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TIIUK3DAY.... FEB. 24.1881 The Breuhaiu Banner seems to aiiPnfc liv the nr,l ami orononnces t JrtUe Kvau-J unlit to occupy a plc on the Federal bench. i'-. .. Jp Dohlirnl liartlei ilo really break 'upon tun liquor question, what Is going to become of tho hopele ..minority that ha heretofore taKnu only water? 1 he reporter who went Into Mil - Ifil'i on a froe pasa, ami who came ' out and took his Jollar at the door 11 Trhen there ru n.- play, weut to ;San Antonio. (. Thuer car load of silkworm, valnei. at $t,000,000, have Jaet passed across the continent on the way 'from China, by way of rn ''raaeU'co, to France. '.; Thr : Grant iubBcriptlou fund mvouuU . to ; $350,000, making- him a - . worth orer a half million, to which ' " ta&j be added the happy faculty of :- never having a bill to pay. J .. . - m fat post ought to know better. It . ya there was a trade between th .sVleiida of . Roberta and Maxey to Iwat Coke la 1883. Waa U not bc ' "twfen " the friend of Maxer and "'ndtgan? ' i' :Th Merchants' lchaBge of San Antonio has been fully organized, i . ami it to presumed that it members '' are' to-day dancing attendance to te represent at Ives of the state gov .' - i ernmani. , .. ; 'i ' V4 PPle GrantandDona An ' ';. darson couatlea offer a private puser - -" at $100 torZ every Apache scalp J ;bronjht to them, and darkphalred joaght,' With nnshorn locks, are v "l .leaving thos parts. - 'fm Caucasian committee refuses . to share the grandeurs of the inaug- ' toration ball with the colored man. . $6 black renus will be permitted to display her ebon grace under Gar- . fleldVelcctrlc lights I j : jfifU Kino. Independent Derao , crat, was chosen mayor of Philadel 1 phta 'beating Stokely, Republican, ' , present Incumbent. The vote was ' the largest ever polled at a purely "- lor al election in that city. . ..-'I Tub Brenham. x7aj--thinks it Colly for anewBpaper to waste ra ' " muuttion on Senator Houston. lie must be credited, it must be . admitted, with being smart enough to secure notoriety through the press. J party of Socialistic exiles from Germany came to Texas with a view of bnylng land in the south western part of tho stato and founding a community of a co-operatlvo orcom munAl character. It is said they will ; be joined by others now in different parts of the United States. Tub New York Jlerald is pleased . to say ' that much Interest . is -beng manifested in other states . regarding the World's Exposition in New York in 1863. and especially .; it is' gratifying to know that Gov. Roberta recommends a plan, by . whkh Texas will take part in the occasion. . , Ths Tyler Couritr says: It Is reported here this week that there Is a powerful lobby at Austin from thin and Ru?k counties plan ldng to have Eeagan legislated into another congresjioaKl district- We do hot know who the part les are, and care very little about it anyway, but it may be the one in whoso in terest the lobbying is done, If done atall,wmgetbfcdlylci , . ... i tar a WtTKTK "th past three mouths .t-'cti twontv-seren' compuuis .hafo or r r- ganged la' the city of Xew York n. Pljne,to embark in mining enter ' . rles la iicxico and nuifiona of j j doM ' being iavesied. . Ae a : cotamencement, the ootlay u from .V thirty to forty thousand dollars, but ' .enmtanies well underway and work tffg tAvr reach larger sums in the bnsine. What has been done li earcely regarded as an indication - of what will yet happen. . ; A Tfc.XAH M'fiAK PCtNTA TI OX . r j The Imlepeinhnt tell of the AVnl- i deck plantation . iu Urazoria county wHicircompripes an area of tiTiout! 25jO neren, situated about lour miles from Columbia. Tlio dwelling la a vcrr lar-;e, comfortable brick, built in the ancient style, fcun-oiinded with betnitiful bhrnblic'ry andtrce of difl'erent kinds. There in quite a stream flowing through the place, which fumishs wnier lor all pur pose. Everything' i Joeateu con venieutlv stable. ' mgar bouse, dwelling', quarters and blacksmith shop all within" a stone's throw of each' other. Mr. Viola, the pres ent manager, says : that lie' xlid not lose much cane, and that he made about CW hogsheads of sugar. The place wastirM owned and opened by Morgan L.'Smith, who sold it to Mr. Bass. Clarified eugar was manufac tured for some. time, when the stub ble was plowed up, all the sugar ma chinery laid aside, and cotton gins substituted, and the whole planta tion was planted in cotton. When the war ended and the slaves were freed, raiding cotton was considered impracticable, and" cane waa again planted, and it has ever since been a sugar farm, but the clarifying pro cess was abandoned. Mr. Tiola is from Louisiana, and has long been a surar planter. When he took charge there were about 250 acres in cane and about 500 acres in all in cnltiva tion. There are how 1150 in cultl vatlon, 650 being in cane, and 110 more acres are matted down to "be planted in the spring. The year ho took charge he shipped 242 hogs heads, and last year he made 650, and besides this two barrel of mo lasses to endu hogshead of sugar, making! .1300 barrels.' Counting tho molasses at $10 "a barrel, and the sugar at $75 a hogshead, there are over $60,000 realized frcm thU crop. Such place are numerous lit Brazo ria eounty, and the whole of Brazo ria. Fort Beud, Matagorda and Wharton counties could bo convert fd Into one VKctt mi!rnr field, making enough sugar tor the Cnitfed States. The House Committee on Asy lnms. Mr. Bruce chairman, have had under reconsideration the bill making an appropriation for the en largement of the Lunatic Asylnm ; and In their report they say : . "In view of the fact that there are in the state threo or tour hundred insane persons who havn failed, for want of accommodations, to obtain admission into the asylum: of the fact, as stated to us by skillful and reliable architect, that all the build inga necessary fr the reception of