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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10

less sppeals 10 feelings of slleged
classes which can have no existence in
the South. Hamman has toiled assiG-
uoUsly for years To become rch, and
Low bases hls claims 10 promotion upon
his alleged detestation of the rich. II
we hal laws of primogenture sni en-
tail, if the rich robbed the poor
under the forms of law, If the
property of the rich were pro-
tected 10y a peculiar code, then we
could account for these constant refer
ences by Southern Greenback papers
and orators to the privileged class"
OF the South. Even here in this pretty
capital of Texas, in corporation
which deals with property alone, which
taxes heavily. which manages to take
the money out of the pocket of the
taxpayer a1d thrust it into the pocket
of the taxpayer, even here, idiots
pirate about the privileged class" If
another tailor, like Andrew Johnson,
accumulate in youth competency for
age; if a blacksmith provide a home
and comforts for his family; if the
shoemaker by steady toll own houses
and lots, then this greenback spout.
or Of bosh stands in front of the
abode of the working man and, shak-
ing a brawny fist, pronounces this
home the abode of one of the "priyi-
legged class" Industry and prudence
and care deserve all the privileges they
win, and it is only unfortunate that
these idle, brawling, pot-house politi-
clans and spouters of philosophy of
which they comprehend not a single
principle are suffered to employ
the ballot box as means of
plundering the privileged class"
This class is only invested with the poor
privilege of paying taxes. 1t maintains
loafers and adventures in office. Is
cowardice makes it bow its head
patiently and submit to outrage when
taxed in corporations, by those who do |
not at the same time tax themselves.
A curse upon such privilege and tear
for the privileged class of the South.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10

ophers of the seashore were grand and
conspicuous aud mighty leaders Of the
multitude eighteen years ago. They
then won great triumphs before the
people. Tney cannot forget these
grand achievements. They are like
Gen. McD.'s worthless dog that, IN his
early puppyhood, treed the only
rabbit of his useless, costly life near
the gateway and at the roadside. The
dog grew old and through eighteen
years passing that spot each cay al
ways stopped there and yeowled and
barked at the empty hole in the old
tree. Even so of these gray sea dogs
OF the sandy selshore. They won DIS
tinguished honOrs and brought down
infinite sorrows and misfortunes upon
the State and country eighteen years
ago and can never forget. Whatever
happens, whatever the necessities of
the country, however imperative the
need for the services of men like Han
cock in the Congress of the United
States, these Southern couuterparts of
the bloody shirt people of the East
must stop at the old hole into which
secession crawled and was lost to
sight many years ago. Let them
look back over their shoulders. L.
is harmless vanity they indulge.
They would not have themselves
condemned even by this indIrection
involved in the election of John Han
cock TO the Congress of the United |
States, but it fortunately happens that, |
whatever their fortunes, those of the |
country demand the success of Just |
such men as Hancock. His triumph |
promotes the only good result achieved |
by the oXcitatiOn of This Greenback fiat
money question. 1t leads to the OBJ
livion of the bloody shirt party lead
ers North and South. 1t buries un-
happy memories out OF sight. 1t uni
fies the West and South. 1t gives
Texas and the South power in practi-
cal legislation, and will give us per-
feet harbors on our coast and South
err railway from ocean to ocean. Let
the old "sea dogs" howl over the
empty hole in the worlds history
called secession. 1t is only the indul-
gence and qualification of poeticai
Let us, meanwhile, be sensi-
BILE and practical, and serve ourselves
and the State and the Union by max
ing John Hancock our local representa-
live in Washington.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10

