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WEEKLY STATESMAN
OH C4RBWFI.L.
THURSDAY AUGUST 2, 1S73
IK.-qO It.lTIO CAlfDIDATF-S JOB.
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Clerk IHMrUJ Oxirt...
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A. 1. JKRMOAN
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AfXKRT EUOWW
J. W. UMITJI
3. I. KASTOK
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The IhidicaNcmid har-J ly have gotten up
ii ticket more to our liking in view of an
overwhelming defeat, in December. It is
(rue, out. iL; of tin- negroes, they have very
little material out of which a comparatively
J ih ci nt selection could haveTn-en made, but
j tlicy might have limited the. State over and
over and they ennld scarcely have f.itiud six
men, w ho could .jet ler-s votes for the re
spective ollices for which they have been
nominated.
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To Ik gin w ith Davis. The idea of put
ting L-iiu forward for a tceond term, with all
tin! ace mutilated sins of hi notorious ca
reer upon him, and suiicr-added to that, flu;
present ill will of tlie Washington magnates
of hi own party, is truly astonishing. It is
political lunacy. Any new man would
have made a litt le r run. In the first place,
it is well known the man wan never really
ejected b the otlicu he h:is been exereixing
for more than three yeans. We; understand
it could le proven in any court of law, to
tlie satisfae tign of twelve honest nun on
oath, that he was,! minted in ly Gen. lley
nolds, w ho had hi.s orders from Washington
City to Bee that a lladical Governor and
Legislature were returned. There is no
douht whate ver that hi.s opponent, Jack
Hamilton, received the largest number of
votes, even from the counties-allowed to
vote. At best, then, Davis has been hut
an usurper under the guise of law. This
of itself should prevent all right minded
men from voting for him again. A titan,
who would assume an honorable ollice, to
which he must have known he was not
fairly elected, should he spurned from the
political Arena with disgrace. Hut when,
added to this, is the fact that he has
made use of his ill gotten position to
injure and oppress the people, upon
whom ho was thus forced by the
bayonets of the Federal government, is it
conceivable that a party, with any politi
cal sense, would again present him for the
panic office? Can it lie supposes! that his
martial law and the exactions of his relent
less toeils ftiid abandoned underlings have
been forgotten or forgiven? Are tlie deeds
of his bloody police blotted out already
from the brains and hearts of his innocent
victims? Loerk nt his appointments! Con
sider many of the men, whom he has thrust
upon the judicial Ih-ucIi to defile and dis
grace it. Think of an Oliver administering
justice I Think ef the various mayors of
cities and towns, placed in jMwilion to tyr
annize over the helpless jicoplu and fatten
upon the spoils tif ollice. Take all his acts,
from the beginning to the present time, and
what is there to redeem them from utter
condemnation? He has been called honest
by nume, who have not duly considered his
official conduct, or are ignorant of the facts,
or havo been paid to say so. Honest Gov
cnior Davis! " Honest, honest Iag." The
country has been full of just sue h honc.;t
men, ever wince? the Radicals have had sway,
and they will continue to alround until the
triumphant Democracy mako n clean sweep
of them. Hut we pass from the Governor to
I!OB TAT Mill.
The inevitable Bob. Who has not heard of
Boh Taylor? Unfortunately for the ticket,
he is too well know n. We remember well
the first time wo ever saw llob Taylor. It
was during tho unfortunate war. We were
stopping at San Antonio on our way to what
is now New Mexico. The war hail then
lcen going on for more than a year.
Many u gallant soldier had fallcnin the une
pial struggle and many homes and heart
bad lx.cn made desolate. Tho able bodied
men, young and old, were away in the tented
field or staggering along on tlie long and
weary march. On. day a ro:;y faced,
strong litnln'd man, finely dressed, with a
splendid pair of horses and a bran new
buggy, came gaily up to ihe door of our
lioardhig house and alighted like an Apollo
from the heathen heaven. The ladies,
whose husbands were olT in the war, and
the young gftls, who had I wen for a long
time without sweethearts or a taste eif cour
ting, were thrown into spasms of delight.
The new comer for a few days carried every
thing lc fore him. It was, w ho should ride
out with the supurlt stranger? XV ho should
havo him for a partner at a srame of
euchre; or whist? And it was goon
seen that ho knew how to play his
curls, and could shuttle and deal like unto
a'profcssional nun of the first water. We
felt small in tho presence of this great
man. Wo inquired after his name and his
wherca1outs. We were told it was Col.
Hubert Taylor, of Fannin. That he was
tho first to ru.h to the Moody warfare.
That he had raised a regiment of lraves,
and, at their head, had charged the terrible
swamps of Arkansas. But he soon. sunk
under the fatigues of bafile and glory.
His brave discarded him he returned to
ivil life and the e njoyments of tho social
e itrle and the fair sex. Ho rigged himself
out in gay apparel, he provided the- fast
trotters and the fining buggy, and he
hi.uled a large xvagvm with bales of cotton,
nod a noble imil team dragged it the long
v.:.y from Bed Biver to the l-eauti-fi.l
heme of iNtint Anthony, which
1 stride the silver id ream, like the
piecu of hve and U auty. With plenty of
- -.1 1 in his tuickcts. and h "s that a e l.a'r-
1. 1. o"i i ::?.t envy, no wonder that the irrisisti
l.U F. V, f.r awhile, carriel nil U foro him.
r..;t 5, is rt" i was sii.it, One after another
.-f his f.ur companions ia the bggy rid. s
! rtil Lu'-i, e.::td t!o te wire iv r.e to do
hi,;-, revrrvr.ce. Some how they found hi:a
o it. After fi'!. it was o-dy Tajh-r,
r.:el they tire-.l of Lis hoig yarns s-.r.d ' r.dhir
.. i.-.ns. 1k.I w:ua f...Ktr v.l;U t!.c
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A ttrangcr would have thought him any
thing but a Radical, the way he went on.
We believe he pretended, for awhile, to ab
jure Radicalism, until there was a chance to
get an office. Ilia politics always hung
looser than an old coat about him, and he
could put them on and throw them of! much
easier. lie is anything and everything and
nothing, more particularly" the last. Ills
1 nomination is a farce. Job Taylor for
Deutenanf Governor. ! " Did you ever?
Nol never."
J J. W. THOiIA3.
( This man ia hardly known out of the coun
ty m which he lives and where lie publishes
atMcKinncy, a small weekly Radical paper,
called the JIixMitrjcr. If his paper is small,
lis capacity for editing it is fctill ?raaller. We
Iwlieve he is generally considered honest,
for a Raili :d, uinl is more decent and res-
jwe table than most f Wis U;ulieal brother
lalifors, and is, jerhaps, the lest e)f the
w hol lot. Ihit he has no (ualitications for
the responsible office for which he has leen
nominated, and w ould not know w hat to do
when he got the position. We require for
the offieeof Comptroller of I'ublie; Account!
a first class man in every respect, a real bui-
nessman oftinani ial ability, w hoiscapablfc
Dablfe
of giving advie-e and keeping his office
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iwrfect onler. No ill informed man, no
e areli NS or indolent man, no incapable and
inefficient man, however honest, will do
for, Comptroller, re ally one of the most im
portant eilliee s in the Stale. Foer Thomas
U weak as wafer, and afraid of his shadow.
Some time ago, he' got a notion into his
head that the Democrats wanted to assassi
nate him, like llrutus and others did Julius
Cicsar. l'.ut ho is in no d.mger. Such
men live a long time. Should he, however,
by some accident happen to be made Comp
troller, he might die of fright in the course
of a few months. His friends should not
have brought him before the public, but
the Demoe racy w ill see that, for his own
goHl nod that, of the State, he remaius
safe ly at home.