all of tho insano within the limits or the state.: can bo erected and fully completed ' within tho next two years, If suulcleut means can he Placed at command for this purpose, and, proportionately, more cheaply than if only the extension, before recommended, is made ; and xt the farther fact that 4be large surplus at present in the state treasury, puts it in tbo power of this Legislature to accomplish, in full, aa urgently recommended by the governor, the very desirable obiect ot taking suit able care of all of the insane ot our state, your committee have come to the conclusion that the means neces sary for the attainment of this ob ject should now-bo- usedf; and we. therefore, recommend that, instead of $60,000,. the sum of $120,000 bo appropriated for the erection of ad ditional buildinars t and that instead of $3250, the sum of $7500 be ap proprlated for furnishing tne same." Ma. Tbaylob's '.bill proposing to amend1 tho religious clause in the public free school law, reads ; 33 No form of religion shall ever be taught in any of the public free schools ; and no achooHn which any sectarian relicion ia tausrat, either directly or indirectly, in or out of school . iionse, enoii De entttiea- to any portion of 4he free school fund ; provided, that schools taught in any building belonging to. any particu lar denomination, and provided the reading of the Bible by tne pupils, and provldid further tho opening of scnool witn prayer oy ine.ieacner snail not oe coniiuerca any vioj& tion of this article. . The committee recommend that tho words "no iorm of religion shall ever be taught .in any. of the public free schools," bo omitted. C'Ksua returns place the cotton crop of li.s't year, not including Vir ginia, MUsourl and the Indian Ter ritory, at 5,656.757 bales, against a commercial crop according to the National Cotton Exchange of 5,761, 252, a difference of about 200,000 bales The omitted states cover nearly 50,000 bales, leaving nearly 150,000 to be accounted tor in the commercial report. The census professes to get actual production; the National . Cotton Exchange gives' the commercial crop deliv eries from the cotton , belt and the consumption in the South daring each year. It ia possible- therefore, in the deliveries of 1879-80, that 100,000 bales of the previous year's growth were included. Thev could have reached 150,000 bales. ; It ia said that Gen. Garfield con templates incorporating, in bis in augural a special mention of the South as a section.. ' It is believed that he will -advert to the educa tional statistics of .the South as ob tained in the tcneus of 1880,' and take the ground that the social, po litical and .economic condition of that section would be materially en hanced by the removal of the dense ignorance which prevails among the blacks. - If he .does thin, it may nat: GToliy be ejpacteU that-he will make some- practical suggestion on the fnbjvetv r ' : .vjvrtw'v ' 13 1888 it wjll be the fashionable thing to : make';' excursion -to-the city of ilexliV Whether, there will be a free rule a&l free lodgings and frae lunch, and: wine .-to. induce a gTert crcJwdtooy'MltU to San Autonio, is a que'tics. The trip will require a purse well filled with doubloons, and hence it will be deciJedly nobby to riait the city of the IbaiemN. i. - A VN1VKRTV SYSTEM. . There ha boon much discussion of j laic in educatiuiiaiquarler'. as to the boot jihin to be adopted lit the; establishment of a Mate .university. The legislative i-ouniiitieeo on edu cation, have produced an admirable bill, providing for (lie inauguration of a university, but the machinery of such an iuHtiimuin ha? got to be' put in force, nnd It. will take time and care and experience through a number of jear.s i iiiuk; it pei b-ct. The States.max if. in rm-ipt of o liuiuiioiiri corrcspoudentc betwt-r-n l'rof. Win- r. Banks of Carvin Col lege, and Prof. Alexndjig.uow iuthe ciijjineer service of the"' Texas. Sc icilie r.'iil aj company," iu which the liit induces the latter' to give an insight into the establishment aud operation ot the Soulh's greatest institution of learning, the Cuiver sitv of Virginia. Tie says: From our American Universities I shall begin however, as you indi cate, first with a historic sketch ot the University of. Virginia. This institution was designed bv Mr. Jcfl'erson to be the head of a liberal and broad system of public free schools, sustained and directed by the state. Governor Roberts has, in his special message indicated substan tially the same plan, adding, how ever, the normal school, which was not known as such in the davn of Mr. Jefferson, but provided for lu tho organization of the university, which has lurnibbcd more real and earnest teachers than any other class of graduates. Ithaafuruished tor colleges alone over 200 profes sors, besides a multitude of men neither less able nor less distin guished, who are conducting first- class academies. - The condition of free tuition, was only granted to two classes of at udents those pre paring lor the- Christian ministry, and thoee preparing tc become teachers. Tho latter took as an obli gation, for such free tuition, that they would teach in the bounds 'of the state lor two years after leaving the university, So early as 1770, after the separation from the mother country, ilx. Jcner son, with Messrs. Pendleton and Wythe, following the example of Frederick of Prussia, uought to In corporate into the codeof the infaat state, even amidst the wasting war of the revolution, a general system of edneatlop, doing luatlco to all classes alike. The Plan thus pre sented contemplated three classes of seminaries i 1. Elementary whools to bo main tained at the public ehargo, and to oe rrei! ro ait. . '2. General -'sch'ook, ' correspond ing to - academies - and col leges, for . the education of bucU as bad time, .means and in clination for further culture; these to be assisted to some extent from the