Weekly Democratic Statesman. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 28, 1873 Page: 1 of 4
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E. THOJLAS
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IiMrtiri Hr.-. oPin-ln l.r.iriin ISuildin ntn tl"
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1IIAKLES I. EVANS
Altorncy al Vmw
Anlin tnty Ttxa. will prvtirc Id tU4 Smifi m ami
Ki-di'nU Citurta at AiiJin iuiiI tius Jnt.-riwr 0nrtit of
Trnviii and wirrniiiilii!Z countUn. Oil ice In I'.rown'.
IiuiI.IIiil'. c.irti. r f lioi-i d Arc BiiUrraiwMr(x:l8.
W. WAtTOX.
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Attorney at Law
Aiiclin.' Trx . prnrlUt. in U ttKmorl la
Aillin.' ..''" June d.twlr
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Attoruea and CaunMlun t Lrt
Anil RoHrltimi in Ki!illy Aln. Txn.' Tlm'Srm
of Iaui x liutm.'irt lis'tii Inx ii itiMitwd by Inntunl
rMlwnt uihI M. A. Ixuij Imviii !-K.1iUci wtfh
hlin lil. son li C; Ioinf. will continue t prndioj
In Mmi Suprouii) otnl FL-cli.Tal VoariM aX AukiIii
nn.l la hin h t.ili. r roiirl s tlic Una ninr Imj rvtaluvrf in.
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A KCIIEIi & MOORE'
AUonicr mi LatF ml ldtarriiibllc
Austin Tcxn. will in-W In tlto Supivme sud
Kt di riU Cniirtu at Austin u..dln ttui UlKtrict Court of
Tritvis sikI ailjoinin cuuutii-s. Will pay stxict atteu-
llott to litlntrd lalid Cjtw'i" mj and sell. UikI ct-rtill-rate
prtuMfit kll kind of l.fral ductimcnts Ui-Ctitiiite
loans of niiiii. y rulliM t all kinds of cluims and attend
promiillr to luiriiitnii In unv biutudt'ixiriuiruts. Oilico
n ihis d' Arc HlftH-t la Urtwu' buildttif. nearly opjio-''
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n. a. hits i i : ulackbcrx.'
SMITH & LLACITBURN ' J !
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Antin T'ta. Office In tbe Miller building comer of
t'nlifjnes A vim no aud lki d'Arc strouts.
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T -V.:MAimN
Attorney at Law oad" Ileal Entate Agent
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San Marco. Toxa. ; ; ... i t toM wly :
nn.rircTeor.wi:t.t. allxx BLACKKit a. 3. tovtnkm
QOLDWELL ELA.CKEU & FOUNTAIN-
ATTORNEYS AT IAW" :-
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Pmctlco lit the Ti-doral District nd Supreme Conrta
of Tvxiis and Now Jiisxlca . . . ....:.. ! .
Land law nmdo ajKcinUy. wtf
JAKE W.. tUtjrDKUK)!. i OVnTAVB CK)K.
fTEN DERSON A COOK. ; : i - -
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Houston Toxan. v j . . si'25 wly.
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DAVIS
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Aoltin.Toxtts. solidta culU'Ctinennd Koal Estulobusl
lnMy ftntn flu hri.f.Ai.iu M.ifl lill..iitd .! nnm.
licfl lit all t'ns ( iHirtHlif Travlw aiiH ailjoitdn eonntkit.-
line in mitu a uittuiiu; Cpnj?-s avcnuis. Addret
inn .tii. ; ''-'"'W 'y
tiktukl (uirwuun.
W. lt. WAIJ.ACK
tltu of AustiU.
ATTORNEYS AT.W. ;
Eagle raps MtvrirkcpntwTe;
July ao-wtf
JAMM W. HtNDKMMm - j OUHTkVS CfH
HENDaiSON .ANJ. COOK:;.. .. t
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II. JOHNSON
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Attt-mla to "paying tare foratluj; land' rramininj
lllli. ot UrdiTH f. nirvcvHi!; irmplly fillvd. i
UKrKKKNrn Uctifj Snm'imii Gulvuhton; lienrick
.t Kniior Waco; U. fii. L'ln Uouston; V. It. Jidina
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GLCNtltn.lL LAND AGENT.'
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Will i;lYc prompt and pursoiutl atti tKn to the sale
ami pun hxi-cof iaml uu coinmli'i'ion.' Will' examine
land iiticamuke urvcy aud oo any aua. wi una
hilini'KH cniniM.'U to Pis Cftrc. ' .;
ltcfrrs to the eitWen of La.Urango or wf!l gis
lM-ciul rvftiruncm it Jcirtxl. . aprU wtiuio.-
'JUisiiiess' Cards. .
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II INKY IIKNDniCKs.
J.JENT.Y IIENDUK'IvS & CO. 1 -
VIIOLESAiiE G1T0CEIIS
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c o m m i s o i o r j r.i c n c h a r j ts
rorwer of. Plain and rnmtnerra KtrccU
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Actinia for sorrrsl of th moat popular Brandf bf
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irt1 i-nl-iis 't'T sml siivrr plrtlwl warn.
Hvts of aJI k'nul. riis-ks fancy c.mhU -te. ' ;
lH la slii-tilion srtm la ivp!rin iuo wslctu.' i
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7ATCn:.!AKER -AKD JEVELEll' ;
C! Street Van Alctyuca Kulldln-
HOUSTON. TEXAS
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VOL III.
tub tui.c is or mi.
j We mean the Dallas convention. - It tuts
tact famed fnsscd and expired. Tta life
was short and Us vcrk vraa a moaument to
it memory vrhich. will crumLlo away be-
ffe the chilly winds of Pccemljcr. ''It is
nothing more than an
ctl duplicity thit yet
fir which the wire pul
liable themselves .i not
nthinf more than another record of Radi
i-stem of mean cunning
Hers of the party have
notorious among those
hom they cannot deceive. The action of
he Dallas convention' managed as it Was by
ho Davis clique 6hovs the earnestness
jwith which the party tnjuts iu inaio.sup-
jmrtert. Let os ice; there aro sixty thou-
sand negro vetcre in the State rind at
the outside . not' .. over tCiiV'. thousand
whites will vote the-- i Radical- ticket.
