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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20
GALVESTON.

GALVESTON, &c. 1@.--ihc schooner Joseph
NJ. UavSs. which commenced thS morning
discI;t .-i:j. . cargo OF $50 barrcis ot yegeta-
bles anu sundres. made the run from Boston
N fourteen DAYS and twenty hours, Tie IastcsI
time on record. ,,,.,,
or Itti3ert iurdy. formerly a well known
Galveston man. bnt lat"iy resident OF DallaS,
arrived here on this hcrhings Train ana was
almost immediately a1CerWafd married by
Rev. Dr. Bird - Miss ENyln iliacker, OF TINS
sitv. The Iadys parents had opposed the
match and She slipped out osienslbly TO call
on a friend. Tie uld ioltS refuse to be COM
fOrted. m -.
of this city are joining the movement, now
general throughout the country, and have
signed petition to Congress, asking for thirty
days leave of absence, each year, with pay,
the same as other gov rnment employees.
Also. for the cqualzqtion of pay between first
and second class citits. Tn. secretary OF the
Letter Carriers Association has written Ia
CONGRESSMAN chiltree and senators MhNcy
ard Coke regarding the petition.
The Mexican MI. lOnul Construction COil-
pany's steamer, Lighs. 7, left to-day for Corpus
christi where she Wiil receive two locomotives
and proceed to BRACES Santiago. There inc
lighter viii lake twrnty-Seven miles OF railroad
iron from an English steamer Tor the Matii
moras branch OF the Mexican National rilil-
road.
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! alse Issues.
INeM York Herald. |


The Republicans cannot conceal
their uneasiness at the unexpected
action of their opponents in preferring
spe&kership. They are raising alarm
cries all over the country. Mr.. Car
Isle, they say, is a free trader, South
erner and Heaven knows what.
When political party gets to the
end of the rope, so to speak-when it
has no longer the peoples interests at
heart, but aims only to retain power
for the selfish ends of its leaders-then
it resorts to such intimidatine meth
DDS as the Republicans are now using.
1t was so in 1859 and 1860, when the
Democrats saw that they were about
to be deposed. They had nothing to
offer the people they no longer cared,
nor were able to serve the country.
Like the Republicans now, they
wished only to retain power; and so
they raised the cry of disunion they
called themselves "Union savers" and
denounced the Republicans as '.Abol-
itionists )" "Union-haterS" and the as
sailantS of property. The Democra-
tic "Abolitionist" cry of those days
was intended to serve the same ends
as the Republican 'free-trade" cry
now There is neither truth nor sense
in this cry in one case or the other,
and the only intention was then and
is now to misrepresent and by misre-
presentation to scare timid and stupid
voters.
The Democrats ought to take cour-
age from the extremity to which the
Republicans are evidently reduced.
They need not ask for better evidence
that in the election of Mr.. Carlisle
they have struck the right track than
is furnished them in the foolish out
cries of the Republicans.
1t will be the fault of Democratic
timidity if the ridiculous pretense of
a solid South" against a solid North"
makes the least Roadway. Such a
false issue cannot live if the Demo
Gratis are only attentive to the peo-
pies wants and calmly insist on the
true issue. What the people of this
country want is the repeal of the need
less taxes. the abolition of a surplus
revenue, which exists only for the
benefit of the lobbyists, and the break
ing down of the Chinese wall of ex-
trene protection built up by the greed
and sellishness of few favored and
coddled manufacturing interests.
which in the course of years have
come to the preposterous belief that
the country exists mainly to be taxed
and hurdened for their benefit.
When the Republicans, in $4,000.
aimed to limit the area of Of slavery,
the pro slavery Democratic party
raised against them the stupid cry Of
'Aboliiionists," but that did not scare
the people or prevent the election of
Mr.. Lincoln. Now that the Demo
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TYLER.
lsnrcInl 10 mo Stntcsman.I

