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San Marcos Free Press, I.H.JULIAN, "Prove All Things"! Hold Fait that which Is Cood." PROPRIETOR. . VOL. Vll. SAN MARCOS, HAYS CO., TEXAS, JANUARY 26, 1878. . NO. 12. Free Press, VUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY 1SAA0 H. JULIAN, To whom all Letters should be Addre.sed. Office South aido of Plaza. RAT Ed OF SUBSCRIPTION : fine year, la .dean... Hlx months "' i Tliree month. " ...91 no ... 1 T6 RATES OF ADVF-BTISINO. 0. .qnare, on. Insertion 1 SO J Hk addition ,1 inserlloa under on. ia.ntb, St M tr . square. i I moTUm I S ww-1 .""J? 1 Square ... 1 " 3 " ... 4 .... y eolm. ... hi " 1 " ... S 1.5. 4.50 T.f H.Ofl ..Oft 16.00 lie. 10 00 11.00 ito.oo B5.00 00.00 lot .00 On. Ineh In pee eontltul . .q.are. Legal and trau.t.nt advertising pey.bl. .trlelly ti advance. , . f Uc.l nolle... 10 eent. per II.. each '"""""j Announcing candidates tor ofll.o, county, S 5.W For Dlstrlot or State office., ,0 00 Obituary notice, of ov.r ten Hoes .b.rg.d t dvertielngr.te.. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Mewnpaper. ATTEST TEXAS FRRK PRESS, t. H. JULIAN, east corner Main Pl, next door to tb. port office. Banker. M ITCHRLL, GLOVRH CO., Mitchell'. Bnlldlng nry Jod. mil oroeerloa. DOHAI-SON JOHNSON. Worth aid. Hull Plana. r V. HUTCHINS CO., Wot .Id. Mali ) . Plata. rp v. DAILF.T BROS., Weal .Id. of th. H.ln 1 Plaia. STK1X GIESEN, South .d. .f the Main Plaaa. TtRIGGS 0. H., Morth .Id. " tb n"1" DPlain. y B. FRT, South aide Flex., p J.C.SMlTH.HorthSld.Plaaa. or.eerl.i. T R. COCREH AM A CO., north .Id. of the If, pleie, adjoining itarpere . QHARLES BOCK, South tide Plexu. D r u c kU t DATR0UD3 DANIEL, north aid. of the Mala 11 Plaia. ATTO OR VMM. Travis' Corner. p h v a 1 c I a lis. ,K. WOODS A BLAKRMORK, office In Woods 'id Uaiiiel . Drug .tore. D RS. DENTON A PENDLETON, omce college 'treat, nearly opposite nuicuiwu - Dentist. R. J. H. COMBS, office North aid. of of the Main Plaia. I, a w r r . TtOTCHWON.oi FRANKLIN, In the Court-house, 11 B. McBRIDE, office In the Court Houae, LtTEKLtNG FISHER, offloe In the Court Home. T. BROWN, .flic, over Mitchell', .tor. Lim(ftMII.Urr Fnfcllc. IK. JULIAN, offlea fata Pa... Building, next t door to .oat office. II t I GRAVIS HOOSE.weetaid. Plaia. ffearAlmtr ). WISIAN. Weateld..fp.bllequar.. iriilllm.rr Stare. JJ BOFHE1NZ, M.th aid. Flax.. Kakerf mmA Ceafectienerr. HEO. SIMON, uextdeorweat at Poat Office. Wagon Carriage laker. H. B.C. rear of DoTinaey Co.'. Black- aallk Skop. Black.aaltk. THOMPSON, S. . nr. Aaetiaa Maeaui. au. r.rpe.lsr ak SSall4er. VOGELSANG, Sea Aanai. sret. Urerr ana Sale Mtakl. B. BALES, Saa Aatml. atreet. Catiatlakere. TWA ED. st sta f Phi .. ratclaaaaker aaa Jsari BOBBIN, eaat site plana. 5.00 T OO tt.00 110 10.00 1S.0. U.oo ".o 16.M 15.00 16.00 4fi.no M.QO 60 00 GENERAL DIRECTORY. OFFICIAL. 00Kam-Oth nmaicrt Hon. Gustave ScblelcluT, of DeWIlt Co. matou -Her Ditraicr: Ron. L. J. Storey, ol CaMwall Co, aa easts vtathkii e4mtsmcTi Ho.. J . V. Hutahlna, of Ilaya Co. Hod. W. M. Bust, of GuadalupeCo. BISTBIOT MUT 16TH DISTBI0T. Hon. L. W. Moore, Presiding Judge, LaOrange. Ttuaa or homiinci cooar. Ha. Sd Mondaya in March and September. county omo.M. Sterling Flaher, Judge County Court, P.J. Manlove, County AUoruey. Ed. J . L. Orren, Clerk. Jaa. A. Wren. fberilT. C. S. Cock, Deputy. C. W. Groom , Juatlce of lb. Peace Pre. No. 1 1. M. Braedlore. ' " ' H. 0. Little. ' " " S L. Smith, " M " " " H. A. MoMean.,ConutyTrHurer. A. Htaton, 4wtr. Ben. C. Hardin, Hurreyor. D. P. Hopkina, Coni'r Precinct No. 1. O.K. Moore " ' " 1. J. R. Burleiou, " " " S. J L. Baavmore. " " " 4. Geo. H. Ward, Conatable. Timkb nr aokniao