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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22


SENATOR GARLAND's bill, touch
ing the presidential succession, pro-
vides, in case of the removal of the
president and vice-president, that
the secretary of state, the secretary
of the treasury or the secretary of
war, in the event of a vacancy in the
first or second, shall assume the
presidency ad interim until an elec-
ton can be held. The present pro-
vision, which makes the president
of the senate, or, in case of vacancy,
the speaker, the successor, is open to
the objection tnat these offices may
be vacant, as was the case when
Garfield died. There is every two
years a vacancy in the speakership,
and there may be in the presidency
of the senate, but there is never
vacancy in all these departments at
one time. The Philadelphia Times
calls attention to the crisis of 1865.
Seward, the secretary of state,
was stricken down with the presi-
dent. Stanton was secretary of war,
and, until johnson could be sworn
in, he was the virtual president. Mr..
Blaine was virtually the president
from the striking of Garfield, July
I'd, until his death in September.
Indeed, the head of the cabinet
must. in some sort, take the respon-
sibility in case of the presidents re-
moval. The question of inability is
not discussed i'll the Garland bill,
which is a serious oversight and
should be provided for. All vice
presidents might not show the
same reserve and good taste
as Mr. Arthur, even when
it should become necessary
for some action to be taken,
as was clearly the case. when Mr..
Blaine assumed the rights belong
ing to the vice-president. MIR. Ar
thur should have assumed the pow
ers of the presidency while Mr.. Gar
field was unable 10 act, and the
presidential law now being dis
cussed would be incomplete, were
provision not made, showing when
and how the incompetency of the
president would authorize the as
sumption of presidential powers by
the vice-president, instead of leav-
ing the government to the direction
of subordinate officer.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22

PHE Virginia fusionists all want
office. They worked for it #; in fact
have worked for it through all
their lives, and now, when Malone
cannot supply all with places, there
is big fuss in their camp.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22

THE Erpress is assured that the
next session of the legislature will
have to grapple with the railroad
question. We expect so. The leg
islature always does this way, but,
after taking a strong hold, lets go,
and falls down, mdermost.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22

JUDGE DAVID DAVIS has made
an interesting discovery. He says
President Arthur's message is the
first document of the sort in forty
years that has not referred to the
south as a distinctive section of the
country.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22
THERE can be no doubt thl

THERE can be no doubt that
when Hon. George Washington
Jones said that nice thing about ex-
Governor Davis, that he thought
this gentleman would be given the
postofiice department. and that he
would therefore, before long, con.
troll the postofiices OF Texas for his
(Jones) advancement.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22

On the Goth the Republicans of
Virginia will learn that $4,000 votes
given to assist $4,000 Readjusters
towards success, are not worth a
United States senatorship.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22
IT is thought that Mr.. james ma

1T is thought that Mr.. James may
remain in the cabinet until June 80,
the close of the fiscal year. The
STATESMAN dislikes to make any
body sad this Sunday morning, but
this is the report, and we give it.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22

THE Utah question has no lear
ing whatever upon politics, and yet
it begins to look as though it is go
ing to be forced to have such direc-
ton, whether it will or not.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22

DR.. BLISS threatens to make pub
lie, soon, further detailed state
ment of his clinical study at the
White House during the past sum-
mer, and demolish his critics.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22

Mr.. Edward Atkinson believes
that there will be a railroad panic
and a commercial crises in the
next seven years, but that there
will be 117,00o miles of railroad In
this country by 1890, and 100000 by
the close Of the century. lie ex-
presses the opinion that we shall
then have railroads enough, assum-
ing that Massachusetts, has now
reached that condition, having one
mile of road for 4.12 square miles OF
surface, which is the largest in the
world.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22

THE Union of the Democrat and
the AdUance, of Fort Worth, prom
ises good. The political tone of the
Democrat tG Adr0nce sounds well
enough.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22

A NEW bankrupt law is one of the
things that congress may effect. I'm
less the provisions of the old law
are almost entirely abrogated, it
should not be enacted.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22

THE Telephone and Examiner have
consolidated, and will soon appear
in the same style as is intended in
the enlargement of the STATESMAN
-an elght-page forty-two column
paper.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22

A GRAND meeting of the Missouri
and Texas Pacific railway managers
has Just been held at Dallas, which
city is to be made the headquarters
ofthe entire Gould system of roads.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22

