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stood his son in alter cation with the
most vicious-looking ruffian of them all,
while Tom G ford stood near him.
II tell you what" said the long
limbed river-driver: I'm just agoin'
to mop the ground with We, whether We
fight or not. You talk about its bein'
Sunday. Twas Sunday when We
knocked me down onawares, an eff il
hadn't ben fur Bill Grimes here I'D a
thrashed ye then. Hain't that so, Bill, -
he said, turning to one of the nearest
men, . big, broad-shouldered fellow,
though not as vicious looking as the
would be fighter, "hain't Untitled to
satisfac,ionF'
lin course ye be-" chimed in a doz-
en- voices; some of them adding that
these lefty fellers needed the starch
knocked out NV EN-"
The parsonage designated as Bill
Grimes replied deliberately, after TAX
ing an immense chew of tobacco:
. Well, Josh. l 'spose We air, cause
this youngster wuz rayther too quick at
hittin' folks, an 'dorter staid away eff
he didn't want 10 fight it out like a
man. Leastways, as the things gone,
I don't blame yer fur wantin' t. thump
him, though I didn't prove nv yer
sayin' nothin' to the gals"
Mr.. Grimes appeared to be . leader
in matters of opinion, and the pugna-
cious Joshua was greatly encouraged.
He swung his 'ong arms and staggered
about threateningly, while Hugh spoke
q few words in low tone to his chum,
and then turned to Bill Grimes: :" am
sorry this affair has happened, but l
have no apology to make for striking
this man. He insulteu the ladies, and
| should have been no gentleman if |
had not defended them. Neither do /
wish to tight to-day" # s.
What did We come back fur. theng'
said Grimes, while Joshua continued
his threats of hopping che ground
with him. . mode Of procedure which
seemed to wear pleasing aspect to Il
majority of the listeners.
II came because I promised to
come" said the impulsive young col
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OIluoS tEAcU W explain C03t ~ 0o0
been perfectly fair matter. Eye see
I'VE wuz goin' along quiet like, when
we met these fellers with the gals.
They didn't look like none nv our
women folks, but wuz sorter finified up
like, an sorter walked as though they
warnt techin' the ground hardly, an
Josh he kinder spoke up like and says,
says he, dashed purity gals an then
he kinder grinned, but he didn't mean
nothin' by, it. An then this boy nv
yourn he ups an tells him to STAN one
side, or he'd call the perlice, an then
we all lated. an Josh kinder stuck out
his face. an that young rooster of yourn
jist lent him one. In course. Josh
wanted to be satisfied; an ruther
guess he isl
Mr.. Grimes refreshed himself with q
fresh chew of tobacco, wearing salts
ted look as though he had cleared him
self from all suspicion Of intentional
evil. Eye see, IL s all fair an square,
an that boy Nv yourn is one to be proud
Nv" l[ @
DR.. Carroll went down to the edge
of the pond and washed his face, q
cook from one of the tents bringing
him coarse towel and q fragment Of
q comb. His wardrobe was in bad
condition, but his countenance was
smiling. Have you any objection to
my offering prayerr' he asked Of Bill
Grimes, while the rest of them
8 sl0uched' round in various attitudes
upon the bank and logs.
..Not a parkitle," said the individ-
uaL ..onless Josh might take Il to
heart.''
But Mr.. Wetherbee appeared to be
totally Indifferent, and the minister
knelt down and prayed. He had .
wonderful gift Of prayer, and Bill
Grimes softened under it. even. Josh
Wetherbee seemed to be touched by it.
DR.. Carroll rose to his feet and glanced
up the bank down which he had come
20 rapidly. In one Of the clsarer
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legian. and I also had your promise
Of fair play"
you. shell hev It," said 0rimss,
sticking the "peevy' or cant-hook
which he held in his hand into the
ground, can I'll brain the fust man
that lays hand on ye, If ye gin Josh
Wetherbee satisfaction. Otherwise,
they may lam ye' all they're min
to-" .
The case looked desperate. "What
are we going to do?' whispered DIR.
