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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-17
Hard Pushed.

The only charge worth speaking OF
which the ingenuity Of the opposition
has thus far been able to concoct against
Hancock is that he declared his pur.
pose, if Mr.. Tildcu had been declared
elected by the House of Representa-
tives and sworn in as President, to have
recognized him as such and obeyed his
orders. This charge by the way. il
true. would only enhance the charac
ter OF Gen. Hancock in the estima
ton OF honorable men. At present how
ever, it has no better foundation thar
rumor and suspicion, and the New
York Sun happily disposss Of it as fol
lows
Gen. Hancock, as an officer of The
army, has always been in public life
In person he is comparatively {
giant. He cannot move about or e
anywhere without attracting attention
In the avowal of sentiments he il
remarkably outspoken.
And yet, thus early in the campaign
the Republicans seem to have become
completely discouraged IN their effort
to find anything that he has done o.
said, in all his life, to find fault with
SO now they fail to, like q pack o
disappointed and hungry hounds, ant
are trying to tear him to pieces TO
something which they say or imagine
he might, could, would or should hav,
done under other and different circum
stances
They can make out nothing stronge,
against him.
What tribute to the purity an,
wisdom Of his life
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-17
a Motto for 1850.

| have no sort Of sympathy with the
Republican party because Of that act,
aud because it justified aud sustained
it. After such an act l have no de-
sire to sustain the Republican party in
any way. would not vote for party
that would carry through such fraud.
| think Mr.. Hayes was elected by fraud
aud | DO not mean to have il said
that At the next election | haG forgot
tsn it. ] DO not say that Mr.. Hayes
committed the fraud. but il was com
mitied b. his party. | have no eumiiy
to Mr.. Hayes. but after the fraud BY
which be became President | could
not vote for sny person put up for
President on the Lspablicsn side who
did not dissvOu the fsaul committed.
| woald not supper; an. member Of
that party who had AEy SOFT Of mixture
With that fraud. l feel tia: the count
itE out IS just A. rzgsh = fragi ssu as
st the ,iIne 1t zas Psrps;raiei.
CHARLEs FEAScJs ADAMS.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-17
Not "a military Nesnisatios.

Our esteemed Republican contempt
raries are severely eriticising the nolni'
nation, By the Democrats, OF a mill
tary candidate for President.
But why have not the Democrats as
good 4 right NJ the Republicans to
nominate . military man?
Gen. Hancock fought and spilled bis
blood on the side Of the Government
and not for the rebellion.
And il should be borne in mind that
80 far from being nominstsd % q mill
tary candidate, Gen. Hancock II
brought forward as the true champion
Of personal rights and the ascendancy
Of the civil power over the militar,
10 time Of peace.
For two reasons. therefore, the criti
cisms Of our Republican friends do moi
hold good.
The Democrats have the same righ
as the Republicans to nominate mill
ary man
Gen. Hancock is not nominated as &
military man, but as pre- eminently. Q
civilian.-[N. Y. Sun.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-17

The Scgpin Times objects to the
Tilden plank in the Democratic plat
form. How tastes will differ! mas.
much as the great issue of fraud could
not he squarely met on account Of
Tillen's declination, 1t seems to us not
only extremely proper, but of the high
est Importance, that it should have
been emphasized in the platform.
Strange that any democrat should OBJ.
ject TO an act of simple Justice to the
only man who led the party to n ma
tional victory during twenty-five years.
and that, too, after he had retired from
the field and there was no further mo.
tive for not giving him fair play.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-17

We have been favored with new
catalogues, announcements, &c., OF
the Mission Valley Nurseries Of g.
Onderdonk, Victoria county also with
blank orders and an order book. Any
one wishing to purchase fruit or orna-
mental trees from this nursery can
leave their orders at the FREE PRESS
Office. The superior quality Of the
products of Mr.. Onderdonk's nurseries
are pretty we'll known here. They are
Texas raised, carefully tested to suit
the climate. and are Of course much
to be preferred to imported articles.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-17
Just Oace More:

We confess wo continue to feel in
disusnt at the frequent references TO
Mr.. Tilden's supposed delinquency in
not taking bis seat as president in
1877. lis said he ought to have as
serted his rights by force. or at least
have issued a protest or proclamation,
wc suppose in the General Antonio
Lopez do Santa Anna God and Liber.
ty" style. TO such Of these directors
as will permit themselves to think. We
commend the following article from the
St. Louis Republican, just before the
Cincinnati nomination.
There are some Democrats who i'm.
agine that Mr.. Tilden was lacking
in courage in 1871; that he did not
stand up for his rights" as nc might
have done, that il he had exhibited a
greater degree OF resolution he might
this day be in the White House, aud
Mr., Hayes at his homo in Ohio;
This is not only unjust to Ii!den,
but essentially absurd. Mr.. Tilden
could not have made bold personal
assertion OF his rights without making
himself dlsturber OF the peace. 1t no
had been backed by q body OF parts.
ans he would have become the head OF
a revolution il no partisans had stood
behind him his attitude would have
been ridiculous. He did nothing be-
cause there was nothing he could do
or had right to do. 1t was not his
quarrel. 1t was the quarrel OF the
people who had elected him-and let
no one be hasty to deride the people
for the iancied indifference to their
rights and Mr.. Tilden's. The memory
OF the civil war of 1861 .65 was and is
still fresh in their minds, and the very
possibility OF another strife would
cause them to recoil. The people left
the whole matter to congress with the
explicit understanding that there was
to be no strife-that the wise heads at
W ashington should make the best
penceable settlement Of it they could;
and when the electoral commission
proposition was presented the Demo
Gratis as we'll as Republicans gave in
their adhesion to it and made it law
There was fraud committed, but it
was committed under the forms OF law
and any resistance to it would. there
fore, have been resistance to the laws
of the land. 10 say that Mr.. Tilden
ought to have demanded an Inaugural
ton, exhibits an ignorance OF the
spirit OF our institutions. lfTilden had
assumed his election and demanded an
Inauguration he would have been in
rebellion against the constituted au.
thoritics. against The laws of the land
against the people, and against his
own party-for his own party had
agreed to leave the decision OF the dis
pute to the electoral commission.
No Mr.. Tilden is not to be re.
preached for submitting to the wrong
done him without an effort to. prevent
or resentit. There was nothing ne
could do but submit. The people sub
mittcd the Democractic party submit
ted and there was no alternative lett
Mr.. Tilden but follow their example.
The above is clearly tho simple
truth. General Hancock, had he been
in Mr.. Tilden's place. could not have
acted differently with any hope of sue
cess, and would have had too much
good sense to have made the attempt.
Why then, keep up this silly twaddle
about Mr.. Tilden =?
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-17

THE New York Tribune calls at
tention to the alacrity with which the
solid South iadorses the nomination
of Hancock, aud assumes that it is be.
cause he is the most fitting exponent
Of ITS views. This the Tribune be
lieves. or teaches. should be a warning
TO loyal men against such a candidate.
We had been simple enough to draw
different conclusions from the same
facts. When we saw the South eager
ly accepting SO good a candidate as
Gen. Hancock. though its frs; choice
was Biyari. and remembered that
Hancock was a patriotic aud most
ehcient leader in the great war Of the
Union against the Southern conspiracy
te Destroy it. we rejoice in it as the bes,
evidence that The South had renourced
the lost cause" ard sincerely return
cd to the Union. With all the pride in
the old flag Fhich it had ever felt;
that it no logger proposed to interfere
Nth the settlements Of the var. aud
that it only asked under the Union the
TigSt Of local seIf-FOyernnent-IBos
200 Herald.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-17
Death Of u Literary Editor.

