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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-06-14
CONVOCATlON OF THk LEGIS-
LATURE.

A correspondent asks why We do
not urge Governor Hubbard to convoke
the Legislature. The reason is simple
but valid. II there be those who
think, IS do many, especially of farm
ing populations, that divers laws should
be revised and remodeled and that the
Constitution must be reformed, 1t is
still quite needless for a newspaper at
the capital tn urge action by his Excel
lsncy. People might suspect the
STArEsMAN of selfish purposes-but
the public printing is now done in Gal
weston or Houston or Dallas as we'll as
in Austin, and the people, unsdvised
Of the fact, are apt to ascribe selfish
purposes to publishers. Then it is er-
roneously supposed that we have stock
In all the tayerns and boarding houses
Of tho capital. There was never a
more grievous error. Having no
special interest In the printing bus
mess that Is not common TO all pub
fishers, and having ''no fish to fry" for
any tavern and no public printing in
terest more than any publisher in Tex
a., we may be permitted to say that
many of the appropriations made by
the last Legislature have been, or soon
will be, wholly exhausted, and that
grievous wrong, from this cause, has
not only befallen the pensioned vetrr-
ana but many others to whom the
State is indebted. The gathering in
Of taxes is progressive, and there are
wanting laws under which money thus
collected may be paid out, and if these
large sums be thus withdrawn from
circulation, the government of Texas
cooperating with the Federal treasury,
the stringency will be unprecedented
= property must still decline even
n ily in value. The less the
money in circulation the
EE lue Of real and other prop
c less the rewards of labor.
stp Squeezes US tightly enough,
cas- overnor Hubbard give the
ealth "besr's" hug. every
the bond, land and warrant
IA viii be utterly destroyed.
4as nv commands IL or IS per
IN faultless collaterals. II
Ature be not convened to re-
l1 IS affecting borrowers and
q s enabling the first to ''desig-
homestead rs contemplated
Constitution, every debtor in
. has happened in older States,
wholly ruined. The tax laws
land towns Of 10, 600 inhahi-
! The suffrage in corporations
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-06-14

GEN. Boz TooNBs amIses the multi
tude when he speaks. There is the
lightning fash of genius in his fierce,
Vindictive, epigrammatic sentences
that give intellectual delight; but no.
body is influenced by his incoherent
defamation. He Is Prometheus
chained to the rock of the dead past,
anu the vuirure or disappointed ambi-
ton gnaws at his heart-strings. We
live for the future. Bob Toombs's
neck is twisted aud his face fxedly
turned backward. He Is great even
in his sullen madness, and it is only
unfortunate that when he speaks and
the people applaud his opinions are
ascribed to the audience. On the con
trary, men born since Toombs passed
from fields in which he gave direction
to popular opinion now direct com
ing events, and Northern newspaper
that deem Toombs a representative
exponent of Southern opinion arr
grievously in error.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-06-14

Hon. L. J. STOREY is pleased to say,
and triumphantly, that Col. Darden is
fully sustained, in all that he has dene
in reference to the corn-crib and smoke
house tax, by the Constitution and laws
of Texas. If Col. Darden had done
less or acted differently he would have
stained his soul with perjury. But
Darden preferred the right to popu-
larity and sought to obey the law
rather than injunctIons of demsgog-
Ism. Moreover, the excellent Comp
troller knows full well that the surest
mode of freeing ourselves from bad
laws is to be found in their rigid en-
forcement. The good people that
sent stupid fellows to the constitution
al convention will soon employ sensi-
BILE men to reform errors into which
incapacity fell, and before Major Yves
has convinced anybody that these law
givers knew what they were about
Col. Darden will have new cod
written and the farmer relieved o
theI niquitous tax which pokes it
ugly nose, at q most inconvenient sec
son, into his overlooking bread basket
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-06-14

Ex-Governor, GEN. AMEs, son-in-
law to our Ben Spoons, and late Gov
ernor, so-called, of Mississippi when a
province of Grants empire, becomes
the resident manager OF Cock-eyed
Ben's sheep ranch in Colorado. Ames
was always sheepish-looking and de-
voted to the wool business. He made
his jack by it in Mississippi.
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Bolton is a fine town of 1000 inhab

