Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 81, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1880 Page: 1 of 4
four pages : b&w ; page 29 x 22 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
rMA
Tortus:
BAlLTDKSIGCIisTIa ST vTEMAN.
n?1e copy om y. a...'. fll.fl
Pin. !o copy clx mo ttn- 0
Single e py one niinth 1-0
. WEEKLY DEMOCRATIC 8TTKSMAN
Btnjrle cooy one year 0
King! copy six month" ..... . 1
JTIICFtHlNEC I S.
Do you v.aiit ai pure bloom-
'ins Comploxion i !1" so a
fcr np5li(ilt'"-!rt " Harm's
MAGNOLIA JiAl.il tvill grat-
ify you to ynr !: t'j? on-
tent. 1 1 dot -i i:vay 1 I ! h Nal-
lotruess I'edr-cs lti.i -i'.s
liMrfrc nrtl rtidissrsf-iid
Imporiittior.s c-i'llmskii. It
nvprcCRis I ho i i'vM a;?'.ar-
or.co of JhmI r:i'5M" ami ex
citi'inr-tit. 1 1 i;ia!:"s :i ';i:ly of
1H1KTY appi-ar Ira TWKX-
TV; anaTMi nalimv it-mi! intl.
and jirrfW't a?v iN ''?i";ts.
(hat it U Impos-H tu At U v!
Its application.
Why a"a oaj tif-
ms rk n
ck.Ixj tie
'utar Kld
dct arat Aireeaeal.
Io not delay as de
lays are aaiigeroas.
but iry at one
AlL 11-
or tho Kid-
. D adder. Liv
er and Urinary Or
gans. iropy Grav.l Diabetua Urg-tit'- Liiaa-aue
of lUe Kidney and Incontinence an J ft-aa-ation
ol Urine are cared ItHI N'tT. HKDIKoV.
It Is pr.ta.ed fcXPHfcSiSLY 1ck tbt.e Dis-
Camemn Co.. Central Pena..
WairTwaxan Nor. in !-;.
Dar Sir: I may ay Hl'NT'aS HK'aEI'Y haa
raleatat Uu daaad. It raisrd me from I he dead lor
sare as ibe doctors bad given me I p to ale In
MX HOUH8 and so bad all tbe IS pie. My
friends called In tbe priest to p. re me for
death and lie also aairi I waa doomed They e'.i
had me dead hut HUNT'S KKMBDY aaTtd
me and I am alive taday sound and en red of
dropiy. R. W. TKL'DK.
from Her. K. O. Tailor D. D. I'.alor First
Baptist Cliurcb:
PitnTiDENCC R.I. .Tan. 8 18T9.
I can testify to tbe virtue of HUNT'8 KEM-
DY in Kidney Diseases from actual trial bavins-
been ureallv benefited bv tu rae.
B. G. TAYLOR
! HUMPS
B. O. TAYLOR
nrffrsnE.ti
BOY has been
ed br Famtl
Pbytldan fr 30
year.." It baa sever
been
known- to
fall. It Is S iafe.
stirs ana spceuy.
cars it is parul
VeersDia All wni
aae It enjoy root
health. - I
Bead fot Pamphlet to WM. B. C'LAKKJC
PBoriDBxca K. L
-BOLD BY ALL-DUUGaisTs.
THOMPSON SCHOTT CO..
Ageala Galveston.
lan9wlyr
OLD AND RELIABLE.
Dr. Sanfokds Lrvat I.wiookatob
is a StamiirJ Family KonvHly for
Tonio.
0
laV J ft0 -ft'
o rtO- .e.- 0
1"
y nd by the public
for mow than 35 years
V witli nnrooedeittxl resulta
SEND FOR CIRCULAR.
I.T.W.SAXF0R0M.0.ia2vl?2tKcTy
- Ul IIIWUT WILL TELL YOli ITS (U-tlTlTina.
Good Remedies!
DR. MERRICK'S
. tjrOAR COATED TKUETABLK
LIVER PILLS
Purtr otT all Impure matter.
no noep ins system neaithy
DR.
MERRICK'S
ctpsicun
a
Red Pepper
PLASTERS.
REMOVE .
INSTANTLY
KIDNEYS.
; CHEST
SIDES
BACK
AKD U.MSS.
(sesttat).
uNcf.lACIC OIL
hair star mad Urlicl.aa to mm for
EKlUATISa KEUSAICSA SSSE
THSCAT HEADACHE ETC.
Gold by lracUia al tieaerul ttrra
Li I ti. AtsA tribal W
twrahw VlWn ma ?fwr Ri-ll
Pitrvim in w;itS. Any pvtvaaa
I Ut I wa h n f; t lina 1 1 1 twi. buaj l rw
a.v1 . nA 1 v;ti it mrn ih :mtX if.
lpWkW.4i m ti.ni .iJie'y mi tni fttmt 4 tn
lir .i.l i Pi-t.fTi i N-i ? yrhmt
f pr aiM imm ar i'-u.
M tWiA tUM W U.lUIUi M MM
I. i
A n V For tb PSetoraJ H bt. toaaBwaia.
A l s". tor. l.CiS Pair. T5 II!u:ra!:f
and mutJS. Tbe mow compile aisd c -e preln-B-stve
iummetaiarr jr:ir tv-rvre UB
"lae vol.. ever ru!-ht- Pric i.7S. J .
b n m rm b9w m m
uJ Bowels. ItisForely
VogtiLthlo. It nevw tl t j
Deiiiitato-:it is rfj w U wJz
fi
II II. J
l arl lEIlSI "L xnvigoraior
f RSI IBR m my practice
U I 111 R.
k7Bl
rOL. IX.
Tub Gtlreeton Ntits hj drouimed
op aootter politician ex-Senator Crain
who woald be willing to jiin in its
iadepenient movemeDt
JriE Telegram is opposed t-i tbe two
coQerjtiom plan ml the Etaiesman
greatlj fears thit one of them must be
a aigoal failnre in tbe matter of popu-
lar representation.
Thb Weatera iroo maoufac'ureis
net id Pittsburgh the other daj and
taJvaoced prices on hoop piste and
bar irD 1 2c per pound and on sheet
IroD 7-10c to 8-10; per pound.
Gocld and Huntington are working
harmonioualr it is said and tie two
will unite in atkinj? fnendij legisla-
tion from Congress. What tbis may
be ianot yet developed but I here is
titlfc of a aubsidy.
And now tTcrjbody wilt be on a
strafh to tun this mortal career over
into September 1881 when Elder
Kiunda of the Advent Church at
Portsmouth New Hampshire says the
millennium will begin. lie proves the
coining of Christ by a chart one hun
dred and six y feet long upon wbich
he has dn seven years hard figurine.
Tns charters for four hundred and
fifiy-MX national hunks expire Feb-
ruary 25 1SS3 twenty years from tbe
passage of the original act of Fcbruiry
25 1863 chartericg the-o banks. The
charters of other national banks expire
t various times . twenty years from
their incorporation and one by one
they should be allowed to-go until such
institutions are unknown in the coun-
try. . .
New Yorkers have concluded to
have a world's fair in 1883 toe imrrem-
orate tbe centennial anniversary of tbe
recognition of tbe independence of the
United States. The company organ-
ized for tbis purpose is taid to be tub-
stantially tbe same in general features
as the one of 1870 in Pniladelpbia
with the exception that no subsidy will
be asked from the government to fur-
ther the scheme.