Giving the entire negro vote to the Radicals
this gives them oue white hian to six negroes
to keep up the organization of. the party in
Texas. One white man to six negroes and
the Radical ticket in tho Held without a
single negro oppn it ! And why is it? ".'Is it
because there is -not a Hloel man in the
State who haatte.capacity for HI Hag any of
the K)sition3 for which nominations were
made? ' "We knowthcrc are negroes in Texas
fully' as kbl to fill these positions " as the
men npmi b uted and 4 1 wou Id be say ipg but .
little for the negn rar to assert that nono
can. le' -found nmrmg them whd would not
aW) compare faVorubJy with the. nominees in
honesty and integrity. ' ; TJteu vhy ; with
these -sixty . thousand... colored ..: to teu
thousand ; white voters iii i the ''Radical
party did they not put even'oue of the former
on' the Btaic ticket?.' ' .Si'inply froui the fact
that the whito Radical hates the negro aud
has no- further use for him than to 'further 1
his own ends.'. Davis with his ticket cannot
hope to succeuil 'in thc'ijqxt election and
when. they are dcfcivtod and Texas 3. retriev
ed from Radicalism they will then put on i
their cry of martyrdom' and ai long as the
present Ca?siir sits'in the ..White .IIousc at
Washvngton tlty wll be KnocKmg at the door
ready to recount their tale of service their
disappointments ! and ask" for the reward;
due them. Tins ( is ' all if can 't amount
to' . jn the" - end . and he poor .. negrpes
who liavc supported them to thp last' that
such may bo the Jtnale- will still work for
their daily Wad id Texas with ( no claims
for mtt place's upon;' the j Baical federal
gOvernmeiit.i They will bo beaten- and the i
negr wilt live to knqw 'With almost all the
rest1 of niankittd that E.: J."DaT53 'and his
white followers (n Texas were the basest set
of. men politically anJ:moraUy:.thnt.cv.cr
lived. ".. ' ;-: f i." ' 11 .v..:;;.; J
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SrVEltlNTENDENT OF jPUniilC .IN-
i : stkitction'. -':' '
j Tlie North Texan in mentioning its pref-
erences for .this office produces live names
In all Allot tltcin. teachers. :iTho ofSce of
Superintendent of Public Instruction is no
more the heritage of rcItooI cacheVs- than it
Is 6f la wyersi' xloctors.1 farmers or-' inecTiau-
Ica. ; . .Why t.is thftf so many p(. t)iis class (it
teems to us about every other piiiicipal of.
decent schoVd in the State) -liavo laid their
plaiihs bef 6rc ' the lcpple' wc ' cannot jun-
dcrsbiml! ' $uch) an. incprrec't tendency
should at onco. be. arrcstetl and thought
given to the. requisites " for "flllinftl: this
important position.' Many ' m cA iiiay ii'ave
rovfn theniselycs fnq teachers; but why
;his should befit them peculiarly. 'to. preside
over the school system 'of Texas we 'cannot
jj" any means understand ' Al'siicccssful
teacher might be found yf&o would make a
iucU better Treasurer. ; or Comptroller; thau
Bupcrintendcnt of Public Instruction. ; '"He
might know very jrell how to train boys or
girTs ia'gbod behavior or t teach Latin
Qycck and. ileVrw i .lie : wighij Laye. ; .tho
whole ot the integral calculus in his brains
and' know "how to pirlc-'-FrnndiUe just as
good as if ho had beca reared 'in Ihb Tuille-
rics; he might know as. pmch .abqut the
ktars as Herschell and; more about natural
creation than Ilombordt 1 but with alb these
polished ' attainments' he might be utterly
iinfit to fill he ofilcc. . in imestion.. The
Superintendent is. nothing more; than; tho
prcsidicj officer of the school" department
and his 'duty is simply Jto administer the
law with ability. As (tg('. text boois it is
well known that there is the greatest variety
among teachers in regard to their merits
and selections he taight make would proba-
bly suit'hot a third pf the other ieiicliers in
the Stato. As to .the regulation of schools.
this depends upon he aptness of their indi-
vidual 1 teachers.
"good
school-master
might Txi at ' thc'licad of the department'
but.. ..this vfquJil .jjy nq a means con-;
vert .i poor! tcachersi; . in .charge .of
schools into good ones.' '.Thc:dfficc1rcMircs"
a 'gentleman of application and of "gooilad-j
mmibirauvc ; iuiutj . uiu ii ineso ixitpng
pre-eminently to teachers then it may be
strictly a teacher's office.' What wc-say is
o keep any error from taking root ill regard
to this question. .We want : a good ' officer
and such an one is as apt to be found in one
Class or profession as In1 another. Let "us
have able adtoinistratiyc oiRccr and if a
teacher doctor or farmer is found who is
well. Ct ted for tho position; al. right" Hut
lotus at once abandon' the fAlacious idea'
that a teacher' bccatiso hu: is puch is the
man for Supcriatcn4cut'"o lulilic Instruc-
tion. . . I i ' t ;..;.; i 1 1 . ; .
' JIOHB official toErniyiTY. ' ;
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i . Attention is called to the. following letter
wlikh gives another accounted the official
depravity to which wc arc constantly sub-
jected. ' The rule seems to be that no mat-
ter what the character' of .the crime coin-
mittcd it is only necessary for Governor
Davis to be convinced that : the criminal is
one cf his ' s exporters when' a parJoa is
.rtuted without any furtltr investigation
ich b the baie iajaslica habitually tcapctl
cpoa the people end such it will be until we
Jiavtj a tH.Tcrcr.t administration. ' Frciathe
tcr.e o( the letter it is ..'agjia. conclusively
thown that such parlvus arc ecpccterl be-
forehand. What a reccrd for a dra-k future
were there net h?-tc do-o shea 1 ;
IIotsvitxt Av.TMt IS 1ST3.
' ' rj::rJ:r.t:c :.'o'.'..:.'4 At tliO re-
ic .;t t. r-t i-f the dLtrict court ut this place
i-jio ; Vi'UHiia Fimwdert ' ( pnjmineat or
r:.lh..r iu tcrU-;:s Ct. v I polltii-'iaa . in tl.is
tr'ct ar.d t' ciLI c'.oct . at t:ua Jariat
ri"-y te d.;t tlcction) 'wrj? tried aid
i"v. :;vk of Lcr-"v:;Hrf- r..r.d Si'atcncvd to
:.v v ta ti e IV lu ::! sr. Tl.e j :rv was
c. ; : if $-x v.3 r.Kn aaddx colored.
T; i ;. I t. s i! .r- j cf ver.r.s f.x;u i.:n
J;u-.:itovct:u:r. whcnTthere I d Iwmi:
tr.l 1 - a j .;ry t'. e h .A;vti:y of wLora were
colored thevvtost.ir '.rtcn for conviction
fctM two I
On 1
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ncotleherc and emeeiallv in Kn Jarntrt
feel that & gross outrage has been perpe-
trated on - tLem to have this sexmn turned
loose in their midst. But his services can
not be dispensed with ill the coming aim
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IIIS BASENESS REQUIRES it.
