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KRKK II K A K T H, K i; K K MINOB. FREE PKOP L R, AKK TII1S MAUHIAL, AMI) TNI ONM II AT K H 1 A I<, OOTOf WHICIi FRKE 0 O V E R N M K N T d ARK C 0 .1 S T It V CT EI)J * r rr. a so v
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BASTROP, TEXAS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1875.
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OONbTiTUIIONAL CONVENTION.
TftHTII 1>AV'll I'lUMJCICPl*<ia.
TuritNDAT, Hept. IB, 1876.
The ( onv«utiori met at 0 a. m., roll
called, quorum present,
I'riff hi lie v. Mr. Wright.
Mr Fleming - "<1 tha, the remarks of
('<>1. I'tourney nf yealerdsy, were sttri
buted «. Itiin by tlio stenographer, s
published in ,he On/nil*.
Mr. Htookdale explained Ihst it wss
prohil.iy it printer's i rror.
By Mr W.st: Petition nf A Hntebins
*nd A Grooms, for civil services mu li r
'••I <1 irintho wm. 11",erred.
By Mr Nugent. Mi iu<>riu 1 against
'ei.ett g in prune en ;i>ir. as it *il' pro-
duce scarcity of fael. Ileferred.
My Mr {yokel* B" olntion thai th*
piil>ltr< free schools shall hold four months
in Kit. vim. *n 'ii who"In m iv In" other
cujit.0 auuifcisimailun.
It-VCUIOlAL USIOKM.
' C l Up* till. greatest curat. possible to
inflict upou ii people ii the proHlltUtioii
of then juiiii isry, Toe judges stand m
the dispensers of justice, the conservator*
of society, the protectors of the helples*
tad lb* powerful alike, The livea. lib-
erly Mini |>ro|mrty ol every oiliseo are in
ibeir keeping, and woe l>e unto tlicSiati-
lh*t eiitruAt* tliin lit onMary, lint ilniiger.
ou* power, to uitsmfu IimikIn. Juilioial
rorruplii.il in rarely ap«n to palilio gur,...
11 la rathrr a oaoker, wb oh, ooowale.)
Oliver, Lane in piano of Wh«w!or, H '< l
inxtead f Howard, B rk ilaln inatead of
Hart, White inatemt of Manney, and
Hronddu* inatea I of Onina, with other
ohaiigA* not now ruin-mltfriirl. Th.it any
nimmt.etMit ju.Ijf" still haraaaea the pt'o
lite of toy diatrmt cannot he impntttd to
'he Onvcrnor, hot rather tooinatilntion
nl inipo'limi'iita, wlneh have prt-vent"d
|r>ftiitlative aolion. I think >t may he
atfely aanerted that in no inafunce has n
incomp"t'nt judge Iteen fnl ted hy hint
upon the people. A lawyer himaelf, and
>iv loeg acqnaintanoi' famili >r with the
merits of hia brethren of the har, he
neema to huve a"Ann l oloaely the c! iitu«
fron. view, gnawa at the vilitlaof aociely, , . ,, . ,
until the foundation ia undermined and ,ni1 io ' nf
tha tdiflje tumhlea to the ground from I to 'f*0
•he«r rotneae. A valuable n„ht ia often *"h •n,} w,,h n "T" ,to
verified and the knowledge thereof tb" w'n{* tn'1 of th"
br light home ouly to theaoff. rer. SI m a
I berhea are m J ,.|ly taken frtirn them,
and a credulous public attribute the event'
In the f, w months of hia adtuinls*Mtion,
the hench haabeen elevated to aomeihing
like ita former atandard, and with proper
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. . wi.e OOI tiliunl l y taxation; alan that j to inexorable law, when perhatta the law °r,P',r*,ini,y. wll be refined, renewed.
|Merti-.i -I „f the r„n.' ti.tion of |Hi'.a. ! ha. been artfully warpe<l and iwmted regenerate nnder hia *« rhf«l e«re
mitlc n imrt < f th t r«*A«*nt Constitution ' «.Unt it • .. i houwil wlifitndfl for thu pn* 1ioweal
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purl of thf. present Constitution adapt it to the corrupt animosity of the!'
Africans judge. D-haurhed Onmina's are daily |
|tnrn 1 loose upon aoci'ty, after the
When we review theae ebanrea and
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I aolntioL ' mockery of , trial hasYeen gone through 1 ,h"tr "m""' ' ,hi'ik
i annal i >a ' ' m i • i i 1111vio
inil
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CU AS. I.. MolUiAN.'
