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THE I18TI0P ADTE1T1SE8
THOMAS C. CAINi
Editor, FmblUher nod Proprietor.
Bastrop. February SI, 1874.
MF* We again gi *> " Uuus " a plaoe lu
our columns. Tin • week bit loiter ii it
lengthy one. and written in defenoe of
tic old Union element, of 'CI, which we
recognise ni compoaed ol men, in the
amiu, aa soundly democratic and h true,
pare ud nobly Southron, as ever etia-
tod, ud mMbwiii tha noble self-enc-
rlflaiag aarvloaa of Uio |mi majority of
tbat alamaol daring the " time that tned
man's soul's,"' we five "Cnna" a bearing
tbfongb onr paper, hoping it may be a
timely bint to avert that necessity of a
third party, so strougly threatened by
"Dobs," in bis letter of to-day.
A -oung man from Proridenoe wont to
work in Westport, where be was an en-
tire stranger, and in one month he was
•aad for breachol^iromise.
Los Angelus County, 0*1., owes for
gopher and squirrel scapls the sum of
910,301, and jot the varmints are as thick
as ever ; 200,1487 bare been captured and
aealpad.
Maxey, the new Texas Senator, is said
to be a Southern Democrat of the Loug-
t>treet typo, auJ for some time past ou in-
timate term" with the White House.—X.
r, Sun.
OoHsip says the moot elegant dinner
party ever given in tbe city of New York
awaits Chief Justioe Wiito this week at
tha mansion of a well known and very
atyliah widow to whom he is legal advi-
ser. ________
Daring a revival at Green Day, a oiti-
aen Is reported to have arisen and asked
to be forgiven for having been a subset ib-
er to tbe Chioago Timet for ninoteon
years.— AW York Sun.
Query T Had he paid his subscription?
Nevada, s Bute of minea and desola-
tion, whoso only hopo after its mineral
wealth eh all have been worked out is the
agricultnre of one or two valleys, is hav-
ing its woods levelled by 3,000 sturdy
axemen. In a few years it will be a com
mouweallu of sagebrush.
Douglas county, Gregon, boasts of a
lady who has been married nine times,
has eight husbands living, and is living
with none of them. More than this, she
has a daughter wbo is now twenty-three
years of age, and living witb her third
haaband. _
A gambler reoently left the table in the
casino at Monooo when he had just loat
$100,000, laid down on a oouch and shot
interfere,"—" We can't beoonquered,"—
" France nnd Kngland won't permit T"—
Was it virtue that auggvaU«d and promo-
ted tbe disruption of the Democratic
[oommnrATBP ]
TBS DBMOCRAT1C STATESMAN.
la the Dally Statramaa ol the 2Mb nil,
appears an editorial commenting upon
tbe Senatorial election which took place
tba day previou* Three points iu the
character of tbe Senator elect, are men-
tioned witb special ci uimcndation.
First—The Senator wan educated by
tbe Federal Government, being a gradu-
ate of West I'oiut
Seooud—He voted for rJ occasion.
Third—Heoppoeod Greeley : corollary.
be is secure to tbe party in power, and
oan never favor a third party.
This I agio is somewhat paradoxical and
in eoms instances seems eoutradicted by ' niisaary quarters ? Ia it virtue that can
curreut events—for in the next day's pa- nDrvive Liberty of country, put in peril
per tbe editor boasts that Butler, llanks, : |,y i(8 own temerity ? Why even a
Logan and Ikmtwell wore all secessionists, woman bad tbe courage to die rather tban
But a moment's reflection and it will be ndorn Oezar's triumph. Is it
« that there is no inconsistency—for' wy0|,( ju 'd, denounced the
oall in the quack that ha may administer
his fatal nostrums to his only surviving
child ? Remember, too, that that
' Brainless Soalswsg " el«vJM>ut to wbiob
party, prrtsmfl'i? that tbe Supreme Court, you allude, is no longer under tho paiu
in the Dred Scott case bad decide<l wh.. ful usees* ity of choosing between North
LEGISLATIVE.
From tbe UtlwM New*.
Tbi hour baviug a- -ived for the eon*
aideratiou o( Situate joint resolution re
turning tliauk* to President (Iran 'or al
Congress ought to do (.. U Bodrique.), and South, IUd.u.1 and Democrat -but f tow,u« ^If go%er.u«mut in^t^, | l^.deui bad a righthjaatorfere in StnU
Willi ft Ik1 Uoqnk uupniiiu^Di! , *0*iri utodrr otrtam circiftn Uno« fttm
Westiall moved that the Senate go into read ,(notation* from the Federal Coiisti
was tbe paramount aalbtm . .. tbe land. Hardeman, Knox, MasV M, Jonss, ^n|
At the beginning of this session he saw butJ U^d. Uallahan, Taylor m Ruokwstl. *
hltle hope to «xp««ct relief from the Oov | Fovuth Banner -Harris, Qrimas.
•rnuintof tbe Uuited Statea , thai be Montgomery, Walker,Brsxos ' lertsnn
wa« agreably surprised when the 1'ruai , I<eno, Freoato'nt, I ..meetoue, :wi«DnBn'
tlunt decided as he did ; be claimed the Navarro, Hill, Bosque, Falls and Wsi.
and thus prescribed to a oo-arrhn<iir I>e
partment its du'y, so that in the election
of a repuhlicau there might be sufficient
, pretense to iiifUmo the Southern mind,
arouse prejudice, stimulate hatred, aud
precipitate tbe cotton States into a revo
lutiou ? Wh it virtue that said " Wu ,.
do tbe fighting," " Drink all tbo blood,"
ate., etc., and yet when the ordeal came
took refuge in Quartermaster and Com
that witli the end of Radii', rule in
Texas, theao dire alternatives Hie, uud it
is hoped, clean goue forever, that we
are e^ui free to thiuk aud aut, and pur-
sue tbe benl of bead aud heart, without
nak of desecrating tbe sacred ties thai
uind us to father, ssotber, brother, aister,
neighbor, nouutry.
