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Why doesn't Frank Mayo come into
Texas with his properly organized COM
pany and play ''DaYy CrockettT
Moreover Mr.. Mayo should visit Aus
tin and learn from the lips of the only
living American who was in the Alamo
when the massacre occurred, share of
truth affecting the horrible event. We
were reading yesterday Mr.. Potter's
pamphlet, the contents of which APP
Feared originally in the North american
Re0ieO. and must confess that its reci-
tails are not conformed very accurately
to those made by Mrs. Hannig, formerly
Mrs. Dickinson. But Mr.. Potter's
history of the slaughter is, by all odds,
the most truthful that has been pub
lIshed. His recitals are full OF interest,
especially to Texans, and We commend
the little volume to their careful
perusal. The play which Mr.. Mayo
has popularized everywhere in Europe
and America tells of this bloodiest and
most exciting drama in modern warfare
as its details are given by tradition,
and il the actor would correct errors of
fact he should visit Texas. Three
years ago an aged negro, Ben, the body
servant Of Col. Travis and with him
when he fell, was still living and then
visited this city; but from that day
forth no one has been able to discover
his abiding place. Does any reader of
the STATESMAN know whether he still
liyes2
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Laws Relating 70 Newspapers.

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their bills and ordered them discon-
timed.
A. II subscribers move to other
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ers, and the papers are sent to the
T ormer direction, they are held respon-
sible.
5. The courts have decided that ere.
using to take periodicals from the
office, or removing and leaving them
uncalled for, is primo Jacie evidence of
intentional fraud"
O. Any person who receives q news
paper aud makes use of it, whether he
has ordered it or not, is held In law to
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ishment than a daring highwsyman.
Texas, despite these plain f.cts, is alb
solutely held up to the scorn of man.
kind because of deeds of outright dar-
ing violence done by men like Ham
White and other reckless bloody
handed desperadoes, and yet the uDut
terable depravity of kpaves in Wall and
State streets, and frauds of hourly ~
currence, announced daily through the
newspaper press, are well calculated
to satisfy any unprejudiced reader that
if the worth and true nobility and hero
ism of Northern and Southern knaves
may be contrasted any decent, honest
gentleman would prefer the role and
fame of Ham White to that of the
thieving bank cashier, or to that of
swiniler of q savings bank or life in
surance company.
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now . Pope 4. Elected.

On the ninth day the Pope is buried,
and the next morning the college OF
cardinals meet IN the Sistine chapel,
where q solemn high mass is celebrat-
ed. This over, the cardinal dean in
tones the Veni Creator SpiritHs, and
the sacred college, with their savants
and attendants, n.arch-in . body to the
place where the conclaye il held. This
used TO be tn Quirinal, but as that Is
now occupied by the successor Of Vic
tor Emanuel, &c wall be held In the
Vatican, Of course. The cardinals
have the various papal decretals relat-
ing - The conclave read to them, and
they are sworn TO obey them. Then
the cardinals retire into the cells or
booths which have been prepared for
each one, and from which none are
permitted TO retire until they have de-
cided upon the election Of the Pope.
The cardinals servants and attendants
are all sworn 70 fidelity and secrecy
Ike their masters, and then the cleo
ticn goes on after . set form, the
rigid observance Of which il en-
forced By the cardinal csmeriengo.
Twice each day. as long g the con-
clave lasts, each cardinal present
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ReVIAiOn OF the Bible.

