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rise., They were 'worth from 90
to 91 cents the I5tb inst. It is
an oppression on those who
serve the State that they are
not, at par, and almost a dis
grace to the State, that in time
of profound peace, her warrants
should not be at par.
A STitoNQ effort will be made
before the Democratic Legisla
ture of Louisiana, to elect Jas.
F. Casey to the TJ. S. Senate
for the long" term. It may be a
good lead. Three citizens of
Louisiana, now at Galveston
telegraph to. their friends,
strongly- urging- such, a. course.
Lite Stock, in the' northern
and western portion of onr
State, are dying- in immense
numbers from the continuous
cold weather. The sleet and"
biiow in many places have de
prived1 thera "of food so long,
that great numbera will -necessarily
die before the spring grass'
rises.
The Cold WeatheA has sert
ously damaged the orange
groves in the Flower State, ac
cording to the Florida papers,
and ofTcour.se all other tropical
fruits as well. It is a pity that
- anydisaster should befall the
orange- crop, no that local op
tion is pieVailing- rn several
counties, as an orange eaten be
fore breakfast, is said to be a
eurcfor the- morbid' thirst for
-whiskey,, from whfch some un
fortunates suffer.
The Austis Statesman is in
serious trouble. He said John
Smith was at the Capital Thea
tre last Saturday night. No
less than five John Smiths
wrote to the Statesman next
day, requesting a correction ol
the statement and offering to
prove an aZabi.. And yet, ac
cording to some wiseacres, no
one ever reads the local columns
of a paper. But if you want
to be disabused on this question,
'justsay something disparaging
of Jones, or Brown, or Smith,
and you will learn better.
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llXKOKD BY A MOB. Win.
Fretwell and Francis Dean
were taken from the- jail in
' Bolton, Friday, the 5th
inst., about 2 o'clock in the
morning, by a mob of twenty
or thirty armed men, and
hanged about a mile and a
quarter from town. Such acts
of lawlessness, do serious dam
age to the eutirc State. No
one knows who committed the
-crime. It a. few of these- volunteer-administrators
of justice
were punished for their unasked
asMtiince in suppressing crime,
it would do mere good than
sending a scoru of common
thieves to the penitentiary.
Some ot them will be brought
up .tt a -Jior turn yet.
wr
rear,, and fortunate it was for
him that he selected that covert
mode ot attack, for no man ever
yet attacked Yancey from the
frout, either with words or
blows, and maintained his per
pendicular. Like his present ally, Moseby,
the guerrilla, he wanted to raise
the black flag? It is a little
astonishing that he remained
politically severed from his beau
ideal, Moseby, as long as he has.
Their embrace will now be long
and fervid, and is to be hoped,
ne more to be rudely sundered
in life.
lie was strongly suspected of
Grantism in the Greeley campaign-
against that formidable
combination of military despot
ism and political corruption.
He sees now that Georgia has
scores and scores of sons better
deserving a seat in the IX S.
Senate than he is hence "his
haste to throw himself in the
line of safe precedent for cabin
et promotion, should Provi
dence, for some inscrutable pur
pose, permit Hayes to fill an
office to which he was not chosen
by the will of the people.
Ben Hill shakey forsooth !
He was always that as a poli
tician. An eel is not more slip-,
pery, than slippery Ben.
It is reported that Tilden, the
President elect, is about to visit
Washington City. The Repub
lican newspaper of that city,
Grant's organ, talks about revo
lutions, conspiracses and other
"chimeras dire," to be manipu
lated by the master hand of
Tilden. The "JRepublican,"
and all its sort, may bide their
guilty souls in all the peace they
can. If Tilden is elected, as
every mall not poisoned by par
tisan vims, or bulldozed by
Chandler, Logan & Co., candid
ly admits, the President elect
and his friends have too much
reverential affection for the
American Constitution to per
mit it to be trampled under foot
and spat upon by a set of polit
ical debauchees, who are driven
to desperation by the exposures
of their outrageous corruptions
and stealthy practices. They
will be stripped of the shield of
power, which ha3 heretofore
covered their moral deformity,
and their corruptions of eight
years, will be held up to the
American people. They may
make up their minds that retrib
utive justice is close on their
heels.
The St. Louis Times com
plains that that city i- losing
the valuable trade of Jrkunsas
and Texas in consequence of
the authorities failing to pro
vide suitable terminal facili
ties. .Million of dollar- of the
twdc have alivailv been l"r.
TVOUlff
Community.
ESTrvrriEs at Foist Worth-.