Twioe blessed tha deli*' raooe wbiob al
onoe relieves from liadioal oppression and
breaks the trammels of tbe demagogue.
UNUs.
The Am>twk Cnnuuoe row 1874.—
We are indebted to the publishers, Msasrs
ler.
Fiktii Dihtrmi -Galveston, Braaohs
i- Mstagorda, Wharton, Fort Bend, Austin*
it ('olorsdo, Ltvaua, Fayette, WaabiuaioB'
(,'ouimitti i > f the whole, Carried. ; lutiou lie stat< d the party tlioughl
The 1'resideut called Seuator Westfall Orant bad acted iu opposition to them . liurloaou, Baatrop, Tiatia, Wilti«y..~'
to tbe obair. ' lie lM-lieved tue 1'reeidsnt bsd don« right Milam, Bnrnet, f nmpaeas, Bull, Coryell'
Senator Ireland offered a substitute, ' and deserved not ouly ourn but tbe , Hamilton, Comanche, Brown, Col*
which, betug decided out of order, be (banks of tbe entire United Stiles, be did
withdrew. 1 u,.i think it a proper time to go with tbe
Mr Ireland than made a very able ar 1 Senator from Ouadalupe, but be implied
gumeLt wby be opposed tbe passage of tbat be generally did.
this amendment, claiming that tha Presi 1 I«ieut. (b>v. Hubbard then look tbe
dent bad no right to intarfere; tbarcti' «. | Hoor and exi ressed tus views. He ssid
i no thanks should be return ed to bim lis believed u.«rly every meml er of the
simply for doing bin duty. He dsimed Senste coincided with the doctrine as ex
and Bunnala.
Sxxtu Dwrator—Ataaaoaa, A, ^
Bandarn, Boa, Baxar, Blanco, Uldwsll'
Galbown, Camoron, Concho, Comal Ditt!
mitt. Do Witt, Ihival, Edwards, El |' i0(
Kncinal, Prio, Odloi>ie,OeliBd,C|l,tiZ4|ej
Ouadalnpe, Hsys, Hidalgo, J^ksoa'
ksrues, Kendall, Kerr.Kimball, Kmn*;'
"extremes meet," and tbore is no change Qovemment as absolutely intolerable for Kl llliiK ,'ot JR74, which are snchT^aotiful Ud,Uk1 Hut~ an<1-
except in name. The «BP>« minded prospective wrong and Centr lism, and j and namn%] work, of ftrt_ fllUh(lll ^ i sion, that lUvis Us,I none
would naturally ask What if be did withdrew from Congress as ultsolutcly 1 ' —L —'—*—1 — ■
Is it proposed | ii compatible with chivalry am! patriot-
! James Sutton A Co. tor copies of tbo two I th" ^K-'-ture w s in ««-.on. and premed u, Mr lrelsnd. He claimed tbaaa U«ll^Lj . Csk. Llano Mayso.,. Mm.
had tbe right to tsk for resolution* did not express or tmpiymiy , erick, Medina, Menard, MoMiUsn, kfo-
Federsl (.^romo* presented to subscribers of Thk on'y«
tble for #.. iy?i _ui i....k iuuM,iini i l'Uliod States ti
rhile iu
Refogn
graduate at West Point f _ _
to send bim to Washington to whip al' j m, yet uow desires, ab >ve sll things,
the Yankee Senators ? What if ho did . the society of Butler aud Bsnks, aud op-
vote for secession ? Is it proposed to j portuuities for displnyiuft i/r sincere do-
precipitate auother revolution? No ! ( votion to "our glorious Vn Urn." Oh!
What then ? Tbe second editorial of ^ shame, where is thy blush ? Oh ! Con-
the Statesmen, in the daily of tbo 30th ' acicm where is thy stiug ?
alt., beaded 'The Secession Element,''! If such bo brains and such be virtue,
discovers, though unintentionally, tbo j then curse both brains aud virtue —
weight attached to these qualifications,
as appears from tbe following extract:
"Tbo former advocates ot the doctrine
of tbe right of secession included the best
brains and virtue of the whole South,
1 ies of actual paintingn in oil mads by the
| celebrate 1 artist, Thomas Moran, from
: st ' lies of nature—that we feel justified
1 >u lallini; special uttuution to them.
These chroiuo* repreoeut scene* chant,-
tcristic of the Ksast aud the West; the
White Mountains of New Ham|>shire,
aud the t'iiff* of Green lliver iu Wyo-
approval of President Orant's views. He Cullougb, Nueces, Preai.li.