I'l n| r Irlof.
' compare his jivliciitl appointmenta with
the
1 verdict must I.e. "well done," in thia par-
ticnlar, and that Cuke's judieial policy
will tally "two." Jvbtio*.
• STATS riKAMCU.
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In this kgn of commercial an|irctuacv,
the character and luteprily of a people is
rMirou'e.l by tt;o atntiis of its g. verti
mental flnaiipra. l'ritate cr .'!ft lliictu
l«-en hi.ilgtit s few daya before at A diti" > tion upon them, and wlActi a lvtiinul
n<>nnt of '25. 80 or 40 per oent. i have ! warrnnta to ninety o*Dtn, where they
never blamed specalators for this to any ! atood firm until cashed. The Int.mft*
greitt extent. If the Huto snff -rs It* , tional lUilroad Company, having snonred
Qh ilres to lieeomn diseased, snd throw* iia ineHtiire of rulinf conlin^iat upon a
lis promisea to pay upon the public, it probable di vision by nur QMpremsConrt,
TI ltHIHLE OaiMEH IN INDIA.
a list or ironnoRs ithom tiis law rfi'ohts
(' Tits CALOtrrfA CKIMIMAL O'JtTRT.
The appsl'ing 'eatnree of Last India
rr me are disclosed in the recent reports
must expeot its <iitix«ns to deal in them proceeded to foron a luvoruolo decision „f Ce'cntta Criminsl Coart Iroui
if found to I hi profitable.
Tim effeot of thia morbid flusnsisl con-
dition may be stated in several aspects.
It demoralir>-d tho revenue srstem of Uio
State, and leut so enchanting iiifluence
by means of it* money power in New , wbjpb ,L„ iu,j o,sot-0 ^ e|fc0ted
York and Europe, and ita pack of retain- I aeveral eases :
ers dull) averted that the Htato shonld i i„ Cuttaek a woman draws ■ child Raids,
not sell its bonds until the Hnpreme Court ' ttak-n the silver br*o..|eta from her arias]
decided in Ita favor and the Htate i* ned I #nd fl.ngs the little victim into a tsnk.on
to oorrtj|)li( u. wbiob MbfriflTn 10 them their bonds. The mouio«l lumd ! tbn *urt*ae of which tho hodj i* foouJ
sar nru ulttil IA ..utaaft Vl lit. t\*l Wit/1 Ululn nf lliO lial • t It arua a. m U>\||1..1 mailt lltd al ■ Wk _ ' it a i a • a. _ _
wnr« able to reaiat. It deprivud the Htato
of ita legitimate revenue in mouey and
..ffloer* of tho fliate of the oompensatinn
which the lav had promised them. It
forced the Hlato.in making its purchases,
to pny doable price for everything, and
of the nut on waa poisoned with tho aim- j ftouting a few days afterward. In Behar
dor that Texaa had repudiated bi r obit ; a man atrangles a boy nine yean old lor
Rations to the International Railroad j the sake of bis silver bracelets and gold
Company. eeirings, and thronp the corpse into a
LSut tho darkness waa dissipated, and j sugar plantation. At Uoorshedabad
light has come. The International got j Ohawlioo robs a child sged five, and
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PrMr Holiertaon r f Ifoll 1
tl a' lli' I. I till. , ruiit. I by th. Ui |. i - with, ai.d juries are charged with d.'relic
<1 I eta*, that are Mil; and void, and ' lion, *hen, i the true facta could he ex
!.* ! rpinuui so. |.i\,ivl thr gold of the criminal at the bar ,
Hj Mr 1'il sr1 Itcaoluln n that the | was already bidden in the pookot of the!
giv'il.i: and Executive nn.l J.nliciui judge, and the jnry are so carefully in
i -I r ahsll ••• elected by the | • .pie. | •t'Ucte l as to be forced to acquit. No
l y M • Whitehead : It. sob for , department of government come* o near
jibe eni( l.ymen' of an assistant d. or ' II,e people in their every day iifo,
kc.-|- r wh.ete duty, it sha'l also I e to act l)((Ur oontnbntes so much to their'
' iv« bbrarisii and keep open the *ame from 1 ,,r woe, a* this.