John Leer, last Sunday night
while under the influence of li
quor, rode into a saloon to sup
plement his already deep pota
tions, and with cocked pistol in
hand, ordered the bar tender
to mix him a drink. It was
.promptly done of course. But
he informed the police, who at
once arrcstod John, mid Johnny
promptly gave bail. It seems
that the course pursued by the,
bar tender excited the ire of the
irrassible Mr. Leer, who no soon
er was outot sight of the police
than fie turned round and fired
fito shots through the glass door
of the saloon at the inmates,
hitting and perhaps mortally
woundipg a Mr. Stewart. And
all tliis mus because a drunken
desperado was not permitted to
enjoy in his lawless way, unmo
lested. TnE most sagacions Demo
cratic politicians about Wash
ington city, think it would be a
master stroke of policy for the
Nicholls Legislature of Louis
iana to elect brother-in-law
Casey to the U. S. Senate from
that State. It is supposed that
brother-in-law "Jeemes," aided,
as he probably will be, by the
ladies of the White Ilonse, can
exercise a cantroling and moli
fying influence over the irasci
ble, buty-headed Ulysses. It
may be worth trying. It can
can do no harm, any way. Ca
sey is no worse than Kellogg.
TnE people of Travis county
are soon to vote on ''Local Op
tion." It has been lost in most
ot the counties where elections
have been held. When those
who take sugar in theim," are
tacked on to those wno take it
straight, they generally consti
tute a majority of the liberty
loving American people.
Where is Artemus Ward J
Howe's London Circus was lev
ied upon by the Sheriff of Rich
mond county, Georgia, day be
fore yesterday, and will be sold
in Augusta the 29th instant.
Here is a good chance for idle
boys who have no taste for the
shovel and the hoe. It is a pret
ty field for investment.
The investigation ot the" Or
egon electoral vote business by
the Senate is, according to re
ports made to-the New York
Herald, developing a strong
case in favor of Gov. Graver's
action, and in support of the
position ot Cronin, the Demo
cratic elector. It is stated that
the committee will be forced to
recognize Cronin's vote, which
elects Tilden, or to throw it out
and allow to Oregan but two
votes, in vhich event there will
be no election, when the matter
will at once go to the Iloiibe.
Such a decision would at any
rate effect a peaceful settlement
of the dillicultx.
firm the mectifl
until called togetS
Riiaman of the Comml
D. C. Gj
Dan McLvt
SecrJ
Scmirou!as
Jan. 38
The extreme cold weath
prevented your corresp
from sending any locals S
last few weeks. There fg
ing new of iuterest trati
at present in our littlow
The farmers are busily en.
making preparations for
year's crop.
School. We entertain hopes
of having a good school estab
lished at Semproniu3. The
trustees have purdhascd the
Murray Hall, to "be converted
into a school house, and Secured
the services of Prof. Shocke.
I was deeply grieved to see
an insinuation, in a letter from
Travis, in last week's issue, that
the Senior editor and hi friends
who attended our Sempronins
Ball, could, or did not find suffi
cient shelter in Scmpronius to
induce them to remain. And
that they would be taken better
caro of, and should not "fall in
a ditch" when they visit Travis.
Now in behalf of Sempronins,
I assure Travis they were urged
by nnmorous friends- to remain,
apd we wonld take care ot them
then, or any time. Leonora.
Letter From (Jay Hill,
Gat Hill, Jan 18.
It is a mkconeeired and la
mentable fact, that-the farmers
think to unite themselves with a
grange is all that is necessary.
They say "wo will gine the
grange and git 15 cts. for our
cotton. But where is the com
mon sense or sound policy in
such Quixotic raving as this ?
'Tis the idle dream of a distem
pered mind. Do they suppose
God will visit them as he did
the Children ot Isreal in the
desert 1 No. It is an idea at
once warring with common expe
rience, transcending the bound
of national credulity; breaking
down the restriction which na
ture, God and man have imposed
for the common good.
Farmers, be up and doing!
Grangers, unite ; for "united we
stand, devided we fall 1" Es
tablish your agent in Galveston ;
ship your cotton to him, and
take the word ot one that knows,
yon will save 15 per cent, of
your money. This can never be
accomplished until the grangers
unite and arouse from the leth
argy into which some have tall
en. When they do this, unity
of interest, unity of thought and
unity of feeling will be the grand
laws of gravitation, which bind
and sustain us in one harmoni
ous whole, are the honest senti
ments ot a
"Farmer Bot."
Tiik many friends of Mr.
John Mauley of Austin connty
will regret to learn that Mrs.
Manley, who has been sick for
several days, is supposed by her
attending physicians, Drs. Fos
ter & Thompson, to be beyond
hope- ot iccovcry.