public treasury, but. Supported chiefly by tuition tee?. These schools were designed to embrace s tion in languages, ancient and mod ern, natural sciences in au its ae partraents, and philosophy, mental and pom teal. . B. AujiiveNl v in which mhould be tanghi ii the.: highest degree every branch of knowledge, whether calculated to enrich, stimulate and adorn ke understanding, pr to bo useiui.tu l lie ai l aud practical bunt ness of life. - - Without euuiiic-ratiugnow the spe cial anct varied sutv)ectf taught in tho university. I shall sneak of its- orean- izationwith regard to the govern ment, discipline ami methods of in struction, the government Is rested in a rector, and visitors appointed by the governor. These appoint a faculty ironi whom... annually, chairman i elected. The visitors appoint thfir own rector, as did for a long time tho facility select their own chairman. The chairman is the executive officer of the faculty The. faculty report to the! visitors through their -chairman, and the vis itoris to the legislature through their rector.1 There la a connected chain of responsibility beautifully illus trating our- democratic pr republi can form of government, .. The chairman, rector and jrover- nor are these heads respectively of the faculty, visitors and legislature. This idea modified .and adapted to our form of civil government "was borrowed, partly from the German universities and also from the Uni versity of Pisa, Padua and Lyden. Especially from the latter was de termined the small number of visi tors, at first seven, afterwards in creased to nine, for local purposes. There la little of Oxford and Cambridge in ' the- Virginia Uni versity, and fortunately. . 80 - too. As you know each- professor has! charge of what .is termed a school e, g: school of 'Latin or school -of mathematics, and is re sponsible foe the method of conduct Jug it. This being his . own imme diate works, of course his wholo time and employ &Te laid under con tribution to make his the most use fulnot as compared with any other school, not relatively, - but abso lutely. The leaching or method of in struction here should be especially noticed, not by section wholly, as in the German university.nor by reci tationa only, as iu the English uni versity ( collection oi colleges) of the tutors, but by -a happy and juat combination of the two. Of course this exacts of the professor more labor, but still at the time of the in auguration of the university it was necessary unavoidable, so as in a measure , to supply the deficiencies growing out of -a lack of proper preparatory schools and colleges. This double method lecture recita tion, note-book and text-book study is still necessary lu the pro fessional achoola particulsHy. . Directly growing out o:' this fea ture of Instruction ba9 t.rown the rigorouB . W KliXtN EXAJtTXATIOSS, ' ' ..' embracing 'the whole "' fcject gone over, whether by lecture. f jjy text books. AA-bnportar-t ature of these examinations : -a, they are not "competitive" -the otaudard is ab solute, ; A fixed percentage, say 75 per cent, pn spme, and 8iper cent, on other subjects, must be obtained in-order o graduate, - i There are no "flm",, or, yaeeond" honor men. All who. receive the.reo,uisite amount gradnate; ..IThosewho fall below, howerej! Biaalitbe deflcienoT, do not. This prevents "feeling" and jeal ousies" -and even, disgraceful "con tests,". appeals from professor's de ciaiona, atthoughbacked by examin ing oouimittee.- v l . .s; Again,. attaodijuce. upon .lectures, however -tegular residence r in the University, however long are not of any avau to a canauiate tor gradua tion. Academic degree L Proficient ; 8. Graduation in school; S. Bache lor of Letter ; . Baehetor of Jet- en ce ; 5. Bachelor of -Arts; . Mas-! ternfArte. - -- Professional degrees 1. Bachelor of Law; 2. Doctor of Medicine; I. Civil Engineer; 4. Mining Engineer. the nisciPLixk of the institution is based on mu tual trust and confidence . be tween the authorities and the students. In ail cases manly prin ciples of self-control are appealed to. NO system of snrveiliauc.o is employed. The regulations arc as few as possible, and tho imposition of aitiheial restraints is avoided. The statement of students in all transactions, with the authorities, are received on honor: ana in the written examinations, though the examiners arc always in the room when the examination is held, thev relv upon the certificate which each student . is required to give with his examination pa pers, to the enect that he has neither given or received assistance. Tho good effect of this appeal to the students' honor and the abolition of espionage in imbuiuH'the body of the students with the spirit of truth and candor, anil in pro moting a frank and manly inter course between the students and professors cannot be loo higly esti mated. It cultivates manline'ss.and rears true men, whether for private or public station. RELIGIOUS EXERCISES are in the charge of a chaplain, who is not a university officer, but simply the pastor of the faculty and stu dents. The chaplain is elected every two years from one of the four lead ing denominations In the state, the Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodist and Episcopalian. Attendance on the morning prayers, and the Sun day services is entirely voluntary. In this connection I mention the plan proposed by Mr. Jefferson, to pro vide for lectures on theology, con sistently with the views of the com plete sepration of church and state. This was to induce the dif ferent denominations to found schools of theology with the univer sities, by offering" to the students of these schools special advantages in connection with the university selec tions, and the tree use ot all the cabi nets, apparatus and libraries. The enactments extending this invita tion still remain on .the statute book, but no denomination has availed itself of it privileges Failing in this, the selection oi the chaplain, was the next best, and the only thing which could be done, Anli while it may be said with all truth, to be free, entirely so, from sectarian bias and ecclesiastical control, to have completely severed Itself from even' thinaf like church denomination, vet no institution ha3 done more for the dissemination of sound morality and Christian piety. A late chairman of the faculty said : "The University of Virginia for fifty years has shown itself to bo eminently adapted to the wants of Virtrinia and the Mouth, its plan has been adopted in most of its de tails by a number of colleges and universities. 