Covarr axo Pr.oikot Cooarn Crlniliinl County Court lit Monday lu each month. ft' Couuty Court for Civil and Probate buaineei lal Monday In rvuruary April, June, Augun, uc tober and December. Commia'ioneri' Court Id Mondaya In February, May, Auiiunt aud November. Juatlce Court Preciuct No. 1 let Friday lo each month, San Marcoa. Precinct No. 1 Id Friday In each month HtClly. a 3(1 " wimuerieya biiii i, i. 44ib Dripping Springs. towm orriciaa. Mayor A. B. F. Kerr. Council W. 0. Uutchlion, W.B. Fry, L. W. Mitch ell, D. P. Hopklna, P. K. Turner. M.hl-A. B. Dalley. CHIIKCIIICM. METHODIST. Preaching at the Metbodlat Church every gabbatb. Kev. J. 8. Glllett, Faator CHRISTIAN. Preaching at the Christian Church on the second and fonrth Sabbaths In each month by Elder J. J. Williamson. PRE8BTTEHIAN. Preaching at the Presbyte. rlen Ch.rch on the second end fourth Hah' balbln eaehmeath by the Kev. W. I,, Kennedy. PROTESTANT RPISCOPAL.-Srvice second H.aday In each month at 10X o'clock, a. m., and 7 p.m., ;.l It. Mart's vnurcn.) Austin Stage arrives at 11 o'clock m. San Antonio Stage arrives at If o'clock M. Both Ballr arrivals. Malls close at 11 a Oonsalea.arrlves Tuesdays aud Friiluys at 6 r. .( leavea at a. . next morning. A. Von Btmh.P. M AN ADDRESS TO THE SICK. Do you want to purify the system t Do you want to get rid of Biliousness t Do you want Hometlilng to strengthen you? Do you want a good upprtlte t Do you want to get rid of nervousness ( Do you want good digestion 1 Do you want to sleep well! Do you want to build up your constitution I Do you want a brisk and vigorous teellug t If you do, TAKE SIMMONS' LIVER J. H. ZEILIN & CO.; Sole proprietors Simmons' Liver Uegulator, Philadelphia. 1 na t Avuaita Home Kemedy la warranted not to contain a single par llcle of Mercury, or any tnurloua miner, al eubfttauca, but is FtJKKLT VEGET ABLE, contalnin those Southern Keota and Herb., wbioh an All-Wise Providence .1 YJ I ET, a?.! JV Zf baa nlaced In countrlea where Liver disease most prevail. Itwiix craa ai Diseases CAUsea sv oa BAsnaasKT nr th. I.ivaa Aaa Bowau, KnautAra THB LlTBB AKD rBKTBBT CHILLS AND FEVER. IM.nOJIk LIVEM NEKCL1TOB la emlnentlv a Fanll? Medicine; and by being k ept ready for Immediate reeert will save many an hour of (altering and many a dollar in time and doctors' billa. After OTer Forty Tesra' trial It Is still reoeMog the mo-t unqUAlifle.l leatimnnlsls to ite virtues from persons ot the higheet character and respoa. slbility. Eminent physiciaaa reoommend it aa th. most EFFECTUAL 8PECSFIC rnR rnssriPAllON. HEADACHE, PAIN IN I UK g(lLi.DKKS,MZZINF.HS,a,aK STOMACH, kUiTl-rh If TH MOCTH. Bll.l.lllUS AT TACK. PU.PITATION OFTHKHEAhT. PAIN IN T1IK RTlilOS OF Til K KIHHKT', HRn.''l KXt'T, ii'.'JlM AND FORKBOUISO OK F.VIL, A I.I. -JK vWiii'll AhS THE OFFSPRING OF A DI.'liAl-KU l.Vi;tt. COLIC IS CII1LDEEX. For cii'ldrrn complaining cf colic, tiid-ae, or sick etom mrh. a les-oalol erasere wtll give rell'f. Children, aa well as adalta rat aometiaMa we scuch Biipper, or eat eoaae tktngaLirh dee. net digest well, prwi jcingsoer staenach. trarthc-a. restlessaees; a rnt Ioh ml Liver agulatr ;ll a'v rellel. Tktaapplle ti jr-"-.s ut ail area. It ia the etrspret, .ami aud best Faaiiiy Kt4xiae la tkeerarldl IT HAS NO EQUAL. aiUTlOX! si Pw'r. a Preaered SIMMONS LIT Ft Br,iCLAlfllt.eMiearrave1VTaeT, r,ak Tr-- V, k. fump aa-i ligaatar. aaatwaen. eawotaris ttLf. e ;. 