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CoSaREsslosAL CONVENTION.

The duty OF designating the
time and place for holding the
Congressional convention for
this district is devolyed. We be-
lievc, upon Col. Tom Jack, OF
Galveston. AS to, the time, We
have no suggestion to- make.
further than to say that the cail
should be at an early day, and
ample allowance be ma.e for
the action OF focal aud county
meetings. As to the place, it
occurs to us that Brenham is
the best place that can be Sc
lected. 1t is centrally situated,
easy OF access from all parts Of
the district: has, in its Opera
House, a magnifesus and ca
pacions hall; and, its hotel az
eommodations are superior to
any place III the State, with the
single exception of Galveston.
Delegates, who were in atten-
dance at the convention in
Brenham three years ago, car
ried away witk them pleasant
memories of the place. They
bear in. mind tho .fiberality with
which the Democracy of this
place did the honors, and will
heartily approve the action of
Col. Jack if he decides in favor
OF BRENNAN
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Tho Jury system.

Charles O'Conner, one of the
most eminent lawyers in the
United Ststes,is quoted as having
said that no guilty person should
ever plead guilty, because he
has as many chances before a
jury as perfectly innocent per-
son. The jury system las ,een
the subject OF ridicule by law
yers and Others. Its working
has not in every instauce proved
satisfactory. At the last term
OF the Washington County Dis
trict Court, two negroes were
indicted jointly, for TIE murder
Of another negro. Tley asked
a severance, which was granted
by the court. Oae oa them was
tried and given Eve years in the
pcnitentisry; the Other one only
got two years. Both cases, OF
course, tried by jury, 1t was
the popular OF Union at the time
that the sep fences should have
been reverst.d. The instance is
merely cite d 20 show the uncer-
tainty atten ling the verdict OF
a jury. In other cases, through
stocked ana dishonest juries no.
torious criminals have escaped.
In the 'sial of the notorious
Rand . case, at Galesburg, Hill
nois, u week. or two ago, it is
boldly charged by the press that
the defendants attorneys sue
c.eded in getting three "crook-
ed men on the jury. Instead
of a capital conviction a verdict
of a life sentence in the peni.
tertiary was the result. How
Che evil is TO be corrected the
law makers must determine.
The jury system has been SO
long in vogue and is such a
time honored institution, that
the people will never abandon
it without serious misgivings.
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TAKE NO OTHER.

Bswa-s OF ts,ose who know nothing o.
Medical Cvmi Vands, who put out aestTufnt
known ~ sour. and being anaiyzsd prove
WORTHLESS aud nnly inssle 10 iieecr tie public,
and to risale On ne well ssrred rrpu alton
of Zeiiin q Co.. nkcsiicine- tne<e frnndS
have no reputation to sustain, amt will cheat
you for a lew pennys every way they can.
Louk careful to the medicine YOU a,c in
ducesi To take, for much suffering, peznsAnent
injury and sven death has resulfeu fruni nu-
proper treatment and from taking unskillndiy
prerai Ell medicine
SEE WHO ENDORSES THE GENUINE
Hon Alex L. Stephens.
Ri. Rev. Jpo. W. Beckwith, Ei>hopof Ga
Gen. Jno. b. GSrion, Z. >. senator.
lit. Rev. Bishop Place.
Hon. john tiill shorter.
j Edgar Thompson.
uon. Is. Il Hill.
lfon. }. G. Brcckinridgc.
puf. Dat ID Nilis, ID. d.
Chief Justice Hiram Warner, Georgia.
Lewis Wunder, Asst z. N Phila-, "a
las eic.ters OF cofninendoiiun aud recomrnei.-
catinn-
Testimonials sre received every gay frsrn
persons y; e.irsa'iaa ar,tI:-irai,seuce dom all
iaits Of the cosirI,r. sat, nj ina Is asked is>a
lair Mai.
IL, .;L.aon,lya Family Meiic.ae; a.si by
being Kept iea,;y f,f Immediate .e.,ugs vii
sa.r ..iatS ~ hour OK sisi.el.-ie arc l,izIs
eo:,si L. Inc sri drcip.s. Dill.
Send f1s 81 lNin,ns.a AK cGaTiacs yourself
siIai SiiaEions' Re s-s;iaa il one " Ike ie--
i.eii,-ie tha. al. ks r. ISL upoa 81 q ssss
aud eticaci :,le family rnedirise; bat bsware,
be careful, he on Your giart for frauds ilii-
;xtious aud substitutes arc numerous; they lay
inwzif to prey upon the pubsic and to pirsfe
upon tue Gfesiest Liver Medi-iae in thevorl>s-
DR.. simmons Liver Regnlsler,
x4sryacruRxD ONLY br
JH zEiLIN & CO,
PniL.pErrHIA
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WHEN the FAST Democratic
State Convention was in session
at Galveston, we only heard one
objection TO the place, but that
was loud and general. 1t was
thought a great outrage upon
the delegates, tlsat they could
not get two drinks of whiskey
for a quarter. Before it is deter
mined that the. convention shall
be held then. We wonld like to
know if there is any change ir
tbs tariff oD drinks,
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81 ,liS .---s5l ,IJS %
Office County J4dye, flushing
ton (ounsU. Brsnha,n- T,xnx.