THE exchange fiends yesterday
were referred to the white elephant
down on Pecan street.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22

The Express has passed into the
hands of Cyrus W. Field, which
leaves the Democrats without an
evening paper in New York City.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22

In naming Riddleberger for the
senatorship, what does Malone con-
template as to that little dueling
disqualification.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22

Ieras Wool says the sheep inter-
ests have suffered less from the
drought this season than any other
in Texas, which proves it to be the
surest and best business in the state.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22

If disembodied spirits ever make
a fuss in this world something rough
may be expected about the White
House.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22

GENERAL LoNGsTREET feels as
though, when the president sends
his official lightning southward,
he will be struck by it.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22

THE Ohio man aspires to take
everything in sight; hence, there
were 16O Ohio men at Washington
asking for 159 house positions.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22

schemes of public plunderers, and
entorces economy in the admins
tration of the peoples affairs. Let
these schemes succeed if they may,
and the fair credit of Texas will be
impaired, its Golfers will be emptied,
and the frighttul era from winch we
not long ago escaped-no credit, no
money, no prosperity, no advance
ment, no property values, no circu-
lation ofmoney, no immigration, no
railways, no growing cities, slavery
to debt and taxation-will be re-es-
tablished, and Texas will descend
as it now ascends in material pros
perity.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22

An estimable young lady Of Salem.
Massachusetts, because of unrequit-
ted love, committed suicide by cat
ing broken glass.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22

The Chinese written language
consists of one hundred thousand
characters.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-12-22
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Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26
The Death of Lafayette.

The following is Guizot's account of the death of Lafayette :-
 "A few months before M. de Talley- rand retired from public life, another remarkable individual, very different and celebrated on very opposite grounds M. de Lafayette-disappeared from the stage of the world.
 "No life had ever been more pas sionately political than his; no man had ever placed his ideas and political senti- ments more constantly above all other professions or interests. But politics were utterly unconnected with his death. III for three weeks, he ap- preached his last hour. His children and household surrounded his bed; he ceased to speak, and it was doubtful whether he could still see. His son George observed that with uncertain gesture he sought for something in his bosom. He came to his fathers assist ance, and placed in his hands 8 medal lion which he always wore suspended around his neck. M. de Lafayette raised it to his lips; this was his last motion. That medallion contained miniature and lock of hair of Madame de Lafay- cite, his wife, whose loss he had mourned for twenty-seven years. Thus, already separated from the entire world, alone with the thought and image of the de- voted companion of his life, he died. In arranging his funeral, it was 8 recog- nized fact in the family that M. de Lafayette had always wished to be buried in the small cemetery adjoining the Convent of Picpus, by the side of his wife. ill the midst of victims of the revolution-the greater part royalists and aristocrats, whose ancestors had founded that pious establishment. The desire of the veteran of 17S9 was scrup- ulously respected and compiled with. An immense crowd-soldiers, national guards and populace-accompanied the funeral procession along the boulevards and streets of Paris. Arrived at the gate of the Convent of Picpus. the crowd halted; the interior inclosure could only admit 200 or 300 persons. The family, the nearest relatives and principal authorities entered, passed through the convent in silence, then across the garden and finally entered the cemetery. There no political mani festation took place; no oration was pronounced; religion and the intimate "reminiscences of the soul alone were present.; public politics assumed no place near the death-bed or the grave of the man whose life they had occu- pied and ruled"
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26
Canadian Outrages.

! The Burlington Haaokeye says Tt .isn't that CanadSan publishing houses simply pirate bodily the books of Amer ican authors and sell two dollar books for ten cents that makes the American scribblers mad. That is bad enough, but that isn't the worst. It is when the American picks up the pirated copy of his book, with his own real name on the title-page, and finds that the malignant Canadian has made him spell "honor :" and flavor" and "labor" and all that class of words with "u" all the way through the book, that the iron enters his soul His life is consumed with righteous rage when he sees that he is made to say "traffick" and "publick :" And when he knows that by the wicked devices of the Canadian publisher the world will think that he spells wagon with two g's, he wants to lie down where he IS and die. It isn't the loss of the book that grieves the American, it's the unexpected acquisition of so many let ters to the word.
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26
In the Shenandoah Valley.

