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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-01-06
wILLIsM PITT AND LORD COKE

When William Pitt, the great British pre-
mier, was in the heyday OF his greatness,
he was alarmed because, like Governor
Coke, he had no opposition. The Clover
nor, we suspect, is as wise as the peerless
English statesman, and therefore we find
the story current in the newspapers that
Col. Epperson, the great lawyer and orator,
of Jefferson. will be a candidate for the
Governors place. The purpose and origin
of this rumor may be suspected when we
remember that William Pitt, alarmed by
the matchessness of his own power and
popularity, absolutely instructed consid-
erable number of his staunchest adherents
to vote against him the government =
when a division was made in the House of
Commons. By the way. we have heard the
story told of Judge Hemphill, whose resi-
dence, not very long ago, was on the spot
whereon the cathedral is building, that
ship he was advised soberly and with mock
sOlemnity by Gen. James Hamilton, lest at
sea between Galveston and New Orleans,
that he would be beaten because he had on
/ opponent. The people would absolutely
forget, urged Hamilton, to vote for him,
and some unknown fellow, some shyster il
some remote county, would appear, just be
fore the election, the people would sup
port him in jest, and the grea
lawyer would be huniliated by uninten-
tional popular condemnation. Judge Hemp
hill, to the great amusement of Gen. Ham
ilton, went at once upon the streets anc
bowing to the right and left, became in hi
own behalf an active canvasser He ap
pealed, too, to the newspapers, and afte
the election found that Hamilton and hal
doz.n friends had been enjoying keenly hi
needless anxiety and his suddenly cultiva
ted sudriter az Eaodo among the people. Tn
recollection of these historical foreign an,
Texan events is suggested Dy the relation
of Governor Coke to the Democratic part
in Texas and then by the statement tina
: Col. Epperson viii possibly present him
: self, after the adjournment of the Galve:
ton convention, as an independent cand
date for gubernatorial honors.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-01-06
Correspondence of the Statesman.)
From WashlngtOA.

WASHINGTON, December "a, 1875.
The weather is cold and rainy, betoken-
ing snow. For the last few days the
weather has been unusually pleasant, the
sun shining brightly, and everything and
everybody looked cheerful. Congress will
not meet again until the fifth of January.
Congressman Culberson has gone home
to Jefferson after his wife. Speaker Kerr,
in making his appointments of committees,
has given great deal of dissatisfaction.
Hanco OK, who has served two terms, and
is now serving his third, received no chair
manship. Reagan, who was here as a Con-
gressman before the late war, received none
Roger Q. Mills, who is serving his second
term, received none; and all the rest of the
Texas delegation were - left out in the
cold" With the exception of Hancock
and Reagan, none of them were even ap-
pointed on important committees. This Is
supposed to be accounted for by the fact
that all of the Texas delegation were for
Sam Randall or Cox for Speaker.
The House has now completed its organ
ization, and the force will be in good run
ming order by the time Congress meets.
Poor Fitzhugh is nearly worked down to a
shadow, but is now resting, and will ''sOon
be himself again"
cox AND RANDALL.
Sam Randall is Chairman Of Committee
on Appropriations, and says he will be able
to save about forty millions to the govern
ment.
Samuel S (''Sunset'O Cox is Chairman OF
the Committee on Banking and Currency
He is a Jovial, good-natured, and whole
souled man, sparkling with wit aud humor
Many people think, however, that man te
be great must be solemn as an owl or an ass
and that accounts for the success many stu
mid people have achieved. Gox's with
cisms AMI poetry are only lightning flashes
about the horizon Of the beDded heavens
of hiseuD-lit genius
The Radical newspapers here are making
a terrible fuss about the number of ''rebe
soldiers" holding positions IN Congress, an'
are trying hard t. produce discord am"nt
the Northern and Southern Democrats
They are throwing away their time and Ia
bor, for the Northern and Southern DrnOc
racy Is becoming more attached ~ eac
othrr every day.
There is great excitement here IN regar
to the "whIsky ring' in st. Lnuis, and man
openly declare that BIbcock, the Pres
dents private secretary, could not hay
been interested in these frauds without III
| knowledge and support of the President
Among the noiables CD expected her
next week are Tennie Clahin, Victor
Woodruff, aud Mrs. May Walker. Tor
, OchiItTee, strange to say, has not arrive
5 yet. He is expected soon.
The STATESMAN is a welcome visitor hel.
and is eagerly sought for by all Texans
the city. :.
c Our excellent friend, Col. Russell, is sti
here and will remain several days yet.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-01-06


