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New-York tribune., 1881-09-01
SYMPATHY OF IRVING HALL DEMOCRATS.

AT the meeting of the Irving Hall Demo-
cratic General Committee last evening the following
resolution was adopted;
csotre0 That the representatives of the Democracy
or the CITY and County OF fNewYork here assembled
gard with abhorrenee the attempted assassination OF the
PRESIDENT or these United States and hereby tender their
profound sympathy Presdeut Garfield and his family
ana earnestly hope for his speedy recovery.
1t was resolved that the resolution engrossed and
transmitted TO the Secretary OF State.
New-York tribune., 1881-09-01

Police Justice Solon B. Smith appeared as proxy
for Dewitt c. Wheeler, of the With District in
this city. Speaker Sharpe held the proxy Of Thomas
S. Mott, of Oswego representing the XYIVh
District and Mr.. Cole, Captain of the Port an
swered for the XXIXth District, represented by FN.
Barney, of Avoca. Chairman Arthur of the Xfh
District. and Kidder NJ. Scott, of the XXVIIth Dis
trict not present and were not represented by
proxies
p. c. Van Wyck moved that Thomas c. Platt be
elected temporary chairman. This motion prs-
vailed without opposition. A. b. Johnson OF Utica,
who is understood to be Mr. COnlling's personal
representative ON the committee. then moved that
the State Convention be called TO meet in New
York City on October 3.
Speaker Sharpe moved rs an amendment that fhs
Convention be called TO meet in Saratoga on Sep
tember 2S
Mr. Knapp called for a division OF the question on
the time and place for holding the Convention and
it was agreed that the vote be taken lirst on the
time for holding the Convention, without regard 70
the place.
The chairman put the question on the motion az
Speaker Sharpe to hold the Convention on September
2S. This was felt 10 be somewhat Of a test ques-
tion of the strength of the opposing interests in the
committee. and the vote watched with some in
terest. The vote stood a tie-15 70 15-and
Speaker Sharpe who held the proxy OF Mr.. Mott
was about 10 record this vote in the Affirmative
which would have carried his notion when l. NJ
johnson changed his from the affirmative to
the negative. Mr.. Motifs vote was not then re-
corded and the motion to hold the Convention on
September 2e was lost The following was the vote
in detail:
Ayes-BicSs Jourdsn, Leaycrsft, Worth. Peabody
Robertson Carpenter TOmkins, sharpe, Baker Curtis
Nrocman, Clark and TarOox-I4.
Nays-Van Wyck, Wheeler, Patterson, Blackfe, No
Clave, smyth, smart Stanford A. 3. johnson, + NJ.
johnson, Knapp Plat, Barney, DeLand, sirFct aud
Speaker Sharpe then moved to make the dats
Thursday, September p, and this motion was lost
by the following vote
AyesHicks Peabody, Robertson, Carpenter. Tombans,
AGgS-Jourtan Leaycrait Worth, Van Myck, Wheeler,
Patterson. Bace NeClave, smyth, smart, stanford. E.
Land, STREET and RO0j-l9.
Mir. Johnsons motion 20 hold the Convention 90
tober was then carried by viva Voce vote.
FlXING THE PLACE OF THE CONVENTION.
Mr. Curtis then moved that the Convention 90
held in Utica.
Mr.. Van Wyc6 moved, as an amendment, thai the
Convention be held in New-York City.
Mr.. Smith proxy for Mr.. Wheeer moved that
the roll he called and each member name the place
OF his choice.
The roll was then called and four members named
Duca, one POuQhkeepsie, one Kingston, one Svra-
cuse, sixteen wYork, four Rochester and several
other places received vote each. MIR Robert son
changed iron Utica TO Rochester and Others fol-
lowed, and when the vote was finally recorded it
stood as follows:
New-N --.--.......-...--..--.-.-..--. 10
P"ushkeepsie
hochceter 10
lows:
Jogrdan, Leaycraft Worth. Van wyck, Wheeler Pat.
rsoi, liiackie McCiaVe Smyth, Smart A. B Johnson
- N johnson, KNAPP, Platt, sirst and kOct-lo
New-York tribune., 1881-09-01
PRESIDENT GARFIELD