&c. l.. - The court OF appeals dis
posed of the following eases today: Giliey
vs.. State. from Wood; Hudson VS.. State. frcm
NJ tcheIl DonnelIy vs.. ate. ftoiH Mitchell;
w VS.. State. from White; Hill VS.. State,
froi lamar; Miller ct al vs.. Brown, from
De n, PendcXtcr vs.. state, from Cook. Al
flrmed.
mp.evs. State, fr G kee; LeGiese &
Co. vs. Pierce, from Wise Reversed and re-
manded.
Harris VS.. state, from McIennan; Hubbard
VS.. Todd, from Kaufman; Texas * st. Louis
Railway Company vs.. Cone, from Wood. NJ =
lions Tor rehearng fled and taken under ac-
visement aud transferred to Galveston branch.
Franklin VS.. State, from Walker dismissed.
Wilson vs. State, from Smith, motion for re
hearing over ruled. ChandlerNs. state, from
Bastrop; taken under adyisement ana trans
ferred In Galveston branch.
The court of appeals disposed OF, during the
term, 19l eases, Of which 100 were feloneS. SIN
teen were capital cases;, death penalty az
frined. six; life penalty alllrncd, hNe; le pen
alty reversed and rclnanded, one
The court having disposed OF all the eases on
this docket, at this branch, adjourned TO meet
at Galveston on the first Monday i'll january.
The commissioners of appeals reported Tor
afTirmance: John j. Gage VS.. N. j. walker,
from Hill UNITY; Texas & 81; LOUIS railway
VS. Ca and Roberts, from smith couh
Reversed and renlandCd: I. h. Nca vs. Il.
Steele. guardian, from Tarrlht county
Supreme court re2erSed anu remain" "a
IL. Spawn ct al. vs.. w. Il. Chew ct al, Re-
Reversed and rendered. +. j. Belcher ct al,
VS. A. T. Fox ct nj, from Navarro county.
Adopied rcnort Of commissioners OF appeals
aTirmed: Houston Il Texas Central railway
company VS.. f. j. Pin o, from Grayson county;
5. 4. Hooker W. j. G.. Williamson, from IA
nolo county. ,-, -,
Reversed and remanded: john linepily VS.. 1T.
Botto from Dallas county; Houston y Texas
Central railway VS.. IL. NJ. Clafin, from GraySon
county: G j.. Hammekin VS.. &. w. III. Mcks-
sock. from Limestone county, H. Waterbury vs.,
Oity of Laredo. from BcXar county; a: IL.
smith VS.. Grant and Easter from Robertson
county: Joel Grain ct al. VS.. Ellis Wright, ct al,
from Lamar county.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20
Peck's Bad Boy.

When q man gets old and thinks he
knows it all there is no use trying to
argue with him, and so l ,nbuckled
my skates and pulled them Il, and he
put them on. Well, he wobbled
around for few minutes, like Teller
that has been drinking gin, and held
on to things till he thought he haG
got his bearings, when he struck out
for the back end of the basement. AS
he came along by the furnace one leg
began to GO over towards the neigh
bors', and he grabbed hold of the cor
ner of the furnace, swung around be-
hind it, out of sight, and we heard
an earthquake and something snapped
like steel trap, and pa yelled "By
crimus," and ma came down after
some sassidge for breakfast, and she
ness" aud by that time me and my
dide to see pa. He had come down
like ton Of coal, right on that steel
trap, and it had sprung and caught a
whole mouthful of pas pants, and
about ia pound and half or two
pounds of meat, and pa was grating
his teeth to try and stand it. o, it
was the most ridiculous position
ever see pa into, and he got mad and
told me to inspiring the trap. We
turned him over and me and my
chum tried our best to open the trap,
but it was one Of these traps with a
strong spring, and we couldn't. Pa
was the only one that could inspiring
the trap, and he couldn't go around
behind hisself at it; so 1 told him l
would go after doctor, but he said
this was a case where the doctor was
no good, and he wanted a plumber or
a blacksmith. Pa wanted to go il
the parlor to sit on the sofa while l
was gone after the plumber, but the
trap was chained to the furnace, and
we couldn't get it loose, so pa had to
lay there on the cement floor ill the
plumber came. The plumber laughed
at pa. and said he had done all kinds
of plumbing before, but he never had
a call like that. Well, he got pa out,
and don't suppose there was mad
der man in this town than pa is; but
there was nobody to blame but him
self. Say, do you see how can be
blamed about itP
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20
YIrginia,s Dent.

RICHMOND, Dec. i3.--In both houses of the
Ierisfafure Joint resolutions were introduced
nv Demscsatle members declaring that the
pcople OF Virginia accepted the act of
February 1882, known as the Riddleberger
hill as an ultimate settlement of the debt OF
this state: that the unalterable purpose of that
settlenaent shall be final, and any expectation
of any settlement of the debt on any other
basis ever made or tolerated by the people of
Vifvinia is absolutely illsary and hopeless.
That the interests OF the public creditors, as
well as the safety ana welfare of the
state, require that the settlemeat be-
bv fhe state. Therefore the general assembly,
on behalf III al The people in the state, advise
and call upOn the holders of all bonds and
Claims against the commonwealth 70 come for
war a With pr0mptaess and refund the same
under the provisions OF said act. The governor
be requested to COMMUNICATES these resolutions
state bY proclamation.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20