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ft, in a
referring
trover-
Ig to Te
stations.
thowever,
us gaini.
, people i
Land l
conflict,
pal de-
Ejhem of
choice
rest anil
their
fcto re-
hopn
retrain
kes this
fo our
as final
fill per-
etropol-
MVead-
f
topics
'and to Or
ig politicians pending the
ss ot the votes. It is not
ga how they were obtained.
njourrh thev cannot bo used
gjlgSypvideiice, they afford tlie ba-
i?Krnr.iiirr pnmrmttno aiirl lintrw
SiW-O, ...w, ...... .....w
n the means ot obtaining in-
.rmation from witnesses who
nve a knowledge ol their cou
nts.
Surprise is expressed that the J
cuiuumicu on mo powers, priv
ileges and ditties ot the House,
now engaged in the investiga
tion of private matters conned-.
ed with the electoral ' vote,
should not only sit with closed
doors, but impose obligations of
secrecy on members. The ec
lect Committee on Privileges
and Elections of the Sanate,
inquiring into the same subject,
admit reporters, thus saving the
public from harm through bogus
reports of what occurs.
Turner, Telegraph Manager
at Jacksonville Oregon, testified
before the Committee on Privi
leges and Elections that he nev
er had original papers, and
knows nothing beyond the tact
thafSSOOO had been sent from
New York to Oregon, Morton
stated that in examining the
books, he found $10,000 had
been rsmitted to Patrick, who is
reported to be the Western
agent of the National Demo
cratic Committee.
Before the House Committee
Purnam testified regarding dis
patches sent to Florida from
Chandler and others. The gen
eral tenor was, "As you nave
carried the State by a Repub
lican majority, preserve it, and
keep yourselves from being de
frauded out of it." Purnam
had no exact knowledge ot the
contents of the dispatches.
The Judiciary Committee of
the House diseussod the Louis
iana Returning Board, but took
no action. A prominent mem-,
ber says the tone of discussion
indicates that the board will be
returned to the House in con
tempt. 9
Orton is at the bar of the
House. The whole subject in
volved in Orton's answer has
been referred to the Judiciary
Committee. Meantime, Orton
remains in nominal custody of
the Scrgeant-at-arms.
Washington, Jan. 15. In
the House, Orton pleaded ill
health, and that he liad no con
trol over the telegrams called
tor.
Mr. Cochrane ottered a reso
lution directing the Judiciary
Committee to inquire whether
any of the privileges granted to
the Western Union Telegraph
Company by Congress would be
revoked. If so, directing the
committee to inquire into the
propriety of revoking those
privileges. Defeated not two
thirds voting in the affirmative.
Senate A communication
from the Secretary of War, in
closing final report of Major
Win. "B. Craighill's corps of
Engineers upon the survey for
a line ot water communication
from the Ohio oi Great Kanlu
wa river to the water in "Vir
ginia. Referred to committee
on Transportation Routes.
Mr. Conkling presented reso
lutions of the New York Cham
ber ot Commerce that measures
be adopted tor convening and
asking an international Mone
tary Congress to fix the relative
value ol gold and silver. Re
ferred to committee on Finance.
House bill for relict ot Robt.
Erwin, ot Savannah, was taken
up and discussed at some length
by Messrs. Gordon, of Georgia,
and Wright, ot Iowa, and then
'aid over informally.
Bills were introduced for re
let ot political disabilities ot
V. II. Gibus, South Carolina;
Henry Meyers, Georgia, and
Chas. L. Scott, Jl.ib.una, which
were discussed all day.
A resolution pased to print
5000 extra copies of testimony
taken by the Committee on
Privileges and Elections in rc
gard to the late elections m
Louisiana, Florida and South
Carolina, and casting ot the
electoral vote 6"f Oregon.
Louisville, Jan. 11. A
Springfield, Ohio, dispatch says
that Harry Dcardorf, a young
sou of a DrornjMftf manufaetur-
tbHBiias been ar
te mails of
II dollars.
,tieed, but
'ong, it is
.desire to
Bio is now
10. It is
the Pres-
lv to Gen.
ended to
)rlcans
lent -to-
im from
infor-
fard had
bsistance
Court
ft thev
End to
pit s"proc-
liad Hi-
he did
Fnictions
"of troops
but that
-matter to
.plied to Gen.
mderstanding
ns was correct
Itary force un-
S?d is not to be
used except tanrevent a breach
of 'the public pence bv either
ot the opposing priKtical parties
New Orleans, Jan, 10. In
the Democratic House to-day a
joint resolution was nnaiimous
ly adopted to the effect that
the, policy of kindness and fair
and eqnitable treatment to
wards the colored people of the
State, announced by Governor
Nicholb in his Baton Honge
speech and in letters to Pinch
back of the 12th, is" indorsed
and will be strictly adhered to
by the Legislature.