Thb Brenbam llanntr taya there will
be not less than three candidates for
the State Senate in the Washington
county district. Judge McAdo whom
Divis placed on the Supreme bench to
decide the semicolon case and who
has been county judge of Washington
county is a candidate. There will be
a Diiinocrstio candidate and Iloman
as indepent'en' is already announced
for the thou.
' Thb House ol Upresentdtives dealt
Mr. Hayes a fearful blow when it pass
ed a resolution by a vote of 175 to G3
declaring "that in negotiating a com-
mercial treaty to fix duties the Presi-
dent has been guilty of an infraction
of the constitution and an invasion cf
the highest prerogatives of. the house."
The resolution was effered by a lit;
publican Judge' Kelley and was
voted for by members of both politi-
cal partfps;
German y propoaes to add 20000 men
to its standing army which will make
it 430000 streng. 'he annu.il increase
in revenue needed to provide for these
men will be $4000000 and it will re-
quire $7000000 for' their equipment.
Tbis armament of Germany will neces
sitate a similar increase in the armies
of Russia France and Austria and
there is no telling where this ambition
among the great nations of Europe to
command the situation will end.
It is thought the late ftU given by
Mrs. Kate bprague at her magnificent
Washington home to Mrs. Cockling
waa gotten up to start a presidential
boom for Cockling The Sentinel says
the Canonchet episode must be wiped
out and hence the. feasting of poor
Mrs. Conkling was inaugurated that
she might appear to entirely discredit
the intimacy charged against the
schemers. It is suggested that bad
Qovernor Sprague been present tbe ef
fect would have been better.
Tu Lord Mayor of Dublin declares
that unlets piompt asaut&nce is given
tens of thousands of Irish will perish
from starvation. A Herald cable dis-
patch says there is general complaint
aboit the paucity of English subscrip
tions. To give color to charges that
the Irish fund Is being diverted the
Baroness Burditt Coutts sends her
pedal agent from London with 5000
to see that it js applied to the pur-
posea for which'she makes the dona-
tion. aaotkib cola wave la passing over
Europe. The Seine ia covered with
1C4 the Arve ! a mass of rongh ice
and Like Zurich is entirely frozen over
for the fourth time since the year 1800
In Texas alter tbe entire month of
January haa been like April or May
we tave beea -having a - little cool
spelt caused by winda from the snow
fieldi of th North.. This cool weath-
er will arrest the maTiment ol sap . in
fruit trees and give' as as may be
hoped' a 6ne fruit svaaoo.
TnEXB is a anirersalxpresaioD in
favor cf congress passing the bill be-
fore ti declaring the lavto' ability of
telegraphic message. No reason csn be
assigned why a telegraphic communica
Ilea should not be regarded ia the tame
l:ht as a letter sent through the mails.
There is a sanctity about p.ivate cor
respondence with which no law should
interfere and whether conveyed
through one or another channel the
me respect should be shown it. The
bill should pass without opposition.
Thb Tcl-Jio4 quotes as Washing
ton opinion" of Senator Coke a pass
age from a letter in the St. Loais Timet.
It would be gratifying to rainy Texaaa
to know that such is really 'Washlrg-
toa opinion" but it beicg known
that the writer of this letter to the 6U
Louts Tisssa U a Texan lately located
ia .Washington " especially to serve
Coke ia inch capacity as ha assumes.
the force of this so-called opinion is
destroyed. It is really Coke appearing
favoiably before the public through the
pea cf his own employed spent.
Corn is warth ti per bushel at Dead'
wood Dakota
'WEEKLY
ViNDCUBILT K1VBOWS A SOl'TH"
EBN ITITi;riON OP LEAH rt-
The 6-. Lonia Time says: "The
University of Virginia which wb
founded by Thoina Jefferson early in
tbe centuiy fcems now in a fair way
to become tbe seat of one of the best
appointed astronomical observatories
in the world." This university was
established iu and has been the
leading institution of tbe S-u'.h. It
had steadily &rown in popular favor
until its list of matriculates j jst be-
fore th! war reached annually to be-
tween eight and nine hundred. The
war as it dil with am st all the
greater inaritntions of learning in the
Sutb broko ui this one. It
wes ! c 'ed in the midst f contend-
ing armicH tn 1 bectme a home for
sick and stounded Confederate sol
dierp. A'ter the war it was again open-
ed m an university but the proximity
f Wis-hiuft n and L;e College with
G.n. II. E L-e at iis bead turned the
popular tirie cf fuppnrt from the uni-
versity to this fottunatc institution
and for some years the former strug-
gled a'ong with au able corps of prc-
feors and nnTy t-v or' three hundred
uiuicu stfs. After Gen. Lat'a death
the tuinbir agrtin begtn to increase
and t'le ULivttsiiy is now it appears
oj iho high road to fainr. But aa to
t'ne fact referred touluve: 8ome years
since !-.- Leinder J. McCormick of
Chicago conclndett to found in Vir-
ginia an observatory c quil Bto tba of
any institution of learning in the
worlJ. For this purpose he had
constructed a telesccpe costing $50-
000 onlyiqialed iu this country by
the powerful instrument in the naval
obaervtt.'ry at Wahinton. Financial
reverses haying overtaken Mr. MtCor-
mick in consequence of tbe great
Chicago fire he became unable to com-
plete hi plan of constiuctmg and en-
dowing the obiervatoty. He then of-
fered the instrument to any institution
of learning in Virginia that would
build (quip and endow the observa-
tory. After a long ttf rt to secure the
money attended with failure Wm. H.
Vnuerbilt the great railroad and stock
king of New Yoik has done a most
noble act in presenting the University
of Virginia with $"23000 to be used
for tbe purposes named by Mr. McCor-
mick. Such generous acts as tbis and
the many other donations to the sick
and destitute of the country especially
from Vauderbilt and Gould should
put an end t this seuselesn tirade
against such men raised by marplots
and idiots throughout the land.
WHO IS THE THt'K DEMOCRAT?
Senator Biyard in his late great
speech on the financial question in
which he alluded to the position of
Senators Beck 'Voarhees and Coke
thus presented a question upon which
the Statesman of late bsa had much to
say:
Mr. President I have not considered
this great question from a party stand-
point. It touches too closely the wel-
fare of every human being in our so-
ciety for me to dwarf it to the mere
interests of a party. But if in tbe
name of party I ehould speak and I
should call the long roll of distin-
guished statesmen and patriots who
led the Democratic masses in the past
and taught them that the Constitution
of tbe United States was the supremo
law of the land and that steady sub-
ordination to its provisions in time of
peace as well as in war time was tho
first and paramount duty of every
citizen in or out of office what name
could there be found in all of that Il-
lustrious ban'' to approve or warrant
the emission at will of Treasury notes
by Congreje and their endowment
with legal tendtr power as lawful
money to pay all debts public and
private to control every contract and ev
ery obligation known to human affairs!
- bir this debate has begun and it
will close and tbe name of no Demo
crat will be uttered wbc at any time
approved or in any way countenanced
so monstrous) an assertion of power. It
is utterly beside the question to read
here long extracts from Jefferson and
Jackson Denouncing abuses ot power
by great government corporations; it is
a profanation of their great names; it
is an insult to their honest fames to
suggest or even hint that they or. any
of them ever countcnaaced or approv
ed the emission of legal tender psper
money.