2L ZZXLC? & CI, rleeSI.00 Mlaelafcia,ta. BY ALL retCGGUTS. Scat- tt-ly nv A.H1 BV. In th. street of By and By Stands th. charuel house of Raver Dream Iran dead h. must dissever W bo hi. fortune her. would try I There's . patho. In th. cry, A. ef Impotent endeavor lu the street of By .nd By Bland tb. charo.l house sf Never Gr.v. or gallant, low or high, Dull or dainty, cross or clever, To. bust lose your chance forever If yo. let It forth t.Jy In th. .met of By aad Xyl Ml'HIKKM. Strikes are quit, proper, only strike right Strike t. some purpose, bat awl for a Sght S tike for your manhood, for hoaor sad lame Strike right and left, till you win . good a.m. Strike for your freedom, from alllthal I. vile trlk. oB .ompauloas wh. often beguile i Strike with the hammer, tb. sledge and tb. ax trlk. .ft" baa habile with burdensome tax ) trlk. out unaided, depend on n. other Strike without gloves, andy.ur foolishness smoth er t Strike off the fetters of fashion and prld. ; trlk. where 'tis best, but let Wisdom decide ; . Strike a good blow wblle th. Iron Is hot ; Strike, keep striking, till yo. bit the right spot. WAftilllftGTOni I.ETTER. Washington. D. 0., ) Jan. 17, 1878. i I do not believe that .11 the Repub licans iu the House oared on general prinoiples to vote against tbe investi gation resolutions passed t be other day. -There are many of them who would like to see an exposure of what has been corrupt in the administration of affairs in the laBt dozen years. They all voted against it, it is true, but some may have hud an honest idea that in vestigations, as proposed in tbe resolu tions, would do more harm than good They were wrong, of course, but there is excuse for them. Let us hope that Demuoratio committees will shun the secret and unfair kibd of investigation held in the departments here since Mr. Hayes was inaugurated. Give us open and fair ones, and thus disageeeably disappoint tliose honest Republicans, who voted against investigation in the fear that their own party taotios would be pursued. I write this iu the belief that there are, in fact, in tbe Republican party many bonest and practical meu who hope for a reform in the oivil ser vice of the Government, and aro willing to help it aloDg, no matter how deeply their former leaders may be implicated. What they desire, I think, is that per fect fairness should be shown. As good citizens, they are entitled to that, and as good oitizeos we ought to conoede as much. Let us have no more secret in vestigations. ' However tbe resolutions are passed, and we are without doubt to have dur ing this session a great number of in vestigations into what has been done in several if not all the Departments. Time and money so expended will be well expended if, as ia to be hoped, the investigations are so conducted as to expose all who are guilty. Again, let us have no more secret investigations. Though the bill of Secretary Sher man for the issue of small bonds has valuable features; it also has perni cious ones. It proposes, lor instance, that the bonda shall be receivable by the United Statu only Id the purchase of other Bonda. This adds another olass of money to our already, disgrace fully complex currency. Gold, which is received for all dues ; greenbacks, received for all but customs ; silver, received ia limited amounts for some purposes and not for others, are enough diverse kinds of money. Secretary Sherman will have to modify bia bill considerably before it will be adopted. The feature of yesterday was the fi nancial speech of Senator Voorheea. It attracted a Senate lull, and waa ad mitted by everybody to be a masterly presentation of tbe subject. His de nunciation of tbe financial legislation of the past dozen years, and hit expo sure of the inooatiateneiea of Secretary Sherman were exceedingly forcible. Chairman Wood, of the Ways and Means Committee, baa a plan for aim plifying the tariff. He is s man famil iar with the subject daring his whole life