Gratis, in their turn, aim to moderate
the oppressive and barbarous war
tariff, reduce the peoples taxes and
strike OF some of the shackles under
which both production and commerce
are PROSTATE. the Republicans, in their
turn, raise the equally stupid cry Of
"Free-traders" If the Democrats
only do their clear duty to the people,
as under the leadership of Mr.. Carlisle
and his friends they can do. this cry
Will not alarm any body.
The Republican party has lost the
Initiative. 1t has been too long in
power, and ceased to serve the people.
It's alliance is with capitalists and mo-
nopollStS; its friends are no longer the
people, but few rich men who have
fattened on the privileges it has grant
ed them, and who hunger for more.
The party is growing old-fashioned,
like one OF lis organs, the Tribune,
which, in the general lowering
of newspaper prices. aristocrat-
ically remains high priced
ing percentage of It's profit with the
dealers, instead of letting tho public
ut large benefit. So tho Repu alican
manufacturers and The rich corpora
tons, and, like our aristocratic Re-
publican contemporary, tax the peo-
pie for the tenelt OF those wealthy
allies, who. like the dealers, live by
eXtortiOn from the people.
The Carlisle Democrats who are no
more "free traders" than the Lincoln
Republican swere "abortioDists." Their
ann is to limit the area and moderate
the oppressiveness of that new syS-
TEN Of slavery which has grown up
under the name of protection, and
which EFFORTS needless taxes from an
impoverished people to support a
handful of favored and wealthy pri-
vate interests. We advise the Repub-
licans to take a lesson from the past,
and be careful not to carry their oppo-
sition to necessary reforms too far,
lest the people, enraged, shall take
them at their word and strike down
that abuse which now the Democrats
seek only, and justly, to curb and
moderate.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20
A Monster Telegraph Company.

NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-The Herald publishes
TO ay the certificate of association Of the
Commercial Gable company, heretofore re-
ferred to as the NJ ckey Can c company, in
corporated under the general act of the state
OF ew TX, providing for The incorporation
and regulation of telegraph compani $. taS-
sumes the rights, privileges, etc, OF the con-
gresSional act. The general route and points
to be connected are from New Y, rll. by one or
more routes, to a point on he sea at Cape Ann,
Mass, and thence ihr, ugh the New England
Bay, n. r., and also by direct lines from New
York to Canada and thence to Dover
Bay, and in both cases there To connect with
one or more submarine cables; the company TO
connect with the places hereinaftermentioned,
and also from eligible and convenient points
on the Atlantic coast near Cape Ann, Mass, by
submarine cables, one or more, as may be
found necessary, to Ireland, England France,
said countries, with intermediate stations, if
required, at all or any If the Islands of the
Atlantic Ocean ports; and also to land q line,
or lines, from the coast Inc of Hayre TO the
city OF Paris; also a line, or lines, from New
York to the seaboard of the Atlantic or Gulf
states of the United States, and from any one
or more Of said states by submarine cable or
cables to any or all OF the West Indian or other
Islands OF the Atlantic Ocean. and 10 the
mainland of South America, at such places
as may be selected for this purpose, with
offices, If required fer the transaction OF bust
hess at all intermediate points. Also line or
lines from New York through the United
States and territories thereof TO one or more
points in the republic of Mexico, it'll Offices
if required, at all intermediate points; and by
another line, or lines, to one or more points or
places in California and Oregon, or either of
them, with offices, If required, at intermediate
points; and also from one or more pOin; s on
the Pacific coast of the United States to Japan,
China and Australia, with intermediate
10. coo shares on par value of $1,000, which may
be increased from time to time.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20
Riot Between italians and Negroes.

PITTsBURG, PA, Dec. 1.-THE Commercial
Gazette's Newburg, I a., special says a serious
riot took place last night at Blue Mountain
tunnel, near here, between Italian and negro
laborerS. During the night two of the latter
broke into house containing provisions and
were discovered. An alarm was given and
hundred Italians attacked the negroes with
shotguns and pistols. The negroes, being I'M
armed, returned the assault with clubs ana
stones, but were finally forced to seek shelter
after four had been wounded. One was fatally
wounded and the other three seriously, but
will probably recover, although the ir bodies
are filed with shot This morning the rioting
was renewed and the negroes driven away
Everything is now quiet, and no further
trouble is aDDrehended
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20
Sfeamhnat Rnrnn