I could safely take tbe declarations
of party faith and principles of every
national cf every state and I believe
I might truly say of every county con-
vention of the Democratic party from
the .foundation of the government
down to the present . year and find
nothing but denunciation of legal ten
der paper money and on the contrary
you will find tbe steady declaration
irom generation to generation in war
and in tieare that gold . and silver
coins are the only true and constitu
tionsl money ot the United Statts
according to the doctrines of true de
mocracy.
Ia considering so crave and all-lm
portaat a principle as lies at the root ot
this discussion I shall not turn aside to
impale individuals upoa their inconsis
tencies ; such occupation would be tnv
ia! and unworthy but when this legal
tender power eighteen years ago waa
sought for tbe first time in our history
to be exercised by Congress there was
not to be round a Democrat in either
bouse who did not deny it. Look io
the record see how they voted how
they spoke. Iam half tempted tore-
cite here tbe fervent and true eloquence
with wh'ch some even now members
of this Senate denounced the assertion
of to disastrous a power. Bat their
action has passed into history and can
be revised by those who desire it.
I can only aay that if I sought for
texts peculiarly condemnatory of such
a power as I now seek to withdraw
from the paper issues of the govern-
ment I could find them abundantly in
the speeches and writings of the most
distinguished trusted and authoriative
leaders ot the Democratic oarty. Iam
content to follow in their footsteps and
here to-day to plant myself more firmly
in their principles which time has
prove to be founded npon truth and
justice. And intending- no impeach
ment of others I must aay that I am
unable to corirehend the logic and
letaoning which admitting such a law
to be in violation to the Constitution
Jet justifies a vote to perpetuate its
presence on ine. statute book. I con-
.'! I mat aoable so to construe tbe
obligation I hav taken tn inniwrt an.-t
defend that Constitution and bear
wuo ijumajia allegiance to the tame.
A EcscMu-Tox gun" has beea tried
at 6psx':awUa results surpassing ex
pectations. - It attained a range cf
10000 metre with a charge of 20
kilogramme.
BEMOCMTIC
AUSTIN TEXAS THURSDAY. FIBRIL RY 12. 1S0
notv DCioritvis co kick on
PHIKHPLK.
S :nator B ivard has been charged
with being rpposeJ to silver coin. Ii
bis late speech while reviewing the
fart that the Democratic prtyhrouwh
the traditions of our country's h:s:try
has ait-yi been in. favor of and
pledge! t-t h-net inmey. Mr. Bay-
ard sa:d :
'I could na'iiy t-ke ibe dec'&ratioGB
of party Ia;lb at..! piit ci-las 'f evtry
national of eveiy state and 1 believe"!
I might tia'y sy ! every county
conveLtion of the Dmtcratic party
from the foundation of thegivernment
down to tho present year and Had
nothing but deuutc alion of legal ben-
der paper money and rn the contrary
you will Had tbe steady declaration
from generstiou to genrat'"D in war
and in peace that gM and tihen coii.t
are tbe only rue and cunsiitutionaa
money of the United States according
to the doctrines ot the dtmotrauv.''
S'lvtr coin has airays played aa im-
portant part in the li'jnscisl history ot
thia country and especially is Its val-
ue recogn'Z.d in Trxts where it has
always entered so largely lu'.o all com-
mercial and business triniu2iions.
Tbe first attack mde upon tho coin of
the country was when legal tenders
were issucJ. Thia was followed in
1873 with ihedcmoct-t xi'.iou of silver
by which it waa proposed to enhance
tbe value of greenbacks. It was in
September of this vety year that the
country was overtaken by one of
its periodical fiuaucial panic last-
ing a greater leDgtb of time than
was evtr before known in the hif-
tory af nicli . revuli-ions crip-
pling for mi wo try years every
interest thnugiiou. the broad land. Io
1878 silver ui rcmontt!x d and
whether it bo incident or accident the
condition of monetary ail -tirs began tt
once to improve and shortly the dif-
ferences iu values of the three curren-
cies of the country ceased. Just pre-
vious to the demonilization of eitver in
this country- Germaay pursued the
same course with this precioua metal
and with it l-2is!ation on silver a co-
incident t-aiijj'' icay hayo been
the empire aot'otity plunged into
politic I .J: '. I II iilt the
deepest ti.ua. . !:(.rei. . I h
of whlCtl t:itCUt I'tttCC i ill X.
ist while nlver in. .".ifM it. in n-t z 1 1.
Eoglaud ltd . s ii.i- n' lidttnl and
its people have i.u: Ixiu piotected
sgaiost bit. or cistrcsa while Fiance
having retained tbe double standard
and not long ago having experienced
the greatest national distresses with
very short crops has paid otf an enoi-
mons foreign debt and is to-day in h
bettercoodition tbin either Giglind or
Gorman. Such facta are quite well ut-
derstood by this people ct the United
States and they will submit to no
further tchrnus t f dem uel;z ilion. It
only reiu-aius t take fron piper mon-
ey that forced value which has been
illegally placed upon if to pro'ect the
country against any lunber fiavneial
mishaps ami to petpituate tho era of
prosperity which now dawns up n us.
To leave paper money a .ega! lender
.prepares the way fur the slightest re-
verse or the meres political whim that
shakes coeHdeece to agaiu inaugurate
a panic tnr t-rrible probably than
anything yet k .own. T take away
the legal tt n-'-i-i q i .liy of paper would
not detei l u'.icia of lucIi paper from
demanding coin for it and no one has
any right to c uiplnn of proposed in-
juatice. L.t us admit of no uocer
tainty a to the future by holding to a
thing which is opposed to afl sound
financial drct-ine. As long as this vol-
ume of ovei $300000000 of legal tender
haDpa over the country our condition
remains precarious and at any time we
may be overcome w.uh collapse and
bankruptcy. To make such results im
possible Mr. Btyard sought to pas
his resolution in which he was oppos
ed by Kopubl: cans that Democrats
might not have tbe credit of passing
such wholesome legislation and by
Democrats who appear to possess not
the faintest idea of their party's princi
ples' i
Thb Washington Sentinel edited by
Louis Schade a Get man refugee who
came to this country m 1843 along
with Mr. Schleicher and other distin
guished men and who publishes one
ot the soundest Democratic papers in
the Uuitcd States has been persistent
ly showing the errors into which Mr.
Schmx has drifted in the administra
tion of the Interior D.partment. Tbe
paper says of the miserable course
pursued tiwards the Indians:
When Mr. Scburs selected the oleo
margarine manufacturer Hajt Com
missioner of Indian Affairs we ex
pressed our great surprise and openly
censured that appointment. Tbis Hayt
has turned out j ist as we then pre-
dicted and the Iodians have neyes
been so much cheated and treated
with such terrible and barbarous cru
elty than under Sshuiz's secretaryship.
Mr. Schu z is smewbat like Gen
Grant. B th stick to their bad selec-
tions and friends with a tenacity really
admiring indeed had it not been
for the unexpected "deathbed" de-
clarations of Gjn. Hammond t ia
quite possible that Hayt would have
ajurvived the investigation. The ap-
pointment of Chief Clerk Lock wood in
place of Hayt ia really amusing and
another proof of Mr. Schurx'a want' of
knowledge of men. Cannot Mr.
