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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10
THE NEW PARTY--- PRoaRRsS
OF OPINI0N---THE PRESIDENT
AND HIS POLICY.
The Colorado Citizen saws:

The President has shown himself, so
far, superior to the exactions Of party,
the curse of the country, and mani
tested disposition to base his admin
istration upon the wishes of the peo-
pie, the maintenance of the principles
of republican government and the exc
cutIon of the laws in the interests of
the whole people. He has broken
through the lines, over ridden the ipse
dirt Of partisans, made bitter enemies
Of the extremists of both factions, and
secured the confidence and respect of
the conservative element of both par
ties. Since the inception Of his ad-
he has shown . degree of
frmness and tenscity Of purpose worthy
of the highest praise, and the people OF
the South, who have long suffered
from partisan government, and who
have heroically withstood the infiction
Of wrongs at the hands of . govern
ment which should have protected
them, will not be slow to accord to
the President the full measure Of sup
port and cordial cooperation in all
ri0htful aims in his administration.
But the work of the President, though
we'll finished Is to bis course in the
south, 10 but begun. Upon the assem-
bling Of Congress he will have to con-
tend against the united strength OF
Blaine, Morton and all that extreme
faction Of politicians, who would rath-
er involve the country in war than see
their pet hobby, the "bIoody shirt, 7"
and its consequent enmity to the South,
ostracised from party and their occu-
patton destroyed. il the President but
show the justice and frmness eyinced
in the past. he viii have the support Of
the people, and, We belisve. will
achieve . victory over partlsanship.
This 10 the sound ltterance Of .
soand and just and fearless newspaper.
There is no evasion Of truth, no tim
idity or disposition to avoid the strong
est and justest assertion of = patent
fact The Citi.<A does not say that
the Radical party viii be destroyed,
aad therefore 1t is content but con
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10

Everybody who has visited Europe
since the fall Of Louis Philippe has
either met or heard Of the famous
American dentist Of Paris, DIR. Evans,
the pupil and successor of the once
more famous DR.. Brewster, who dis
tinguiShed himself and made bis for
tune forty years ago BY compelling the
Czar Nicholas TO come all the way
from st. Petersburg 70 Berlin in mid
winter to have his imperial teeth
looked after. II was DR.. Evans whom
our accomplished Secretary Of State,
Mr.. EyArts, upon nemorable occa-
sion, 30 neatly decapitsted with keen
edged compliment. The eminent
chirurgeon had been edifying the ta--
bic with condolences, political and go
cial, bestowed upon him by half
dozen potentstes intimacy Of profess
sionsl 6re. ''You are very fortunate
man" said the great advocate Of the.
Geneva conference, '.for while it u
commonly thought that kings z>inum
perors are very spAring Of speech
plain that they have all opened 3
mouths freely to you
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10
a NEW HMPIRE m AMKRIcA.

The long line Of roads consolidated
from Chicago to Mobile belosgs to one
corporation, consisting Of . few indi
viduals. The roads from Nsrfolk to
Memphis viii soon be an unit, and
owned By mss who already owa lines
extending from the Mississippi 10 Bris-
tol. The Psducah and Memphis toad has
lapssd into the banda Of three or four
bondholderA and We ses how the Penn-
sylvaaia Central appreciated By Col.
Scott, has united railways from New
York and Philsdelphia 10 s. Louis.
and thence 10 vinits and aeross the
Panhandle to meet Hantington coming
down the coast from San Francisco.
Jay Gould. not oontsnt with hss trsns-
continental line from New York City
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10