The exchange 6end, after sn absencs
OF two weeks in the country, where
he has been living OF his lame and
widowed aunt, came into this oiIlc6
yesterday and proceeded 70 take Dos-
session of our choicest exckano
with his oli-time familiarity.
I've been out in the country - he
SAID, 'for, 1t seems to me, six months.
and haven't seen paper. excepting
the Christian Monitor or tue SolAts Rtsi,
since I've been away. I want to read
u2 on this awful yellow fever scouroe
which is depopulating the Southers
cities. It's the most terrible thing
ever heard OF, and / can hardly va
until get hold of New York pan
to read about H."
Here's the New Orleans Times. N
replied the exchange editor, drawing
copy of that paper from the pile be-
fore him; it hasn't bad anything In
it for three weeks but yellow fever, rel
low jack, saffron scourge, Bronze John
the carnival Of death"--
''Merciful heaven" exclaimed tk1
dend, throwing up his hands in horror.
and retreating to the centre OF the
room. why that paper is printed
right in the heart of the infected dia-
trict, and there is nothing In the wids
world that will carry disease through
the country like a newspaper.
wouldn't touch it for half of Oil CITY. :,
beg pardon" said the editor, tosa-
ing the paper in the direction OF the
tiend, from which that individual
leaped as from snake about 10 strike.
beg pardon; here is yesterdays Mem.
phis Aootdnehe, damp from the press.
with the smell OF the bayous still upon
1t; sixty deaths 6eosGred there the iay
before its publication, and it will give
you elaborate details"-
Take it away, take il awayln
yelled the fend, retreatipR % the
door, breathing hard, and looking
like man with the horrors; ssoleaso
throw me over New York or Boston
paper, and I'll reod 1t at home.u
''For real informant nn," continued
the editor unmoved, ~ would RECON- :.
mend this little paper; its editor
pressman died Of the disease day be-
lore yesterday, and two reporters and
seven printers are now down with Il. y
and the young man twisted the papnr
into ball and bit the fend IN the fase
with it, remarking: "It's the Grsnada
Sun aud hasn't blessed thing In it but
yellow fever and ads"
Before the editor had finished the,
exchange fend uttered a shFiek
like lost soul, turned back hand- 4
spring out of the door, aud disappeared
down the stairway, seven steps at :
lump. oil city Derrick.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10

A COUPLE OF Republican office hold.
ers of Washington county stated iu
Austin yesterday, that the body of
Democrats in Washington county will
vote for Jones instead of Hancock.
They are delighted at this disaffectlnn,
feeling satisfied no doubt, that after
the redistricting of 1880 they will have
things their own way for more offices.
They will probably secure a district
that will always give them Repubh-
can in Congress. This would be death
to Seth Shepard's aspirations, and he
could blame nobody hut his friends.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10
1T SAVED THE PEOPLE OF SA-
vANHAH, GA, WHO USED III
DUaING 1HE TERRIBLE
RPIDEMIC OF 1876.

Messrs. j. II Zeiln i Co.:
6estleDiSa:-We, the undersigned Enei-
ieers On the Georgia Central Railroad, in
grateful obligation for the benefits we re-
eeived, from the uso of SIMMONS Liver
REGULATOR during the YELLOW FE-
YER Ell IDEMIC In savannah, Georgia, in the
summer and fhll of 1876, desire to make the
following statement: That during the afore-
said Rpidemie, we used ths medicine known
as SIMMONS LIVER RESULAT0R. pre-
pared byJ. H. zeilin & Co. and though ex.
posed to he worst miasmatlc influences OF
the yellow fever by going in and coming out
Savannah IT different hours OF the night. and
also In spending entire nights In the city
during the prevalence OF this most Fatal.
EPIDEMiC,wlth but ths sng,e exception OF
one OF Us, who was taken sick. but speedily re-
covered, we continued in our usual good
health, circumstance we can account for
in no other way but by the sffeet, under
providence, OF the habitual and continued
use OF SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR
while we were exposed TO this Yellow Fever
malaria
Respectfully Yours,
C. h. PATTERSON. JAS. L. MALLETTE.
JOHN R. COLLINS, MELTON F. COOPER.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10

JUDGE DAVID SHEEKs becomes 8
candidate for the Legislature to repre-
sent TraYis and Blanco counties.
Everybody knows his merits. He is
an able lawyer and advocate, and as a
representative of the people would re-
fleet credit upon the district. He will
command a very large support from all
classes who would see our people rep
resented. With him in the House and
Terrell in the Senate, this would no
longer be known as the "orphan dis
trict of Texas"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10
CONTRACTION.

Any contraction @. currency st a
time of general depression IS unstates-
manlike; but the contraction stated in
a fl 1apcisl ciicn'.T o5pied in our issue
OF he first, skith We pu5,'shad as i
CIR Osity, never hal an existence. L
was myth in,eGded 70 deceive and to
arouse the passions Of the multitude of
street statesmen and cross-road fiuan
ciers, who now pirate so much of nat
paper money, not one in thousand of
whom ever deYeloped financial capqc-
ity enough to purchase comfortable
homestead.
oa page es of the report of the
Comptroller of the Treasury of the
United States, published in December,
1871, will be found the following;
"The amount of legal tender notes,
demand notes, fractional currency and
national bank notes outstanding on
August 81, 1866, and annually there
after from January I, 1856, to January
1, 1877, and the amounts outstanding
December l, 1877, are shown by the
following table, together with the cur
rency prlee OF gold and the gold price
of currency at each date"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10
THE MONARCHY.