1 New Orleans, Jan. 10. The
following is published in an ex
tra to night, and causes much
rejoicing among the Democrats.
It is regarded by the citizens
generally as preventing any
collision between the opposing
parties :
Washington D. 0., Jan. 10,
1877. Gen. C.v C. Augur,
General Commanding, New
Orleans: Your understanding
ot the President's telegrams ot
the 14th is entirely correct.
The President desires me to"
repeat to yon that lie wishes
the present status throughout
the State maintained until the
Congressional committees now
in Louisiana return.
J. D. Camkhon, Sec'yof War.
New Orleans, Jau. 16. The
House Committee have conclu
ded their labors of inv- stigation.
Omaha, Jan. 16. The storm
yestanhiy has been followed by
intensely cold weather, the mer
cury this morning being 16 de
grees below zero.
Chicago, Jan. 16 Sitting
Bull is agiin beaten. On the
18th of December Lieut. Bald
win with those companies of the
tfl, I titnllfi.,. tf -llr.tr SWtlllf
Bull s camp on Redwater and
defeated him. taking all proper
ty in camp and sixty mules and
ponies. The Indians escaped
with little besides what they
had on.
Marlin, Jan. lOLastFriday
constable Lee, accouipaniedl)y
young Arlinger, went to Mrs.
Choate's house to serve a writ
on her son. & young man
named Trimble, a strauger in
the community, but apparcntly
a friend of. the, Choat family,
was at the house and asked Lee
what the writ was for. Leej
noticing thai. Trimble carried a
pistol, said : "I have one tor
you also." Trimble drew his
pistol and commenced firing at
Lee, who returned the fire, but
Trimble killed him dead the
third shot. Trimble then shot
Arlinger, who died tror.i the
effectr He then fired his last
shot-at Wade Smith, and would
have killed him bat for an in
tervening fence rail. Trimble
stopped to dress a flesh wound
he had in the shoulder at a
house four miles off, and was
arrested.
Rockdale shipped 10,100 boles
of cotton this season. There
was a heavy sleet there the ICth
instant.
Win. Plasters, who killed a
man hist spring in Milam coun
ty, has been tried and convicted
of murder in the second degree,
and sentenced to six years in the
penitentiary. He was a rich
cattle iii-in. William will not
know his own cows when lie
conn's out. '-'
William Jones, colored, was
convicted of murderkin.thefirst.
degree at Calvert, the ICtb, tor
killing Major Mouroe. near
Brcmoud, lat Jnly.
Washington, Jan. 17 The
Joint Ooimnitte on counting the
electoral vote agreed to-day. to
report a bill regnlating the
proceeding when tho two
houses meet in joint convention
for the purpose of counting the
votes, lue mam features ot the
bill are as follows :
The president of the Senate is
to act in a strictly ministerial
capacity ; to open the votes and
deliver them fo the tellers of the
Iloiise and Senate., who are to
make a list.
If the vote of any State, from
which a single return has been
received, is objected to, the
houses are to seperate and vote
on the question, l&o vote is to
be rejected, except y the cone-uncut
action ot both houses.
In case more thap one return
is received frow any State and
the houses are unable to agree
which ot them should bo count
ed, all questions involved are to
be submitted to a board ot
arbitration composed as follows :
Five Senators, appointed by the
President of that body; five
Representatives, appointsd by
the Speaker of the Ilonse, and
four Judges of the Supreme
Court two Democrats nnd two
Republicans a fifth to be se
lected by them.
Tho decisions of fhis board
are to be filial, unless both
houses concur in rejecting them.
This plan, which is in the form
ot a bill will be reported to
both houses to-morrow, and will
probably be signed by all tlie
members of both committees,
although it is possible that Mor
ton may ret Vise.
Jacksonville, Jan. 17 James
Gordon Bennett and fourfriends
arrived here this morning by a
Macon and Augusta sleeper, and
went to St. Sanies Hotel. They
left snortly after and went on
board Astor's yacht.
Memphis, Jan. 17 During a
heavy rainstorm on Monday, a
fall ot live snakes was observed
in the southern part ofthc city,
where thousands of them could
be seen yesterday. - The snakes
are from 12 to IS inches in
length.
con. n. t. sun.