peraaps more than any other aaa now in public life. For this reason, aside from his position as chairman, of tbe committee charged with suoh af fairs, liia tariff bill is entitled to con sideration. The works of the Ilayden Survey are making us acquainted with horetofore unknown regions, rioh in minerals and of great agricultural and erasing value. It extends from Arisona to Montana, embraoinr the Territories of Utah, Col orado, Wyoming, Idaho and Dakota. This Survey has issued a series of annual reports, presenting the results in a popular form for general distribu tion. A series of quarto volumes are also issued, embraoing purely scien tific matters, for distribution to col leges, libraries and soientifio specialists. A series of bulletins are also issued, in which matters requiring special and immediate attention may be found. There nre also the miscellaneous pub lications, suoh as meteorology, distan ces and altitudes, catalogues, &o. Rix. TEXAS l,AiU FHAUIFS. CoariplVle l.lait ot the Namea aatd AliiiM-a ot the Paltlee la tbe Hlupeeudoiw Fraud. St. Louis, January 16. It will be recollected that when Ham, Stevens and others were arrested at Kansas Citv. some three months ago, for stu pendous swindling in Texas lands, great anxiety was expressed to learn the names of all those engaged in the frauds and who issued bogus deeds. These names, or at least the greater part of them, are now supplied by spe cial agent Amos P. Foster, of the Uni ted States postal service, who arrested Ham and Stevens, and who has ever since been engaged in working up tbe ce. The publication of the names is important for the reason that large quantities of land were sold and con veyed by members of the gang in most of the Western and Southern. States, and it is pretty certain that all the ti tles which have emanated for the past eight or ten years from any of these parties are fraudulent and of no value whatever. They are as follows : K. K Atwell, K. P. Bates, Job D. Barry John Burt, George D. Brown, John N. Davis, Thomas Dalton, II. A. Ed wards. J. F. Goodman, J. R. Mamill, John Hall, J. B. Hughes, II. G. Ha- zlcton, Aaron Hughes, John J ones, V. R. Jackson, H. C. Brown, Herman Brandt, Jonas Cheek, Job M.Davis, George Dawson, W. H. Bibbs, J. R. Hamilton, John R. Hall. Bartlett Hickman, John L. Hutchinson, James A. Haines, A. M.Jones, W. G. Kelly, Alexander Kelly, John M. Mercer, Or landoKizer, John L. Martin, D. A. Newberry. Ezra Oakes, Allen Oakley, Luke O. Bacnon, John Ryan, Uriah P. Smith. W. L. Stevens, George W. Smith, Robert W. Toasdale, B. F. Williams, Jacob J. Bates, George Brosbv. J. T. Ogden. 0. A. Oliver & Co., Sylvester Oppice, L. Rockwell & Co., D. R. Stern. A.J. Smith, George A.Stearns and Gee" H. Thompson. e ' A Traveler in Texts reports a new degree of table etiquette. He discov ered a few blonde hairs in the soup, and he thought the landlord would feel very bad about it, but that gentle man merely remarked, as he excavated a perishing fly from the butter: AH I ask is. judge, that you don't fish 'em out with your finger. You have got to use a fork. It ia one of the rales of the house that no gentleman is expect ed to put his fingers in tbe vittlea I This ain't no railroad town, but when it comes to style and tone, we carry off the blue ribbon every time the horn toots." Don't alander. Don't gossip. Don't lie. Don't steal. Don't swear. Don't spit tobacco juice where decent people are obliged to walk. Don't imagine that yon kaow it all. and snore, too. Satanta is still in the penitentiary. and aever speaks exeept when his toogae is loosened with a promise of tobacco. latawaeait. Beecber, an abstract of whose ser mon on hell we published