Scbuix be convinced that the worst se-
lections he haa made and who are the
scource ot ail the evil are his Assist-
ant Aiocxj Ball and just that Mr.
Leckwoodf
Rct. KcTTja c. BoaiaEsoif President
ot tbe Baptist Church -Association of
Texas seeing tbe hopeless condition of
affairs brought about at Dallas by Revs.
Link and Bjckner has called the asso
ciation to meet in Dallas February 24. J
He iays ia bis call: 'The recent
church troubles ia Dallas to imperil
our whole missionary work for tbe
year that a called session is demand
ed." Bat what caa be done ia the
matter. According to onr idea of the
Baptist church regime this Dallas
church is accountable aldne to itself.
We are afraid too that this general
convocation will play the wild with
the church throughout the Slate. Ac
cording to the opinion of at least one
Baptist preacher the devil is a talking
amend Dallas looking especially for
reverend gentlemen but may be when
he tackles Mr. Barleson he will have
to get over at Ut temporarily oa
the other aide of the river Styx which
ruxs close by Dalit a.
IlOtVIIlt: PHOTI-niVKMRIFP
1VOKK9.
I aro'her p'tes is howa tow the
iron mitnufactare rs cf this conntry are
agsin advnr.ing the pure of iron.
This increase in pric is Dot sutborz-rd
by the circumstance" for tbe 'price o'
the raw niit-rial is but little grea'er
than it has beep. er.dSsith greater ac-
tivity in 'rade it stsnds to reason that
manufacturing ( might be .done with
profit at reasonable rinrrs. All
this exorbitance in pr:ce comes
from our miserable protective
tariff system 'which has forced
the people c.f . this c.nctry lo
pay in many instance five r six
times as much for manufactured goods
as the same may.be rurcbssed fcr
across the Atlantic The other day
the Statesman made reference to the
fact that a bill is now before Cocgrets
proposing to rednc-3 the import duty
on stee1 railn to f 10 instead of $28 per
ton. As might have been expected
this proposition . is resisted by tbe
Pennsylvania cumbers of Congress
and generally by the press of the
S'.ate. A Philadelphia paper iu pro-
testing sgaing' the peerage of the bill
states that in January 1870 American
steel rails were sold at $43 per ton.
They are now quoted at $70 per ton.
At this time English steel rails can be
bought at $40 per toD according to the
statement of .Mr. Vauderbilt and of
better quality and with a longer guar-
antee ot use than the American rail.
The indications are says the Balti-
more Hun that prices will continue to
advat.ee and if the iton manufactur-
ers succeed in preventing the passage
of the bill before Congnes there must
be n crippling of many enterprises oi
internal improvement now contem-
plated. It is probable that in Texas
with steel rails at fi'ty dollars per
ton in stead of seventy-five or
eighty dollars as is now con-
templated there would be a third
more railway completed in the next
five years in this S;ate than with these
exorbitant figures as the rule. What
applies hero will apply to any other
S'ate or community and to the entiie
country. Congress should therefore
see that we are relieved from this op-
pressive protection and not allow
these Pennsylvania iron mongers and
manufacturers to have things all their
own way to the public detriment.
It is stated that this increase
in price demanded by American man
uftfturers is not due to C(sf but that
it is based slone upon demand and
hence the greater reason for Congress
to interfere. With a duty of $10 per
too English steel rails in 1 plate and
bar iron could be delivered in this
country. for not ixceeding $50 per ton.
Tbe toleration of a condition of affairs
by wh'ch our people are made to pay
$20 more per ton for inferior home
manufactures than tho Pliperior for-
eign -product woulU sell for under
fritmdly legislation is ridiculous. C in-
gress will certainly do its duty at once
ualess it ba wholly given-over to this
class interest. '
THB FO.TIPOUS TRCJr.
The editor of the Houston Telegram
assumes to chapcrone members of the
Texas press from a stand-point usually
yiial? ridiculous but sometimes of-
fensive. He condemns or approves
and essays at will to bide a member of
tbe press gang forever away. He de-
clares one unfit for the position he as-
sumes another is "ignorart" still an-
other is an "idiot" and a fourth be-
comes "unworthy of confidence"
while a fifth who agrees with him has
passing discretion. in the number of
the Telegram before us he . pro
nounces the editor of the Waxa-
hachie Enterpr'm "ignorant and
malicious" while in the con
duct of tbe San Antonio Erpres and
the Statesman he declares there ia a sad
lack of braius. Had we not .induced
by his vanity watched this fellow
closely during his few years of editorial
effort in Texas we might be led to sup
pose his good opinions worth coveting
but there is so much of the- pompous
fraud abiut Lim that we are .led to
look upon him not in pity but in pain
at his empty vanity. He belongs to
;hat happy order of lumaQity who
never see themselves as others see
them. Though in a very short time be
Vplayed out" on the Gatesville Sun he
claimed that he bad ''revolutionized
the politics of Texas." Then after
being employed for one whole month
on tbe Galvestm New .where he J re w
pay on pomposity and nothingness for
four superlatively blissful weeks he
gracefully retired because Galveston
ignorance cculd . not appreciate his
talent. Then be climbed op into the
organ of the Grangers at Waco and
there he came near robbing its
downy proprietor of his reputa
tion as a great and gifted edi
tor. Then thinking he had'graduated
in the science of making newspapers
great be was surprised to find that
managing editors in Sc Louis and
eUewhese were not kicked out of the
way to make room for the Ta xu prod-
igy. The D tllas Herald next went
down to glory under him and then be
knew he had befitted himself to be-
come an officer of the State govern-
ment. He waa impressed with
the fitness ol the "Old Alcalde"
for the governorship and he es-
pecially desired to serve as Secretary
of State under what be knew would
be a "moat successful administration."
Another Was properly enough given
tbe place he felt bhould have been hon-
ored by himself and since thea no one
h ta been so meaa and ao low and so
arrogant aa poor Governor Roberts an 3
his appointees ; but had this present edi-
tor of the Telegram been one of the lat-
ter tbe admin'stratioa of Roberta would
have been supremely exalted. Tbis
editor's talenti have lately beea wholly
devoted to the "O. A." and the
"Great and Good." One ia the Gov-
ernor of Text and the other la iu
greatest newspaper. He has been
swelling and puffing aod blowing at
the one I ke -E sop's frog at the ox
until we are satisfied fan collapse is j
about at hand. In his efforts to dit-trar-t
th Halves ton JVartrt. be remiada I
one of the same author's fly that had 1
STATESMAN
- -
sought t.i ani.v n '..u: f:n:a: wi 1
his weight. B (i thn frg ar-d tha ; j
were firs'-c".!-! fru If an I in xre :j-
isg tnerg es t:.ey mde jj ; iiifn :m-
presions as thi scl'-.ir-tt ir t-d ;rru-
pous stint leaves behind bin iia tvery
community ia which he hss lrr:i
knewo.
THE STATE PRESS.
The Tela (Acrrrr make' a g d ir-
Kulvt) when it says: ' Wc h-ave env i-
ed the new ser with re.-olutions to
s'rike with more foree for J.stn th ai.
ever before."