MEMPHIS, Dec. 15.-The steamer Josie
Harry, en- route from White river TO this point,
b rned this evening at Reeves landing. fifteen
miles below here Her cargo consisted of GOO
bales of cotton and quantity of cotton seed,
which, together with the boat, was totally
destroyed. The fire had its origin on the star
board side, abreast the boilers. among some
cotton bales. Capt. Mtlt Harry at once mar
shalled the entire force and fought. but with
out effect; and seeing the danger which threat
ened the passengers he ordered the steamer
landed, which was done, and all escaped. The
beat burned as the waters edge. She was
valued at $50, 1000, and was owned exclusively
by Capt. Nit K. Harry; insurance unknown.
The money in the desk was saved, but the safe
tyoS Inst
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20
One TaY TO EcOnOnfza.

=My DEAR" exclaimed Mrs. Jay
Gould, picking new diamond paper
weight, this viii never do. We must
economiZe."
"NNell, shall we give up the steam
yacht 2" exclaimed Mr.. Gould, lighting
a cigar with a $500 bill.
"Oh no. We can't spare that"
allow about seal skin sacques 2"
81 have only nineteen now, and
none of them look lit to be seen"
"Why not stop buying diamonds ~
Mercy What are you thinking of !?
The doctor says / need exercise. and
how can I get exercise ii / don't go
shopping %
Very true; but as you say. some
thing must Oe done. Alb, 1 have it
/ will just order another reduction Of
wages."-Virginia City New Chron-
icle.
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The Aibatr0sS.

The friendship Of strange and ap-
parently homogeneous animals is well
illustrated by the albatruss, which is
of a most voracious disposition and
tyrannical nature. He is one Of tha
largest aEd most formidable birds OF
Africa and America. When its wings
are stretched they sometimes measure
Il feet from tip to tip. He lives upon
fish and smaller aquatic fowl. They
have the strongest and most unac-
countable friendship, however, for the
society OF penguins. They always
choose the same places for breeding.
which is some distant and uDinhabited
island, where the ground slants to the
sea, as the penguin can neither climb
nor fly. In the Falkland Islands,
which are in the South Atlantic,
which the birds had undisputed po-
session of for many years, these birds
are seen living together in the great
est harmony. Their nests cover acres
of ground, and are laid out with the
regularity of a plantation. In the
middle on high the albatross raised it's
nest on sticks and long grass about
two feet above the surface; round
this the penguins make their lower
settlements, or rather holes in the
ground, generally eight penguins to
one albatross.
Though most birds perch on limbs
when they sleep, or crawl into holes
in the ground like the wren, which is
found in the hole of the prairie-dog of
the plains, the albatross is said to
sleep, in the air. At night when
pressed by slumber, they rise into the
clouds as high as. they can, then, put
ting their head under one wing, they
beat the air with the other, apparent
ly like the girl Of the song on the fly
ing t.apeZe floating through the air
with the greatest of ease" Soon,
however, the weight of their b1uy
only half supported brings them down,
and they are seen descending with a
pretty, rapid motion to the surface o
the sea. They then put forth fresh
efforts to rise again, and alternately
ascend and descend at ease. Not I'M
frequently while in this sleeping state
they fall on shipboard, and are easily
caught
During the late war, when General
John Marmaduke, # the confederacy,
Virginia to the army in Tennessee,
oOH1C VI CuO SOl0lcIo VI GIlC 1dGISI army
were talking about the new general
and wondering what sort of u looking
man he was. Only one of the group
had seen HIM, and his description was
that he was a great tall fellow with
white hair. "Why he's an albatross, %
he said. He meant alb;no. The story
got out and some Of his officers used
to annoy him cor erably by calling
him the "Aib>,ross General" The
general had very white hair, rudy
complexion, was six feet three, and
only weighed 119 pounds.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20
Virginia Legislature.

RICHMOND, Dec. l4.-Both houses of the
Legislature passed resolutions instructing
Virginia senators and requesting their repre-
sentatiYes IN Congress to use their best efforts
to secure the unqualified and immediate abol-
ishment Of the internal revenue system, This
method of collecting taxes is greatly injurious
to the public interests, especially to the people
Of this site; Inc house Of delegates passed a
the people OF Virginia of the settlement of the
state debt as nrovidcd for by the RiddleDerger
law, and calling upon the creditors of the
state TO fund claims and bonds understhe pro-
visions of that act. The Senate did not act OH
the resolution, but will doubtless do SO to-
morrcw
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20
NOt So Pleasant.