A. T. JfONKOE.
We have heard this man called Gen. Mon
roe, bul we can't imagine how he got the
tille, unless from the fact that ho has al
ways been a yeiu riil candidate for office. We
are told that, like the valiant Rob Taylor,
he rushed olT t the bloody war and secured
the langerou3 position of iiuartennastcr. A
good story is still fresh in the memories of
the boys, who served near him, which
shows how he' acquired another title, that
will stick to him as long as he lives and is
far more appropriate than General. In the
course of ' time the patriotic quarter
master ef . the Confederacy acepuired
from , Richmond no small tjuantity of
Confederate money, which ho stored
away in'-. an old trunk. Some how
the money disappeared, and when the epar
tennastcT made out his accounts to send on
to Richmond, there xvas a large item of Con
federate bills elestroyed by rati. So the
boys called him Rats Monroe, and they
know him by that familiar name even unto
this day. Whether this historic incident
was tlie cause of his Iwing Relected for the
responsible eilliec of Treasurer, we cannot
say Rut if the ''rats" should get into the
Treasury ef Texas and destroy half the
grci-nbaeks in the vaults, ns they got into
the old trunk and made way with the gray
backs -O, Loidy, what i houhl we do? Rut
we thiuk there is no danger. The Democ
racy will keep tho rats" out and take care
of tlie Treasury after next Deee-mber.
j.e oi: uriicm.F.K.
We know nothing eif this gentleman per
sonally, w ho is said by his friends to be a
very honest German citizen of this State.
Rut he has lwon for more than three years
Commissioner of tho Gene ral Laud Office,
and ir e lo liow that complaints are general
throughout the Slate eif the manner in
Which flu e.Hiee is kept Mid conducted.
Every thing is said fo be in ''confusion
worse confounded," and the cry eif "land
sharks'' about and around -and in .and out
ef the Land Office is loud and persistent and
will not lie hushed. Whatever Kncchler
himself may In, the people demand a
change, aud they will have it. Good bye,
Kueehhr.
' IIKN. A. 15. NOUTO.V.
Iii the ancient elays there live d a man who
took a solemn eia'h that he would never
shave or cut hw hair agaiu until Henry
Clay was clee te-d President. Time passed
on and the lieard and hair grew, but Henry
(May was not elected President, and at last
died full of years and honors, but the Tresi
deney was not one of them. One weiuld
"have, supposed that this would have rc
lieveil flu? man of his oath, but ho was a
man of letters ami took it literally, and tlie
Iward and hair remained and have grown
w hite, and give hini a very patriarchal loeik.
Some penple we.uhl think such a man a fool,
and others, inmV charitable, would call
him crazy and a lit subject for the
lunatic asylum. Not so; tho man is neither
a fool nor a lunatic, and. wants some
office to kee p his Iward and hair still grow
ing and lively. He, too, is the editor of
a little Radical paper, published in the
hushc-s, 'somewhere below Dallas, near the
railroad crossing. That man has lwou
nominated for the office of Suwriutendent
of Rublie Instruction. Why, it would be
difficult to say, unless from his Iward and
his hair, but the wisdom, he has, evidently
all lies in them, and their long growth has
exhausted his brains. Perhaps he was se
lected on account eif the initials of his
name, A. R. If C. were only added, he
would then lw A. R. C. Norton, and won
derfully well fitted for teaching tho "young
ideas hnW to shoot'' out at groat length,
even as the Iward and hair growcth on the
Lead of the would-be Superintendent.
Rut the man is .wanting in the necessary
ipnliiieations ho lacketh the final C, and
no men.' A. R. can be allowed to preside
over the youth of Texas. Rxit Norton.
;:'I-'lti i;oi.di:u.
The S!.iU- (7.i.-. f.v of yesterday morning
publishes th.i platform of the Radical State
ConvciUion at Dallas. This was to Lave
I wen cxn-e!od nfter its editor's repudiation,
l.i,-t Saturday by tho honest IXMnocracy of
Travis county, and Lis interview with New -coral
8jtA vlit to the Jfirnul office that fol
lowed. His intimacy with Governor Davis
and his continued laudation of his acts and
policy Lave long been known ia this city,
but, by his loud professions. of extreme De
mocracy, he Las leen able to u. v cive jioople
Sit a distance, and a few 1 Tie.-t Democrats
lic.-.rer Louie, ''.'.tie v crr.uiskin now,
;d ur.h ss he
kept I
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cis of the tiazt(! printing office, we tl.on'. l
i.. t lw Si-q-ri-rd if l e soon lnU-d tln Rid-
icdtH-kii ia fu'l. He w.a r,!,!,iY wait
c.'ii.l ;,;'ur t! e Democratic State Co'.iw-uio'.i
to so if t'..;t in tt lot furni.-U sonic pretext
for Lis l.,U !.:. There is no reliance in
L": i iv..'I'ie..v. IK- l "cd red I.untt ia
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; a i orivc ii'i. n ;.! l',.r;can to a'ude by
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ciatcs. It became necessary for the Democ
racy of Travis to denounce ami cx
Isc hiiu, hence his uamc was struck
from the list of delegates to the State
Convention as one not worthy to lc trusted
by the Democracj of the county or State,
as in fact a Radical in disguise. He will
now no longer have an opportunity of dis
tracting and injuring the Democratic party
by his factious and disorganizing course.
The mark Las been branded on him Da,viss
Man and it will stick. He might as well
now throw oil all disguise and appear in
his real character, as the agent and sup
porter of Governor Daris quitting the back
door, and entering boldly at the front, like
Newcomb and his artist of the London gut
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ter. Let him lieost the ticket, now that lie
ias published the platform, like a "man
nd a brother." Ruby will receive him
with open arms, and Gaines, who supported
him for public, printer, will rejoice. over
him in his new home at Iluntsville.
SJINTANTA AND BIO TUEK.
After : all, it appears that Santanta ami
Rig Tree have been taken from the Peniten
tiary ami from the jurisdictiem of the Slate,
and they are now said . to be at Fort Gilson
or Fort Sill in tlie custody of United Suites
Afficials. Davis will 'try to make his peace
willi Grant by giving them up in spite of
all his brave talk. Look at this matter in a
legal and constitutional light. These Indians
committed several brutal murders within the
jurisdiction of the State of Texas. They
tied the peor wagoners to the wagon wheels
aud burned them slowly to death. They
were tried, convicted and sentenced to be
hung. They should have 1 wen hung. Rut
Davis, at . the request 'of the Washington
government, that had no business or right
to interfere, commuted their punishment to
confinement in the Penitentiary for life.
Now the general government demands that
they shall be pardoned and given up. Davis
has the power to pardon, under the Consti
tution of the State, in coses where there is
merit, but the Washington authorities have
no right to demand this action on his part
anil lie lias no moral right -to pardon these
butchers. Ami though he has the unrestricted-legal
right to pardon them, and
turn them loose upon our dofcnseless fron
tier, to renew their tortures and butcheries,
he lias not the show of a legal right, with
out a pardon, to allow them to be taken be
yond tho limits and jurisdiction of the
State. , This has now: Jexn done twice.
Thcso mopstcrs will never returu. Davis
has really given -Ahem up, in our opinion,
without effecting tho removal of a single
Federal official..; IIo could not bully Grant,
and ho. , lias succumbed . to the mighty
smoker."