uopF FAST GROWING INTO CONFIDENCE.
nv or procREss-TIIE PULSE REMARKABLY
LOW IN THE AFTER NooN--LEss FEVER IN THE
EVENING THAN ON ANY PREVIOUS EVENING
SINCE GUITEAU FIRED UPON THE PREslpENi-
WASHINGTON PUBLIC FEELING HAPPY.
Yesterday was without striking incident IN
,be sick room of the President. The day was
one of progress. In the afternoon the pa
tents pulse was down to %, but rose higher
bv evening The usual febrile rise OF tenn
perature did not occur i'll the Afternoon.
The evening bulletin made mention OF u
newly discovered pus opening into the mouth.
The discharge from the swollen gland was
satisfactory and the gland decreased i'll SIZE
The discharge from the wound was larger
than il has been of late and was OF healthy
pms. The subject of moving the President Is
a.ain discussed.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04

lp is generally under the pressure
of feeling and sentiment that prin-
ciples are first forgotten and ignored
and, finally, altogether abandoned !;
and the feelings and sentiments most
influential in this direction, are
oftener than otherwise. amiable
and, in themselves. commendable.
Therefore" says the Detroit Erea-
ing Ne,oS, cit was all the more credita-
bleto Governor Roberts, of Texas, that
while expressing the most heartfelt
sympathy ON his own and his peoples
behalf, for tho president, he does not
forget that in this country there is
no connection between church and
state, and that it would be a viola
ton of the spirit which separates
them TO officially proclaim day of
religious thanksgiving for the pres
ldents recovery in response to the
invitation of Gov. Foster, of OHIO.
This rigid separation is not preserv-
ed in most parts of the country, and
1t is to be regretted that it is not.
The proclamation of official thanks
givings, the employment of chap
lains, and the opening of official pro-
ceedings as in our legislatures with
prayers, are all contrary 10 the spirit
OF purely secular government, how
ever pleasing they may be to those
who think more of the forms than of
the essence of religion. People
imagine they are harmless because
they are not supposed to be secta-
rian but they forget that prayer in
any form is necessarily sectarian and
must imply a doctrine from which
thousands of taxpayers dissent.
Gov. Roberts is right The state
can not pray, or properly order
prayers
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04
A advertisement FOR BIDS

For surveying three hundred leagues of land.
Under the provisions Of an act entitled aan
act to provide for designating and setting apart
three hundred leagues of land out of the llnap-
propr1ated public domain for the benefit OF the
unorganlzed counties Of the state, and to pro.
vide Tor the survey fand location of the same ~
approved March ~, 1881, bids will be received
until IL NJ, on Tuesday, September /, 1881 for
cable, the above three hundred leagues OF land
out OF any of the unappropriated public domain
within the state or any of the reserves made by
the the, act OF the legislature, approved July IL,
The bids shall specify at what price per league
the surveying Will he done and shall be accom-
panied with the written guarantee of two res
ponsible persons, that the bidder, IL successful,
Will within twenty days, execute the necessary
bonds.
The contractor will be required to record in
well bound book or books the field notes and
maps OF surveys made and return the same un-
der oath 10 the general land Office and furnish
each county or district surveyor within whose
territory surveys are made, a COPY of the field
notes and maps of such surveys as may be made
in his said territory.
The lands to be surveyed will be selected and
the surveying done under the supervision of a
commissioner to be appointed by the governor
Two corners of each survey shall be marked
and established on the ground, and the lines,
If in timber, shall be distinctly marked. The
anterior corners of blocks, in no case to exceed
two leagues square shall be marked with monu-
ments, ofthe most durable material accessible
SIX feet high. All surveys must be connected
with well known corners or natural objects
The work must be completed and the maps
and field notes filed as provided above ON or be-
fore September, 1882.
The contractor will be required to enter into
written contract and such bond as the board
shall prescribe, not less than double the
amount of the bid. No payments will be made
until the work is completed and the field notes
and maps filed as provided.
Bids must be sealed and endorsed proposal
Tor surveying three hundred leagues of lands
and filed with the comptroller at Austin, Texas
The right to reject any and all bids is reserved
o. NJ. ROBERTS.
ly17W4 Governor and President of the Board.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04