FICKsBURG, Dec. 14.-Pleasant Hall, color
ed was hanged at Rolling Fork at 3 o'clock,
vember. He made the e usual speec c
golden wings, ready to die, going straight to
Jesus, etc. Several hundred were present,
principally negroes. When the drop fell the
sulting in strangulation after hanging eighteen
minutes.
Silas Cane, (colored,) will be hanged at the
same place on Friday next, for outragins a
little colOrcd girl.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20
BERTRAM.
Special to The Statesman.

HERrnAM. Dee 14.-Messrs. Lewis, Thomas
K son have purchased the house and lot and
entire stock Of Try goods and groceries OF Mr..
NJ. \. johnson. fOrir erly engaged IN the
II e-chantile bu>i ass at this place
An A. w. Gotl ri. The agent o! The austin
&. Norihwesfcru rairnad. at ms place, WAS
married last week, at Bryan. .,.,;.. ,,,,,,.o,,
The school building alit Meliouis1 chui'"
ar;. now nearing completion; IN. :, ,,,.
4 Masonic hiH Is now being built in our
town. 80, ,,.ool,
Nvla.ll cool and clear.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20
The Strike on tLe Canada Pacific.

WINNIPEG, Dec. 1.-THE Canada Pacific
wheels are beginning to move more regularly
Three express trains left this morning for the
West, East and South, with the higher officials
of the company at the lever. The inconven-
fence to the public has been comparatively in
significant. The engineers will not be taken
back unless they sign an agreement with the
company. Newspapers express the opinion
that the strikers have been frozen out, as the
company expect about twenty men from the
South. The schedule of wages published to-
day shows that l34 engineers earned an aver
age of over $120 in November, while some
made over 5000 a month.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20
snot For Murder.

FoRT SMITH, Ark. Dee. 14.-LeSi James, 2
Choctaw Incian. convicted last November OF
the murder of Jas. Fulsom. was shot yesterday
at Scullyvllle court house. Indian Territory, in
accordance with the Choctaw law. James sat
upon blanket. the sheriff held one hand and a
deputy the other; another deputy look posi-
ton five PAGES distant and with Colts revol-
yer deliberately aimed and shot him through
the near. He died in two minutes. James
was educated and Of good family. He leaves
white wife and five children.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20
A NiliioneIra KiIIad

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. I3.-Charles hicLaugh-
lin was shot aud killed to-day by Jerome b.
Cox The tragedy is the result OF seventeen
wears litigatiol. Mclaughlin was pioneer,
and president - the Central gas light compa-
NY. and ranked g a1ng the million Tres. The
prominence of the parties creatr, intense eX-
10th Infantry battery, and served under Rose
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20
The NeW Archbishop.

crScINNArI. Dec. 13.--The ceremony OF con
ferrine the palllum on Archbishop Elder, sue
,-esser 10 the late Archbishop Purcell occurred
brought FROM Rome 10y a special messenger,
Rev. 1lr smith. After 2 procession the Clergy
Iien entered the sanctuary ana Bishop Nc,
- s.h mass Bishop HatterSOn, OF Columbus,
r,,1rSs,cehetl sermon and then, IN front Of the
.,ifa,. ,esh0p Mctsloslsy placed me sacred en-
1,i,.,,, ~ - shoulders Of the new aRehhishp.
-rSc ,s-f,,ssi,.. MAS crowded with spectators.
among whom wee the six brothers OF Arch
bishop Elder
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20
The Iron Men,

PITTsBURG. Dec. 4 The employees of Ed
gar Thompson Steel company who were notif-
ed last week that the mills would close to-
morrow night unless they accept the reduction
of wages until trade improves, INST this eve
ming to consider the matter, but owing to
soma misunderstanding they arrived at nc
conclusion. Another meeting Will be held to-
morrow when it is believed the terms offered
by the employers will he accepted. Over 5000
men are employed il these mills. Both
works Of Oliver Bros. a. Phillips, who stru
two weeks ago, resume work next monday
y =
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-12-20
AGrareYarders,, Arrested.

At1LwAuKEE, Dec i3.-,Iohn 0'Conror, the
Synuisesha agent of the Great Eastern Mll-
tuai Life Insurance Company, oftAmosa, Iowa,
MAS arrested today at The request of the state
insurance commissioner. Vile alleges that the
company is devoted TO the graveyard insur-
aree business
FALL RivER. Dec. IS.--In connection. with
Tie graveyard insurance fraud, Edward
RYAN, Insurance agaIt. and John j. Donneliy
and e. Barrett were arrested.