Meeting with one smother all the indi-
viduals of the human race. Memory,
too, is a record book from whose pages
nothing is ever erased and if our own
will fail to turn the leaves, anothe-'s
may do the task for US and read from
the endless volume recitsls of fact
which we thought we had forgotten.
Tho acute medium reads when the sub-
Iect who listens does not confess that
what he hears is written there. The
table creaks and we hear sounds as if
drops Of water were falling on it, but
knowing not "whence it cometh or
whittier it goeth," it does not fol-
low that 1t is not projected
by some unknown physical, more prob
ably than by an equally unknown and
intangible and inviIible spiritual, force.
The probabilities are, if we listen to
our experience, all in favor of the sub
stantial and against the spiritual origin
of these noisy and often senseless man
ifestations. What we ask as final, is
the accomplishment of that simple
feat alleged to be done by spiritists
every day. Let the law of gravitstion
be plainly suspended, and table, un-
touched by human hands, leap into the
air, and then we will begin to inquire
whether a new law of philosophy in
morals or new code in physical science
has been announced. II tables dance
hornpipes and queer vague answers to
questions are vouchsafed US from
another world, we have many other
questions to ask before we assent to
the conclusion that because written
under table and without a pencil,
they are written by the spirits of the
dead, and though the Bible often ad-
verts to the presence and existence of
spirits, good and bad, the worlds ex-
perience teaches that these ''Institu-
tions" became extinct about 1900 years
ago, and if only few people, here and
there, see spirits, it does not follow
that we, the great mass of mankind,
having no such experiences, should ac-
cept conclusions deduced wholly from
testimony taken aliunde, and in man
ner by no means satisfactory to the
plaintiff.
Each of US is prepossessed, from
Bible,reading, in favor of some occult
agency that comes like the witches of
old or "devils cast out" We are CROP
ing about in the dark at best and seek
ing some sure resting place for timid
faith that goes barefoot over the uni
verse till weary and in despair-it is
at last too ready to accept, without
reason, the evidence preferred of su-
pernatural Intervention. While we
would not say that there is not "much
more in heaven and earth than is
dreamed of in our philosophy" we
must still insist that no new principle
or force or source of moral truths, af-
fccting the present and future life, has
any claim to intelligent or scientific &C.
ceptapce which is not based on thor
ough investigation. Does spiritism
stand the test9 There are lawyers and
Judges and scholars lnouirinp eyerv-
where. Men of learning, chemists like
Hare and judges like Mapes and Ed
munds, accepted the facts and
philosophy of the exponents OF. this
faith. The Investigate IN lr'gresses
even in this city, and we are unbeliev-
ers awaiting some development or dem
onstration which may be even partial
ly conclusive.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10
Pitchers
CaStOria.

Mothers may have rest and their babies may
have health II they will use CastOria for Wind
Collie. Worms Fever shness, Sore Mouth, Group
or Stomach Complaints. IL Is entirely Vegeta-
BILE preparation and contains neither mineral
morphine nor alcohol Ii is as pleasant to take
aa honey, and neither gags nor gripes
DIR T.. DimOch, OF Ddpont, Ohio, says:
~ am using Castoria In my practice with the
most signal benefits and happy results"
This Is what everyone says. Most muses. In
New York City use he CastOria- II Is prepared
Yorr. successor % Samuel Pitcher, M. d.
d&w iy2taw tilje92
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10
Political.

The Philadelphia Enquirer, which
has ever been an underrsted Radical
Newspaper, saws that it Is easy 10 un-
derstand that the carpet-baggers do
not like the policy of the President,
for it simply portends their extermina-
tion, making them an extinct species
of American politicians. II the pro.
verbal worm will turn, we can expect
no more from the average carpet bag
ger. There is no animate thing that
would not protest, If it could, against
its own summary destruction, no matter
how much of nuisance it was, and
the csrpet-bsggers, in resisting being
done for, are only obeying the first
law of nature, that of self preservation.
But things that do cumber the ground,
and things that are nuisances, must OF
necessity yield, sooner later, to the in
evitsble, and the sense Of justice in the
American people, enforced by Presi-
dent Hayes, renders it inevitable that
the statesman whose symbol is car
pet-bag should disappear from our
politics. Everything that hopes or
expects to continue to live must show
some excuse for its being, and this the
carpet baggers cannot do. Just now
he stands in the way Of right and JUS
tice, and President Hayes says that
he must on. We can assure him that
there is no help for it. He has had
his day, and pretty long day 1t has
been, too "A good one for him
and a bad one for the country.
He should be satisfied with his past,
and not obstruct the future.
When he talks, as he does talk, OF
President Hayes betraying the Repub.
licsn party by ordering him to get out
of the way Of justice, amity and
fraternsl feeling, he is talking the
sheerest nonsense. He is not, Is he
assumes to be, the Republican party
any more than one Of Sherman's bum
mers, robbing the hen-roosts Of Geor.
gia, was Sherman's army. He is no
more the Republican party than is the
barnacle clinging to the bottom OF the
ship, and impeding its progress, the
ship itself. He 10 but an uLwholesoms,
retarding excrescence, and the Presi-
dent proposes to purify and strengthen
the patty by getting nd of him. II he
likes TO fasten himself to the Demo
cratic ship. and it likes to have him,
on honest Republican will greatly re-
gret his desertion. But we doubt II
be is wanted by either party. Ger
tainly he hindered, not helped, the
Republican party; and, il permitted,
be will do much more for the opposi
ton.
He should endesvor TO understand
that the Southern policy Of the new
administration, which leaves him un q.
provided for, is nothing less than the
capitalization Of the will Of both par
ties. President Hayes, in carrying it
out, is only enforcing the wishes Of all
good men, and If to-day the county
were called upon to vote for or against
it, she people would all vote aye, leav-
ing only the carpet-baggers and Wen
dell Phillips TO vote nay. They are
too few 10 60 TO war; Q better plan for
them 10 follow would be to 90 TO work.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10

