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The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-06
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The harbur of Alexandria, in
Egypt, has a low, exposed coast line,
and q narrow entrance, with less
than twenty-five feet of water on the
bar, so that only two of the English
iron-clads have been able to enter
the haven proper. The harbor is
protected by chain of forts which
lie in a semi-circle on the heights
above the town. The intervening
space between the forts and the
shore Is occupied by palatial dwell
ings which belong to the wealthy
class of European residents. AS the
Europeans would have been between
two fires in the event of an encounter
between the fleet and the forts, the
recent abandonment of their homes
is not to be wondered at.
1t has been decided to enlarge the
presidential mansion at Washington,
and congress has appropriated three
hundred thousand dollars for this
purpose. The present building, it is
said, is not more than sufficient for
the accommodation of the executive
business, cabinet meetings, for Off
cial presentations and receptions,
and for the accommodation of the
clerks and secretaries of the presi-
dent. The portion OF the building
available as a residence for the pres
ident and his family is altogether
insufficient. The addition now pro-
posed to be made to the whole
building will supply these defici--
encies, and make the mansion equal
to the demands of the official as
well as personal residence of the
president.
Congressman d. Wyatt Aiken, in
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-06
The Mormon Situation.


Bishop John Sharp, of Salt Lake
City, Utah, was seen at the st. Mich
olss hotel by a Tribune reporter.
Being asked how the Mormons re-
garded the appointment of the Utah
commission, the bishop replied that
Its members had been chosen since
he left home. He had no doubt that
they would go to Utah and perform
the duties which devolved upon
them, and that the Mormon people
would simply submit TO what they
did.
at is to be hoped that the conven-
ton will begin its work speedily"
said he ''vou see the passage OF
the Edmunds bill made all OF
our registering offices vacant, and
we can hold no elections until
these offices are filled. They will
be filled, of course, by men approved
by the commission, and it is desira-
BILE that everything should be ready
for our elections in August"
twill not this bill prove disastrous
to Mormonism
"No, not at all. Polygamy will,
after a while, be done away with.
AS it is now a polygamist can no
longer hold office. The Mormon
church will not suffer particularly"
"Then polygamy must gO?"
Certainly. People are no reader
to risk term in state prison in Utah
than they are IN any other state"
"Will there be any movement
among Mormons to leave Salt Lake
City to seek another home for the
faith, as they have done beforer
NO; everything that they have is
IN Salt Lake City, and what is there
cannot be moved"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-06
PERSONAL,

Southern boys carried off the hon.
ors both at West Point and at the
Naval academy.
Ramen F. Criado, a Cuban planter,
bequeathed $500, 900 for q Cuban COL
lege in New York.
A brother of Wilbur F. Storey, of
the Chicago Times, is pastor of a
Methodist chnrch at Chester, Hi
nois.
Judge j. B. Cassidy, of the Wis
consin supreme court, will deliver
the Fourth of July Grafton at James
vile.
Mrs. Zachariah Chandler will
spend the summer at Mount Desert
with her daughter, Mrs. Eugenia
Hale.
Mrs. Ole Bull and Mrs. James r..
Fields have given up their proposed
journey to Norway for this summer.
A delay in the publication of her
memorial book upon her husband
prevents Mrs. Bull from leaving at
this season, and she will remain with
her parents, who are occupy
ing James Russell Lowell;s
house in Cambridge, Massa-
chusetts. Mrs. Bull has re-
Gently. sold her home, at Madison,
Wisconsin, to Governor Rusk, who
will occupy it for the rest of his
term. The house was full of souve-
Mrs of the great musician, and a
rustic pavilion. running from the
steep farm out over the lake, was a
favorite resort for the old Norseman
when he wished only tor the COM
pany and comfort of his bow.
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savage and Hi, Paper collar.