The Austin Ring as usual; have tinder
taken to manipulate the Democracy of this
county. : We propppo to give JLhem a wide
berth and to poise n fieo lance in the can-t
vass. The -Itadicals who are figuring with
them are not altogether the best selection
they could have made nor are they alto-
gether qualified to give law to the true and
honest Democracy of the. country. .: Judge
Walker nor no other member of the ring
can be thrust upon the true Democracy of
this district as their standard bearer in this
coming canvass. .:We want good and true
men for office ..and those who . cannot be
manipulated for carrying ont the plans of
shysters and treasury grabs and . expect to
find them in spite of the howls and schemes
of tbe chicken-pio trickstera.-farj Gazette.
We giv the above extract that Democrats
may generally see and" beware of the char-
acter they deal with while such a main as
J. p.. Elliott J3 perrnitted to associate with
them politically. By almost all he is " well
understood' but 'we warn those who have
not . the 'means' of ' understanding - him
that his object is. to lead them. into. the
camp of tho Davis Radicals.'' Ilis league is
made with thenv just as sure as they have
made a league with Satan for onr destruc-
tion. . Watch his paper and the JuurHql
tlinU of . the Davis clique.: . Whatever
one- plays-; upon"' no matter' what- the
tone' of the falsehood' it r'r" finds' .'an
immediate vibration "-through the. other.
Elliott is sold body and .souL to tlie Radi-
cals but thinking to have more effect his
duties are assigned : hint Inside : the Detu'c-
cratic party.' 'We say it'and we say It cm-
piiatically .that such a man should long since
havp Iwen kicked but of tho party lie dis-
graces. Ilis combination with' Ncwcomb tb:
secure the public printing foij'the'last Leg-j
islature is a notorious fact and he lias un-
doubtedly worked with Davis and his party
for nearly two years:. - ; ;! ' V ! - '' ' :
j j" The JotrnaV now inakes' ah' attack upon
tlie gentlemen selected in the primary meet: :
ings for county. officers s After hey have
been recommended almost 1 unanimously
rom every precinct iri .the. county and
3verbody e9ept .the Radicals is satisfied
t tho; selection of good and competent
men tht Journal makes an attack upon
them and Elliott yelps a currish repetition".
After judge A. . Walk'er has been selected'
by . the Democracy of .Texas ;to.sexvo .as
chairman of tho Democratic State Executive
committee and ;has been urged' time 'and
again for the highest position m tho 'State'
by the unadulterated Democracy :.pf . Wil-
liamson . Burnet. iLlano'. San Saba and. all
jthat section' syhcre Radicals arc a wondcr
now' 'since ' this ' same . 'worthy high
minded : pure.' and unswerving. Democrat
has been again .brought forward by the peo-
?le e-f that section for their StatO Senator;
)y those (whb have' knowTi him ' foj-' long
years only to love ;h'imV. this same Radical
i)ap-eucker . Elliott i who elicits tUe; scorn
and contempt of all - pure. men insists that
Judge Walker is unreliable andnot 'fitjto be
rusel. .Fortius we'refcrihitn to tle ten-
der mercies 'of the. numerous Democratic
f rionds of Judgo Walker throughout this
Senatorial district and to every honest man
tho personally knows Jum in the State. .
j Again in anpther issue- of kthq Gazetlt.vtQ
find the following: i - . I '.;
j "Wc presume it' will no longer bo ; ques-
tionecT -since the action1 bf the ' precinct
meeting jf Austin' that there is a veritable
Austin ring seeking' td control the .affairs bf;
the county for their Qwtt number. 4. A" reso-
lution -was adopted for the election .of JeIe-
E' atcsf by ballot to'. -the county convention-1
ntioh the heel 6f this a resolution was
adopted referring their appointment to a
Committee of .five who returned and .re-
ported three or four of their own number as
delegates.- If the authors of a: treasury
spoliation of a: quarter of a million of dol-
lars of public ! printing are to control the
politics of Texas the State will"?e in a
worse conaition titan despoilea L.ouisiana
for there is no protection whatever from a
general robbery of the people..
I The nominations for -delegates were coin-
tnonccd- not by Fallot but by - yeas and J
nays; and. after two names had been pre-
sented ' to' the convention and it was dis-
covered that this mode w;ould occupy too
much' time' a resolution was presented to
appoint the committee referred to to expedite
matters and in the mcan time the conven-
tion went On with other pressing business.
When the 'committee reported names-' for
delegates among whom .were .the; two al
ready suggested they were Unanimously-ac
cepted and not a murmur raised against
th action 'of the eommitt.ee".' i'Every one'
too was satisfied with tho general actiOA of
tho convention and it proved only a. true
reflection of' the sentiment which prevailed
at all tliC' 'other1 precinct meetings in the
county. ..As to tlie falsehood about tlie com:
plcxion of tho committee it.was composed
bf three gentlemen" from the country and
two from the city and though the action of
tuc committee may not nave jsuiie tuc
sdf-important editor. o tlie": Gazette lit
Suited the - earnest Democracy of TrnviB
county.' '
There is ho disposition for disorganiza
tion in- the Democratic party and iha who
attempts to create it and at tho' some time
callshimself a-Democrat is nothing but a
lase disorganizer' working in the interests
of .Radicals.. Tnis caluminatox; of good
toec (Elliott) now calls- E. J. Davis "the
honest Radical nominee for Governor" and
when the Thirteenth Legislature adjourned
the first Democratic legislature that had
been elected for years which worked with
all the real its. menitara possessed to re
lieve the people from the oppressions of Rod
leal laws in which in most instances they
succeeded this samo . contemptible crea-
ture who has been tryirg to ride in a Dem
ocratic ship for the sola purpose of scuttling
it with a narrow contracted auger raised
ii.13 whine against what he chose la derision
to term the "to-call Thirteenth Legisla-
ture.' And such is the character of this
man' tinder all circumstances." He is 'a
dirgor.izcr a mean lurtlinj a btlc un-
worthy the . exalted nane of Democrat
and tliould be taught that Le can no lorrcr
tr:-e with the party inside cf it..'
; ArrESTtoN is called to the anuouueement
cf Judje Wm. J. Russell for Comptroller
of rv.Uic Accounts."- Judy's - Rxi-THli tow
livhj ia this city is ore or tf.c few cf the
Texas I '-triots left ia ov.r nr.d: t. Ia turns
past he has had the confidence cf the pub-
lic liberally bestowed vpea V.cx and should
he now 15 called vpen to Fcrre the Stte
wv hardly" . :: jv-.-c a man cci'Mbc found
with more df tcmlsaiioa to Sirve it failli-
I'ully ' honcitly and to tlvcry l? t of Lis
..tv.
ITl- is a ix-t!.:v. .n beyond re-
i.?A ta u:-.i"'vnl-jr PvTv.-xrut cf
i r. iT-'
Ccd ;d-:i.