Office County fudge, flashing
toa County, B~enham, Teras.
LII. Z. Williams. county judge OF
Washington county, GRITTY tie abore
to be true and cdrect siatems ut Ut
the debt, receipts and expenditure. NJ
the C unity ior the year commencing
January l., and ending December 81,
A. D. 1877. Ms yh"un By the records Of
the Coinir issi.,n-ss' cf.uIt aid the :
port of the County Treasurer. by this
stat, mant i. will he seen that in nns
year the debt has bcsn drcr-ased fr,sn1
$50, 359 81 To- Slt057.t3. d-cre,se Of
nearly one-half. iisre;s annex rtue-
m~us Of r A. nurvin, Esq. Tax Lollec-
too. as par. of this STATEN Mt.
Given usder my reai AID s;guaturs
officially February %. 1873.
he. WILLIAMS.
County Judge Wanh.ng;on Co.
B e,n.as. Eco. p, 1917.
Jadye FL. &. Williams, Brss-
ham, Tsc1s:
DHAm SrE-i. vrur requ.rt I Rave
examined the tsx relis in Fay pu>srs-
sion. AMI fini rirst there was about
$500 ss.i. ,iur the county On The
first day of ia uary A D. 1878. 1
rhns c,n esilcct sbuaf 10000 OF
raid amount during she pr.ssut year
Respectfully. your incident servant.
IA. HARylS.
Tax Calie tor Washington Co.
Marchl-w4t
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In the way of indemnity,
Russia demands no, O0O,O 900 Of
roubles, TO be covered by a ces-
sion of several valuable Turkish
provinces; and $500, 100000 in
bonds, the interest and sinking
fund Of which, to be secured by
a lien on the tribute that Egypt
and Bulgaria pay to Turkey.
And, then, she demands that
Turkey pay 100000 roubles
to Russian residents of Con-
stantinople for war spoliatims
suffered by them at the hands OF
the Turks.
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VIXEN the State Convention,
which nominated Coke the first
time was assembled at Austin,
the demoerncy of that place
would net furnish lights. until a
delegate proposed a collection
for that purpose, and moved
that the Travis delegates be ex-
empt from contributing.
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7uE Telegram at Houston is
owned and conducted by prae-
ticIe printes, and Is prespering
finely. II Is ~ excellent news
paper, and presents about the
l,rettiest typographical lace of
any paper we know of.
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CENTRAL HOUSE.

THIS FIRST-CLASS HOUSE, which
i is very centrally located, has
been reopened under The management,
Of the undersigned. 1t has been thor
oughly
REFURNIsHEp THROUGHOUT.
and is now kept in first class style.
Every accommodation is offered to
general
Travel es and Commercisr Tourists
r. ". RuTHERFoRD.
f.t25 dSat
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THE Austin Capital calls Col.

The Austin Capital calls Col.
George Flournoy, the solver
tongued" oretor of Galveston.
George may have a silver
tongue, but, that metal is one
that does not much encum-
Der his pockets with. And just
here, by the way, if the Austin
Gagette and Dallas Herald can-
not settle question in any other
way to their entire satisfaction
as to who shall be the next Gov
ernor, what do they say to a
compromise OIL Flournoyl
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PARkrn and Hodeea are hotl

PARKER and Hodges ara both
indicted for killing Rush Ran
die. They arc charged with
murder, and their trial begins to-
morrow morning. Major u. Fl.
Bassett and Hon. Seth Shep-
pard, of this city, are both en-
ployed to assist in conducting
the prosecution, and are now at
Bryan for that purpose.
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Tur DalIas papers ADMIT that