He did uot sai'l with the past we have uothmg to do h*u l>atricio, San Sal*. Starr, Uvaldt'
wish to be nudersUxMl a* wishing to do it is buried but not forgotteu. He ask- Victoria, Webb, Wilson, Zspau si. i z,.'
awity witb tbe reaiilt of the war, or to ed, should wc refuse to accept the olive 'Hade a spoowl order for W edusa
*ay that nothing wax decided by it; be i branch, even though it come from our uejt.
thought the war decided some thinK", but ancient enemies ? No I He i <utione,l ; |iy Itaker, motiou calling up the flo-
there wero some it did uot decide. He the fact of Davis attempting to I■■ Id the tiauce bill iutrodui i by him on the
state<i that African slavery was oue thing State government by tuureeosry hi rsliUKi, leiilh, was a<|tipt«d, wtae h waa amradsd
it decideil, aud he knew of no one wbo and portrayed, in the moat eloquent aud aud now read* . "Joint remilntiub , r*
was auxions to re ostablish it, thst it ws* forcible laugus|i<. the stu - ol siTairn on miIvihI, by the SennU- and House ot Uop.
deail ' r all time. He spoke af the quiet the thirteuuUi of January, and *aid that ree< ntativ<*>s tbat Ii « Treasurer ol tha
they've undoue our country.
Was the mau a fool who foresaw that
secession would bring war, and war in its
train, chains and ulavery ? Who futsuw
our fields laid waste—our honscs burned,
witb tbo fewest exceptions. Take out ' our cities sacked—our sons, brothers and t|l0 beholder n grand aud sublime scene
ex-Oovernor Throckmorton, one of the j father's slain, and beard tbe wail of the j|1(1 famous regi<>u in Now E;i
noblest specimens of an original Uoion ! widow and cry of tho orphan throughout ,4 pmture which i filled with the
the length and breadth of our desolated very spirit of tho region. The subject is
land? Aud was he a "traitor knave' who,^^^! wjth tuu;h breadth aud feeling,
niing Territory. In all the ruuge of grand
aud tx .iuiiful American scenery, it would -".l _'.!!!*
be ilifli<:ult to tlud two more picturesque
or eharmiug views, uulike as uature iu
her varying moods, yet appropriate com-
panion picces.
Tho view iu the White Mountains givo*
wbo, when seoeasion took place,
went heart and soul with his own wrong-
ed and persecuted section, and Hon. John
Hancock, who, ever ainee tho war has
been tba able defender of all our rights,
and baa shown himself worthy of all our
confidence and eatocm, and bow much
Union element and protended " loyalty "
would bo left worth mentioning ? Tbe
moot of it would be acalawag and un-
touchable."
Houston, Poasc, Geo. W. Smith, of
Colorado, Bowers, Hunt, Weaver, Mabry,
Bell, Hamilton, Paaohal, Duval, Epper-
son, Ledbctter— but why add names—
brainleaa scalawags. And such men as
Alfred Smith, Geo. Hancock, and Geo.
Davis, of Travis, Peter C. Woods, of
Bays, Woods Moore, John 11 earn and
George Warren, of Bsstrop, with a ma-
jority of tbe beat and most substantial
citizens of Bexar, Hays, Travis, William-
son nnd many other counties—" untouch*
Though the conduct of several of the
persons in tbe first list, during tbe war,
onnnot be approved, we oonfeas tbat luis
himself. Tbe game wont on with scaroo- 1 editorial ia onr first intimation tbat tbey
(y a moment's inter" . '.ion, as such little
•ocentrioities are noi permitted to dis-
tort) tho business of an Italian casino.
B. A. Brae , lie negro Senator from
Jf< aissirpi, was born a aiave in Prince
Ejward county, Virginia, and was a por
tor M Mississippi river steam boat*. He
Hlmliil school in Oborlin, Obio, nnd
km an ordinary knowlw'ge of grammar.
Ha la a favorite with tbe ooiorod men of
MMaaippi.
A California editor tantalizes his half-
frozen brethren of tbe North by writing
■p "the bright warm sun, which is now
foola. And seoeasion aside, wbo
atood higher ia pablic opinion tban tbe
gentlemen named ? Tbe first named was
st the time Oovernor—had been Preai-
dent of the Republic, and U. S. Heaator.
j E M. Pease bad 1 -u oue of tbe ablest
and moat popular of Governors—and as s
lawyer, statesman, and private gentleman,
ranked sooond to no man ia tbe State
eave Houston. But yesterday tho elo-
quent and gifted Bowers stood in tbe
Senate Chamber dying upon his feet, as
it were, defending secessionists, their
wivea and ohildren. And the noble, ear-
neat, boneat G. W. Smitu whose name
foreseeing tbe worst, yi, when the bat-
tle commenced, and the hurricane of de-
struction raped, disdained to " turn sn l
flee ?"
Was he a scalawag, who, though fear
ing tbo worst, and guiltiest of his couu
try's woes, yet sought no other lot than in
common with his emug In threu ? aud
brared all dangers, carryiug knapsack
and musket—all places of honor and caw ' ,n,| nevrr grows ,
being mouopolirod by graduates of West lug t,rookt rich gro
withoat au overcrowding of pe k* aud
cliffs which so ofu-u -poil the artistic ef
feet. The top of the priucipsl moun
Uiu is surrouudetl >y clouds of magical
b'jautv, -vhicl' add life to tu<' *')ene, indi-
catiug, as i "j do, a<'tiou. The picture
is oue of the elet. 'its earth, air, aud wa-
ter—thrown together by the hand of the
great artist. Suoh a picture is always
The dash-
of autumn-
throw, by the sword, ot the State gover.1
ment in lHtki, and the hubntilutiou of
military oue. Then again, in auother in
stauce, when Geu. lleynold placed l>avi
iu as tloveruor. althougu the people did
uot believe he waa elootod. lie claimed
that the time had now come when tin
people should speak thuir seutur. unt*
He iu- utioned the diacuwoon iu the Lui
ted Stattw Senate, between Senator* Gar
(■enter aud Mort u, to show that lie
l'reeldeut'* frieud*. >1 whom Morton i*
the mouth piece, favored ultra centra 117.