DALLAS grows 50 orapidly that aa editor of
the Herald is constantly employed in count
ing the new houses. Dallas should heed the
wisdom of the Herald and construct those
cheap narrow gauge roads. We are re-
minded by the condition of Dallas OF the
crazy fellow who was Gu ting down forest
tree while an innocent cow was browsing
hard by. The idiot cut away and then
would stop and address the COW in low, SOL
emn tones, ''go away, COW, if you don't
this tree will fall OH YOU" He cut away,
and again and again repeated the ipjuncti N
and prayer addressed tn the COW. The tree
fell and the cows back was broken. The
crushed animal struggled violently, but IN
vain. The idiot looking ou said, "when
you could go wouldn't, and now when
you can't, you are most crazy to CO." Dal-
las could go now, but when Tom Scott's
road is extended to FortiW Worth, Dallas will
be ''most crazyn to go ahead; but then it
can't. Property will have declined in value,
the people frightened, selfishness and sauce
gui peut-the devil take the hindmost-will
be the assertion of public and private sell
fishness, and the execution of any task of
public beneti icence will be wholly lmpossi-
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-01-06
[For Sundays Statesman
A MEMOIR
BY wM. NJ. G!LLELAND.

Through all the shadows OF the past
One star-lit dream is mine,
And once again pilgrim here
bow before its shrine.
My steps are in this sacred fame
Where have trod OF old,
While welcome anthems through its aisles
In waves of glory rolled.
Now sobbing lips and throbbing hearts
Blend with the dirge and prayer,
And yonder casket holds perchance
Some gem Of mortals rare.
To seek the living, not the dead,
mingle in the Thong
Forgetful whether JOY grief
To deaths last scene belong.
But twenty years, how changed, how changed
Siuce that bright April day,
l sat beside her in this pew
Or knelt with her to pray.
But not Madvnna's mou nful eyes,
Or sorrows Of her son,
Have ever yet from thought of mine
Her worshiped image won.
Her pearl-like face and azure eyes,
May again behold,
Or h ar the music of her voice,
From lips Of loves own mould.
In vsin. in V in, watch the throngl
Furgstful of the years
That give TO youth the rad auJ dreams,
That time dissolves in tears.
Perchance her h, art a. long grown cold;
And memories OF me,
1t &c oes family as the shell
It's mIrmers of the sea.
For words can break what hearts have bound,
And time cannot restore,
The shattered fragments of the vase
That hsld loves flowers before.
No Mecca for my pilgrim
Only stranger now,
note the silvery lines of hair
That deck her sinless brow.
Her pallid face and death closed eyes,
And still c,ld form I set;
Bu, fadeless as in youths bright prime,
viii live her memery.
Austin, January /, 1876.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-01-06
GONZ ILES DOETH WISELY AND
WELL.

Gonz<les is under the special jurisdiction
of Col. w. d. S. Cook, of the Index, who
was of the late deceased and deplored Con-
situtional Convention. Even here in Con
zales, when the wisdom of the country was
assembled, it was resolved" so gingerly
and hesitatingly and sweetly:
That while We regard the new Constitu-
ton As far from perfect, We believe it better
than any before framed, and recommend its
adoption
What the State wants with constitution
confessedly, on all hands, star from per-
feet" We cannot imagine. II was proposed
TO expeud one hundred thousand dollars in
securing new framework Of government
for Texas SIXTY thousand dollars Of this
sum were wisely ussd. and if the rest were
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-01-06

GRANTS organ at Washington is becom-
ing, within the past ten days, absolutely
furious about the wrongs iRhicted on West
ern Texas by the Mexican cattle thieves.
In fact, We begin to believe that Grant is
dead in love with US and absolutely hates
the yellow-skinned rascals. II the presi-
Dental election were not at hand and war
with Mexico were not necessary to prevent
the reduction Of the standing army and Sc
cure the third term, We would be well
pleased that peaceable means were about to
be employed to compel the maintenance Of
order out west. But ''Mexico," " it must be
remembered, is on both sides Of the Rio
Grande. The geography of the schools
doesn't say 50, but Z extends even to Ma
son county, where q fellow may bave hi.
head broken and cattle stolen with sufficient
ferOcity at any time TO justify vaging waI
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-01-06

