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AUSTIN TEXAS THURSDAY AUGUST 14 1S73.
NO. 3.
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"u-rv A-rrcnvrr at law and
T F.O A r.T X ATT 0 U.VET AT LAW. A rSTTX
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5. O. orivv. T. f. TSCU A. COCK.
at; T""T. & COCK3. ATTORNEYS AND
J ' -mat I.-.w. Antonlfi Teiaa. will prac-
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OL1TATB COOK.
-r & COOS. ATTUKMiYS AT LAW
r.1.-i.vi. "2Swlr
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A. f. VlUtL
rr-; I.L A WAT.EHR ATTOTOCEYS AT LAW
X i:.-A"ry ttrevl bwimoa UuiMlug Austin Texaa.
itit) iwi j '
DY. THOM AS. ATTOTITTEY AT LAW ArSTTN.
Ti z i. will j-rnrilce In the Hiiprem arxt Federal
( jurnl Aniin LiUtrict Courta of TrTi aod adjacent
cuni. . I'rompt at'entlon frireu to all matter 1b-trijuv-4
toeur fr. 0:;;c. in T-rowrj' BuUdins; Boi 4"
Are firc. r tii-arly opposite the PowtofHoa. iur7rtf
pHAiu-o i. kvans. attohxet at law
l Anct;n (Itr Texan will prviiea is the. Supreme
a 'id udi-ral Court at Aantln and the In'criorCourta of
Trvi aud umnnl!i)( cooatiint. Olfiea in brown's
bu:ldir'?cornerof ikU d' Arc and Brazoa atrecU.
w. . waltoh. Joint a. earn.
TV-alton c.rekm.'attorxkts at law.
V Anctiu TfiM practice in ail the) eonrta In
Anetlu.
Juntjwly
Colbert rm.Tim.L. amr blackcr. a. . TomTAnr
COl.DWfcLL bLA tvfcli A FOUNTAIN. ATTOR-
NKYSat Law itl !'aoTeraa. Prartice In the Fed-
eral Ditrli-t and feiiprume Conrta of Texaa and New
2H'xlro. Ijiml in ma-le a specialty.
X. A. LOXO. . O. LO0.
TOVO k LONO. ATTOnXKYS AND C0CN8EL-
J at Law and Holicitora in Eqnlty Austin
Trxaa. Th Crm of Long Si OatmAn havini; been di-
aoivrd br mntuaJ ronnent and M. A. Lon2bavin;aaao-
ciatrd with bim hia aon R. C. Lon? will continue to
practice in th Supreme and Federal Coart at Austin
am! in auch other court aa the firm mar be retained In.
Otflceon Hickory atreet Hweaaon buJolng. mar4wly
CI PAVIS ATTORN-ZY AT LAW AUSTIN
T Ti ia t aolirita collecting and Real Estate buai-
Titxafrom the profesxion and litigants and will prac-
tice In a'l the Court of Travi and adjoining conntiea.
nice In bmlta'a llulldlDg Congreia avecue. Addreoa
livx 831. feblOwly
oacioLA aiicbib. a. T. kooks.
ARCUEU A MOORE ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Anntin I'cxaa will practice In the Supreme and
Federal Court a at Anstln and In the District Courta of
Travla and aljolninj countica. Will par atrict atten-
tion to litu'u.-d lnnd cawa bnr and aoll land ecnifl-
catca prepare all kind of lcaf document negotiate
loana of nioiicv collect all kinda of claima and attend
promptly to buKlncwa In iny Htnte depart menta. Office
on Bola d' Arc atruet In llrown'a building nearly oppo-
aitepontofllce. - janiwly
DR. O. T. BOARDMAN PENTIST OPERATES
with the latent Improvement a. Pure Nitrons Ox-
ide Oaa admlulnter'd for the painless extraction of
Teth. Artiilclnl Teeth inserted from One to full set
natural in expression acrvlceable and durable etc.
etc. Office over Rust A Moora'i three stonr brick;
tore Confrrraa avenue aide entrance JalOwly
Y
DOCTORS GRANT AWARD BCROEON DENT-
IbTS having permanently located In the city of
Anetln would rtptfully Inform thai public that they
aro prepared to perform every variety of operations on
the natural teeth and insert artificial aets on pold vul-
canite and celluloid bnnes. In the moat Improved stvle.
Having procured a "Morrison Burring Engine" thev
( would call attention to the fact that operations on sensi-
tive teeth can be performed with less pain and in much
less time than with the old-fashioned Instruments.
Teeth extracted wlthont p.iin by the use of Nitrous Ox-
ide Oaa with entire safety. Ofllce on theAvenne half
a sqnare above Pecan street over the store of J. W.
Wajman&Co. decSwtf
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n. FORDTRAN.
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GENi:nnAL land age.vt
LA ORANGE TEXAS.
Will plve prompt and irsonal attention to the sale
and purchase of land on commission. Will examine
land titles make aurveya and do' any and all land
business entrusted to hia care.
Refers to tt:o citizens of La Orange or will (rive
special reference if dcvLred. aprSJw tiino.
BKjntT BCNDHICXS.
X. B. HALL.
JJEXItV IIKXDRICKS & CO.
7II0Li:SAI.E GR0CE1TS
and
commission r.inncHAr73
Corner of PIln and Commerce Streets
llouitot Icxsls). -
j n: ;r.vcral of the mot popular Brands of
' septawl
J J AIR TLA9TER TARIS
Lloocndalo Cement
t?t. LouU WHITE LEAD at 6t. Louis net price.
Oils rs'nH.
C!ac3 Paints Turpentine
STOVES
Tin Ware and General Merchandise.
