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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-08
WARRINGTON I.ErrEIs.
WAslINGToN. D. g., J
Feb. %, 70.

On yesterday the last appropriation
bin (the Legislative and Execu'i'e)
passed the House. Few OF the in''
portaut ones ore through the Senate
but they have all but this last one re.
ccived consideration in committee, ana
may readily be passed by the Senate In
the remaining five days OF the session.
But two facts arc important in tins
co uection, and may prevent the mai
passage Of the bills, aud make IN OK
tra session necessary. First, both
Honses have added to the bills iegls'
lation which il held BY many in each
House to be improper on an appropr''
alton bill. Second, the Senate has
enormously increased the amount pro-
posed in every Appropriation bill re.
ceived from the House. 1t confer
ence committees can arrange the differ
ences resulting from this action we
shall escape an extra season..
What the Senate will most strenu'
ously object to is the addition BY the
House to the legislative bill OF clause
repeating the infamous supervisor law.
This was accomplished aud the bill
passed by tho House yesterday. 10
prevent final action on the measure
Yesterday the radicals had agreed to
refrain from voting, knowing that the
Democrats, owing to the absence OF
members, had not quorum present
But enough Republicans voted to make
with Speaker Randalls vote an exact
Quorum, and the repeal was voted.
This is the second time that Speaker
Randall. in affairs Of grave Importance
TO the South, has become her most
conspicuous champion and efficient
friend. On both occasions, too, his
services were in the direct interest OF
constitutional government aud the
equality Of the people,
Among the incidents connected with
the debate on the supervisor repeal
measure was sharp debate between
Garfield and Banning. The former
had repeated stale charge that a
Representative District in Cincinnati
hal been carried 10 1876 by the Dem
ocrats by means of "repeaters." Cen
er,l Banning in spirited manner re.
tented this, and claimed and proved
that on a fair vote the Democratic ma
iority in the Cincinnati Districts
would have been larger than it was.
The unfairness of Garfield did much
to consolidate the Democratic vote tor
repeal.
The Senate yesterday settled finally
the South Carolina Senatorial election
question. Mr.. Corbin was an appli.
cant for the seat into which MIR. But
Ter was voted year ago by a radical
Senate. The vote yesterday was thir
y.six in favor of Senator Buffers
right to twenty. five for Corbip.
TO the Post Office appropriation bill
the Senate, as stated in previous let
ter, has added pay for carrying the
mails to Brazilian ports by two lines
Of American steamships. The latest
indications are that the House will &C.
cept this, there being AT evident change
of opinion among congressman on the
subject. REX.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-08

CONGRESS adjourned on the 4th.
An extra session is called on the 18th.
80 this district will continue to be I'm
represented mouth or moIe longer.
The failure of the late session of
Congress to make the necessary appro-
priations is given by the president as
the reason for calm, an extra session
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-08
70 the Democracy Of Hays Co.

A Democratic County Convention OF
HAYS county is hereby called to meet
over G. Books store, 10 the town OF
Han Marcos, 90 Saturday the 18th day
Of March, A. D. 1879, at 2 o'clock r.
NJ. to select delegates toa Congress.
iopal Convention to be held at San
Antonio on the 18th Of March for the
PURPOSE of nominating q candidate to
Con.ress from the 9th Congressional
District.
II. B. COFFIELD.
Ch'mn. Dem. TX. Com, Hays 70.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-08

Ir was a singular coincidence that
when the American Senate was about
TO pass a bill excluding Asiaics from
this country it called an African to
the choir to preside over the deli3era-
lions, and the two European born
Senators present voted tor the bill.
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CHANGE. Publishers, ID neeAn''"
Street, New York. ., ho
seen M the Office OF this paper, anu
those who desire eau add til 'ir names
TO u club which will soon DC ior~aiu'"'
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-08

THE article which We copy elsewhere
from the st. Louis Republican,, in iav'
or of the denomination of Tilden AN !
Hendricks in 1880, almost precisely
expresses our views.
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WILLIAM LLOYD Garrison has
written a furious letter against Blaine
for supporting the Chinese bill. Gar.
rison says that Blaine's position is
cowardly and low, and that he acted
in the old spirit of white against black
the spirit of caste, essentially the
same everywhere. vulgar, conceited
and contemplate.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-08
THE
Missouri, Kansas { Texas R'y
TO The
PEOPLE OF TEXAS.

