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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28
PROPHkTS AND PLAGUEs.

A few of our readers complained Of
the melancholy tinge given the re-
Elections OF the STATESMAN by the pro-
gress of plaques and prophecies of
Grimmer and conjunction of planets.
But an unknown pestilence rsvsges
Japan and has slaughtered several mil
lions in China. Cholera is in the heart
of Asia :, the black plague in India /;
and Western Russia Ia overwhelmed
with a resistless, incursble disease.
Cholera, meanwhile, RACES in Ccnstsn-
stantinople and is discovered in Ion
don, while the yellow scourge dalhes
with Memphis and Cuba, and Brazil
is made hideous by black smallpox
While these are painful facts OF which
ali Of US must take cognizance, the
Waco EtdmiRsr is disposed to depreci-
ate their terrors. It suggests the n d &C.
ton, however, that IN aIl the worlds
history the diffusion Of deadly diseases
was never so universal aud asks,
can it be that the whole earth is in
fec,ed, and that these harmless years
are but the seed time, aud the coming
year is to be the harvest. II so, con-
sidering this wide distribution Of the
germs Of pestilence, what viii the har-
vest bei Nav we not look with some
alarm on : world infectedi Is there
not cause 10 dread 9 universe inpreg-
mated with the seeds Of disease, thai
may not be dead but only quickening
into . harvest Of dIre disaster and
dessh in this coming year Of evil
1|4erl Z sonsuhat singular that
1.|I<111es& sd scientists o. ihOse &C.
t.15'<< 4 e Ns,l ss vensr.ble
Pref 1..H|. 1.I< frsd'rls1 The
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28
CYRUS FIELDS DREAM.

There can be no perfect peace while
selfish rulers fear one another and
while they can wrest money from the
people or borrow from Rothschild to
MAINTAIN millions of men armed eap-a
pie. Mr.. Field, great lawyer and
philanthropIst, has devoted many years
to the preparation of an il .rnt tional
code for the perpetual maintenance of
perfect peace. A great court Of sIbi-
trations and awards is to be instituted
we suppose, armies are to be disband-
ed, there will be an uniform currency
and perfected international postal aud
copy and patent right stipulations and
the millennium is at once insugurated.
\ body Of statesmen and scientists are
now attempting at Client tt induce the
several civilized nations to enter upon
the disc lssion of questions incident to
the organization of this international
league and acceptance OF these cove
nants, but while Prussia is armed te
the teeth against Russia and France
and breads both, the worlds pacifica-
tionists may congratulate themselves If
they induce Europe to accept bi-met-
alic decimal currency and introduce
the international postal money order
system into the German States and
France and Italy. There is no doubt,
however, that within a century the world
will declare against, instead of for, war
and governments will exist for the
people instead of the people for the
governments. Civilized, Intelligent
nations cannot long tolerate burdens
such as Germany cndures, maintain
ing an army of million men, and the
longer peace exists the moIe fatal IL e
convulslon when the inevitable end
comes. When it comes Europe will
he finally liberated from that despOt-
ism of public debts hardly less intoler.
able than the weight of mighty armies.
Everywhere, the world over, patriots
and philanthroplsts watch the coming
Of the hour when kings, seeing that
they haYe exhausted popular patience
and resources Of credit, will be forced
10 make war or cease to exist. Rus
sia, Germany, Austria and Italy each
occupies the same desperate position.
Rothschild, alone, keeps the peace.
When he withhoids money the Dor.
rowers must fight for it ard either one
despot or the people will afterwards
reign in Europe. To preve the as.
sumption of supreme power by some
Napoleon, Mr.. Field should popularize
even now his scheme of international
unity, but that he can secure its sdop
tion before European armies are dis
,olvcl and before existing inter State
boundaries are broken up is hardly
possible.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28
DEATH OF A FORMER CITIZEN
OF TEXAS.

