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Yellow Fever Notes.

c. B. Galloway, who kept the Pea
body Hotel open during the fever's
rage in Memphis, is again well and at
his post.
Miss Sallle E. Reneau, poetess and
school teacher of excellent fame, and
daughter OF Gen. n. S Reneau, is one
OF the latest victims of the plague.
The number who have died of vel
low fever up to the seventeenth instant
is 1870. At New Orleans, S549; at
Memphis, 3217; at Vicksburg, 1890 /;
ut Grenada, 279; at Holly Springs,
GAL; at Greenville, 278; at Hickman,
278, etc.
The builders OF cotton compress
wished to import into Montgomery,
Alabama, a block of iron weighing
90, 900 pounds, but the doctors would
not suffer it until it was mopped with
carbolic acid and fumisatod with brim-
stone and things.
Memphis merchants, perched about
in different cities and contemplating
the plowed-up graveysrds of the great
cotton mart, weep that they dare not
enter. Cotton bales ccme in slowly.
and will not crowd the city's busy
thoroughfares till the mercury has gone
below 80 Q.
It strikes US as little remarkable
that Yellow Jack has special invita-
ton to soldiers places of encanpment.
The uncovered sinks which soldiers
make, exposed-to the direct action of
the suns rays, may have peculiar at
fractions for the flying spores or
germs Of the disease. Holly Springs
was not visited by the plague
till thousand or two soldiers had
been there for weeks. These soldiers,
when the plague came, were transfer
red to Chattanooga and thither went
the plague passing over the head of
Huntsville and Msrytown on the Mem
phis and Charleston Railway. Grand
junction was a soldiers camp and
Grand Junction Was victimized by
7 low Jack when neil b boring villages
were spared.
Large bodies Of soldiers have been en-.
campsd ever siuce the war, at Browns
vile, Tennessee, and Brownsville has
suffered terribly at the hands of the
fever. Memphis was, for years, SOL
diers' camp and no depository of filth
In any of these places has ever been
clesnsed or drained. Scientists are
gathering facts affecting the mysteri-
Gus laws governing the movements of
the disease, and it may be well enough
TO advert to ihsSa.
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The Boston Herald says: ''It is re-
lated of the late Battle Peytop, OF
Tenn, that he was great admirer
and friend Of Sergeant s. Prsntiss. the
gifted New Englander, who went Sou b
and gained such O reputation for ora
tory. At a Wing mass meeting in
Nashville, in 1874, Prentiss made On
unusually good speech, and, not being
very well, tainted at the close. Pey-
ton, beheving that such a speech had
not been delivered before, was ex
tremely enthusiastic. and, bending over
the orators unconscious figure, ex-
claimed: Don't come to, Prentiss.
Now is your time to die, for this is the
completion and culminstion of your
fame Prenllss did not follow the
advice. lie lived six years after that,
aud died az forty-one, having achieved
the fame Of one of the most eminent
American orators" ALI of which is
untrue. Prentiss at the close of his
extraordinary speeches nearly always
swooned as be did on this occasion.
But he was caught by Governor Jones,
af Tenn, who exclaimed: ''Die now,
Prentissl Die nnWi Such an occasion
can never recur!" B4ilie Peytou was
not on the stand. The facts Ia this
case are correctly given in Premises
life written by his brother.
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TIE Republican Campaign Text
Book for 1878, issued by the Republi-
can Congressional Committee, contain:
the following chapters: I-Green-
backs; I-Labor; lII-Southern War
Claims; IV-The Democratic Rsvolu-
ton; V-Democratic Election Frauds
VI-Jeif. DAvis's --latest Speech. We
print these captions of the several
chapters Of the unique pamphlet OF
sixty-ave pages, that Democratic
speakers may know what subjects are
discussed In countries where Radical
ism has not been wholly merged into
Greenbackism, and where Davis has
not been swallowed nv Jones.
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From the B lrnet Ranstin. !