Bolton is fine town OF 1000 inhabi-
tants, beautifully situated on the banks
Of the River Leon, six miles above its
junction with the Lampssas- A con-
siderable stream, called Nolan's creek,
passes through the town, and Is crossed
BY . suspension bridge. The scenery
is highly romantic and beautiful in the
neighborhood Of the bridge. and bears,
in some respects. striking resemblance
TO Reedy river ~ 1t flows through tie
CITY Of Greenville, South csrohns.
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INSURANCE OIL.
THE BEST FAMILY SAFETY OIL

THE INSURANCE OIL Is the only Bluu.ius..
ing oil that hAs the ful endorsement Of an The
America.
The sample OF Insurance. on stands the high
est test 81 Hash and banning polst Of any Oh ey-
Of Underwriters -
Tor Illuminating purposes the Insarnncs on IL
perfectly safe.-NeW 0rlesns Board Of Health.
* ~ our opinion that the general uss Of the
InsurHnee on would greatly redace the number
=, Amp hres and sxPlosionss and isssen tbs rtsk
o. destruction 20 life and pnopeTfy-Neg Or
leans Board Of Un1erWriEefs
Fafbers and mothers who desire the safety o.
their children and homes shoaI1 nse TIE IA6CR-
ASCR OIL = -
-. Put NJ n beet barrels. asS Also
New Patent Heaess cans.
For s.ie By JERyY PETIT 4 co., Gal
weston. Hoastcn and Aastiss Texas.
!. ". WoLDRHDGE, Aga, Ausss..
T., q a sSa Al f: sss 5 Be- s''sA'''s ''- o''
jew
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Morris en- Comha.tanl
II Amt arnhrs, IGN -

The grave is covered by two great
slabs Of stone, but one of these has
been pushed up from below by an arm.
This arm reaches out from the dark
opening of the grave and gropes on the
surface OF the other slab for a sword
which lies dear. The arm and sword
are of bronze. The idea of this tomb
reminds one of the Gothic ghastliness
that pleased Albrecht Durer and the
engravers of his day, but the monu-
mcnt is also one of those trumpet-calls,
silent but never-ceasing, which keep
alive hatred and finally summon q con-
quered nation to terrible acts Of retail
o ion.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-06-14

THE last survivor of the first mission
aries sent to Texas, forty years ago, by
the Methodists, preached last Sunday
in Bryan. His name is Robert Alexan-
der
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NJ. Bartholdi, the sculptor of the co:

s11S 9~1E PVT OH SHO vt
lossal Liberty" is, according to IN
article by Chas. de Kay in !Scri5ner for
June, the author of design for grave
stone of singular vigor and boldness,
which commentaries the men fallen in
French ranks during the late Franco
German war. What the feeling IN
Colmar at annexation to Germany
must be, can perhaps be learned from
brief mention of the design. The
maidstone is severely plain but mas
sive, and upon it one reads these words
only.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-06-14

voir, On the Gulf coast of Mississippi,
between Mobile and New Orleans, and
preparing his memoirs. He is in ex-
cellent health and looks younger than
he did few years ago.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-06-14