Jun?S-W Auly S. B. ERUSII.
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f ONSY MONEY.
n acconnt of the scarcity of money we have re
daced fur a shcrt time
Oiur lrlocs.
to ri'iiVie fir ready cash.
J lusca-wAdly
8. B. BRUSH.
7Q peii cn:rr. tei.ow cost.
To cloi-e out the following goods:
Ilatc Cocto
Chocs Clothing
Doors. Hash ami llllndai.
J n-S-wiJly. 8. B. BRUSH.
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rniia AUSTIN XLT.SEIUE3.
r':tii6lcl one m!'e ennt of the City of Austin on
(ovettior A. J. lUinl-'on's firm. The patrouage of
t;;e puttiic 1 fepi-cif ui! v rennestvd.
' .1 ba prepared to ll.l order for Tall and Winter
t !. Their sunk now grawir-ij embraces the
ailei.vS of
Trult trJj Ornamental Trr
fcv-t a.'..ip!-'d to th's soil and climate.
rKKTS 1?T!S0NARLR.
C;'.' :r atn Itni'.tines v 1 be promptly attended to.
A"' IttCLUr.S STRICKLAND 3t CO..
Atisn Texss.
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Cj ..t Street Van Aletynea KulK'.lns
HOUSTON TZXAS
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THE $100000 SCHOOL appbopbia-
tiox axd its BUTnrarrios.
Ytfterday ve risited the Comptrollar'i
clHc to learn what progress is being made
La the examination and payment of teach-
trs' claim in the new school department of
that ofllce. This work has been prosecuted
under many disadrantages from the begin-
ning. Numeroua requests haTe been made-
direct to the ofSco of the Bupcrictendant
of Public Instruction for listA of outstand-
ing Touchers but with no effect that office
claiming that a the lavr did not require
it to give- such reporta it declined to extend
any accommodation. With the complete
clerical force in that office and a full record
of said Touchers already among its archiTes
such information could have been obtained
as would have facilitated the work towards
a very rapid completion. Instead of this
the work has been carried on entirely by the
reception of vouchers through mail and
from parties acting as attorneys at this point.
In this way the registration is being made
and it nay after ail bo the best for the
State and the teachers for there is but little
confidence felt by any one in a faithful re-
cord of anything in the educational office.
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For a long time no lists of paid vouchers
were received at the Comptroller's office
and even up to this time only seventy
counties have sent in such lists. In Harris
county where there is every facility for ob-
taining and sending in an early report only
about half of its paid vouchers have been
reported to the Comproller's office. It be-
ing impossible to order payment of any
vouchers for any one county until a full re-
port of the paid and unpaid vouchers have
been obtained from such county it has ne-
cessarily retarded ths work and prevented
its leing done according to the original in-
tention. As the appropriation is not sufficient to
pay off the claims of teachers within the
time specified it is intended to take the
claim of each county and pay them off ac-
cording to priority to the amount allowed
each. Full returns have been received
from only a few counties and in conse-
quence the claims have been settled up to
this time without any order. Payment of
all claims allowed under the appropriation
have been made in the counties of Bell
Bexar Burnet Collin Fannin Galveston
Ilarris Menard San Saba Travis ' and
Wf.lson.
The payment of others will bo made
out of order until full returns are obtained
when the remaining counties will be taken
up and payed according to alphabetical
order.
On inquiry at the treasury wo learn there
are ample funds there to take up all claims
covered under tho law.
ANOTHER SQUIRTI.
The Galveston Xev is still squirming un
der the deserved castigation which as a
Democratic paper the Statesman was
bound to give it. Its first effort was a feeble
wail for the learned schoolmaster it had
called in to assist it in its attacks on the
Thirteenth Legislature and the new school
law. The poor man getting the worst of
the fight wanted some Boothing salve for
his wounded sensibilities. The Xevs had
no care for itself. It was too lofty to be
reached by an interior paper r We thought
that would be the end of the matter and
that the Xetet might go along and behavo
itself very well for a while. But no it
now begins to feel a little on its own ac
count and rubbing its sore places comes up
within time and puts at us again. The
whole matter is just this and no more and
and we don't intend the public shall be led
off by false issues. The Galveston 2icws
generally considered a Democratic paper
and often quoted by the Radicals as the or-
gan and leader of the Texas Democracy
undertook to break up the Democratic party
by insiduous feelers and open approvals of
doctrines and movements utterly at war with
the principles and previous course of the
party. It admitted into its columns a long
communication declaring there was now no
difference on national politics between the
Radical and Democratic parties. It called
especial "attontion to this article as being
written by one ' of the oldest and ablest
Democrats of Texas. It sanctioned tho ne-
gro social equality movement in Louis-
iana. It approved the Allen county meet
ing and resolutions in Ohio which were
intended to break up the Democratic party
and to substitute a new one. Could the
Statesman. as a faithful sentinel of the
Democracy stand by and allow such treason
to the party to go unnoticed and unpun-
ished? Surely not. We exposed and de-
nounced it promptly and the Xacg fright-
ened at the disapprobation every where ex-
pressed by the Democratic papers of Texas
retracted and backed down from its obnox-
ious positions. Can. it deny this! Was the
Statesman wroEg or right in this matter?
If it was wrong why does not the Xrtri
continue to defend its course in reference to
the subjects mentioned? Instead of that
it meanly attempts to excite prejudice against
the Statesman and its editors by resorting
to the low tricks of the demagogue prating
about organs and central influences and rings
and editorial "arrogance and assurance."