1T may be that Mr.. Mack, while in
attendance upon the legislature
sought no association with the moral
element of Austin. There is an
immoral element here, as there is
everywhere, and it seems that Mr..
Mack was intimate with 1t. There
are nineteen church edifices in A u.s.
tin, having membership larger,
it is said, than in any other city of
its size, AMI with all these
churches and church people it is
truly wonderful that a legislator
should be so prone to mingle with
the immoral elements of society
that he could learn nothing of the
moral features of the capital. The
question arises, is there a city in
Texas where there is greater re-
liglous element than in Austin !?
The churches and the con-
gregatlons go to prove the
assumption that there is not, and
when the Waco papers repeat what
MIR. Mack says as to Austin, the
STATESMAN would be pleased to
hear from them as to the progress
of christianity in Waco. The
quarter million dollars invested IN
churches here not only proves the
numerical power of our church peo-
pie, but 1t shows what plentiful and
fine building material will induce
a people to do.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04

SECRETARY WINDOW is now send
ing out printed balance sheets show
ing the condition of the United
States treasury at the end of each
month. THE STATESMAN is in
debted to the department for one of
these admirable publications. The
interest bearing debt is $1,6S9, 567,-
5000. There are $6,723, 1886, on
which interest has ceased by maturi-
", and in debt bearing no IN
terest there are $422, 721, 954. 20.
Adding to these sums over $50
100000 due in interest the sum total
of the debt is found to be $2,0s9, $685.
227.Ss. Besides this the government
is responsible on railway bonds to
she tune of over $164, 100000. The
ability to owe such debts ought to
make the people of this country feel
very rich.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04
THE STATE OF TEXAS.

To the Sheriff or any Constable of Travis
county, greeting:
Whereas, oath has this day been made before
me by j. W Biting, that the residence of j. r.
Cooper is unknown to affiant so that the ordi-
nary process OF law can not be served upon
him, you are hereby commanded that you. by
making publication of this writ in some news
paper printed in Travis county, Texas, for four
successive weeks before the return day hereof
summon the said j. r. Cooper to be and appear
before me, at my Office, in the town of Manor
in the county of Travis, on the third Saturday
in August 1881, to answer the complaint of ].
W. Biting for the sum of twenty-eight dollars
and two cents (f2S OF, upon an open account
which is now due and unpaid. Herein fail not,
and of this writ make due return as the law di-
reefs.
IL. 81 July, A. ID. 1881.
W G. CROCKETT,
j. P. of T. Co, Texas.
/ certify that the above is a true copy of the
original citation now in my office.
T. W. CONVICTION,
Constable of Precinct No. 2, T. Co., Texas.
jy20 W4t
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04
WHAT THE STATE PAYs-$I 500. 900
AT AUSTIN WOULD COST 100000
AT WACO.

The Waco papers declare, because
the capitol building committee wants
some of the very fine marbles of Bur-
net county tor inside and outside
ornamental work for the new capt.
tol, that Austin has no building
stone in its immediate vicinity,
suitable for public works. Waco
and Galveston and Houston
and other cities get the Austin
stone for the very same purposes
that the committee wants these hard
Burnett marbles. The quarries
around Austin yield some of the
finest building material known, and
within five or six miles of the city is
any amount of marble. The marble
stratas improve in quality, how
ever, as they pass into Bur-
net county, and become there
as fine rs are 10 be found in
the world. These superior marbles
are distant from Austin thirty-five
miles, and before next Christmas
the Austin & Northwestern railway
will have penetrated the country in
which they lie. There is, as all
know, any amount of first-class
building stone about Austin,
and a vast deal of il is
susceptible of being converted
into the finest of ornamental work,
but the building committee prefers,
i'll erecting this very fine structure,
to have capitals and cornices and
carved inside work made of the
marbles and porphy of these
quarries, thirty-five miles dis
tant. These beds of superior
stone are $50 miles further from
Waco than from Austin, and there
fore the folly of this argument about
building material not beingPn hand
here. Should the university be To-
Gated at Waco, probably all stone,
lime, cement, marble and sand
used in erecting buildings will be
prepared by wOrkmen at Austin,
and shipped to Waco, at great ex-
pense, simply to be piled up there
i'll masonry. The architects and
builders who have been figuring on
capital construction declare they
can put up building here for ST.
100000, which would cost $2,5OO,OOO
at Waco. The magnificent and mas
sive white stoLe structures of Aus
tin, all made from stone taken
almost within the city's limits, DEM
onstrate the quality of our building
material. The presence of these
beautiful dressed and carved stone
fronts has brought the Austin stone
into such repute that no fine build
ing is now erected in Waco without
a contribution OF capitals and cor
nices from the Austin quarries.
When the Waco papers talk of the
lack of building material about Aus
tin the utter desperateness of their
cause is understood.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04