1 he success of a uni vorsity is to be estimated bv tho thoroughness and extent of the Instruction in specialties and of the sreneral enlUire whieh it elves: bv the cultivation through its discipline of a spirit of truthfulness and man ly candor by the inculcation through its authorized religions exercises; a spirit of earnest worship and rever ence for religion! by keeping a high standard of Christian morality, and by the encouragement of Christian union and activity; in benevolent enterprises, by the' maintenance of a high standard of scholarship among the people, and by Its vitalizing power upon all tho institutions sub ordinate, or otherwise, which came within the area ot its influence. Judged by all these criteria the University of Virginia, with its broad, open elective - system is a great success.; In tho last view it is the great cen tral heart, sending the warm life blood through the poble colleges and high schools wedged to the humblest primary school within its borders, impressing on all its lifo priuciple of thorough, honest work. Nor ia this influence confined to the state. It has made Virginia the great school of the south and south-west, and has wielded a powerfuly persua sive influence by its example and through its alumni on the great sec tion of the republic." HABBOR APPROPRIATIONS FOB TEXAS. The bill reported from the House Committee on Commerce recom mends the following appropriations for Improving Texas harbors : Improving Galveston harbor, con tinuing operations at outer bar, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving Aransas Pass and Bay, up to Rockport and Corpus Christi, eighty thousand dollars. Improving channel over bar at month of Braros nver, forty thou sand dollars Improving Pass Caballo Inlet into Matagorda Bay, sixty thousand dol lars. - Improving ship channel, Galves ton Bay, fifty thousand dollars. Improving Neches river, three thousand dollars. Improving Sabine Pass and Blue Buck Bar, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Improving Narrows of Sabine river above Orange, and to deepen channel at its mouth, seven thousand dollars Improving Buffalo Bayou: To se eure a channel ol one hundred feet, twenty five thousand dollars; Improving harbor at Brrzos San Diego, seventy-five thousand dol -lars. - The Secretary of Warjs directed to examine Sabine Pass, through Sa bine lake and river to Orange and Sabine lake, and the Neches river to Beaumont, and to ascertain the cost and practicability of a deep water channel from Sabine Pass to Orange and Beaumont Thz price of tickets to the inaugu ration ball in Washington, March 4, has been fixed at five dollars, and so far more have been bought by color ed people than by whites. It prom ises to be an ngly social affair, and tho aristocracy of the capital display anxiety as to the result. ; , . Tee New York Chamber of Com merce has voted that the Lowell bill for the establishment of a" uniform national system of bandruptcy, as amended by the National Board of Trade, should be approved by the Chamber. ... Whzs DeLesseps'. enemies to have anything to say about a wildcat scheme in Panama, theypuld bear in mind that in 1880 his Suez canal gave accommodation to the passage of 2n26 ships, with a tonnage amounting to 4149,543 tons, produc ts s rrrenae f 99,750,000 francs. Our WaKhlnKton Latter1. Washington, r ebruary 14, 18bl. ) V e have had a narrow escape from the visitation? of justice, and this storied old Potomac imagined itself the instrument selected. Vennor, the Great, predicted a thaw. 7 The thaw came not up to the minute, and we derided the prophet,- and laughed Saying: Where is thy thaw, O false prophet!" The derided one beckoned his familiar to his aid; and lo, the result ! Suddenly, when we least expected it,Jack Frost gath ered his lrozen tatters about ms Dine old legs, and fled away to the North, whistling, in search of the Jeannette, perhaps. Vennor winked down to Hazen Hazeu winked back to Ven nor, and we woke up Saturday morning to tind, that the Potomac had broken its bounds of ice, and was roaring, and rising, and coming down "like a wolf on the fold." And the sun laughed down at the rivet, and the river laughed up to the sun, like a great, uproaring, swollen. Fal- stall ol rivers, as it was. . men we remembered Vennor, and we re membered him with respectful fear. i ue morning papers gave us a sua- den disrelish lor our breakfast by in forming U3 that the worst was not yet come, that the waters had not yet reached their highest, that the bridges must go at the next tide; I : I ; . I. - I A pt,!