THE New York Worlds party gov
erns the city and State Of New York.
when it wins power at sll, through the
vote of 9 terrible mob of which Tweed
and his ring were proper moral of
shoots and products. The New York
World, therefore, opposes the restric-
ton of suffrage to taxpayers in local
municipal elections, and tells US grave,
ly: "The leaders should instI uct and
rule the rabble, and not the rabble the
leaders," This Is we'll enough, and
while the process of instruction goes on
iu bull-dozed Southern States and
cit es, it would be we'll. perhaps, to
give local, county and town govern
msnts a share of security against our
Tweeds, our Connollys and Halls, who
are not always o. X. There can be
neither prosperity nor progress, nor
schools nor churches nor progressive
civilization in communities mastered
by ignorance, vice and barbsrism. We
can remove and cure these evils slow
ly, and meanwhile should be exempt
from their domination that this bcnef-
cent purpose may be accomplished.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10

SENATOR CHRIsTrAxcT, the liberal
Republican from Michigan, tells Hon.
Ben Hill, Of Georgia, that he 10 ready
to sacrifice his party on the altar Of
allegiance to country, and that the
only mode Of destroying Democracy
will be found in the dissolution Of the
Republican organizstion. Meanwhile,
the Cincinnati Eaquirv congrAtulates
the country that Rspablieanisn rapidly
becomes extinct.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10

In State and Federal elections let
suffrage be universal. In county and
town elections the privilege should be
restricted to taxpayers. The State
affects the man and his personal
rights and protects his liberty; the
county and town affect property alone.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10

TIE incOiruptible, immutAble, old
line Whig, John d. Defreese, has
properly supplanted Clapp as public
printer at Warrington. Mr.. Defreese
Is honest and capable HIS son-in-lAw,
c. P. oakly, not long ago, was gen.
eral ticket agent Of the Texas and
Pacific road, at Marshall.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10

SAN RANDALL voted against the re-
establishment OF the mint in New Or
leans. He opposes the Southern
branches to Tom scott's Pennsylvania
road extended, sometimes called the
Texas Pacific. Randall also voted to
destroy all Southern navy yards and
statlOus
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10

IT rs said that Commodore Morgan
is preparing 10 take cotton from Hous-
ton 10 New Jersey fer IS and to Bos-
ton for $50 for each compressed bale.
Thus will be sll-rsil rates, it is ssid.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10

A pamphlet entitled "a Glance at
the Future" and said TO have been
written by an Austrian Archduke. has
created mueh comment In Austrian
military circles. TIE author considers
that . war between Austria and Russia
will be inevitable in case Of bostilities
opening between thelatter and Turkey.
He comedies With the remark Of Gen.
Feyedef, that il will not be At Con-
stantinople, but ct Vienna. that the
Oriental question will BE- solved.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10

IT u blessed rshectioa, accepted a.
such even By HarP~is RasEly, that We
hsss . prsndsnt noyed By the highest
impalses Of pstriotisn instead Of the
lowest Instinets 81 party.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10
BAD BREATH.

