The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-06-28

OF the matter further than the reports
Of the Newspapers. He said if the
road was built it would be done by the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas alone and
not jointly by that company and Inter
national and Great Northern El-----
Three shafts are now being sunk In
Llano county for mineral. One on
the Babyhesd mountains by DR..
Owens, with 4 fine prospect OF silver
and copper; one at the head Of the
Hondo by Mr.. Tinern, of Galveston,
with prospect of q silver lead at depth
of over hundred feet, snd one on
Hickmau's place below Packssddle
Mountain. The parties who are work
ing this lead are at depth Of forty
two feet. At different places down
the lead they have found pure Jumps
of gold the size Of pea and less. This
is the only lead in which they have
found pure virgin gold. The country
around this lead is solid mass of
black slate or iron ore rock. The
lead itself alternates between 4 red or
yellow clay and black matter resem-
bling iron ore cinder. 1t is In this that
the Jumps of gold have been found.
Particles of matter called miners
clay" are found in the lead. HHi 10
The attack made upon the Sulphur
Spring Gasette office and its attaches is
one of the results Of the whisky struggle.
The office Was first pied. and then the
attaches wire attacked twice by armed
men. They were received each time
with hot shot and retreated. The Ne,o
Era, in commenting upon this disgrace
full attempt to suppress the CASTE,
says: tine true spirit of whisky creeps
out in the above narration of the acts
of its votaries. Like the Ishmaelites,
the hand of the tribe of whisky-guZ-
zlers and sellers is against every man
and set OF men who oppose their most
damnable business, and are ready to
seek private reveBge upon all who OPP
pose the same. This il the general
rule, but as there are those who are ex.
captions, we put in this healing clause,
and say that there are men in the BUSH
ness who would rather lose right arm
than to be guilty of so mean an act as
to seek to revenge themselves upon
those who cOndema, the business, for
they, toe, at heart, hate their IGlsera-
bic occupation" s
The meeting of stock men held at
Golisd, June II, passed resolutions de-
claring the necessity Of retaining in
the service Capt. Halls company; that
it is necessary to suppress crime ana
lawlessness in Western Texas, and
that the service should be continued at
least six months. They. further re-
solved to furnish the means for keep
ing this force in the service for the
time specified, payments to be in two
installments, one of which shall be
promptly made at once, and the other
at the expiration of three months; pay
ments to be made to and deposited
with 81. Runge s. Co., bankers, Cuerc,
Texas, subject to the order of Adju-
tant-G General Steele, and to be dis
bursed upon his order; that the de-
posit aforesaid is loan by the citizens
to the State of Texas, to be repaid by
an appropriation of the next Legisla-
ture. The cost of the pay and sub
sistence Of command OF thiIty-one
men is about $1,000 per month, and
that the cost of subsistence alone is
about $1,000 per month. About $1,000
were subscribed upon the spot. Runge
& Co. subscribed $4,000, and Coleman,
Mathis s. Fulton $4,000. The other
subscriptions ranged from $500 down
to $5. Complimentary resolutions
were rendered the command.