M. Quad, writing of farming in the Shenandoah Valley, says: They do not farm it here as they do in the North, and they humbly admit the fact. There is lack in the general go-aheadative- ness, and too much land is left to the briers and weeds. The new settlers are nearly all Pennsylvanians used to plant ing corn with pick-ax and reaping it with 8 crow-bar, in their own sterile State, and whel they see how easy it is to get living here they are not inclined to break their backs to make big crops.
 Then again most of the hired labor is black. Farm hands are paid from $8 to SIS per month. Probably $11 is about the average. Give a Virginia negro land of his own and he will s1t up nights to work it, but when he works for the white man he can't see the rush. Near Halltown, as rode along the highway, I saw team in the field and the negro hired man sitting on the grass intently gazing into the top of a cherry tree.
 "What are you looking at ?" I asked as rode up to the fence.
 "Do you b'long round yere3" he queried in reply.
 "No."
 "Well, den, boss, I wasn't zacsly lookin' at anythin' up dat tree. war simply tryin' to hurry up sundown."
 Let him work with white man and he will earn any pay given him, but the black man is bound to watch for sum- down if working alone. He is also un- reliable on account of his motions" 4 military parade is his great hold, and next to that circus, then horse-race, then lawsuit. Virginia negroes have been known to walk seventy miles tc witness hanging, and a walk of twenty miles to a circus is no feat at all. He is bound to lay off about so much, whether work drives or not, and the farmer must make the best of it.
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26
A Bold Trick.

One of the shrewdest and boldest tricks ever played on jeweler was done by woman of nerve in Cincinnati not long ago. One day a middle-aged woman, of fine personal appearance, we'll dressed, and of the most attractive manners, called at private lunatic asylum and asked to see the superin- tendent. That official met her m the parlor.
 'I wish to make arrangements for the confinement of 8 patient here" she said. ''What are your terms and the conditions on which you receive your inmates ?"
 "Our terms are $15 per week, and you must have the certificate of two physicians.
 "Very well," said the lady, 'I will pay you for two weeks in advance. The patient is my son, who is insane'on the subject of diamonds. He has mania for selling my jewelry. I have not got the certificate of the physicians, but can easily do so. I will bring my son here in the afternoon, and if you will keep him an hour will bring the physicians with the authority"
 Then the lady entered her carriage and drove to jewelry store. There she selected $4,OOO worth of jewelry, which she said was intended for the trousseau of her daughter, about to be married. She gave the name of 8 wealthy family recently arrived in Cin- cinnati, and said to the proprietor: elf you will let one of your clerks step into the carriage with me, I will go to my husbands store and give him the money for the goods"
 The proprietor consented, and the clerk, with the goods in box, entered the carriage with the lady, who said she wished to stop on the way and show her purchases to friend. They drove to the asylum and were shown to the parlor. The superintendent entered, and the lady said quite calmly to the clerk: ''Just open the box and show the things to this gentleman"
 The clerk unsuspectingly compiled.
 Carelessly drawing near, the lady sud denly seized the box, and was walking out of the room with it when the aston ished clerk cried:
 "Hold on, madam, I must not let those goods go out of my sight until I get the money"
 The lady did not deign to notice the clerk. but. turning to the superintend- ent of the asylum, said:
 ''This is the young man spoke to you about. He is getting little vio- lent. You had better secure him."
 It was in vain that the clerk protested that robbery was being committed. The superintendent was inexorable. He called his assistants and secured the clerk, while the. lady walked to her carriage with tbe $4,OOO worth of jewelry.
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26
Red Tape.

The following amusing anecdote is related to show how red-tape regula- tions may hamper an army. The French cavalry in the province of Gran in Africa requiring provender, the in- tendant bought supply in the sur rounding country, had 1t conveyed to the town of Gran and shipped thence in three sailing vessels to Marseilles in order that the Intendant-en-Chief of the 15th Corps might duly examine and approve the purchase. That official, convinced of the honesty and capacity of his subordinate, limited his inspec- ton to one or two bales, and, finding these of good quality, shipped the sup ply back to Gran, from which point it was finally distributed among the horses for whose benefit it was originally pur- chased.
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26
The Cholera.

The cholera is spreading in the East and advancing toward Europe. It has already made considerable ravages at Alden, and has reached Mecca, where the Mussulmen are implorlng their Prophet. Two other epidemics attract serious attention. The first is the yell low fever in Senegal, where the number of victims has been great, and the second diphtheria, which has killed more people in the south of Russia than any other epidemic, not excepting the plague. It has prevailed there since 1872. In Bess- arabia, 5000 out of the 36.000 persons who were attacked have succumbed to it. Out of 46,OOO cases, 19,0O0 ended fatally, and in Kharkof, out of 29,000 cases there have been IF, ,O00 deaths.
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26
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Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26
Going to the Rear.