Kellogg, Packard and Pitkin,
and the pretended Republican
Legislature of Louisiana, with
the entire brood of carpet-baggers,
have clamored for the last
week for troops, have sent a per
fect torrent of telegrams to Gen
Grant for troops and recogni
tion. Grant has refused. Now,
why has he refused He had
complied with every request of
a similar character ever made
by them in the past. He had
complied with similar requests
made by Chamberlain, lie is
really inconsistent in refusing
Kellogg iiow what he so gladly
granteu before.
I can solve the'riddle. It is
the political potentiality of the
petticoat. It is pardou the
apparent indecency in mention
ing it the power behind the
throne. It is the combined in
fluence of a feminine' trio of
three sisters Mrs. Grant, Mrs.
Casey and Mrs. Sharpe.
Candor compels the admission
that the harmony and love of
these three sisters, all living
here together, have neer been
disturbed.
And why do these three sisters
insist that Mr. Grant shall stul
ify his record and act right I
lift the veil ol secrecy, and Mr.
Jim Casey and the Senatorship
from Louisiana confronts us as
the reason why.
TnE GnAssnorrERs. Last
Sunday Capt Walsh and broth
er made extensive grasshopper
researches on their farm across
the river, and the investigations
proved very satisfactory. Many
of the little sacks containing
the eggs were wanned by the
fire and then examined, and bnt
now and then could live insects
be found in them. The severe
eoUlweather ot the past few
wceks,lfrrcr-tlie warm weather
in the early part ot the winter,
has played sad havoc with the
little hoppers, and tho farmers
are happy. Statesman.
The paternal author of an
lieiress wtsapproached by a
yontlwhoTrequested a. few mo
ments conversation in private,
and began: "I was requested to
see you, sir, by your lovely
daughter. Our attachment "
"Young man," interrupted the
parent, briskly, "I don't know
what that girl of mine is about.
You are the fourth gentleman
who has approached ine this
morning on the subject. I have
given my consent to the others,
and I give it to vou; God bless
you."
The New York World of Sat
urday, alluding to the Bennett
May scandal, says : "It is un
derstood in the social circle to
which both bslong that Miss
Bennett has been quite constant
ly with Mius Carrie May since
the unfortunate occurrence of
Wednesday indeed, was with
her at the very moment of the
collision. J
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Mammoth
Boot and ;
llslu
II. EZ.OOIS
JZterythmq new and
' prices lower iha
Staple and Fancy iKds,
Silk-s, 1'oiigees, JSppr1-
Large stock in BlaeTWpn11-
ca's Sc? and npjvards.
A full lino in Jeinai-Ti?:
nde. a-lieaT Jtens
Endless variety in
Touths clothing, ov
Bept find durable, ?
and brnjran:evrv
trr tlii-m. Ladii
Cliildrens pIiops
Itather and 1?
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on linm
ton and wool fLaunel
Bfolton-
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Solo
agent in
Brenham for
Dninpstu Pimm
Fashion Patterns: Rob
erts Razor steel Sf'ors.
every pair guaranteed,, jfnd
tiold eye needles hes1;' ne
World. A. lulL
Texas made .
Cassimersy
best sell
teiC
Stock, lowest prid
uing guari
represeiii
BLOOM
A complete
connected nexi
goods deparj
Ladies'
goods,
furnishing
clothing.
Alpacas,;
conets, do-
mestics
kins, osna-
bevgs,
shoes
ets, boots,
ii no
m?
g every-
filing guarvas
MH',S
jHBroceries,
HHH'my dry
ForlHpiifs!
la now H
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hats, glqvesx"'
and un
enaiess va- i
netv, wi
now offering F
cheap fo
ly cash. The I
goods a
lu iitr aunt, 1K-.1
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Give me
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search of
us.
Wehaveannc
sortmentof
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FURMTim
and defy competition, either rl
styie or prices.
Groceries,-
cheaper than ever. We do only
a cash business. No trouble to
show goods. Call and see us.
a. sxssozr.
Brenhnm.TYxa?. Sept. 13th 1876.
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J0IIX SUMMERS, Prop.,
Cor.TrMnont & Mechanic Stn,Galvcsten
This Ilonse is centrally located, con
venient to business, and bnt tiro
Mjnares from Morgan's Una ot
Steamers, and ne Modi from
Union Depof.
Table unsurpassed bj any House ia
the CHty. sepl4diwtf
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OOSS & MeFAKLAND,
Attornoya-at-Iia-ro-,
Brenham, Texas.
Office Upstairs in Allcorn huildin;
Near Brredlovo & Chaoicks Bank, av
J. T.Norris.M.D. L.B.C"reaili M.D.
DRS. NORRIS & CREATIL,
Physicians and Surgeons.
Offer their Profes-ioual strvice to
the citizen of llri-nham and r
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