It sccdis from the Jouriml that Governor
Pease was at one time nominated by the
Radical 'Convention for Superintendent o'
Public Instruction, but' tho matter was re
considered, as no one could vouch for him.
The Governor would have looked rather
queer at the ' tail end of the ticket. It
would seem further that his participation in
the Cincinnati Convention and tho Greeley
movement. Las hot injured him with his
Radical brethren. . Is the Radical ticket of
Texas an anti-Grant one? Grant's organ at
Washington denouuees Davis as a dishon
ored man,' and the Radical Convention ap
proves Grant's administration and nomi
nates the dishonored, man for Governor.
These Radicals arc droll people.
Tina Galveston Chilian makes a leader
out of our New Rraunfels letter, of which
we do not so much complain, though it
would have lieen decidedly more proper and
courteous to havo publisheel" the letter as
written, and given credit to the Demo
ckatic Statesman. What we do complain
of strongly is that our name should have
been mentioned as connected with the pres
ent State Gazette, with which we have no
affiliation, and which has treateel us on va
rious occasions with marked disrespect.
Such carelessness is unpardonable in an old
journal like the Civilian.
The "infamous steal," which tho Journal
has the face to talk alxiut,. was concocted
by the leading Radical of the House, now
a candidate for Governor of Massachusetts,
was passed by a Iladical Congress ami
signed by the Radical President. And
yet the Jourtutl approves tho administra
tion of Grant, who gets the biggest "in
famous steal" of all, and glories in Reast
Rutler. Does the Journal take its readers
for fools to swallow such stuff? Rut a
Radical has no more' idea of consistency
than a hog Las of a parlor.
The Journal and Gazette arc condoling
with . each other. The one is afraid of a
"Thug,", and the other of a "Ruck."
Can't the Jourmtl lend the Gtuette its Lon
don gutter artist to get up a wood cut? A
good design would bo Johnny retreating
from the Democratic camp with the . horns
of the Ruck hanging on his rear. It would
save expense for the two official organs to
unite. The editors might work together in
the IUdical harness Unduni fashion, Jimmy
In the lead and Johnny as wheel horse.
AVk have reccired a communication,
highly recoinmciHling Gen. Henry E. Mc
Culloch to the Democratic State Conven
tion for the nomination of Governor. The
rule wo laid down from the first forbids its
publication,- but as in other cases of the kind,
we take pleasure in making this notice.
Gen. McCulloch.is well known as a gentle
man of high standing and needs no com
mendation of ours.
We agree with the Rclton Journal that
some of the resolution adopted at tho late
Democratic convention in that county sound
rather droll as coming from a Democratic
lnceting. None but Democrats have a right
to scats in the State convention. No mass
nice ting of the pcoplo without distinction of
party can appoint delegates. . .
Wk learn Jroux good autlority that the
Daily States max U frequently not re
ceived at McDade the day it is issued,
while the Gaattc is. Why is this? Our
morning editiou al ways goes to the postoffice
in time to Iks scut off by the mail, and yet
our McDade and Rastrop sulscrilwrs do uot
rt t their iviikts until the day after. Sonic-
thing is wrong. . .
Wk see that the lion. A. J. Rooty of
Panola county is ?j-ken of very favorably
in many of the Ravtcrn papers for the pi-
tion i-( Comptroller of Public Accounts.
Mr. pMoty made an excellent in ralwrof the
last I -L! iture and is Riid to have fine bu-i
iies tub nt.s by thoe who know Lint inti
matt 1 y and are good judges.
Arvi NTios is c uled to the circular of the
Superintendent of Public Instruction ia rv-
t..;iou to the I'.etuon t tn-tees f.r tho
common schools ..f tlis Sute under the new
Si'? i oid lax.
i..r. .. r.-irnKt w;,si li.c lej.eals
will run a tkkit for eo;:v.:y i ."m. A t
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w.uu iro out ii.dr u.ia tt.cy witt cit the
wcrt w L;j j leg Lcirl of f.r along time
V.'l.o ua:;tstor-t it?
HASTKor ear.NTV co?irEiTio.'j.
This couvtntiou was held Lut Saturday,
but as the AJertir appears on the morning
of tliat day, no notice could Lc given ia
that paper until the next number. From
our traveling agent, however, we learn that
great harmony prevailed. Col. Wah. Jones
was recommended for Governor, and a large
number of delegates to the State Conven
tion appointed. The following resolution
was adopted :
. Iksoleal, That the people of Bastrop
county, in meeting assembled, recognize and
fully endorse the actions of our talented
Senator, Hon. Joseph D. Sayers, in the
Senate of the Thirteenth Legislature, and
acknowledge and appreciate the fact, that,
notwithstanding his firm and unflinching
Democratic principles, his every act anil
every rote cast in thatJiody was free from
pariy prejudice or partiality, ami done for
the good of the whole jieople, regardless of
nationality,, color or political complexion;
particularly do we acknowleelge and admire
Iiia self-8;ic rificing spirit, and the indomita
bly energy with which he discharged the
onerous duties he considered due from an
e.lFcSal to the people performing his labors
in sich a manner as to give entire satisfac
tion and win the esteem, praise and grati
tude, not only from the members of his ow n
party, but from the people of the whole
State, irrespective of arty.
A i.Ar.eiK number of the people of Moffat t,
Rell .county, recommend our townsman,
Gen. Shelley, for Governor of Texas. They
say he is their first and last choice. We
give this notice of their action, but can
not publish their communication with the
names appended, as we have heretofore re
fused many others.
Thk Ftate Gazette is getting frightened at
the action of the late county convention and,
in yesterday's issue promises to support the
county nominations.' lias Master Davis
told it to keep tip - appearances a little
longer?
TnE name of Mr. J. J. Groos.au old survey
or and highly esteemed citizen of New Rraun
fels, will be presented to the Democratic
State Convention as a candidate for Com-,
hiissioncr of the General Land Office.
TnE announcement of Mr. James P.
Hector, of Bexar county, for tho office of
Commissioner of the Land Office will bo
found in our columns to-day. lie is said to
be well qualified and ia well and favora
bly known throughout the State.
' We have received a postal card, stating
that the friends of the Hon. John L.' Henry,
of Smith, will place Ins name beforo the
Democratic State Convention as a candidate
for the nomination of Governor. . "The cry
is still they come." ' " '
The Statesman has urged "no bully to
murder an innocent cotemporary." -; Pceqilc
who arc in the habit of slandering honest
men, are always afraid of their I shadows.
Traveling Corrcupoudciie.
Editor Democratic Statcmiuin I left Mc
Dade on horseback Friday morning, Au
gust twenty-second, at 7:30 o'clock, for Bas
trop, .tho county scat of Bastrop county.
The road between these towns is goeid, aud
scenery pleasant to the eye, although few
cultivated farms are seen in the immediate
vicinity of the road; yet rich nutritious
grass and line trees of large variety arc in
great aounuance.
The elistauce to Bastrop from. McDade is
aliout fourteen miles, but your correspon
dent thinks that twenty would have been a
more appropriate nunilier, as the ride really
seemed te mo to have Iwon over that much
ground. ..
I arrivcil at Bastrop alnmt 11 o clock a.
m. same day, and found the ceiunty seat of
Bastrop county much larger than I had an
ticipated. Fine dwellings and steVreis are
thickly strewn along the main street ; shade
and fruit trees in abundance surround each
house. The population of this town is
abemt 1800 or 2000; whites largely in ma
jority.
there are about forty business houses in
Rastrop, among which are eight grocery
stores, eight dry goods establishments, two
drug steires, two photograph galleries, two
tine hotels, two livery stables, four silver
smiths, two saddlery shops, two cabinet
makers, two wagon shops, four blacksmith
shops and one restaurant.