TUE Dallas papers admit that
man up, there may Kill
another with absolute impunity;
bat say if one wants to get a
double or triple insurance on
his stock, and then be accident
ally burned out, he had better
20 to Waco.
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WHEN you offer m-al a
Mexican silver dollar for his
wares. and he says it is only
81 cents; and you ask bin whfa
AMI, he says he don't know, it
m.skes one fee. amiable.
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WE do not suppose that any
general coucern need be felt
as to who should be the next
Governor. The responsibility
Of the whole matter has been
voluntarily assumed by the
DALLAS Heyuld and Austin
Gasette.
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Is THERE any necessity public
or private, moral physical, or
political, for continuing beyond
their present terms any of the
present incunbents OF State Oh
fIcesa
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DR. AsHBEL SMITH was once
ambassador Of the court OF St.
James. He is now to be conf
missioner from Governor Dick
Hubbard to the Paris show.
That looks like '1etting down"
q little. But we must remem-
Der that John Quincy Adams,
after being President of the
United States, was a. Massachu-
setts Congressman.
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THK SILVER ELL is very good
as tar as it gees. But, it does
not go far enough. There
should be no lissait to the coin-
age, except that Imposed by the
supply Of silver. and halt dol
lars, and quarters should be
made legal tenders Just az the
dollars are
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Wells, Kassaaave and Ken
rer, returning board confeder-
ates Of Anderson, want their
eases reinoEed to The Federal
court They think if they can
have a jury sumonsed By U.
S. Marshal who is as big ras-
cal as themselves, they may cs-
cape Justice
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IF. Oh the plea that it Is in
convenient to the frontier the
congressional corention canirst
be held at Brenhanh it had bet
ter be called at Round Rock.
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SIX robbers were engaged in
the 4Ilcn station express rob-
berry For their arrest 81 500,
eaehis offered. The Governor of
fers $500, the Central Raj. Road
Co. $500, and the Express Co.
$500. The man who eau bag
The six may walk of With
10000 In his pockets.
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"GET You A HOME. This is
a caption of an article in the
Houston Telegram. 1t contains
a world of meaning. If every
.'inan" would pay due atten-
hention TO this he would be much
trtter of.
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PEAoE IS moi vel made in Eu-

PEACE is not yet made in Eu-
rope. Russian demands are
AigIl. extravagantly so. The
var party, m England is in the
ascendant, and the English iron
slads still ride at anchor in
the Bcspienous. Austria too,
would tight; but she hardly
knows whether she can or not.
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HOW TO TELL
Genuine sImmons Liver ResHIatsr,
or Medicine.

Look for clean, ncst WHITE WRAPPER
win Tue rel ,, b.,iis. ici,e stamped upor IL
iu the form of s.fibb3u Gracefully curved
In In the lrs.er embracing tue emblem VI
ourtrzde, Spaflia, Nortxr and Graduate win
tue wugti< a. " SIMMONS LivkR REt;J-
I.ATuR OF MEDICINE thereon, also oh
serve the signxflre % , H. ZELf.IS & CO..
IN ed fnk an fse xftis
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Seed Potatoes.