All this is merely to call off the public at-
tention from its own misconduct and its
richly merited punishment. With what face
can the Galveston Vtri talk about assur-
ance and &rro"-aacf when but a year ago.
as its own lcs will prove it modestly re-
commended to tht country ediiors of Texas
toccnlr.e thetr.elvcs to local matters and
let it ar: 1 ether city papers manage the poli-
tical eubjc cts ! We have not forgotten this
if the numerous cditers of the Shts have
for 83 the tualle editor cf a country paper
at the tlr.p we rebuked the brdly a?surr:p-
tlctj cf the -V.-.-i and let it know it was
fcsr.y cssM cr honest enough to conduct
the politics cf Texts. Do what we may
we ca i t sver c ti e cool assurance of this
f.'.nxM prrpv:-ltoa and partly dii.intere.sted
s I uv. If it l.i d I ee a t'i'if a and followed
c t it is t'?w plita enough whxre t'.o De
r; -rcr.itio rrty wcu.I l Lavs teen ia the
a-"-. cf r.l:i:sll-i. This little cTort cf
tl 2.'.- - tj p?juliee and crbroil cs with
ctl.cr :....: p-vr will trt avail it cne
1 rl.ltttura cl f.-ca u.'c'.f tha
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IXTTIBESTINO STATdEST.
The general laws of the Thirteenth Legis-
lature lately published by the State printer
cover two hundred and thirty-five pages
and the index eleven pages ia brevier equal
to nineteen in small pica.
The general laws of the first session of
the Twelfth Legislature covers one hundred
and sixty-two pages and the index forty-
six pages in small pica. Those of the second
session of the same ninety page and tho
index nineteen.
The number of copies printed by order of
the Thirteenth Legislature was 5000 and
the price obtained on the index it making
an aggregate of 55000 pages was $190 at
one-fifth of a cent per page.
The number of copies ordered by the
Twelfth Legislature was 5000 and the price
obtained for the index of one volume of
only one hundred and sixty-two pages
(against 235 for the Thirteenth Legislature
costing $190) was $575 at one-fourth of a
cent per page.
The 'difference in the two cases ia that
while Newcomb was Secretary of State
each time and had all this work prepared
himself that for the laws of the Twelfth
Legislature accrued to the benefit of the
Journal concern in which he held an inter-
est and that of the laws of the Thirteenth
to the Statesman concern in which he has
none. lie made the index to two hundred
and fifty-two pages of laws so as to bring
him $812 50 while the price realized by the
present State Printer for tho index to two
hundred and thirty-five p3ges is $1C0. ;
We instance these facts not because the in-
dex supplied the present State printer is a
very poor one and generally complained of
but to show what manner of officials we have
and to prove the difference between expen-
ditures for public printing in the two in-
stances. And tho ratio thus shown will
hold good throughout tho whole amount of
work done for the two legislatures.
TV II AT IIAS IIE DONE ?
The State Journal the obsequious organ
of Governor Davis announces his re-
turn home. The Twelfth Radical Legis-
lature having with much other misdoing
iavolved the State in debt and depreciated
its warrants the last Legislature as about
the best it could do authorized the Gover-
nor or his agent to go to New York and
sell an amouut of bonds previously issued
under Radical rule. It was led to believe
that the Governor would appoint a compel
tent financial agent and that the bonds
could be 6old at a reasonable rate. The
Governor as he was desirous of a summer
trip and had a little matter of Federal pat-
ronage to 6ettle with General Clark etc
concluded to go on liimself and attend to
the matter. Wo were really anxious that he
would faithfully attend to the business con-
fided to him and come back with somo lit-
tle credit to himself and some yttle benefit
to the State. .What has been the result?
What has he done? The Northern
newspapers have kept us pretty well posted
of his doings as well as a correspondent of
the Galveston News who seems to have been
trotting about with him at his head or his
heels while at Washington New York
and Long Branch. His Excellency seems to
have considered the Belling of the bonds a
small matter cdmpared with his quarrel with
Clark & Co. Well lie had a grand quarrel
with Clark. He told Clark he was little
better than a Chief and Clark reminded him
how tho little thief used to pay tho Gov-
ernor's private bills. It was nip and tuck
which should get the ear and support of the
President Davis holding the trump cards
Santanta and Big Tree and Clark strong in
the war-time affection of tho Secretary of
War and the great Smoker. The bonds
were forgotten and tho fight over the Fed-
eral patronage got hotter and hotter
to the amusement of the Northern1 pa-
pers but the . soro disgrace of the Gov-
ernor the Texas Radicals and the State
of Texas so far as the doings of such men
could effect it. At length it is telegraphed
that the Governor has .got whipped out in
the cat and dog fight and is about to return
with tho lost favor of Grant the accumu-
lated enmity of Clark and the general odium
attached to a defeated perty who has
sought a difficulty and got the worst of itJl
And lo he comes back with the boqds un-
sold leaving them behind him with a dam-
aged reputation but it is hoped no unpaid
bills. The Legislature was careful to pro-
vide against that and the contingency of a
quarrel with Clark. So we go. Had the
Governor appointed a proper business man
to sell the bonds as it was trustingly be-
lieved ho would the bonds might have been
sold promptly ft t a fair value and tho money
now be in the treasury of the State. But
it is as it is and we have all got to bear it
at least for a month longer says.the.court
journal.