Several f.-twycrs and physicians furry on
an exerellent practice here.
1 he people are intelligent and hospitable ;
the majority of them are church geiers, there
being in Bastrop four fine churches, with ex
cellent pastors, who are beloved by all xvho
know them. Tho churches are one Metho
dist, one Episcopal, one Christian and one
ittholic all are well attended. Besides
c hurches there arc two Masonic lodges, one
fine college building, a Turn creiu, some
what similar to the one wo have in Austin.
Bastrop to-day is in a flourishing condi
tion, new buildings are Iniing erected, busi
ness assuming a more lively appearance and
good health prevails in nil quarters.
People coming in from other parts of the
county rejiort the cotton prospect this year
to bo excellent, and other crops in good con
dition. Residents of the county, living near and
nlout tlte county seat, make fruit raising a
Sjiecialty; also vegetables in largo quanti
ties are raised here annually, and xhippeii up
and down the Houston and Texas Central
Railroad to various points.
1 he streets arc in good condition, and a
look of cleanliness meets the eye in all di
rections.
There are several fine residences, among
which is that of lion. Joseph 1). Sayers, oc
cupying a lienutiful location and surrounded
by lovely shade and fruit trees. llareslirul'S,
and fragrant flowers adorn his garden", mak
ing his home almost a paradise.
1 Would also mention tho Nicholson
House, with that most worthy of hosts, Mr.
James Nicholson for its proprietor, similar
in location to that of the rcsideuce of Mr.
Sayers, surrounded by a variety of beautiful
trees, and so located as to get the lwnelit of
the morning and evening breeze, which
never foils to visit this portion of our Em
pire State.
Mr. Nicholson stands ready at alt hours
to receive friends and patrous under his
hospitable roof, his smiling face and kind
manners not only cheering the traveler, but
when oue takes his departure from the
Nicholson House, it is only to return on
revisiting Rastrop.
This lovely town can boast of having a
large steam grist mill and cotton gin.
which yearly pay their owners handsome
profits.
Bastrop is surrounded on the northeast
and soutrt by undulating hills, large quan
tities and a variety of timber, while fine
farms, rich with ripening crops, stretch
away for miles in the distance, anJ abwig
tlie western liounoary ol the town courses
the beautiful Colorado, thus making the
town a most desirable pLiee in which to
live. ' '
But one thing more to make this "town"
a flourishing "city," le t the Texas Central
run a tap road from iff Uade through the
valuable coal mines to lia.'trop, tnus open
ing up to tho world this great wealth of
mineral production and fac ilitating the emi
grant to settle up the "Bden" of counties.
W. I. IL
Llano County IVeuao railc Convention.
At a county convention of the Democracy
f LLiuo county, held in the court Louse in
Llano, on the twenty-first of Augu?t, IS 7 3,
the following proceedings were Lad:
On motion Judgt D. C. Cowan was
rlected roident and IL 1. Rowiitroi s-cre-tary.
The president explained the object
of the meeting to le to elect delegates to
rvprrscnt Llano county in the State Demo
craiie ("invention to convene in Austin on
It. e thirl f S'-pteniWr next, and d !i git-rs
to tlie Di triil Xoiuinttiii Coiivn.tiou of
t!,e Twenty ci l.tU S Uit..ri d District. I
-'.'ler, F. Lrc.ieile, Jits. S lourland.
Miles Hurler au.l D. V. Cowan wire clotted
to represi-Lt the c oiiil j in the Mate C'oa-
vention, and F. Brcaeale, D. C. Cowan, L.
Miller, J. S.JIJourland, M. C. Oatman andJ.
M. 3Ioorc, were elected delegates to the
District Nominating Convention of tho
Twenty-eighth Senatorial District.
On motion the delegates to the district
convention of theTwenty-cighth Senatorial
District were instructed to voto in said con
vention for A. S. Walker for Senator, and
Julius F. Oatman for one of the represen
tatives, ns the choice of Llano county, and
use their influence iu securing such nomina
tions. . .
On motion, the Burnet Esrnt, Lam
pasas l)ljkitch and Democratic Statesman
were requested to publish the proceedings
of this meeting.
The convention then adjourned. -The
court hoii!e was full of the substantial cit
izens of Llano county, and the proceedings
of the meeting were entirely harmonious.
D. C. Co wax,
R. F. Rowxtkek, President.
Secretary.
TliXAS SIKWS AND COTIMKA'TS.
The Panola Wahlnttan says that Major
R. L. Parker ami W. V. Carrow are promi
nently spoken of for the Legislature in
Shelby county. It also thinks tlj nomina
tion of Hon. A. J. Booty by the lViiui
critic Convention a certainty.
The Gatesvillc Suu says Judge Coke will
1 the c hoice of the Nineteenth Senatorial
District.
The Washington comity fair will com
mence this year on the twenty-first clay of
October.
The Hempstead MtxM-ntjir says that cotton
worms are playing havoc w ith the cotton in
that section.
An unknown woman was on yesterday
brought to town by our fellow-citizens, W.
S. Chilton and Sterling Smith. She was
captured near Mr. Chilton's place, and when
taken, xvas in a half nude condition. Her
face and arms were badly sun burnt. She
has light hair, gray eyes, is of small stature,
about twenty-four or twenty-five years old,
and had on her person when fount I,' a small
piece of soap, part of a box of matches,
and part of a liottle of snuff. She was seen
by a number of persons in the northern part
of the county some three or four days ugo,
going first one xvay and then another. She
gives no information concerning herself, in
fact, makes few answers to any epiestions.
She is now held by the county authorities
for further information concerning her.
State papers please make a note. Waco
Examiner.
The people of Galveston were entertained
with a regatta on the 20th inst.
The crops are fine in Bell county, worms
have wot made their appearance. -
The Waco l(7rrtie proposes Major George
B. Erath as- a suitable candidate for State
Senator from McLcllan county.
The Pre says that in Montgomery coun
ty the worms aic destroying the cotton.
Planters did not get the poison in time.
The county of Clay, authorized ly the
hist Legislature, has ln-en organized. -Hen
rietta is the name of tho county seat. Two
years ago there was not a white settler in
the territory it covers.
A man supposed to be named William
II. Skidmoro was crushed to death by the
cars at Waco, on the sixteenth instant.
The Houston Mtrciiry gives a favorable
resume of the health and prospects of Hous
ton. The fall trade 13 already herinninrto
make itself felt. .
The Gladiator, published at Jewel t, says
that cotton worms are lieginning to make
their appearance in that section.
The County Court of Harris county has
divided it into seveuteen election precincts.
This will, if anything can, secure tho full
vote of the county.
All the prisoners escaped from the Rusk
county jail a few days since. The Hender
son Tims pronounces it a shame, and says
the sheriff is grossly to bo blamed.
While on hi3 recent surveying exiicdition,
Capt. J. E. Elgin, found a little girl aged
alxnit nine or ten years, that the Indians had
hung. When he found her, she was hanging
to a tree, about twenty miles west of Double
Mountain, inioung lerntory. The birds
had pickeel her eyes out and had com
menced on other portions of her bexly.
From appearances she had evidently lieen
scalped before they hung her. All of her
hair was taken clean, excepting two small
locks of a light color. Ho gave her a re
spectable burial, and marked the place on
Ins map, so that the grave can be easily found.