AUSTIN TEXAS THURSDAY AUGUST 2S 1S73.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
New Bbacsfels August 19 1S7S. -
The ride from Seguin to New Braunfels a
distance of fifteen miles in pleasant weather
is perfectly delightful. The road Is nearly
klevel ami smooth running up the valley. of
the Guadalupe- and with a 'good horse in a
dry time is often gone over easily in an
hur and a half. It passes through abeauti-
fu prairie some distance from the winding
riv r and the soil is d;irk and as rich as the
gn at Lord of all the earth could make it.
Sttango to.say for half the. distance except
on! tlie immediate banks of the usually
chrystal stream tliis productive prairie is
uncultivated and uninhabited. Large num-
bers of horses and cattle graze on its nutri
tious grasses and as wc passed along in the
early morning it was curious to sec theni
wending their way to several openings to the
river for their daily supply of water.. The
reason why this rich tract has not been set-
tled is this: It comprises an eleven league
grant which rias been in litigation for the
last twelve or fifteen years and with the
exception of certain compromises is still
undetermined in the Supreme Court. The
whole valley of the Guadalupe could be
easily irrigated insuring heavy crops of all
sorts every year but wjth rare exceptions
they1 can be made without it and with more
certainty than in most parts of the United
States. -. Witlun seven miles of New Braun-
fels: the -country is thickly settled with
Germans ' and well cultivated; the crops
looking remarkably fine: -;.
Reaching this point long before the niid-
d'sbf the day I stopped at the well known
Guadalupe ' Hotel kept by that " honest
worthy German Jacob Schimt one of the
original .-colonists who came over with
Prince Carl of Solms-Eraunfels of which
I am told scarcely a dozen remain and!
find myself iii most comfortable' quarters.
As many of thcreaders: pf the Statesman
arc doubtless .ignorant. ;as I was of. the
early history and settlement .of .this almqst
exclusively German town and county I have
thought proper to present them with the
f oHowirig interesting - sketch kindly fur-
pished me by Profeasor Herrmann Secle the '
accomplished principal of the German Free
Sclibol another of the few survivors of the
first immigration and the one who opened
the first school under the grove of elms: :
'In 1842 a company was formed in Ger
many! for the protection tf emigrants by the
Duke or Nassau and Other pnnces and gen-
tlemen.' "They formed a stock company for
that purpose and sent Count Joseph of
Booa Waldeck and Count Victor of Leinin-
gen to Texas' for inspection of the country.
Boos opened the farm Nassau on Jack
creek and . Leiningen . reported favorably
about Texas in . person : after his return in
1843. Then the company adopted the name
' Company for thj Protection of German
Emigrants in Texas'' and appointed :(1844)
Carl Prince of Solms-Braunfels commis-
sibner general and sent him to Texas. He
sailed from Liverpool in May- 1S44 and
landed at ' Galveston-in July. He traveled
through' ' the' country and ' after' the first
three vessels chartered by the company had
arrived with emigrants (November and De-
cember 1844) he had the emigrants ship-
ped to Lavaca and Indian Point and located
at Carlshnfen (now Indianola). On March 18
the prince with a few companions arrived
at the place where now the city of New
prannf els is : and on the twenty-first the
first wagons' with- emigrants passed the
G-uadalupe river.. A camp was formed on
the bluff of Comal crecek near tho present
Catholic Church and fortified and the town
laid out and called New Braunfcls. One
hundred and fifty-heads of families and
young men began to build houses and fences
for a permanent settlement on the tract
which had been purchased from the heirs of
Juan . Veramendi by John: Rahm for the
Prince. 'The company had: then bought
the' grant made by Sam Houston to Henry
F.; fisher and Burkhead Miller ; and the
second party of emigrants arrived in 1843.
These received each-like the original set-
tlers a. town lot and ten acres from the
company and . were. provided with provis-
ions and tools wagons and oxen. - The
E' rincc Lad leftMay 15 and John O- Meuse-
ach his successor arrived ; Divine service
was held every .Sunday : by L. C: Ervendr
berg a Protestant minister of the gospel
engaged . by . the company..' and on . tlie
eleventh of August lS43r the first German
6chool opened under a grove f elms below
tho hill. . The first organization of a Protest-
ant .congregation: took place October 15
1845 .whq built with tlie company's assist-.
anccv - the nrst church (March 23 1840)
As a part of Bexar county a justice and
tounty commissioner were elected and rep-1
resentatives to the Congress of tlie Republic
in the same year and delegates to the Con-
vention; and in 1846 the city was incorpo-
rated. In the fall of 1S45 and the spring of
184G thousands of emigrants arrived sick
and died in great numbers in their camps
and the hospital in the city; but the settle-
ments . increased and improved around and
in town continually. Bishop Dupuis estab-
lished thq first Catholic congregation in
184U. and. built the church in 1850. Acad
emy incorporated in 1858 the first free
6chopl then m Texas. .
. ... ...... .
j The flourishing -city of New "Braunfcls
now contains within it3 incorporated limits
about four thousand inhabitants nearly all
Germans and comprising as much industry
and thrift as can be found perhaps in any
part of the world in proportion to their
numbers' and advantages. Many kinds of
manufactures are carried on here and there
are no idle people or loafers around the
streets and corners. There arc four or five
tanneries and divers manufactories of siloes
saddles wagons and furniture; foryourreal
German never sends his money abroad for
things which can be made at home. ' The
number of stores or shops for the sale of
dry goods and groceries I understand is
about forty. There are three organized and
permanent churches tho Lutheran the
Catholic and the Methodist. The Episco-
palians few in numbers had a settled pas-
tor last year but lam told he has lately
removed and the little Sock is without a
shepherd; ' The Catholics always great xn
churches are building around their old
frame tenement a splendid new stone
structure which when completed will be
an ornament and honor to the thriving city.
I have not room ia this letter to describe
the famous Comal fprings and the une
qualled water power ailorded by the Comal
and the Guadalupe which here form a
junction and must rt-sorve these interesting
details for mT next. R. J.
. 4 New BiiAOcrr.LS August 21 1ST3.
: The springs which form the celebrated
Corns! here connecting with the Guadalupe
are unnumlx.-red. No one has ever at-
tempted to count them if it were a possi-
bility. Tl.cy brxak ont from the blu:I cr
E'.tlo hills northwest from the town about
a mile distant c-xtendirg along the base
fvr a l.cdf ii.ile: or more and uniting form
the Urgvtt loly cf spring water to be found
ia Texa and perhaps in tlc Vnited States.