-.;nM aud it all came trne. The water rose Saturday until it overflowed its banks and burst some of the sewers. A great flood from four to six feet deep spread itself along that part of the city south of Pennsyl vania Avenue, from the President's back door even to the foot of the Capitol, a distance of at least.a mile. Stores were flooded, property de stroyed, and the citizens of the southern part of the city cut off from the rest of the town. Ferry boats were soon Unurovised. and the street cars that ventured across carried their passengers clinging to the roof. A million will scarcely cover the losses, and a few accidents, one or two of them fatal, are credited to the scare of " Vennor'a thaw but never theless, the irrepressible and pleas ure-loving Washingtoniana made almost a gala occasion of it on Sat urday afternoon. Pennsylvania AV' cuue was thronged, and at 5, .when the matinee at the National, was over, and the brilliant audience added its numbers to the crowd, tho scene became extremely - gay, Laughter wai king, and his imps sped up and down the thoroughfare touching tuousanus or tips-with hilarity and 1e3t. Cut what a god-eud was it all fo the newspaper men I it ever those pious gentlemen uttered n prayer of gratitude it wa9 then. A hey were everywhere, taking notes, -asking questions, cracking totes and bless ing their lucky stars ; for Washing ton, like a field too often ploughed, sown and reaped, begins to grow less trintmi, anu the reporter nnas himself sometimes put to it to find matters of interest. The National Capital is the best or. worst (have it as yon wilt) written up city op the globe perhaps, and a slight dearth of news items, such as threatened to spread between now :and the In auguration, made the legion of quill drivers hero congregated tremble. The question of news for the hungry man of the nation was becoming serious here, when the rampant old l'otouiac stepped in to nil it Apropos of newspaper men and newspapers, there is perhapb no Sunday morning breakfast in America better spiced than that of the sojourner in Washington, - if he is a reader of that ; paper which the combined spleen and In telligence (the former preponderat- iuf, li- is iu uu ieureuj, ui uuta i luit makes lamous. This bitter -old sa tirist, this incorrigable old possi mist. But stop! Let us leave bis en logy to be written by those whose backs have been scraped by his pen; thev win give mm more than his due, be sure. . It is a proverb here that when once Mr. Piatt takes hold of a man, be it fi martially by the baud, or vindictively bv the $ crufl ol the neck, he never lets go. Nothing is too good to say of his friend,--noth ing too bitter of his enemy,- and from appearances, -''iteration brings conviction," must be the motto on his escutcheon. Just now he is beaming on Texas. Texas has Bur- prised Mr. Piatt by re-eleoting Mr. Maxey. Mr. Piatt loves MrMaxey score one for hia good taste there but with "frankness quite i over whelming he tells us he did not ex' ?iect such good sense from Texas or rom the Democratic party.' T. The Colored Increase. - The speculations indulged in a few years ago over an imagined decrease in the colored population" of the South are pretty effectually dissi pated by the new census. The fol lowing statement shows that popu lation in all the former , slave states, except Texas, for the years 1870 and 1830, together with the increase in each state during the deoade: states. 1870. 1830. Alabama 475,610 000,141 Arkansas 122.108 : 920,822 Delaware ,22,784 f- ..- 26,466 Florida .!. 91,889 126,26 Georgia 545.142 r..V 724.664 Kentucky 222,310 ,271,462 Louisiana 864,110 483396 Maryland. : H5,8ei ; ---20096 Mississippi 444,291 . 602,221 Missouri 118,071 . 145,046 North Carolina 891,660 '581,816 South Carolina 415.814 , 604,825 Tennessee 822,881 402,991 Vinrinta 512341 ' 831.766 West Virginia 17,980 25,72 Total ... . Increase .... 4,242,003' 6.843,891 1,401,680 This increase of 1,401,888, or more than one-third, is surprising when we reflect that it is a natural in crease, unaided by immigration. The white population of the same btates was, in 1370, 8,813,877 ; in 1880, 11,259,713, or about 28 per cent., the colored increase being 88 1-8 per cent. If this large increase in the colored population is not merely nominal and due to the dafective census of 1870, then it shows that the colored race is doubling in the South every thirty years. . i; L The Sherman Courier pute it thus: "Before the advent of newspapers railroads and the telegraph,, barn doors and post-oak trees were the best that could be afforded for pre senting information, in bad orthog raphy and worse penmanship., , Now, people must read plain print, that they may get information rapidly and easily. The newspapers are tor that purpose. They are robbed of the office they were appointed to fill, when the legal information spoken of is withheld from thenx and it is a reflection on this age of enlightenment, progress"' and civili zation to ignore theniin Rebating' with any matter, gf nubile.; interest: Evangelist Penn is going to settle in Palestine. Not the ancient conn trv bevond tbe Mediterranean, but the thriving little city on the line of the LnteraatienAi railway. , The Inauguration show - . i v.,, . -- ... Luderthenew military ariaiiirc- ment making Washington a garrison Ipost - noticed inr the - Jiepubluwn ! some time since live batteries ol , ihe Second United States Artillery will take up permanent quarters in that city before the 4th of-March. An order just issued by Gen. Sher man, will, on or before that date, temporarily increase this force with five batteries from New York har bor -and four from the artillery school at Fortress Monroe. These fourteen batteries will be reinforced "for perade purposes on the 4th by strong detachments from the navy and , mar ine" ciirps, "and an in definite number of military- men from difl'erent parts of the country' These latter are going in-various shapes, by companies, battalions and regiments; audit is said that Pennsylvania is preparing to send an 'entire division. So .from present indications there will . be . more troops in Washington at .the inau guration than at any previous time since the war, and Mr. Garfield will be assisted into the executive chair by almost as many bayonets as brace up .European monarccs on corona tion Occasions. Political clubs and delegations ot all sorts and sizes, and swarms of visitors from near and far, will swell the show, which the managers announce "will be the most imposing the Federal - Capital has ever witnessed." While the taste which converts what was intended to be, and once was, a simple and impressive cere monial into a colossal spectacular performance, is open to criticism, no serious objections can be urged to any feature ot ,the programmo ex cept the military. That ia not only in bad taste, but indirectly estab lishes a bad precedent. Americans formerly took pride in their non-imitation of monarchial customs, espe cially in everything connected witu the government. The. soldiers as sembled In Washington" will e'foe ble, yet significant, imitation of one of ':tho worst of these customs. Americans i once boasted that, the man elected to their highest office i m j. a. . ' . . 