TuST received and for .sals ut sarg
- per barrri. the finest Sor<kefn sgd
Pots,c~s ever brought 10 this H,asbes Z.
A. NEWMAN.
Srenham. Jan. 9Th. isiS-dSwim
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have public park.
BELL county proposes to re
pair the court house.
Oranges are being extensive
Iy engaged in at Beaumont
Round Rock is soon to have
a Hook AID Ladder Company.
- Pr.irle fires are numerous
about Jacksboro. says the foie.
-Four business houses were
burned in Rackdale last Tues
day.
- They have insusurated
,nu.h and milk soclables at Sher-
man.
The public schools of Waco
for this scholastic year, closed
to day.
q. S. Branum died at
Bremonl, night before lat, OF
smallpox.
1t rains here punctually
now every Tuesday at 2 o'clock
in the afternoon.
There are only four negroes
living in CLAY county, but one
of whom is q voter.
The bursting Of kerosene
lamp caused q 100000 fr in
Shreveport last week.
The Fort Worth ferry is
said to be making $1,000 n week.
A paying business surely.
New Texas bacon is being
sold from country Wagons in
Bolton for 8 cents a ponnd.
j. T. Smiths mill aud cot
ton gin, near Huntsville, was
burned Monday. Loss. $4,000.
I'm Lavaca county, about
one hundred persons have been
arrested for the non payment
Of the dog tax.
The Galveston 4ndexndest
among the officials of that city,
is a sort OF "devil among the
tailors."
If Hays vetos the silver bill,
he will have TO hunt him a new
home. He will not dare to go
back to Ohio.
- The journal SAYS Delton
merchants pay good prices for
cotton If they can mix some
goods in payment.
The Christian denomination
Of Denison contemplate the err
ection OF a new church in that
city at an early day.
= According to the Denison
Herald, Dallas people como up
to that city to have photographs
taken by the dozen.
The town council Of Ronnd
Rock are trying to effect arrange
ments for the erection Of water
works for that town.
The Austin Gazette publishes
a receipt for making "taniales,"
Cats and cayenne pepper at the
principal ingredients.
The Headlight says the poles
OF the Bolton Telegr.pA line
have been set between Round
Rock and Georgetown.
- The Dallas Commercial
says it is "never to late to do
good" and, that Throck,norton
may yet be elected governor.
"A house on Ross avenue in
DslIas has been painted straw
.olor, trimmed with mourning.
The effect is said to be stunning.
- A negro at Corpus Christi
Sunday night was lucky enough
to have $4,000 it, gold; and
enough to get it stolen.
The dwelling on Haveman's
tarm, seven miles East OF Hemp
stead, was burned on Sunday
night. Loss 300, no insurance.
- Fort Worth has only two
candidates for Mayor, who have
up to the present
time.
- The iron tor the one-leg-
,ed railway is now en- route
Sor Hampstead. Immediately
upon its arrival work will be
oegun.
The Fort Worth Stan dard
courtesy among the
sditors, and the Dallas Herald
dueling among con-
sressmcn.
Tho Eor,h Wortb CY1,
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murder IN Harris county ana
objects to being hung he gets a
change OF venue to Fort Bend
county, and is triumpliantly ac-
Quilted.
ANDERSON, the louisiana re-
turning boarder. having been
recommended 10 mercy by the
jury, was sentenced to the low
est term, two years in the peni--
Tertiary.
PRESIDENT HAYS has written
a letter to the Philadelphia
Sunday School Times. OF the
22d ult. on Washington's birth
day. The subject is new and
original.
IT is thought that a vote on
SCOTS Texas and Pacific bill
will be taken in the House con IL
mittee, which will probably
stand six in the affirmative and
six in the negative.
THE Dallas Herald complains
that the Galveston Mardi Gras is
advertised only in the Galveston
Ne,os, and that it is expected
that people from north Texas
will be attracted By cheap invi-
tations.
L. 81. Smith, an esteemed
resident for 80 years of Des
Moines 10. was lately found
guilty OF murder in the first de-
gree for aiding to lynch two
horse thieves IS years ago. lie
will probably be parJoned.
LouauERY, Of the Marshall
Herald, is''discussing the merits
Of Hubbard's vote on the Inter
national bond subsidy compro-
mise. 1t was a bad vote, GER
tainlv. But many good man
has given one bad vote.
CANDIDATES tor gubernstorial
honors must have plenty of
small change. The 5. A. ESpress
says q blind begger made fifteen
dollars on the avenue IN Austin
in less than half An hour. He
simply addressed the passers as
"Governor."
IT is reported that scenes OF
drunkenness are presented in
the Senate chamber and the
House OF Representative s that
are well calculated to disgrace
the nation. Senators and men,
bers are to be seen in their seats
in q maudlin state Of ipto1ica>
ton.
BISMARCK is said to hold the
whip now over the Powers Of
Europe, and as he cracks it
they all march. A fight be-
tween Russia and Prussia OIL
one side and England France,
Austria, Italy and Spain, on
the other, would be highly in
teresting to an outsider.
TIE United States has not
yet recognized Disz. Whether
that worthy senior is President
or not depends not upon how
he obtained the position; nor
under what authority he holds
it, but upon whether he will
agree to certain little proposi>
tions Rutherford B. has sub
United for his consideration.
THOMAS G. ANDERSON, the
convicted Louisiana Returning
Board rogue, has had his motion
tor new trial overruled: and
was sentenced yesterday to two
years in the penitentiary, at
hard labor. The court was
very lenient. He will prola-
bly, appeal, and get stay OF
execution 1t the sentence for q
little while.
II Is insinuated thass a Green
back and grange combination
ticket tor State officers may be
brought out with VI. w. Lang
tor Govener; Charles Demorse,
Lt.Governor; A.H. Crozier, comp |
troller; II. c. Still, Treasurer;
Frank Girard, Land officer, and
B. Twigg, Atty General. The
Georgetown Sun mentions in
cidentally that only tour OF the
candidates reside in Austin.
If the contest for the guber-
Material chair, as between Hub |
bard and Throcknorton, is to
be settled by stump speeches,
eco ora MT sure INIT What the |
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EDITORIAL BREvlrlss.