lUg idoaa. He expreaeed hi* unalterable
I op|>osition to such a manner of govern-
ing. He did uot wuili, when ui><aaiire*
of difforcuce arose, that pcrsous sMoal'l
nay, " what w the President->a) ?" but
what tbey *b< iio them*el*ea; be op
posed most strougly aud forcibly the r
1 tralixation ol p■> r at Wastuugton or
Point aud zealous secessionists, and
tbe war over continued true to his nei^n
bora in adversity, remaining lusensibb-
to tbe blandishments of l'ower and tbe
.seductions of Place? If mich be fools and
such be scalawag*, then give us fool*
that we may be forewarned, and scala-
wags tbat we may have frieud* iu misfor
tunc.
" Brain " may be uaeit in tbe sense of
understanding, and "virtuo" in that of
valor, and so, doubtlees, these terms are
employed in the editorial referred to.
sll eyet, were turned ou Wa*hiugtou , an sute hereby iustructed not t<< psy any
while looking so aiitiounly there, the di* ««rrant« drawn on him by .he Couqitfol-
patch came from the Pruai.leut rrfusmg |«.r 0f Tubhe Aixjouata, daletl h«fore J*n
to aid i r uphold Davis, aud ignonug hi* jj, 1^,74, or wbich have Uwn, or
Supreme Court ; that be then saw tbe day n,M > ^ ^,,1 fur tbat date, l usi
dawning. He said tbat he knew Mr. Ire- 0pO|, BUy indebtedneea of the State
land fell a great relief, for we felt it 11a «hich hail accrued before that date
paid a «reat and ju t tribute to Mr. Ire ^ut| ,t ta further reaolved, th*t U
Uud. Tin* re.iolutiou a* not bindiug out sUndiug warrant*, drawn br the
1'i'Xas to the views of the President, but . Comptroller of Public Accounts up,utUs
rather bindiug tue President to the doc Treaaurer of the Hu t« t>efore Uie Afl*eDtii
trine of the |K<o|deof 'l'riiw. Ileclaimed ,1.,^ of Jau-'-ty, 1MT4, or that have I«wq
that rin'it 'louhl be acknowledged, no or m <y be i* ued for any iudebWuiiKw of
matter from whe-e it came. That by re- tbe State, whioh otwnrml prior t> that
fiiRiUK to pae* ilii* resolution, it would i|ai«,ma* lie r'-giat< r«*l witli the Treasurer
give a new uu| etu* to that party which «hail draw eight |>er cent par annum m-
ait* faet«' K , that thev would nay
tinit the l ie*! lent could not do good or
jilnt «ctl u It e opinion Of the (M-ople
of Texas. Ill S|* koof the coiigrstula
lions wc have re«x-iv< it froui tieornta and
\ irginin al our right* being reoo|(iiixi-il
t«reat, from the itate of ttie rwgutry , the
I'ri asurur shall keep a book ami -•-' t l t
uat of Mid warrants in the aauie lib 0U1
erwiae proviited I law, sad sll warrants
hereafter to Ii" ia«u««i by the Col. jitn>ll-r
*tiall specifT for what account imuml sud
clothed tre. 8, tho deep-down, far away
mcudows, the )<troan rnshing down the
1 mouutain's side, tho crags aud rocks,
make it the most notable and really ar
tistic ciir.ituo ever offered to tbe Ameri-
cau public.
lu pleasing co' 'rast with the '-i lie clouds
uud cool height* of the White Mountain*
, > have in the Cliffi of Grueu River s
i.'nlden, sun bathed lsndsca|>e, i,. sky
lull ' glory — a broaking away of the
clou to let King of Day through ! The
elsewhere, he want .1 the pei>i>l< t., think |,> tbe I'ri-oi b-iit, thoiiHh he bait repealsnl
they were sovereign and that there were
forty million sovereigns and not a ingle
subject, h- lid not wish to l«-understood
ss ceu*uriug the 1'riwudi'tit, but a* ln< on
ly ha<l not done wron * he did not think
lie should « thanked, he *tati <1 that it
Mr. Grant had s m|dy *anl le had 11 ■>
right to ihterien! he might l , ougrstu
Uted, but be must not be >>il Ui ic
quie ce iu tbeiraplied assertiou i f a right
ou the psrt of the President, *uch aa 1*
And yet ii ia hardly credible tbat tbe ^ VKrj pCl.u|, r| nj this Mr. Morac has
Statesman could have so We tlfti( faithfully reproduced. The picture
involuntarily ask, " What a/vait mean ? , exceedingly briJIiaut, bat nooe too
On the day before the first editona ( much so for tbe heart of tbe Great A wr-
(28th) Throckmorton was det-ated : it ioikn vhere lhl, „.„ne l(l Uid.
waa knowo tbat tho Statesman favored . o0e may oarefully examine tho whole list
bis election and it ws* also Ituo'ri tbat 1 0j ohromos offered to the pablic, snd fail
the Stotcaman supported JuJge Haucock. 1 Ul fiui, Kl#.,wUeri m ,cli real artl,tlc
Tbedefi-atof Xbroctmorton, ihe strategy : wj|en,,0 M IQ theae two representative
employed to accomplish it, aud all tue j i«nd,oapes. Tbey are every way worthy
of the great art journal of Amenoe—Tnt
ALDUW
phy.iiual goography of the Great West is clearly coutsined in hi* di*|iatch to Mr.