There is a capital story in Mr..
Aylward's paper in the new number
of Fraser, illustrative of the almost
irresistible tendency of the civilized
savage to revert to the customs of
his ancestors. 1t is description of
how the Basuto RantZani, q nephew
of the chief Mosbeth, after leading
for years the life of an educated, lux
urious Kaffir dandy, suddenly re-
lapsed into the Pagan barbarism of
his youth at the very moment when
he was delivering an eloquent har-
angue in favor of civilization, edu-
cation and peace. Rantzani, dressed
In the pink of fashion, was discours-
ing to an assembled palaver, sum-
moned to decide on q question of
peace or war with the free state, on
the Importance of peace. He began
neck. In trying to smooth it he
broke the button hole, and in at
tempting to keep it in its place he
lost patience, wrenched it off alto
gether, and Immediately after an
eloquent eulogy of "the regu-
lar life of the school, the happy,
happy quietude of a district won
to the regularity of church and la
Dor" he burst out : 1 am tired of
this imposture. A something arises
within me; it springs out on me
now it tells me L am talking nom
sense, playing a part was never fit
for. These clothes (Which, as he
spoke, he tore off and flung on the
ground) confine tree limbs once un-
fettered by any of the trammels of
this civilized life that l have been
trying to praise but cannot endure.
Away with this spurious civiliza-
toni Away with the chains we lay
upon ourselves! Let those who will
have Mosheth and freedom follow
me. Liberty is worth more than a
blanket, and the name of warrior
better worth than this" After this
emphatic peroration, the young chief,
now standing naked before his
people, set fire to the schoolhouse,
burnt down all the appliances of
civilization In the village, and dis
appeared among the hills. He
fought bravely in the war, but after
it was over he never returned 10 his
former life.
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The Drift OF Emigration.

The total ascertained i'm migration
across the seas from Germany dur
ing the eleven years ending with
1881 was S05,698. In 1871 it was
1872, but rose 1878 in 1872 and
and 104, 638 in 1873; then dropped to
40, 1l2 in 1874, and kept on declining
until 1880, when it bounded from
33,327 to- 106,190, and TO 20l ,537 in
1881. These figures cover only the
ports of Bremen, Hamburg. Ant
werp aud Stettin, and are thus adj
mittedly incomplete, 10.757 Ger
mans being known to have departed
from Hsvre de Grace alone in
1880. The only countries besides
this. which draw any considerable
number are Brazil and Australia ;
but the total immigration to those
during the eleven years-28, 006. to
Brazil and 10.647 to Australia-was
considerably less than one-half the
average yearly emigration to the
United States. SO that the move
ment to this country is nearly the
entire cross-seas movement of the
German people. The total ascer-
tanned number coming here during
the eleven years was 762, 1871, and the
total for 1881 is estimated at $50, 900,
the four ports having sent out 2O6,-
1S9.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-06
POLITICAL NOTES.

Mayor William Pinckney White,
of Baltimore, is a candidate for re-
election, and is said to have his eye
fixed on the seat in the United
States senate, from which he was
ousted last year by Senator Cor
man.
Senator Wade Hampton, in his
letter declining to stand as a candi-
date for governor of South Carroll
ma, says: eve may rest assured
that no redress of any evil can be
had by the restoration of Radical
rule, and in the present condition of
races and parties in the state, an In
dependent is, if possible, worse than
Radical, for he is an enemy who
steals the livery of Heaven to serve
the Devil in In the great fight we
are making to preserve the riviliza-
ton of our state, he who is not with
us is against us, and no speciOus pre-
tense of love for the dear people
can hide the cloven foot"
At the late Democratic primaries
in Brooklyn, held under the new
law governing primary elections,
there was a freedom from disturb
ances heretofore unknown, as well
as an entire absence of fraud. The
election was conducted with all the
form and decOrum of regular coll
test. The factions were out in force,
and there was spirited contest for
delegates all over the city. AS a re-
suit, about two-thirds of the dele
gates elected we've McLaughlinites
and one-third Jeffersonians. AS the
election was entirely fair, it is be-
lieved that the defeated faction will
submit to the majority, and that
there will be but one Democratic
ticket in Brooklyn this fall, which
will receive the full support of the
harmonized party.
The Washington correspondence
the Albany New York; Argus writes
that paper that an old Republican,
who was a participant, has informed
him that OH March 3, 1881, the day
before President Garfield's inaugu-
ration, a conference was held at the
Arlington house, in Washington, at
which Senator-elect Thomas u.
Plat, Congressman John Ii.
Ketcham, Louis f. Payne and others
were present. At that conference
the appointment of Judge Robert
son to be collector of the port of
New York was proposed, discussed
and agreed on, and Mr.. Platt as
sented to every word that was said.
Senator Plat, however, in recent
interview, denies emphatically that
such a conference was ever held, or
that he assented to Robertson's ap-
pointment there or thereafter.
The National Eclectic Medical As
ISOLATION, which met recently in New
Haven, Connecticut, elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, A. j.
Howe, Cincinnati vice presidents,
A. B. Woodward, Tunkhannock,
Pennsylvania; Fl. X. Stratford, Chi
cago, and M. +. Linquist, New Ha-
ven secretary, Prof. Alexander
Wilder; treasurer, James Anton,
Lebanon, Ohio. Topeka, Kansas,
was selected as the place for next
meeting.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-06