TLe largx r springs are twelve r Lftccn but
t!. Kii-1'.i.r are count -c-s bul V.'.r up cviry-
whtrc tndr the currvat of th Urg-.r aud
triiklirg d-.-v.n from the li'.Uide. WUre
.l-y r.ll c'-.;.o t.-.-'-h.-r they I.kui wi U
space of crystal water which is filled with
a nutritious grass growing at the .bottom
and waving gracefully in the rapid current
litre the cattle come in . large numbers
and stand cooling themselves in the lim-
pid stream every now and then ' diving
their heads under the watertto gtjt a mouth-
ful of the coveted food. Altogether it ia a
pleasant sight to witness t The water of
the Comal is colder than the springs of the
San Antonio but not near as cold as Barton
Sprirgs nor as palatable for drinking pur-
poses. All are tinctured more or k-ss with
limestone for these large springs ore only
found in limestone formations.' I attempted
fishing on several occasions but. .with very
indifferent success. ; The season of the year
and the extreme warm weather ' were un-
propitious and "t had difficulty in procur-
ing proper bait the larger Jminiiows refus-
ing to come into my net ; I should think
however in tho late fall or winter the bass
or trout fishing as we call it here would be
fine. - - ' ' ! " ' ' ; ' " ';
The water power of the Comal is known
to be great and no town in Texas is per
haps more suitable" for manufacturing than
New Eraunfels. During the late civil war
Messrs. Runge and Tony took steps to es
tablish a cotton factory here and sent to
England for the machinery. "It arrived near
the close of the war and in 1803 the mill
was put in operation. It run one thousand
spindles and twenty-one looms employing
from fifty-five to sixtv hands and was con-
ducted successfully until 18G3 when a
furious tornado J)lew offthejroof of the
stone .building and. destroyed much of the
machinery.; ' It .was then repaired another
story added anil converted into' a wheat
and sawmill cotton gin etc all of wliich
were profitably run.7 .' But misfortunes never
come singly. Ia June "lS72f came the most
torribhi rain and flood ever known on the
Comal- and swept .off nearly the whole
five story building as -well as the
new iron bridge just erected below
it. Tho destruction : -: was-' complete.
The flood also injured and put a stop to
tho woolen factcryrwhichr:was put up a
few ' years previous by a joint stock ' com-
pany Mr. George II 1 'Judsbn manager1 and
had "been running very successfully mating
jeans "cassimcres blankets etci .of thebest
quality and generally superior to the North-
ern manufactures. This . flourisliing estab-
lishment run oighteen ctpuble . looms . aij.d
furnished - employment) for many people..
There is now. nothing. Jcftin . tbe; way of
mills except the flour null of Mr. Landa on
this side and the- sash - blind and wheat
mill of Mr Koester -.on the other side of
Ihe Comal. Thus the finest water power in
the State is running at waste and the place
as Mr; "Landa observed is dead compara-
tively no and others think that the Inter-
national Railroad will revive it and ' so it
may be the means of doing 'provided the
manufactories follow the railroad not much
without. ; While on this subject I would
remark that the water' power 'of Western
Texas is immense and must ..be . utilized
some day. ' The Saq Antonio; the Comal
the Guadalupe the San Marcos and the Col-
orado besides many other 'streams;' furnish
the means pf. running cheaply; any amount
of mills of all sorts. Within six miles of
Scguin on tire Guadalupe is water power
enough to turn all the Spindles of Lowell
Lawrence and Manchester; And so on for
miles up this stream at New Braunfcls and
above.; With the building of railroads and
the influl of Immigration- the1 attention of
capitalists must sooner or later Imj turned to
this section where all tho wool and cotton
needed will be at the very ddors of the fac
tories and all expense of transportation le
saved. '. .Wlicn that day ' comes we' shall
have tlie finest country on ;tho. face; of the.
earth considering soil productions climate
and health all .united. ""-'God- speed the
dav. - ' ' '. K. J.
' TlCItET-OF-LEAVE IiAN
The name. of John D. Elliot .was . pre-
Jsentod to the County Convention as a.dele-
'gatc to the State Convention and. most em-
phatically rejected: " lie resides iu Precinct
No. 2 and not being able to.; secure his
recommendation through any one of. his own
precinct he insinuated himself upon the
delegates from Precinct No. 3 in the upper
part of the county anl got bne( of them to
resign hi3 recommendation; in favor of him-
self. . When the names of the gentlemen
recommended from that precinct for candi-
dates to the State Convention were' pre
sented to. the convention the motipa .was;
made by Major Walton to reject tho name
of John D." Elliott on the grounds that he
vas not trustworthy and unfit to represent
the Democratic party in any capacity. The
motion was loudly seconded by a number
of the delegates and afterwards carried by
almost the entire vote "of the convention.
But two or three feeble voices were heard to
speak in favor of him. 1 So goes tho disor-
ganizer where he should long since have
been sent outside the party. " He asserted
be would ) 'poise a free lance in ; the can-
vass" and now lie has the ; invitation of the
the- Democracy to do- so. - Davis stands
ready to embrace him but he will have to
hear from the' Central Railroad first to understand-
what the policy of the company is
lie no longer belongs to the unbought
masses and his masters may require him to
poise his freelance for awhile longer on a
raiL The "honest Republican . candidate
for Governor" has his arms spread to re-
ceive him. Will the Central Railroad be so
cruel as to ostensibly withhold him from his
best love? .
The Statesman bewails the fact that a
colored man was not put on the Republican
State ticket Since the Statesman feels so
bad about it why don't it urge the Democra-
cy to place a colored man on their ticket for
Lieutenant Governor. State Journal.
The Democratic party 13 not the negro's
party. They vote solidly against it and ia
favor of Radicalism and in return they
have not been allowed by the Davis wire-
workers to have a single representative cf
their nee upon the State ticket. 'Every-
body knows that accordisg to the ratio of
white and black Radicals in this State the
latter arc entitled to five-&ixths of the
Nothino could Lave "been more harmoni-
ous tluua the County Convention held tpon
the 23d. This convention appointed dele-
gates to the Sute and district conventions
and nonuiiite-1 county oCocrs. Reference
is made to the proctcttirr pu Il.-.he-l ia this
iisttc for full r-t'.cnlaxs.
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Atthxtiox is calleii to the followinrr let-
tcr from Blanco. It is truly encouraging to
receire such good news in regard to the
crops from that quarter. We have so many
warm friends in the frontier counties that it
always makes us feel good to receive ictel-
liirence from them. ' We rcrrret trt liear tf
the death of that old arid respected fitizen
3fr. II. Bryant: - : ' ::- :
Blwco' Texas August 19 173.
EJItir$ DtifMxnitie Mf"iwWT I -tavc
tliought yon might be willing to hear some-
thing of our part of tho country r. It .cot
tinues toeettle up very f:st our population
having almost doubled irt the last year.
Our town is also -improving fast several
new houses have been built In the last few
weeks.. ALcssra.. Beak man & llemnan arc
putting up a fine large steam flouring mill
and their machinery is said to be of the best
quality with all the latest improvements.
