH. snpt. Adams TX Stables, N Y.
"ALBERT g. oEiiN, sapt Nat Ex s ables, N y"
The best patrons Of this LnIme-t IRE Farriers and
Veterinary surge ns, who continually using some
Linimcnt II heals Gal =. WOu d. and Pvll-evi re
moves syyeli gs and n worth nito OF dollars an
nunlly to Farmer, Livery men stock growers, sheep
raisers, and those having hOrs or cattle. ...
What Farrier cannot do for $40 the Centaur Lini.
ment will do al trih ny cost .a. ...8 3D.
These Lniments Sold by all dealers throughout
the country. They ed b, the prOprietors.
u D PhyBicIan
who desires /, test them. .. ... ..... 81.
Laboratory of J. B. Rose & Co.,
46 DEY ST., New YORK.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-05

never occur an occasion when one will die
deserving more Of honor to his memory be-
cause of honest sincerity and purity Of
patriotism. II singleness of purpose and
simplicity of conduct and character and
genius for war and earnest love OF country
deserve honor, no monument could be
reared as stainless as the worth and en-
during as the fame of Braxton Bragg Thls
will grow brighter with the lapse of years.
and the true soldier most hoaors himself
who comprehends the virtues and coufesses
even now the splendor of Bragg's histori.
cal fame
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-05

The character OF the Packard ticket In
Louisiana is 50 strOcious that even Pinch
back refuses 70 support it. Pinchback Is
the acknowledged leader Of his race In
Louisiana, and, az his example Will be fol-
lowed by large proportion. IL not By the
great mass Of the colored voters OF the
State, the election OF the Conservative
candidates ought now 70 be assured-thAs
il, II they are not counted out" BY the re-
turning board, ss were Governor McEDery
and his ASSOCIATES in "a.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-05

Two Louisians candidates for Congress.
one J. z. Leonard aod W. w. Farmer, have
made written agreement and signed il.
They declare that they will act as homes,
mer, that they viii not use money in buy
ing votes or hire fellows 70 go about cleo
tioneering and making speeches and cor
rupung and misleading ignorant voters
The strange contract illustrates the state Of
public virtue as defined by universal savage
suffrage. -a .1as -
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-05

A SOLDIER ~ho served through the war
in NshoDe's old brigade Of the army Of
Northern Virginia suggests that the sur
vivipg soldiers Of the O. 8 A Of this caty
meet and tender proper honOrs TO the mem-
ory Of Gen. Brsxton Bragg. There viii
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-05

The victoria Protection (Public peace
and order) Society has done infinite good.
No murder has been committed and nc
horse stolen in those paEts since the organ
ization set irs foot down. Killing people
on any terms and for any reason mus, be-
come lost art IN Texas. -
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-10-05

GKS. SIeEL speaks in German and sun
set Cox in glittering Ea ylish before great
mnliitudes in Ohio, and telegraphie dis
patches to the World say that the triumph
Of nlden in ohis Is an absolute certainty.