OF the finest garden spots of the world.
A letter writer says: ''Belton is
the county seat of Bell county, which
is near the center of the State, and is
regarded as one of the finest farming
counties in Texas. 1t is rapidly filling
up with an energetic and industrious
population, consisting almost entirely
of white people. / do not think that
| have seen more than half a dozen ne
groes since l left Waco. At the close
of the war the population of this
county amounted to about two thou
sand. They now number between ff-
teen and twenty thousand. During
the few days have been in the county
l have met with a number of South
Carolinians. They are all delighted
with the country of their adoption,
and are generally doing WE'LL"
A writer for an Eastern paper says
Of the country about Salado, that ''con.
siderable attention is paid 10 the rails
ing Of cattle and sheep in this region.
The traveller, as he moves over the
prairies, is almost constantly passing
fine cows and oxen of the largest size.
The mich cows, many of them, are q
wonder to behold. A day or two ago
saw in this town q COW which Yields
SIX gallons of milk per day. One never
tires of looking at her symmetrical and
magnificent proportions. As far as 1
have been able to ascertain, the laws
are faithfully executed, and the officers
OF justice are diligent aud earnest in
their Efforts to repress crime Of every
kind. In these respects think that
Texas will compare fayorably with the
older States"
As an evidence Of what industry and
perseverance, will accomplish on q Tex
a. farm, We clip the following facts
from an exchange; In 1871, Mr., w.
a, Jones, Of Llsno county, who was
without pecuniArY msans. fenced .
Geld OF laud, the owner Of which was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-08
AN ANXIOUS HEIR.

Mrs. Deborah Westerlield, an aged lady, has a
life in considerable property under marriage set
tlement and has under it power to dispose or the prop
crty by will Some years ago declared insane,
and guardian Of her estate appointed In proceed
mgs taken recently, the guardian directed to pay
81 800 year tor her support, being nearly all the III
come Of the estate Peter 3. Ross, one Of tho
nephews who viii be entitled to Mrs. Wcstei-
GePs property II she dies - intestatc, applied 70
set aside this order, least for reference to asco
tain whether should be set aside lie claimed that the
heirs had notice Of the proceeding and should have
been heard on matter a citing their pecuniafy inter
cst General Sanford IN reply stated that the husband
had only about $500 year OF his own and Tor years had
had no business Mrs Westerted had bought the house
occupied by Ia, and mad fitted mp for herself care
fully. This nephew had suggested removing her 10 a
tenement house.
"On, no. said the counsel for the other side, De sg
gcstcd that she should occupy French fiat"
General Sanford insisted that such g Chnge would
hasten the death ~ The old lady. Judge DAVIS fastened
10 assure him he need discuss that question. aud
General sanford urged that the pfc-en, style OF living
was that % which the old couple mad been used before
The misfortune % the wife. and that that
always needed for her, ana servants aud medical
attendance. $1,000 year was not large sum. Before
this disease had assaled Mrs Westerrd, she had made
WILL aud J was probable he Thought, that Mr.. Ross
would have no more rights in her estate IN tic future
than he had nj present.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-08