Their. are Is Railroads running Int" me .re AZ
,,n,nn " n. U.pot, 81. ! ouis. Out OF the'r ~
1890 ,ns I'm, which comes from Tsxs, and 1t
!. snovp A. tho Missouri. Kansa. l. ie.A, NY.
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bus Transfer III 81. Louis. Dec ~"
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-08

THE President has vetoed the Chi
nese expulsion bill.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-08

SFIt 10 frequently remarked that In Errla"d
the best literary talent OF the time Ia being d.
verified frsm the writing Of books to contributing
~ periodicals. The ECLHt TIC gamers the ehoie.
est sheaves from tins rich harvest.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-09-27

dous sacrifices in men. but each one
gained some ground for him and forced
Lees army some distance back. In
June he began the siege of Richmond.
Sherman Was advancing on Atlanta;
but Sisel first. and then Hunter had
been defeated in Virginia, and Lee sent
Early to threaten Washington. Grant
detached Sheridan against this force.
and that commander efectuslly de-
stroysd it.
In September. Sherman had reached
Atlanta. and Thomas. in Tennessee.
drew off and defeated the only Confed-
crate force that could have opposed
the march to the ssa. All these subsi-
diary operations enabled Grant to hold
Lees army in Richmond; and when
Shermsn had swept the Carolinas. and
Sheridan the valley Of the Shenandoah
Grant made bis final move on Rich
mond. Petersburg fell on the Cd. and
Richmond on the Sd of April, 1865; snd
Lee retrsa,ed toward Lynehburg. On
the 9th he vas surrounded at Appomat.
tox Court House all that remained Of
his heroic army-27. 900 men OF all
arms. Returning to Washington. Grant
reapsd every honor that . grateful
country could bestov. Congress created
the giade of General for him, and
private citizens constantly took occasion
TO show their sdmirstion Of the sssn
who had saved the nation.
His generous conduct toward his
manly enemies was worthy Of bis
renown. and history will never forget
his indignant interposition to save Leo
from q threatened prosecution for tres-
son. Elected President In 1868, he was
reelected. in 1872. by a larger vote aud
. larger majority than any candidate
has received since the Uuited Stairs
became . nation.
The whole world has shared in tie
admiration with which, his country
regards this great soldier aud patriot;
and his unexsmpled. triumphant pro.
gress from land to land, familiar as it
is to all. through the tslegrsms OF the
last two years. remains :on record .:
series OF the most spontaneous tributes
ever paid 10 merit.
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-09-27
SOLDIERS ADDITIONAL
HOMESTEAD WARRANTS.

A PPROvxD 20. 50 AND 100 ACRE PIECES
"A vAlaA aSe certified by ~ Conmiastones
Of ths General Land Once - esauins and which
aso oahjese 70 loeatton without 0sttieuant. fas.
n1aAod q GAogt no4tce. Apply .
JOUN LxA1Y.
Attsnsg-oe-iAv.
oeo1Gle, v. T., Aug. .. lss9. Alodkvtf
The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-09-27

rT'aH TAI ROLL OF sNoHoAISa COUNTY
/ ". r. fer the ysae ly7y. = nov In my hands
for eoli~cttoo. All taxes ~ yaaA before tAs A4st
DAY Il Decsnbes naxt viii become delinQusnt.
anA 10 PET cat. viii b oddoa thageto.
I. WILBUR,
Treasurer Of onoAoniaA County.
0nohoaisA City. ". T.. Sept. 4 1879. s3ovtt
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-02-01

BATARD TAYLOR AT THE PvRAM1ps.-
Bayard Taylor, in letter from Egypt,
says of the scene in the vicinity Of the
pyramids: Nothing could be loyeler
than the intensely green wheat lands,
stretching away to the Libyan Desert.
bounded on the South with thick fripees
Of palm. The wind blowing over them
came to US sweet with the oder Of white
clover blossoms; latks sang in the air.
snowy iblses stood pensively on the edges
Of sparkling pools, and here and there
boy sang some shrill, monotonous Arab
song. In The East, the citadel.mosoue
stretched its two minarets like taper fingers
averting the evil eye; and in front Of us
the Pyramids seemed to mock all the later
power Of the world. Not forty, but sixty
centuries look down upon US from those
change'ess peaks. They ante,date all
other human records, except those Of the
dynasty Immediately preceding that which
built them. Hebrew, Sanskrit, and Chi
nese history seem half modern when one
stands at the foot Of the piles which were
almost as old as the Coliseum is now
when Abraham was born.
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The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-02-01