SAN ANTONIO
Our travoling correspondent W. R. W.
does not give a very flattering picture of
this good old city during the hot summer
season but we suspect ho could not have
been ia the best of humors and that the
"smiles" of Marmion and norner did not
have their usual effect upon him. We have
not known San Antonio as long a W. we
first saw it in 1SC1 during the war but to
us perhaps of a more poetic temperament
that W. thcro has always been a great
charm in this "direst dullest and hottest
place' of our correspondent. We spent
nearly two years of the war in this historic
city at a time of more than usual dullness
of trade when many of its good citizens
were far away fighting under the well
loved Southern banner and whea our mind
was often filled with anxieties and sad fore-
bodings and yet these two eventful years
were among tho happiest cf our changeful
lifo. We love to recall ihem and dwell
oa thrm as a green and Cowerv oasis in a
wide aud dreary waste. The location of
San Antonio is eminently picturesque and
beautiful. As yoa approach it from the
Austin cr Sc-guta road and look down cpoa
it nestled amorg the trees and talking ia
the sunshine with its clear and sparkling
river winding ia graceful curves through
it5
I; c.t. ttt. with it
and rrird.ns 1 it
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bridges
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road and in the midst of an apparently dry
and unproductive country. But when we
considered that it was the point of trade
for a very wide and extended region includ-
ing the rich valleys of the San Marcos
the Guadalupe and the Cibola on the east
and the many rivers and valleys west
stretching out to tho Rio Grande that its
tiade with Northern ilerioo was large and
profitable and that the headquarters of the
United States Army made it a point where
immense supplies were brought and distrib-
uted and millions of money paid out to con-
tractors merchants and tradesmen our won-
der ceased and we saw clearly the source of
its prosperity and success Now it ia true
that some of its trade has gone off
to other towns by the building ' of
railroads and the opening of new channels
of commerec ; and from the. long unsettled
stato of 3Iexico we presume the trade with
that unfortunate country has diminished or
has been drawn away in part to Browns-
ville Rockport and Corpus Christi; and it
may be that the good old city of the "Hap-
py Valley" ia looking dull and spiritless
during this heated and ever dull season of
the year. Galveston is now dull Houston
we are told still duller and our own charm-
ing city of the hills is about the only place
looking lively and smiling in the summer
sunshine. But all that San Antonio needs
to recover Its waning trade and give it in-
creased importance as the lovely Queen
City of the West is' sufficient railroad com-
munication with the outer world. Com-
merce will run with the railroads it
seeks an easy and rapid channel for
its multifarious operations. With the
building of the railroads to Indian-
nola Houston and Galveston and tho
completion of the great International Road
running through it and connecting it on
the one side with the remotest northeast
and on the other with the many rich cities
of Mexico putting it near the center
of the shortest line from New York to the
Pacific San Antonio will recover all her
formei trade and importance and add to
them in an almost incalculable degree. We
look forward to this consumation with no
feeling of jealousy . or envy. Austin can
have no necessary rivalry with San Anto-
nio. There will be trade enough for both
with the opening of the railroads and the
consequent filling up of the country with
people on every side. We must have tho
'railroads to get the population and to se-
cure the cultivation of the soil and the es-
tablishment of manufactories without
which there can be no large and prosperous
cities anywhere at the present day. Again
wo say let the railroads be built.
the ircissocni republican.
Gratz Brown Again Showing Ilia Hand-
Traitors in the Democratic Camp.
From the course of the Missouri Republi-
can it is reasonable to suppose that it be-
longs to Gratz Brown and his set of politi-
cians or at least that it is entirely under
their control. This once influential and
powerful Democratic journal despite its
name ds again attempting to disrupt the
Democratic party by insiduous and truthless
statements that it has ddne nothing since
the war and is incapable of effecting any
further good for the country that it is in
fact dead or ought to be. In its article of
July 30 headed "What the Democracy
Has not Done" it labors to show that the
Democratic party is in the way of the over-
throw of the Radical rule and that the
first step to tho accomplishment of this
is its "disintegration" and abandonment.
This ia the old talk of last year over again
more open and manly but equally false
treacherous and damnable. We know this
is strong language but no other would suit
the occasion. The Democratic party may
be in tho way of Gratz Brown Frank Blair
and a few other ambitious aspirants who
are controlling the Missouri Republicanwe
think it ;s and it ought to be. While it
exists such men can never be its leaders
nor Tire they likely to get further office high
or low through its agencj. The Democratic
party has had sufficient experience of this
sort of politicians and is heartily dis-
gusted with them. It will do clean work
hereafter. Under tho influence of these
men the cousins .Gratz and Frank
both aspirants to the Presidency the
Mixtouri Rrpubliwn led off last year
in the disastrous movement which finally
terminated in' tho nomination of Gree-
ley. It played its cards well and was
successful in its treachery bringing the
Democratic party to defeat and shame. It
did not frankly as now avow its wish for
the disbandmcnt of the Democratic party.
O no it was to be kept up but to be used
for the benefit of the liberal Republicans.
It was to have no candidates of its own but
generously take up such old abolition lead-
ers as tho aspiring Gratz. By doing this
the Democracy were assured that Grant
could be defeated and a great good secured
to the country. Its arguments were "specious
and urged with all the skill of an old and
experienced newspaper man like Gratz
Brown. With the help of money and
telegraphic dispatches and the com-
bined action of a few leading news-
papers composing a ring the Democracy
were deceived betrayed and defeated. It
is true Gratz Brown did not succeed in get-
ting the nomination for President at Cincin-
nati but failing in this he secured the
nomination of Greeley and contented him
self -with "playing second fiddle" in the
grand amalgamated national . orchestra.