New York, July, 4.-George Rip
Icy, l.. l.. d., president OF tho Tribune
association and literary editor Of that
paper. died this afternoon 10 the sew.
enty.eighth year of his age. He was
one of the founders Of the Brooks
Farm experiment, and at the time Of his
death was associated with Chas. A
Dana on the Appleton Cyclopedia
He died Of angina pectaris after grca
suffering.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-17

DELINQUENT tax payers, whose prop
erty has been sold for taxes, should
remember that the Oath of July is the
end Of the time when they can redeem
property bid in BY tho State two years
ago aud previously, by paying the origi
nal taxes. with interest at the rate OF
8 per cent. per annum from date Of
Gale, and the accrued costs.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-17
DEM.

THE FREE Press, as our readers
have noticed, has gone rather heavily
into national politics for several weeks
past. This will hereafter be changed
so as togive moro variety in our col.
umns. Texas will probably give 10O,-
900 majority to Hancock and English
so there is no occasion down here for
taking any extra trouble 10 that direc
ton. The decisive battle will be
fought in q few doubtful states at the
North.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-17
WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON. ID. q. }
.July Z. 1880. I

s''y "
II our Republican brethren OF the
press 10 on for month as they have
since June eth. they will begin to
speak OF that traitor, Hancock" In
the last few days the Generals militia
~ abilities and achieyemests have
been belittled, probably because no
other point of attack can be found.
The traitor and secession changes will
come next. And when they come ]
am anxious to know what the soldiers
Of the army Of the Potomac will have
to say about IL. They oil know him,
trust him. and admire him. Through
the whole war Brigadier Generals aud
Major Generals came to that army,
foughtor pretended to fight, resigned
were discharged, or otherwise left il,
but Hancock remained from the first
to the last. always the friend Of those
with whom he was associated. From
the first regiment that left Maine, Mas
sachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania,
or the other Atlantic States, to the
last regiment who reached the front,
they all know tie General. l want to
know, then, what these soldiers will
say when n partisan press has reached
that plane Of degradation on which an
attack on Hancock's military record is
thought proper. If there is not then
such an uprising Of veterans in his de-
fence as has never been seen, l am
greatly mistaken in the material OF
which the army Of the Potomac was
composed.
Senator Blaine and Secretary Sher.
man have definitely agreed to speak for
Garfield and Arther. Senators Conk-
ling and Cameron are in poor health
at this time. Logan having been
made a sort of Deputy Chairman Of
tho Radical National Committee, with
headquarters in Chicago. is expected
to manage affairs in that section. Is
not his selection as boss" pleas
ant contrivance to induce unanimity
and order among Western Republicans
and especially Illinois Republicans. 1t
is certain the Senator, as manager,
will charm the Farwell's and other
Radicals who denounced him so bitterly
a month ago. Senator Carpenter has
not been heard from since the Garfield
nomination. Others of the eminent
men of the party are equally silent.
On the whole, the prospect for any
general enthusiasm for Garfield, look
ing at the matter from Washington
standpoint, is far from encouraging.
On the other hand there is not in
the country disaffected or lukewarm
Democrats Of prominence. They are
all for the ticket and will work for it.
The fourth of July was informally
but very generally celebrated in this
city. AS usual, all the Departments
and most places of business were closed
It's gratifying fact that the day was
observed in more places throughout
the country, than at any period since
1860.
Dem.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-17
y Judge Black to Gen. Hancock