The revision of the Bible was the
subject treated Sunday afternoon by
Rev. DIR. Philip Schaff, at the church
of the Covenant. After sketching the
history of the TRANSACTIONS of the
Scripture from the earliest translators,
the speaker reviewed the arguments in
favor of a revision, as follows:
The present English Bible is the out
come of half dozen revisious, extend
ing through three generations of church
history; but the English language has
changed, not as much as in earlier Pc
RODS, yet enough to demand the atten-
ton of biblical interpreters The mean
ing of words have varied. In the
phrase, Take no thought for the NOR
row." Thought" means anxious care,
Ms is proved by Shakespeare, who ma kes
one of his characters die of Thought. :"
Prevent" formerly meant to go be-
tween; it now means tn kinder. "To
let" signitied to withhold; NOW it
means to permit. A REVISION, there
fore, is necessary to prevent the COM
mon reader from misconstruing the Ian
guage.
The lenses of the Greek and its
propositions are often incorrectly rem.
dered, and the definite article has often
been used for the indefinite. Words
of different meaning in the original are
often translated in Epglish by the same
word. The original Bible knows only
one devil, although many demons or
evil spirits; but in the present version
devil, demon and evil spirits are bad
ly mixed.
Recently, too, in 1859, a. German
scholar found the most perfect manu-
scripts of the New Testament in exist
ence in a convent, and recently also
an excellent copy in the Pope's library
became accessible to scholars. A bet
ter knowledge of Hebrew and Greek
now prevails. The real values of
scIiptural weights and measures are now
definitely known.
In conclusion, Mr.. Schaff spoke
briefly of the progress which has been
made in the work of revision in Ger
many. France, England and America.
The verses and chapters are being al
ranged into paragraphs and proper
divisions, and the sacred poetry, which
fills one-third Of the Bible, is taking
proper poetical form. DR.. Schaff ex-
presses the hope that within three or
four years the work will be finished.
The English work will be revised by
Americans, and the American work
will be subjected to English scrutiny.
BY this means it is hoped that Bible
acceptable to English speaking people
will be obtained.
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THucypmKs said, at is more al

THucYDmEs said, ut is more dis
graceful fer men in high position to
improve private fortune by specious
fraud than by open violence" We
did not know that Thucydides had
given paternity to thought which we
were condemned for reproducing when
the STATESMAN said that Ham White,
consigned Tor life to the penitentiary,
and properly, for robbing stage coaches,
is infinitely more to be honored and
respected than the thieves who have
plundsred railways and life insurance
and savings bank corporations. The
world calls Ham White hlghwayman
and punishes his crimes as IL he were
cowardly sneak-thief, making false
entries and false reports and robbing
widows and orphans. New York was
bathed in tears few weeks ago when
two hoary-headed knaves were con-
signed TO felons' cells, each for 1--WE
years because they had grown rich by
swindling the helpless and con6ding;
and now nice young nan has stolen
$3.50. 900 from national bank, and they
sSothe his nerves and pallIate bis crime
by denominating it s'defalcation. y
Ham White is in6aitely more to be ad-
mired and respected than one Of these
cunning, calculating scoundrels WHO
not only cheat and rob but violate =
sacred trust. The old Greek philoso-
pher and historian was right when he
-~sad substantially that a congressman
hribed or = respectable gentleman oe-
cupying . fduciary position sppropri-
aiing trust fnnda Is more TO be de-
tested and deserves more terrible pun
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OUTRAGEOUS INJUSTICE.