1 uau sujnuieui protection in me pop ular will, and required no other. The soldiers assembled in Washing ton, while not employed in the pro tection ot Mr. uarneld, sug gest that some snccesor may need it; suggest the possibil ity that a time may come when the presence of soldiers at a presiden tial inanguration will be an impera tive necessity. . What in the present Instance is intended only to add the pomp and circumstance ' of brass buttons and bands to other attrac tions, opens the door for something more serious. Hereafter an army may be gathered at Washington at any inauguration, and a bit of holi day foolishness used as a us tinea- tion' for military intimidation. A free people, if lealous of their.free- dom. can not be too careful In avoid ing even tho appearance of evil and when they sanction, no matter on what pretext, such a display of military force; as this, they forget the warnings of history forget that "eternal vigilance is tho price or liberty." ! 43u'the4th of March, 1801, Thomas Jefferson rode unattended to the gate of the Capitol, , dismounted, tied his horse to the fence, went in and took the oath of office as presi dent of the United States, 1 If such extreme republican simplicity is in consistent' with " modern republi canism, the representatives of the latter might, at., least afford to dis pense ,with innovations, the. influ ence of which is more or less harm ful: Certainly Jefferson's rnangnra ' tion 'Waa more' like ' that- of a chief magistrate of a republic than , Gar field's will, be, The one .could only hive occurred in a republic; the tither might ocCur in any monarchy, The one reminds us of Home in the prime of her republican purity ; the other reminds u of Rome at the be- f inning of her imperial rottenness, he one was apractical illustration ot republican principles ; the other will indicate that these principles, if they' exist at all save iu'name, are hopelessly oufpf fashion. Sf. Louis BepuWcan 'Miscellaneous Advertisements. A REIGN OF TERROR. tie Alarmlnz iacreasj aT Heart Disease" MUM . symptoms wlUcli Precede IL Leadin to Boienttflo Investigation anil an Attempt to Check Its Increase. I- Tie Woiierritl Prowrnas - .nr "Sedatlne-de-Indla," .anu now 10 rroi&iiy use n Facts of Importance for All Bocraiding a " - New Discovery. The mortality statistics of this country show that a great proportion of deaths arise from Heart Disease. Put aside from the fatality which attends It, tbe incon venience and suffering which even the first Maxes brintc make It necessary to plait prompt measure! for relief. Un doubtedly the greatest remedy of mod ern times for curing diseases of the Heart is "Sedatlne-de-Indla," which Is accom plishing such wonderful results and at tracting to much attention. This great remedy possesses' Ingredients specially designed tor all the numerous troubles ot the Heart. The combination Is tbe re sult of long and careful experiment, and It can be safely asserted that when taken In time It will eure in every case. Do you ever have Klghtmare, oppressed feeling in the side or breast, Irregular Action, Throbbing, . Jumping. Fluttering, Mo mentary Stopping, Slow ClrctilHilon of the -blood These are ail tymptoins of Heart Disease. - Those wbo. are suffering and have never tried it, ehould do ho at once ; those whahavc ever tried It do not need to be urged to do so again. If yMt, Druggist has not got It, send one dollar and fifty cents to our address and it will fee mailed tovou. Sole ajreute In Aruer-' ica, Lobdell Chemical Co., St. Louis, .Mo. For sale in Austin by J. v . Graham. -.. ' J5ERVOUS DEBILITY. Viinl Vcalr tress, Prostration from Overwork br In discretion, la radically and prorpptlv cured by ''St. James' Vltalic rills." They renew the vigor of youth nnd areaposi tiiy 'ruxe for, Spematorrhca, ImpotenpTj Sexual debility, etc. Price one dollar snui fifty cents per -box, sent by mail by the sole agents, Lobdoll Chemical Co., SC.' Louis. Mo For sale in Austin bv J. W. Graham'.'--' - - Ju2C dwly I VlOTICE TO TA3f PAYERS All porsons i l who bare not paid their ad valorem tax for tbe year 18d0, are unified tbat under . the fay 1, 18S1 Come up sua stttloand save costs . ' j faJS-lwd-ltw A.- B. HOKRISX H , ADMIN ISTItATOIlS': NOTICE. - Weeroai.attbe JanraryTerm, A,D. 136L of the County Court of Travis countv, Texa, lae tera of-admlnlitrafloa aeon the estate of Thomas S- Sotoa, decead, were (ranted to too AdWslgned, (totlce 1 hereby erven, requlrlaf allpneoua haviag claims again! id . preseBt the nmt within the tine or. b, r.7w remiAiain bcln- tn sra C mnty, ana of Austin, our post office eddree being the City .A Admlnletratora. OBTDi.TXAa, January 18, 1381. w4t 'if :W.