When Gen. Hancock's order No. 40
was made public, the Hon. Jeremiah
s. Black wrote him the subjoined let
ter:
WASHINGTON, Noy. 30 lS6l.-My
Dear General : This moment | read
your admirable order. | am much en-
gagged, but cannot resist the tempta-
ton to steal time enough from my eli
ents to tell you how grateful you have
made me by your patriotic and noble
behavior. Yours is the first most dis
tinct and most emphatic recognition
which the principle of American liber-
ty has received at the hands of any
high officer in southern command. 1t
has the very ring of the revolutionary
metal. Washington never said a thing
in better taste or better time. 1t will
prove to all men that Peace hath her
victories not less renowned than those
Of war" / congratulate you, not be-.
cause Il will make you the most popu
lar man in America, for dare say you
care nothing about that, but because
it will give you through all time the
solid reputation Of true patrio. and a
sincere lover Of your country, its laws
aud its government. This, added to
your brilliant achievements as SOL
der will leave you without a rival
in the affections Of all whose good will
is worth having. aud give you a place
in history which your children will be
proud Of. This acknowledgment from
me does not amount to much. but |
am expressing only the feelings of mil
lions and expressing them freely at
that. With prnfOund respect. yours
j. :. BLACK.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-17

The Victoria Advocate muses."
after this fashion: Judge ireland went
all theway from Seguin to Cincinnati
to learn that dem ocracy on finances
,olerates only hard money and equiva-
Tents based on it. His soft resolution
was delightfully."- set down on by the
convention,
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-17
Price Reduced.

We have concluded to reduce the
price of the few remaining copies Of
our Description of Hays county one
half, viz: single copies 5cts.; 6 copies
for 25cts.; IA copies for 80 cts. and 40
copies for 81, just the thing to send
to friends abroad. For particulars see
last page of this paper.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-17

C@lieo receives it. name from Cali
cut. a city Of India. where il was first
seen By the Portuguese IN lass. Cali
60 vas carried into Earlabd. h. the
Fast India Conpsu;. IN 1881.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-17

n1-Tns rass Pass may DO found on hle at
Geo. p. Roweii / Co.'S Newspaper Advertising
Hurssu no Spruce STU where advertising con-
tracts may be made for II IN New York city.
STMr. J. II. BATES. Newspaper. Advertising
Agent. ~ Park Row Grimes Building, is author
issd 10 contract for advertisements In tho FnEE
PsEss Al our hest rates.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-17
SARAH P. FOSTER. Suit for divoce in the
vs.. District Court OF
RAwLs B. FOSTER. Hays County, Texas.
THE STATE OF TEXAS.


vs.. District Court OF
RAwLs B. FOSTER. Hays County, Texas.
THE STATE OF TEXAS.
To the Sheriff or any Constable of Hays
County, Greeting:
Whereas Sarah P. Fos-
ter has filed in my Office her petition
against Rawls B Foster, wherein she alle-
ges in substance LIST that she is iona
Hde resident OF SAID State and county,
and has been such resident for more than
six months prior to the filing of said pc
tition. end. That the residence OF said
Rawis B. Foster is unknown to her 3rd.
That the said Rawls X. Foster and herself
were lawfully married in said Hays coun-
ty on or about the 18th OF May 1874, and
lived together as husband and wife until
on or about the 2Dth day of July. 1874.
when the said Rawls 3. Foster without
cause, and without any fault on her part
left her in said Hays county with the in
tention Of abandonment and has remain
ed away from her ever since and has neg
lected and refused to provide f., and sup
port her. 4tb, She prays for decree di
FOrClHS utT lrOm edlu NuWJo u. cOoCcl
and for costs &c.
You are therefore commanded to cite
the said Rawls B. Foster by publication
Of this citation in some newspaper pub
lished in said Hays county, for four con-
secutivc weeks prior to the return day
thereof, to be and appear before the Hon.
Di, trict Court of said Hays county to be
held at the Court House Of said county in
the town Of San Marcos, on the I'd Monday
in September next 1880, to answer the
said petition Of the said Sarah P. Foster,
filed in said court on the Goth day Of
April 1880.
Herein fail not and make due return Of
this citation on the said End. Monday IN
September next.
- Given and issued under my
LIS. hand and the seal of said court
- on this the Goth day Of April
B. @. HARDIN, G. D. @ 10.
BY Ed. j. l.. GREEN, Deputy
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-17
FOR PRESIDENT:
WINFIELD S. HANCOCK,
= OF Pennsylvania.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
WILLIAM H. ENGLISH,
OF Indiana.