I THERE is hardly single railway in the
country, certainly none in the South, now
paying five per cent net profits on its cost.
There is surely no robbery practiced 10y
railroad managers when they exact no more
for services -tiley render khe people than a
fair profit on Investments. They rob no one
till they demand more than interest on the
cost of the road, and when they have de-
manded most, farmers and merchants have
still found it cheaper to employ them than re-
currence to original mustang, ox-wagon
modes of transportation. 1t is thus de-
monstrable that however onerous the rates
imposed by railway managers, the people
are the gamers until impelled by railway
Eexactions to resort to antediluvian modes of
traffic and travel The vast difference in
Esthe condition of eastern and western eoun-
Mics of Texas illustrates the absurdity of ig-
norant prejudices against railways. Wheat
has been worth twice as much on railway
lines in the East as at remote points In
Western T T.xas.1 The people soon discover
that this profit added by railways every
year to the value of products of farms
makes these farms very valuable, adding
to each acre sum in values of which this
railway produced profit is the interest.
But farmer on a railway can sell every
thing he produces at the highest price; the
farmer off the railway can sell only, that
which is of sufficient value to pay the cost
of wagon transportation to the railway
The market is brought to the farmers dool
by the railway train and New York is.ex
panded till the monstrous city, by its Bri
arean arms, grasps continent.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-01-06


THERE are one thousand three hundred
and fifty more county officials, all to be sup
ported by the toiling people, created by the
new, than exist under the Davis constitu-
ton. Bat it's good Democratic constitu-
tiou and the stupid people, delighted with
the prospect of being piundercd, will
vote for it, 1t is Democratic, you
know, and Democracy. ever when en-
quilted by Rutabagaism, can do no wrong.
1t can't blunder. 1t can't make a fool of
itself. The first amendment to be made to
the new Constitution, in view of those sim
pie facts, will consist in making the office
holders support the people each alternate
year. To saddle all this army OF barnacles
in perpetuity on the several counties will
bankrupt popular patience and credulity,
and the Democratic party would be utterly
insolvent. We are much inclined to be
lleve that both people and party should
stand aloof from the awful instrument. Ii
tickles our old friend, Brown of Dallas, and
that is all the good it can ever do the party
or country in this world or the next.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-01-06

Hon THOMAS L. NUGENT will make an
admirable circuit judge. He is better
lawyer than legislator, and better judge
of the rights and wrongs OF individuals
than of the needs of great commonwealth.
He voted IN the constitutional Convention
with great courage for what he thought
right, despite the rage of the Holy Alb
ance; but was wrong in his hostility TO rail.
ways. He was elected, though not 9
Granger, by the GrangeTs, AMI served hii
constituents with rare ability and unfalter
ing fidelity. Nugent is honest, and his in
stincts would make him a capital judg,
eyen if be were not learned lawyer.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-01-06

BY any candidate for the presidency. Grant
is an exceeding good and unselish man, and
he means, in all this Mexican business, 10
serve Texas. He has not thought of him
self or of his poor Bahby and the whisky
ring or of the ''detestable baruacle Bristow''
whom he can't shake off in six months By
all means let those who would surprise
Grant go for him for the presidency as soon
as be goes for the thieving Mexicans.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-01-06

The Gainesville Timss says that Col.
DeNorse has written letter 10 the Calves
ton Ners declining the office OF Lieutenant
Governor. Col. DeMorse keeps On declin-
ing il, il seems. We published letter OF
this sort about a month ago. But there is
great danger that the office will be thrust
upon our ancient friend, and he ought 10
keep on declining. Il is modest, you know,
10 decline.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-01-06
BE PATIENT.

The Fredericksburg Sentinel says ''the old
Constitution, God knows, is bad enough /;
IJ,t the new is worse" The time is not
distant when the whole people of Texas
will concur with the Sentinel The evil of
the old Constitution, when Democracy elects
executive officers, is imperative; but the
evils of the new code are practical and
operative hourly and In all directions. Gov
ernOr Coke, while assailing the Davis code
with great force, proper earuestDess and
ability, made this difference between the
two codes palpable. We are willing to bide
our time. The intelligence and love oi
freedom and practical good sense of the
people of Texas will speedily discover how
they have been induced by an army Of
place-hunters to accept scheme OF govern
ment that must become in practical opera
ton, and is already confessed to be, in
tolerable.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-01-06
THE NTEnNATIONAL EXTENSION.