Has it never occurred 20 the thought.
full reader that the New York AdcO-
cate, which is now sent all over the
South, at twenty-five cents year, to
men WHO never hesrd of it until they
received the paper, is kept alive in a
strange way! Any printer will state
that the paper cannot be published for
'ess than one dollar year for each
subscriber. Seventy FIVE cents is thus
lost on each subscriber. 1t boasts that
it has subscription list of million.
Now who loses the $3.50, 900 sunk in
its publications A paper which at
tempts to build up party by appeal
ing TO the envy, the prejudice and Gu
pidity of the poor as we'll as to the
ignorant, must be supported by those
plotting to destroy free institutions.
All history shows that when the
poor are aroused against the rich
and form parties on agrarian ideas, free
government approaches its end. To
escape destruction under the taxing
power, capital secures an army and its
leader governs the state. There is no
tyrany like the tyrany of msjorities
who Override constitution, and it is
g strange fact that In no state platform
of tue Greenback party Is the Consti-
tuition of the government referred to or
devotion to its limitations expressed.
A Northern capitalist openly avowed
his willingness last winter to give a
million of money for monarchy. May
not the money of such men be now
given to promulgate ideas, which when
revolution is attempted, will accom-
plish his wish2
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10

PEOPLE who advocate the concession
of the privilege of suffrage to women
may not be pleased to see that ell the
candidates for the Governors Office in
Massachusetts, favor woman's suffrage.
Both Talbot and Butler are personally
in favor of woman suffrage, and DR..
Miner is running on a woman suffrage
platform. The Woman's Suffrage
journal says:
To try, therefore, to enlist suffra-
gists, as such, either for or against
either of these candidates, would be
absurd. The choice between them
must be made on other considerations.
The woman suffrage battle must be
made in the choice Of Representatives
and Senators, who will vote for woman
suffrage in the Legislature next winter.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10

Horsemonger Lane Jail has been "a :
Gated and 10 20 be torn down. L vac
one of the earliest prisons erected Sc
cording 70 the somewhat crude ideas
Of . model system that resulted from
John HowsFd's philsnthropic Iabofs.
snd was completed in 1928. TIE roof
Of its lodge gates became the plece of
public execution. There Col. Despard
snd bis six companions were hsnRed
IN 1903 for en alleged Conspiracy; 80
wa Richard Patch, the murderer OF NJ.
Bligh: % were the notorious ManninRa.
The hrst person hanged within the
walls was Margaret Walters, the baby.
farmer. The old Jail was . famous
place Of impgisonment for debtors. +
has also confirmed some notable odend-
eFs against the law. includiDR Leigh
Hunt, Nho passed Two years Ihefs -
calling George ". ian Ad01iz'
foFry;1 the Rev. Mf. Taylor. othk1a
''rhe Devils PsFaoD,D lncked np
preaching sediflop Col. Valenfine 81
ksr and the Rev. Ar. Tooth.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10
A srArEsMAN special brings the sad

A STATEsAAN special brings the sad
intelligence that Capt. ]. G.. Killough,
of Fayette county, has been asssssinat-
ed by his enemies. Capt. Killough
was widely known in Texas for bis
many virtues and his generous, kindly
nature. He was q member of the Thir-
teenth Legislature from Fayette coun-
ty. After this, for time he resided
near the city of Austin, where be pur-
chased property, but again became q
resident of Fayette county, where an
unfortunate family feud resulted in his
death. When will this red-hsn1ed
vengeance end .
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10

THE ancient gentleman ofshcafd and
walking stick immortalssy, Hon. A. B.
Norton, of Dallas, would be Cover
nor of Texas. sRe is certainly deemed
an honest gentleman, of excellent abil-
ity andS6 lifelong student OF the
politics of the country. He con-
ducts respectable Republican
newspaper, his name is uuspot-
ted, and he can't be otherwise
than patriotic, honest and conser-
vatIve when he venerates the Dame,
memories and philosophy of Henry
Clay. Intelligent Republicans will be
rapidly consolidated in behalf of the
Dallas Republican ticket, and he who
leaped forward a month ago SO vigor-
ously and nimbly can't "jump half
Hamman" to-day.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10

