The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-03-21
Editorial Notes.

A@A-SShotOi JaSs II. DOOulLl0 Is leC-
turing In Wisconsin upon Russia the
Coming Power of the Old World"
Wait T. Huntington, aged so years,
has just resigned his position in the
New York custom house after serving
fifty years.
The London Netcs says that the late
Pope was an expert billiard player, and,
when his health permitted, played
every evening for several hours.
The Hartford Post thinks the Rev.
Flavius Josephus Cook theological
Barnum-a vigorous and shrewd ad-
Yertiser of mean specimens of sacred
goods.
Thurlow Weed, General Dix and
Daniel Drew drew their pensions, as
soldiers of the war of 1919, this week,
in New York. Each of them received
$24. 90. 90.
The President has sent to Bayard
Taylor, John Baker and William c..
Goodloe their commissions as ministers
to Germany, Venezuela and Belgium
respectively.
Edwards Pierrepont Duffield has
been arrested at 'Ottumwa, Iowa, for
robbiDg the mails. He is nephew of
the ex-minister to England, after whom
he was named.
In the new edition of his Dictionary
of Americanisms MIR. Bartlett says that
''Mr. Chase told the writer that he
claimed the honor of adding the term
greenback to our vocabulary"
Spurgeon, the great London preach
er, has broken down in health, and
has been forced to aban Ion the minis
try. 1t is anticipated that the largest
congregation ia London will thus be
broken up.
The demand for the retirement of
Mr.. Sherman from the Secretaryship
of the Treasury is unabated. 1t comes
from every section of the country and
the President will do well to give it
proper heed.
Ex-Secretary Boutwell, is one of the
most distinguished lobbyists about
Washington, and it is rather fine pc
sition for a former Cabinet officer to
occupy. There are some men, how
ever, who never know when they touch
bottom.
The Central Pacific Railroad monop-
oily appears to have plenty of money to
spend in its Southern Pacific scheme
to occupy the route of the Texas Pa
cific, but it is unable to pay the inter-
est on the bonds issued by the United
States government in aid of Its main
line, and seeks every means of escape
from the responsibility for that debt.
Yet 1t is pointed to as building the
Southern line without government aid.
DIR. Edward Beecher has entered the
theological field anew with 'History
of Opinions on the Scriptural Doctrine
| of Retribution, work of an eclectic
character and controversial in tone.
The result at which he arrives is ex-
pressed incidentally in the following
words; eff, therefore, / were called
on to choose besween the doctrine of
eternal punishment as generally held
by the orthodox, and some form Of
universal restoration, should decid-
'edly choose the latter. l regard the
doctrine of future eternal punishment
on the basis of the fall in Adam as an
impossIbility with God" OF course,
DR.. Beecher's personal views are not of
any especial value to the world at large,
but in his little book he has collected
q considerable amount of useful infor-
| nation from somewhat out-of-the-way
sources, and for doing this he deserves
the thanks of the more serious portion
of the reading public.
A letter writer says: GLOW many
graceful things Mrs. Hayes doesi For
some years the widow of ex-President
Tyler has been in the habit Of visiting
Washington. She was held in so little
Importance at the White House by the
late occupants that when Nellie Grant
was married Mrs. Tyler was not invited
to the wedding, though it was known
she was in the city. Mrs. TYLER grace
fully sent a superb stand of flowers the
morning of the wedding, and Mrs.
Grant said when receiving them, sob,
forgot to invite her," Mrs. Tyler ar
rived here last week, and called to pay
her respects to Mrs. Hayes. That lady
promptly invited her to receive with
her last Saturday. AS the ewo stood
beside each other, 1t was observed that
they were not unlike. Mrs. Tyler is
the oldest by about a score OF years,
but has the same bright, expressive
face, which is the charm of Mrs.
Hayes's appearance. Both have black
hair, and have always worn it in CLOS
sy bands on the temples and cheeks ;
both have great suayity of manner, and
are fluent sud afTable in conversation. -
There ought TO be some limit set TO
the liberty Of literary resurrectionists.
There Is large class of people who
seem to have nothing to do but to dig
in old magazines and musty volumes
for the disowned aud forgotten off,
spring of great authors, which they
drag into the light with fendish
pleasure and exhibit TO the world as a
treasure trove, the truth being, in a
majority of cases, that these things
were buried because they had died a
merited death. Every author writes
something in his callow days which be
does not care to have remembered, and
he certainly is entitled to say what
shall be and Whist shah not be
included in his collected works. The
chances are that what he throws awav
10 not worth preserving, and yet these
relentless editors will allow the author
no discretion. Mrs. Browning, for ex-
ample, made a very full collection of
her poems, and she puTposely rejected
some girlish verses which were not
worthy Of her mature power; but now
somebody has dug up all these wsifs
and printed them, and DIR. James Mil
Ter. who ought to know better, has re-
printed the book. TAe Essay on Mind, y
which leads the volume, which was re-
markable only as nn Illustration Of pre-
scocious andacity, may have some psy-
Geological interest 70 special critics of
Mrs Browning, but it distinctly was
not worth repairing, and as for the
miscellaneous poems. there are very
few that would attract attention now,
or that have any other value except a
showing how poor verse really great
poet in her immsturity can write.