A choice o: routes from Austin to the
East and North will be given by the Inter
national road extended to this city, and
rates of freight and travel will be lessened
twenty five per cent. or more. Goods Or
dered will be received promptly when there
are competing routes, and since Austin will
buy cheaper our tradespeople will sell
cheaper, and inhabitants of wide districts,
who have never seen Austin, will be attracted
hither. The road must be built. It's ex-
tension to this city will save or make for us
half million annually. Moreover, when
the two great highways meet here at the
capital of the imperial State, only dwarfed
by Rutabaga hostility to local freedom and
to railway progress, the necessity for the
conveyance at the same point of other roads
becomes compulsory. The builders o:
cheap narrow gauge roads will always begin
at points from which competition enables
them to ship goods and passengers cheaply.
Austin is sadly recreant to itself in failing
to assure by any possible and reasonable
means the immediate extension of the In
ternational, even as Austin is absolutely dis
honored in the eyes of Intelligent enterprise
! by the failure to secure the location of Aus
tin College on the heights in the suburbs.
Why may not citizens and railway-builders
have conference and see what may be donei
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-01-06

THE California and Texas Pacific road
willprobably cross the Colorado at Fort
Yuma. Texans should secure maps that
they may comprehend the relative value Of
the Tom Scott St Louis road, and the
Huntingdon, California and Texas road.
We want no Texas road that leaves Texas
for the Big Bndge and Sc. Louis at the
one hundred and fourth degree Of Longitude
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-01-06
Ssysrs { Walton, ProprisioIs.

Breeders Of THoRoUGHRRRD slIoRTHoRNs
: ana pUkE-bLooDku bkRkSntkR PIGS. have for
sale thoronfhhred and eraaed stock. aiso. hun.
dred 1rst class Texas Ia calf by tho oughbfef
Ehorihorn buils which Ne vii sell % exrhsage for
good proPerty. noiigiy
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-01-06

Irn estimated that the reesos Why Gen.
schenek~ does not come back Is that Gen.
Grant Is not strong enough 70 'cAil@
him.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-01-06

nj HORACE ROWE.

On racsiPt of ae Rsm entitled Csps 70 me- d.tyiag
FRi i0ssly iritaOtg thee"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-01-06

r. s. Dealers and rhysicians ordering from
otlsers than Fleming BgVs. will do veil TO wI.1O
ttcr orders distinctly, aud sake none brt DR..
Z. hTaHc's L.ger fah prcTsuyd b. Fleming
Hrns,, PifsbNryh, Pa., the warket bsfag JUR u
bse inlafioss To thoSe wishing to give them
trial, will forward per ninil. poet paid. TO any
part OF tire United States ono box OF Pills for
twelve three-ceut posiaEr ftpmps. or one vial Of
Ncrmiflge for fourteen ~ rcC-sent stamps. AL
ouhrs tom Canada must bo accompanied BY
twenty ceuts extra
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-01-06
AGUE AND FEYER.

DR. c. M'LANE's LIVER PiLLs, IN
CASES OF AGuR AND FEVER, when
taken with Quinine, are productive
Of the most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory TO
or after taking Quininc. We would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease to give them a FAIR TRIAL.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-01-06

A RQsal harm-The TaiI-man of char
lemagne, Now tn shc Possession Of th Q
BonapRrte Family - Ia y. e~ervation
Through thc stormy Days Succeeding
Ihe FaiI OF the Second knaPire.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-01-06
Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.