Carroll to his companion. they'll MUIR
der my boy. reg -'.-
M ~,o.c %h~,, x.,ov,sk I>,,< <h~rsn
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LANDS and HOMES

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00UO moth pictorial for family enteItainment 21se
year Sent on trial SIX months to any new subscriber
Tor - ctA Specimens lOc none free. Address
COMIC MONTHLY. l2l Nassau Street, n. T.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-07-01


In THE early part of 1868, the
course OF Gen. Hancock, az COM
mander of the fifth military district of
the South, began to receive the earnest
attention of a Republican Congress,
and it was decided that his plan of
subordinatipg military to civil author
ity could no longer be toler-
ated. The purpose was to entirely
suppress the civil authorities OF the
Southern States, and to substitute
therefor military tribunals with no ap-
peal. Gen. Garfield, chairman of the
Military Committee in the House Of
Representatives, introduced bill to
reduce the number of major generals
in the army with the avowed object of
getting rid of Hancock, and 10 thus
punish him for his steadfsst subordina-
tion of the military to the civil juris-
diction. This bill, however, was not
pressed to its passage, being deemed
by more cautious congressman friendly
to its object as too likely to excite q
popular demonstration in favor Of the
prosecuted general
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Hon. WIN. 81. ENGLISH, the Demo
cratic nominee for the vice presidency,
was born in 1922 in Indiana. He re-
ceived q classical education, studied
law and was sdmitted to practice in
1916, but has, chiefly devoted himself
to agricultural pursuits. After hold
ing several positions OF public
trust, In 1851 he was elected menu
Der of the Indiana legislature, and
officisted Is speaker. One year later, IN
1852, he was elected to Congress. and
was reelected in 1854, 1856 and 1853,
serving four terms, from 1852 to 1860.
He is now y wealthy citizen of Indian,
spolis, and one of the best known and
most popular men In Indiana. His
name is q tower of strength in that
state, and the only thing that has ever
impaired his popularity has been
his resolute struggle against the rag
money heresy. Without making his
antagonism to the greenback folly vim
dictive and personal, as many men
have done, his position on the issue
has not been equivocal. His record in
this matter is we'll known in New York
and the other Eastern states, and has
gained for him there a great deal of the
same sort of popularity smong the bus
mess and money interests as that Sens-
tor Bsysrd has been so sigrally favored
with. 1t ls doubtful if there is any
other man among the prominent Demo-
Gratis of the West whose nomination
would be so generally accepted by the
East as an assurance that mercantile in
terests of the country will be carefully
guarded under Democratic rule.
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CALCULATING IN THE DEMO.
CRATIC NOMINEES.

The present political condition of the
states Is just now receiving careful
press review, and the conclusion that
may be reached, by no strained process
of calculation, Is that the November
electlonEwill be signalized, not only by
Democratic victory, but that the pol
itics of some of the Republican states
is to be revolutionized. General state
elections held in 1879, 1879 and 1880,
show Republican minorities in twenty
two states, which in the aggregate cast
231 electoral votes, while out of Six
teen states that went Republican at the
last elections eight of them had major
tiles of less than 1000 votes. OF the
Republican states having maJorIties
greater than this, at least one has been
made very doubtful by the nomination
of General Hancock. Pennsylvania
has twenty-five electoral votes, and it
was no doubt demonstrated at Oinoin-
natl, that its politics could be changed
by the nomination of the hero of Get
tysburg. Seventeen states, casting 173
electoral votes, gave, excepting IN Del
aware, Florida, North Carolina and
Virginia, msjorities of over $4,000.
The political condition of the states,
as shown by the last state elections,
may be seen in the following tables:
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THERE was great disappointment In

THERE was great disappointment In
Wilmington, Delaware, when it was
announced by wire that Hancock and
not Bsyard was the nominee. 1t is
said that not only Democrats but Re-
publicans Of the place felt deep inter-
est in seeing their highly-respected and
well-loved townsman boAored. A spe-
cial dispatch to the Philadelphia Times
says the least disappointed man in the
city was Senator Bayard himself. He
had not sought the Office, and did not
feel that he had any right to expectit.