The Telegram dcclari-d that Mr. Rj-
ard was more Ignorant tlmn any mere
school btiy in not knowing ".hat friH
hand silver ire tLeine!vfs but ih- rer-
resentative f value; tint pa;i.r rni
renry is also a repre'entat'w of vaUie
whether based on gil i r tue .verr-
ment credit as in the case of the. na-
tional back circulation."
The Pris Prjrenn n yit-nr"tn
a. .
pounder of the Greenb-ick pKrrj'j a.s-c-trines
says: "Senator C ke nf:ir I
his raving3 againit the Ga-tenb: cUeis n
Texas is at heart a pray fir llrtr.-
backer. So is Reagan if he dd nr.
far the party lash. And R .er Mil's
ia all righr when it ci mea l.is vi ttF
and speeches in Cmgres? n battv r he
may say at home before a IXmotrvic
conyention."
The Telephone will continue to rtviye
that unpleasant subject abcut bo5tinrin
which tbe Examiner w is eegagtd n t
long ago. The other e'ay it threw
dawn the bolt gauntlet and the TJc-
pasaye: "This year however tLe
Examiner will not have the help of tte
Republicans Greenbwckcrs and ne-
groes as it did in 1873 when U I o: d
the coninatiou of Jjhn Hancock the
reguUr Democratic nomin e to work
for Wa.80. Jones who teems to Iiavl
gone to Congiess for no other pUMi'i-t
than "ai yo.e with the Rt-pub'.ic-K.s."
The Telephone like Mr. L e is al-
wajs looking for a l.'Ug uuder achi
and there is no telling "when it nay
find one. Ii says: "Tne opmun
giins ground that the r cent love-feast
meeting at Austin resulted in th-s ar-
rangement: Ii ibcrla for govemo-
Lng for lieutenant governor ftiu
when tbe legislature meets H terts to
be elected United Sta'.eB senator. lq
carrying out this arrangement the pet -pie
are 'to be consulted to the extent
that they will be alioweu and expected
to vote for the tea party slate."
The Fjrt Worth Democrat wou'.d
make tbe Examiner appear inconsistent
when it says: "According to tie Vi-
co Examiner tbe old farmers aif T-.-.vs
who were so rest'ets of nigl;t under
Coke's extravagant and wasteful nd-
minibtration 'can now sleep well o
uighta knowing there is some one at
the helm of state that is taking xotul
care of the good old ship of state.'
And yet strange to relate the W;ico
paper's adyocacy and lauditiocs rf
Coke were as exuberant and ".inning
is tare its praises of R iberts' muuinis-
iration." .
The Jolleyville correspondent of the
Georgetown ' Sun says a prophet has
lately made hid appearance in thai
neighborhood who defines future events
wih the greatett accuracy. Tbe wri-
ter says: "We have a prophet in this
vicinity who like .prophets of past
ages has not been properly honored in
his own country. . He has recently
prophecied that Senator A. W. Terrell
will be ournext Rjpreseri'at've in Cun-
eress and that either J. II. Fiubion ot
Bigdad or Judge Chessher of Gjuryi-
town will represent Lampusas and Wil-
liamson counties in the next legislature.
A majority of the voters of this pre-
cinct would be glad to see these pre-
dictions verified and will do all in
their power to bring about such a re-
sult." The Fort Worth Democrat docs only
simple justice to an bom sr. man and a
pure statesman when it say;: 'The
Marshall Herald publishes a revere
philippic agaiot the Hon. J hn II un-
cock la which it says 4that sine? his
defeat by 6ucn a man as t. vv. jones
it is l me I or mm to retire to private
life.' Mr. Hancock's defeat was no
fault of bis. It was due to the com
bined influence of the Grecnbuckers
and Radicals and tbe treason of the
Waco Examiner and its ilk and tin-
result would nave been the same no
matter who might have been tho nom
inee of the Breham convention. Mr.
Hancock is tbe foremost it-.teraau of
Texas and the Democracy of Texas
would honor itself in honorie"
Ilsncock. Tbe fact that he foresaw
and predicted the futuie-at tbe open
ing of tbe war is a credit to bis c-
pacity. That be acted upon bis c m
victiona waa a credit to his honesty."
Murray ol the Denison Aews is &
singular genius. He believes in con-
troversy especially npon ' matters- of
belief and would have freed ecu of
thought and action in all tbiegs not
affecting the rights of others. Uznce
the Newt says : . "Tbe Bonham corre
spondent of tbe Dallas Herald takes oc
casion to mention tbe fact that' tbe
Adventists la that vicinity have qiilt
ing frolics on Sunday and that chey
plow their fields and haal their Sv.-icl
on the Lord's Day. Well suppose
they do; what of itf Neither this cor
respondent's ncr anyone else's rights
are Interfered with. We have a neigh
bor who goes to mass every Sunday
while we are very likely endeavoring
to fathom the interior meaning in an
editorial in onr Dallas cotempoiary
but there Is room enough for us botl
to do as we please without rubbing
against each other. If tbe Adventist
thinks be ought ta rett on Saturday
all right let him rest but g-ve him a
fair chance to scratch around and mike
an honest living tbe other six days of
tbe week."
The Exprett discussing tbe isytng of
wires by politicians in Texas is satis-
fies that elements of tbe Democrat c
party will not submit to being cheot-d
out of their choice aa was tl e c:;?e" two
years ago. The Statesman oi the
other hand is sat"s3ed that Democrats
of Trxas will endorse tbe nominees of
the State convention and that they
will be' supported to success. Tie
Galyeston Newt is casting all around
to find out who will lead a strong op
position to the Democracy but it ia
well-known theAta- never had any
inflaence ia shaping the political lot-
tunes of Texas. Tbe Erprcu
has this to aay ' about it:
' "There is a movement oa foot to bring
about such a condition we have jast in-
dicated whether there is any reasona-
ble necessity or excuse for it or not. It
ia becked by ex-G vernor Davis tbe
Uauveatoa VarM me greenback leader
d kimired t pints . Bet if tne me--
of the party do their duty io tin. pr -mary
meetings and county convention
there will be ao chance for snob a
movement to auccAcd. The fiVbt f- r
supremacy of sound practical progres-
ai e a' ..: iii.-as should be in ad e
j ! tl;.i r.r'J. - I w fi! -:i th-t we
ip(n.i:-'j t. :?. a ! i! en-a overthrow
j u a in Hie fH.-tr i y 1; fentirnr tha outside
: r a': ! t- . :: i- u .i le la akirg a
i 1 ' a.-1.-' - e ... : .-via-a' c-anoicrabie
j ;: o '- ;; i;Ui-!i ahi;-h as the
''.-- T :ia-f'.t tin? n'?niiee' f the
v v.-.ij'.l n t re.-u.t in any
j 1 ir"i t: lie staf by throwing
J t ii-in;!u':t-io af i fliits into the
i Vn N i f k i-crigra! txrty not responsi-
i ':' t.; .-aiiyb "t a? a lr' j but it would
J r. k. v- ri- 1) fiic cracy of the odium of
; tiie n: i-im btbtratKin that would fol-
v .; e ((.-;.. n (. rdiVral non-pro-.i
v D :.i C4 r p Utic'ans who
! in ulttc ifTiira in their own
i .Mt - in I in-: i:i t'ie interest of the
T::: V.. i urne Chronicle takes a so-
o lit. .1 1 m .cr.-.tio luper to taik in this
vIm : 'Ti.e II us'ou Tchgram fats
lit :n rr.'c (attj i an aiiuy succeed
t.iis y.-iit 1'3 -t.ta p-irg a R-pubhcan
rra'f. rta. i. : .t nr her says if Govern-
or 11 b i-f in UMtad t v the D.-ma .
j .v. i s it av !i ;iit;'!ir' si: independent
; . 1.;- itjiritin is free to
it
"e;i;.-e Out a. party with
- r :-v
Wiped eu
:r.: .X
.1 ti--n!i:plt alosTVas to be
o. tx stenc. 1 II j ubl ci n
ve njiht it is ci vvariily 'o
r 'v.s em f i
rt r'iii.p-y on account
.jf it: r.w.'i tho oariv that makes
t'.iira i's i!'. t ; gu f'nng tenet. Por-
j h-aps 8'-?n:g i a -indLi epiieiit' talk the
i eu gram is preparing to change' its
paity i lliiihtions."'