DAIN in he right side, under the
/ edge of the ribs, increase on pres
sure; sometimes the pain is in the
Left side; the patient is rarely able
to lie on the left side; sometimes
the pain is felt under the shoulder
tlade, and it frequently extends to
the top of the shoulder, and is some
times mistaken for a rheumatism in
the arm. The stomach is affected
with loss of appetite and sickness;
the bowels in general are costive,
sometimes alternative with lax; the
head is troubled with pain, accom-
panied with a dull, heavy sensation
in the back part. There is generally
q considerable loss of memory, ac-
companicd with a painful sensation
Of having left undone something
which ought to have been done. A
slight, dry cough is sometimes an at
tcndant. The patient complains of
weariness and debility; he is easily
startled, his feet are cold or burning,
and he complains of a Prickly scnsa-
ton of the skin; his spirit. are low;
and although he is satisfied that cxer-
else would be beneficial to him, yet
he can scarcely summon up fortitudc
enough to try 1t. In fact, he dis
trusts every rem iy. Several of the
above symP;oms attend the disease,
but cases have occurred where few
Of them existed, yet examination of
the body, after death, has shown the
LIVER to have been extensively de-
flnpcd.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-09-02

BROOKLYN, Aug 26.--The coun-
sci Of HI w Beecher, Messrs Shear
man Sterling, in the suit against
their client for alleged malicious pro-
secuteon brought by Francis ID.
Moulton, have served upon the lat
ter's counsel, General Roger A Pry-
or, the notice Of an application to
the Supreme Court for q change of
uenue on the grounds that the selec-
tion Of an impartial jury in this
(Kings county, is impossible because
Of the great diversions of public
opinion among those from whom
a jury wouldhavet to DO selected. The
notice was served to-day, and the APP
plication will be argued at the spe-
cial term Of the Supreme Court on
the first Monday in September.
Accompanying the notice and to
sustain it are afiidavits from citizens
Of Brooklyn in nowise related to the
parties Of the issue, who aver in their
judgment a fair trial here is imprac-
ticable. An affidavit of Mr.. Beecher
to the same effect is also a part OF the
papers. Franklin county in the ex-
treme northeast corner OF New York
is suggetted as a suitable place for
the trial.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-09-02

The Philadelphia Ledger says: .ssThere
Is q very curious and interesting
phenomenon to be seen at the Ccnten-
NAL Exhibition in connection with
Westinghouse automatic air-braket exr
hibit, in the western part Of Machinery
Hall, near Column No SO, section n
1t Is no part Of tho Westinghouse ~
hibit, but Is an incident casually dis
covered in handling the faucets o. thu
compressed air tubes, used with that
valuable apparatus. One OF these tubes,
connected with the principal reservoir
Of compressed air, has an ordinary fan.
Get with a nipple not much larger thaus
that Of a gas bnrnsr, though the ovIfcc-
Is considerably greater. from this
when the air Is turned on, = strong es
Of air is thrown out, and this will sos
tain, 10 the surrounding air . ball o.
sphere Of wood, glass, met al, VI rubbs
without any other means Of suppes<
So far, although the spher re is suspsnlz-
ed in the air by invisible means, therc.
Ia nothing surprising when the jet ofairr
Is elected to a vertical direction upwarxz
But the sphere is still kept in i state q
suspension in the air, when the let ~
thrown out at an angle Of 80, 40 or AZ.
degrees, sometimes nearly stationary,
but with q gentle o%scillato ry motion,3
sometimes rotating slowly, and some~-
times revolving with great rapidity.-
These variations are mainly under the
control of the operator. One woulda
think that In order to sustain the balts
the air jet would have to impingc upons'
1t squarely perpendicular to the centres
of the mass, but this is not the case.-
The most curious phases o the phenom~-
enon are seen when the air let striass@
the ball obliquely, to the right Or lefs-
or above or below the centre. The axias
Of rotation is constantly shifting, so thar
If IL starts at right angles to the jet Of
air II will gradually move around untila
the axis comes within about twenty
five degrees Of being in the same line or
plane with the air-jet itself. There ID.
something In oil this that s~trikingly re-
minds amateur astronomers Of the OBJ
liquity of the ecliptic, the vibratory mo-
ton Of the carth's axis, and the pro-
cession of the equinoxcs. But, rcr-
haps the most Interesting phases Of the.
phenomenon Is observable when a large
hollow rubber ball is used; then as the
rotation Of the ball, suspended in the
air, becomes moro and more rapid, the
ball changes from Its spherical form,
becomes flattened at the poles or ex~-
tremities Of the axis Of rotation, and as
sumos the form Of san oblate spheroidv
iattened at the poles and protuberansz
at the equator just as our earth Is shows
to be by astronomers and physicisis.o