Major VIM. IL. Leland, the splendid
gentleman, and greatest OF hotel mana
gers, died few days ago at Saratoga
Springs:
When the California fever broke out
in lS49 he set out for the Golden State,
here he remained until 1852. Re-
turning to New York in that year he
and his brothers, Warren and Charles,
opened the Metropolitan Hotel. In
1856 he sold out his lutsrest for $780,
600. and engaged with Col. Gowan OF
Boston, in a project to raise the Rus
sian fleet sunk in the harbor of Sebas-
topcl during the Crimean war. Heac-
compsnied that gentleman to Russia,
and although the work wsl successful
ly accomplished, it failed to realize for
Us promoters the handsome return
anticipated. With the remains of his
fortune he purchased large tract of
land in Texas, which he stocked with
the very choicest breeds OF horses, cat
tie and sheer, intending to go into the
business of stockraisipg on grand
scale. lie was successful at firsr, hut
the sectional strife, which was then
Just about eliminating, was destined
to thwsrt his schemes and blight his
prospects. M~jor Leland was elected
delegate from Ksrnes county, his
home, to the Texas convention which
passed the ordinance Of secession. He
opposed the action Of that body
strongly, and was outspoken in de-
Tense OF the Union. The result was
that in the feverish madness and folly
which then reIgued, Msjor Leland was
given two hours to leave the State, his
property was coniisci ted, and he once
more tuned his face homewaId, utter
- 49, ~. -. - ilined the army, and
was appointed ea.s<-aammissary OF
Subsistence on the staff of Gerr Grant.
At the close Of the war he purchased
the Grand Union Hotel st Sarstoga,
and, in connection with his brothers
Charles and Warren, resumed his old
and congenl@l occupation. S.nce then
he hsd also been conneS I'd with the
Grand Central Hotel, Saratoga, aud
the Entaw House, in Baltimore. For
the last two years he had beea chiefly
iaterested in mining interests and sheep
ranches in California. Nine months
sgo he purchased house IN Saratoga,
intending to settle down and end his
days IN the enlo5ment Of domestic
aaiet. his wife and six daughters
survive him. enc 81 whom 4 married
% Adenten4r< Io1Ii1. Il. s. A.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

J. J. CRUMP of Monroe county. MIS-
sissippi, produced 1910 pounds OF
ginned cotton to the acre, in 1877;
1000 pounds in 1873, and this season
the prospects are good for the heaviest
yield he has ever had. He prepares
the land in December, digging holes
three feet from each other, each
eighteen inches fqpare ana eieh
inches deep. These he Il = Ni,I IL =
nure to within four inches OF ih- irp
and the remsiuder OF the opening " t.
surface soil. lie plants with view to
having three stalks on each hill, and
heaps up the clay from the bottoms OF
the pts ss deeply over their tops as
the supply will admit, with a view TO
keeping down the grass. He then cul-
tiVates with hand and koe. This most
successful mode CT cottIn planting il
approved at last by experience Of the
best farmers and 1t is no longer desir-
able or profitable to cultivate dozen
or two acres when more and better cot
ton can be produced en- two or three
acres.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

The postponement of the pending
issue in politics was eminently desira-
bic. For many reasons it was sought
to mske tie government apply its
forces first to the dimInution of popc-
lar burdens. Governor Roberts begsn
his official career thoroughly imbued
with the idea that restrictive economy
was the prime duty of those thst gov
eru. But party-!esders know thst the
people forget their purtes when ad-
dressing themselves TO exciting po!iti-
Cal questions. The Republican party,
through its greatest exponents and
thinkers, OF whom, since Conklng has
fallen, Garfield is first, is coumi ted to
the theory that State lines were oblii-
Grated 10y war and processes incident
to the restoration Of peace. The theory
Is that events since 1860, have made
this central I'D nation instead Of
cougeries of republics. The Republic
can patty behaves that the powers of
"ihe nation" and all rights of citizen
ship are those pertinent to an empire
Dim Gratis, on the Contrary, believe
that nationality is restricted and
only developed in spec ic powers
given 10y the States II the Fed
eral government, aud that in all else
this is a republic OF free and sovereign
States. Ia other words, ID mOcrats
accept the Constitution as it is and
was, while Republicauism would sub
sti,ute the scheme of centralization so
esgerly sought TO be perfected 10y bond
holders of the East Of whom Tllden or
Sherman or Grant must be the preferred
leader and representative. We would
greatly have preferred the postpone
ment Of the discussion of these uuCs-
tions. The South's first necessity is
involved IN The restoration of the
br"kcn fortunes of the people, in the
reduction of the cost of governments,
ss costly in dollars as when these dol
lars cost one half less labor than to-
day. Bat We are helpless. The gray
est issue ever presented to freemen is
that which involves the very life of,ip-
stitutious sanctiGed by the memories
of the dead and hopes and prayers of
living patriots.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