On our first page will be found not
only Hancock's famous order No. 40
and letter to Gov. Pease, but several
Of his other writings Of the same ten
or. 'ia'I
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-17
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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-17
B. @. HARDIN, G. d. G H.C.
By Ed. j. l.. GREEN, Deputy

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pIsEAsEs OF THE KIDNEYS.
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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1880-07-17

SrEscKInr for the FErE Pass.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-09-10

AS proof of the satisfactory
condition of the negro population
in Atlanta and the ease which
they are able to accumulate prop
erty, the Constitution Of that
city states that the co)ored peo-
pie return $4,000 taxable prop
erty and there are over SIX hum
dred of them who give in real es-
tate valued at over 800 and
under $1,000. In business pnr-
suits there are forty boot and
shoemakers, forty retail grocers,
seventy-ive dray-men, twenty
five hackmen, twenty black
smiths, twelve BARRIERS, two tail
ors, two restaurant keepers. five
confectioners, three fluit dealers,
one dentist, one undertaken, one
veterinary surgeon, one mattress
maker and one billiard-tab!e
keeper. They have eighteen
churches in the city, nine of them
Baptist, one Christian, one Con-
gregational, six Methodist and
one Presbyterian. Two of their
churches have 1900 members,
and all have an average of $50
each. They have Sunday
schools which are we'll attended
aud they have 1928 children in
attendance on the public schools
They have three lodges of Good
Templars, Masonic lodge, sew
eral lodges Of Odd-Fellows, five
well-ordered military companies
and. several religious and benev.
client organizations. 1t is stated
that they are steadily improving
in their condition and acquiring
the habits of thrift that make
useful members of society.-[Sf
Louis Republican.
The Morehouse clarion. [volume] (Bastrop, La.) 1874-1904, 1880-09-10
D.,fest sga;asi Badgering witnesses
The habit Of falling foul OF wit
aesses whose testimony is impor-

1esses whose testimony IS impof-
ant is q very bad habit, indeed
II is entirely proper to SUBJECT
;uDortaat Witnesses to Q riGor~
GUS cross-ezamin4tion; bat thar
examination should be conducted
with spirit Of Christian kind
moss. The most truthful witness
often appears to the worst e.
vantage. The most careful WIT
Dess will forget minute detail )
bat because some trifing fact has
slipped the memory it does not
follow that the witness is eItbei
a sconndrel or q liar Because
a witness is homely, 9 lawyer is
not justified in holding th9 per
sopal misfortune Of the witness up
to tho contempt and derision OF
the thoughtless multitude. Nor
is it right to make 9 witness, "ho
icr all that appears in the case,
means to tell to the truth more
odious than tho criminal at the
bar. Especially it is cruel to as
sail women who appear as wit
nesses. Even the strongest and
clearest-headed man can be
made to appear ridiculous by an
acute lawyer who cross-exam :
ines him. Some Of the most
stupid witnesses that we have
ever seen in the witnessbox have
been men who lad practlced law
for many years. Some OF the
brightest and clearest witnesses
are mere children. A lawyer,
long used to cross-ezamlnatlon,
can embarrass the shrewdest and
most honest witness. He can
turn an honest, but dull and
fimid witness into laughing
stock, We believe that it is the
duty Of an advocate to treat hos.
tile witnesses with as much re,
spect as the Judge upon the
bench. When one descends tc
making a female witness odious
by referring to her personal ap.
pearance it is intolerable. Things
have come to such a pass that il
is as much as ones character is
worth to appear as a witness
against the clients Of some law.
yers. Before the case is ended
the witness, though perfectly
honest, is frequently made to ap
pear in worse light than any,
body else outside of jail.-[Nev
Haven Register.