Cavis. He had no rt((hl to rejeet a req
uisition of the Legialatnre, no matter
what hi* opiuion waa a* to wh
ahiniog through our o^o window, wbicb | |a inseperably identified with the history
▼ivifies dormant nature and makes ger-
mination proceed apace, as though it
wero balmy spring, through field and
grove and beauty brake."
Batarday a'pollooman hoard that a eit
taaa of Detroit bad baea badly injured,
aad ha called at tha hoaaa to obtain par-
ttoalars. He found the man lyiag on tbe
lounge, his bead boand up aod bia face
badly sorstohod, and be asked: " What's
Mm matter—did he get run over or fall
stairs ?" " No, not exactly," re-
bis wife, "but he wanted to ran
the bouse bis way and I wanted to ran it
my way, and there be ia." •
A lawer was employed to collect a bill
of a mau in Cliftonville, Mssa. Tbe man
took refuge at tbe boaso of a relativo in
an adjoining county. Tbo lawyer, whom
tha man did not personally know, called
Volii'Tok rits (^i-akkr Poucr.- There
i*. according to th>' proverb, policy in
wsr, and th -ro is aluo a peaoe poliev. iu
which the taker principle is tar.i . t«>
very gofxl pecuniary account. Judge
Loughbriib"-. of the liouao Committee
ou A| jproprlation*, hat discovered that
enoi-mous appropriations have Immu msde
aad said be wanted to aell a horse Tbe dictated a surrender of both tbo Legisla-
tive and jadiclu, departments of tbe gov-
ernment—without wbioh Lincoln was as
powerless for mischief as "Tirnour in bis
oage ?" He oould not so much as ap-
point a cabinet minister without our con-
sent, the Senate being decidedly anti-
republican by six majority. The House
of Repreeentativcs was recovered by tbe
attendant ciroumstauoes left the States '
man no room to doubt tba inexorable
purpose of "The Seoeasion Element,"
now dominant in tbe Democratic party,
to prescribe all aati-seoesaionists, and bj
auy muans, foul or fair, stienue all "en-
vious tongues" that might dare suggest
that tl.e /«*/<*' ieri did not posses* all
and jurisprudenco of our State—classed j " brains aud virtue* of the South—
" brainless scalawags 1" i makes baste to apologize for ;■ m friend
Tbrockmortin aud Hanaook escape sto-' 10 Throckmorton and Haueoek, and
lidityand villainy on account of p*:Uil\ b' denunciations ao broad and deep, of
frrict randarod, though now tbey may *U Mti BeoessioniaU. rendering futon
be diapenaod with. Oh I bow graciooa 11 '"""dship aud 00 operation lmpoasi .le,
Langaaga ia often need in a sense dif- j 8,TB carnaat ot future lulmUtioi* aad
ferent from what it ia takoa, aad benoe it, llte • "« « «' *be moloch of
often happens tbat bad feeling and rolant-1 " PnJo 01 Ofiuioa;" and thus avert im
lam enmity spring between those, who,' wr th- "d l>ercL nc« w>curo lLe
'did tbey understand one another would Publ,° Priatin8- Whatever others m,„,
b. (neuda. K„. u, , M . -i.-1 J"** ^ I Ji... .h I,«. I.
Imp ol lhl, loft, Ut MII s Ui, aeulof ol " * n ' '"S" •'« «"" «W>
the words "brain and virtue," bearing in knows that all the cant aboat railroad
mind tbat words must always be taken in etc • M to hia>- WM
reference to tbe aubjoot matter to wbiob wUhoo 'ooadaUon, and waa trumped up
tbey are applied, intbiacase "seoeasion."! 0B,J to ^e "animus" ol soces-
Conceding that tbe republicana, witb *'oD ''""^ibty. His defeat, it was thought,
Lincoln at their bead as President, in- wou,', in "on,° *•" r""
tended all tbe wickedness imput©<l to proach which bw superior statesmanship
tbem by secessionists, was it brutn that nJ PatrioU«m nPon lbo'"?
va* Gov
eroor. He would not oanaure any 1 *
for favoring these smendmnnU, but a*ke,t
that he be not oallwl tinon to snpin-ace,
for lis would not. He did not *->v the
amendment wa* objnctional to him. but
ita paaaaga name.I the entire resolution.
He, therefore, hoped tbe Senate would
not pea them.
Mr. Wood sr> *e and «*'. . bat he bsd
introduced the ri«olntion,and he thou 'it
it right tii.,t it should i>a «, snd he fa.
ml th- paaaatfo of tho ani'-ndinent. He
did not arise to nn*wer Mr Ireland, lor
hi* remark* in tue luaiu met In* sppro'<*
tion ; but he th ugbt he hid taken to.-
wide a range, llu could not any im
plied indoritement of President Grant . he
idiaas tbat can not be traced beyond 11 b4d b«"° u' lb "k
the papers in tbe Indian Bureau. ! P' bhc for Join« wUl WM r,«ht*
Mr. Armstrong, delegate iu Oougreas and be mentioned tbat such bsd been fre
from Dakota, affirms tbst many of the
agencies on 'be upper Miaaoun River re-
oeive appropriations to d (Tibia tba
amount neoaaeary for tbe support of the
Ind^ns under their cbsrge; and that
flour can be bought back from the In
ly U-eu uri.'!- I by D vi* U' furnish troops
to niiiMit dnwii l'eiana. II* thought ttie
r<<*olutiou di-Hervcil tn |i«. . which it did
a)rip•*! ill al!im"U*
1 wiili I i-oulil give Governor Hubltard's
*|iii-eh iti fu.l. a* it w«* eloijneut, ttrat.d
and di-ci* e t>u: *|>ae - forlud* It. ■"> altn
tbe otners.