In one of the fights in the Shenan- doah Valley between Sheridan and Lee, 8 Confederate officer discovered two of his men supporting third to the rear. Something in their conduct aroused his suspicious, and riding up to them, he called out:
 "Where are you men going?"
 ''Taking this man to the rear," was the reply.
 ssWhat's the matter with him ?'
 "Wounded."
 "Where ?" thundered the officer, as he drew his sword.
 "I dunno" answered the man, as he ducked h1s head for a bullet from the Federal lines. sJust as soon as we kin git back yere behind the hill we're bound to find out whether shell has busted him all to pieces, or he's only scart."
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26
TRAINING OF GIRLS AND BOYs.
Some Old-School Gospel by a Lady
 -~.- of the old School.
From the Springfield Republican,

From the Springfield Republican,
 The melancholy fate of Jennie Cramer, so ruthlessly made away with in New Haven, Ct., has been the text for some wholesome comments by the press of the country upon the growing latitude of our young girls. Though late in the day and much after the fashion of "when the horse is stolen lock the stable door" it will not be amiss to say a word as to the causes of an evil Shat is undermining the best interests of our soc1al system. The frequency of out rage and violent death on the persons of young girls, naturally raises the ques- ion of, Where are the guardians of these girls how is it that with some culture and of respectable percentage they are found so completely out of the pale of conventional usage, so aloof from the wholesome restraints of home and fam fly that they become accessible to the designs of unprincipled men or the brute passions of those lost to all manly sense of honor? Fifty years ago girl shrank from any undue exposure of her self at unreasonable hours, or in doubt ful places. It was not enough to be conscious of immaculate purity, but she must, like C@sar's wife, be above sus- picion. There must be no appearance of evil no blot upon the escutcheon. That dangerous game of playing with edged-tools called irritation was un- known.
 He comes too near, who comes to be denied. /" was the discreet sentiment of mothers and daughters, also.
 Some years ago giddy girl, finding herself in 8 strait, came to me for advice. "What shall do ! what shall I do P she cried fourteen elegant men have been on their knees before me and now must I sink myself to this ?" "It is because you have permitted so many men to come so near, Mary" replied, "that this has come upon you. If you are secretly married to this rufian, I see no way out of the difficulty but to honestly confess all to your poor, trusting father, and abide by his decision" She did 80, and to avoid public exposure he insisted that she should live with the man whom her own over-free manners had brought too near, and in less than year the broken-hearted father was laid in the grave.
 The discreet restraints of the house. hold are the only legitimate protection of its members, but such has been the growing laxity of family discipline that boys and girls have become nearly, il not quiet, independent of control. They will not bear the slightest coercion. Boys of dozen years commit suicide because a blow has been inflicted, need ful according to the best judgment ol the parent; and the girl, unable to gratify her desire for dress, slyly ma lures some plan to earn her own living and goes from the protection of home to encounter the hazards of unprinci. pied employers, who corrupt and tempt and ruin without scruple. In briet space she is lost to sight, and 8 catas. trophe akin to that of the unhappy Jen. nie Cramer ends the tragedy. am nc advocate for the good old times, nc
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26

DIVORCE IN MA1NE.-We find in the Eastern Argus summary of thirty-six petitions for divorce entered in the Su- preme Court in one week at ortland. These figures represent only the new suits begun at single term of court iu single county of Maine. We have not at hand the means of estimating the total amount of domestic misery in the State, says an exchange, but it must be large.
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26

SHoRT-HANDED. - On its way from Senegal the whole of the crew of the English steamer Edgar, except the cap- tain and his wife and the mate, were stricken with sickness, so that they could take no part in the navigation of the vessel. The captain suggested to his wife to take the post of "the man at the wheel" while he himself and the mate acted as engineman and fireman. The three brought the vessel safe from the west coast of Africa to the Euro pean continent,
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26

IMMIGRANTS. The first nine mon ths of 1881 show an immigration at New York of 369, ,O00, being an increase over the same period of last year of nearly 9S,OOO. Of the total number of imnni- grants more than one-third were Ger mans, and about one-seventh Irish,
Connecticut western news., 1881-10-26
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