Hon. A. w. Terrell, of Austin, oul
present State Senator from this dis
trict and candidate far reelection to
said Office this fail on the Democratic
ticket, addressed large number of the
ciuzens Of Barnet couaty, at the cour,
house, last Wednesday evening, upon
questions Of State and national politics.
Mr. Terrell occupied fully three hours
II presenting his views upon the ques-
tons involved in the present campziy
and his hearers paid him marked atten-
ton dunng his whole speech. His op-
ponent Mr.. Bentley, not being present,
be could only refer to him in terms of
courtesy. He began with an account
Of his stewardship to his constit-
uents while acting IS their public
servant In the last Legislature.
Il need not have been stated that the
needed measures and reforms which
were passed by that body and those
that received his support and influence
have already gone before HIM, pre-
claiming, 'well done, good and faithful
servant" Among some Of those acts.
however, which bear the mark of his
handiwork. Il our jurg Law. To the
law and or2er-lovIng people Of Texas
this law - indeed 9 second Magma
Charts. Mr.. Terrell IL the author Of
this bin, and In referring 70 e he gave
. hrisf history Of tie causes that led
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ACCORDING TO ex Governor DAvls's
figures the Republicans In Texas have
eighty thousand votes and the Green
hackers 6fty thousand, and these COM
bined, he says, will beat the Demo-
cratic nominees. Davis tells the Re-
publieans to vote for the Greenbsckers,
but shows the latter that they are in
the minority. AID hence We may see
how be woald throw Texas again into
the tender embraces OF Rsdiellism
But the two factions combined will
not poll tifty thousand votes, and DA
VS. and Greenbackism viii so down
together.
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Mr.. BENTLEY is very clever gentle
man, and had he remained Democra;
could probably have been utilized as a
statesman. That he has ability is not
denied, but his unfortunate DETECTION
in politics, were it ever so possible fol
him to become State Senator, would
render him utterly inefficient in the
legislature. Judge Terrell is Demo
crat, and intellectually, he is the peer
Of any man in the land, and the State
Senate will be Overwhelmingly Demo
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THE STATE OF TEXAS

To the Sheriff or any Constable Of Travis
county, gr' citing:
Whereas. oath has his day been mqde before
me by VIII m GiY.ns hat j. ". u Iiord IL
transient p rson, so hat be ord! arv procers or
W cannot be nv upon HIM, GU arc hereby
{, mman ed hat GU by IN hi publication OF
this VIII IN me new paper Lrin'ed ia Travis
county Tor thr Q successive weeks Defors the
Ieiurn day thereof, summons the can J. W.
Blu 10 be and sppe b. orr me. "A. my Office.
in VIII lam Give s'r pforc IN J'Tav,s county Z "a
The TIL Monday in N0vvmbeF, 1913 10 anr wer
the complaint O! the ssid y illism Give. Q for
the cum VI iwoRty dollars do upon promis-
rory note. execute by IN raid j. W BIfurd TO
said Willi4n Owens for iwenty dollar, dated
on The fourteenth day Of February, 1878 and
payable on the fret of ctobsr, 1878, 10 sec irs
which he 3 ave mortgage un, q wagon Herein
fail not, and OF this " ri mtks uus return, as
The law direc 5.
Given under my hard hi. bc'ohe 10 1915.
TIFF Joh%So - +. 4. g.
Came 20 bend Dc, ober 81, 1873 and eE. cutod
by causing a trne copy heNof 10 be published
In tho DEMOCRATIC srATHEAAH. n newspsprr
Published IN the ti'v u aba In, Travis county,
Texas. for three sueceeslv I'VE, k-.
DfINNlS CoRwIN,
Sheriff OF Travis county.
BY G. T. AUSTIN, D, psiJ. oe2i VT
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THE Greenbsck Pictorial candidate
ia this district Is not "Lo," the poor
Indian. He is an American citizen, we
believe, and, despite his name, stands
high among the Greenbackers. We
give this information for fear that
somebody might vote against him on
the assumption that he is a Comanche.
He is nothing of the kind, and is only
the modest. lowly Mr.. Loe.
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No quarter-A twenty cent piece.
A ls-Y cir! must be told 70 get up
and dust.
Good bread is always much kneaded
for the rich as we'll as the poor.
It's vefN bad cog sample if ak of
them out of a balf-dozsU are rotten.
The handsomest compliment you &C n
pay woman OF sense is TO address Der
as such.
Nothing makes baldheadcd man so
mad as ly that doesn't know when
he has got enough.
Queen Elf lbeth had 1900 dresses at
the time OF her death. And yet Bessie
always dressed rather rufIlF.
A sign posted up In a wi,cons,n saw
mill rSads: tine saws are running
no use to touch then to convince your
selves"
One of the princes OF Burmah Is
called Three Baw. He Ia probably
named after an 'uncle" who is 3 pawn
broker.
Filial piety-A resident of Cooke
comfy, Texas, it ia said, has a set OF
furniture made from he tree on which
his father was hanged ten years ago.
What was il that Thqdieus Of War
sewa - Cincinnati Saturday Night.
Whit kind Of grub was It that Henry
WIZ Wheeling Ledger Whist did
DT-win9 Keane5uak Star Whom
did Glad-stontl Bellair Photograph.
What did Count Sh IVA tfs Hdiok-
eye. And why dio B -oo2 &c Be-
cause he had an AIKEN ,ide -.Nsn York
Nal. And what sort OF girl did
Victor Hug-of
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MONDAY Major West and Mr.. Moore
spoke to lsrge aud attentive audience
&C Cypress Wood school house, twen-
y miles northwest of Austin. There
are no visible Greenbackers in that re-
gion, aud the intelligent people say
that their sense of duty as good citi-
zens forces them to support men like
Henccck and Terrell. To-day Messrs.
West and Terrell speak at Renecke's
store. twenty-five miles from austin.
These gentlemen arc doing excellent
service TO the party aud its candidates.
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The GouzAles Eaqairer. IN whose
taste and good sense we repose in6u-
tie confidence, says: "The STATES
NAN is well named. and hesitsles not
to think and reason for itself, regard
less OF the drift Of current opinion.
Earnestness OF purpose and admirable
execution is admired every where. The
STATESMAN widely circulated snd read.
elevation Of public spirit suceeeds
most naturally"
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Or Southern Speakers of the House
are remembered Stevenson and Bocock,
of Virginia, Orr OF South Carolina,
Pix of Tennessee, Clay of Kentucky
If the people of Texas are true to them
selves, Hancock will be the next of
the distinguished sons of the South TO
f1ll this exalted position.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-24