Rutabagsism in legislation is ruinous
to the poor. The artful do6ger who
goes about the town and country shaw
ing paper and having ten or twenty
thousand dollars in bonds, notes and
money, renders it honestly enough for
taxation perhaps, but that is an end of
it. He has nothing TO be sold and
nothing to be levied on and coolly tells
the collector to help himself. The
poor farmer on his one hundred and
sixty acre entry, having few cattle,
horses and hogs, is not only assessed
at prices of one and two years ago, be-
fore Sherman had crushed half the
value out of the property of the coun-
try, but if he do not pay the cash his
home is levied on or his personal
property seized and he is forced to
pay on the spot. And there is
no remedy, and the artful dodger who
pays no taxes to support the govern
ment votes and elects those who i'm
pose taxes, and has more influence and
controls more savage votes than the
honest, hardworking farmer. There
is no remedy until the people create
legislature having the moral courage
to restrict suffrage, at least in corpora
tions, to taxpayers, and no man should
vote until he produces his tax receipt.
Surely, if he controls government and
imposes taxation by voting he should
sustain government by paying.
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Mr.. GARFIELD said in the House
that he who alleged there was trade
lbout the electoral count is either a
fool or liar. Mr.. Foster SAID there was
no bargain whatever, aud Ellis, of
Louisiana, said that he who said there
was bargain to secure Hayes's cleo
ton lied in his heart and in his
throat" And all these neat little
speeches bad personal reference to the
Chandler from Vermont.
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THEY have an active, vigorous tax
payers association in Galveston and
other Southern cities, designed to con-
troll the result Of local elections in be-
half of honesty and intelligence, and
thus defeat the purposes of the Rita
baga constitution. 1t is foul shame
that the organic law of the common
wealth Is such that those citizens whose
industry and economy sustain the gov
eminent are forced by this government
to resort to practices of open bribery
and corruption IN order TO protect their
property against contiscauon at the
hands Of the vsgrant, ever-voting mob.
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Tux Bonham Netcs is pleased TO say,
however base AID corrupt it may have
deemed the carpet bsgging Radicals,
that some Of the most consummate
scoundrels unhung have figured con-
spicuously in the Democratic party.
Even so, knavery is not a matter of
partisanship. 1t is In the shape of a
fellows head, IN the g'eam of his
eyes, in his early training, and We
have seen Democrats most unfortunate
in each moral and physical incident of
character here defined. Tweed was
one of them, and o'Conor and Til
den, both Democrats, settled up his
job most effectually.
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E',:,. BIB 45 FOR Sc sy:

writes his own name, and the name Of
the person for whom he votes, on 3 slip
of paper; then advances TO the altar,
kneels and repeats a prayer, and depos-
its the ballot in a consecra.ed chalice--
repeating another prayer as he leaves
the altar. When all have voted shor,
pause intervenes, and then the ballots
are taken from the chalice by officers
appointed for the purpose. They are
counted and compared with the
number of cardinals present. II
the requisite two-thIrds Is obtained,
the fortunate candidate is declared
duly elected. II not, the slips Of
paper are at once burned, and the little
cloud of smoke escaping through a
small flue tells the anxious crowd att
ing outside that no election had oc-
Cured. Then the same process is re-
peated. This is the scrutiny" II
votes be added to those already given
to one candidate, so as to make the re-
CURED two-thlrds, it is called ''access."
II the friends of two closely-matched
candidates unite on a third it is called
compromise" If, by sudden move
ment in the college, whether impromp-
tn ar prearranged, name is proposed
and carried by acclamatlon, it is
called inspiration. Plus TX. was
elected in this way. Formerly, it was
understood-thGugh never, we believe,
laid down in law-that the three great
Catholic powers, France, Austria and
Spain, had the right of veto upon the
election of one candidate, which was
exercised through one of their cardi-
mails in the conclaye. This right has
lately been the subject of discussion in
the Vatican Councils, and has doubt
less been annulled. At any rate, it
may be considered certain that at the
coming election the choice of the
sacred college will be Pope, with or
without the approval of the three pow
ers. There Is a saying i'll Rome that
whoever goes into the conclave Pope
will come out cardinal" meaning that
the candidate which seemingly has the
best chance at the outset is generally
beaten. Ia the present case it is en-.
tirely safe to predict that he will be an
| allan. The last German Pope was
8 ephen XI , elected in 1856. The last
French Pope was Gregory XII, elected
in 1870. The last and only English
Pope was Adrian w., elected in 1854.
The last and only Portuguese, Pope was
John XII, elected in 1916 The last
Greek Pope was Alexander ", elected
in 1909. The last Spanish Pope was
Alexander VI, elected In 1892 The
last and only Dutch Pope was Adrian
vi, elected in 1922 Since Adrian,
there have been thirty seven Popes, all
Italians.
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government by paying.