THE plsgue still wldens the swath
of it's destructiYeness and the old
reaper is moving a luxurisnt crop of
human anguish in Memphis. w. ".
Guy, famous Confederate quarter
master and more as q merchant, is the
latest of distinguished victims Of the
plague. His net income for series Of
years exceeded $40, 900 annually. The
''Dr." johnson mentioned so often in
the dispatches is by no means "Dr."
He is TN American freeman who, twen-
ty-iive years ago, toted hogs whole on
his brawny shoulders from fat boats
to the summit of the hill on which
Memphis stands. lie has been mayor
OF the city and great iron mill owner.
Bat now, though he never read book
in his life. is called sDr." johnson be-
cause OF his success in treating yellow
fever for years past. III. resigned his
office, as our dispatches stated few
days ago, as a member of the National
Board Of Health and for the reason, as
he stated TO the digniiied and learned
board, that il they "could not show
more efficiency and actually accomplish
something for the relief Of the poor
suffering citizens Of Memphis" instead
Of conterting themselves with "send
ing out a wishy-washY, everlasting
flood of circulars, bulletins, prOauncia.
mientos, interviews and ancient OpiL =
ions, they would become more unpo2u-
lar, and that the people were becoming
tired waiting" whercupon the virtu-
Gus indignation of the board rose to
that extent that the impolitic DR..
Johnson was ignominiously rebuked,
and q member of the board, to take
Johnson's place, left for Memphis the
same day. Johnson hopes when this
one dies that another will take his
place and thus finally the whole board
will be killed of.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

CN6NrwS men entered rich mer.
chants house tJoseph 7. Fyes') il
B ston and lu. him 10 death for hi:
noney. Commonly B,s:omisns are 'do-
faulters, never thieves but the city be-
comes infamous when such base assas-
nations are perpetrated. Oar deadly
deeds are done in the heat of whisky
and passion, but these deliberate and
SOW thefts called defalcations and
these base aud cowardly midnight al :
ssssinaticns degrade t lie North iDtinite-
ly more than deeds of our "chivalrS"
an Western Adventures.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28


TnE proposition hs, been presented
to m0ralis's before; but how q
preacher, honest and God-.earing,
cogniz ant OF the facts and for small
stipend, can pronounce q benediction
in such case passes comprehension.
When Kre Chsse was welded to
the Rhode Island mill owner, God's .
intervention was invoked to bless 9
crime, and of this the Boston Herald
says there is nothing novel in that
phase OF tie narration which recites
that Mrs. sprague never loyed her hus-
band, whereby the conclusion il forced
that she mrr:ed him for his mi.lione.
Wherein as a IN ,ral fact, this differs
esseI ally from those cases in which
women : Ill themselves temporarily 10
a man for few dollars It will puzz'e
m s. moralists II decide
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

THE ST. Louis Presbyterian ascribes
the coming OF yellow fever and tern.
ble ssfferines Of Memphis to Mardi
Gras festivities of that woe-smitten
city. The peculiar wickedness of Fat
Tuesdays follies. for every man on
that day must be fool and nothing
more, consists in grand spectacular and
scenic shows, and why God Furnishes
it more fiercely than IL. would the
Presbyterian .urnalist for his editor;-
al and CHASTITY seances that never haye
sn end, we cannot zee. Mobile and
New Orleans have held high cal
rival snnually for more than fifty
years, the whole populations of these
CT going upon the stteets and dt-
voting day 10 widest fun and me-
riment. IL IS harmless as we have
seen it there's and in Naples, where
the people are Romanists, recognizing
it as church festival. Bot as cele-
OiatCu III AuCIaCau CltlCS IL 10 only
day given over 70 Momus. Where the
people have learned how and all par
tic'pste in this boundless hilsrity, each
contributing to the merriment of the
rest, Msrdi Gras is eminently conducive
to public health aud prOmotive of ir-
finite longevity. Memphis has pecu-
liar genius FOR the organization and
perfect'Ol Of these splendid spe ctaculsr
shows, making them as imposing when
illustrative oil grand or absurd Incl
dents in human life and history as
solemn and pathetic when the hspless
city is smitten 10y this frightful demon
of desolstion and death. In neither
case is Providence the Snowman and
the godly editor should not strip Deity
of His majesty and grandeur and good
ness in order to give him such miser
able and unworthy occupations. II He
conduct the yellow plague He also
leads the splendid gilded pageantry
thai once year blazes like fiery con-
s,ellations along the iron wallei
thoroughfsres of sorco magnificent
city.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28
THE Brennan Bur