Charles Dickens had that acute per-
ception of the comic side Of things
which causes irrepressible trimming OF
the eyes; and Whist eyes his were
Large, dark blue, exquisi;ely shaped,
fringed with maculhcently long and
thick lashes-they now swan in hq-
md, limpid suffusion, when tears start
ed into them from sense Of hcmor or
sense of pathos, and now darted
quick flashes OF IRE when some gener-
Gus indignation a. injustice, or some
high wrought feelings Of admiration a.
magnanimity, or SONS Sudden emotion
" interest and excitement touched
him. swift glarciug, appreeiative,
rapidly observant, truly superb orbits,
they were worthy OF the other features
10 his manly, handsome face.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-24

A fne baggage and mail car for
the Galveston and Santa Fe Railway
has appeared in Galveston. Its pur-
pose - 70 divert from Austin all the
trade Of the whole country north aud
northwest Of this city. Why not pro-
VIDE against this result By building =
cheaper rad aud prefer farmers cheap
or freight rasesl The Cnero road
would come 20 Austin ~ once II We
start the narrow gauge toward 81 Psso.
aud We would have shree competing
routes % The -.
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THE Galveston Cirilian is thoroughly
vel! satisfied that Hancock will be
elected by an overwhelming majority.
The Brennan Banner says the bsst peo-
pie Of all classes are solid for Han
cock aud that any possible original dis
satisfaction has disappeared.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-24

JOHN c. MITCHELL, of Fort Bend
county, Greenback nominee for
Congress against Mills, declines to
stay in the race on account of bad
health. He is sick of Greenbackism
and its prospects In Texas.
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Dr.. Luxe P. BLAcKnuas. famous
c. 5. A. surgeon, aud brother of Con-
gresham Blackburn, Of the Ashlard
district. win probably be the next gov
ernor of Kentucky. His services rem
dered the fevsr-strieken Of Hickman
viii induce he people to elect him,
even Il be wers uot assed for the place
By his habits Of thinking pad sxcellen,
geniua.
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DARDBN, VIII TEHEAD, HAN
COCK AND TERRELL.