The captain informs us that the section of
count ry on the head waters of the Brazos
and Colorado rivers is alive with Indians, j
It is his opinion that they intend making an
extensive raid on the frontier at no distant:
day. Wait Texas Argvx.
The Riot. On Tuesday morning, the cit
izens of our town were much alarmed by the
appearance of our slienll, J). J. Blair, who
summoned every man in town to suppress
a riot four miles west of Yorktown; nearly
every citizen in this place turned out, some
of them on foot and most of them without
arms, to obey tho summons of the sheriff,
who left accordingly with a party of men to
the scene of action. It was reported that
Capt. Joe Tomlinson was surrounded, at his
house, by a force of thirty or forty men,
who threatened to attack him. When the
sheriff and his posse arrived at Upper York-
town, lie was met by two clistinel parties,
headed rcsjH-ctively by Joe Tomlinson nnel
Wesley Hardin. All were well armed and
equipped. The sheriff was informed that
no public, disturbance wiis inteuded by
either part y, that the whole affair was of a
personal nature, that a compromise hail
lieen effected and that both w ished to repair
to the county seat to draw up pacrs to
keep the peace, to which the sheriff agreed.
Thereujion the whole party, consisting of
alKiut one hundred men reached Clinton
aliout 4 o'clock p. u. All was peaceably
settled. Tlie parties then dispersed. Cuero
ttar.
The machine shops of the JM., K. and T.
Road are to be removed to Denison. They
arc now at Junction City.
A man in Faye tte county sets wolf traps
iilniut hi.s premises to catch sewing machine
agents.
The Wcathcrford Time gives an account
of the murder, of Mr. Joel Hemphill by a
party of Indians lietween Castroville and
Veal Station. While it is asserted that.thc
murderers we re Indians, it is intimated that
some suspicion rests upon others.
The Corsicana Ohxci-nr says" that exten
sive pre-pu rat ions are In ing made by the peo
ple of Nivarro county, to make the fair this
year an eminent success.
We learn from the Clarksvillo Time that
the follow ing named gentlemen w ere elected
in Rod River county as delegates to the
Austin Democratic State Convention:
Charles DeMorse, W. J. Swain, Oliver
C. English, 31. Ii. Sims, John W. Ycsey,
W. H. Dickson, John Watson, IL L. Moore,
R. IL Gaines, John Terry, H. IL Latimer,
J. N. Norris, W. A. Shaw, James II. Clark,
Dr. J. P. Kelly, John I). Bloodswortb, W.
K. Phillv, Wnt. il. Finley, John II. Beaty,
IL JL lioirers, IL J. Lee, T. L. Honea, J.
M. Duke, I). F. Latimer, J. II. Caudle, M.
I). Kennedy, R. (I. Lane.
They arc opening at Rrowim i'de, a direct
cattle trade with Havana. The steamer
Truxton on the fifteenth was loadexl for that
port with cattle, mules and horses. There
will Ik no United States Court held there
the next regular term, Judge Morrill leing
in New Hampshire.
At Jcwe-tt, Leon county, they are putting
a new roof on their rourt house, also levying
asjiecial tax to build a jail, and the people
are "Tumbling a!oul tlie ot. Hon t gruin
ble. Ivet the jail Ik; a good one: and strong
enough to hold the criminals. The crops
arc fine.
At Galveston they are getting up picnics
and entertainments for the different
chnn he. Th Catholic offer a prize for
the iio-t ioiii!ar voung lady of Galveston,
who is to Ik voted for, we Mippof, and
this i.riile"c is to ! well icid lor. That
is the w ay t hey do it.
The DcnL-on .V. if talks aJ.i:t tLe "rural
oress ". in r-! citv Mylc. It ounplains that
the "rural pros" report the thf!ors in that
new ci:y.
The Me Kinney I'fj'iirer notes the recep
tion of some very Ihm sop:, s, grown in tl.al
county. S'lnc niic has given thccrdilor
jk ket knife.
Tho Gatestilltr v-i T ports the iiia-1 in
that Ecctia very heav y. Good for tlie Log
and cheap b.uou. The tide of immigration
is at its f!.od. and the .-tretts of G iusville
are crowded with wagons full of women
and children. That's the sort.
The Lone Star Flour Mill of Doni son nrr
spoken of as particularly ne. Wheat, it is
fi-kiil a 4.1- f . T .J . . . ... .
ia i .i hi ii imiu uaiias to xnai piacc to
lc ground. WHat is the matter with the
Dallas Mills.
The Mexia Ilhr says t?ic cotton crop is
mostly now considered "out of .danger from
the worms, etc The crop will be larser
than they have hands to gather. laUirt-rs
are invited to Liinestouc and Freestone
counties.
Out of SI 10 registered voters in Harrison
county, only one-fifth are white. The
whites have not yet all registered, but it is
to le hoped they will. Every negro in the
State will register. The white man who
refuses should be spotted and ostracised.
Quite a largo number of German immi
srrants iiassed through Hillslioro last w. t-
They were first-class, w ith fine outfits.
The Great Water Divide.
Tnu sorucEs op turer of thk nanciEsT
llIVKltS IN AMERICA MOrXT.MXS TWKI.VK
THOl'SAXD VF.ET A DOVE THE l.EVEI. Of
THK SEA. -
WAsnrxGTOX, August 17. It is statvd in
the sixth annual report of the United States
geological survey of the territories, by F.
V. Uayden, United States Geologist, "that
there is perhaps no more unknown or more
interesting geographical region in America
than the -different branches of the Snake
river and the Madison the great water di
vide of tho continent. Tho maps now in
process of construction will almost entirely
change the geography of this wonderful re
gion. Within a radius of ten miles may be
found the sources of . three of the largest
rivers in America. The general elevation is
from 7000 to 8000 feet almve the sea, while
the mountains, whoso eternal snows form
the sources of these great rivers, rise to a
height af 10,000 to 12,000 .feet. Flowing
northward are the various branches of tho
Missouri, Yellowstone and Wind rivers,
which all eventually uuite into one mighty
stream, the Missouri. To the south are 4 ho
branches of Green river, w hich unites w ith
tho Colorado, and empties into the Gulf of
California; while south and west flow the
branches of Snake river, which, uniting
xvitlt the Columbia, pour their vast volumo
of water into the Pacific.
The exploration of this remarkable water
divide proves that the Madison Fork has its
source in a small lake not hitherto noted on
any map, aud that the so-called Madison
lake belongs entirely on the 'Pacific slope.
This latter lake was found to lie aliout
twelve miles long and eight miles wide.
From this body of water flows a stream
nearly one hundred feet wide, w hie h, after
a distance of aliout Ave miles, empties into
a second lake, which is four miles loug and
one and a half miles w ide. The former of
these lakes was named Shoshone, nnd the
latter Lake Lewis, in honor of the great
pioneer explorer of the Ncrth west. At the
upper end of Lake Shoshone a new geyser
basin xvas discovered with from seventy-live
to o;ie hundred springs, many of them gey
sers of considerable power. The ornamen
tation about these springs xvas regarded 'as
more interesting and elaborate than thosp in
Five-Hole Basin. . The divide lietween tho
Yellowstone lake and Lake Lewis was found,
to be about fifty feet aboYcthe -former, and
two hundred feet1 above tho latter. This
low ridge in the great w ater divide of the
coutincnt has doubtless given rise to the,
story of the Two Ocean, river, and such a
stream has found its way to most of our
printed maps.
