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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04
A WORD FOR THE RAILROADS..
THE SOUTHERN STATES.

1t is estimated that there are about
$50 varieties of timber in Murray
county, Georgia.
A. M. Keith, of Sweetwater, Ten
nessee, has answered over 800 letters
from parties IN Ohio, making inqui-
ries about east Tennessee.
Women who are put in the city
prison at Knoxville are set to work
son rock piles" in public view on
one of the principal thoroughfares.
Three barrels of cauliflower were
shipped from Wilmington to New
York last week, the first shipment of
the tweed" ever made from that
section.
A man in Hillsborough county,
Florida, shot the head off of a seven
foot rattlesnake recently, and while
cutting the rattles off the headless
snake struck him severe blow.
Albany (Georgia) News: "Do
you want local 2" said an Albany
matron the other day." "Yes'm."
well, you may say that beaux are
so scarce in Albany that the girls
have all resolved to catch the first
one that comes along, cage him, and
keep him as natural curiosity"
Troy (Tennessee) Banner: On
Sunday night Miss Dlda Calicot
started to church on horseback.
The horse became frightened from
some cause, and In his terror reared
up. throwing his rider to the
ground. She fell backward, partly
alighting on her feet, bruis-
ing her up considerably but not
hurting her seriously. In the fall
the horse struck his head against
some object, breaking his skull and
dying instantly.
A little son of Andrew Hender-
son, of DUPONT, Georgia, was bitten
by a rattlesnake. An application of
gunpowder and kerosene oil was
made, which relieved him immedi-
ately.
The Curtis lands-some 10000
acres of the Forbes purchase, lying
in Wakulla and Franklin counties,
Florida, have been sold to III. p.
Jewett, president of the Erie rail-
road, and others.
Houston (Ga) Home Journal; A
successful farmer of Houston coun-
ty told us. the other day that he
considered corn at 81 per bushel
equal to cotton at twenty cents a
pound. That farmer sells home
raised corn, wheat and oats every
year.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04

PROFESSOR SUMNER has tersely
said: "If you want to protect Amer
lean labor put tax on the importa-
ton of laborers, not tax on manu-
featured articles" But every effort
to protect Americans against the
competition of "cheap Chinese la
bor," curiously enough, has met
with the strongest opposition from
those who are loudest in their clam
or for a high protective tariff. On
this point the New York CONNER
cial Bultetin remarks: "The truth is
the cry of protection to Amer
lean industry is the merest
clap-trap In the infancy of our
manufactures, the operatives in the
factories were mostly Americans,
but as Americans are accustomed to
better living than Europeans, our
eastern capitalists imported Irish
labor. AS the Irishman became
Americanized in his ideas, his labor
was discarded for the French Can
adian, and as the French Canadian
refuses any longer to submit to
starvation wages, the eastern capt.
talist looks with longing eyes to the
Coolie. Protection to American in
dustry means simply protection to
capital and not to labor.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04
A WASHINGTON letter writer

A WASHINGTON letter writer
draws this picture of the scenei in the
national house during a speech of
Hon. Alexander 81. Stephens:
Mr.. Stephens can never make any
thing but a good speech. His voice,
though somewhat broken, continues
to fill the hall. The scene on the
floor while he was speaking was q
remarkable one. The speaker sat in
his rolling chair. He propelled him.
self around the open space in front
of the speakers desk. He was closely
surrounded by attentive members
who got as near to him as they could
in order to hear his every word. 1t
was noticed that the younger MEM
bers of the house we're especially
anxious to hear and watch Mr.. Ste
phens. His every word fell on at
tentive ears. Every now and then
he would displace from the writing
desk attached to his chair some OF
the papers which he had placed
thereon. An attentive men,
Der picked them up and
put them in place as often as
they were thrown off. The whole
scene was really a remarkable one.
1t shows how great the respect of
the house is for Mr.. Stephens past
and present eminence. When the
broken and clear though feeble
voice of the speaker ceased, there
was round of genuine and hearty
applause. Mr.. Stephens is q well
fixed and prominent landmark of
history.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04