TOUCHING the senators of the two
greatest states, the New York San
says:
"Mr. Cameron is the only one of
the four who is known beyond his
native village, makes no pretensions
to craftsmanship and is incapable
of max ten-line speech in de-
Tense ofhis constituents. Mitchell
sits under his coat-tail and shows
himself when bidden.. He will be
used by the Pennsylvania stalwart
to bridge the -chasm between him
and decentralization. As to New
York, Lapham is Lapham and Mil
Ter is wood pulp from Herkimer.
They will both appear at Washing
ton plastered with the muck of Al
bany. 1t will seem like a sad change
indeed to Mr.. Cameron when his
subdued eye wanders over the seats
of New York and encounters Lap
ham and Pulp where men were
wont to be-"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04

The business centers impart the
gratifying intelligence, says the
Kansas City Times, that the amount
of business transacted at present is
unprecedented for the midsummer
season. From the east, excepting
Baltimore, the news comes of in
creased trade. In comparison with
the corresponding week of last
year, the increase in the aggregate
is about 44.27 per cent. The en-
couraging exhibit at present, it is
believed, win have no cessation
during the summer, and unusually
heavy transactions are expected to
continue'right along.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04

Cor. JOHN G. BURcH, late secretary
of the United States senate, whose
death has been announced, was the
principal owner of the Nashville
american, one of the leading papers
of the south. He has been long in
public life and has filed a number
of responsible official positions. Be-
tore the war he served several
terms in the Tennessee legislature,
and, If we mistake not, served one
term as speaker of the house.
When the war broke out he was a
member of the state senate and was
president of that body. Two years
ngo he was elected secretary of the
United States senate.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04

THE argument, now used by the
Waco papers, that the great negro
educational Institution, the univer-
sity of the south, having been
located at Waco, the claims of
the place are strengthened for the
state university location. The white
people of Texas will hardly decide
their case on this preference, and the
colored people of Texas will think
it best for the prosperity of their
institution that the students of the
two institutions be sufficiently
separated for differences and
jealousies never to assume a personal
form. Two universities, such as
these, will hardly thrive
most advantageously in the same
town, especially since they can not
be consolidated.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04

A NEW torpedo is shot from a
cannon, and dashes along through
the water at the rate of 200 feet a
second, until it reaches the vessel at
which it is aimed, when the torpedo
explodes, blowing the ship to pieces.
An experiment at Newport was per-
fectly successful, and adds another
to the many destructive instruments
of war. S&
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04
Austin Collegiate Female Institute
A Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies' and
Misses.
B. ]. SMITH. PRESIDENT.
ASSISTED BY COMPETENTTE TEACHERS In
ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.

A chartered institution, and young ladies
completing the entire course are entitled to
tus-everything in working order.
The course of study il practical and thorough,
and up to the times embracing all those
branches.usually taught in our best seminaries
of learning.
The thirtieth annual term commences the
first Monday in September; 1881, and closes
second week in June, 1882
Prices of tuition per session of five months.
from SIS 10 $40
Prices of board and tuition per session OF
five months, 800.
Music with use of instrument, $40
Drawing, painting. modern languages and
ornamental branches at professors prices
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04

THE colonel of the regiment in
which Warner Miller served during
the war. comes out boldly and says
Miller was deserter. Presuming
the assertion ofthe colonel to be true,
the question arises whether or not
the said deserter is eligible to any
Office Hnder the United States gov
ernmcnt.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04

The opinion is gaining ground
that the attending physicians, with
the exception of Mrs. Edison, have
been handling this presidential case
for building up their own reputa-
tons; and when one reads, day
after day, these monotonous bulle-
tins, wired over the country to the
daily press, it looks as though the
associated press reporter may be Sc
curing all the direct pecuniary
benefits.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04
[Citation by Publicatlon.l
THE STATE OF TEXAS.