The extent of the Republican re-
volt in Pennsylvania is indicated by
the large number of Republican
papers in the state that support the
Independent ticket. These are in
part: The Philadelphia North Amer
lean, the Philadelphia Evening Tele-
graph, the Philadelphia Inquirer,
Delaware County Record, North
Wales Record, Esston Free Press,
Honesdale Independent, Wilkes
barre Record, Wellsboro Agitator,
Lancaster New Era, York Republic
can, Myersdale Commercial, Pitts
burg Dispatch, Pittsburg Chronicle,
Beaver Falls Index, Beaver Times,
New Castle News, New Cas-
tie Courant, Butler Citizen,
Sandy Lake journal, Crawford
Journal, Mill Village Record,
Titusville Sunday World, Bradford
Sunday News, Ulysses Sentinel,
Elkland Journal, Sunbury Gazette,
Kenneth Advance, Catawissa News
Item, Steelton Item, Littlestown
Era, Lebanon Independent, Cham
bersburg Daily Herald, Phoenix
vile Messenger, Chambersburg
Public Opinion, Bradford Era. In
addition to these the Philadelphia
Press, the Doylestown Intelligencer,
Huntingdon Journal, Indiana Mes
senger, Mercer Republican, We
mango Citizen and several others,
while giving a nominal support to
the ticket, advocate new conven-
ton and denounce Cameron and his
methods unsparingly.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-06

SUMMING up the financial and
commercial situation, the New York
Evening Post concludes that the
prospects of the cotton crop are
very favorable throughout the
south, but especially so in Arkansas,
Texas, Louisiana aud Mississippi,
where the great bulk of the crop is
raised. BY July the work of Guilt
waiting the cotton crop will be over,
and it will be "laid by" or left to ma
ture before the picking. The proba-
bility, therefore, is that we shall
have crop of wheat equal to, if not
greater, than any ever raised in the
United States (; good crop of corn,
and crop Of cotton equal to that of
last YEAR The only source of I'M
easiness is the labor troubles north
and west.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-06

The STATESMAN has not rejected
Governor Roberts. 1t admits that
his administration been one of the
wisest and safest that Texas has
known, but it does not, and never
has, admitted that other men could
not make able governors. 1t is posi-
lively opposed to the manner in
which Governor Roberts and his
friends have conducted the canvass
for the third term. The movement
has not been conducted in honesty,
and Governor Roberts has been
guilty of insincerity, which entities
him to defeat, which will therefore
certainly overcome him.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-06

THE Chemiker Zeitung comments
atlength upon the proposed "denat-
uralization OF alcohol" subject
which is receiving much attention
abroad The idea is to render spirit
undrinkable on the one hand, while
at the same time preserving its
qualities for use in the various in
dustrles. Manufacturers think il
unjust to require them to nav the
same tax on alcohol as is REQUIRED
from those who use it in beverages
while the European governments
know that it will not do to let them
have 1t inits present state free of
tax. So the chemists now have the
rather difficult problem before them
Of so changing or "denaturalizing'
the spirit that it cannot be used as a
beverage, but will be as useful as
heretofore in all the industrial. arts.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-06