S,u,rene Court. hambers-By Davis Navarro
art Duuc ,n: three cases-See the
mi Nab. Ie0uarl-See memorandum. Iagbein Roll
,yaq.n-Orirr granted; memorandum. McGregOr agt
rrneelf defendant nay SO OF this motion and APP
rer az such tmt place To- further examination shall be
ND hv plaintiffs attorneys his contempt viii be
"eryi &C. an order will he entered adiudeug him In
terD Bates agt STANDARDIZATION denied, with $40 costs
of ouu,slug 20 abide or action. ROrgln Buc
Motion granted Luther " Emerson cyp0ate receiver 20 give
hand m OuO te natcr Of Hutton; In TIE matter Of Myers.
Let ths 70 calendar. Murphy Ger
liz. cunning af 0ti: McGath ag Covert; IN the matter
at Mo (rar Church OF aIe- Orders granted In the
Ter az Earle Do iha Apology and oterS-fet this
-. c H assessment calendar. Dcycn Martin
lev judge aerence- the mattcrof HenuquesGranted.
Dr,l act ufUe-I Of the opinion that the injunction
should h. continued uniu inc cause can DC tii.d Motion
granted wiz costs.
Common Ifegs-Spocidl ieym-l}y Judge Van Hoe
scu-Gossasf agt STANDARDIZATION denied with $40 costs.
Dunn art MOUNTAINEERING resettlcd and signed. phillips
AIT BltcsMoiion 10 dismiss complaint grantei with sl0
casts st,mmc ag fredOerg-MJtiOn 10 amend complaint
granted Matter Of Tag and sheuer AIT shener Refer.
,ces ordered Matter ~ And rsonOTder 10 advertise
granted. GILBERT agl: DELANEY be referred Baker
ACT Hefzal and Katzenscm AIT. kaizons eln.-Ordcrs
gauted Janison agt Mckay application sraut.d Hanson
AT Clausrn.-order 10 advance cause granted Gus
sage ar. stoyena, aud Ross asL sIeyens
Motion denied with SfO costs 20 defendants Webster AIT
HopiensleEurdor 10 adyanee cause gisnted Matter OF
authority for such Ofdcrt itich AIT tohcnMO
lion rented, and appeal dignisred Matter of sohacherAD
order 10 show viii be granted Moore agt Carleton
Motion dismissed. with ~ eOstsCourtpas sgt Comte.-Ap
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Gated, because every commercial and National
fre gs t,s Sa,gg 5h the so i co
tle n. hyeT, shah be common rosd Tor Tor
Portland. SAT- Lake ard South Pass Railroads because
there for onl fola through these passes
which constitute che 1ner nopye Of America, and lin
through them would cOptDl them for all time that the
even sections within the limits oi he grant shall be open
10 settlement under The laws az - p per acre
acres; th9t afirr i've v.'rl from fhe cenpetiop of
any section Of the rOad tine railroad lands within the
completed portions may, no the option of the company
be sold at auction for not loss however than 81 - pr
acre buyers being limited to a single section, the pro-
oecs % go 10 the credit OF the company IN the Treasury
OF me United states the lands uusn!d 90 be open 10 settle
De applied to tie rcienpiion of the rst lc con-
tons and excessive CHARGES by the companies, ana
alter amend or repeal tho act
This mea ure was ~ accordance with the almost unan-
l3us wish Oh people scattered over $4,000 square
mHeSn territory nearly twice rs large France three
times as large ~ Great Britain and Ireland. After
that region Mr. Mitchell closed bv xpr,s NJ hi belief
tnat ihe proposed reaiusiment would be accepted by
the rue interests OF tc country ehod not be sborin.
ated 10 me wishes Of that or any other co pOratOn
anythn for or against The Bin II matter OF GREAT
importance. Tho company bound 20 finish inc road
20 70 had forfeited IFS rights 10 an The lands granted and
hctyc patented toit This bill was practically new grant
To nearly 100000 acres Of land. Whether IL was
.hu1 tne Government 6Aon;i wave Us flghs 10
the m should be reported from the Committee Rail
ioad. mere were several questions which he would
IKE L" have considered by the committee, as TO how
many acres OF lana had been patented to the company
no" many acres It entitled 10 for which It had
mol received, what mortgages had been executed. etc
MI MlTCHELL said the Secretary Of the Interior on
the l4th Of Noycmbcr last cont to the Senate in reply
70 resolution submitted ~ him. statement III regard
10 some oi the inquiries just submitted By the Senator
nom ONO Cir IhurmanJ. His statement showed that
me whole number Of miles OF road competed was
53Ol2, and tnat 743,493ilq5 OF land had been
patented by the company.
The bill was then referred to the Committee on Rail-
roads
Tie concurrent resolution received from the
House OF Representatives. providing holiday
from December 10 TO January 10, and was laid bcioe
the Senate Agreed 90.
Tho senate, 40 2ij o'clock, went into executive sos-
SION ana when the doors were reOpencd, adjourned until
Monday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-08
CIVIL NOTES.