WENDELL PmILLIPs has been deliver
ing new lecture in st. LOUIS in which
he discusses the suffrage question and
insuffeiable evils incident to the alb
surd Rutabaga notion that the suffrage
is fright" and not privilege. Z"
Mr.. Phillips showed the immense
power of the vicious and ignorant and
how they govern municipal elections
everywhere. Unless suffrage be res
stricted to intelligence and properly
he said that the only remedy for in.
tolerable evils must consist in the
voting of the Intelligent women of
the country. When their authorita-
tive expression of opinions. otherwise
their votes, counted as much in the
election of men who should govern the
country as the votes of coal miners and
railroad gangs, and drunkards, he
hoped and believed it would prove a
moral ballast that should cause the
ship of State braYely and successfully
to weather the apparently fast APP
storm that shall test the
of republican government.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-02-21

ONE COryell, not long ago private
secretary to John W. Polk, doorkeeper
of the House, failed to designate any
time, place or p, rson and Polk will be
acquitted of the charge of participating
ia jobs of legislation. Coryell said
that q youth named Silver could tell
all about it. But Silver in this instance
was sound, and swore that Polk was
innocent.
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THE stuffing has been wholly
knocked out of the Mauch Chunk mir
acle, claimed to have been executed by
jolly priest, who was alleged to have
"resurrected" an innocent dead fe-
male. This isn't good country for
miracles. They seem to take better in
Europe. The healing waters of Lour-
des are still elficacious among the faith
ful
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SINCE the gold men of the East are
cooperating with the banks of the
West aud throwing out silver and max
ing gold practically the only standard
of value, it wight be well for private
bankers to reverse this policy and ad-
vertise for silver. making it their ex-
elusive measure Of values. They would
speedily command an immense deposit
account. A bankers card stating that
he had adopted the policy and purpose
here defined would do no harm in any
Southern or western city.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-02-21

The colors Of the sky at particular
times afford wonderfully good guild
Ance. Not only does rosy sunset pre-
sage fair weather, but there are other
tints winch speak with equal clearness
and accuracy. A bright yellow sky in
the evening indicates wind; . pale yel-
low, wet; = neutral gray color consti-
tTtes favorable sign in the evening.
an unfavorable one in the morning.
The clouds again are full of meaning
in themselves. II their forms are soft
underlined and ftathery, the weather
will &c fine; il their edges are hard,
sharp and definite, Il will DC foul. Gen.
erAlly speaking, any deep. unusual
hues betoken wind or rain; while the
more quiet and dsliczts tlnts bespeak
fair weather.
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IT is somewhat strange that the
bondholders' people could not bellows
that silver was a proper standard of
value even when one of their sort &C
cepted thirty pieces of 1t some 1878
years ago in the basest Wall street tran
saction that ever shocked the sensibil-
tiles of mankind. In modern times il
would have been denomlnated put
nm iOb ~
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ST. LOUIS AND AUSTIN.