Col. Darden's speech Saturday oven
Ing was a masterpiece of excellent log
&c and practical good sense. 1t is the
chief occupation of many stump speak
e.s 70 misrepresent the condition of the
States finances. The amount of the
Estate debt Is alleged to exceed even
six or seven millions, and every vice of
extravagance is ascribed to the mana
gers Of the Ststo's finances. Col. OAR
den gives unquestioned facts and fig
ures, and shows that taxpayers of Tex
as have no reason to be alarmed. He
|tells, too, how he has no discretion,
bat il is the Rutsbaga Constitu-
Mich forces him to collect the
''saS->Re house tax. He consulted the
best lawyers and the Attorney General
and sought to escape the necessity, but
when the plain letter and spirit of the
law gave him no alternative, he simply
discharged his sworn official duty,
and sane people are not apt to es-
TEEN biz less for this reason.
Col. Whitehead's speech was mainly
directed to the purpose of showing
how infinitely important becomes the
election Of John Hancock and Col.
Terrell. The capital of Texas has in
telligence enough to comprehend its
own necessities and discover the solid
ity of reasons assigned by Col. White
head, impelling Us to confess an espe-
cial interest in the success of these two
men. Judge Terrelrs services in the
Senate are no more Indispensable to
the city and county than Hancock's to
the district, che State and the South.
He Yields degree of personal power
II Washington peculiar to himself, his
Atory and craftsmanship, and If we
Aose to have congressman
can serve us rather than
to whom the honor
IL OF less value than
Phe may render his constitu-
mere will be none to vote against
John Hancock. Jones needs the honor,
the district needs Hancock. Jones
would be battered by his election, and
the district practically benefited in the
election of Hancock. A man may vote
for joiner because he likes the rollick-
ing adyenturer in politics; but every
man who Is devoted to Texas will vote
for Hancock. II the capacity to serve
the district and commonwealth deter.
mine TIE result Of the election, Han
cnck will get every vote in the district
except that of Governor Davis, and
DAVIS ouly seeks to set up a rival who
may be easily knocked down.
The speeches to which we have re-
ferred of Saturday evening were calcu-
lated TO promote the best possible re-
suits. Col. Darden's speech, wholly
unssinsh in its purposes, was well cal
eulatsd TO effect the greatest possible
good. he should speak oftener and
visit other portions OF the State.
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Market i6eports.
OFFICE OF FORSTER & Co.,
BANKERS, AusTIN, Texas,
October 10 1873.

OFFICE OF FORSTER s. Co.,
BANKERS, AUSTIN, TEXAS,
October 10, 1878.
4 review of last weeks market re-
solves itself into a report of dullness
IN nearly all branches Of trade except
the retail trade.
Cotton has kept on its downward
track, and figures seem 20 give way
from sheer habit. Liverpool continues
depressed, and closes fat with 8 S-16d
for uplands and 8 9-l6i for Orleans,
with 1-161 lower for arrivals, and New
York reports weak and irregular mar
ket for futures, while Galveston shows
good demand at decline, quoting
0 8 SO for middling, DC for low mid
ding and 1-2c for ordinary. Our
market followed the controlling msr-
kets, and with small arrivals closes
dull at 2 to LAC for good ordinary,
71-2 TO 6-sc for low mIddling and
7-s to &c for m:ddling.
Shipments from Austin since
September !, 1873, to OctC-
Der II, previously reported,
bales. Observation-Disclosures. G22s
BY international, from the
twelfth to the eighteenth in
slant ..-....-......... 4TY
By Houston and Texas Ger
trail, do.................. 1882
Total bales to date. 49,. 1880
Shipments from Round Rock
from September l to Octc-
l.
From October IL to October
1s...... ....... 1850
-
Total bales to date. 49,. 621s
As a means of comparison we also
give total shipments of cotton by the
International railroad for 1877, which
were:
From September ! to October
IS, 1877, bales. .. 1911
From September l to October
Is, 1873, bAlee .. 4344
Shipments of cotton by Hous-
ton and Texas Genital, from
September / to October is,
1877, bales . 1884
From September to October
Is, 1878, bales. 1884
The decline in cotton was aided tv
the uufavorsble foreign financial news,
By money growing dearer 10 London and
New York, 10y oTerstocked markets of
manufactured cotton goods and By
heavy failures of Manchester hnusts. In
addition TO all this came the official re-
port from Washington that the cotton
GRIP of 1852 would fully reach |
8, 900. 900 bales, and the opportunity
thus given 10 the bears was readily in |
proved. We have revised our estimate |
OF the crop as far as data were availa-
bic, and come IN the result that the l
cotton crop Of 1889 will figure up |
1000, 7s9 bales. Should the uuprece- |
IDENTIFY fine weather continue for some
time the crop Of Texas will turpsss
1000, 600 bales, OF at $40 per bale viii |
bring into this State $40, 900, 900 for |
this one article.
The receipIs OF wool have been more
liberal, but prices are lower. The
quality 10 not ~ good a. Last year.
We quote the market from IS 10 II |
cents. according 70 condition and
quality.
Hides have been In light receipt.
Demand good Al 10 TO lac for dry
nint.
We have 70 report dulI market in
wheat, with light arrivals. The tea
dsneg i % higher prices. which, sspt-
sisily TOR good wheat, We qasss .; .
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WANTED-T buy stock ~ h ices OF 50 to
w 100 head. Addlcss. stating pri,e IN placs
OF delivery, L. s. HUGHES. AustiV, Tesas.
olet VT
ENoR SAL E-A pasture ron aiuirg s5on scres.
Il lying nesr ThoFnra C. on B aih /: pitndid
protection; be w mesquit g.arsi p ~, a per
acre torp.riienlSrr, drefs NJ, 4 Q MOohE,
Thorrdale. williamson Goa ny, r. xas
The New York herald., 1878-01-13
HORSE NOTES.