From the summit of the mountain the
scope of vision embraced a radius of one
hundred and fifty miles, within which four
hunelred anil seventy mountain peaks
worthy of name could lie distinctly observed.
The area that could lie swept by the eye
from this point could not have been less
than fifty thousand square miles, embracing
every variety of grand and beautiful
scenery of mountain and valley, probably
without a parallel on the continent. Ten
largo lakes and several smaller ones were
embriccd in the view, and the entire Yel
lowstone Park was spread out under the
eye. To the cast the Wind river ami iiig
Horn ranges, with the snow-clad summits of
Fremont's, Union and Clond Peaks lounded
the view. On tho north the Yellowstone
range, xv i Ih Emigrant Peak, and many of
the loftiest mountains of Montana were
clearly seen. To the west the numerous
ranges comprised in what are called the
Salmon river mountains of Idaho form the
horizon of vision in that direction, while
tho mountains near Fort Hall and the Wuh
satch range completed the mighty amphi-
fhcatre. This remarkable view embraced a
arge portion of Wyoming, Montana, Idaho
and Utah territories. , About forty small
streams, which unite and fonn the upper
portion of Sixakc river, xvere carefully ex
amined. The party then proceeded down the val
ley of Snake river, through its remarkable
canons, examining Jackson's lake and the
numerous streams that empty into the main
river on cither side.
The report contains 811 printed octavo
pages.
9
Itelicn from Georgia.
Mr. William M. Kinlcy has forwarded to
flic Smithsonian Institution, at Washington,
some valuable nnt.que relies, with Hie fol
lowing explanatory letter:
MiT.i.EiGEvn.i.E, Ga., Augusts, 1873.
JoKpph Henry, Enq., Si-rrt-tary SmltliFoiilaii IiiKtitil-
tlon, W ai loiitou, IK C.:
Dear Sir By express I senel you a pre
cious liox containing one simple Indian
pitcher, Oconee; two .thrice-iicnorated
auger-bored stone implements, ancient
stonc-work, showing these ancients had
the spiral auger hard enough to liore the
hardest flint. 1 ho spiral thread is as tier-
fect and regular as any screw. Tho auger,
even used to bore wood, is one of the high
est evidences of civilization. What shall
we say of the auger to bore flint? Aliove
all, I send you my Oconee funeral urn, aliout
w hieh I licfore wrote you. I held it back to
gratify public curiosity here, and to get the
missing fragments of the broken lid.- When
plowed up it still contained human relics.
listinguitihablo pigeon a feet ami toes.whicli
soon pierished by exposure to air, showing
air had never had any access Wforc, and
that it was hermetically sealed and liotli air
and water tight. I call your special imtie e
to the structure of tlie urn; First, its grace
ful form, ceiual to any pottery ; second, its
composition, very thin, and yet consisting
of three very distinct layers; inside, white,
hard, thin enamel, perfectly air and water
tight; the middle layer about the thickness
of Cue calf-skin leather; a foundation for
the inner and outer coating consisting of
black, sandy matter, hard; third, the outer
coat, graphic clay, kept in condition for
writing on during the w hole process of the
writer's elaborate work, until he could w rite
the whole record. This written surface, if
translated, would be ns large as the page of
an ordinary newspaper. These three layers,
strata and coatings, arc united by the high
est science. . Fearing this precious Ameri
can antique may get burned, or, worse,
broken here, I semi it to you and the ?uiith
sonian Institution, as the best depositories
thereof, and hoping that your future collec
tions xv ill enable some new Champillion or
Young to read and translate the lost lan
guage, whose characters, I think, are writ
ten on this vase. I licgyou to deposit it
with the Georgia collection in the museum
of the institution.
For thk LEGLsxjiTi'f'.K. Judge Jo. Lcc,
of Austin, is announced as a candidate for
election as one of the representatives of
this district in the next Legislature, subject
to neinunation Ly the District Convention.
Judge Lee is aa old Texan, whose interests
arc fully identified with the people, and
leing one of the pioneer settlers. Lis syni
puli.iea are very naturally enlisted in favor
of our suHenng frontier.- Thorongly Tcrsei
in law, and tKisaessicir, as he docs, much
lcgiLdi vc knowledge we know of no Dem
ocrat whom we would rather sec rcct ire the
nomination than Joseph Le-e. iri.','i.
Ciiy IltrurtU
I rat, old ft; law, what arc your poli
tics r said a witty Aberdeen man, quizzing
another artl-aa. 44 Conservative my father
w ivs a Conservative, M Ire repbed; 44 And
what i yotjr religion! " continued the
ntb-r. Protectant my f-.il.er waj a
Protectant, n was l!,e ar.wer. Anl wlj
are you a LacLc-Jorf " fi-I the lher. 41 B,.-
cau-e my father was a oh, cnAcval it!
don't U.tLer me with your stupid qti
li...ii."
(t or the IXraoeriiic StiUvnua.1
AlOXt
r tuxix rwTwoon.
The thill wtn.la Wow;
The elotuta hang low;
- The bare tree imvia
With a weary toae:
Ami 1 em alone Oh I am al.mc.
eih C'.Otl! Tboa knowrt bow tuul tbuM-
Who've known tbr bliaa ami tauter rare
Of heart ttary thought ni all their oa, . .
To wake from joy, an J wake aloue!
Some month ainc, how nmj bright
VTa eYa the life to dark to-niuM ;
A woadroa Mug Utm "round Ibow a?,
A oa that float fa violet hair; '
And all the unh aud litit of lov
Fall o'er them from the bearra 1htf.
r.ut chill winds blow;
And clouds haug low;
Tb bare trora moan
With a willful toue:
And I, Oh my father I am alone!
W I'Ur the heart to torj wont
With lh" weary pain of a Secret moan
That wean tuto the fpirll's rare.
While a calm fare vrailiw the world before:
Uriftht eye, that aure aa wivpiuj; know.
Proud which ne'er trrnible hw.
Ye chill Ihoye, who your grief won Id
Kur a ftern.cold rtrength halt pain leal ye.
liut life wear out, however brave ;
Then eye aud lips ret la the grave,
So, rhill wind, blow;
And clond, h.ni low; '
And bare tree. Moan
Hut neve.r a tone
Shall riee from tliat trravewlKTo I ulcep alone.
A ujrfii, UUr, 187.
Inuorcnre an 4 Virtue.
There is a wide difference lietween inno
cence and virtue. Innocence ia as feehle as
an iufaut, virtue is stalwart like a jri.int.
Innocence has never had a kittle; virtue
lias had many a victory. . Innocence is itn
liryonic it ia like a frajjile seed, easily torn
and blown away; virtue is like the gnarled
oak, with the tempest in its limhs, but
rooted in the riht, wrestling with the
utonna, and still t muling the stouter when
they have swept by. Innocence is a gift;
virtue isan achievement. Ever since Kdcn,
virtue, in place of innocence, is the destiny
of man. It is easy to remain innocent if
no assaults are made upon our passions.
Hut it is quite impossible to acquire virtue
without sucU assaults. How, for instance,
can a man mako an act of patience who is
never crossed! How can a man make an
act of trust except ho lie smitten with be
reavement or disaster? How can a man
mako an act of meekness toward his brother
except he be provoked by gainsaying; or
of sweet humility toward his God except
he lie plunged into those mortifications that
stir the pride? The virtues only grew strong
through exercise ami by antagonism. 'When
a epilation of destroying Carthage was de
bated in old Rome, tcijiio Africanus coun
seled against tho measure ; for, "though she
was the implacable fi of the I toman com
monwealth, hvr arms," ho urged "would
serve as a whetstone to 1 Ionian valor.". If
poor man had the adjusting of affairs, 'he
would aliolish ami destroy all temptations.'