THE Brenham Rqnnr ss.en ise o
the STATEsMAT's pt.'p. 'siti,s TIA, ." I
-a1 nnpIc'PaI r tctions shonid f's taken
"a a. 'hr hAn4- 81 poi" ri ~ and
parry ~!r-ad-r- ,ni be hivrsei 81 a
poli icsi r',1r-c 'f, say:
The cousentioh system in its-lf j. n..t
bad it il The sbuses io which { has
been subj 'cted. The remedy is in the
hands OF the peoIl-; il is they who
must see 10 il that good men are nomi-
mated for ofiice; they will have to pick
the men and not as has long been the
custom allow the office seeker to
seek the fli;e. Municipal and county
elections should be thoroughly purged
OF pol tlcs and the people convinced
tina. politics can be dispensed with.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

THE d .llas Herald Commercial is es.
pecislly well pleased that Louis
i4nS invests women with the right to
hold 2uy fire pertaining To free o.
other schools and vote in any election
affecting them; and then The excellent
newspaper ada: Thus the shack
les e y strange 81 vry based on q
false sent ment are falling away as one
OF the unaoc0uutable errors Of the
past" The Heydld-C0mme1rial must
come over to Austin where Mrs. Sta .
ton may be heard during our State
fair.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

srEAeUE's shotgun killed Copklins
as candidate for the presidency, and
by the same shot Grants strongest and
most effective supporter went down
Its an awful gun to bring down two
such birds as Graat aud CupkIing and
then kick over Kate Spragus aud SCARF
q plly Du'chrlar into the cellar.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28
WHAT THE PRESBYTRRIANS
SAY ABOUT 1T.

Tine only deferse of the free school
system is the fact that the State makes
laws that are printed, and, exacting
obedience, should see thst-every child
is taught II read these laws. But this
is not time, since our Legislature has
made an entire new code and put it in
force, and no man can read that which
is not published. la fact, not one
man in thousand ever will read it,
Punitive laws are 81 c0nformed to nat
UT s. right that the met ignorant cln-
not violate them ign )rantly, and it is
never inquired whether an Axe read
the law or not. But suppose we se-
nit the right of every citiz m to read
before he is made to obey-which
would be most absurd-why not, then,
restrict the field of operations of pub
lie schools to two months each year
aud to the three "R's," "Reading," ("
RItih'," Rithmetic?' Then the free
school system would Go the least pos
sible mischief, and for the simple
reason that the fewest number Of
the people would be conten. W 'tl this
restricted intelligence conceded 20
their cl ildreu. II R,ckless newspapers
have chosen to misrepreseut the
STATESMAN. There are none more de-
sirous than ourselves of having the
standard of popular intelligence and
morals infinitely elevated sn1 we OPP
pose the free school system because it
promotes popular ignorance and popu-
lsr immortality. Every Presbyterian
will tell every inquirer that the system
has destroyed every parochial school in
Texas and moral aud religious instruc-
ton is deemed of infinitely greater
value to the child and TO the State
than this in the ''three RS" so sparing-
ly given by the free schools.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28
NO. IL

THE i itish have factories at differ
ent points on the coast of Africa, and
the hands are negro s.xvos hired from
negro kings. Negro baIbIrism IS only
imbruted by the introduction Of rum,
and good Uaited States commodore,
who has asceLded the Congo a short
distance, does not seem to think ,ha,
negro freedom is C, m2alble with pro-
gressive negro civilization. The first
upward step taken by Congo must be
made through a rude masters inter
VentiOn
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

THE Gea as we'll as land Il full OF
disease and death. D. the cor mac
tions Of planes ,ff-ct the bIlny
depths as queer people lay Of Ats at
m ,.phen Sharks starving crowd INTO
the bays along the coast, and dead fish
Of en- cover br rsd icres of the surface
Of the bnundless ocean.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

WE are all glad that Nellie Grant
isn't dead and that the dispatches were
incorrect. She il . true and noble vc-
man who has filed her high place
modestly and beautifully even as the
good Queen Victoria u 9 moral en-
press in ell lands, as supreme and rev.
erenced in America as in Englsnd.
May Nellie long i've TO illustrate in
Europe those highest traits OF modest
Woman's worth aud character most ad-
uIrei And beloved u America.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

THE Great body of the ex-planters
AMI intelligent people Of Mississippi
abhor the Y 100 and other build ~ re
as thoroughly as do decent people ev.
erywhere. They are. IN fa2t, the
worst enemies of the South. aud will
accomplish the defeat OF conservatism
everywhere in the North.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