W1TcHERAFr.-The following aaecdest
Of the eminent Lord Chief Justice Holtf.
worth transcribing: His youth gave Il
premonitions of his maturer EXCELLENCE. fo,
be was unmanageablv wild, bogh i
Abingdon school, and Oriel college. on
ford; and this incident comprises, lin
brief space, what he was then. and TIL
position he ultimately arrived at. A1l= old;
decrepit woman being arraigned liefor.a.
him for witchcraft, he inquired how it=wa:,
proved; and being answered that it waH By
spell, he asked to see it, aud pie1 Il
parchment was handed to him. Hafns
interrogated the prisoner ss to how he
obtained it, she told him that vol D 5
gentleman gave it to her as cure for beI
daughters ague, which j, had cured fna
many others. Il am glad Of it," said II slf.
and then turning to the jury, be adds.eE
Gentlemen, when | was young. thought.
less, and had spent my money, and so::. !: !:
companions equally unthinking went 10
this womah's house-then a public on..
having no money to pay our reckoning I
bit upon stratagem to get off scot f,ss;;s.
Seeing her daughter III, pretended lEIssEI:
a spell to cure her. | wrote the classic
line you see; 50 that, if any one is punia: |
able, it is l, and not the prisoner" Ssse|
was acquitted, and the Chief Justice am o i;
recompensed her for the deceit he hIjE
used toward her in former years.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-02-01
Killed by a Meteor.

Cov1SGToS, Ind, Jan. l5.-On Tues.
day night last, Leonidas Grover, who re-.
sided in the vicinity Of Newtown, Fountain
county, met his death in way that is
probably without parallel in this or any
other country. Mr.. Grover was a widow.
er, living on his farm with married
daughter and her husband. On the eve
n1ng referred TO, the married couple had
been absent on visit to some neighbors,
and upon returning at a late hour, entered
the house, finding everything, to all ap.
pearsnce, IN usual order, and supposiug
that Mr.. Grover had already retired. went
to bed themselves.
Next morning the daughter arose, and
having prepared breakfast, went to the ad-
Joining room to call her father, and was
horr'fied to find him lying upon his shat
tered bed, mutilated corpse. Her
screams brought the husband quickly to
the bed room, and an inspection disclosed
ragged opening in the roof. directly over
the breast Of the unfortunate man, which
was torn throug h as if by canon shot.
and extending downward through the
bedding and floor; other holes showed the
9 direction taken by the deadly missile.
Subsequent search revealed the fact that
the awful calamity was caused by the fall
OF meteoric stone, and the stone itself.
pyram'dlal in shape and weighing twenty
pounds and few ounces, ayerdupois, and
stained with blood, was unearthed from
depth of nearly five feet, thus showing the
fearful impetus with which it struck the
dwelllng. The position Of the corpse, with
other surroundings, when found, showed
hat the victim was asleep when stricken,
md that death, 70 him, was painless
Indianapolis journal.
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OFEICL9L.
Police Jury P..0Ceeey5asgs.
January 18th 1870

#A &@ SAuuAFJ lotH 1919.
In consequence Of the death of NJ. G. Brous-
sard, president Of the Police Jury the members
were called in special meeting. Members pres
ent, Martial Billaud, J. L. Preiean, A. Primeau
and S. Hernandez.
On motion, Nh. Martial Billaud was appointed
president pro TEN.
On motion Of Mr.. Billaud the following reso-
luton in memory Of the late president Of this
body, NJ. G. Broussard, was adopted
Whereas, Almighty God has thought proper
to take from our midst our late president, NJ. G.
Bronssard.
Therefore be it Resolved by the members Of
this body. that we deplore ii the death Of Mr..
N. G: Broussard, the loss OF good citizen and
a jealous member.
Resolved. that we sympathize with bis widow
and children in their sorrow.
There being no further business. on motion
the Police Jury adjourned to the second satur-
day (Sth} OF February, 1879.
MARTIAL RILLATD.
President pro ten.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-02-01