Hut the wise Father knows tatter, and
leaves undestroyeel that which seems .harm
ful, overruling and wielding it, on the other
bund, to the good of his creatures. ' Far
front lit-ing despondent at temptations, the
Christian should hail them i's his glorious
opportunity. He should shake off the
deadly sin of sloth, ami break through their
ranks as they beset the hilLside he is clamb
ering, realizing that he shall grow stronger
as he mounts. He should, indeed, "count
it all joy when he falls into divers tempta
tions." Independent.
The Original Stars and KtrlMa.
Some interesting facts in . regard to the
first flag of the United Htatcs are given in
Jlarjicr Magazine lor July: .
4lhe construction of the first National
standard of the United States, as a design,
from which tlie 'btars and btnpes was after
wards adopted, took place under the per
sonal direction of General Wnshinston.
aided by a committee of Congress 'author
ized to design a suitable flag for the nation'
at Philadelphia, June, 1777.
"J his took place nt the residence of Jwrs.
Ross, a relative of Col. Ross, in Arch
street, lietween Becond and Third, where
Gen. Washington and tho committee com
pleted the design, and employed Mrs. Ross
to execute the work. The house is stand
ing (No. 23D). Mrs. Ross was afterwards
Mrs. Claypoole. Her maiden name was
Griscom, and, according to the fashion of
the times, she was called 'Betsy,'
"JJetsy Griscom had, before tho revolu
tion, acquired some knowledge of tho up
holder' trade, as it was then called an oc
cupation synonymous with that of the mod
ern upholsterer and at the time mentioned
was carrying on business on her own ac
count in her little shop. One day, probably
lictweein the twenty-third of 3lay and the
fifth of June, 1777, during which period
Waulungton was in I'liiladeliilna, there came
to her the commander-in-chief, the honora
ble George Ross, and other gentlemen,
memliers of Congress, who desired to
know whether she could make them ft flag
according to a' design which they would
produce. She iuti mated her w illingness to
try. The design was for a flag of thirteen
red and white stripes, alternate, with a
union, blue in the field, spangled with thir
teen six pointed stars. Mrs. Iloss expressed
her willingness to make the Hag, ,btit sug
gested that the stars would Imj more sym
metrical and pleasing to the eye if miielc
with five points, and she showed them how
such a stur could Ijc made, by folding a
iiiece of paper, and producing the pattern
iy a single cut. Her plan was approved,
and she at once prcMx-eelcel to make tlie flag,
winch was finished the next day. Mrs.
Ross was given the position of manufacturer
of flags for the government, and for sonic
vears she was engaged in that occupation.
The business descended to her children.
and vaa carried on by her daughter, Claris
sa Claypoole, who voluntarily relinquished
it on becoming a member of the Society of
Friends, lest her handiwork should be. used
in time of war."
Lauslilns Children.
Give ine (says a writer) the boy or girl
who smiles as soon as the first rays of the
morning sna glance in through the window,
gay, happy and kind. Huch a hoy w ill tie
tit to "make up" into a man nt least when
contrasted with a sullen, morose, crahl-cd
fellow, who snaps and snarls like a surly
cur, or growls and grunts like an untamed
hyena, from the moment lie opens his angrv
eyes till he is "confronted" by his brenx-
fast. huch a-gin, other things being favor
able, will le good material to. ai4 in glad
clening some comfortable home, or to refine,
civilize, tame and humanize a rude brothe r
making Lna gentle, affectionate and lor-
fa - .mm . t
aiiie. ii is a jcasi to even iook at sucii a
joy-inspiring girL such a wornan-girl, and
see the smile Uowing, so to speak, from
the nailed lins. di?olavin" a act 'of i lenii.
treilrbrushed teeth, looking almost the pcr-
wmiiK ouou ii icauiT ana iroounetui, . sink
ing and as merry at the birds, the wide
awake iiirds that commenced their morn
ing concert lon before the lay bovs
dreamed that the snn mm approaching and
aliout to pour a whole flood of Sight sad
warmth upon the earth. Sue h a girl t like
a gentle shower to the part Led earth, le
stowing kind wc-rds, swett smucs and acts
of mercy to all around her the joy and
light of the household. '
Vt HAT IjOVB M TO A 1 1 OKAS. VI E.lt a
' . ....
wonderful thing love is to a woman! How
it heljs her to know that nme one ii fond
of her; that rejoices when she re joli i and
sorrows w hen she gra ves; to Ik; e?;re thnt
Le r faults are loved, tr.d tL-at Lr r f.u e U
fairer, to one, at I.a.i, th xa fates that
far more leaut:ml; that one prv.:A Lr-nrt
holds Ltr in its innermost n rr.'-. &! rove f-.ll
women. Bhe can d anything, le anvthii,
tfr . " . . .. 7 . ... "
prettier under tl.e sweet iii.";iener, brivhte r
kinder, t?tronger; and life w-e i.n but a ' fore
taste of Leaven; and all of Lt-r dreads arr
g.,3.1.
TnE nestjon Vhy printrrsdid n t tnr-
cetM a. well as brewers f rr.n ar;'w r
thus: 'H.'iu3 prii.ters work f.r thi Lead
It . I . . t a
uifi irir r j.r me siotii.v ii, aii-l win-re
tweuty men Lave tiui !h, but one I,
Lriinft."
T . ...
L-.s tLsa three hundred t ni-try birds ia l. r
i.ire tear Paris. '
- The Jew.
They have not invented anything. I
speak, certainly, without icfotcncu ti) the
very old times when they may have invented
a great deal. It is incontotable, hoviever,
that they exhibit .extraordinary aptitude in
utilizing the inventions of others. In some
pl.Mt s in this slow old Europe of ours, they
have run at a UlU ul as a p'ke ru.-hes ut u
spinning minnow and carries it clear off to
gorge at dis rvtion r.Liu'. The telegraph,
for 'instance. R:nm Reuter fumishca the
news of the world to all the English vi tiers
.and to many of the foreign journals.
"Wolff provides the news of central Eurox.
TIms an quite of Israel. Then there is the
JyeiMV ILtta, which may considered as
kmich inspiml, if not owned, by the same
gnat jictiple. EunjH5 is under these thumbs.
nl in these days news is money. And now
iiionry often means news in war jjis indeed
tihiiost identical, and no people unilcrstand
that Irelter than ,the parsimonious lrus
Mana, who lavishesl gxild for intelligence.
Here in Vienna, aa in other phu'c-s, the pre ss
is largely worked, ownesl. written and
largely intliieiieil by Jews. They have (
prxt iateil tho importance of holding Ihoend
f siieli a lever in their hands, and haveinl
neglect oil its use. Their general svmpa
thies are opuml to Roman Cat iiulicisiii,
which is aggressive, but they do not loc
the Greek church. They urc distraeteil
Miiiiewhat In-tutS'ii their dentoeratic and
lila-ml lirineiples.aiul I he effect W hii li would
Ik prxxlneed on aiu-ient Stales by n i igor
ous application of them. Certainly they
have reason to Ik proml of their race,
which, despite the heuvcnly malediction
and the hate of Christendom, has now
taken possession ef so. much of the good
of this world without striking a blow in
1-attle, or sustaining the burdens of na
tional life. In music, in money-making, in
peilitics, they play a great part. A Jew
owns the purest vintages, the Wnt cigars,
iuuI sonic of the finest horses in the world,
not to sjieak of paintings, statuary, jewels,
nnd china, and as the civilization of tlie
world advances so does the Jew come to the
front, not of the combat, but of the glean
ers, who gather the fruits of victory.' In
Vienna there arc more Jews than crossed
the Jordan with Joshua to smite the tribes
of Canaan. In the Austrian empire there,
are as many Jews as there were in Jiula in
the time of Titus, far more than there were
jn the captivity. Vienna Ixtttr.