Every one knows the result. The Demo-
crats could not be brought up to the sup-
port of Greeley and Gratz and the Liberal
Republicans proved to be a mere "drop in
the bucket" of no practical avaiL So Grant
was re-clcctcd and is now plotting for a
third term. And with this danger starisg
us in the face and the fatal blunders of last
year fresh in our raemorie here comes the
interminable Gratz again in the Xlouri ?-
pJ2U:n and talks over and over the
same twaddle a1out the. usclcssncss cf
the Democratic party for tny good
and war.ti u to try tho tttcfcl thing p.rrda
for his bene St end the few disaffected Re-
p".V. leans vb cannot stand Grant and
ho a-e unwilling to be called Democrats
and i act with the Democratic p:rtT.
they would
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cratic papers speak out. If there are any
left in 3ILssouri let them-denounce theA7-
KHiri Republican as unfaithful to the Demo-
cratic party not to be trusted not to be
followed and not to be countenanced in its
renewed treachery and political treason.
Let this second attempt of Gratz and his
cousin and the whole interested little
batch of Liberal Republicans bo promptly
met and defeated. If this is not done we
have nothing but tho re-election of Grant
and continued ruin and degradation before
us. Nothing can save the country but the
good old Democratic party "pure and un-
defiled." Let Gratz and tho Mits&fri Repub-
lican go.
INDIANS IN LLANO COtCNTT.
We have just been informed by E. R.
Becson Esq. the chief justice of Llano
county now in our city that a party of fif-
teen or twenty Indians made their appear-
ance in that county last Saturday. They
were first seen near Moss's ranche and on
Saturday night they came into the town of
Llano and stole several horses and then
proceeded to a camp of minute men about
half a mile' off where they cut out one of
their horses and put off. On Sunday morn-
ing t"ae minute men together with some
other citizens started in pursuit but after
going about sixteen miles lost the trail near
the head of Cherokee creek and returned.
About this time the Indians attacked a
party herding cattle in San Saba county
near the Schleicher ranche and wounded a
man by the name of Newton Phillips who
it is thought will die of his wound. On
Monday evening when one of tho boys at
another rancho of Moss's in Llano county
went out to milk one of the cows returned
home with au arrow sticking in her side
and on this discovery another party of
eight men including the Moss boys early on
Tuesday morning started out to find tho
Indians. After trailing them for fifteen or
twenty miles they at last found them on
the top of Pack Saddle mountain dis-
mounted and eating their dinner. It was a
complete surprise. They . rode within
twenty paces of the Indians before they were
discovered After firing on them awhile
they dismounted and the fight on both sides
was continued on foot. The Indianswere
well armed had the advantage of numbers
and fought" desperately. Four of the
whites half their number were wounded.
Moss it is feared mortally but they bravely
kept up the fight until they drove the In-
dians from their camp killing one outright
who was found on the ground and captur-
ing all their' horses saddles blanket?
and one Henry rifle and a six ehooter
besides arrows shields and a curious neck-
lace made of bones found on the neck of
the dead Indian. Tho party of whites was
of bourse ' unable to pursue as half their
number were disabled and returned with
their wounded and 6ppils to Mr. John B.
Duncan's ranche about two miles from tho
battle field. When Mr. Becson left on
Wednesday morning another party was
about starting in further pursuit of tho sav-
age foes. Here we have another Indian
raid and murder within sixty-five miles of
the capital of Texas while the general gov-
ernment glories in its Indian policy the
pious Quakers pray and tho impassive
Grant smokes at Long Branch and ponders
over a third term.
We append a list of tho whlto party that
th'o names of these brave men may . bo
known: J. R. Moss S. B. Moss W. B.
Moss (mortally wounded) Robert Browjj
Eli Loyd (wounded) Archer Martin (se-
riously wounded) Pinkney Ayres (wound-
ed) and E. D. Harrington.
GOOD NEWS.
The telegraphic dispatches of Friday
morning were cheering to the Democracy
of Texas. . They -brought intelligence of
the good work of two Democratic State
conventions Ohio and Virginia. There
has been a gap in the dispatches concerning
the Ohio convention but it is certain that
it has had nothing to do with the nomina-
tions of the Liberal Republican convention
lately held but had made its own indepen-
dent flat-footed unadulterated nomina-
tions. This is enough for us to know to
satisfy our principal anxiety. It appears
that some one by the name of Allen and
wc suspect he is the son of Senator Alleir
of the good old Jackson days has been
nominated for Governor and that Senator
Thurman in a brilliant speech ' has
predicted his election and ' the suc-
cess of .the Democratic ' ticket in Ohio.
Good! In Virginia the Democratic
standard bearers are Gen. Kemper for
Governor and CoL Withers for Lieutenant
Governor both sound and true men. This
ticket is sure to succeed. Texas will soon fol-
low with a sound Democratic ticket for State
officers selected by its convention. The
plotters for a third party here will make no
showing. Their little attempts were nipped
in the bud. The Galveston Af i took its
cue as it did last year from the Missouri
RfpvJAican and Gratz Brown and made a
feeble flutter for the new party but it soon
fell fiat and now only gives signs cf life by
an occasional spasmodic moan. Its leader
the Missouri Republican whose article of the
thirtieth ult.. we have noticed elsewhere
and which was written to force the Demo-
cratic party of Ohio to accept the Liberal
nominations has eignally failed in its nefa-
rious object. The Democracy of Ohio stand
firm. All hail Ohio and the nolle Thurmaa.
Now let Texas speak and give no uncertain
sound.
NAVAItno COUNT.
The Democratic Convention for this
county was held on the second insL Wil-
liam Croft was President thereof and
Eryan T. Barry Secretary. The following
delegates to the State Convention were ap-
pointed : J. L. naihert N. C. Read John B.
Jones W. C. Water? R. A. Van Horn D.
Weaver A. C. King T. D. Andrews Jo.
Daniel B. F. Elackman F. K. Montgom-
ery W. II. rcnsW B. 2L Patterson T.'B.
Sparks J. A. Scales J.-M. Scales 11. 2L
E-irg-ss E. W. Johnson J. K. Smyrie and
J. C. Spark". To which oa motion were
added CcL C. 1L Winkler and CoL Win.
Croft. CcL Winkler runic
ca excellent al-
drcs and the cde-.tis were in-tructci to
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JCSDAT AND LIQUOR LAWS.
The most coaiionly avowed reason for
calling a German Convtioa in. this State
was the fear that laws mlgv be passed oa
the subject of temperance anct keeping the
Sabbath interfering with their aititu-
tional rights as American cilixens. Nydo
not understand them as complaining of thtJ
existing laws in relation to these matters
but they express a fear that those will be re-
pealed and more stringent ones enacted. Is
this fear well founded and does it justify
in advance a separate and national move-
ment of all Germans against any supposed
attempts to alter the present laws bearing on
the subjects of temperance and the Sab-
bath? Wo think not. The Germans ore
not alone In their views of Sunday
and liquor laws. We believe a largo
majority . of the people of Texas aro
opposed to any material change in the ex-
isting laws regulating Sabbath keeping and
liquor selling. With regard to the first wc
took occasion some two months ago just
after the adjournment of the last Legisla-
ture to express our own opinions frankly
in an article on tho "Day of Rest" which
if it attracted no notice or comment in
Texas was republished in several newspa-
pers out of it thus indicating approbation
of the sentiments avowed. As the late Ger-
man convention in this city mako these sub-
jects prominent by the adoption of their
eighth rcsalution we think it proper now
to succinctly repeat them. Wo think there
should be a day of rest established by law
on which no legal except criminal process
shall be enforced. That Sundayf as recog-
nized by all tho Christian world is the most
suitable for this day of rest from either men-
tal or bodily labor. . That the laws of nature
independent of the laws of God demand
tliis day and it is right and proper for tho
legislators of any country to fix it by stat-
ute. But tho day being thus fixed tho peo-
ple have a right to keep it according to
their own consciences and judgments so
that they do not interfere with tho rights of
others. We prefer going to church on that
day and afterwards to read -walk ride
and visit our friends at our pleasure mak-
ing it as profitable and pleasant to both
mind and body as we can. If our German
or other friends prefer going to tho Turn
Verein and spending the day to suit their
own taste and feeling's it is their privilege ;
it is none of our business and we have no
right to complain. W.e may or we may not
think them wrong and they may think us
wrong but wo havo no right to forco them
by law to church as they have no right to
force us to the Turn Verein. That is our
viow of Sunday and Sunday laws and we
believe it to bo the view of a largo majority
of the Democrats of Texas. Can our Ger-
man friends object to this? Do they desire
any greater f reedpm of conscience than they
now have iu this respect? Wc believe not.
Now as to liquor laws wc shall be
equally explicit. Wc know temperance to
be a geod thing and wo aro opposed to in-
temperance of all sorts. We think it tho
duty ofall Christians and moralists to incul-
cate temperance and to do what they can
to promoto it but we also think that all
laws intended to force temperance upon
the people aro futilo and wrong in princi
ple and against the spirit if not tho letter
of tho Constitution of the United State.
Wo suppose this is plain enough and that
our position cannot be misunderstood.
That a large majority of tho Democratic
party of Texas hold tho 6ame opinion we
have not a doubt. There may be a few in
fact we know there aro some pious good
people who . entertain a different view of
this matter and are anxious to re-enact here
the Maine and Ohio liquor laws for the
supposed suppression of intemperance but
the number is small and their influence less.
There is no danger that these good but as
we' think misguided people will get tho
political control of tho Democratic party
or the preponderance in the legislative halls
of the State. Our German fellow citi?.cnn
need not be alarmed but if they ore the
best thing they can do is not to attempt
separate action but to unite cordially with
the Democratic party which is the only party
in the country north or south cast or west
which has made any successful resistance
to fanaticism of all sorts religious
moral and political. And while wo would
remind them of this we wouid call their
special attention to the fact that the old
Democratic party from its start has always
been the true friend of the foreigner of every
nationality and has done more to encourago
their immigration to confer on them tho
early rights of citizenship and provide for
their general welfare in this new home of
their adoption than all other parties to
gether whatever their names or professions
Let our German fellow-citizens remember
these things' and not be led astray by the
Radical tricksters of Texas . to take ground
against their best friends and the only
party judging from the past on which they
can rely for the maintenance of all their
just rights and privileges.
niB crnnEvcr basis.
The merchants of this place with the
very rarest exceptions have determined to
mark their goods at currency prices ia the
future. Under the present regulations regard
ing specie we think this a wise course.
Texas has suffered heavy losses by dealing
with those who supply at currency rates
and selling to those who pay in Jpccic.
The matter of exchange from one medium
to the other has in a rather itnptrccptiblo
way bled consumers of much money. A
party sells Lis goods here for specie. He
thcnbu currency at an advance far be-
yond the New York rates and make his
remittance there in this shape. The
merchant of cour?e docs not lose through
these differences ia prices but adds an ad-
ditional per cent."--o cpon Lis good to
cover the difference. In ether word the
consumer pays the difference for Lira. The
fame redo applies to payment of freights
insurance etc. TLii Las beta the trouh'o
consequent upon the circulation amr.ngu of
specie instead of currency but now another
ditHculty presents it-clf. According to the
new rjulitloa c f clrculatlr g cola by c 1.1. t
Liitcadcf itsf.tr 2 vr " n r..y
will 1" ' ' . . - - r :r'
.i u.5 I s-cr.':- will lc
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iru uri-.r? t? F"-r"
en
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. ...
as the basis of trade is almost general amon j
our business men and we have no doubt
the few who think it best to cling to tho
established custom will sooa acknowledge
the movement as a good one and adopt it.'