They expect to have their mill running by
the first of next month:'. ' " -'
The cotton crop is the best ever Seen in
this county. . I believe tho crop will average
a balo per acre; no .worms yet that have
done any damage. Corn crop fair. . Grass
very fine. Cattle fat and cheap.- " Prospect
for good mast - which will - make pork
cheap. ; -.; i .; ;; i. .-. ; ; ;.
' Our Democratic convention is called for
the 2Ud. Tho Democracy is a unit here and
ready to support a regular ticket." "' V
; II. Bryant Esq.; an-old and roeectcd
citizen died! on: tlie 15th inst and was
burieil with Masonic honors on the. ICth.
He was a member of. tho county court and
one of your subscribers. '-"
I Our mail ' facilities arc oxcellcnt we re
ceive the Statesman on Thursdays by 9 a.
the same day published. .: . ; ';.
i I am with respect your friend .
! ; '. .' ' "'."". "' Joris N. Speeu.'
Tire candidatca for county officers nomina
tion by the -Democratic convention oro laen
uiJon whom the full strength of the Democ-
racy will be expended. - They were unani-
mously selected and they will ; bo unani-
mously supported. : We 'refer to the ticket
at the head of onr columns this morning.
The names represent gentlemen fully capa-
ble of filling the offices to. which they have
been nominated and they will be elected
just as certain aa they are now laid before
the public. Let all determine to work zeal
ously however. We have a foe to encoun-
ter which we must crush; Let the victory
in Travis county and everywhere else be
complete and when.it is recorded' let every
Democrat be able to say that his part has
been done well. -; Rally to the standard and
let the colors ' be carried triumphantly
through the contest. -':
I Attektion is called to the card of George
B. Zimpelinan in which lie refers to ccrtaia
publications "made in t tbe Journal ef the
ninctcentli instant and brands the writer as
a falsifier. These charges the public know
full well arc false and such articles in the
Journal certainly lead no one to believe in
hem". Thev' arc made against a gooit and
Cfficaent officer who it is well known has
the confidence of tlie people of this county
and who have lately declared so almost
Unanimously. The Journal scribbler may
think it funny to pen such articles but wc
prddict that such fun'if .repeated 'will' not
be altogether on one side. .
I To-day we publish the announcement of
Major Wm. M. Stone as a candidate for tho
office of State Treasurer.' Major Stone at
present a citizen of Crimes county is well
and most favorably known over the State.
Possessing every character of .a gentleman
and being a mau of eminent administrative
Capacity combined with honesty and integ
rity the office would certainly be filled with
ability by him. lie has a large circle of
influential friends who feel that )& worth
will make him ' weighty in the convention.
His record as a true Democrat and South
erner 'arc unimpeachable! ' .
apt. w.. u.. Walsh. was recommended
Saturday by bur county convention as the
choice of the Democracy of tbis county for
KCommissioner of tho General Land .Office
If Capt. Walsh should ; also be the choice of
the State Democratic convention he will
iiake one of the most effective contests for
the position of any man that could be se
lected lie js thoroughly conversant with
the. land office business is honest and effi
cient and besides is a sound Dcmocract
and popular gentleman. . -; .
I la . 1 i i s .
Tna Dallas convention adjourned on the
Itwenty-first : after having nominated E. J.
Davis for Governor; R. IL Taylor of Fan
nin coiinty for Lieutenant Governor; J. W.
Tlioinai - of - McKinney county for Comp
trollcr ; A. .T. Monroe of Crockett t for
Treasurer : Jacob Kuechler; of Bexar for
Commissioner of the Land Office; and Gen.
I A. B. Norton of Dallas Tor Superintendent
tof Public Instruction. De Gress .was nomt-
nated lor the last office but. withdrew his
nanje.;; . ;:.'. l. ;.:.. :..;.' .. .'
; The government at Washington has again
been requested by the North German Con-
federation to hereafter desist from sending
naturalized German citizens to that country
Os consuls or. diplomatic 1 agents. A It is
claimed that thL "class of officers exert too
great an influence upon the minds' of the
people in '. favor of. . immigrating . to 'the
United States.. The .subject of emigration
to this country is absorbing' the attention of
the German government.; I It is telliig won
derfully upon its military organization.
' f- We learn that the name of John F. Tor-j-ey
Esq; -of New Braunfcls will- be pre-
sented to the State Democratic Convention
as a candidate for the office of State Treas
urer. He is one of the early settlers of
New Braunfcls was an extensive manufac
turer there before his mills were destroyed
by' the great flood and i3 very popular with
the German cement in the State."
At a meeting of the Democrats of Red
River county held on the sixteenth In
stant they declared themselves in favor of
Dr. W. IL Trolinger for the Slate Senate
and George Reeves for Representative.
Dr. Trolinger was a member cf the lower
house of the last Legislature and is a ciowt
worthy gentleman while lit. Reeves is
another man of the meet . terli eg worth.
Wc are glad to' hear cf such canli l-te.
We ag-iia bill attention - the' election of
school trusices'ca t2;e f rst Tues-lsy ia Sp-
tcmbcr. On tLtt d-iy three kIjmA In; s trees
are to be elected ia each ju-ticc'a precinct
cf the county nuV.bg Clicca ia all for tl.c
entire county. TLI iu:.'.lcr ahoul J
receive
the
jud-
tloa cttentioa cf cur people
tai-ct thonl-I. Ie fcclictcd
and raca of
fur the jvr-i-
Tus Jvjsh.'I will pka.e infona z singly
Ut the Unc-t cf the tu'':?. Low rtuch
ju..
wesey De Cress his fpc-nt oa l!.r.t v.
girg the uttmcdi.-rle Iittsrccn
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Travl Coonlr Convention.
The convention was called to order by
Hon. T. B. Wheeler chairman Executive
Democratic Committee of Travis county.
After a few remarks by Col. Wheeler ex-
planatory of the meeting the convention
was organized by the election of Col. J. W.
Allen president aud Dr. L. D. Hill aud Yal
C Giles as secretaries.
' On motion a committee of live was nt-
pointed on credentials tho report having
leen made a committee oi one from each
.precinct was appointed to fix the basis of
representation which committee reported
as follows: ' '
Precinct No. 1 entitled to 9 votes; No. 2
21 votes; No. 3 5 votes; No. 4 G votes;
No. 5 G votes.
The president then announced that nom
inations were in order.
- Geo. B. Zimpclman was placed in nomina
tion for sheriff. The vote being taken by
precincts resulted as follows: Geo. B. Zim-
pclman 47
. r t ? i : i 1
A. .1. JCrillgan Iiaviug ueiii ihhiuwui-ii ir
county treasurer was elected ly acclama-
tion. ........
Frank Brown for district clerk received
47 votes.