Jasper Vlall'a Cork lMSht.
1 1 ei.k, a, Montana, August a. Your
readers have heard of Jasper Yiall's fighting ,
rooster.. Jasper was a pious resident oi
Keokuk, Iowa, and was apMiintcd Superin
tendent of Indian Affairs for this Territory
on the recommendation of the saintly Cheek
Harlan. Having cheated the Indians nnd
the Government out of more than $100,000,
he was dismissed, and has since abandoned .
piety aud Harhinism for easy living and the
sports of the cockpit. Viall made a match
with another citizen of Montana to fight
roosters for $100 a side, $200 forfeit if
either party failed to come to time with his
bird. JasjHT wroto to a gentleman of
fJevada, Boone county, Iowa, who is famous
for raising chickens, informing him of the
match, and requesting him to send by ex
press the lest lighting cock he; had, without
regard to expense. In due" time the bird
arrived iu Montana, at a cost of $100 and,
express charge, C. O. IX Josht paid the
amount, without grumbling, and to give the
game cock exercise after his long journey,
turned him loose in his yard. On the other
side of the fence there roamed a big dung
hill roeistcr, owned by one of Jasper's neigh
liors, and worth twenty-live cents. The
dunghill roosder- crowed. The hundred
dollar game cock took the crow for a chid-,
lenge, and flew over tLe fence to chastise
the Montaua bird. They fought. Jasper
Viall had gone out to tell his friends of the
lino bird from Iowa. They went to the
yard to see it. The game coc k was gone.
Jasper looked over the fence, and saw the
Montana dunghill standing triumphantly
over something. Ho jumped across nnd
lifted it up. The hundred dollar rooster
had lioth eyes picked out, nnd almut half
of his feathers were scattered around. Jas
per paid tho $200 forfeit.
Tlie (iualtlns Laura '. Smith.
Mrs. Laura' Cuppy Binith, a bright and
shining light among the free-lovists, sweetly
expresses herself thus:
vl he lover of my girlhood now walks the
viewless causeway of the air, and inasmucU
as he was cultured, lofty smiled nnd largo
b carted, he doubtless loves and is lie loved
by many a fair and queenly woman in 'that
land of light and song;' yet he finds time
to return to earth's turbulent scenes and
bathe my toil-worn spirits in the deep wa
ters ot ins passionate and intense nnectioii,
and those cords in my inmost In ing tliat
first resiionded to his touch, remaining mute
in presence of all others, thrill mid vibrate
as or yonvm an eestaey of rupture, w he n
swept by his spirit touch."
Uy which we infer that Mrs. Eaum
Cuppy Smith hasa celestial lover who rather
takes the wind out of tho sails of tho ler-
restml husband, and W ho occasionally con
ilescc.nd to leave "the viewless causeway
iif the air" for the purpose of getting down
on the old soil ami bathing his Laura's "toil
worn spirits" iu a new-fashioned balm of
Gileiul.
All of which' is excccdmdv nice nnd
tireKv. but if Mr Cnhi.u Knil, ia II ...... ...
. - - ' ..... I J ' " ' 1 1 I . I 1 T
should like to have his opinion of the per
formance. Ry the way, isn't it rather odd
that you never hear of one of these female
free-lovists finding "her itllinitv" in the
man she is married to? It is always Home
, w a . . .
outer cnap who stirs the passionate long
ings of her eager soul. Minri Uqm!,),-
Mr. Henrt Watteiimon, of the LouisvilW-CoHrier-Joiinutl,
is in Kngland. whenen hi-
writes saucily to his pajicr ulxnit w hat he
w mitt urarn. in n rc-e-ein letter lie dis
cusses United States Minister Fchcnck, wilh
the same reckless irreverence; that c harac
terizes all his utterances. He ue.iiii!. Mr.
hclicnck Of the charge cf corrupt ion, but
says that ho is a vic tim of hi pension fr
cards. According to Mr. Wattersoii.
Kchcnck regarded it ns part of his mission
to Great Rritain to introduce the great
American g.uue of draw-ix.ker. This be
nan no einiie-uity in doing; but the bloHy
Uritistiers acqnircl the rudiinents of the
game so rapi.fly that Mr. Se hene ks salary
tum succumbed to the pressure. In this
strait, be whs induel tutake eertain li-iri-s
of stm k in the Emm Mine, f,,r w hich he
gave his hole; hence Mt;i.i.-i:.n, and neniid d,
and reproach, thftugh it not appear
that Mr. rkhenek protHed in the Icut de
gree by tlie transaction. Rut there ii
another phae of the nif.ttcr .hi h Mr.
Grant ought not to overlook r it is sli.iin. ful
that a representative of the Airi-rieuii "ov
trument should be: beaten U the j,r4tioii;d
game by foreigne rs. Tho true .solution d
the problem is to have; the; diplomatic- f;p-I-jintmenU
di.puKcl of, like: other, by
t-xitiifretilivc cxaini nation. It i not ('j.Iei
go's habit to Iks U.futful; !,ut we rath.r
imagine that we could furni-.li a coin!e d
cotnjietitors, aay a IV. i ted J -tat en S n .'
ana lU'prcscntatsvc m ,.,..-
examination rather c-xjx -i.-itc t-i ii,n Mcr
applicants. And then, wl.ie -hever of them,
captured the stakes, Americans would enjoy'
the proud satisfaction eif knowing they
Lave a Minister at the Court if St. ".Lunes
who is E!:;Li!y fsj-j i.-.g the regain of
bloated and etfi nri.-.tocraey. Vl:l,;,,j,,
Tii.ui.
A Tkirtt TiiorsA.vn "Arm: I'AKri i::.
Much haa Ix-cn sail of ktc Ly the; pr-4t.f
tho SL'tte in re"-ir,l to tin. I .r.... . .1 . t
era and the liu.illos pristures of c -rtain i.i.r-
i ieias. j,.;t we are ce. ! ' .:, nt tti.it
the nanu-s of the l.irg-..t cat tl.-. dealers of
Texas have rarely ever found the-ir way i.-.t.i
the jiubiie j.rijds, and we an.- coniM. !,t il.-l
the lurg'-j-i p.r-trj in the ite ?. "tm
Lonored and unhung."
We allude to thea-ture of G.-.,. V,'. Lut
L r, U-twtea Cmr tre k c;-d Dlrken .,. It
iMh;irde-il ! y aun-eye.r, p' rf.-etly f..;. ""
with the: can. try, ten-oi.Uia thirty fhwi-'
tu-tr. The I ir:-, -t pasture, p-rh 'v. .
or any ot!.e-r tute j., !,,. r, ;.. ' 1 ,1...
t t'."'.;.v.;i.! of tattle- e.-wni d by r"r."
J . s 1
i.u
Cvmim rrmt.
V.o-
r r v.j- i-v. : , . 4 1' t . r
through i.fe are cauved by
IrVt'tl L jLt.
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