The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-03-23

There appears no reason to doubt that Hen
~ c. Bowen will be expelled from Plymouth
Church at an early date. The feeling against
him among the members of the cOngrega-
ton is at flood tide, and the denunciAtions
OF the patriarch are numerous aud vehe-
meut. Many brethren are dissatisfied be-
cause of the delay in what they consider
the duty of the church; they hold that de-
cIsive steps should be taken at once.
| The Washington correspondents of the
New York Sun says: This is but the be-
| ginning of the work of unearthing fraud
/ in the War Department. The committee
| that has finished Betknap have Just as con-
| elusive evidence against another high officer
of that department, and his destruction Is
also Inevitable. Following the resolution
of impeachment in Belknsp's case will
come another directing the President 10 Or
| der at once the recall of Gen. Meigs, whose
presence here is wanted.
Gen. Sherman having been asked whether
he had ever refused request of President
Grant 10 give his son Fred place on his
staff, replied: "Gen. Grant has too much
sense to make such a request. Mrs. Grant
asked me to give her son a place, but | re-
fused because he was not fitted for il. He
lacked aye and experience. l believe in
promoting men to ofiieIa' position for past
services, and for the proficiency they have
acquired. Gen. Grant himself would never
have asked me to do such thing"
There was " lively debate in the House
of Representatives on the seventeenth, in
which Mr.. Kelley, OF Pennsylvania, was as
sailed with some pretty sharp questions by
MesSrs. Hoar and Garfield upon AN argument
that 1t would be robbery to make the labor
er take as a dollar a coin worth less than a
dollar. The Judge having warmly eulo-
giZed the greenback, the question was put
to him why the laborer was robbed by be-
ing obliged To take stamped silver of an in
trinsic value OF ninety per cent. of its face,
rather than stamped paper OF no intrinsic
value. But this and several similar interro-
cations he evaded with a dexterity which
set tue House in \ roar.
A Washington letter says: ''Well-in-
formed persons assert positively that 1t will
be shown before the close of the session
that Belknap, Babcock, Boss Shepherd,
Robson, ingalls, and Horace Porter have
constituted ring, and make a great deal OF
money in farming out offices. \ story is
current that three or four weeks ago an ap-
phcant for an appointment in the army WAS
notified that he would be successful If he
would pay a millinery bill contracted by
Mrs. Belkuap at a fashionable store on the
Avenue; that he did pay the bill, amount
ing to two hundred and twenty-five dollars,
and was thereupon appointed as he desired.
J 1t is understood that the committee have
also discovered grave corruption in the mat
ter of awards of heatlstone contracts for
national cemeteries, which viii SION be
made public" .tf 't" .iai'
Aside from the forts along the RIO Grande
there are the interior garrisons of North
, western Texas, viz. /: McKavett, five com.
panies; ConchO, seven companies; Griffin,
three companies; Richardson, three com.
panies; Stockton, four companies; Davis,
four companies. This is the numerical
strength of the United States upon the
5 Texas frontier. The number of companies
stationed at the respective forts sometimes
r vary, but the figures as here given are al
r the present time authentic. 1t would seen
that in a country such as this, with the Mexi
cans and Indians harassing the people,
r greater amount of attention should be paid
4 to;their grievances and larger army SEN
for their prote ction.
Sunset Cox's book, just published b,
Harper s. Bros, is entitled "Why w,
Laugh" 1t is SAID of the volume that i
Y contains the most entertaining collection o
:; American anecdotes and humors ever pub
. lished. The writer has gathered his illus
/ trations largely from his own experience il
the political arena, but he has culled als'
d from other fields, so that there is scarcely
! phase of American humor that is not her
l. set forth in brilliant examples and tn,
authors most characteristic style. Differ
-. ent people laugh for different reasons; anC
> no people is more peculiar in this respec
y than the American. This distinctly
I popularity Mr.. Cox has clearly defne'
r and most abundantly illustrated. We hop
the grave editor of the Mashall Herald vii
. con over the pages of this book. If it fai
D to provoke smile, let him go to Dallas an
/ take one in the regular way and he will fee
better.