THE story goes abroad that IN inde.
pendent candidate fer the cierkahip oi
Rankin county, Mississippi, Msjcr B.
F. sutton, an old and excellent citi-
zen, was notified by Q committee Of
politicians that he mnst leave the coun.
ty in ten days. When the party ha'
nominated Its candidates and fixed its
choice the people. it seems, have no
right TO vote against the candidates.
Parties become as despotic and lavless
a. individuals when suffered 10 vield
power too long.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

THE Houston Ags reviews the case
thoroughly from the legislative jour-
nails. and it is declared that the SEN
ate Journals do not show that the Sun
day Law was ever passed By that body.
The journal il the record, and il this
be true, there is no such law in ex-
isteDce, no matter how much Il vss
written sad sIgnsd aed p'ln.si.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

speedy coming Cf unprecedented
human woes. We may give at another
time what Tyeho Brahe and others are
said to have foreto.d of the dreadful
years when the gre planets would
come together in the heavens aud shed
upon Us infinite shadows of disease and
death extending into the Jemotest
abysses Of eternity.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

LEGISLATURES have often ught 10
C nnpel the practice by the people Cf
their own peculiar religious views, but
have uniformly failed. Whenever the
people tolerate such laws patiently
they are prepared for despotism and
will gladly accept the empire II. subs j.
tuition for the republic.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

The BARRIERS hrvr tght among
themselves IN San AatCnio. 0de-hsli
woulj obey, tie other half defy, the
Sunday law. Fat and lazy BARRIERS are
happy, but the lean and hungry know
90 peace. Bat it is decidedly immoral
in the laws eyes to have a clean face
Sunday. By the way, il is pr. posed tC
organic An att san lay lsw party il
Texas aud light out oG the ugly busi,
ness. L, would make the old parties
howl
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

THE A .anta Constitution says that
the fact that q Texas pistol Icver
misses fire detains nj my G. G;orgians IN
this State. On the con 'rary, it's the
overwhelming crap Of gnobers that
founders and keeps them. They often
blow up but are never blown out.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28

These spectacles are manufactured from
MINUTE CRYSTAL PEBBLES" melted to-
gether, and are called DIAMOND on account Of
their hardness and briiliancy.
Having been tested with the pOlariscope, the
diamond lenses have been found to admit fifteen
per cent. less heated rays than any other pebble.
They arc ground with great scientific accu-
rscy, are free from chromatic alterations, and
produce q brightness and distinctness CT vision
not before attained in spectaclcs.
MANUFACTURED BY THE SPENCER OP-
TICAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, NEW
YORK. For sale by responsible agents in every
city In the Union. A. Balm, jeweler and opti-
clan, sole agent for Austin, Texas, from whom
they can only be obtained. No peddlers en-
poyed.
Do not buy PAIR unlcss yon see the trade
mark - deiSeodGWly
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28
MISCELLANEOUS.
La s

Do you want a pdrc, bloom
ing Complexion II 80, a
few applications 0f Hagans
MAGNOLIA BALM will graf
ify You TO yOar hearts con-
tent. Ii does away with Sal
iOWnesS, RelneSS. PimplcS,
i}iOtchcS, ard al diseases ana
imperfections Of the skin. 1t
OYereOmes the flushed appear
aTce of heat, fatigue ARA CX-
citemenf. itmakeS g lady OF
THIRTY appear but TN EN-
TY; amd so natural, gradual.
and perfect are lis effects,
thai il is impossible 10 detect
It's application.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-08-28
''OH! MY
BACK!"

pared EXPRESSLY for diseases % the KID
neys Blsdder, Liver aud Urinary Organs, Drop
~, Gravel, Danetcs, Brights disease Of the
kiuneye. fnconun'nce or detention OF Urine.
snd Female Weakness. H0INI'S REM EOK
has nev been known 60 fsh
MooREsTowN. Burlington Co., n. j. Sept Is. '7S.
WIN T.. CLIRK,-De0i' Sir: Z ght' en- months
ago had drop.y around the heart. my physi'
cIans and friend despaiIed OF my ever getting
well TIE ilTst bottle of HUNTS REMEDY
gave me or. at relief. | feel | I'VE my very ex
iste CO 10 HUNTS REMEDY Hnd AM deeply
thankful. ABIGAIL CcLE'.
sPnIEGFIELD, Eningham Co, Ga, May 10, 1879,
wM f CLA"KE. Dear ST:-I prescribed
HUNTS REMEDY in a complicated case of
Dropey which had been treating for eight years
and fin HUNTS REM EDY ia the hes medi-
cine for Dropsey and the Kidnevs 1 have ever
ne, II WneoN NJ n