Anna. Landry'and Ed. Mcbride Nocs--R I
Mcbrlde, Vigneanx and Hebert
IN motion Of Mr. Alpha seconded bv Mr. Tina
say. it was eu ~ 80 ll'ia
kesolved that the report Of The comm;tteo i,
| aug IS hereby adopted as amended as a whole
| ana that all former laws on the same sub;ac
lna..er be and is hereby repealed. Upon which
'oslun 7 1 lhe following vote was taken Ayes
na;tify: . Alpha. Lindsay and Edward Mcbride
-'oes II. ~ Mcbride. Hcbert and Vigneauy.
= uh notion CT Mr.. Vigneauy seconded by Mr.
Hebcrt, it was
-. nesoi'ed, = that the tariff en- meats passed by
lle oouncll at its session of June 14th, 1877 be
a'aehocd SO as 70 read AZ follows: for retailing
pe,a or COW, . cents; per quarter III cents;
. can years Old and under Is cents, per quar-
tef VI cents Motion lost by the following vote
ayes, = Lindsay and Vigncaux. Noes--Alpha,
T. Mcbride, Ed Mcbride Landry and Hebert
On motion Of Mr.. Alpha seconded by Ed. Nc
Bride. it was
Resolved, That the Corporation Attorney be
ana IS hereby requested to wait upon the Hon
4. y. Guidry, the Representative from this Par
'sh IN the next General Assembly Of the State,
ana soilclt bis action upon the question Of hay
ing the Corporation Charter amended in this
particular. viz That the Corporation Consta-
ble be hereafter voted for and elected to his
Office by the people Of the Corporation at the
yearly elections held for Mayor and Members Of
the Council of this town. instead Of bel no an
pointed to said office by the members elect of
SAID Council. Adopted by the following vote
Aycs-Alpha, Landry, ed Mcbride. Lindsay
and Hebert Noes L Mcbride and Vigneauy.
On motion, the Council adjourned
10. MOUTON, Mayor.
n. N. BAILEY, Secretary
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-02-01

PRoD1G1ous MENTAL FEAT.-Mr. Ro.
sen:hal, the celebrated French chess play.
or, recently performed another Of those
surprising mental feats for which he is SO
famous. He played at the Palais Royal
twenty seven games Of chess at once with
that number Of the best French and for
eign chess players. 1t was stipulated that
Mr.. Rosenthal should have only one min :
ute for each move, passing along the
twenty y-seven tables in order. Of course
each Of bis antagonists had time to study
the game while Mr.. Rosenthal was busy
at the Other twenty six tables. 1t is quite
unnecessary to point out the mental strain
of keeping thus in mind 50 large num-
Der Of games at once, during the time they
lasted, which was from nine o'clock at
night until two o'clock in the morning.
The result was marvellous, Mr.. Rosen,hal
won twehty-three games. Three were
drawn, and he lost only one, which was
gained BY Hungarian player named
Rakowski, who thus achieved victory of
which he may well be proud
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UNDERGROUND CuR1osIr1Es.-A

UNDERGROUND CuR1os1TrEs.-At tAs
city of Medina, in Italy, and about foar
miles around it, wherever the earth is dug:
when the wo,kmen arrive at distance el
sixty three feet they come to bed E
chalk, which they bore with an auger, fiv.2
feet deep. They then withdraw from tl..s.
pit before The auger is removed, aud upeaI=
its extraction the water bursts up through
the aperture with great violence, areis
quickly fills the newly made we'll, whiel;
continues full and is affected neither h,sss
rains nor drought. But what is the mosis
remarkable in, this operation IS the |ayeTts
of earth as we descend. A, the depth Il,
fourteen feet are fonnd the ruins Of an arfs.
cient city, paved streets, houses, fl ,ors ansl
different pieces Of mason work. Undes1
this is found soft oozy earth, made up ~
vegetables, and at twenty six feet, aresss
trees entire, such as walnut trees, with thu
walnuts still sticking to the stem, aal ths:i
leaves and branches in a perfect state o:i
preservation. At twenty eight feet deep 4.
sof, chalk is found. mixed with a wasp
quantity Of Shells. and the bed is clever
feet thick. Under this, vegetables at{:
foanl ag.ja.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1879-02-01

convulsiye movements Of the muscles and
quver'ng of the flesh. Seeing tIis, two
soldiers were ordered to step from the
ranks. They each aimed their pisces at
the fallen Emperor. Two more balls were
sent into his PROSTATE body. Then he
was still. The physician who was to EN-
balm his body approached and threw a
sheet over the face of the dead monarch
The troops returned to their quarters. but
the multitude for some time, and 1:s if by
"a supernatural instinct. remained rooted
TO the spot.-C Chicago Ledger. ].