AMi) the saine piper siyf :
"SiLce the people sro besjinning to
ta k of rera-n;'ijatintj G -vernor R beit'
tive p.iit'ci.ur who have found out
ti.i-y c lut.nt uie Imii are announcing a
tic : t bait the nomination. Tbe
p Kiiicuusr" Mia kletsfor party loyalty
? lung mi t'scuaetlat-s can diettt but
no ioi g. r."
To t!.;.;. r. asen r wh'ch the editor
of ihe Td-giain must ! .ve learned
from Git-rte Washing'.. .1 iocs or Mr.
L ie tic V c:oria Athscnte replies:
"Ant! tia- TtU'jruiu a.ieta what every
sci o I b y kiiow.1 th-1 jjol 1 and silver
money e-L-'ain an iutriesic value in
tlu in .! vvs aq'iul or should be
si f the aaciLiint of representa-
tive value c.ach be'irs mi us face
wb'le the gtca r.h.a-k urrei cy contains
tn t ii sic y-ilne mi d'propurtionate
ta us representative value hs to dis-
putrOcS it aif every Ituj element of
mot;cy. Cu'ederate notes of one
humired dollars bore representative
Viive aif that suai l tit'wh-t are their
iniiinfic v ti.: tody? Miax niilian
C'div.ye f-r tns Mexican empire in
g si. I and eiiv. r is hs valuable t - lay as
wti.-'n that u:.ferlun.re. prince lirstor-
ia r. d its s'ampir.g Ttiis illustrates
the ai ti ri-ti.c; bttavei n a s able and
permanent tuo ity af fixed value and a
i nrreiicy s-u1 j :ct te fl ictuation depres-
vuii and i!veu titil deprivation in its
pit .-chasing p wcr. Senator Biyard is
tin.iir.g ior ai lnVuest money but oc-
Liip i 8 uroun i iilway.i held hy thu best
and wisest D v cut c statesmen and
ho but re-utie:s to-day principles that
true Dm cr.icy has aiways taught."
'Ihe Tchphone says t cannot under-
fctind vhy the Statkjmas would deal
the S xteer.tTi L ?gielaiu:e a blow and
at the same iiiii'; endorse -GoverBpr
It iheit ' v.'hen tu th are alike open to
censure tot t t'.iiug to do what was de-
i;iir.i:id of them. There are differ-
ecctaof opinion between such papers
as the Telephone and .the State man
which in iy baa liberally regarded from
etch staualpoin mid tbcyalwsys are
between th.csa tun paper? but we do
not ;rec' that the S x'eenth Legisla-
ture at d the Governor are qually re-
p n:a blu for every error committed.
Ttiat c-iroia have been committed by
ii ih is a.lii.it ed f r both are human
and whilclible to look upon both with
hb; rality we are rei dy aiwtys to lay
b'unii! for failuraa tron that
brsneh f the 8"te government
directly reFpotmibie for eirors. Had
the la -gislature pss:C-d a bill establish-
in"; the wliirping ptis-t there is not we
are mtia-fi 'd iho least doubt that it
won' ) have been npj-roved by Gover-
nor U .bins. H i sp;rit of economy
in the public interest would guarantee
this. But the Telephone sajs: "W.
agree with our Austin c t mporary
tiiiat tha; erection aif a whipping post
in every county in l'Xs would un
doubted iy hava; ihe affect of lessening
the immense tutts thut are now paid
ul for tbe prosecution and confine
ment of tho large eliss of petty crimi-
nib who fill ur jiila and 'board out'
their sentences. Tbe present penal
tiin whether state er county is
enormously costly and shi u'd be re-
modelled. - We" thou Id hail it as an
evidence cf real reform were the next
legislature to pass a whipping post
li.w s Luinaoc es prscncable and
not to be applied to females. Un
doubtedly tbe Statubman is reasoning
sx-nsibiy
Hmard ou Coke.
I heard it grsvely urgvd the other
day b7 the honorable o -nator from
Texas Sir. dike tbat to withdraw.
the lec-il tender power from the notes
of the United Urates would be to "quS
tion the validity of the public debt"
in violation of ibe fourteenth amend
ment of the Contti'ct.on.
T a what result w uld fcucrl reasoning
(esc? Naccjsarily to ibe permanent
existence ot the notes unpaid.
These notes were never anything but
evidence of debt and issued only be-
cuuie the g ivernment culd not then
pay money for its supplies; but
now it is rea'ty to pay on demand and
no one who holds ihvm but can ex
change them f.:r gold and silver when
ever becho.f s. The argument there
forr that the ill r to pay or tbe pay-
mer t of a debt was a mode o ' question
ing even ii it nsa lutie lore.
Its validity has at least tbe merit of
OOV.lV.
Mr. C.ke Miy I bj allowed a word!
Sir. 1J .yard Certainly
Mr. C-jke Tbe S .-nator from Dela-
ware says the cons' rnction placed by
myself on the fonrteenta amendment
would perpttaate the nrtrs bicinse they
ex-u 1-1 not be paid no legislation could
be had wiib respect to tbem without
qiestiomng the validity of the public
otht. Di I uc-kratanJ the Senator to
say tha I
Mr. Biyard On no. Tbe Senator
understood me as trying to state the
argument he made tbe other day and
I think I have elucidated tbat position
btcause be said if yon withdraw from
these notes a pinion of their debt pay
ing power to tbat degree you attack
the validity of tbe debt which tbey
represent.
Mr. Cuke ies air. I said that the
legal t -oder notes are a part of the
puo'ic debt which were in existence aa
circulatisg money when tbe fourteenth
amendment waa adopted and in tbat
shape were recognized as legal and
yslid and tbat which Congress may
order tbem In for redemption end pay
ment. J. eg ret a cscoot demonetize
t' eta in ibe bands of the people an-
pairi as this ftsoiiUoi. pr-'prises to art
oec'anr CitLjrtfi is ri-at permitted by
liie tuiaendment to qistion tbe va-
lidity cf the patlic da.cn or any part cf
it.
Mr. Bayard Mr. Pruidect I tm sot
NO. SI
sorry that tbe honorable 8 nator from
Texss has had an oportno'ty second
time to sta-e bis peitioa; but I can
only say this tbat the plain minded
people of this country win consider
that construction of tbe constitutional
amendment most strange and tbey will
hope and prsy that every debt which
my be due at the time may be ques-
tioned f qually with this at least by
offering to pay that debt la specie oa
demand.