The latest cable dispatches state.
that as the story goes, several of
Mime. PATHS friends in Paris have
received invitations to her ap-
preaching marriage. The name of
the gentleman in interest and con-
tract is not given, and the rumor
may be only hoax. At all events
Sarah Bernhardl's example in the
matrimonial line seems to have had
a good effect among some members
OF the profession in Paris, for it is
stated upon good authority that
Celine Chaumont, pretty little &C.
tress, is soon to be married to Mus
say, the business manager of the
Theatre Francois, and Mile. Lenville
of the Vaudeville is also soon to
enter the state OF wedlock.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-06

the necessity of q thorough and gen.
uine reform of the civil service.
In his letter of acceptance OF the
vice presidency, and in his first mes
sage to the congress of the United
States after he had become president,
Mr.. Arthur distinctly both affirmed
and reiterated his approval of and
his intention to carry out the princi-
Piles of civil service reform; and in
his message to congress this
assertion rose above prom
Use to party and became a
pledge to the nation. The Civil
Service Reform association of Phila-
delphia has twice brought to his
notice the existence in this city of
practices totally at variance with any
honest Interpretation of the express
sion, "civii service REFORM" said
abuses being the assessment of fede-
raj Officeholders for partisan pOliti-
cal purposes, under the thin disguise
of voluntary contributions" These
communications have met with no
response. The president has it in
his power to stop these abuses by
word, and that word is as yet I'M
spoken, and the allowance to the ex-
tent of public notoriety of the same
abuses under his very eyes in the
city of Washington, renders it mat
ter of reasonable superstition that
he has no intention of abating them.
In view of these facts, the civil
service reform association of Phila-
delphia puts on record its belief that
he is accessory to some of the worst
abuses of the civil service-abuses
which degrade the manhood and
impair the political freedom of
American citizens; and it calls upon
all citizens of the United States, who
favor civil service reform, TO ex-
press by voice and vote, wherever
and whenever practicable, their de-
termination that he be held respon-
sible for the continuance of said
abuses.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-06

letter to his old brigade COM
mander. General j. B. Kershaw, has
lately given an interesting descrip-
ton of the fight in the wheat field at
Gettysburg. Colonel Aiken is very
DESTROYS of stimulating an interest
among Confederate officers who
were engaged at Gettysburg in the
record Of the battle now being pre-
pared at national expense by Mr..
John B. Bachelor. Mr.. Bachelor
has complained that southern com.
manders have left him almost in the
dark as to the disposition of their
troops. He has endeavored in vain,
except in one or two instances, to
arrange for visits to the battlefield
in their company, whereas he has
inspected it with more than thous-
and union officers.
There is a weed in tie south
known as the wild coffee plant.
which has caused the planters a
good deal of trouble and annoy
ance, and has consequently been
greatly despised. 1t has recently
been discovered that the plant has
its use, as rope can be made from il
equal to the best hemp, and stronger
and finer than jute. The discovery
was made by negro who needed "a
rope, but could find none. On look
ing around his attention was at
tracted to this plant, and he cut the
stalks and treated them in the same
manner he lad been accustomed to
see hemp treated in Kentucky, and
the result was fibre of good length
and of surprising strength, which
the old man soon converted into
rope.
The death OF a man notable in re-
cent Irish history was recently an
nounced by cable. This was Mr..
William Bence Jones, who died in
London few days ago. Mr.. Jones
was land owner and magistrate in
the County Cork, Ireland, whose
treatment of his tenants caused him
to be made one of the first victims OF
the system of bOycotting. He was
of a peculiarly determined nature
and, unwilling to surrender vestige
of what he considered his tights, he
fought the land league pers:stently
in public aud private. Being unable
to sell his cattle in Ireland or to pro-
cure labOrers to drive them to the
railway, he himself, with a member
of his family, took Eerd to Dublin,
drove them to the Milford Haven
boat and looked after them during
the passage across the channel. He
then took up his residence in En-
gland, where he died.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-06

The agent OF the Hebrew immi-
grant aid society in New York says
the Jewish refugees from Russia are
a very peculiar people, and the GUS
tomary manner of dealing with I'M
migrants will not answer at all with
them. The Swedes or the Germans
can be separated and placed fami-
lies or on farms all over the coun-
try, while these Russians want to go
in large bodies, so that they may
keep up their religious rites and
continue to live apart from the rest
of the world as much as possible.
Not one out of a hundred under
stands a word of English and few
have any trade beyond that of shop
keeping and peddling. The expert
ment of settling them as farmers at
Vineland, New Jersey, however, ap-
pears to be working well. About
800 are now there Telling trees, clear
ing the ground, and doing rough
farm work.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-06
Compliment TO an Austinian.
IS. A. Express.l

The yellow fever case reported at
New Orleans is well calculated to
excite uneasiness, for if the dreaded
pestilence should get foothold now
and continue its ravages until frost
several southern cities would no
doubt be depopulated. However,
the danger may not be great, and
the disease may be stopped at the
one case reported. In any event
news from New Orleans will be
anxiously looked for for several
days to come.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-06
CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
Resolutions Lately Adopted by the
National CIVIL Service Reform
Association or Philadelphia.