Gf Ehf CEOoS-IOduS cctbltuttut
has a candidate tor Lieutenant
Governor.
DoEs anybody know anybody
in Texas that the Office Of gov
ernor is seeking3
THERE are good men .or
State offices not yet mentioned
in that connection.
TRERs il no truth in the
reported postponement Of the
Paris Exposition.
TRE Congressional conven-
ton may as well as not be held
in the latter part of May.
The leader Of the Allen train
robbers is said to have be-n
captured at Pilot Point.
AN inspirational Mrs. Anne
liza Colby is lecturing in the
country beyond the Brszos.
Com in this county is plant
el on the 18th Of February,
and comes up on the 1st Of
March.
THE surrender of the Turk
isi fleet ns portion of the in
demnity, still forms the OBJECT of
negotiations.
The breckenridge, Stephens
county, Team thinks Throck-
morton will be Govener il he
wants to.
THE Palo Pinto Star has
Watts for govoner and Say
ers for lieutenant governor ut its
masthead.
WIZ. B. Asrox is said to have
purchascd the Texas race horse,
Gen. Philips, for whics ho paid
$40, 900 in cool cash.
Ex-SENAroR Ben Wade, Of
Ohio, is now laying dangerous
i'll at his resident nesf Cleve-
land, o. His recovery il doubt
tul.
THERE is said to be q bill
pending in the Kentucky Legis-
ture establishing the whipping
post for the punishment Of the
criminal code.
UpoN q careful count it is as
eertained that there are Just
1900 men in Texas, who ale
advocated tor the Office of Lieu
tenant Governor.
IT is announced that Presi-
dent. Hays will unquestionable
vetoe the silver bill, In that
event Congress will pass the
bill over his head.
CONGRESS having passed the
silver bill, can now devote it
self to the repeal OF the re-
sumption act, and may, then, ii
it wants to, adjourn.
We would like to see an en-
bodied personofied combination
of all the elements opposed to
the democracy in Texas, faith
fully photographed. What
picture it would make.
IT is little strange but never
theless true, that transportation
from New York to any point
in the interior Of Texas, is low
er than from Galveston.
TIE whipping post OF the
olden time is what is now de-
msnded by many OF our ex-
changes. It would be a good
thing tor Texas, or, at least, Tor
this part Of the State.
II is said TO be settled fact
that the Republican members
OF the Louisiana Legislature will
petition Gov. Nichols for execu-
tive clemency in the case OF
Thomas Z. Anderson.
THE first aud greatest need
OF Galveston Just now is q Paul
Bremond. He would build a
railroad tor her without
troubling either Kopperl, Rosen-
berg, or the County Court.
SUPPOSE Throckmorton and
Hubbard, when the convention
meets, mutually get each other
in the ''nine hole" who would
be Governor, theni Mills, we
suppose; or D. c. Giddings.
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Finaasial Report
TIE State Of 1ezas Gosassy Of

TIE. State Of Tszos, Coansy Of
Washington:
Stat-mrnt u the debts, receipts md
expenditures of Washington eoun,y
Tor the year b-ginning Janpsry IL.
D 1877, aud ending Drc<niter 81, \.
ID. 1877, inclusire-
Amount due by The coun-
~ JAnnafy /, isss, rs
SION By Iecoryis Com
nsj-=iopsrs' court Feb
rusry term, lsI1. 49,. So, $50 %
Aiaotiut scsii, i,suett by
Di,uict clerk 10 jurors
upio Aas,ls,is, isi.; s.lei 20
-S,oouns of.sTip Issued by
county ciers 10 j.irvr5
during the ear 1871 - Lisa 90
-tlnouDt scrip i~sucd to
laipefs b cuuniy clerk
in lesf. 1890. go -
Amount ot1.s claims sp-
r"yc,i b. Leiliais-
sillefs ar, sstu
soiiF o79s-e4. tl.ereio-
d1.14s Isl. -,--.-.... l..eSs 81
clcpl..
by Nn.aaa. Registered
scrip sid ~ i>i..s,s.--s : Sis %
:, paia in lssl ......l,. LOS 10
BY anoant c,ase-a
;, scrip paid Ia ie.ii lS,,sl e.
BY anlilnt cur. hou-e
jain ,cri., paid ia hi, ass 80
By amount mad End
!, 81. -: -. ,,'a s
furn scrip lzi,i ia lSss SIC 10
By amount common scrip
pn HAND in treasury a3H u
by aIfAsunt cash in treas-
ury ;,.:......-.... 1.se Is
By amount baiance due
.. lt. h1 10