Senator Ireland submitted (its protr-t,
-tuting thst he ws* not preaent when tb« |
jiunt resolution returning ths. ' * to llie
Prmident for bIIowiuh loc*1 *e|f govern
ment, wa* paaned by the Henate. The
reaolulion ln irn returned by tbo HoU*e
with •mnndments.and luasmuch * iu hi*
opinion the amendment* to the reaolution
,. .« improvements to it. and the only
qucetion here being. 'lall the Senate
oncur in the** ameiidmente,'' ard inas
much a* the reaolution, iu his j'< 'i-'in ut,
either in its originsl *bspeor as - „eude<l,
ought to |«m without further smeml
ment*. he ib *ir«l to s(>read U|MUi the
journal tl i, ni* rwaaou lot not suppoit
inu the amendment* offered by ihe
House.
My WooJLs memorial from the citiren*
of I'o^ht . ill «' lUIlt/, .-«*kt K ' r Special
legi*'a'ion to ,'n-reut tti<- seduction of l«-
borrr* fr nu employers. HnferreiL
llv Westfall, cV urman. recommending
the paasagn of an act aeoTtaiuing tue
am uut dua taacherii of public free
whetiier the indetitedh«aa secrued
' nforc or alu-r ttie tllWenth of January
> ■<74 .provided, tbne«' re^iliiUuus d, & ><
apply or afli«etthe (Miymenl of ihh-r*at
upon ttie fui.dad debt of UiaStaU-. I 3.
I r > q**nalon of ruhw, tbe l.lll paaed in
tiual reading.
MILBY PORTER & CO.
GF.N F.HAL COMMISSI )N
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Kr+p *m b«ml tfc* Urfi
iir in r '« m %i «l «r*'
bM( •* <« nf
Li goi;
lrr a tiorv Of bi %n? K«u I'M u
priOM thftl t^>" ir%«lr if*
Hut* A&mf ir iktm* Itrg# Mil a
Hifcr will tl'i witli U- niatnifir tb" r «. ft
ftov.it, | ||, " 0U7
h. II LoftO, i II
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EXCHANGE HOTEL.
Coro r M* 0 ''I sret T*i*«
HOI ST* S, TFA AS.
UM*i ,t H'tLllh't A /'. ,/ r, ,
frivelrr* fit l le wi t saiiy Irs .< ft i.tlf
II#*if it* ii*|iM' >rt
If.ajtl ti, k'*f> 21. 16747
ui* says that agents frequently get for s
barrel of sugar delivered to the Indians k
receipt fur ten barrels; for s saok of flour
s receipt for fifty; for ftO bead of cattle
drivrn ' inr titan* round a corral, are
receipt for 1200. m Ntf ■
1 wanted to buy, arid to try tbe horse
. took a ride. Tbe lawyer drove over
•ne hoe into Cliftonville, aad there serv-
ed tbe papers.
When a clergyman of tbe Cborob of
Kagland was about to give a dinner to
aoau of his clerical brethren bis butler
aakad whether tbe expected guests were
High Ohuroh or Low Church. His mss
tar Mid:" Wby do you aak thst 'piestion?
Tha butler auswerel: •'Because if tbey
ha High Cburah wa want more wine; but
if they he Low Churoh we want more
wMlaa."
Hiam.r a Radieal can be foaad wbo
haa courage enough to abow his face in
1 aincs the elect!oa, and tboee who do
• their appcaranca apaad tha great ur
fortion of their time eooM empty
1 hoi, dreaming of departed graat-
iiou.Ao. Poor fallows I Tbey
1 vlaitatioa of Diviae wrath upw
' guiRj baails.
Ika above estreat reminds oa that cer-
ia thaaa
to give naa sight at
Mr lovaly fpbia's aiaca they became
SBurimer/ ot their defeat, notwiihstand-
iag daring their otrtaimly oI Moo by
■NMl band red majority, wa ooald
MNdy tara a corner withoat meeting
aaa af
•
.f
whose nub snd considerob; conduct pre-
cipitated '■ cotton Status into the revolu -
tion. For tho tame reason all auti sr ccs
sionists, noir that f/iey csn b«! dispensed
with, must go to tbe bottom of the sea of
infamy. It ia the samn reason with the
mob, tbat seeks to exienuitle crime by
tbo defamation of its victim with the
prostitute who decries the virtuous—with
qnently done by a vote of the Ijoglslsturc*
to members of Congress for what tbey had
dooe or not done. He claimed that it
waa every man's duty to do ri|(ht,yet he
mid it was customary to tbsnk person*
whon tbey did right. He ssid disguise
this aa yon msy, the viUlquee'ion shall
lie tbe wishes of the |>eople,a* expren*d by
the late ballot, be allowed to «o into cf
feet ? was 111 th* hands of the Presidont,
and thst tbo I'residnlit haul allowed it.