To the Sheriff or any Constable of Travis
county, greeting:
Whereas, oath has this day been made before
me by j. W. Biting, that the residence of j..
r. Cooper is unknown to afiant, SO that the
ordinary process of law can not be served upon
him, you are hereby commanded that YOU, by
paper printed in Travis county, Texas, for four
successive weeks BE- fore the return day hereof
summon the said y. K. Cooper TO be and CD
pear before me, at my office, in the town of
Saturday in August, 1881, TO answer theSe4
plant of j. W. Biting for the sum of ninc sSse
lars and eighty-six cents 1886, upon an open
account against Bloor e. Cooper which Is
due and unpaid Herein fail MT Of this writ
make due return as the law directs.
Given under my hand this the 10th day
Il. g.. of July, A. d. 1881.
w. G. CROCKETT,
Jy2O w4t j. p. II. Co., Texas.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04

The part Secretary Blaine
plays in this White House case APP
pears to be to demonstrate to the
country, that it is the remarkable
will-power of the president that is
defending him against death. Such
a will-such presidents the
Blaine idea. Evidently he wants to
hold Conkling at bay.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04

CONGRESSMAN JOSEPH JoRGEN-
SEN, (republicau) of Virginia, de-
clares that "there is not an honest
hair on the head of Mahone." Sena-
unnnuuis1mnnds. Hoar. Dawes Frye
and other pillars of the republican
party who love Malone should see
Jorgensen on this matter. Jorgen-
sen knows Malone pretty well.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04
ESTRAYED

By james Howden, before W. G. Crockett, j
P. T. c., July 9, 1881, sorrel mare, 10 years
old, IS hands high, branded U[ on left shoulder
and appraised at SIS TT
jy21 w3ts FRANK BROWN, elk C. c. T. G.
Estrayed by ]. P. Galley. before j. p Smith,
J. P. T. c., June q, 1881, q hea-bitten horse,
branded Oh left thigh n and 10 on right
shoulder; right eye ont. Appraised at SIS
FRANK BROWN,
i've VS. Jerk G. c. n q.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04

THE press of New York clamored
for cleaner streets, and this agitation
at last secured what i'll less free
countries could not have been Sc
cured by armed revOlutionists. Such
Is the power of press agitation. The
people of New York city had hard
struggle with the politicians and
ringsters, who enriched themselves
out of the STRENGTHENING fund; but
the people have won at last. In one
month 1913 miles of streets were
cleaned, and there were 331 deaths
less than for the corresponding
month of last year.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04

In England, comparatively few
men own the land, and by that
means manage to control matters.
In America il is different; the cor
porations do not own the land, but
they control the lawmakers, which
is all that is necessary.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04

The STATESMAN docs not believe
that Lieutenant Governor Storeyhas
said he would, under certain condi-
tons, name a day of thanksgiving
and prayer for the presidents re-
covery. The papers continue to
give circulation to such report,
but it will have to come more d.
rectly from Mr.. Storey before we can
give credence to il.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04


The Louisville Courier-Jou1nal
prints the following three para
graphs all in row:
"Later day miracle: A little boy
in Savannah found purse contain
ing $50, and promptly restored it
to the owner. Poor little boyl See
that his early grave is kept green.
"There is a rumor that ex-Gover-
nor Throckmorton will head an in-
dependent move in Texas. or an
organization outside of the regular
Democratic party, for the governor
ship next year.
"The Galveston NeacS steals para
graphs for its editorial columns. In
a news column the reader does not
expect originality, but in the edi-
torial department he does"
We print the first to let our read.
ers know the fountain whence
great deal of the wit of the alleged
funny papers of Texas comes the
second is thrown in to illustrate
with what speed poorly told lie
will travel, while the third is printed
to show that-well the third is given
to prove that 'truth is mighty and
will prevail" whether .honesty is
the best policy" or not.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-08-04

The Greenville Independent thinks
there is very little enterprise in the
old Texans The Independent is in
formed that those old Texans ven
tured into Texas when it would
have been uninteresting to the aver
age new Texan. Texas was secured
by these old Texans for the gen.
Grafton of younger men who are
now enjoying what she old achieved
for posterity. The cold Texan,
lived for future generations. The
-nsw Texan generally ltSesfOr him