There aro only four leading busineis houses
iu the place who refuso tu go into this inove-
nieat. The adoption of the ourrency basis
will do away with much trouble and anaoy-
aat and save. a great deal of money to
thoe b.o need it the most.
HOXTSTON COUNTT.
The Democratic tAsnTention of Houston
county was held at CrocTkctton the second
instant S.. A. Miller wavmade rrcsi-
dent and P. 11. Williams secretary. Tito
following delegates to the Stato Democratic
Convention were appointed. . Hon. John T
Smith Hon. Frank Rainey Capt. D. A.
Nunn W. W. Davis J. W. "llorkins Wash
Holiey Major John Smith Wm. Sheridan
J. M. nagcr and I?. N. Read. A resolution
was adopted to instruct the delegates to
support non. Cyrus H. Randolph of Austin
for Stato Treasurer. After the adjournment
of tho convention Hon. John T. Smith and
non. Frank Rainey made ablo speeches de
fending their courso in tho last Legislature
and denouncing in strong terms the means
used by certain men to throw odium upon
it. No county officers wcro nominated.
Another convention will be held for that
purpose.
LETTER. FROm NASHVILLE TENN.
Nashville August 1 1873.
K-Jiton Democratic J?!atesnan That highly
interesting attorney Thomas D. Evans who
figured so extensively with one Judgo Scott
of your State is well known here. At one
timo ho was Deputy United States Marshal
for the Middle District cf Tennessee and
while ia office displayed great financial abil
ity. In the short space of one year he suc-
ceeded iu borrowing about ten thousand
dollars from Uncle Sam for which ho failed
to give his noto. . Ho also piously forged
tho omcial bond pertaining to Ins otUco.
For the abovo little irregularities he lui9 been
indicted and his rial sot for next November.
Tho farmers are orcramzinji Granges
throughout this State. There seems to bo
nothing of a political character attached to
the ordor but I hear it hinted that there
will bo at somo future day. An old farmer
informed mo the other day that tho Granges
would vote for no man who had not the
farming interest of tho country at heart.
Hence I .have deemed it prudent to buy
email farm near this city und live in great
hopes of being called on to run for Con
gress. My wife is vigorously sowing turnips
to-day. Do they require clicks for tho
vines to run ont .
Tho cholera has entirely disappeared from
middle. Tennessee but the flux an evil that
always follows cholera is prevailing to an
alarmins extent.
In Middle Tennessee tho vield of cotton
and corn will be very largo this year.
iours truly
Hard Bnrcx.
REGISTER! REGISTER:
Wo again call attention to tho absolute
necessity of registration in view of the
coming election and tho complete redemp-
tion of tho State from Radical rulo. No
man can vote unless registered under the
new law. Tho present Constitution requires
registration though in our judgment use
less with universal suffrage and it has to be
done. Tho. Inst Legislature did what It
could to make . tlda duty one of ensy per-
formance. It costs nothing but a little
time. Let no man neglect it. No man
who loves his State and country will ne-
glect it. The Democrat who fails in this
is unworthy of the noble party ho professes
to belong to and deserves to bo ruled and
taxed by the Radicals lo the day of his
denth. Last year we heard Democrats
say they would not register because they
would then! have to serve on juries. This
was no proper excuse then and now wc
are glad to say that this will avnil them
nothing. They will be compelled to servo
on juries whether registered or not. Every
negro and vhite Radical vill register and if
the Democrats do not they may expect to
be beaten in many localities and they will
deserve to.be. Come forward then Demo-
cratic voters of Texas and Hhow that you
are true men ready and willing to perform
your whole duty first to register and then
to vote. .
Are we to understand that the (so-called)
Statesman defends the Thirteenth Iiegisla
turo? State Jiurnal.
Yes. We believe the Thirteenth Legisla
ture did os well as it could under tho cir
cunistnnces and deserves praiso instead of
censure. They were clogged with a Radical
Governor and a doubtful Senate mostly
elected when Radicalism had full sway and
they were obliged to net slowly and tempo-
rise to a certain extent to be ablo to effect
any good. They were industrious and hon
est and did what they could with safety
for the State. Such papers as the State Jn-r-
nal and the Galveston iW mny ctniurc
them but the honest peoplo of the State
will generally approve their conduct and
give them the credit they deserve. Now
ia return we ask "are we to understand
that the so-called Slate Jo"riwl drfrnds the
Twelfth Legislature?"
The Cleburne Chronicle hoists the imuio
of 3Iajor A. J. Dora of Fp.nnia county for
State Treasurer. Wo. have been rcqu jsU 1
to republish the article highly recommend
ing him but this would be contrary to the
rule wc have laid down for our government
in this respect. We treat Major Dura ns
wc have all other candidate." for toe different
offices. Whoever g'U the D wwrntic
nomination will receive our support.
IL 11. Bishop & Co. fit Dubuq'je l.r.a
send cs in pamphlet form "A true statmer.t
of the isf.il c'irr.r-.tc and w c-n-lcrfu! ruourcc
cf the State ct T'V.M It U well written.
an-1 give-." ia the ru-in truthful f.rcf-ur.t
cf our resources and cnli'i r. it i in-
tended for Northern dl! . rihuti . n tn 1 is wt il
Tc:..
lii t : -i t ' 1 r
long since and fp-uks by ti
Ti'K Il'iu-t :t 7.'-y'V l'--s
article cnthe f A z:r :.'. trsJ '
i: i in the rp'r.l-.-a thr.t r.-yr
h-cruWl aj .". T:-L-.--3T
f thiUr-lt'l r'.t. ' Ar::-;
ft'! t: ively Th--- J
r.i tv rf t'el.'tr. - -I ! v
!