He olai:ne<l that that wa* the most impor-
tant aul vital period bi Texas siuce tho
dsys of 8 n Jaoinbi. He oould not *• •<
sny indorsement of President Grant'*
views ou auy sahptct implied, but mmplv
saw a return of thanks to him for doing
wbst was bis duty. He clsitnnd that
some mb think it beet not b< pans tin*
liecauso the President was of a different
of the Post Office department io properly ((o|ilio)U f,lth>tl,d that nothing should I*
notify postmasters of this a great number wh<,D
ing from those of that
of them still charge tho old fee. livery t por himself, be was willing b,
day we receive from sll parU of the , „d t g0O)Jf D„ mstter from whence
country regisb.red letters upon wich the I u p#mu t|ul h„ W,M „ Ul,roocr,t Uin
illegal over ehargu of seven sents has h« clstmed that Graf
school* prior Jnly 1, l^T),au«1 provid
ing for their payment , and racommed
lug adversely pniaage of au act amending
an set establishing • *yst*tn of free
ncbool* ; and su act t > establish s nornisl
n hool at H arinon, Walker County, with
remarks thst the c immoa ech<M>l fund
csn not be appropriated for such pur-
jio*ns.
Hy K Ills, from Retrench mint and lls-
form t^/ullUltU•<•. sn act to ascertain if
thn eipeusoa of meml>ers and employes
f the Senate ean lie r<sluoe«l, ro|K>rtini<
H. SCHOFFWS,
MACHINERY,
A N D
/VtHICl' LTU RAI. J M I'l.K \f KS TH,
MAIS S TH A' KT, ll'WSI V.
Next iKxir to City Bank
The legal fee for registering letters,
which was formerly Ufteeu cents, is now
but eight af'tit*, tbe change has been or-
deru I to tsko effect on the 1st of Jeuuary.
In conscqtieuoe, however, of the neglect
Aonirr Fon
I'tics Steam Engines snd Saw Mill*
I'rstt's Improve,! Co* u Gin*
iu tlieir judgment thst the clerical force Stopple's Iron Screw (>>ltou Pre*,
cau not bo roduce.1 without seriou* de AlbarU«in's Iron Screw OolWin Press
turimcut , but they ret ommend tin. tho It mpeon Horse i'ower*
l sy of the Irnok keeper, enrolling snd en- Huckeve klowers aud K per*
i/roseing clerks and their assistants, snd (nlotnan * CVirn and Wheat Mil-*,
tlm chief porUir, lw reduced to five dol Stimuli's Corn aud Wheat M>lie
Democratic party in the Pall election* of1 tho wise acre wbo persuades himself that "legal overcharge of seven scnts has
'00 : ao that, though, through Democratic all mcu of "brains" would have done ,M*n made. Some of the postmaster* <
strife and demoralization we had lost the 'be same, aud fools only esospod tho ( appear t tie entirely ignorant of tho f*et
Preaident we bad recovered tbe popular error, because tbey bad neither brain* *DJ chat.ge, while others say that they
brauob of the National Lagislature-and ' nor *'rlue : in fln®, '■ tl'" l""nu wilb ,4"*° u"ll0•<^ ,n'b" newapsper* tbat it
there being no probability tbat tho Lin-1 miuds and shallow sou'*, whose only was to l e made, but cannot make any re.
oolu party oould gain tba annate during | tL "ght is a lf, and wboso love of offlco dactton uuUI officially directed
bia administration, waa it " brain " to «■ •« joaloua as to brook no rival.
You know, Mr. Statesman, tbat Tbrr-k-
, ky tba ^ oentrsli/.stiori
department to do ao. We are informod
that tbo only notice given io post meters ffle0\"^ ,".vVio"terfenHl.'
in rulatiori to tba rcdncwl fee . aa tbe
publication of an order in the Uniuni
6't :i Mill, aud tli'*. of course, ouly
reached subscribers to that journal. Such
neglige noc adrnila of no a*cu*«. -A'.
Sun.
/v
Mim Frank Pottle, aaohie.' twebsr io
Fiyaburg. Me., waa brought before a
yield tbat vital advantage, aad aaaada ao
as to pot the Rsdioal party in power and
thus enable tbem to do, nuder tha forms
af law, what they could never have oth •
erwiae accomplished ? Was it braiaa to
aaoada ia the iatareat of slavery when it
was wholly improbable that its anomies
oould, dunag tha aeit oentury, obtain
the thraa-foorths of the States (tbe Con -
atitaUoaal raquiraawui) to ao amend
sat ao aa to aboliah it, aad without
wbiob, tbe paoaliar institution was an-
tireiy beyond the raaoh of ita worst ano-
miaa 1 Waa it brain tbat abut tbe ayaa
to tha fact that aeoeaaion ooald uot change
tha geographical ralatioaa of North and
Sooth T Waa it brain that said " Cotton
ia King."—" Wa aaa whip laa to aae,"—
" Tha North woa't light,earopa will
mortou's ouly c/tnjUhiij/ with railroads is
his employment as an attorney, and tbat
there is not a lawyer iu 'be State wbo
would not accept such cinpl' 70. - nt, aud
that there is not a member of tbe Legis-
lature tbat would dare oonfcm bostility
so intense to railroads oj to deny them
tbe right to employ an attorney—for to
praacribe au attorney fo- taking a fee
would be in effect such denial. There ia
not a Imoby iu Teias who docs not know
that the lawyer ia not guilty of nor re
sponsible for the crimes of his client.
But, pause, Mr. Statsaman, and reflect.
May you not blunder as fatally as did
your oonfrvrea m V,1 ? P yon think
there are no bounds to public gullibility ?