Nothing Is so unpleasant, nothing so common
as rad breath and IN nearly every casa II C mes
from the stomach, and can be So easil. .nrrecIe ed
II You Will take SimmOns's Liver RrgLittOr. Do
not neglect so sure T medy for this repulsiVe
disorder IL will also improve your appetite,
complexio and general health.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10
SICK HEADACHE.

THIS distressing affiiction occurs most fire.
Quenily. The disturbance OF the omach ariI-
lug from the imperfeItly digesied contents.
with di,Asrevable nausea, and this CO >srtutes
what is popularity known as Sick Headache.
j. H. ZEILIN 6 CO.,
Sole propriotors Simmons's Liver Regulator.
Philadelphia
As Remedy In
MALARIoUS FEvERS, BOWEL COM
PLANTS, DYSPEPSIA, MENTAL DEPRES-
SION, RESTLESSNESS, JAUNDlCE. NAU-
SEA SICK HEADACHE, CoLIC, CONS rtPA-
TON AND BlLIOUSNESS
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10
PILES.

How miny suffer torture day after day, max
Ing life = burden and robbing existence OF all
Piles. Yet relief Is ready to the band OF almost
any ono who W II use systematically the remedy
that has perm anently cured thousands. No
drastic, violent purge, but gentle assistant OF
nature.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10
1T HAS NO EQUAL.
Caution.

AZ there are q number OF limitations offered
TO the public We would caution the commun-
ity 20 buy no Powders or prepared SIMM0NS'S
LIVER REGULATOR unless in oar engrAv, d
wrappers with Trade Mark, stamp and signature
unbruken. None other is genuine
j ZEILIN CO.,
nosdcodAwlyr Macon, Ga. and Philadelphia
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10

The meeting at DeadUood, Dakota,
on Saturday evening in favor Of crea-
ting . territory Of the ''Blsck Hills, +"
TO be called "LiDcoln," illustrates the
rApidity with which American enter
prise follows on the heel OF American
discovery. But the other day Dead
wood was an Indian hunting ground
and the Black Hills scarcely more than
Q fiction on the maps. Nov the coun-
try syarms with miners, and in the
daily intelligence Of highway robber-
les, murders and mass meetings, we
recognize the presence Of high civili-
zation. Make way, sister territories,
for baby ''Lincoln.n
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10
CONSTIPATION

Should not be regarded as a triAing
ailment-in fact nature demSnds the
utm0st regularity Of tn, bowels, and
any deviation from this demand paVes
tho wAv often 20 serious danger. IL
Is quite as necessary to remove i'm
pure accumulations from the bowels
rs II lie to eat o. sleep, and no heal b
can be expected where n costiVe
habit of hOdv nreyaiia
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10

ASK the recovered dyspeptics, Bill. l.ous suffer
er-, victims OF Fever and Agur, mtrcnriAl dis
eased patients how they recovered health, cheer
ful spirits and good appetite they will tell you
by taking SIMMoSs's LIVER REGULATION.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-05-10
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| ache, mouth tastes
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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-11-06
PEN, INK AND SCISSORS.

- The President has promised to. visit
Now Orleans during the Christmas holidays.
A Lodge of Good Tomplars was organ
lied at Front Royal, W., a few days ago, by
Mr.. J. Rice Smith, of Berryville.
- Four little daughters of a resident Of
Robeson county, N. c., diod of diptheria and
were buried in one grave on Sunday week.
Gen. John NJ. Harlan, of Kentucky,
has been appointed by the President to tho
vacant seat upon the Supreme Court bench.
- The Iowa Methodist Conference resolved
to entreat all ministers and members who use
tobacco to desist for conscience's sake; and
to vote for the admission of no one to the
conference who uses tobacco without pledge
that he will abandon it.
- Judge Hugh ". Sheffey, of Virginia,
arrived in Baltimore on Friday, and in leay>
ing President street depot on his way to
Barnums Hotel, was robbed of twenty dol
lars he had loosely in his pocket. The
money was taken in a crowd, several persons
jostling against him.
- The Shenandoah Herald says: "An>
drew Hoffman, while engaged in working
road in Edinburg last Wednesday, complained
of being sick, remarking to a companion, 4
am sick as a horse, and in few minutes said,
Il am blind as bat He then fell over and
almost Immediately expired"
- President Washington once wrote let
ter to J. T. Mercer. which has just been
printed for the FIRST time. He says in it "1
never mean (unless some particular eircum-
stance should compel me to iD 10 possess
another slave by purchase, it being among
my first wishes to see some plan adopted by
the Legislature whereby slavery in this
country may be abolished by Glow, sure and
imperceptible degrees"
"A merchant of New York who trades
with San Domingo says that the steamer Ty-
bee, on her last voyage from that port, took
100000 copper coins of the denomination of
one cent pieces for use in that city. These
coins were manufactured by button manu>
featuring firm in New York and are worth
only onc-ffth of their nominal value. On
their arrival in San Domingo the business
people held an indignation meeting and pro-
tested against their issue. The government
accordingly withdrew the coins.
THE AMERICAN AGRIcULTUR1sT for No
vembcr is complete and valuable number,
as is every issue of this frst-cl.ss publica>
tion. Orange Judd Co, New York, pub
fishers.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1877-11-06
Spirit Of yeffersolr,
Charlestown, JEFFERSON County, Ws,t Va.
TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER G, 1877.
DEFERRED ARTICLES.
WINCHESTER PREsBYTERY.