THE writer who is contributing
the series of "Studies of the South"
to the Atlantic Magazine, presents
in the paper in the May number
some interesting views upon the
industrial condition of the south.
Speaking of the lack of diversity
of industrial interests in that sec
ton, he says: "But the great pre-
ponderance given to cotton is nearly
everywhere injudicious and unprof-
liable. In many extensive districts
the planters persist in growing it on
nearly every arabic acre, as if it
were the only crop the land would
produce. They buy flour, corn and
meat from the north in Incredible
quantities. When there is a good
crop they receive much money for
their cotton, but must pay it all
out for articles which could be
grown on their own farms. Many
of the planters confess their convic-
ton of the improvidence of this
method, but persist in the practice,
nevertheless"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04

Mr.. GARDENER, comment dry
goods commission merchant of New
York, says:
"Trade is unusually dull in New
York this sprlng. When there is an
open winter, aud the country mer-
chants do not get of their heavy
winter stocks, they are slow to buy
much goods in the spring, being linn
tied by their capital. If they have
not turned over the money in the
winter, they do not have il at hand
to buy largely in the spring. The
floods in the Mississippi Valley have
unquestionably affected business al
SO. St. Louis is an important mar
ket for New York, and the Hoods
have fiattened out their trade so
that we are receiving comparatively
few orders from that great region
which has been inundated, and Of
which st. Louis is the trading post"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04

THE Rev. DR.. Talmage occupied
his Brooklyn tabernacle Sunday
morning, week ago, for the first
time since his return visit to the
south. He said that his trip was a
most pleasant one, aud that the
kindness shown him by the south
ern people would never be forgotten
by him. He spoke of the blooming
trees and bright flowers, many
specimens of which he intended
bringing north, but on his way the
plants withered day by day, and as
they died he was obliged to discard
them. "But," he said, "the fra
GRANGE of the hospitality of the
southern people will never die in
nv heart"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04
LETTER FROM MEXICO.
[From Our Special Correspondent
ZACATECAs, April 10, 1882.
Editor Statesman:

6AOAAnSAo, APAA Az, AOOHs
Editor Statesman:
Believing letter from the silver
hills of the land of God and liberty
will be of some interest to your
many readers, l avail myself OF this
opportunity to tell them in as few
words as possible of some of the at
fractions of this glorious land.
AS many OF your citizens are now
interested in the mining business in
this country, will first give brief
sketch of some of the mines now
owned by them.
ala Victoria" which was lately
sold to one of your most distin-
guished citizens, is situated about
two miles from this city, in the same
"mineraln with the celebrated mines
of"San Martin" "La Plata" and the
"Veta Grande," the latter of which
is known to have produced over
one hundred millions of dollars.
ia Victoria" is now being worked
at a depth of nearly one hundred
yards, and the vein at this depth is
about three yards wide, which from
one wall rock to the other gives
ores which essay from three marks
"a mark is nearly nine dollars) to
one hundred and fifty; that portion
of the vein which gives the rich ore
is nearly one yard wide. and the
prospects are that it will continue to
widen as the work progresses. This
is regarded as one of the very best
mines in this state, and large results
may be expected when the mine is
worked on large scale. as it should
be.
The GSan Martin" group of mines
is owned by q Chicago syndicate,
with Granville S. Ingrahaln as presi-
dent, Daniel III. Hale as vice presi-
dent, Thos. l. Darlow, secretary,
and Edward l. Dwyer, treasurer.
The syndicate was organized by
Maj. B. F. Fly, W hose family are now
residing in your city.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04

The April report of the depart
ment of agriculture, showing the
acreage and condition of winter
wheat, will give great encourage
ment to the advocates of more d.
versified farming for the south. The
total acreage of the country is
24,S46,0O0, an increase of 100000
acres, or 2 per cent. over last year.
But while Michigan shows an in
crease of but 8 per cent, Indiana 4,
Ohio l, and some of the western
states a considerable decrease, the
cotton states report an average in
crease of 26 per cent, or over 100000
acres, divided as follows: Ken
tuky, Is per cent; North
Carolina, 1S; South Carolina,
10; Georgia, IL; Florida, 2; Ala
bama, So; Mississippi, "a; Louisiana,
rs. Texas, 70; Arkansas, 20; Tennes-
see, IL. In most of these states the
present condition of the crop is
above the average. 1t is evident
that last years short crop of cotton
disguised thousands of call cotton"
farmers with the uncertain profits of
that over cultivated staple, and de-
termined them to devote a portion
of their soil and labor to the raising
of something they could eat. A
good crop of wheat this year will
strengthen their confidence in vari-
ed farming, and put them on the
road to true independence and
wealth.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04
BLAINE BADGERED.