From the Bloomington (il.) Pautagraph, Jan. 10.l
ono who has never taken pains to coliate the
figures and evolve tho statistics OF tho horse trade
OF Mclean county has no conception OF The impor-
tance OF H. In order 10 present the matter In Langl-
BILE form reporter OF tho PaatagrapA has made an
approximate calculation Of the number o horses han.
died and what they bring TO the city ana county.
load OF horses averages head and about
ninety cars per year are shipped from the county
oyor tho various roads. OF which all but perhaps
ten or twelve loads snpped from Leroy, trans-
ported from this CITY. fhus about fifteen hundred
head Of good horses hippcd per from inis
immediate roglon. few oI these ANIMALS are PICKED
up IN neiehboring couutics, but nine on Of ten are
exilod from Mclean county. These horses cost the
buyers ut least sloO per head, or IN the aggregate
100000 Not inr gniicant sum Tor Que branch of
production. This money just much in our
iayor when tho ''Daance o traden Is figured out To
lnis may DO added $4,000 per year Tor The
salaries, board biils aud current expenses
OF buyers aud erooms. for stable rent ieod
and ineidenials, swelling tho total s10o 900 Then
there arc The reisht bills ~ the East, winch how
ever, IS matter oi no direct interest locally. Arrived
~ New YORK, Boston, Baltimore ST. LOUIS tho
horses rested, and thcn sold to agents oher
dealers and to agents who transport them To England
aad countries in Continental Europe. Ouy wilnin IA
low months mas tho trade between this country ana
England IN the matter oi horses reached any
DIMENSIONS worth mentioning, the Hrst regular slp-
ent from Now York having been made last spring.
pno stables which went from there previously were
mostly stock taken over for The purpos, Of racing
But The recent FmncoPrussian war made all acLivo
demand ior horscs, and the Turco-Russiar war now
rugiDg may have affected The supply, there has
sprung up a commerce IN American horses that Is
Increasing, aud winch may become very imp portapt
feature IN our foreign commerce. Tue horses pur-
chased at rates yaryin from $40 to $780, aud in
oil extra valuable stock n.vrc, sell In
England NJ from $500 10 *I0O each, aforGing
iair margin Of profit. Ii costs 500 SIS
10 transport horse from New York TO. Liver.
pool. Tho horses arc icd four quarts day OF
oats, besides son iced and hay. Ihe narrow box
stalls are beddcd with sawdust, as being
Portable 10 the feet than slraw, and Il Is con
sautly, night and day. IN attendance hem. Whcu
tho horses become very tired slings arranged
that theIr weight Is taken oil their feet The Journey
seems to agree win them. Instead OF losing they
generally gain IN weight, aud when The restraint OF
the sen voyage IS removed and tlcy more touch
terra rma, thoy are 80 frsky they hardy be held
in The immense horses which Barclay K Perkins
and other English brewers Ui Norman or
Flemish orgin, are The 1ue animals belonging to
Babbit x Co. The English aro Just beginning find
out that Tor beauty style and endurance good Amei-
stock