^ ) 1 have a!w ya thought that tho chief atea asco'ding a that tw healthy or the
Mr V l.iMl. id explained that In k* , crime of K.idicalism ngumst the people j reverse, and privats eaterpriee languishes j pothroatod in N«
were tx ing liken out of the 111 r\tj bj : of Tt>xss, ^on i«to<! in 'lie thorough de- if the standing of government la such ss
mbvrs and I ha RtoU I hsssmsal of its ju liciary. A pr ofl • it. to rapalsa ths eonfldesoa of oapltaL In
r !" ' •'' 1 pr..if ot« I i "ssttf of public money is bat a t< r.iporary j temal improvement! boc.ime difficult in
^'r ' f V\ ""d. **id *ha (apt i .vil, which time and snl>seqnent economy as xmbarrat^e.l State, devil .pment is ro
\ ft n« l-ranan I can easily remedy , but a debsucbed in- ! •* rded, and citia^na engaged in trade are
s imetinjos more. Aa sn example, wood | no bonds, the Blate liouds on the market | drops her into a deep and rapid part of
' ' " " ' ' " have been aold at prices ranging from 85 ihe river. At Benares a fellow entices a
to t)5 centa on the dollar, the floating in-1 i „y twelve years old into bis house, snd
debtadness ol tho State and the debt due ; th rs cuts his throat in order to get poa-
William* A Oulon have been paid, the sesaiou of his silver bracelets, whUe a
nmonuts due special lands liavo been re- ' fru.nd |,.oks on and mildly expostulates,
ou tho dollar. The price on tho streets I turned, tho interest npon onr bended i but neither seriously interf. ree no - gives
in quantified to oitiz -nn wfi six dollaro | debt hs« boeu promptly met, the State ! auv information to the police. Another
This condition went on from bad to pays ca*!i for what it gets, and ge's it ai | tnlte. a neighbor's son nto tho fields, ue*
for the ur.e of the Legislature oost the
State, in the wiuters of 1873—'74, thir
te .n dollars per cord. Tho jiiatiricsticn
was, that payment inuat bo taken io war-
rants, which worn only worth tlfty cents
worse, * ml when G07. Coke look posses-
sion of his . fllce the Treasury was empty,
special luudu were Hcattered and d'am-
paled,the debt of the State was unknown
a cash price, the credit and good name der pretence of helping him to (ly u kite,
of tha State lus bten dragged np from ibere strangles him with bis wai*t cloth,
tke depths of dishonor and elevated to and strips him of the ..-ashy triukoU with
the first lass poaition to which it is en- wi.job he won adorned. Yet another Oon-
au l could not be estimated, warrants titled by reason of the rea<uiroes and hon : ducts a hoy aged nine to witness a reli«
were hawked about at fifty and sixty or of our people; aud to day.Tei.ts la nd* ^tons procession, but, pasaing Lear a
cents on tho dollar, the interest npon | stand at a premium on Wall street, snd jpeli, suddenly throwa hiia down, par*
bonds already sold had not been paid,
and the credit of the S sto was so pros-
trated, that Oov. Davis, for two years,
had bono engaged in the hopeless under
tak.nff cl endeavoring to sell l>or la si-
res.ly issued, and baarke I al-ont or by-
Texas warrants are cashed at par at the tn.lly *trang|. s him, tears the silver ors
State I reiisury, or un the street* of Aa* n«menta from hia *rnia and feet, and
''n' rtiiiua him into the ditch, which is for:us
What anxious thought and labor thi« ,„ie|y dry. and wh. re he is foi'n « befuro
l.aa caused Governor t'oke and his sil | life i* quite extiuol.
ministration will nev. r be known to the1 Uv the promise of a rjelon Leeln in
York. The task of mass of our ciMser a But the re
- .. j , 'leliSUCUeil ju- (
Mr \\ i ' • *f ia.iied that ( apt \ mgl * .'leiary, like tl e deadly I |>a^ tr> e, bringa often refused ord.uarv aocommodatlons.
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veiglea Dohtte I>et , Seven years of age,
fi'.arei tl reilemp'.ton was onr herculenu, ! *u't is tiefore th.-ni to *p ak for itaelf, a from tis f itber's houae, hrHina him wilh
il not altogether hopeless. It seemed, I redeemed credit, a heu'thy syatetn nf a hoe, snd burp-a his turban and trinkets
however, to I o entered upon with on- Uoance, a restored g.n.d nume, and all in )0 field, leaviug the la.dy where it had
eighteen months. This has certiii,!> fu!'t.n, snd where it was found hy tho
been a success -perhaps the grcateat of .iu,j(„u futhi r This muni, r#-, like tha
the adirinistriiti .n JrsTioa | oib. rs, on being charged with the crime,
TTr.livaii county, I Mt °,iC" pleaded
> rgv aud oonfiduneo.