Do 70a think that tha i«reut will agaiu
Justioe of tbe Peace for whipping ono of most of Mr Ireland's remark's but did
her scholars. Mum Pottle's weight >«eem- ! not think tbo resolution contained any
ml to be about ninety |K>uuds, and her thing disparaging to thai doctrine. He
mtisclcs, judging by bur delicate hands ! stated that Texas had just passed through
and slim wrists,were not developed The ' a great crisis. He went ' ick to tlm «e
whipped scholar a a atrapiug.ugly boy, neaaion of t* ' hirtoeu States, sm' snnl
and siitaen yaars old. I/mrr<ing Uiat tbe that they bad come out of the war thai
l< .hmeut had liaen well deaerveil " •>
Jo-'.oo ecpramad admiration for
Pottle's| lack, and discharged bar.
lars, uhd page* und assistant , ortcr* to
three dollars per tUy.
ity iiaker, Chsirmrn, su act authurir.
ing the Governor to settle with William*
A' Guion, psjiug them on or before Au
glint 1st, the amount due them t>y selling
bond* uow in their hands, and Ileum Iti
the Farmers' l«oau aud 'I rust Compauy '*
I.snd*, a* collaU-rals, William* A Guiou
ti withdraw luiiuednili-ly all bgsl pro
ceediiiK* oKSinst the State. Oue hundred
copies odered printed, slid the lull msde
the special order for Tuendsy next.
Ity Dillsrd from the Joint Seine! Com'
mitlec to reap|..>rtion ami rediatrict the
Mtabi in Congreesio.ial Disric.ta, reoom
mending the following divisions ;
Fitoir Dtr "T Shall Im combined
of ( hamtier*, liiberty, Hardin, Jefferson,
to that always advo I Grange, Polk, ler, Jasper, Newton,
ne, therefore, hoped 1 Trmlty, Angelina,Han Auguatino, Sabine,
Shelby, Nai'ogdiHihes, Clivrokee, Hons
tou, Anderson, Rusk, Smith, Panola aud
Haoderson.
Skik onii DiHiiiu'r Harrison. Ma'iou,
(iaaa, Bowie, Upshur, Titus, IU><! lUver,
Wtaxl, iiopkius, Itsiuar, I la, Fannin,
Hunt, Rsiiics, Van '/,\ It sml t'rr^.
Tiiiku Dihtuict Grsyson, Colliu,
Ksulman, lialls*. l'.llia,Johu*on, Tarrant,
Den tou, (!<h , M mtagiie, VViae, Parkor,
W<h>iI, Hi stu, 1'slo I Into, Jack, Clay,
Wichita, Arober, Voting, Stephen*.Shook
it came
*tricbi*t
had no right to interfere,as l)svi* wt«he,|
under the Uwh and constitution. Ilsbn
lieved this wo* snoocasioa when a tribute
of thanks might be renderr d which made
no implication to suthorixe or indorse
snd that w 111<I not con
cede any right to the Fe<lerat Goveru
lie had no ob
jeotion to an amendment lik" that pro
fioacd by the Seiiabirs from Gusdslupe
lielng engraft**1 in the oonstitutlob, a* it*
doctrine was aim'1
catcd by him, an
tbat tbo Seuate woul^coocur iri suppor'
of tbo amendments
Mr. Dillard .nl lie fully coucurred in
Victor Hugar Gan« Mill*.
C'Ktk'* Sugar F.vaporalor.
It lull k Go's Wood Working Msi-lnasry.
1 heboid h KienrJe's Fire aiei I1 us'4'
Prtsif Hsfea.
Ib-et It'ililmr Itoiltng.
Avery'* Hteol aud (>sst Plow*, .'i*"*!'*-
CuPivsturs, etc.
lb 'Wii-e, 1'mo), Fstirtisr/ Vl, I""1'1'
M
Its J c
I HI r'
IfNTUKV 'I
Hnusiec, Tetai
lis* |usl receivsil h«r 1*11 •• rk
IIAT.'i, IK>NNtT KbOWKR . 'KATHItK«.
Ac. Ac.
TIIK FIKKHT IN TIIK nil'
Aid, OIUIKKM I'it'lMITt.t AllbM'KW
T«>
bTAMriNU
We have a vsry cliulco selsotlun "I
for
IIK All* and V "HIP
llmisten, Texas, Kali .1st, l"?4tl.' < '
1'SritsVltb IIV J T HI..V K
\ tilth ilsy of Kehrusry. IH74 helm* J® r
Till
i l*ii
oM,
IM
r«i
t, - ill t«'*t
lull
followed aeeeosion •vithout any r. rhts,iiii
oording to the doctrine of tl' ,<arty
which olaimod tbat tba will of Congress elfor J, Throe km or tou, Hay lor, Wither ger
.Imi.( J P , IU*trn|> lemily, Ui'*"'
inn of tie follnw:ug ill oil|iti • 1
tlna light dun h-rse sboul I' '
abiMil 14 tie fugli, amt Insiel 'l I'
11.11 aliuuldei t i * (Irsy 11 ■ ,r*« slie.ii
11 III iti< ul 1:11 lunula high su I "«'
*S<I one III linrsc, else jest* "lil. 1 '
hltfii, ntnl hrsnilcil T un the rnrtii -1""
'I'Imi lliree s|i|ir«'**d st $'i.'i U'l •• • ■ ' | f
l,iven under tuy liai(d tbi* the I*"' '
Ksbiuart, 1874
JOHN M. flNNF.V.1 l"t
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