-H. FIREBAUGH & CO., HARDWARE,, PIECED AND STAMPED TINWARE. AC.KNTS B. F. Avery & The Alligator Cross Cut Saw. - FASIXT SHARPENED. ALWAYS MADY. Ask your Merchant for then, ! BUT S4 ttSJIJt'.Xi.' Trade'siippliedby OUZtTIS Ct CO., Sole Maimfiichuw, ST. LOUIS. MO. Miscellaneous; Advertisements. HO LMAN'S "pad TXADSUAUC TIE 011LY TRUE HALAP.AL ASTIDOIE. IB. HoLMAH'i Pad ls.no' guess work remedy no feeble imitative vxperimeut no purloiusil hortga-podire of lome oilier Inventor's klues: It ia the original and onlv Ucnuino Cnratlre Pad, tbe only remedy that has an honestly-acquired rlftht to use tbe title word "PAD" in connection with a treatment for chronic diseases of tbe Stomach, Liver aud Spleen. By a recently perfected Improvement, Pn. PoluaH has greatlv Increased tbe scope of the ad'a usefulness, a.id epprectsbly augmented its active curative power. ThU great improvement pivoA Hoi van's Pad (with its Adjuvants) complete and u Wailing con trol over the' mo-t perMftent and unyielding form of Chronic Disease ot tbo Stomach aud Liver, as well as Malariul Biood-polnoning. Holman Pad have oured aud are dally curing diseases ot so many kinds, that the list la well olgh interminable. It includes Malar ial Poison of every type, from Achlne Bones and Low Fevers to "chills and Dumb Apuo; Stomach Plsenies, such ae Dyspop-ia, Indiges tion, Sour Stomach, Chronic Clarrhaia, Flaiu lency, Hewrtburu, etc., etc.; Llvor Disorders, like Blllonsndse, Bilious Colin, Pnnpicrons Fa vor, Sick Headache, ruins in the Hiuo, l'.Uions Fevers, Torpid Llvor, etc., etc. Well noes this mighty remouy justify the eminent ProiPipor Loomis' high encomium : "It Is nearer a Uni versal Panacea than anything In Medicine." The success of Holman Pad has inspired imitators wbo offer Pads similar In form nnd odor to the- genuine Uolm&n Pad. Beware of these bogus and Imitation Pads, gotten np onlv to sell on tbo reputatiou of the OKKLlNfi HOLMAN PAD. Each Genuine Holman Pad bears the Private Bevenne Stamp ot the HolxaV Tad COmpaKT, with the above trade Mark, printed In giceu. FOK SALE EY ALL FIRST CLASS PttUO GIST8, or ent by mail, post puld, on recoipt of 13.00. HOLMAN PAP CO., P. O. Box 2113, . t3 Wllliom t ., New York. Jan-I eotUwgui . 0 ; No TIME BH0TJLD BE Lf 1ST If the stomach, liver uud lioweU m e af- focteiU to adopt tUe-nui-e remedy, Ifostct ter's Stomach Bittfcrs. Diseases of the organs named Itejret olhf-r far more peri ous, and a.delay is.tiieicfr-re lia?.ri.lottH. Dyspepsia, liver compluiut. chills and fe ver, early rheumatic ttvlnjrc?, kidney weakness, bring ttnous bodily trouble if trifled with.-. Lose mo time In using this effective, safe aud long known medicine. For sale by all Druggists .end Dealers generally. . - JiACOW, Ua . Mnrch St, 1379. ' From having been Intimate a nnmhi-r of year with tbe proprietor of "Swift' Sybllitlr Speet' flc". J hve known tnacb of it msDUItdure and nee. 'J here are men In this community wcl known cltlaens wbo wruvtcum In early life to Syphilis, tl-e m-sl terrible curso lhat Iver afflicted the hnrran family, and wbo Live taken tbe H. 8. 8. medicine, and are now, to nil ap pearance, and in thoir own be kf, s free from taint of disease a tbe first man, fresh from the band of hie Maker. Delicacy of course forbid Ih tr pubbe recemoicLdatlons of this medicine, but I am allowed to refei the toeptU pritaMy to those wbo will e&dorse everything that can be said in lt favor. Being profee-lonslly mnch opposed to endorsing or enmmenrting nostrum or (arret remedies. It 1 with hesitation that I attach my name to tU article; bnt I know uhrtof I ipsak when 1 say teat onr cierce hw not made public a combination rqial to "Swift' Bypb'lltlc Hpcciflc" for tne purpose Indicated. The greatest boon the government rrmld bestow on hundred of t boo sands of It citizen would be to purchase thi receipt of it proprietors and make It public for the benpflt of the present and all eomieg pcncr-it I -. T. L. MASSRMPURO. Pb.O. THS HWIFT bPRCIFIC t'OMPH NT, Proprle tors. Atlanta, Gu. Po d by Or-J- J. Tnt.'n, . Tt:i3tr trd all dealer. Tail for f opy of "Vo ;i y Mt-a'a Frtrml " : Ko 4 JeSJAwly M ra i or trtomiiaoTrii Dlabt work, to rao tnr broin norve ana yimnl.pt. and use Hoo Bittora. (waste, us Hop OU rofrtrlnr from any In tloui if yourooir- It yon an rouse sd I dfiirUon or dMpt lA n, nrla. old or UOUIiB, SDIT.riuK iraa my on a boa ( sick- btmt, rsly et Hopi Bitter. waoevsr Jo, irhmnr yen ? ttuA your -Ttm. dmoi clMtn.t Etc of stimuJAtra; wRhaattoxlcatlni, irjousaucnj ojo on ?iully Iron mm orm of K I d n lsou that mlKlft hv bfn prevoulod by a tim.ly iuooC 1IS HOP.. nopBittors) itierst orriorfeem' O.L O. I aa abeolute land ImoHU piooa. bio e a r e lor druBknnB, T will De Andtf yoeae tiopBrtM- fciwfattwl U7 Hi l may faveyour lf)i rhaa tobaeoo. ov nin- Iroxja. n r. ,'. x for Ani.ruol uid External l'e, .i l fi LsJXav !;. iJipittueri. Croup, A :h ftiucchltie.iudU' twajtoreLur.i-s.Bletom v. i'aa Lai--, Cetufic UoarMcueae, UackiugCouh, H lkX.a.jC'(jmli,CUjiilc Rnemr-atisBi, Cbtouit CiiifTlaj , Cjuonie i-ei.ery , JirftBf MorttK. . fcllaey -Troubietf .pleases of. ti.e 4pUe r,4 Itack..: e!4 evern-AbaiV , rVTOTlCE I hereby given that I will apply il to the Seventeenth Legislature of the special law granting me a duplicate certificate for 0 acree of land for service rendered in the betue of Han Jacinto, the original havtngbeea it OTOe-t-c-yed. AWAIAia.. A bAW, jsnrTrer, Cures f Suly Meimellflsoriilii. MhopI a i 1 KEYE3 FAIL i 11 otdbydra. guts, aondlo Circular. or in list tTtW,0V POK Son's Plows. Miscellaneous Advert Isemcuta. SITrilEME COURT. Assltfiimcut of rnnses In the rlnpreme Court at Anstln, for the term tcgliiuiui; on tbe Uinl Uonday In April, 1H31 : First Assignment Tvo weeks arc assigned for bearing canece from tbe Tenth. Eleventh nd Twentv-seventh Plstrlcts, and Fannin and La mar of the Sixth District, end Parker and Tar runt of the Twenty-ninth district, commencing on Mondnv, ApnM, 1881. Second Assignment Two week are assigned for bearing canss from tho Sixteenth and Twontv-eneond Districts, Bafirop, Blsnco, Cald well and Hay of tbe Fifteenth, Willtamaon of the Seventeenth, Guadalupe and Wilson of the Nineteenth, Live Oak and Karnes of the Twenty-third, and Washington and Lee of the Thirty-second, commenciisjr ilondar, April 18, 1881. Third Asaifmmeut Two weeks are assigned for healing causes from the Twelfth, Tweutictu, Twenty-lourth nnd Thirtieth Districts, all of the Seventeenth District, except Williamson county, .JcMrtllen county of the Tweuty-flfth, and Jack of the Twenty-ninth Distant, com mencing Monday, May 2. 