Nominations for county survej-or being m
order the names of John E. Campbell and
Dennis Cortvin were presented. The ballot
resulted as follows : John JL. Campbell 'Jo
Dennis Corwin 22 when Campbell was de-
tlared tho choice of the convention.
Nominations for justices of the peace for
ihe various products lcing next announced
Precinct No. 1 nominated Albert Brown
No. 2 J. W. Smith No. 3 J. D. Easton No.
4 Richard Young and No 5 C. Goodloc
who were unanimously continued by tne
convention:
-Nominations for delegates to the State
Convention being next in order it was
agreed that each precinct should lc enti-
tled to a number of delegates equal to its
representation in the present convention.
! Precinct No. 1 named John W. Brown
W. L. Giles L. B. Giles J. G. Wheeler J.
W. Allen Taylor W. D. Patten h. 1).
1IH1 and Dr. Fowler. .
Precinct No. 2 named R. A. Rutherford
Wv A. Tins N. G. Shelley W. Yon Rosen
berg P. DcCordova Giles Burditt T. B.
Wheeler J. W. Kobertson W. X1. Walton
John Cardwcll F. Dohmc A. S. Walker
Alfred Smith J. W. Denton A. R. Morris
J. A. Rosengreen J. K. Farrall A. H. Rob-
inson Henry Dickinson D. . Shecks Jacob
Rainey.
Precinct No. o named J. li. Kemp vul.
C. Giles J. D. Doxcy D. F. Wuddcl and
John D. Elliott.
(On motion of W. M. Walton 'the name
of John D. Elliott was stricken from the
list of delegates.
On motion of L. S. Woodward the name
of A. W. Torrcl was substituted for that of
John D. Elliott.)
Precinct No. 4 named M. C. Nuchals
J. IL Zivcly Wm. Pilham J. M. Patten
JohnT. Lindlcy andW. C. Walsh.
l'recinct INo. 5 named A. A. iiugncs it.
Bunton Robert Jones F. E. Smith Ed.
Sumnicrow and James 1 hompsou.
The above nominations made bv the res
pective precincts were confirmed by the
convention.
; Dr. Fowler of Precinct No. 1 then of-
fered the following resolution :
i Resolved That wc the Democrats of
Travis county in convention assembled
present to the State convention our fclloV
citizen;-W.. C. Walsh as a candidate for
Commissioner 'of the General Land Office
we having unbounded confidence iu his
ability integrity and Democracy. Which
was uuanimou8lv adopted.
! Nominations for delegates to tho district
and senatorial conventions being next in
order the following were made:
Precinct No. 1 J. R. Owings and John
W. Brown. Alternates L. D. Hill and L.
B. Giles. ..
i Product No. 2 J. M. Denton W. Von
Rosenbcnr. R. A. Smith and R. A. Ruther
ford. Alternates F. Carleton T. E. Sliced
E. W.-Shands T. B. Wheeler.
I Precinct No. li W. C. Rcngcr and F. A.
Bolt. Alternates V. C Giles and J. B.
Roecrs. .
i l'recinct No. 4 Dr. Charles Shcppard
and W. S. Johnson. Alternates John
oung'and Jasper Halford.
i 'Precinct No. 5 D. Bunton and A. A
Hughes. Alternates W. F Davis and F. E
Smith. .
I On motion cf J. M. Denton the name' of
C: S.'.Wcst was added as a delegate from the
jcounty at large. . '
I1 Nominations for school trustees
vf-v in nilor
being
;UVA. IU UlUtlj
V ! Precinct No. 1 named Aaron Burleson E
R. Crockett and W. D. I'atton.
! Precinct No. 3 named W. C. Reager J
M. King and Edward Scidcrs.
! Precinct No. 4 named W. S. Johnson
James Turly and Jasper Halford.
! ' Precinct No. 5 named James Shaw F. E
Smith and A. P. Blocker. '
Precinct No. 2 by their delegates deter-
mined to call a convention of their precinct
pn baturday next.
j The convention then proceeded to the
election of a chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee for the county which
resulted in the choice of J. M. Denton.
. Da motion of Hon. N. G. Shelley the fol
lowing committees were appointed m con
..r.lti 4ti TlimnAi"nf .. Ctnti f 'r.n .mr.
uvu niLii bill. lVUIVl.lUbl. L'UIIU VUUVlU'
i:-
Committee of Arrangements Fred. Carle-
chairman Alfred Smith George B
mnelman John W. Brown and Dr. T. J
Moore.
j Committee of Reception N. G. Shelley
Chairman T. B. Wheeler W. M. Walton
J. M. Denton and P. DcCordova.
! The thanks of the convention were then
tendered to the president and secretaries
when upon motion the convention ad
journed. . J. W. Allen
j :L.. D. Hill . President.
; YAU C.Giles
! . Secretaries.
j " The Cholera In Naalivlllr.
' A citizen of Nasltville in a letter to the
Ilarrisburg Patriot gives some particulars
of the cholera visitation during the months
of June and July of this year. He makes
the following statement.
j The 22d and 23d of latt month were two
of tho darkest days my eyes ever lK.hchL
Think for a moment of a city of f.fty thou
sand inhabitants wrapped in mourning and
paralyzed with fear. I could stand at my
tfoor and look at dwellings that had as tnrv
&i four and five dead in cadi. In thoHc two
days alxut one hundred died in my neigh-
borhood and over two hundred tincc the
dread angel of death first spread his
wings over it. Several whole families have
perished and their houses are now tcnant-
lcss. You are well acquainted with the
part of the city wc live in.
A portion of it as you know is inhabi
ted almost exclusively by black people.
uutoi trie wnoic number oi ueutlis it
remarkable that only two were white.
took a irod a few days c;;o aiiiorg the
little n'-gro hovel. Tisitingthc orcifpants
to learn something of their condition. I
found in many of their thar.tir from four
to six adu'.ti and as many children. I taw
lKys and pils c-:ght to twelve vtiis of e
that looked as if they Lal never been w . h
cd. If filth and stench can produce che'era
then th"y were the rue-ass that Irovrht it
oa ns lor they exi ted to perfection.
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100 turwita its i.tal iru:jc-i:fes.
v.'t:
is goc-1 torr.;-ari.on of the tiTtets cf t!;e
fdthy Lal its of two-thir U of the free druea
that inhabit ot:r city. It ij eor.' i kre l by
almost every per-"n tht it ii in the way
the c r-eo'-le r r.er .'.iy live th it j-.vi:;: j
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Ii l-un;;1jd ct. ry TL ii-usy r.: ; r-..H -i. .
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CAUDWr.S I A : WILKI H
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San Safcn Cousitv Convc'ntiou. '
' S.VNi?AC.v Texas A;;u. t !C 1ST;. 1
The county convention crdlcd bv its i ' -vr-maa
Judge George B. Cook to stlcct'det-
cgatca to the State convention and also to-
the district convention to lo hinwfur
calleel met pursuant to call.