When the messenger boy delivered him
the telegram, giving the result, he was
in his law ONCE going through his
regular routine of business, and he de-
tanned him long enough to hastily write
a congratulatory dispatch to Gen. Han
cock. To several of his personal friends
he talked freely on the result. The
nomination of Hancock, ne said, was
ereditaEle TO him and to the Demo-
cratic party. "What do you think of
Hancock as a candidate, Senator2" was
asked. "He Ia strong candidate"
said the Senator, "and one whose NIL
itary and civil record are beyond any
question of Doubt" Senator Bayard
further said that no candidate could
command the united support of the
party better than Hancock. He was
man who, If elected, would wipe out
sectionalism and truly serve the best
interests of the country. DISAPPOINTED
Wilmington, later IN the evening, put
off her mourning robes, and by early
candlelight the Jefferson Club, of which
Senator 8syard is an honorary member,
had swung out huge transparency
bearing the names of the nominees,
"For President, W. s. Hancock, of
Pennsylvania. For Vice President, W.
8. English, of Indiana."
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THE attempt of the opponents to
Democracy to fasten blame upon Gen.
Hancock for the murder of Mrs. Sur
raft shows to what extremes mean poll
iticisns resort in attacking an enemy.
He was in command of the military
division in which Washington was in
cluded when the hanging of Mrs. Sur
raft was accomplished. Gen. Augur
was in command of the department,
and the military commission that tried
Mrs. Surratt appointed its own hang
man, who was Gen. Hartranft, ex-gov-
ernor of Pennsylvania. Gen. Hancock
did all he could to save Mrs. Surrstt.
He obeyed the writ of habeas corpus
issued in her behalf by Judge Wylie,
and left the court only by permission
of the judge, after exhibiting the per-
emptory order of Andrew johnson
suspending the writ of habeas corpus
in the District of Columbia. He tried
to obtain an interview for Mrs. Surratt
with President johnson, and when the
day of execution came, Gen. Hancock
stationed line Of couriers from the
executive mansion to the place of ex-
ecution, in order that the hoped-for
reprieve might be instantly commune
Gated. -
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A SECOND ELIJAH.

DR.. Burleson is makinga great fuss
about the exhibition of a painting, at
the art leYee in Waco, representing the
necked bust of a woman. He writes
over column letter, and gets it pub
lished in the Telephone, at the expense
of the publisher, in which he declares
that he would stain Titan's Venus
"yith his life's blood" rather than
have it exhibited in public at Waco.
The Doctor writes very positively, and
declares emphatically that just such
pictures are seen in the "bawdy
houses" The reverend gentleman as
serts that "fifty years ago, as Job did,
I made a solemn covenant with my
eyes," and that in all this time he has
never looked upon the nakedness of
any female. When he has attended
balls and receptions he says his "own
purity" has prevented him from look
ing upon the ''naked shoulders and
bosoms" of respectable young ladies"
Says he: 81 once, at Cincinnati, paid
a dollar to see the Venus de
Medici; but as soon as 1 found
she was entirely naked, l turn
ed away in loathing," and yet
DIR. Rurleson pretends to be well in
formed man, and therefore ought to
have known all about this piece of stat
uary. Then, unlike Solomon or even
Job, he declares his own purity in the
following words: ~ will say that l can
bare my bosom and my whole life to
the omniscient eye of God himself and
challenge any man, living or dead, in
heaven, on earth, or in hell, to pre-
sent chsster life than mine. And
this is due not because have not the
passions of other men, but because in
youth / 'made a covenant with my
eyes, and l would sooner put my
hand in the fire than would gaze upon
the naked form of womansln the dance,
the circus, or the art gallery. / never
even allow my eye to rest upon an i'm
pure sentiment in book or newspa-
per-" There is an apparent fanaticism
about all these expressions of DR.. Burle-
SON, which to the ordinary man of this
mundane sphere would seem to befit
him more for luntio asylum
than any other place, and yet
the ordinary man may be so far
below his moral plane as to make him
incapable of judging of the purity of
this moral giant, who sets himself up
as immaculate in person. Truly, if
these things be true, of which the
Doctor boasts, he is as pure as any man
that ever lived. excepting neither Moses,
nor the prophets, nor the Savior, nor
the apostles. There can be no purif-
cation in death for DR.. Burleson, and,
therefore, we may expect to hear, some
of theee days, that, like Elijah, he has
been siezed from earth, In his bodily
form, to be given, in mortal iesh, the
most exalted place in eternity.