A statement of the opening of the recent
session of the Presbytery of Winchester, ut
Kearneysville, in this county, was given in
our last. From the official proceedings given
by the Stated Clerk, Rev. j. r. Graham, wo
copy the following:
Corresponding NemJcr-Rev. N. @. Will
liams of Presbytery of Huron.
Observation-Disclosures J. p. Strider 30
Prcsbytery of Chesapeake.
Rccciycd-Candidate w. II. Woods from
Presbytery of Transylvania who after cx-
animation, was licensed as Probationer for
the Gospel Ministry. Mr.. Woods is expected
to labor with Rev. II. NJ. White in his pas
toral charge.
Church to be Organizcd-Near Stickley's
Spring, Frederick county, Va, Rev. ". A.
Crawford and G. w. Hollis, and Elder Il. w.
Miller the Committee.
Rcsjgnations tcn0crcd-Rcv. II. e. Brown
asked leave to resign the pastoral charge of
Falling Water and Tuscarora. Presbytery
cited these churches to appear by their Com-
missioners, at an adjourned meeting to be
held in Alexandria, during the session of
Synod.
CuN-From Cedar Creek church for Pas
toral services of Rev. j. B. Morton. The
Cnurcn hau leave 10 prosecute TINS call De1ore
the Prcsbytcry of Augusta.
Book of Church Ordcr-The following
Committees were appointed to consider, and
report upon this Book, when it shall be
placed in their hands, viz On Form of Gov.
ernmcnt, Rev. Mcssrs. Hopkins, Cumpston
and Scott; Elders G. H. Turner and Joseph
McMurrcn On Book of Discipline, Rev.
Messrs Finley, Woodwork and Armstrong,
Ind A
hart.
Education Of Colorcd NjniAers-Presby>
terry "rcitcratcd its unabated interest in the
objects proposed to be reached by the AS
sembly; but finds itself not yet prepared to
cooperate in the methods proposed for reach,
| ing those Objects"
Minutes OF Gen. STANDARDIZATION taken
as follows:
l. Tie Bible Causc-Presbytcry "directs
all its sessions to bring this important subject
to tho attention of their respective churches
and to take such steps as will secure for it an
annual contribution"
.. Dancing-Presbytery directs "that the
answer of the Assembly to the overture from
tho Prosbytcry of Atlanta be read from all
our pulpits."
8. Theological Education-Tho special at>
tention of Presbytcry was called to tho action
of the Assembly on this subject.
t. Foreign Missions-In compliance with
tho INDUCTION of the Assembly, all our minis
tcrs were directed to preach on this subject,
and the session to form somo plan toward
augmcnting the gifts of the people.
5. Special attention was also called to the
action of the Assembly on tho subject of ed
ucstion, of Sabbath Schools, and of the Pres
byterian Historical Society and also to the
series of questions (P. 4D which must hcrc>
after furnish the basis of our Narrative to the
Gen. Assembly.
The next stated meeting will bo held in
Charlestown, Jefferson county, April 18th,
1878, at II o'clock, p. NJ.
Presbytery adjourned to meetin Alexandri'
during the session of Synod.
j. r. GRAHAM,
| Stated Clerk,