AT meeting of the executive
committee of the civil service re-
form association of Philadelphia,
held June 6, 1882, the following
minute was adopted:
When, in a free country. rulers
elected to carry out definitely ex-
pressed principles of government,
pledge themselves TO line of action
founded ON those principles and fail
to redeem their pledges, it behooves
the people to denounce such failure
in no uncertain tones.
The platform of the Republican
party which elected Chester A. Ar
thur to the vice presidency of the
United States asserted the duty and
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-06

In another column may be found
the advertisement of the peniten-
tiary board, asking proposals for the
lease of the two state penitentiaries
and the state convicts. The plan to
lease each penitentiary in whole or
in part, as may appear to the best
advantage of the state, will certainly
secure good contract, Besides be-
tween five hundred and seven hun
dred convicts in the shops Of each
penitentiary, there will be eight
hundred hired for use on planta-
tions, in squads of not less than
sixty.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-06

THE last number of the american
HebreiC gives its readers some
"plain talk" on the question of
Russian Hebrew immigration. 1t
insists that all further immigration
of Russian refugees must be
stopped until the $500 now on
hand are disposed of; that the COM
nittee in New York is unable to
find employment tor all the refugees
where they can "Observe their re-
ligion;' that if the mansion house
committee in London insist that the
refugees be all enabled to OBJ
serve their religion Gas of
old" they must not send them
here, "where existing institutions
prevent thousands of sincere Jews
already from keeping their Sab
BATH" that none but persons capa-
bic and willing to earn their own
living can be received here; that sit
is imperative upon the Jews in
Europe to forward money in large
sums, and absolutely free from all
restrictions" to the committee here
and that the refugees must be made
TO understand "that the Jews of
America are not able and willing to
support them the rest of their lives"
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-07-06

ABOUT a month ago the New York
Legislature passed a law making the
maintenance of an opium smoking
den, or visit to such a place for the
purpose of smoking opium, a INSIDE
meanor. There are about half
dozen of these places" JOINTS" as
they are called-in the city of New
York, carried ON by the Chinese, the
patronage of which is by no means
exclusively Asiatic.
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One of the English correspond
ents has had an interesting talk with
an intelligent native Egyptian con-
corning Ourabi Pasha. "Ourabi,,
said the native ''gets his influence
not from God, but only because he
is fellah. The fellaheen like to be
governed by fellah who UNDER
stands their ways and does not
stand aloot from them as the Turks
and Europeans do. They were proud
OF him, but we have proverb.
There is no quarrel like brothers
quarrel If a Turk or Christian
ro0s us for himself we say, HE is
TURK, he is Christian it is to be
expected +; but if fellah robs us
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Miss Maggie Mitchell visited Gut
tcau last winter aud he persuaded
her that what she wanted was one
of his books as soon as it came out.
So she applied to high official, who
was immensely pleased at the chance
of doing her favor. The cores
pendent tells the story as follows
The high official bought the book
some time ago and sent it TO the
bindery and had it dressed in mo-
rocco and gilded. Then he thought
il would be a pleasing surprise to
the charming Maggie if he obtained
Guiteau's autograph on the fly leaf.
So he sent it to the Jail with word to
Guiteau that his autograph was
wanted for Maggie Mitchell. That
was quite enough for the most colos-
sal egotist that ever was. shut up.
This is what he wrote on the first
leaf:
ITO my fiiend,
Miss MAGGIE MITCHELL,
Love God and do right.
And we shall meet in heaven.
Yours, sincerely,
CHARLES GUITEAU.
Z" y. s Jail, Washington, d. c., June /,
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