Mr Cokj Cocgreas I admit has a
..erfect right to pay the debt at spy
moment.
Mr. Bayard-Bat Mr. President
tha present time ia moat onooitaae fir
eatabliahing a resamptioa of apecie
payment permanently. Taught by the
adyersity brought m by i dreadful
war aawiae nniace aad the finite of
aa irredeemable and da-pneiated oaner
money from the time the bubble ot a
false prosperity burst in 1873 our
psoplat have . bsen folio wine lives of
economy industry and frugality tbey
have produced more and Brent less.
Mr. Cjke Will tha Ssnator allow
nut
My Biyard Tbe Seastor will pardon
me. tie has made bis statement
.one and again to-lay and hs will al
low ms to go on.
aeesher S-eaaaa Meeaataa-lai Which
(Jalvoralty- haai4 Saa BUI eaal Btv
.bbbi aaeeueas ase velveai.
M vat pa rsoos resident in McLennan
and Hill counties more partiea'arly
tk.ose who have teen living in either of
these c unties for any lerg h of time
remember that one Mexia laid claim to
a tract of land is McLennan and Hill
counties amounting te 'eve leagues.
portion oi it patented by individual
and the balance bsing calve raity land.
Tne amount of patented land bo we are
told waa eight leagaea aad the uni-
versity land three and one-half leagues.
Mrxia proposed tn relinquish all title
to tbe patented lands on condition tbat
tbe attorneys representing the people on
tbe university lands would relinquish
ta Mexia all title to these lands. These
terms it is claimed were agreed to and
Alexia bad agreed to sell to the resi
dents on the lands at tbe prices which
the 8tate offered t sell. It la now
claimed tbat be has goes behind his
contract and asks persona who are lo-
cated on the lands to oar him such
prices as he demands or suffer eject
ment andtr a lodgment which he ob
tained in the United States Federal
court at Austin. The only case which
so far baa been brought up to teat title
is tbat of M. H. Hmson a resident oa
these university lands who refuses to
be di possessed. This ia without de
parting from th strict meaning of the
term a " aa I squabble" aad tbe ulti
mate result of it will end la weal or
woe for about sixty families who have
been resident on these university I
lands. Soma parties having obtainedJ
writs ot t lac ment through tbe United
S ates court at Austin they were placed
in the band of Deputy United States
Marshal Hunnicut and a day or twe
since he pn ceeded to take poaseaaionof
certain landa claimed by ons Turnbull
and occupied by other parties. Th
people who ar resident upon these
lands have been innocent purchasers
and are naturally very indignant at tbe
attempts mad to ramoy them. We
learned yesterday that tbey bad deter-
mined to resist aay process which
might be brought to bear to dispossess
tbem ef the property which they came
iut possession of Innocently and as
far as tbey are concerned honestly and
the whole aetUsmeat ar so excited that
tbey haye become violent and many of
tb m declare tbey will fight ratber than
submit to a seeming wiong. We are
always on the side ot the Innocent and
oppressed aod if rit shall hope for
their vindication. If they have been
wronged by sharp practices there
should be a law to set them right.
Meanwhile we await further develop-
ments hoping that whatever else may
occur forcible measure may not be
brought to bear to an extent that will
engender bad feeling or arouae a re-
vengeful spirit. Waco Telephone.
go Dora ana eosoBBtH.
Possibility that the Otltasas mt th
Plain were BislrSTs hf aioteorsw
Mr. Proctor write from Ulan De-
cember 26: "Tie idea that Sodom
and Gomorrah may have beea de-
stroyed by aaiteorio downfalls I not
al ogetbiranew ens. I advanced tt
but not very ssri-us!y several years
ago In the JSnguth Mechanic and It
was taken np quite seriously by an in
genlous though rather Bery corres
pondent of tbat journal Mr. E.. L
Garbett tha well knowa architect. II
took up ths theory precisely in tbe
form in which I had half jestingly
suggested it namely tbat th meteor
system which produced th des tract ion
or tbe cities of the fiala was th so-
called November system which at tbat
remote date -would bav beea '8 -p
tember system It caa be abown tbat
Temple' comet in whose track the
November meteors travel must have
passed near and msy bav pasaed
very pear indeed to tbe earth at about
tbe time which tradition assigns to the
destruction of Sodom and Oomor
rah. Moreover there caa be little
doubt that the coast' meteor
train was than far mote compact than
it ia at present. Again tt i certain
that among the meteora ef tbe Novem
ber system ar many which far exceed
in size tbo seen during tbe display of
November 18 14 1800; for during toe
display of November 1S-U 1833 some
of th falling stars were bright enough
to cause diaunct shadows to be thrown.
Supposing th ra.tow-f forming tbe
comet itself or very near to tbe comet.
to be larger yet they wavuld probably
be able to break their way through tbe
air as th larger meteoritss do and ii
strewn with porportiooa'e dsaaity so
as to fall in ths form of a compact
tream they w aid descend as a very
destructive shower upon whatever part
oi th eartb'a snrlaos happened to be
moat fully exposal to tteaa. Now it
happens strangely enough that at tbe
timt mentioned ta the verse you quote
"Ihe ua was ruing npon
tba earth wbea Lot catered Into Z er;
tbea tba Lord raised apoa Sodom
and Gomorrah brimstone aad fir
from tb Lrd oat of Ha yen' tba d
atroyed cities lay almost certainty on
tbat disc of tb earth which was tnrned
toward tb 'radiaat' of the November
meteor. If vr a special aad not
very large district cf the earth could
be so rained apoa by meteor tbat
town ia it could be destroyed the ca-
tastrophe woald acqaeetionably be at-
attended by just each circa instances as
these that is the region woald be a
folly as possible exposed to tb bail of
meteors and this bail wenid ce
heavy a possible which wonld require
tbat either ths coeset Itself or a part of
it meteor traia very aloe to tb comet
should be tb source ef tbe meteoric
hail. Ia tb ease nppoced th veloci
ty yon have sasntioaed weald be far
exceeded; fox sot osly doe the earth
herself speed along ronnd the un
at the rate ef 113 mile a mia-
ute or more than .thteca mile a
second meeting ber almost full tilt
so tbat w Lave for th velocity with
which the meteora ruth threec tbe sir
something like forty mile per second.
Add to this that wbea th taeteon of
November 1&-14 1853 were sxaouacd
with the. pecttoeeop tha element
which was found to te most largely
present was aod: ana the chief compo-
nent of oar cosmos salt whence may
be derived a nataraliisd " explana-
tion ef tls file cf JLot'i anfa. Tho
THE' STATESMAN
Tlio Dully
a p&bUatical erery maxnirt". exarept Sondaj'
Tito AVoeKly
xaabtiafieal erory Thirday mornln
Ai) rin.lnterwrK-t'.rloiico enaaiaaici! ior
arte. staoaiU be aalaireM cal to
CAKDWHLI. A ilO'Xni".
a aa e am MBfiawf a.nyar
who take interest in this theory rl tl o
destruction of Sodom tnd Go-.Korruti
might possibly manage find .ir.3
evidence cf heavy metcoi-ic rfowufa.l
in that part of Iho earth. The search
wou'd be as lika'y tabe rewarded with
fucca-ss as that which my esteem .!
friend tho Abbe Mmgi-o h stiirgestnl
should be msde for the chariot? etc.
f tbe da-s'royed army of I'haroali.