Tin: effort cf thj . : J
dice the Stat-mas in the-1
Germans of this i'tU h p:
- . i t . t .
with iti gcmral con lu'. Th-j j
and editors of the t :.t. ua:c L vc r. 1j
"so covert fling ct ur.y r. .'.ur. . . I f
cijner' least cf all at any C c:l.:.u . i . I -zen
and the Jn.-rn -I Izjw a th! . TU
Statk-vax has spokea with do rv.l t
tetnpt of a low .lo-.s.t Ii.-;.ii.h... wh
could introduce luti If t a p "ti :; -.n i a
a professedly friendly c..'.!. f -r th p urp. j
of caricaturing hira. T! i ; vs 1 ..: th? J.
nal calls wc suppose "a c -v. ;t ;':;:; e a
naturalized foreigner." If th-: s .. :p ! .i
been "naturalized" ho has c i '. 'p r vrr
been civilized. No German ti 1 - .. or
knew could have leea g'-Hty ' i
despicable conduct. All o-nr.u: 1 v !:h
tho Statesman office hold tho Cor;... - i
high respect.
Tns Jiwm-i' clique composed of D i v 1 .
Newcomb Do Gress und Alexander think
tho entire delegation of Germaa citi.rer.-i
now ia tho city stand at their beck at: 1 cidl.-
Lct them wait and et . They have thiir
strikers present and n few ia tho conven-
tion but wo predict tho convention n a
IkkIv will not touch them with a fortv f : t
pole. NS
The Journal under a feeling cf dh u:
that the Davis clique did not lead the dor
man Convention passes over it ye-t . r l.iy hi
dead silence. Not one word said id; out i'
not enough to let tho public know thr.t f h
an event was transpiring. It h tr rt.d:.;
out of rtoon to show hitrd feelings to th.
extent.
The account cf tho German nv th"g i- '.
New Braunfels which we published in our
last daily issue came too Lite for any c-:-i
ment. Wo are rejoiced to see that tho 1 u'.k
of our German friends agree w ith us tzV.j
on tho subject of separate political aetl'n.
Tho resolutions adopted are drawn with
much clearness ond force aad do gr: t
honor to the author and the meeting. Wc
trust they will bo published by Hie I). ;.;--cratic
papers throughout the State.
havo reason to bo proud of our Gorntaa p; p-
ulation. They aro generally indu-tri. :
ortlcrly and intelligent and havo donerturh
to forward the march rf iniprourusT.t ii
Texas. We 6hou!d regret t xcecdl:'. yj if
anything should occur to array them aa
body against their fellow-citizens at And
can or other foreign birth. Let us all ; t
together for tho good of our common coun-
try. In refcrcneo to this &ubj e'Ct WC Cl..i
especial attention to our republication frcr
the Houston ' Ttlcjroph.
"BM the Washington correspondent . f
the Gnlvcston Xan snya that "poT 2'i.
Taylor collector of interned revenue v.iil
have to go (np?) for having given two cou.v
ter statements under onth one to D ivi"
that he paid Clark two thousand dollars f . :
obtaining his office and tho other ci;o t
Clark that ho never pid liirn a dcllur there-
for. Both these are said to Lr ori f.Io."
What a queer set of people the Radical
cials of Texas must be. If wo t;ikc ! .!
they say about each other us true they t.: j
anything but angel and saints. Pril-'-ry
forgery stealing nnd lying aro words thro .-:
at each other n.4 if by way cf coirj !!;:: :.
Tho Radical opponents of Governor B.;!?
according to "B" r.ro now intimntir;: th .:
they could play tho very devil with Li:n
they would nnd that they wi'.i if L : 1
pressed. They declare that C v. :
"J9flfM in a ahis hv.1l'. U it j - '.'. ' 5
That immaculate tnnn that ma la C! a
member of Congress for a f-hort th:.:! O
the ingratitude of tho little bip.lt ". . '.
he throw stones at tho glass house?
Tins removal of Dc Cress is If" : '
absolute certainty if the Honey cr.: ? ii
prove a precedent. Ia the ah" nco f t" 1
court adviser Rlliott we derunnl of t: )
Governor his instant removal f c r 1 ' i. j - t
of the State away from his post i f duty.
Govrenxoa Davis hai khowa r.i rv:
neglect of bis official duty cs did II
For this and a thousand greater cff :: t!
peoplo demand that his place 1 ? filed 1 r
another and they wi'd see that it i !..: 1 i
December.
Will the Journal pk-v-o inf.-r:a th x
lie what that " perfect ur.der-tr:n ii:." f
Governor and the President i.' i.h -.1
tanta and Pig Tree? The !" 4 i ' f 7.
especially those on the frontier f-" 1 r i
interest In this matter..
SViio is ono f tho ";.hh ; t r i
financiers in New York" wiih who: . !'
crnorhin left the bond.;: Y.'oh p- t:
bc-en no f.ccoud hypother.r.ih.n.
Skvkkal cf the i:n"d ; ;:
putting off their Staro Co::ve;t:
tho Juvri.ct thtoks thet wo::' 1 1
prospects of Davij f' r ihf :
and says: no the thing iv: '-
como off ri advert;.' ed if it "
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