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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28
PROBABLE RAILHObD EArEN-
Sion.

ID i il ever ccclr 10 anyone IN Aus
tia that under a new organ zation OF
the international Railroad c mpauy its
interests would he best sUbseTved by
extending hue Of rail way frcm Round
R2ck towari Limpasas and Brown
wood? The Georgetown roa1 has been
bought by a gentleman largely interest
ed in the international ROAD, aud when
the new oTGauiZ4ticn Is ,iTec,ed no
doubt this road will bee, me psIt Of
the corporGhous property. The Gen.
tral will h6ve q liz TO E Istlaud, and
the SaIt4 Fe will 90 IN the direction
of Gainesville, so that j. rich and pro-
duc!ive county will lie west of these
roads, and 10 secure benefits from it,
which would otherwise lie lost, t looks
as though this * ensiOn will be a
financial necessity for the company.
Had it been Intended 10 prescott: the
line to San Antonio tic EXPIRATION Of the
company's charter would not have been
permitted. - this II; Company loses
about $500 State bohus pr mile,
which shows quite coaclu 'ively that
the San Antonio route is not coliem-
plated. As dis'an as it may appear
now, Austin has. probably, greater
calamity TO ca ( ;mpla'e in the main
line OF the Interna.inna! moviI north
west from Round Rock, than in it's go
ing towards S.n Antonio. Neither ex-
tension would benz fit the place, while
the most dangerous might he prevented
by the speedy construction of line of
railway, controlled Ly the people OF
Austin, towards the northwest.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

depth will possibly surpsss that Of the
Su' By several i"ct, beng, inste I'd OF
% 80 to - T. gh. ta-ius will be
Quilt on either ride Of the canal At diff
fereDt points, 50 that large vessels. in
case OF need, cau archer in a safe har-
bor ard can rePass with - mnch con-
vonicnce as in the opln seas. IL is cal
Gu a'c1 that iiitY vessels day can
draw wattr Si'h he a'ssi esse.
at Is s great la'.or, saiG NJ DeLes-
seps, ''bu 81 ma be done. We have
interchangeable allies Ounking siIecuon-
4tely at NJ ApoietoI), and | sntic,-
pate a pleasurab'e IS well as succf ss-
iul visit 70 the 1'ted States this fall.
company with ;his gentleman, who
- an honor 10 America. The funds,
IL, coo, 600 frsncs, are now being sub
cribed, sni the ceplial shall be placed
n the hands of these with whom
twenty-five years Experience has made
me fearless. Everybody nGw wishes
10 complete the IN, and The probA
5ilities ere that we shall have more
than enough. / think much OF the
work will IL done hy Ii grces, es | ind
them yeIy good labareTs, preferable to
he Chimes. y lao are most wOmanly
and dCl.cs'.."
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28
PersOnal.

Professor John Wise, the aeronaut,
intends to start from st. Louis upon
his balloon voyage across the CONT
pent
Mr.. DR.. Blackburn, "GOvernor-elec. >"
of Ken'ucky, is nearly seventy years
old, but is very strong and his step is
elastic as thirty years ago.
Galusha A. Grow is spending few
days in Maine, bat Is expecting to open
the campaign at Somerset, Penn, on
the twenty-sixth instant.
M. Alexandra Dumas is said to he
writing new come ~, the leading part
of which is to be expressly adapted TO
Mile. Sarah Bernbardts powers.
Mr.. Joseph J .fferson's winter home
in Louisiana is described as very
beautiful one, surrounded by the flow
ers of which he is extIavagantly fond.
Mr.. JEFF .rson's eide son occupies the
place and grows quantities of rice,
sugar, cotton and Urabges.
Senator H II is occupied with Legal
business in Georgia. He has just re-
fused to make public speech at Ma
con, on the ground that he is busy,
that the platforms of the campaigr mad
not been laid down, and that be
thought perhaps he should be silent al
this time, when the press of the North
was 50 ready to take up aid miscon-
strue what was said.
1t is stated that King Alfonso and the
Archduchess Maria of Austria will have
an interview during the coming month,
and that their marriage will be solem.
nized at the end of October. Senoi
Manuel Silvels, Minister of the Interior,
will be appointed Embassador-Extra-
ordinary TO accompany the Archduchesi
from Vienna to Madrid. At Lagranjs
u is reported that the marrisge will
| take place on November 90, the King'i
birthday.
Gen Jesse II. Drake, a veneer able
| North Cirolinian, who died last week
mas left his whole fortune, OF comfort
| able sig, to three OF his former slaves,
| Calvin Drake, Aaron Drhk and judah
Drake, Tor their lives, with reversal TO
tGeir children. lie leaves all hrs estate
real and personal. to them, and ssys
They have been my faithful slaves
and have r. manned with me since leil
freedom, nursing and caring for me in
my old age, and desire them to share
my gratitude"
The late Duke William Of Mecklen
burg -Schwerin, the German Emperor
nephew, died fro m the effec s Of III
operation made necessary by the pains
| fr0yn old vonnda not ororarlv haatad
II, was Ms Dr General Of brigade al
L.or, when, after the surrender - the
fortress, the French General, disconso.
late at his fate, ordered the citadel 10 BIZ
blown up. At the explosion some frsg
men,s wounded the Duke, who at the
time did not pay much heed TO the ther
| sup .,osed tn ling Injuries. lie wal
/ rather fond of singing "Fill up thu
glass, and answered to the hickman,
Of "PriDce Schnap'"
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During Gov. Sprague's first term tie
civil war broke out, and as be had been
q military man In the militis) he i'm
mediately rose to great prominence.
He was reelected governor, and &C.
companied the Rhode Island troops to
the field, where he witnessed the bat
tie of Bull Run, from safe distance.
lie was commissioned q brigadIer gen.
eral and wore the uniform for short
time but did not accept the office. In
1868 he was chosen Senator in Con-
gress, where he served for twelve years
till 1875. In Washington he met and
married Kate Chase, the eldest daugh-
ter of the late Chief Justice. She was
then, and presumably is now, an ambi-
tious woman. 1t is either her misfortune
or her fault,that from a very early age
she has been involved IN scandals. B.
fore she was sixteen and when her
father was Secretary Of the Treasury,
the Washington gossips were
filed to Overlooking with ac-
uUts of her behavior. When she
married it was supposed hat she would
govern her conduct with more circum-
spection. In 1873 the great house of
Sprague failed. IL was tryI1g to do
business to the AM cunt of $40, 600, 600
on capital of Sl3 600, 600. Is col
lapse was tremendous. The tius;t es,
who attempted to save something for
the creditors, also failed. Since then,
William Spragne has kept pretty
steadily in that condition which our
dispatches describe as unnatural ex-
citement," moaning that he has I'M
bibed more alcohol than he could as
simulate. He has not lived with his
family much OF the time. Ii his wife
has sorrowed greatly over her affection
she has contrived not to show it in her
| face. Utica Observer.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

THERE il great anxiety to hear from
san Fran cisco and our dispatches his
morning should tell at least the result
Of the coming Of King Kesrney. See
what despot he Is and what slaves
are the uniettered mob, They would
tear down Jail and hang and quarter
one Of It's inmates were il not that King
kearney is absent. lie hears by tele-
graph that his orders are wanted and
hurries to San Francisco calling for all
papers referring to the matter to be
forwarded to him at once that they may
meet him on the way and that he may
be ready to speak and issue his cdicts
at the NJ nent OF his arrival. He is
great and good man, tins SsRd Lot
orator Kearn.y, and his followers are
as fanaticl' as we're those OF M4homet
aud infinitely more dangerous. The
oriental zealp.s hal q very proper
code OF morals; these fellows are simp-
IL enthusiasts and agrarians aud G ,m-
munIsts. But Kearney may have wis.,
dom epou Cd II know that 'whom the
gods would destroy they fret make
mad, and be may suffer no act OF su-
preme madness to work the immediata
ruiu of his bideous party.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

WHAT was written of the late Col.
Bourland was based on statements
made by the Monitor and Ivy persons
who were cngnizlnt OF fac's stated.
The GAINESVILLE Hrsperidn and Gazette
says that we were .m;s,ed and that the
people were as much To blame as BIur-
land, their leader. NJ le4d,r of the
people can escape deserved execration
If he suffer the people, without resist
ing them, to do bloody deeds. None
bloodier or deserving moie damning
execratiun were ever done than those
of which B0urlaui ani his followers
are said TO have been guilty. But
Bourland, having command in a wide
district, was foremost in deeds of vic
lence. The Gainesville paper says
further that Bourland had to deal with
conspirators and dangerous and terri
BILE enemies. Unfortunately the dam
ger never came. Bloody, brutal deeds
were all done by Bourland and his sub
ordinstes. There is no story o. crime
recited thst involves B1urland's VIC
Tins. They were Simply suspected,
so the people who dared To talk
have ever alleged, Of differing from
b aurland IN matters Ct politics. They
slew nobody. They cn'y sgreed
among themselves that they would go
into exile. We a,e gravtlY { Ia thst
these forty men who were suspended
beneath the limb ofthc ''ciant elm
the bloodiest tree the world ever saw
were hung by the FIRE, ed popnlace.
This story is wholly incredible. Tnere
was never an American populacen
in any State OF city capable Of such
infsmies, and there arc now and then
bloodthirsiy Bcurlands. The assertion
that the populsoe cause leaders toeon-
init such crimes is false, aud II Is un-
lust to shift upon the shoulders OF the
civilized Christian people Of Gaines
VILE and its vicinity the fearful deeds
of Bourland.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

3 nator Wallace of Pennsylvania re-
Gently expressed these opinions Ia an
interviewer: 'I.ocal government is
cur aim, and it is really the only living
issue st present before the people. A
government Of the people, 'or the peO-
pie, by the people is what we want and
must have. Electors in their several
districts and localities NUT be free to
vote as they like, and must be relieved
from the presence and force of Federal
influence and dic'aiion. Finance will
take care of itself. The country is now
prosperous. 10 another Year it will be
more so. And By that time commerce
will have regulated the money question
sol hat it will have completely dissp-
peared. A man must be at liberty to
the way he wishes and must be free vote
to talk aloud to his friend on election
day on what be considers his rights and
privileges without beng afraid that s
marshal or other Federal officer will
put his hand upon his shoulder and
move him of. Local EoverDment, or,
- 1t Is sometimes called, home rule,
Is what the country wants and what We
will give it. The people have grown
impatient At the incessant thrustIng OF
the Federal arms into their local mat
tiers, and are determined 10 destroy
this advancing system q centrallzs-
ton -
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THE INCAPABLE AND UNWOR.
THY JOURNALIST.

A coarse natured, illiterate fellow
should hardly be suffered, by an in
eligent, decent com nuni.y, to con-
luet its newspaper. Society should
ruard the taste and refned feelings Of
ia members with religious and sedu-
ous care. Most unfortunate Is 1t for
he young if they must encounter every
lay the coarse u,terances of an litter
,te blatherslfite whose wit is exhaust
a when he has declared zone other
ditor the, s'ooss liar OF the age and
.ountry, or when ne has hurled coarse
xpletiyes at some one who proposed
% handy witticisms or print harmless
aveniions OF ludicrous incidents so
oalpably untrue tina; nobody gives ere
lence when everybody laughs. l. is
singular, but true. that the very best
men aud women and m 81 intelligent
IRE often iniluenced by the UNIV oFihest
! swspaper. One gathers ideas and
conceptions Of fact, unconsciously,
rom what is read. Read we must and
yli, and We forget where and
low facts and opinions were gath
red and If these omAua'e from a
liseafed and impure source the
aadet'a very scul is contaminated.
he yitiAted taates of an incapable and
slitcrate and immoral journalist COM
aunicate foulest diseases TO society.
Il So much by what lie swk wardiy
rites as by what he selects, and there
re we have often said that many
owns were peculiarly best because
.eir newspapers are addicted to pat
at ouisides. Selections for these are
lade thousand miles away. Most
-9apulsr thinking - done 10y the newG-
lpers The many are too busy to do
lore than to read and accept as fiaal
DC assumptions Of the editor. They
rnly approve or disapprove, to so
pursuit Of the revolving and
yer vanishing dollar The editor
aeanwhile IS too busy thinking
n other people to think for himself,
nd therefore We llni him commonly
anniless aud often worse, helpless
ead-heAs or vivacious trump. He
.sys blaekmsil, in a half honest suIt
wsy, trading notoriety for old
othes aud occasional 6quare meals
d mulhtudinous driaks. BIT the
orld. having a sort of dread of an
Ilnite capacity to write aud pint and
control the WORLDS opinion, has no
spect for poverty and only bows in
presence of gold, and it is painfully
10 and by no means strange that
ag before loosely constructed editor
q Loaf all respect for himself he is
erly despised or confirmed by those
whom he addresses his weakly lu-
'r~ar1tions.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

The mystery over The sinking moua-
tain al GAINESVILLE, q 4. is sill uasnlsed.
unless the explanation given by Mr.. ~.
Stephenson, an old ana accomplished
scientisi, ~ the true one. He has lived
in t1is gold-besTing section ever since
the first men came here. lie says that
he distinctly remembers that alb nut for
~ years sg1 & ,h4fi of = mine VAS T1n
under the edge of the pofbtaln and
alter wards aDand0ued. Liter the river
which ran near by Uttered through in
70 the shaft and washed SWAY all trace
81 i. J. il very rapid, swift, noun
tain stream, and be supposes tina. it has
gradually washed out the shaft and tn
largsd the hole Until there was ehasm
Of half mile Irsg and fully as broad
aud half 50 dep. He thinks this
washing continued until the support OF
sb0u: one-third o. the mountain was
eaten swav, and IL then tumbled into
the ehssm. II seems ssmos. Incredible
that this couli be tue, aed yet y 70
the only explanation 0hered. Thu,
Mr.. Stephenson holds, would account
for the continued siEkiDg Of the broken
mas. as be holds that the river ie stiiI
eetiny Il away. Thousands Of persons
heve Visited the ecene and many super
efifious fears have bean ra.ee1 On as-
cosnt Of the fall Of the Mea ntain.
The whoIe gold bearing nfctlon u luii
n violent sfreams, falls and cescadess
and there are some lev suoterrhnesn
streams Of consideFabis size.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28
Governor spraxue,. Career.

The domestic affairs oi William
Sprsgne of Rhode Island are gather
ing an unpleasant prominence in the
newspapers. Mr.. Sprague's life is a
pecu lar one. lie vas born tn great
wealth but was never endowed with
much intellect. When he was twenty
nine years old he returned in the win
ter Of 1890 from a trip to Europe.
His ambition at that time SCARED no
higher than to command company Of
militia known as the Providence Light
Artillery. This battery turned out -
meet him on his return, and succeeded
with the help Of 5 3rsgue's money! In
getting up quite celebration. The
Democ ats happened TO hold their
State CONVENTION aDout that time, and
taking advantage al the Temporary ex-
element, they nominated Sprague for
Governor. The tradition runs that he
vent home and said : Ma, have been
nominated for Governor vi Rhode ! =
land" HiAmOiher answered. This
is a high honor" ''But, ms, am
Nominated by The Democrats, and the
Repub leans ere in IsTge msjor u. :"
..Ba;, William, ycu have large for
tuuc. II / were nominated and u
wanted To be GoyerpOr. / would b."
"MA, " said the young hero, Il Gill be
Governor Of Rhode Island" And he
was. They ssy II cos. hin t120, 600,
and that his defeated ,mpeiitoT, Seth
Pend!ef0ra, spent over $50, 900. Un-
der the present law Of Rhode Island
they charge a man q dollar for voting.
SpEagre went into Grznston, where be
was born, and paid the poll tax Tor the
whole toEn. Hls 1genis sio3d e the
polls, bildine ef1ineI PerdIeford's
agent r>|1 be acreage Price paid for
a inie'Iife1t voter - Rhode Island
ia. r<1t S.. 80. 5l1e Of the ignorant
sold .t<1ss's1s 81 low as g. while :
IN e't.1<1s 81 ert1tcuIiufe demanded
Is nrch - 500 Tor their bellots'
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

GOVERNMENT steps out Of its prov
ince and beyond it whenever it under
takes to become g parer or school,
master or priest. L. msy guard and
protect and perfect human freedom
but should not restrict it or do for peo-
pie thst which they can and always do
infinitely better for themselves. There
fore the Sedalia Democrat says that all
sumptuary legislation is worse than no
legislation at sill because 1t causes re-
volt and puts back all true reforms for
a generation. The curse OF the coun-
toy, says the Democnat, is too much
legislation. Every voter is an incipi-
ent statesman, and to prove his esti-
mstiou of himself correct he must
legislate. Whenever State legisla'
ture convenes every member OF it in
PRODUCES bill Of some kind.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28
euE ISTRMIAN CANAL AND
RAILwAH.