AafsJ rart HcTilld.
A Tree Southern PaclOe KallroaJ.
A d'upitch from Washington pub.
liahed yesterday a-snouncci that Mr.
Shelley. of Alabama has reported a -bill
authorizing the Secretary of War ;
to contract with the"Sn Antonio ar.l '
Mexican Border' Railroad Ct mtany for
tbe immediate construction of a railroad
from San Antonio to the Rio Grande
at or neat the town of Laredo whicta
waa ordered to lie pr.ntei and recom-
mitted. The bill referred to is known
as the "Barnes bill" and is biin pro-
moted by a local corporation cf Pan
Antouio of which (Jen. James V.
Barnes Is president. It esks for an ap-
propriation of $15000 a milo to aid tho
construction ot the road and is pressed
chiefly on the ground of its being a
military necessity for tho protection i f
frontier interests. Anoihtr bill ia aUo
befor the committee ot the House at..i
ia known as the International bill. It
also aska for a subsidy to . extend the
line of the International railway from
San Antonio to Laredtt as originally
contemplated in its charter r.nd urges
similar reasons for its' cncoomgi ment -by
the. national government to tbrs
advanced in behalf of the Birnes meas-
ure. Tbe building of either one ot
these roada would place New Orleans
in direct communication with the lower
Rio Grande and thereby develop a vast
remunerative trade that-hercto:orc bra
been compelled to setk oiber outlets.
In this connection some statements re-
cently made to the House Crnirntttce
on Railroads by Hon. R. 8. SpciTor
representing tbe Galveston llar.-iibu'g
and San Antonio Railway will be cf
inter eat Mr. SpoCord said that a-
rangerrenta bad been made for the im-
mediate extension of that line to Ul
Paso with a branch to Egle Pass rr
to such point on the Rio Grande na
will best subserve both the military and
commercial interests of the country.
No subsidy was solicited in behalf of
tbis road and the fact of its immediate
construction was brought to the atten-
tion of the committee chufiy fair their
information. Mr. Spoffird said that
the rails had already been procured and
delivered at Galveston for the construc-
tion of the line westward y from S:in
Antonio 100 miles and that suivejs
had been ordered and were in process
of completion to El Pato. With tho
constructicn ofjhis road and it con
nection with the Southern Pacilin
(Huntington's rosd) at E! Paso ita ad-
vocates contend that i'trui 8outhirra
Pacific railway 'will have been estab-
lished upon tbe shortest lino b. tween
tbe two oceans having New Orleans &b
it eastern terminus and tin t by Juum
of tbe present year continui'Us commu-
nication by rail will bo established In m
New Orleans to San Antonio leaving
500 miles only to be Luiltto cloco th
gap between that point and tbe point of
connection with the Southern I'c f!c
road of California at El Paso. Xae Or-
learn Democrat. .
Iirnoranre end Crime.
Many very good people of the pres-
ent age think if they drop an ocra-
aional shilling into the chuicb contri-
bution box if they aubar.ribe a yenrly
atipend to tbe Foreign Minrions and
another yearly stipend to the Tract
Society that they havu done tlu- r
duty and their whole duty. They nt.
in the velvet-cushioned pews ft
tbe word of God daintily prcec'ued to
auit their own peculiar viav.s without
the danger of having tho placidity of
their self-compornre in the slightest
degree ru 111 jd. They pass daily in
broadcloth or in silks and valvets tho
poor outcast degraded children f
God who frora their utter nud t
tbem hopeless degradation have no
wish even bad they suitable apparel
to bear the word of God preoched in
any form. Theso Christians an well-to-do
people are so accustomed to in
all this wretchedness and want tl at
they bsve no thought towards attempt-
ing to relieve it. Their house arc
broken Into and robbed their er.cloa-
are sre entered by the petty thief and
they marvel that luch crini s arc per-
mitted by the authorities. They never
dream in their ss tit tied crmplbccnry
tbat they themselves are acconnttl ;c
tor tbe greatef part of '.his crime I orti
of ths unrelieved wictchednets the
untaught lgnoranco of ibis poverty-
ridden mass of humanity that tuigiit
be made virtuous !appy and imrfil
member of society by giving tr.fi;
towards their relief. We have too
much of tbat far-fcigbtcd charity
is quick to pcrcieve inoranteent-
raajatioo id lar-ou tieatnen i-.u .i.
while it is ut'erly blind to that n! n-h
It stumbles over in the rtrtete siv.'X
highway every day and at almost ev-
ery turn. '
We need here as tinea here an or-
ganized system of charity for li'ur.o
mission similar to those bent flcent and
widespread institutions which are now
conveying tbe blessing of Christianity
to tbe uttermost cads of tbe earth.
Truly tbe field ia broad enough arxl
the opportunities to do good are sufil-
cient'y abundant to engage the active
ympatbie and earnest co-operation cf
those who have a disposition to minis-
ter lo tbe want of reff -ri nir and de-
graded humanity. KnoxxiUe 2'rilune.
Jfllmor Item.. m
There are 224 grangers in Vermout
but tbe membership has fallen til in
the last year.
A cotton factory and warchcue at
Augusts Ga. was burned January
causing a Iocs of $80000.
Tb Dismal Swamp canal was sold
January 15 at public auction for$27i-
000. It was purchased by tbe bond-
holder. Tb Colt fire-arms company of Ilat-
ford ar making 44 Galling got frr
tbe government 3J cf which are for
the navy. There are foreign orders for
20 more.
One of the Great New Vork wa'ch
and jewelry bouses sold goo is duni.
one of the lste holidays to ti e (xtut
of $150000 tbe largest sole It Las ever
made in a aing'e day.
The Import of wool at XwY.:k
were 24753.229 pounds in 1j7j. eg oc -t
17404728 pound in 187. t Toe im-p-rrts
during tbe latt six morti s were
1$ 227083 pounde awninst kra than
half a much for the ame time in ISi.
Tbe PostoCSce Department recon
sidered it order tbat queen be a be ex
cluded from the mat. a. Th-- stilt h:
permitted to be carr el wish thtir
oecesury attendants so lr.g a no j tr-
is injured in handling theiu.
Tbe oldest Dcetcffice in the Vsiinit'
Is tbat at Jamestown Vs. Leie Li-
ters haye been delivered ia ti.e fr..-
or other for2S3 year. The p.. master
is Henry City who ha l i t lx :i ap
pointed lit salary is f M i. r sdmo-..
or nearly $1 ptrwttk.
Contract have btwi m.i? lr ia-'.!.?
past year toward the compl-i i-n -f
tbe Washiceton moncmtr.t. S t !' ( (
cubic feet ct grnit! it m 1! !. t '
lie. and 12 500 cubic f-.t-t f r--.:.-'-j
from BhtfUeld in that S:i.e. Tt'va
feet a ill be added to tte incttJuaer t i.y
next Ansrcst. It will ctH c-Ttr i ;;
003 to Laiih it.
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 81, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1880, newspaper, February 12, 1880; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth277728/m1/1/: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .