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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

THE Macon (Ga) Telegraph and
MESSENGER does not look with COM
placency upon Mr.. Alexander III.
Stephens proffer of himself for the
Irregular" Democratic nomination
for governor of the state, and very
pointedly says: Gle is physically
incapable of discharging the duties
of any public Office, and no man in
the United States knows the fact
better than himself. 1t does seem
even moderate sense of propriety
would induce a sensitive man not to
seek an office whose duties he is ut
terly incompetent to discharge.
But office-seeking greed does not
take into consideration questions OF
public interest"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

battle. Lord Brougham's vision of
a friend with whom he had made a
nearly forgotten compact that the
one who died first should APP
pear, ii possible, to the 9TH
er, is also among the most
remarkable examples OF its class
He saw the spectre i'll Sweden, when
he was not thinking of his friend AT
all, and heard in London some weeks
later that his death occurred in India
on the very day he was manifested
in Scandinavia.
On whatever hypothesis these and
other occurrences like them are ac-
counted for, spiritualism can make
no solid claim as an interpreter. No
medium anticipated the telegraph III
bringing news from the Jeanette,
aud the same may be said of many
disasters respecting which the pub
Inc gained only slow information,
All that can at present be said is
that they are extra If not super
natural.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08
THE SOUTHERN STATES.

Newton, Alabama, will build a cot
ton factory.
Atlanta boasts five pair of horses
orth $1,000 each.
Florida watermelOns sells for two
dollars apiece in South Carolina.
A colt four feet in height was re-
Gently folded at Vienna, Georgia.
Another gold mine has been dis
covered in Bedford county, Virginia.
Murrain is destroying The cattle
in several counties in Georgia.
A Methodist Episcopal college is
to be built at Greensboro, Ala.
Lafayette, Alabama, has a typo
who has been at the case since 1922.
Onions fifteen inches in clrcumfer-
ence are quoted as Georgia enter
prise.
The oat crop in some parts of
Georgia averages 100 bushels TO the
acre.
Eastern capitalists will build a
large cotton seed oil mill at Chester,
South Carolina.
Virginia contemplates making ar
rangements to ship sweet potatoes
to England.
The Kanawha Valley is the richest
section of West Virginia in coal and
timber.
A fruit drying establishment, on
a large scale, is 10 be started at
Greensboro, South Carolina.
Harrison Carter, of Jacksonville,
Florida. has been condemned to
death for murder.
Vicksburg will get the cotton seed
oil works to be removed from Ref
uge Landing, Mississippi.
Four children were poisoned in
New Orleans by eating popcorn col
ored with aniline.
Mrs. Morgan, a blind woman of
Kew West, Florida. will consummate
her sixth marriage soon.
Indian river, Florida, has been
found to be navigable, and line of
steamboats, will be put on it.
The wheat and oat crop in north
Mississippi, which is very fine, has
nearly all been harvested.
Vicksburg girls have organized a
band of "sweet sweepers." This ia
the latest southern craze.
A man who is twenty-one years
old and weighs but twenty-seven
pounds is a curiosity of CORTLAND,
Alabama.
Three hundred thousand dollars
have been subscribed in Selma, Ala
bama, toward building cotton fac
tory.
A lady in Lake City, Florida, has
an orange grove, cork trees, tea
plants aud black-pepper vines all in
full bearing.
An escaped prisoner was tracked
by blood-hounds at Wetumpka, Ala
bama, recently, but took to water
and escaped.
Alligator hides have become in
such demand that many alligator
farms are being started IN Louisiana
and Florida.
The people of Aberdeen, Missis-
sippi, are largely experimenting in
silk culture. The worms are fed on
Usage orange leaves.
The Petersburg Georgia, Lder-
Appeal says the best and largest
fruit crop ever grown in Georgia
will be ready for the market in few
/ weeks.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

THE Republican courts, after a
prodigious amount of talk about
civil service reform, have succeeded
in convicting one out of the many of
flee holders who make practice OF
exacting money from their subor-
dinates for electioneering purposes,
General N. M. Curtis, of New York,
is the solitary victim. Had the
courts, district attorneys and grand
juries been half as anxious to enforce
the law against political assessments
in the north as they are to enforce
the congressional election law in the
south, they would have hundred
culprits to keep General Curtis com
pany. But we are not strangers tc
the fact that federal laws are made
for sectional political purposes.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

In Longfellow's last letter he said
he wasn't troubled at what the news
papers said, but he did wish the
papers would get things right.
Bob Burdette, the Havkeye hui
|morist, has permanently retired
from the lecture field. lie delivered
his last lecture at Olean, New York,
last Friday. In All interesting talk
with the Kichburg, IN. " Echo, 6D
SAYS he has lectured for six years,
filed seven hundred engagements,
and travelled one hundred thousand
miles.
John Travers, of Baltimore, died
a few days ago at Tie age OF w. he
belonged to a family known as one
of the best among the old Maryland
settlers. His ancestors came origin
ally from Scotland. The longevity
and vigor of the Travers family are
remarkable, and John Travers up to
a recent date retained his activity
unimpaired.
An autograph letter from the EN-
peror Francis Joseph to Count Won
Beust is officially published in Vien-
ma, granting the request of the latter
to be relieved from the post
Austro Hungarian ambassador at
Paris and placed ON the retired list,
The emperor acknowledges i'll moss
fiattering terms the eminent seryi-
ccs of Count Won Beust.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

MEXICAN railway building has re-
ceiyed a fresh impetus from the
prompt response to the call of the
Mexican National Construction COM
pany for an additional subscription
of $s, 100000. This assures the COM
pletion of the Mexican National rail-
way by September to Monterey, on
the main line south from Laredo,
and by October to Celayo and More
liza, on the main lines north and west
respectively, from the city or Mex
leo, giving total OF completed line
In operation la October of 729 miles,
Besides most satisfactory materia.
results, railways have given to Mex
leo political stability, and to the
people paying employment. Such
results having been reached at this
comparatively early stage In Mex
ico's railway history, il is not sur.
prising that the money needed to
carry the railroads quickly through
to completion should be forthcom-
Ing promptly, and in any quantity
that the railroad builders require.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

DIBBLE was elected to congress,
not for the qualification of any per.
sonal desire, but because the Demo
Gratis of his district wished his
service. Mackey, the contestant, fol
whom the Republicans have fought
so bravely and so villainously, is o
hero of northern sentlmentalism
who made a South Carolina slave
his vito. This is the man for whom
George Washington Jones voted al
the dictatiOn of Republicans, because
the contestee was a Democrat, moi
the ally of this power that would
overthrow honest government in tat
southern states and re-establish III,
rule of plumber that once paralyzet
them.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

THE postponement for one year OF
the coronation CT Alexander Ill.
shows TO what straits the car OF
Russia is driven. The act strength
ems the hands of the revolutionists
who now seel that, having driven
him TO this conclusion. another may
soon be reached that may relieve
the country of his presence. Having
postponed his coronation, under ex-
isting circumstances, it is very plain
that he vacilates, and vacllation
with him leads to his complete
ruin. The opposition to the EN-.
pire spreads in all parts of Russia
even in the southwest. where
the mujik has heretofore been SC
loyal. The Russian people are MOI
90 organized as to successfully pre-
pare for revolution, but when they
understand that the car is almos
panic stricken naturally they viii b
Ied to push him, if possible, to tn
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08
FEDERAL TAXATION, REVENUE
AND DEBT.

In the. fiscal year 1880 the surplus
revenue of the federal government
amounted to $65,OOO.OOO, in 1881 to
$1OO,OOO.OOO, and for 1882 it is put
down at $15O.OO0.OOO. Here is an in
crease i'll surplus revenues in
two years of $s5,OOO,OOO. With
all tins money in the treas
ury, the debt is reduced,
as in April, at the rate of about $14,-
100000. Such is the condition of
receipts, such the unnecessary pie
tl.oric condition of the treasury and
yet the high protective tariff is COLI
tinued, while $15O,OOO,OOO is kept
piled up in the treasury,if necessary,
to protect the federal government.
There are at this time only
$450,000,000 of bonds, redeem
able at par at the pleasure
of the government before 1891.
In the mean time the Repub-
lican policy of high protective
tariff and high taxation, will con-
tinue to pile up surplus revenue
Out of $150,OOO,OOO. say, for three
years, and $500, 100000 for six years,
there will be placed to debt
and surplus account 81, 100000, 900,
while there will be pressing neces-
sity for paying only the $45O,0O0,000
of bonds and the interest on the
public debt, amounting together to
not half the sum paid in on
these accounts. 1t is fortunate
indeed for the public interest,
that prosperity has reigned in the
country, and while prosperity does
reign the hand of the taxgatherer is
hardly felt. But these two facts
linked with each other-the too
rapid payment of the public debt,
and the governmental plundering
which is dignified by the name OF
taxation, which makes such rapid
reduction of the public debt an alb
solute necessity-are an outrage
upon the taxpayers of the day. So
long as prosperity continues, just so
long may the people submit to this
condition of affairs; but just as
soon as times change-when pow
erty pervades and when hunger
pinches-then trouble will come.
But poverty and hunger may be
avoided by retrenchment. The gov,
eminent that collects a billion dol
lars above what it needs in ten years
Is tyrannizing over the people
using its power to levy and
collect money for the building ur
OF a favored class, against the inter.
ests of the masses. Let us look fur.
Their into the matter. From now till
1907 we can only pay at par $780,.
100000 of the public debt, or 1928,
100000 a year. But we are actually
paying the debt more than five times
as rapidly as this. At this rate O
payment all of the debt that can b,
paid at par within the twenty-fiv,
years will be paid in four years ant
eight months, and even less tim,
than that unless taxation be reduced
Excepting the three and half pc
cents, the government can only pa,
the debt thus rapidly by purchasin.
bonds at the market premium. TIL,
premium on the outstanding
four and half per cents, a
their present market price, aggre
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08
Chickens that would Not Swim,
Bangor Wing and Courier.1

6angOf w mig ana courier.
The toughest story of the season
comes from Sullivan, Maine. Some
time ago hen was set upon ducks
eggs, and in due time the ducklings
were out on their way to the nearest
water. Biddy was much alarmed at
the apparent folly of her brood ; but
after few days she lost all fear, and
each morning led them to the water
and patiently waited until they were
done bathing. After a few weeks
the ducks were able to fake care OF
themselves, and the hen was set upon
eggs of her own kind. When the
chicks were Matched she had not for
gotten what appeared to be maternal
duty. She led her flock to the wa
ter, but 10 her surprise not one en-
tered. After some time spent in
talking to them in hen language,
trying to convince them that IL was
their duty to go into the water, she
became eXasperated at what looked
like disObedIence on the part of her
children, seized them one by one
and threw them i'll, drowning the
whole flock.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

THE st. Louis Republican says this
is not favorable time to desert the
Democratic party. Most men hest
tate to forsake a cause when it APP
pears at the very point of success.
The would-be disturbers may as well
regard their hopes as deferred, and
fall in behind and try to catch up.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

A COMMITTEE of the New York
legislature is now making inquiries
concerning the system of corners and
dealing in futures, and its effects
upon commerce and the public well
fare. The purpose is, if possible, to
find some way by which the making
of corners may be prevented, and it
is probable that some rigid laws on
the subject will be proposed.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

THERE is a big excitement in Da-
kota over the opening of the Chip
pewa tract to settlers. The interior
department has decided these In
dams to have no valid claim to
100000 acres hitherto held apart
for them. A crowd of settlers are
ready to start, and two railroads are
already projected to pierce the
ranfnn
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

GEORGE WASHINGTON JONES not
only voted for Mackey, but he
played the part assigned him and
made a speech in his favor. OF
course the speech added nothing to
the strength of Mackey, since the
Republican majority was on his side.
but our George Washington played
the part assigned him and hopes for
his reward.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

MAHoNEIsM is getting into worse
and worse odor in Virginia. The
other day Fulkerson, Readjuster con-
gresham, voted with the Demo-
Gratis, while Wash Jones went the
whole hog and voted for every prop
osition leading to the seating of
Mackey.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

last extremity Whether this will
be self exile or death is among the
things that are 10 be found out.
This year of postponement will pass,
aud, when over, if the revolutionary
committee has done its work well,
Alexander may never be crowned,
aud his place may be usurped by
regicides and assassins, such as de-
luged France in blood from 1889 to
1902
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

A GENERAL conference of all the
Hebrew Russian emigrant aid So
cieties and Hebrew charity associa-
tions of the United States was held
in New York city, June 4, to organ
ize and cooperate with each other
in reference to the reception, distri-
button. transportation and colonial
ton of the Russian refugees now
emigrating to this country.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08
Col. r.. &. Ingersoll on the Inn.
mortality OF Dead Negroes.

Gratitude is the sweetest flower
that blooms unseen in the human
heart. This day is sacred to our
heroic dead. Upon every tomb we
have laid the fairest flowers of
spring. To-day we tell the history
of our country's life, the deeds, the
victorys OF our heroic dead. To-
day, looking back, we see spread be-
fore us the past history of our coun-
try. We see the little band of reso-
lutte discoveries: the little settle
ment springing up and ravaged by
fire and savages. These heroic men
earned their bread by the sweat of
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

GEoRGIANs do not altogether
take to the gubernatorial candidacy
of Alexander IL. Stephens; but they
are certainly not prepared to COM
NIT homicide on the person of the
poor little fellow, whose life has
been kept in his body on public
place alone for forty-ive years.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

Major Charles Burdette, the dwarf
of Forepaugh's menagerie, died at
Pontiac, Michigan, of congestion of
the lungs. He was thirty-two inches
high and thirty-two years Of age.
Salviati, the glass-mosaic artist of
Venice, will send a portrait OF. Gar
field as companion to the one of
Lincoln which hangs in the old hall
of representatives, III the capitol, at
Washington.
Vice-Admiral Stephen Z. Rowan,
now governor of the naval asylum
in Philadelphia, will be appointed
superintendent of the naval obser-
vatory, at Washington. to succeed
Rear-Admiral Rodges, deceased.
A Baltimore belle, whose parents
were contrasting a will, bewitched
one of the jurymen by her smiles
across the court room, and now new
trial is asked for OH account of the
young lady's personal magnetism.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

MISS FLORENCE q ERALD, of Waco,
goes north soon to study for the
stage. Mr.. Walter Maxcy, also OF
the hub, appears or the street in
knee breeches, black stockings, vel.
low vest and sunfower, a la Oscar
Wilda
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

AT Nashville the cOlored people
are moving in the direction Of estab-
fishing cotton mandatory. Why
cannot some of The colored people
of Austin put money into some sort
of a mandatory They are able to
do il.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

LET Democrats all over the state
send their best and most trusty men
to Galveston, and there will be no
trouble about platform and can
didates that will insure over fifty
thousand majority against any COM
hinnfinn
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

WHEN Speer was telling how he
loved him, he thought Alexander HI.
Stephens was going to bite at his In
dependent bait. Now that he does
not bite, the hatred of Speer is be-
yond expression.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

The brotherly love expressed by
the northern and southern Presby-
terians makes one think of the
period when the lion and the lamb
will lie. down together in peace.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

THE Limestone Ne,O Era thinks
John Irelands chances for nOmina-
ton are increasing. Many who were
ready to support Judge Henry gray
itate toward him.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

THE magnitude of the sum, de-
rived from political assessments, is
perfectly enormous. Over one hun
dred thousand men draw pay from
the federal government, and it is
estimated that tax of ten per cent.
annually would yield over $10,000,-
600, to be used in carrying elections.
In this way party power would per-
petuate itself so far as the powerful
agency of money will go. This is in
addition to the effective, reliable, en-
forced party services of this vast
army of dependents. 1t creates
power so formidable as
to be almost impregnable. A
party which, possessing so great
an advantage, should administer
the government according to the
dictates of even tolerable prudence
would be able to defy any probable,
opposition. Mr.. Tilden was within
bounds, and uttered but the facts
which his clear discernment has
taught him, when he said that the
party in power could not be dis
placed by less than two-thirds of the
voters of the country. The common
treasury becomes the property OF
those in place, and Democratic tax
payers themselves furnish the bulk
of the money for the Republican
campaign fund.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

@G 50-64d; September October 44-G4C9
43-64d; November 29-64d.
Futures firm.
1870 p. m.-Sales 1900 bales; specula-
ton and export 5000 bales; uplands
11-16d; New Orleans 6Td; June 6 43-64d:
June-July 6 43-64c; eptember-OetobeT
45-64d.
D. Injections: sales American $500
bales; July-August 45-64d; August-Sep.
TENDER 6 49-94d; september-October
44-64d. Futures steady.
Breadstuffs quiet.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

Young Darwin, who intends to
prepare his late fathers biography,
is mentioned as peculiarly fitted for
the task. both by education and per-
sonal knowledge. He has been his
fathers colleague in many of his re-
cent scientific researches.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

THE Bastrop Advertiser says the
general feeling in its section is fol
Ireland for governor.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

COLONEL JOHN w. GLENN has
been before the New Orleans board
ofhealth, by invitation, telling them
what he knows about drainage and
sanitation.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

IT is estimated that the Jews OF
st. Louis give, for religious pur-
poses, eleven dollars per capita per
wear
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

THE Laredo Times favors Ireland
for governor so does the Houston
A0e.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

COLONEL w. l.. CRAWFORD, oil
Dallar, is talked of for congress. 1t
would be wise to make him Mr.
Wellborn's successor.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

THE Pleasanton Monitor thinks
Ireland may be nominated on the
first ballot;I If not, then he will not be
nominated.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

THE Rockdale Messenger turns its
column rules as a mark of respect
for General ii. z. Hale, of Rockdale,
who died on the 28th of May.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

THE Beaumont Enterprise favors,
for governor, John III. Reagan first,
John Ireland second.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

PUT your finger on him ifyou can
the representative of the tenth
congressional district.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

WHEN the government convicts a
Star route thief. then there will be-
gin to be some confidence felt in it.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

Ten feet of water is reported on
the bar at the mouth of the Brazos.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

DALLAS has inaugurated its mer-
chants and produce exchange.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

THE prosecuted Jews allege that
Russian mobs nave DESTROYED for
them property to the extent of one
hundred and ten millions of dollars
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-06-08

SENATOR r. NJ. WYNNE is n candi-
date for the attorney-generalship.