Members Of the French Assembly
get five dollars q day, but not until
their election has been declared valid.
II the election is declared valid the
member is at once entitled to back pay
from the date Of election, but IL it is
qusshed he gets nothing. The Cham
Der has annulled the election OF sixty
four Imperialists and other members Of
the Right, thus saving $50, 900 in ssla-
ries, and there are several other con-
tested seats still TO bear from. Seven
seats were vacant for twenty-seven
days, fifteen for sixty-two days, four
teen for ninety-six days, six for i24
days, twenty for i57 days and two for
1914 DAYS.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10

At Port Stanley, Canada, Mrs. Ball.
9 widow, went 20 . picnic with her
two sisters. Her prospective brother
in-laG was present, and, considering
her actions too free and frsky, de-
clsred he would never speak 10 her
again. Afterwards be took boat and
invited her and some others to 90 with
him for sail. When they were ebo1t
= mile from shore Ars- Ball said 70
him, "Wili Christian, are you coming
up 70 zee me any moreGn s'rm going
up to-hight for the last time, ,, be said.
Standing up in the bost, she threw Der
bat behind Der, and said, '.Good bye,
Bert; goodbye, W1ll.0 sprang over-
board and was drowned.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10

NEsuvIUs aud Cotopaxi, the worlds
great volcanoes and smoke-sts cks are
both at once in active eruption. Some
thing has sickened mother earth.
We can't think what it is unless it be
the possibility Of Ben Buffers eleva-
ton, by the Greenbackers, to the pres
idency in 1880.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10

The honest voter, desiring truth, is
asked to read our article on contraction
and study carefully The table it con-
talns, which is copied from the report
OF the United States Comptroller, di-
rect
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10

IF juries and courts and policemen
don't stop this cowardly pistol-toting,
instead of six, Texas will only have ore
or two representatives in Congress
under the next apportionment.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10

IT is very singular butswholly true
that Republican Congressman named
Rice and gentleman, too, Of excellent
learning and ability, is pleased 70 say
thAt President Hayes should continue
TO appoint Democrats to Office when
eyer, by 50 doing, As in Postmaster
General Keys case, he promotes the
efficiency Of civil serviee.n
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10

IT does seem to rs, if sammy Tilden
expects the Potter committee 70 make
much fuss about his having been
cheated in the big game Of bluff, that
he should have those books that were
taken from the ecurt house By violence
brought back.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10

EVER since planters ceased to use
hempen cords and substituted iron
hoops and the importation Of hemp for
cotton packing came 70 sn end, rouRhs
and blood-tubs have become sadly
addicted TO murder. Should We not
pstrOnizs Kentucky hemp more hb-
sralIYs
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10

SETH SHEPARD made glorious
Democratic speech at Bastrop, aud his
unreasonable friends who have desert
ed the party should follow his noble
example.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10

"HARD money for labor" "Paper
money for the aristocrats," is an in
scription on banners borne by Kear-
ney's followers In Calliornia. Work
ing people here should note these facts,
and see how Kearney's followers here
are devout Butler Greenhackers.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10
MR. ~. BRrEecEnuorr hecnmes

Mr.. WM. BRUEGGERH0FF becomes a
candidate for the Legislature 10 repre-
sent the filtorial distr:c. composed ot
Travis and Bianco counties. He is
well known throughout both counties
and elsewhere rs man Of the greatest
energy, and shouli he become a mem
Der Of the Legislature all msy be satis-
fed that he will be most diligen. oud
faithful in every effort to accomplish
good for the people he proposes to
represent. He would not only make
a diligent member, bat he would soon
make every member of the Senate and
House his personal friend.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10

Many of the creeds and dogrnas OF the
churches have no foundation upon.
which TO build through auythinr-,i..
founder of Christianity ever ,aurhf< (
and further, that some Of them rSsli1
oifer a premium 20 vice in an easy way.
by which its effects may be Washed
away by the simple exercise Of an ia
teilec'usl faculty; even in the agonies
OF death the sinner can be made whit
as snow aud ready for the compsnion-
ship of the angsls.n
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10

THE GENUINE SIMMONS LIVER REeULA
TOR OR MEDICINE MANUFACTURED
ONLY By J. H. ZEs1iN & CO..
is wrapped In aelosn, neat, WHITE WRAP
PER with the red ;ynboiie stamped there
on. Run no risk tT being induced 20 take
substitutes Take 10 other hut the oRIGI-
NAL aud GENUINE scptia
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10
The IREE IS KF0WT BY IIS ERIIlI. -