On motion. Judge Goon-e P.. CVk TV;l
elected president of the Pem.vr-iiie- !;:'
for the coming year and Mr. -
Brown secretary.
On motion Mc-srs. Rtnlav Martin M
C. Brockcnlirough W. R. AVvander a ad
D. M. Williams were appointed a con.mit-
tee to draft resolutions expressive vt tin-
sense of the meeting.
The alwvc coiv.nultco submitted the ful.'
lowing rcsilutious whieh wciv adoptetl;
WitKUEAs The lion. CM. Winkler
chturman of the State? IVmorrttie Eeevtive
tomnuttec has called a eonven? ivMi of the
Democracy of the State to meet at Au;;ni
Septembers 1S7; to nomh.do candi.l.ites
for State officen?; .nd
; - Whereas We the Pem.vr.u-v of l'-.-i!i :
Saba county lelieve it to be the di:!v .!'
every American citir.cn to openly rud hon-
estly express liis views upMi all qiu-ttlons
apiHTtainjng to the rights of tho people.
We submit the following resolutions n-
pressing odr views in tho premises:
1. iiv. That we desire heartily to
co-operate with our sister counties in Vil-
laining the time-honored principle of IV
tnooracy and hereby pledge uv.t lt s to
abide by ail measures adopted bv the Si.ite
Convention to assemble at AiUn to put "
down the diabolical H henies of "Tlie Radieal
party that has so long ruled and I vmnnied
over our people. i ...
2. i-jfcifA That this nteetinrr t let t lle .
delegates to the State Convention ut Austin
oue from each justice's precinct m San Saba
county with corresponding alternates wlio
will le authorized ta represent this county
in tho district convention hereafter to le
called. '
3. RmJcal That the peonlo'of the fron-"
tier counties having milTenl and arc ntill
suffering both in life and projuTty from tle
depredations of tho hostile Indians do
hereby call upon the Democracy of the -State
to listen to the wail of woe coming rp
from the widows and orphans of the fron--tier
and to place iu tho Gubernatorial
chair a man who w ill at least make an t-ll'ort
to relievo them and having abiding faith in
tho integrity honor and fidelity of the lion.
John R. Baylor of San Antonio wc do
lioreby declare mm to be our Lrst choice for
Governor but while this is so our delegates
go to Austin tintraiiimclcd.
4. RmHced That the secretary of this
meeting is authorized to issue credentials to
the delegates elected as nliove provided.
5. JUaolccil 1 hat a copy of these proceed
ings be furnished the Dkmociiatic States-
man Galveston Acir Lampasas Dtfimteh
and San Antonio JlemlJ and that they be
requested to publish the same.
The following gentlemen were then duly
elected delegates: Dr. J. C. Rogan T. W. ..
Ward alternate; W. II. Lcdbcttcr Thos.
A . Sloan alternate; Reulen Grny J. ('.
Montgomery alternate; W. R. Alexander
J. B. Ilarrald alternate; Wm. Doran .1.11.
Sloan alternate. . ;
On motion the meeting declared their
preference for Judge Geo. B. Cooke for
their representative in the coming Legbl.t-
tutc
The meeting then adjourned Mibjcttto
the call of its president. .
O. 11. Cooke
Clim'n San Saba County Democrat ie CI ub.
James r . BHowN becretary.
ItEUI-VrEUI ItliUISTEU! .
Wc again call attention to the absolute
necessity of registration iu view of the.
coming election and the complete redt mp-
tion of the State from Radical rule. No
man can vote unless registered under the
new law. The present Constitution requires
registration though in our judgment use- ;
less with universal suffrage and it has tobe
done. The last Legislature did what it
could to make this duty one of easy per-
formance. It costs nothing but a little
time. Let no man neglect it. No in;m
who loves his State and country will ne-
glect it. Tho Democrat who fails in this ;
is unworthy of the noble party ho 'profesres
to belong to and deserves to be ruled and
taxed by the Radicals to the day of hi.;
death. Last year we heard Democrats
say they would not register liccause they
would then have to serve on juries. Th'ij.
was no proper excuse then and now we
are glad to say that this will avail them
nothing. .They will be compelled to fcei vo
on juries whether registered or not. Ka-nj
negro and vlnlc II blkdlvill nyhtrr and if
the Democrats do not thry may expect to
be beaten ia many localities and. they will
deserve to be. Come forward then Dciuo-
fcratic voters' of Texas and fchow that you .
arc true men ready and willing to perform
your whole duty first to register and t! u
to vote.
Is this issue will lie found the :u:ut!i; c
nouueement of Chanipe Carter Jr. f t
Commissioner of the General Land Oii'-c
subject to the decision of the Deinivratie
Convention. Col. Carter ia n line buincM
man and perfectly competent to fill the po-
sition if elected.' He is a true Southern
gentleman and a sound Democrat."
Mil. II. Lkiiiton writes to us frou d
ii-
cho under date of the eighteenth of Au-u
as follows :
; Tlie stage from El Paso was ovcr!:.k n
a storm in the Fort Davis Canon. The ( ''
was washed over tbe two wheel mn
drowned and Senator Fountain f Id 1'.
nearly drowned lie had to step i-t D.i
lie wan I suppose on hi way to the !
publican Convention.
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A letter is published in tha ' Gain i" i
CvtnnurcVil of the nine-teeth H;;nr d DM
Friend" huggef-tirg the tv.Mt.- i f .Tiid---'
Wm. J. Rusm.11 of tlU Ity ns a i . ;
uitalde candidate for the oi;iee of Oh. .
trollcr.
Biuwslot says he ii o . j d to a d
with Gt-n. Hill of GcorgL-v oa iC.'; :
grounds; if this le o it U the I'.r I v.'..'.
ful thing that Erowclow was ever 1;' h i
in performing.
Fathkh Rtax ox BaAI-Kj. vn. V r
Ryan editor-in-chief of the J.'-o-t. i. .-; .'.-.-
and CaUn-lle ZIcfigfr of thj twci.!.v-t
tilt. one of the ablc-t in;.( rq in th-: I.'..'.:.:.
bandies Gen. Beaurtg-:rd with'.-.t f'"V i .i
tho score of his new n;c-veiuf i.t. JI-. ' .-
"WoulJC a. IX-aur. .-vd whoi:4 (.'.'.'. -lie
aa well as a t-outhera t;; .a th . -v
child of J.iJ to ;') to !.xl a.-;-l . . . '.
there oa terms of crudity uh&k ' :'. .- '.''.
colored children t ; LeuM he d ;t ht
Lira answer. Aud if ).: v. . I I ;. . i-; it
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which L-3 Llr.v.'.f wc 1 r;f .: t f .;: .-.v ' "
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