last week, oan soarcely be said to have taken thy initiative on that subjeot. Prior to bit discourse, Canon Farrar, an eminent dl. vine of the English Established Churah . and author ot a noted work on tne me of Christ, has created much sensation throughout the Kingdom by a sermtl be lately proaohed in Westminster Abbey, im wbioh he boldly denounoed the belief in the dootrine of eternal punishment, and deolared it to be tb offspring of bigotry and superstition. He protested that the words "hell, damnation, and eternal," should bo and they would be omitted from the revised editions ot the Bible ; and sea thingly attaeked the teachings and eharaoter of St. Augustine and his views on "Material Hell." It is re- L.Vt. . T n.i1.. ..... ... V.S uiuranuiQ, ajvuuuu ie)ioi pi while nine-tenths of the more thought ful members of the Established Church and of the non-conformisU agree with Canon Farrar in almost everything he preaches on these subjects, it was for having expressed similar views then held to be rank heresies Prof. Mau rice was expelled from the Chair ot Theology at Kings College less than twenty-five years ago. In other words what were unpardonable heresies then are now received as true dootrines of the Churoh. In Elizabeth's reign Dr. Farm's preaching would have sent him to the stake, At this day he is glori fied for proclaiming them. If he next advanoea the thesis that there is no "hell or damnation" hereafter, as a punishment for wickedness in the world he will not need to go over to the Uni" versalists he will remain at his ad vanced place with bis flock. The Poet Barae, Burns was one of tbe few poets fit to be seen. It has been asserted that ge nius is a disease the malady of phys ical inferiority. It is certain that wo have heard of Pope, the hunohbaok ; of Soott and Bvroo, oripples ; of the epileptic Julius Cffisar, who, it is said, never planned a great battle without going into fits ; and of Napoleon, whom a few years of trouble killed, where Cobbett (a man of talent, not genius) would have melted St. Helena, rather than have given up the ghost with a full belly.' If Pope could have leaped over five-barred gates, he probubly would not have written his inimitable sofa and lap-dog poetry ; but it does not follow that he would not have writ ten the "Essay on Man." And they who assert that genius is a physical dig. ease, should remember that, as true critios are more rare than true povta, we have only one in our language, Wil liam Haslitt ; so very tall and complete men are rare as genius itself, a fact well known to persons who have the ap pointment of constables. And if it is undeniable that God wastes nothing. and that we, therefore, perhaps, seldom find a gigantic body combined with the soul of iEolian tones, it is equally un deniable that Burna was ao eiception to the rule a ma a of geoius, tall. strong and handsome as any ra m that could be picked out of a thousand at a country fair. The Doorest girls io the wrld are those who have never been taiwht to work. There are thousands of them, thev have been taught to destii"; labor and depend oa others for a liviag, and are perfectly helpless. The n. ft for. lorn and miserable women on eirih be loDg to this clue. It beloor" to wo men to protect their daughter, from this deplorable condition. Thy do them a treat wrong if they trjft it. Every daughter shonld te t uit to earn her own living. The rl-h a 4 well as the poor require this tr- .tmcct. The above applies, oi ours, wili equal force to the other t. Major Jones has a ti'r, which he rigidly adheres to, to di-cUrre ipt Ranger who geta drunk and riisf.ibs the peace. He baa jtut cLaUtd three for each aboodact ia A-tic-