The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-02-14

edged. Mr.. Stephens left the sen.
tence uacOmpleted, and went on tc
say:
But let these questions be buried Sc
deep as never TO be resurrected. Whsc
shall we 90 in the future Down
South we are doing the best that We
can for the colored people, hoping esr
nestly that they will nit themselves for
a higher civilization. The fiIg no
longer floats over provinces, but over
States; no longer over subjects, but
can we not lock hopefully
to the fu,urel Mr.. President and Mr..
Spesker-Is it delusion3 Is it q
fancy which l have INDUCED in that
there is a nobler and grander future
| for these United States than anything
that we have yet attained. IL NAV be
i delusiOD, but it is one of which do
not wish IL divest my mind while
iinger on this stage. Let all psrues
and sll sections do Justice to the COM
I pOnert elements of our community
| every where according to our constitr-
ucnal power and right. Let harmony
snd peace prevail. Let sectional strife
be done away with, and then there is
higher aud a grsnder future for US;
but if the embers of the last most
lamentable war are left, and a little
additional fuel comes to lame them
up again; il the conflict OF classes the
conflict of labor and capital; the con-
flict of that profound chronological
question which we have all got to set
tie, ard the most difficult one ever
committed to the consideration of
statesmen or philsnthropists, shall
break out and these dangerous ele-
ments be again aroused, / greatly fear
that the recent troubles and disasters
through which we have just passed
will prove to be but the shadow, the
penumbra of a deeper and more
dreadful eclipse which will come upon
this continent blighting Snd blasting
the brightest and best hopes of man.
kind. Should that he SO, then some
future bard may sing:
"The Star OF Hope shone brightest in the
The Star OF Liberty-the last, the best
| II, too has set upon her darkened Shore
And hope and freedom light up Earth no more.
General applause.
The Vice President announced that
the object for which the two houses
had convened having been accomplish
Cd, the Senate would retire to Its
chamber. The Senate thereupon re-
tired and the ceremony closed.
Among the notable persons who &C.
cupied chairs on the area in front of
the speakers desk were Mrs. Elizabeth
Thompson, the donor, Mr.. L. B. Car
penter, the artist, and his wife, Mrs.
Lynde, of Wisconsin, and Mrs. S. S.
Cox, of New York, Mrs. Sprsgue, the
daughter of Chief Justice Chase, and
Messrs. Stoddard and Nicolay, formerly
of President Lincoln's official house
hold.
1t is understood that the joint COM
mittee on the library will indicate the
place where the picture is to be hung
permanently.
WASHINGTON, February 12.-Colo-
mel j. K Fourtelotte, aide de camp ON
General Sherman's staff, has been or
dered to New Orleans and report to
Msj1r General Hancock, commanding
Military Division of the Atlantic, now
engaged on a tour of inspection.
Senator Harris, of Tennessee, is not
seriously sick.
The President has appointed John
A. Spear and Francis Fouhtaine 90
honorary commissioners TO the Paris
Exposition.
The Star says that Capt. Merriman,
of the life saving marine service, who
was directed by tie Secretary of the
Treasury to investigate the loss OF
the Metropolis, has returned from
Carrltuck and submitted his report
thst the life saving marine service did
all that was possible, and has been IN
justly censured. Some specimens of
the Nj tropolis's frame work brought
by Capt. Merrjman show that
she must have been in a very rotten
condition.
RICHMOND, Va, February 49, TIE
Brignsly Italian Opera Combination
gave two splendid performances at
Mozart Hall last night and to-day,
which were attended by large audi
euces composed OF the elite of Rich
mond. They play in Norfolk We'd
nesday night, and go thence to Ra-
leigh, Columbia, Augusta, Charleston
and the Atlsntic and Southern cities.
WASHINGTON. February 12.-Tbe
Committee on Ways aud Means have
concluded schedule ID, relating to
wines and liquors. They propose no
change.
WORCESTER, Mass, February 12.-
G. Abr1c's mill burned. Loss, 500,
900
ALBANY, N. Y, February IA
bill was introduced IN the Senate per-
hitting pool selling on the race track.
FORTRESS MONROE, Va, February
12.-The steamship Gulf Stream, hav-
ing been disabled during a storm, was
towed into Hampton Roads to-day by
a steamer.
LONDON, February 12-In reply to
questions from several foreign courts,
the papal nuncios have been instructed
to announce that the funeral of the
late Pope will be privately celebrated
in the Sistine chapel on the sixteenth,
seventeenth and eighteenth instants,
consequently persons attending the
service will do so in private manner.
[Note-This is undoubtedly to avoid
the necessity of assigning special &C.
commodatiOns at the funeral for the
Italian royal family aud ministers, or
refusing to do so, and gives color to
the report in the Vienna dispatch in
this mornings Standard
The Cardinals, by vote of 30 to 10,
rejected the idea of a reconciliation
with the Italian government.
LONDON, February 12.-Lord Derby,
In the House Of Lords, replying to
Lord Granville, said that he hoped to
be able to inform the House on Thurs
day that the intention of the govern
ment has been carried out, and that
the fleet is before Constantinople.
France and Itsly have suspended their
movements towards sending their fleets,
probably because firman was refused.
Regarding Austria he only knew she
had asked for q firman. The only diff
| ficulty regarding the conference was
about the place of meeting, which diff
fculty, he believed, would be over
come.
ROME, February THE condition
of the Pope changed seriously for the
worse during the night, and His Holt
ness has already received the last sac
raments. The Cardinal Visor has been
summoned to the Vatican and or
der has been given to prevent any per-
son from having access to the Pope's
apartments. Egress from the Vatican
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