Mr.. Blaine treated the foreign re-
lations committee and small crowd
of spectators to a novel entertain
ment. The point Congressman
Belmont pressed him to explain Ie-
lated to the character and meaning
of his dispatches to Ministers Hurl-
burt and Fitzpatrick and his lnstruc-
tions to Mr.. Prescott. And he also
tried to get Mr.. Blaine to state in
plain terms what was this South
American policy he worked so as
siduously to carry ost. Mr.. Belmont
showed that he understood the art
of asking questions, even of a refrac-
tory witness who was determined
not to tell what his interrogation
wanted to know. From the
way in which Mr.. Blaine
writhed and protested, bullied
and beloved, it is clear that he did
not mean to give the desired infor-
nation, for reasons best known to
himself. 1t was a remarkable exhi-
bitlon-the old, willy, wiry politi-
clan, the most skillful dialectitian
in the United States, would-be
candidate for president, trying to
parry the questions of young con-
gresham, and create laugh at his
expense, now by a sally of cheap
wit and now by an impertinent ex-
hibition of cheekiness. The mock
dignity with which from time to
time he begged his tormentor to re-
member that he was the ex-premler,
was worthy of the stage. But the
browning feat of the whole per-
Torrance was the inevitable stump
speech, to whice he invariably re-
sorted when he got into very tight
place. Some of his energetic ejacu-
lations under excitement were capt.
tai in their way, aswhen he declared
that our government did not dare to
trust itself out over night. AS near
ly as can be made out from these in
terjected stump speeches, his South
American policy was intended to
damage England; it was not Chilli,
but England, that waged war against
Peru; it is not Chilli, but England,
that will gather up the spoils. And
Blaine did not propose to exactly
beard the British lion, but to step ON
his tall Mr.. Blaine has been a re-
markably successful witness. He
has wiped out Shipherd and sat
down upon himself.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04

FORT WORTH, May 1.-Sunday even
ing at 2 p. m. fire broke out in j. Pow
arth's taiIor shop on Main street, and
spread rapidly to the adjoining buildings
on the north, burning down TO the Chi.
nese laundry, Coperas candy factory and
the Glen Lea saloon. At one time the
entire block was threatened, but by hard
work other buildings were saved, though
the stock in every house on the block
was damaged more or less by removal.
The total loss, as footed up tonight, will
reach thirty-six thousand five hundred
dollars, which is pretty well covered by
insurance.
At mass meeting, held this evening"
resolutions were passed that 1t was In
expedient to pass laws which tend 70
discourage the building OF RAILROADS. IN
the state; that railroads have done more
to develop the state than any other cause /
that their growth should not be retarded
bv doubtful or hostile legislation.
The district court met to-day, Judge A.
r. Hood, presiding. The docket 10 full
~ civil and criminal cases, and 1t is prob
able much business will be done during
the term.
FORT WORTH, May 2.-Fiye cases Of
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04
SPECIAL TELEGRAMS

SAN ANTONIO, April 29.-This morning
n boy seeking his cattle came upon the
body of dead man, aged apparently
about forty years, which was linden
about half mile from the road side on
Inc Salado, about three miles from here.
An inquest was held this afternoon and
the jury were of the opinion that the
man had been murdered, his head being
battered in and his neck broken.
It is supposed that the man has
leen dead nearly q month, and that the
body has been placed there since the
murder.
Last night County Commissioner Oehse
was assaulted by r. symington, super
intendent of the county poor house. Mr..
Symington, who has taken otfense at
some comments made by the commits
sIoner, was arrested and legal proceed
ings will ensue.
Miss Lizzie began, San Antonio belle,
aged twenty years, died this morning at
her fathers residence, on Crockett street.
Information has been received here
that Mr.. r. w. Darlington, a recent
English arrival, had been killed by Mex
lean, on the Devil river, yesterday even.
ing.
Sonora Maria Veramendi, of Sierra,
daughter of the late Governor Veramin
dI, died at Sierra crossing, on the Me-
dina, last night.
There was much lightning, thunder and
a little rain, which has cooled the tenn
perature, and there are now indications
of norther rising.
SAN ANTONIO, May 1.-The sunset ex-
eursions to Medina park for the present
season commenced yesterday, and was
grand success.
The city physicians monthly report
shows a total of 80 deaths last month.
The weekly mortuary report records 10
deaths.
Judge Adams has issued a subpoena
for Major Converse to attend the Nebon
inquest and sent attachments for Con-
ductors Phelps and Davidson. There is
a suspicion that the railroad authorities
are to blame and want to evade full in
quiry, and Justice Adams is determined
to have the matter thoroughly sifted.
A man named Hunter has been jailed
to-day for horse stealing.
SAN ANTONIO, May 2.-Henry Kaplan,
the missing secretary, arrived here in
custody last night. His books have
been placed in the hands of MIR.
Ryder Taylor, as expert accountant, and
his examination set for Saturday at 10
O'Clock.
Juan Velasquez was arrested to-day
for an assault upon Clemencia Cheveria,
aged 70, at a rancho fifteen miles from
here on Friday last. Her ranch was burned
out on the following Sunday, and he is
suspected of being an incendiary. He
waived examination, and was released
on $3.50 bond.
Colonel Shafter and ten companies of
the First infantry have been ordered to
rem devious OF Deming, New Mexico.
Eight companies leave Fort Davis and
two leave Fort Stockton to-day, and it is
intended that these shall go against the
hostile Indians of Arizona.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04

AFTER five months "labor," con-
gress has passed but two appropria-
ton bills and the rest are in confer
ence committees, the three largest,
the sundry civil, legislative and sew
eral deficiency not yet having been
perfected in committee. There are
nearly 200 bills before the committee
ofthe whole; there are 191 bills on the
house calendar and 336 on the prl-
vate calendar. There are 200 bills
IN the house, which have passed the
senate. The bill abolishing stamp
taxes, etc., has 1876 bills ahead of it,
and, take it altogether, it looks as if
congress will be in session until Au-
gust. 1t was the boast of Republi-
cans, last November, that this was
to be model business congress.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04

IT is well calculated to make cold
chills creep over the most pious of
us to learn that a great comet is
now coming toward the earth at the
rate of 100000 miles a day. Such
speed, INDUCED in by great heaven
" bodies, would not leave much
time for repentance amid a grand
collapse caused by meeting spheres,
whose combined force would equal
that of ball, twice as large SIS the
world, going at the rate of a thou
sand miles q second. Such force
could demolish spheres and make
lost planets and such things,
and that is what would cause
the pious to tremble. One
scientist declares that the comet will
miss the sun just one thousand
miles, but be goes on saying it is
coming towards the earth, and
though bare miss in one instance
would be as good as a thousand
miles, still It is not stated that in
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04

THE Philadelphia Press is very
severe on "Little Rhody." 1t re-
marks that it is fortunate circum-
stance that only one tornado, and
that little one, has ever been re-
ported as occurring in that state.
The Record thinks that an able.
bodied tornado might move the lit
tie state over into an adjacent Con-
necticut cow pasture, and Massachu-
sets might be unjustly taxed few
hundred dollars to fill up the hole.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04

IT is stated that Mr.. Hewitt has
received requests for 226,OOO copies
of his speech on the tariff, which is
greater actual demand than has
ever been made for a speech in con-
gress. He drew his check for $500
to cover the cost of press work,
which was only one cent copy, but
which represented in the aggregate
more than half a years salary in
c0nnraoo
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04

THE New York World thinks that
the adjournment of the Virginia leg
islature with the readjusters beaten
in every important fight, marks the
end not only of the administration"
party in Virginia, but of every other
independent movement in the south
during the present administration.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04

THE recent decision of the SUI
preme court to the effect that the
state of Louisiana could not legally
scale her bonded debt and remit
coupons, pledged in 1874, as was
done by the constitution of 1879,
covers also the case of Virginia aud
of Minnesota, and of every other
state which has deliberately repudi-
ated any part of her legitimate
bonds. "The obligation of the
state" says the supreme court, "to
pay the bonds in money to the bona
fide holders, in accordance with the
original promise, still remains"
Virginia's bondholders will have
their case decided by the supreme
court, and there can be no doubt as
to the result. The United States
supreme court, in the Louisiana
decision, has very happily freed
itself from the repudiating infiu-
ences OF the Republican party.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04

From all over the south, says the
Jacksonville Union, we have the
most fattering agricultural reports.
The crops are said to be magnifi-
cent. The south seems entering
upon an area of great prosperity. If
flour people will only learn the art of
saving money, learn to avoid extrsva-
gance and wild speculation, the fu-
ture financial greatness of the south
is assured.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04

A Georgia planter, who lives a
few miles from Macon, had for an
overseer a middle-aged man, in
whom he placed confidence. The
overseer, though handsome aud of
pleasing manners, was uneducated,
so that the planter, upon detecting u
disposition on the overseer's part
TO make loye to the young daughter
of the house, put the girl upon her
guard. AS she had been given good
schooling, and would fall heir to all
his property, the Georgian was am
bilious in the matter of her matri-
monial alliance. But one night,
about three weeks ago, the young
woman and the overseer disappear
ed. The planter was given sad
shock when aroused and informed of
the elopement, but four years in the
saddle, under Lee, had taught him
to take the bit of adversely between
his teeth, nor did his courage fail him
upon the occasion herewith mir
rored. He rode hard and fast to
Macon, enlisted the police, guarded
the depot and visited all the hotels.
The night search was fruitless, how
ever, and not until about noon on
the following day was the girl
found. She had passed the night
with a school friend and was to
meet the overseer who had remained
with relatives in another part of the
city, that afternoon, when they were
to be married. She was overjoyed
to see her father and sobbed for q
long time when in his arms. Her
explanation was that she did not
like the overseer, but that when he
told her to elope with him she felt
that there was "a spelr' upon her
that she must obey. The case has
caused a great deal of comment in
the Georgia papers.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04

IT is doubtful if congress will
make an appropriation to pay the
judgment of one hundred thousand
dollars against ex-Sergeant-at-Arms
Thompson in the suit brought
against him by Hallet Kilbourne.
The opinion of many members is
that the damages awarded were ex-
cessivc, and that if new trial is not
granted the judge should set aside
the verdict.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04

Soldering cast-iron, says the En-
gineer, is generally considered to be
very difficult, but it seems to be only
a question of thoroughly making
bright the surface to be soldered,
and using good solder and clean
swab with muriatic acid. Sodium
amalgam might be usefully en-
ployed for the purpose.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04

IMPROVEMENTS of the telephone
are evidently far from ended. A
Secret Telephone company has been
incorporated in New York, the main
features of its Improvement being
the greater distinctness in transmits
sion, and the fact that when two per-
sons are using the instrument no one
else, though on the same line, can
hear the conversation.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04

1t should not be forgotten, that
about one year ago, on the floor of
the senate, Senator John Sherman,
referring to the Democratic party,
said: Anything that will beat
down that party and build up our
own is justifiable in morals and law"
1t was by the use of this Thug doc
trine that John Sherman and his
brother Republicans stole the presi-
dency for Hayes in 1876.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04

The gas company or Paris manu-
featured and sold more gas during
the year 1881 than ever before. The
expenses were about eleven millions
of dollars, and the receipts about
nineteen millions. The receipts in
creased over the previous year one
million and half of dollars. The
electric light appears to make no
perceptible difference to gas COM
Danies, even in Paris.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-05-04

SINCE the Malone regime in Vir-
ginia, the bonds of that state haye
deprecated from 80 and So cents to
25 cents. In Democratic Texas, her
state bonds are held at $1,40. Does
Texas desire to be MahoniZed?