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purchasers, tempest of indignation
was raised. 1t was argued that the
school lands belonged to posterity, that
the governor and his friends were try
ing to rob children yet unborn of .
heritage set apart for them by legisla-
lures and constitutional conventions.
They failed, however, to point out the
section making the grant directly or
by implication. On the other side 1t
was commended, that the measure was
dictated by prudence, economy, and ne
cessity; that the school lands belonged
to the present generation, with right
to use them for their benefit; that
their use of them could not divert
them from the purposes for which they
were destined, because they could only
derive benefit from tie interest arising
from investment of proceeds. In reply
some little was said of land sharks,
spectators, and landed monopolies, and
aristocracies. A plea was entered for
the "actual settler" but that personsge
proved to be the man they ex-
pected would come at some indefna-
BILE period of time. and not the
man who had identified himself with
Texas. 1t was shown that the latter
character had been victimized by hard
times and heavy taxation, that about
fifty out of every hundred of them had
been compelled to allow their landed
property to be sold for taxes; that one
man would buy all the land sold for
taxes in any county; that the tender
hearted gentlemen had no sympathy
for these unfortunate settlers, but
persisted, like SO many Shylocks, in
demanding one-fourth the general rev.
enue for schools, the pound of flesh, -.
no difference how many families might
be deprived of their homesteads. The
motto was "stand by the last relic of
Radical misrule-support free schools
mainly by taxation, at all hazards and
at any sacrlfice." These are the men
that have been filing the public prints
with fierce denunciations of Governor
Roberts for his pretended hostility to
publ frcee schools. Knowing the &C.
cusation to be false and libelous, these
are the men that prevented the pas
sage of bills calculated to create q
school fund in short space of time
which would have established and
maintained an efficient system of public
free schools; to the great relief of our
Taxpayers. These are the men who
refused to loosen the grasp of the tax
collectors from the Threats of the peo-
pie. And these are the men who are
resorting to wire-working, and all sorts
of tricks, to gain control of oue-third
the delegates of the state convention
in order to swindle the people out of
the further good services of Demo-
cratic governor who has done his duty,
and who has stood squarely upon the
platform of his party, and who is the
choice of two-thirds of the voters.
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redeem the pledge, the constitution
designates certain funds and property,
and sets them apart to be used for that
purpose, and the Democratic party
does not deem itself pledged to set
apart one-fourth of the general reve-
nues each year for the benefit of free
schools. Democrats are responsible
for the constitution, and they are
bound by its stipulations In two-fold
sense, as citizens and as orginstors.
As the standard-besrer Of Texas De-
mocracy, Governor Roberts has labored
faithfully and zealously to carry out
its principles, as set forth in its plat
form and as illustrated by its practices.
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TIE New York World which ear

TIE New York World which earne IT
ly favored the nomination of Mr.. Bay
ard, in advance OF the nomination Of
Gen. Hancock, said Of it;
SIT would not be unsatisfactory to the
friends of Senator Bsyard, nor to Sem
ator Bsyard himself whose whole career
has been that of 9 champion of the
constitution and the laws. and who has
been prompt to rebuke every violation
Of them, whether the Yiolation has been
committed under the pretense Of meet
ing q military necessity or ofgrstifying
sentimental aspirations. Gen. Hancock
is one of the few famous soldiers who
commanded in the South during the
period Of reconstruction, who both
knew and enforced the principles upon
which the government OF the United
States u founded, and against whom no
reproach Of unduly magnifying their
sflces has sver been made BY constitu-
tionsl statesman like Senator Baysrd. /"
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Anti-Repubhcan states are those in
which the Democrats did not poll q
majority vote, but in which the
Republicans were also in a minority.