181. Fourth Al(rnment Two weeks are lrned for hearing cause from the Ninth, Fourteenth and Twenty-eighth District, together with. Limestone and Navarro counties of the Thir teenth, and Bnrleson 'of the Thirty-second, commencing Monday, May in, 1&R1. Fifth Assignment One woek 1 assigned for hearing caue from counties not Included la any of tbe previous assignments, which are by law or may by ronrenl be returnable to the Conrt at Anstln, or which have been or may be trausforrc-d there by oriler of the Conrt, com mencing on Monday, May 30, 16-S1. Hv Arder of the Conrt. ftiiO W. P. DlNOBMAKDIE, Merle LOT. : J . League aud labor first' claeli lieaAilnbt land certttlcato No. If8. Ii-sui-d to Fraiulsco 'bavc. by the Laud bo county, Tuan. 11 not fi.und within nlnoiy days front tuts date, application will b'i mude to tni-C'oiuuitHHioiu-r oi the iartrrHl I iin.l Oitlce c-l Texas lor a duplicate thcof. T H. MIl.LKK, -Ihntiurf (,-lMHl.-4a4 oMHil Ajnt li-r Own. t ill- SPECIAL MEETING. A stieeial meeting of the stockholder of the HOUSTo Texas clntkal ifiixWAY COMPANY will be held at the Ueueral Ofllce o tbeJCompanv, In theclty of Houston, on Mon 1 day, March tfi-t, 1881, lurthe purpose of rouHld oiiijh and taking such aetlon e may be ucces sary to tual.le Mid Codipany lo l-nio Us bonds formur Unun of bond or me purpoae oi paying on ana retiring all oi tue company aiid o tbe Company i paying air otber onistaodlng Indebtedness ol the Company, aud for tbe further purpovn of im raUroad, and to secure Cto payu-ent line ol of said bocas by inortgai;e npoVi the property and fmnchlsesofthc Company. ladwew A. h. KIolIARUSOS, Scc'y. THE COLLEGE (TllloUon's Normal and Collegiate) FOH THK COLOItEI) YOUTH OF TEXA: Opened for day pupils on Mondnv, January IV, sud fur a limited number of hoarding pupils, one week later, January 3ilh. STeaaa: Day Pupil, -rammer Dupartmcut . . . Per Month-. . .. 12 IBS normal nn coth-giati; 'i ttt Boarding lpurtuient, tiniudlnt? fnrnl-lu-.l riK.m, light and washing .' . -12 t All boarding puulla are renulrcd lo wmk f -i tl.t InHtltuliou ut Vfasi cue htiur a tiuv. All bills, unless by sj-t.Ail -rraninenl, mii-l l-( pniil In fldvuniu-. a- Seedy kUi.1-.iiU can "5k I a part or ell ofnlmr cih-ii- by woiUi4i.ttn-InilmtrlHl in-).iul m.-iit I or I'l.itlii-i lnl..-i-i:iit(m a:Uln-f t -Kkv t. f" ilHrwK-, A. M , l'r!.uiH. aiilWvTi-l .- At.-Ti.M, TrntAa. HENDEHSOW'B COMBDJKD CATALOGUE OF Mi' TT IU U mi I ri Mil a; II I; 2 Will be Maiisd Fret to all leao apply by Lslter. . Oar Erperlmemtal Ground In which we teat our Vegetable and Flower Beexla are moat complete and onr Oreenhoaaes for Flame (eoTerlnc 8 aero la glmmuU an Uio largeer la America. PETER HENDERSON & CO. -3S Oortlsndt 8treet, New York. lsi.lW13t All Faraurs, Mothsrs, Basiaess , te-"-M srs and mechanics, wbo are tired out by constant toil and worry, and all who pre miserable will Dyspepsia, likeamatleai, Nensaltria, Sleep.; lesiaess,or with Bowel, avidneyor Liver Cola-' plaint, you can be invigorated and cured by u-u If you are wasting away with Ucntuinptu-n, r e- maic. vTsmKnesa, age. dissipation or ary siLKnes-, ; .1 you have pimplec, and yourtilood aeefU punly-, ng, you will find Parker's Gingsb Tonic tda Bert Health tt a-trCBrta Beatorer yea ean e,' rand far tuoenor to Bitters, and other Tonic, i ti euua up tne ivttsau-out aever lotoxicaios.i It Baa gr4 Baadreds r Lives j a ad May Have fours. - 1 arttv:ox to.i ri. y is on ontmne wrnnr-cr. PARICERS TT A TT T A T 3 A Aeiores Color. LaairsvBiij fvf.4 fUatoret Color. Frarv Mta aWltoeia, lAfftVe& atWJaVellw irVOl'tUieKLOi rOBAJUNIHCNT. i CAIA FOH 1ft! OR LINIMENT. EQUALLY GOOD FOR MAN AND BEAST? f STASLlSHCO is KtSfuCK 1 1fc h)40,m TCXAs tai&f Jllmhtataov :tlihctteau4rlhtlt tki celrUiit tojtvttymfnti.tnftltMdtitMrtf issentialmmtij kautkM. Ik 'ttntuekySludt raiscn hosttestid il s itvnayMf.otdiutim to i uiatltasa a in tne. tUiuiM cimstdsr a as uuutvMaif us tkf tht-,.ifi4h-rter)rlii&aste i thul qinhftrtuhcd bt' fawalh n-mtiiJg lua I d ran testify. I fiu-idM aH MrdUini DaUtcs Dtalert wit prats trJi.-tmmiu MemsmDeY ttot irtart3winfnr- 0 wholesale: ak I RITXjI DttUOCISTS . AUjriM.TGXAH. CURE YOIMSELF! nr.Bohamua'sTUMs Caiailn" tsesnsuladteeaw. Dkmefilly inirs all form, of h(wiartlailn or SmiIbaI WoUuns Ufmni Wfct.Hy. tafvumn, etc. sod nrton. lmt Fr, and brinfi buck Uw "laataral VlaW ti thow who hVB dctroyi-d li bv mxui1 h iiim or vU prso lt-lnriofwocsevT,w.a ouiB. ThiirvrDdr, lil-h hai bren o4 hy lit. Borurauan In hi. prlru. practlc tor ovartnrt7 year, was nevrrkown to fall la rui'.ns even the WOa-sTCMIS. It g.nt vUiflty aud tepartaftienry with WKKlcrftil :- lo Mobs t.UtiitaecJ mco who frrVa Baliw oeyor.d th-lr y-arA l-i lovlsortijif piupfilUw r I.-I once. Yonvir ur. mMirlns from the tona onacaf of th.t d-BUiiT ntnicti- tabH ofMAiMM P i" lEUlntuiaiy.11! t.iB awuranc of a spaKly sod rraaARijiT aara. Tin p.ijut rh.- Btrw-inli and ela. Uclcy of aplrrts at oace. a, 11 act diri-vtly on u parts sfswu fd M- BOOUitnil and ImluK torj. and aoodj OB to tn. rs mixa famliial ytttcirm and Irriuud durti , uxparUng pawar aad Iodo and Mtorln Uimn lo their Batumi ft.tv . A BBtna A if t-B baoonil haj.it taj merer bcrn umJuIk- m. 1am IctjadiiUtBaraalinpia prodoctioDB of BMu--barxa(aot, aarrja Jria ar-rl ara s ttmMc tor t.'i. bI-ovb diBatB. trPfk 1 it. lM.r. tent wlUi.ruU dtneiiooa, ete.,a any addrata. F-n a.-. ot.IB at ir. C. A. Inannac1. ofllca. Ii4a North fifth trrf, Imcwi Waahfrrtmi imt and WJTLK- 0- a , n-MW .pMia I iiimii - wbishrlvssa swar omaaai mi oi i r-j mmmrr. cavan. mptow. maaas ot jwiBji rut. of SYVatOIS. alkhxj. R E a k riiSoTial thjCS, lo any aOdwa upon i-r.ipl atom naara. f.lARRIAGE! Book of BTtr yerkirM oumttaui tnxrtxri 'Wm r. KSEGRETSl" tntrrtd prktlthOM coutva bMU MClttS Wlt!' haa w I'injhi oi'Ct ot tUcprt. tt at rcura s 1m. 4 tyiitumn L. Faiu. uK-t, bu liiMw.