There seems much opposition to the
f.esseps is.hmus canal scheme.
aas hsrm will it efIectI Il will on
prevent, II tho trans is,hmus rail-
be also constructed, the existence
monopoly. Bat the opposition to
sssseps comes from the owners and
IS Of the Union and Central Pacific
ilways. They are very unwilling
the old States to discover cheap
iss to CAlilornia aud Asia and the
adwich Islands and TO Australia.
1 "a we need and must have
.ek-wa.er ship canal from New
leans to the sea, even so must we
We a canal, rs well as railway traveTs-
the ntAmus. NJ. D Lesseps says I:
After two surveys, one IN 1916 and
in 1877. we have decided ON Par
IS being the exact point. My
At thought is the salubtity Of the
!. rs humanity is my iirst considera-
a. and no sacrifice OF life must COM
nee our labor. Several doctors will
with the surveyors before pick
Is sluclS in the soil, but It Is only
the near approach 10 tho Atlantic
sst that we havo anything 10 fear,
clim9te being beautiful, although
t. tropical, near the Pacific. The
al Will b. about one-half the length
lhst of Sasz, bat i is much more
cuit one to construct.
the first pace, the ground is
Fhilly near tue Atlsntic, not to say
lnthinous, and We must commence
: sansing 20 disappear she Cero Guile
which IS about tire height Of four
-st0ry Paris buildings. Ny ides Is,
eoclse. 70 blow il up. Wells or
will be dug OF abous fifteen yards
fly i've feet, AMI about five Of
e puts will be 1xeaYated. Run
from enc d the other under
and corridors will connect them,
when ell prepared, trains Of pow
will be laid so that sill may be
9n up At cnce. Thus our mountain
viii be disposed Of. Oh. de Les
smiled enccursgingly.l or course
debris must all he removed. There
ng no ocean convenient TO drop il
.. tramways are 70 be constructed
ioh rnn with an endless chain, that
q ssy. continually going en- \ circu.
railway until sSefything IS cleared
n he path.
l1r 'staeisf saAs IA" viii BE Of the
siest conveniencs IN the rapidity
ID which The wagons will continual.
be loading and unloading. Before
lVemher work will commence, snd il
aary next hope 70 be Ahle 70 ls.
first stone in the real work OF con
1ttioE-
re li.nael will be Of the same vidtl
The SUR, bnt rot nearly so long. 1
les beng the exact calculation :
sent from point = point. IN
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

OK THE second OF September ger
eral election is to be held on the
adoption of an amendment TO the pres
ent Constitution, which, if carried,
will do away with what IS known IS
the HSmoke house tax
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

We csn't understand hLw 1t is that
the whole press of the Safe inyeighs
so bitterly against the usurpation of
rights by the State, involved in the
Sunday law and in its attempted regu-
lation of personal and public morals by
force, and still these same newspapers
cannot see the grievous wrong done in
compelling one man to educate au-
others children. II government should
not determine matters of conscience
aud OF reli zion for the citizen, why
should it undertake to educAt, tn
children of the Stateg 1t might as well
clothe them and start them in life o
declare by law how they shall worship
God. Where and when, since the
proper bounds of governmental action
have been broken down, wi the gov
eminent stop2 Whenever this one step
is taken the republic Is NJ more and
the people assent to all the facts and
forms of despotism. The Sunday law
and school law are both wrong in
principle and false in theory and min
Gus in fact.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

Carlyle, the ottish philosnpher, mas
written, 1.-THE future punishment can
consist only in the REM mbraBce 81 the
actions you have done before death,
but seeing that the best philnsophy
teaches ~ that the very clns, qaences'
(po: to speak Of the peuait es AT al 'oi
evil actions die away and Income abol-
ished long before eternity ends; that IL
is only the oonst qneLcts Of gO0n actions
t1at are eternal---for there are ia bar
mony with the laws Of IL universe
and add then selves t. II and ce-yI,s =
ate with it forever, while all that is<i1
dIsharmony II Il must NECESSARILY b.
without continuanc. and 81 20 81 lead
as perhaps you hayS Haid 10 the
sound Of S:oItish pam Emid lbe
mountain the time ioii Alone rapport
one asether. all ioiloeI6e The nae iFga
rule; the false notes. e4fh following lis
different false rule. quickly destroying
one another, and the p ~, which WAS
d'scordant enough nearai hand, is 3 y r.
feet melody when heard from afer
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

A LETTER-wRTRI, discussing the
vote In Tenne ssee when it was proposed
10 compromise the State debt st fifty
cents. with per cent. interest, says
the proposition was defeated, because
1t never was presented or understood.
There were no less than six dfTereI /
opinions with reference 10 the debt
question: one favoriDg q settlement,
dollar for dollar: another ct cos, an
other at 80 4, another at 30, another
at So. and still another, least a. well
as last, favoTing no payment at ali.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

Mr. JUSTICE MILLER Is q br0lheI-in-
law Of distinguished Texan and well
known in this State and people are not
ap. to discredit his assertions Of fact.
lie is, too, a Republican and was of
the electoral commission that made
Hayes President. He is SAID to hsYe
remarked to a group Of newspaper men
aud others at Block Island. la'ely, that
she (Tildep) was elected in Loulsi4na
that is, he got eight or ten thousand
more actual votes there than Hayes"