The newspapers of the East say that
the United States will derive infinite
advantage from great war in Europe.
We do not see how it is to serve the
cotton producer. but Eastern newspa-
pers see how it is that New England
will not meet Old England as buyer
in the cotton market, and the staple
will be cheap and manufactured goods
relatively high. This will profit the
East but not the South. II Russia
and England fight the Black Sea will
be closed, and none of the wheat ac-
cumulated along its shores will be ex-
ported to compete with the crop of
the Northwest. The United States
must feed the armies of Europe, and
each nation of Europe, fearing war,
will be armed to the teeth. II the
South may not furnish cotton goods or
arms or munitions of war 1t will sup
ply beef and a share of the breadstuffs
consumed. But what profit can we of
the South derive from it? The central
government has only erected light
houses and improved harbors and sub
sidIzed steamship lines and transcon-
tInental railways for the East
ern States. Whatever we sell will
-.ufy profit the middlemen of the East,
and Galveston, New Orleans and Char
lesion gain not dollar. The prices
of our products are fixed in New York
for us, and we humbly accept what
New York chooses to give and what is
left of value by railways leading to
New York. And yet here is the open
sea at our doors. England does not
know that she can buy in Galveston
for ten cents what costs twenty in Bos-
ton or New York, and we accept ten
cents and generously donate ten to the
: railways and middlemen of the East.
The war in Europe would profit the
South enormously if the Mississippi
river were an arm OF the sea as God and
nature designed tiff steamers from
Liverpool landed at Vioksburg, Men,
phis and st. Louis and there dis
charged cargoes of English goods.
Cotton bales and beef from Texas
would then be worth twenty-five or
thifty.tiYe per cent. more to the pro-
ducer than to-day, and grain of the
Northwest would gain in value to far
mers all that is lost in railway charges
from st. Louis to New York and Bos-
ton and in sums exasted by organized
middlemen of those Eastern cities.
These simple facts will serve to show
-ssSnAople of Texas and of the North
oSy4kSigdGitefy valuable would be
slackwater ship canal from New Or
leans itself to the sea. No great
steamer capable Of carrying ten thou
sand tons of wheat and cotton and
beef can pass through Eads's jetties,
and all sai,ing vessels ascending the
river to New Orleans must ever be
taxed ruinously by tug boats. The
West and South should cooperate and
make the great river another Adriatic
at whose head st. LOUIS, with Its
bridge of size, may sit like Venice of
old the very queen of the worlds
commerce.
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THE March-April number of the
North american ReUielO will contain a
discussion of the subject of eternal
punishment, written by six of the
most prominent clergymen in the
country, representing as many sects.
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got it bad in St. Louis, too, and the
tidal wave of temperance is rolling in
this direction. 1t will strike a reef at
Dallas and stop there for the next
twelve months and Austin will again
escape.
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THE STATE OF TEXAS.
TO all persons interested in the estate of Laura

TO all persons interested in the estate Of Laura
Green, 4 miner.
John A. Green. guardian OF sad minor has
filed his application In the County Court OF
Travis county, praying for a sale, at private
sale, OF 500 acres OF land granted TO Thomas b.
Huling, assignee OF w. TIyon, situated In Fay
sad minor ana her estate, which will be heard
At the next term OF said court, TO be held AZ the
court house thereof In Austin, on the third Mon
day IN March, 1873 when aud where all persons
interested may appear and show cause why such
sale shonld not be made.
Witness, FRANK Brown, Clerk of said
L. 8. court and the seal thereof attached, Feb.
ruary IS, 1878. FRANK BROWN.
feb2l w5t Clerk c. &. II. q.
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Tue temperance movement is over
running Canada and everybody down
IN New Brunswick wears the blue rib
bon which signifies ana, thank you,
and then the other fellow goes in aud
remarks 70 the bartender. ~ made ten
cents opt Of b.ns ribbon. /" They've
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BELGIUM will have an international
exposition in 1880. Suppose Bismarck
gobbles the country, will he suffer the
show to 90 on2
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WE are taking Mexican dollars at par

WE are taking Mexican dollars at par
for subscriptions to the STATESMAN.
Where clubs Of five remit from one
postoffice $40 will foot the bill for FIVE
copies of the weekly STATESMAN. A
single subscriber must pay $3.50.
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THE Radical newspapers, with one
voice, declare that Wells, Anderson
and Csssanave must be rescued from
the clutches of the "depraved courts
of semi-barbarous people,"
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HE STATE OF TEXAS

To alt persons interested in the estate OF James
X. Pace. deceased:
James =. Mckinney. executor OF said estate,
has nled his final account aud application &c be
discharged. which will he acted on at the next
term OF said court to be held At the court hause
thereof, in Austin, on the third Monday in
March. 1873, when and where all persons inter
ested msy appear and contest said account IL
they see proper.
Witness. Franz Brewn, clerk Of said court.
l.. and the seal thereof attnched, this Feb.
ruary Is, 1873. FRANK BROWN.
Clerk c. c, OF T. q.
Come TO nanf February 10, 1913. febai w3t
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IT will be observed that Mr.. Alex.
II. Stephens doesn't saddle the ina
ton" with them, but calls them the
"wards of the Almighty"
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UNITED STATES SENATOR IsuAM G.
HARRIS is dangerously sick at Wash
ington. The malady is Bright's dis
ease.