Another first cousin, who. though dead, is
represented By the administrator OF her estate, sub
mitted claim 10 snare In the Merritt estate, yesterday,
al White Plains.
Judge Sedgwick yesterday, in Superior
Court Special Term referred the divorce suit OF Cotde
Pelissier, minor, against Emile Pessier, to William
Watson.
Judge Lawrence has decided to continue the
injunction the suit Of Jane Duverna against Ferdinand
W. Hoeele, restraining the defend mt from dspOsng OF
the properties" Of the play OF BabI"
George f. Briggs died in Westchester COun-
~, leaving life interest in his property worth about
$4,000. his wife aud daughters. After their
death the property was to 90 to the child or children 81
on tn. ground OF irregularity in the execution
Edward Carson was tried recently, before
Recorder Hackctt offering glandered horse sale.
The Recorder refused to charge that 70 convict the jury
must be satisfied that the prisoner knew tue horse
diseased The prisoner was convicted Judge Brady
granted yesterday, writ Of error and stay Of eXecu-
ton IN the case.
Francis Moore, editor of The Record of the
Year sued its publishers George w.Careton CO.. Cor
accounting. He says he was to havo 20 cents for
each annual volume Sold and onethird net cash adver
tsemcHts. lie says they have allowed him only
81 OsG - and one-third OF 1928 3d. taking into
count advertisements for which they received, In place
oil cash household furniture agricultural implements
motel passes and exchange advertisements. The petition
was have been heard yesterday by Judge Van Hoesen
but Moores counsel not appearing, 1t was dismissed by
default.
Jane Nelson placed her child, last May, with
Mrs Ann McKcuna promising pay Tor its board. She
has run arrears yet wants her child and applied.
10y habeas corpus to Judge Davis to obtain It. Mr. and
Mrs McKcnna pleaded that they able to FOX IT,
while the mother had already been compelled once, by
poverty, 10 place 70 IN asylum. During the exauina
ton, the child sat IN the mothers zap JGdse DAVIS,
looking down. SAID: " Let me- the ladies'; which ~
them the child g. Counsel replied; " IN mother"
Let her keep It," 'ad Judge Davis and tie mother
walked of trumphantly with her little girl.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-12-08
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.

Bills were introduced and referred; among
them the following.
by Mr. STEPHENS Dem. Gal-Amendatory To the
act Incorporating the Texas Pacific Railroad Company.
by Mr.. COX Dem, " N.l-To organize the Life saving
Service.
b. Mr. SHELLEY Dem, Ala)-To regulate Chinese
immigration.
Mr. CLIMER Dem. PENN offered a resolution in re-
gard putting records and flies House IN
place Of sl>cty against fire. Adopted.
Mr.. WOOD Dem, y. G.,) Chairman Of the Ways and
Means Committee, reported rent resolution for
adjournmtn Congress for the Christmas holidays
from Saturday, December 10 10 January T.
Mr. BUTLER 0tep., 3assD suggested that the House
should adjourn until tuc lotn Oi January, because tho
Sth OF January was good Old Democratic holiday, being
the anniversary OF General JacksOu's victory AT New
Orleans aud the House would probably adjourn over
that day at ANY rate.
AMIR WOOD replied that n his friend from Massachu
scits Gr Bulfr would follow all the Democratic preco-
dents he Or. Wood would have no objection 10 the eX-
tension Of the time.
The resolution. being amended suggested by Mr..
Butler. passed.
TINS being Friday. the Speaker proceeded TO call the
committees FOR reports OF a private nature.
The following bills were introduced and referred:
BY Mr. HOUSE tDcm., Tcun.)-AmendatOIy o. the Tex
as Pacific Railroad Act.
BY Mr. CLARK Dem, N. J.l-FOr the resumption OF
specie payment.
The House then. at I:35 went into Committee OF the
Whole tAr Burcharp Qep l IN the chain, on the prl-
vatc calendar.
Ala O'Clock the committee rose and reported several
bills fayOriby TO the House aud they were thereupon
PASSED
On motion Of Mr. KNOTT, OF Kentucky. the Senate
amendment 20 the bill FOR the relief OF the sufferers by
the wreck Of the Huron was c0ncurTed in.
the House then, at $3.50 o'clock adjourned until Mon
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SHIP NEVIS.
PORT or NETWORK. ....................Dsc T.