/
TUFTS Pills are worth their weight in cold Z"
REV. ]. r. SIMPSON, LouisviiIs, Ky.
TUFTS Pills are special blessing OF the
nineteenth century,"
REV. r. 3. osGoop, New York.
az have used TUFTS Pills for torpor OF the
liver. They are superior TO any medicine io1
hillary disorders ever made"
!. p. CARR, Attorney st Law, Augusta, oa.
"I have rsed Tutt's Pills five years ia my fam
lily. They are unequaled for costiveness and bill
Iousness." ."-F. R.wlLSON, Georgetown, Texas.
81 have used THiTs Medicine with great
beneft.'-W. w. MANN, Editor Mobile Register.
1--WE sell fifty boxes TUFTS Pills to FIVE Of
all others -"-SAYRE 6 CO., Csrtorsville, Ga.
TUFTS Pills have only to be tried to es.
tAblish their merits. They work like magic"
W. n. BARRON, 90 Summer ST., Boston.
There is no medicine so well adapted to the
cure OF bilious disorders as TUFTS Pills"
JOS. RRummEL, Richmond, Virginia.
AND A THoUsA NO MORE.
Sold bY druggists. 25 cents a bor. Office
SO Murray Street, NeIO York.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10

WE are told by old Texans that
herdsmen and rancheros of Southwest
ern Texas used the telephone very COM
monty twenty-five years ago.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-10
CAUTION.

c. r. PATTERSON. JAS. L. MALLETTE.
JOHN R. COLLINS, MELTON F. COOPER.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-02-20
| No, g71 AN ACT

No 81 AN ACT
TO incorporate tho Attakapas College,
SECTION /. BE II enncfed IN The SSenate and
House Of Rer"csenfatiptes ofMe siais q, q LGn1s-
eretld A. M. Jan, Eugene A. Duehhtnp Au-
gtists Mnraist Valery ttedotlx, T.. IL. kr1ght.
Edgar Marin. Sthnislas Benvgnue, Charles
Goeriuere, ST., Paul dc Clouet and Pierre Da-
rnnee are hereby constituted body corpOrats.
under the common name and title Of "The
President and Board Of Directors of Attakhpns
| College, and that by that they and their
| successors shall have y common seal, psrpet-
| ual succession. the right Of inndng valid con-
traets, Of appearing in courts Of justice, Of en-
acting bylaws and regulations for their gov
ernments, Of having eommsn Heasury. 81
acquiring. holding and alternating movable
and immovable property. which they may hd-
minister MT pleasure.
| SEC. O. BE il further enncted, rtc.. Tint tho
powers Of said corporation shall bs confined
| TO the establishment, organization and main
tenspce OF literary an g, scientific ,d istltnt9
parish of st. Martin, to be called othe "a tta-
kapas College," Of which Reverend A. NJ Jan
shall be President. with power t. transfer his
office to n worthy. persons with like powers to
jorty Of the Board Of Directors.
sEr. 3. BE II further endcted rte, That any
s9 Of theeIjoard Of Directors shall constitute
n quorum, with power to fix oil vacancies
which may occur in the said Board in any
manner whatsoever, and that the President
shall be RI onfcio President Of said Board.
SEQ. a. Be II FURTHER enneted etc.. That the
President. with the advice and consent Of q
majority Of said Bcard Of Directors, shall,
once u year. and afteG public examination,
have power and authority TO graduate the
students of said college, and to confer the fol
lowing literary and scientific degrees. to wit
Bachelor Of arts, master Of arts, master OF ae-
counts, bachelor Of sciences, muster Of sciences
and Of the same may grant diplomas. which
diplomas shnll entitle the graduate to the i'm
lnunities. privileges and lonors anppertnining
to said degree throughout the pnita 81 states
Charter shall remaife IN force for twenty five
years from date Of the PRONUNCIATION OF this
act
(SignetD LOUIS BUSH,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
(Signed) LOUIS A. WILII,o
Lieutenant Governor and President of the
Senate.
Approved February 49, 1873.
lSigned) FRANCIS r. NICHOLAS,
Governor Of the State Of Louisiana
, "A true copy:
WILL A. STRONG,
, Secretary Of State.