While Republicans were chosen In these
states sentiment in them Is opposed
to Republicanism, and it is in these
states and IN Connecticut, Colorado,
Massachusetts,, Oregon and Pennsylva-
MA that the presidential contest is to
be made. But msy we not calculate
almost with certainty upon carrying
Indisna and New Jersey, having to-
gether an electoral vote Of twenty
fourl Republicans would claim New
York az g doubtful state, because it
was totally carried against the Demo-
cratic nominees by the disafsction OF
Kelly and his 50, 900 votes, but it must
be remembered that Tilden carried
New York even against Tsmnany, and
that now all differences in the party
haye been healed and that the
real Democratic majority in New
York state il $1,000. which
must be cvercoms TO make it doubt
ful state. The Greenbaek party win
be iost sight Of in the struggle between
the two great contsnding parties and,
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GOVERNOR RoRRRrs will meet q

GOVERNOR ROBERTS will meet Col.
Lang at Navasota on the 9th of july,
when they will have joint discussion.
1t Is, as reported, the purpose of Col.
Lang to put the Governor on the defen-
slve. The Old Alcalde has been de-
Tending the rights of the people of
Texas Tor thirty-tiVe years, and it may
be safe to presume that he can defend
himself against the man who started out
few weeks since on Grange lectur-
Ing tour, and who now devotes himself
to attacking the official record of gov
ernor who has done so much in the in
terest Of popular government against
ring rule.
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EsTRAY NOTICE.

State of Texas, county OF Travis; 70 the Hon
orable County Clerk OF Travis county:
The undersigned would respectfully announ CO
the following estrays. TO wit: -
l eorrel horse, years old, Ii hands high.
branded with ] in center on the left thigh and
8 on hip. n
gray mare, years old. 1871 hands high.
the left thigh.
l gray horse, years old, IS hands high,
branded in circle on the left thigh.
] cark bay horse, years old, 1871 hands high,
branded with clover leaf on the shoulder and
jaw.
l bay horse. "a hands high. years old. branded
U on the left thigh.
sorrel mare. IL hands high, years old,
branded L ON the left shoulder.
] bay horse u years old, Is hands high,
branded @ on the left thigh.
] sofrel horse 10 years old, l4H hands high,
branded q In Gree on the left shoulder.
bay mare, 5yesrs old, 10 hands high branded
counterbranded same.
colt M brand.
1'gray hllv, 2 years old no brand
gray ally, 3 years old, no brand.
bay mare, years old, 12H hands high,
branded HI, with half circle over top, on left
shoulder
roam mare, years old, le1s hands high,
branded 4 L on the left shoulder.
brand.
bay stallion, 3 years old. IS hands high,
branded @ ON left shoulder.
blotch brand on left shoulder and W o on len
hip.
The above horses range about the south side
Of Austin and Colorado riyer.
GEORGE II. HEIssHER,
jyl wit County Commissioners.
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-
The Tsras Suss published at San
Antonio, j. doing 5 great sork in be-
kalf of TsxAs. Their plan of visiting
towns and counties throngbeut cur
state, preparing a statement showing
Of their every interest, and circulating
same extensively throughout other
states and countries, is work worthy
of consideration at the hands of every
citizen. We note from the last issue
Of the Sun that their July Issue will be
100, 900 copies, devoted 70 u complete
showing Of the mineral, stock sad ag-
ricultural interests of Fl PAso, Presidio,
Peacos and TIM Green counties, with
q carefully prepared map of Western
Texas. This will be u valuable edi-
ton for advertisements FINN land
men who have special induce
ments to offer immigrants. The
edition will he circulated from Chi
cago, Indianapolis, st. Louis, Cincin-
matt, Boston, New York and Kansas
City, in addition to judicious mail
list throughout the United States.
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THE st. Louis Republican says "Wil.
liam 81. English Is a worthy colleague.
A man of high social position and ripe
experience in political affairs; without
q blemish upon his public or private
character; possessing the confidence
and esteem of all who know him; a
consistent Democrat Of the old school,
whose Democracy hss emerged un-
harmed from the severest tests-he is
not only fitted for the second office in
the republic, but is;abundantly compe-
tent, if the emergency should arise, to
fill the first. Republicans will now
blush more than ever for the candidate
whom Conklidg thrust upon them
and Arthur, when compared with his
competitor, must sink still lower in the
depths of public contempt
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THE report of the recent examina-
tons at West Point has reached the
Adjutant General of the army. In the
case of Whitaker the report recon-
mends that as he was found deficient
in his studies, and having been two
years in the same class, be be dis
charged. What the action OF the Sec
rotary of War will be, 10 not known.