PORT or NEw.YORK .....................Dgc T.
CLEARED.
steamship city Of Austin Fernaadna via Port ROY a.
ti@amship Aachora Br) Rceddervick. Glasgow, Hender
steamship Daniel stesnmann, ,BeIg) Lecnere Antwerp
steamship city Of Montreal (Br Brooks Liverpool John
steamship Bagdon lBr) Paterson. Hamburg. Isaac r.
' stcilmshp Brt.aanc OBJ. Thompson Liverpool r. J.
steamship spain ,8r) Grace Liverpool. T. W. J. Harst;
steamship L1udoun Castle, (Brl Marshall London tehher
Steamship A. g. Hines Warren, Pn1adolphia. James Ham
snip Ne Plus Ultra Baden London GrnneIl Nniain
BARK Nomen. l,Sor), Olson, Bordeaux Grand Benham q
Bari Cato tvorl from Aberdeen which arrived The 9Th
in7t and anchored 10 sandy HOOK came up I'D h' c9 ue
morning ana Iepo5s; pee eL oSi - ,o'' 'i'-'' 'P0-'
Park Vale, tNorh Molsr Qgesustown Brockman' oeien
raf H. oar IoT aayre %a, lr. se' and
ARRIVED
s'3ms9p California r ca~9oe GIasgow oo T9 T5. 2'h
steamship Crswell savannah, Dec T. Win mdse sd pass
sieemsii5 Bermud, arl Anrrove 81 John, y. D. Nov
D. and Halifax Dee p, with mdsc aad pass q Clark Sea-
Sasmshp Neptune Berry Boston, with mise and pass to
Bds Toronto 10Y Wnior' coil aeet sates Fconne 80
days in ballast 70 J. r. Whitney Cos anchored Al Hart
HalE Lgur Its camero. Dublin. 47.days via Delaware
Break Tater, IN ballast 20 master
DOMESTIC PORTS
PmADElprA Dec IATive.1 steam'igs ,, Are,, W
MMen Boston g. sflne VIM i;.iHns FtoSl9ef fs
cleared, steamship 3; G Bdile DAVIS NeN- YORK. .,,
NEWOhlEtts Dec arrived. go tAe fas-e'-- teansllps
Rorussa from Liverpool Pror from CaIdai ship N"Aan'
t0rm from Barrow.
KY WEST, Ila. Dec arrived, Norwegian bark Alma
Wogh0di, from B3rleIuX, for orders.
sAvANyAH, Dec 7-rlear,d, steamship lezo1 for New;,
York BARK ihe'cse lGor FOR lirt Digs san AVIATOR OF
Virnl de Los Dolores i>p FOR Barcelona. sailed, Dug
America. BE-. Cos I'd. Mays.
MOVEMENT or OCEAN STEAMSHIP
LoNnON. Dec. Tile steamship \ strong Capt Brown
Newcastle. D. for Boston and NrwN0Ik which put
becg 10 C-rf SOY. l'tA, wh decAs swept sailed again
YESTERDAY
The steamship Tf'nsa capt pohc from Ncw-N0Tx. Nov.
Ism. arrived re Bremen on or on INST.
IhC steamship August andre, capt ye., ito NtN nofk,
Nov. l ~. arrived AZ = tgerU yesterday.
The brig Capt Chandler from FeschleT1 by
Gibraltar. Providence put INTO Royal SOY. lIth
leaking slightly. ~jc had also let rer salls
rFsSIOWN. 1.-ihc williams ard tuol Line steam
shin Montana, Capt BeJler from NewNors Nov .th INST
arrived here AZ o'clock tAs morning ana proceeded 70
Liverpool.
Thcwhite star Line steamship Germaa'c, sailed from here
40 clock III afternoon Tor HcAholz
The Allan Line steamship Cas9cdi. Capt. IIacks, from
Baltimore. Nov. 3lsi A} way oil u4lidh, NOf. 1thi Tor
Liverpool. arrived le.r today .
MOlILLR, Dee. Tho Anchor Line steamship scand'
capt. P4us1, from NeHfOIk NOV. I'm inst. Tor
glasgow. arrived bore today.
ASrwERP. Dee. Tie steamship Auc. Andre. EYER
from NcvYors, arrived here. sailed stausp Herman Lad
Wig Greve. NeV-l York.
For other ship Ye'rs 90 FIN FFys.l