From the financial message of Oovern
er <'ofee, transmitted to the I eirialatiire
Inch inure not only to their own benefit I on p.bruary 10 l"7t. it a| pears that h« |
an extenuating circumstance that he
j and took steps to obtain * divorce
ro exempt munic- I • . . . , , t : 7 " t" ,r " i ( ,U1|'' ten per cent, curie-,cy ooiul payable in , bu o .e dav he came to hia
to I xempl munic braced and men's minds by habit iod , invoioe of coffee, Ixciuss s* allege,! by ten yeira, I u! redeemable in five, at the
* I education, come to look upon it aa "bus. I the dealer,Texas waa i repu bating State, I opUo|1 of ,b# Huu> ju Uj4t document
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pal pt« periy Ir ui
l y Mr Mill* ltraoltition lo take np
UI '1 nished businees.
1 lie ']'lealion before the Convelllii I.
'*iug M l! a«'a m'.ti 'ii to rr .naider
thr ri * dnti a er.p1' Til.g a atenogr.iphi r
Mi Wright r -ae tn s ipteation of >>ril< r
t . r i vei'tioti had jii 'l rrfunod to du-
ll i a ■ tenogra)'her.
Mi I .rnoy ni .ved lo reconai ler III"
■ ;ti n "f refusal, and under that cm,
- I. i'itl'in the Monographer waa empi"y*
I 1 lie motion to day a« to reruns. I
r tl.i.t ie i le: l >n If *u. h a ru'.
were |,| I v*h l tl.ey ruigl t move to r. -
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r■ f• ri- I > rule thirlyiflve of the rule*
, I, ■ J... 1 f. - II,,' I over ti men * . ' the Com
v< ntion in aiqi) rt of hia p"*itmu
Ml Mill* «,ta I I the "i II,I' I tliat if tin
J 'lirn.tla . 1, " I ".*! the II' 1 lll;e a *.',1 "I
the motion t ' ree n i I r, Mr Wright «
motlull naa in ot,|. r. otln raiae II it.
Mr. McCormick inveigl.el f iin*t th'-
euiploymetit of a •tenognpher It «* iM
- at lli" .ami I- ' dollaiK. 11 ' hoped n<
iltrm].t .1 .1 be made to fore. th. "ji
I>■ ■-Iti a ' . app-al I-i t" tha chair.
Mr Stock lale fnvoied all adherence lo
the rtth s they I ad a.l'ipte.i It wita Hu-
mmed that a nia,!"-it) ol the Convention
desired to k <-t r <1 of the , nt'act, it e n-
an aaa.tnipti .il agnlti«t the record. Thev
11ml n \ '< on ari.'h a ipiiati. i, at, 1 l'..\
w -u n t'lally a, en.bin, * much time in
• liaclisaillg '' e mill " i the > let. gre I .Il
el't aervlee would C 'ltte (o. The rule
i « In*. .. i, I % one e '. *i b-rat ion culd !..•
" , — j ,iu r autuaij IV I '. i. It *1 I" uia lum uu | TWIT'- MallHIl'P
The evil tha' it does. Uvea after it. It hut to coiisnm. rs. by . a. m of broken w,, nol (uToritl)|y l]l#po#e<l tu o/ j # ^ ^ ^ ^
♦ i\*\> It if« rtirrnption tn tti^i ofTVin'^trt J fath on the pirt .If gov. rn ent .n H" | State Ininds. U a recomm-odatiou was ; „nlto.i lu t|,0 tl„0da of ,0.l ock about alt Pr.mpte.lt y an evil ap.rit, A wo-
j thia corruption, if ui eheckel, is g-adn i ru mey dealing., lo the ar.l 'ta ow''j that the in.lebtednea* of the State previ-! yH(lri, |, , witifr oi-.tia, .1 ti sgice the h o-« 1 "'ttU * '"''e girl vrnlcr w.tf r until
r" ally carried to snd prrm ates the wiiol/. knowledge, a rich merchant of Il'iinton. I Ua to January 15, 1871 (the expi' 'oil i ,1". ., ", ! "he is drowned, the t mptatiou. beinK •*
I.. ir ia . , , .. ., | . a , a I ._ 1 • ■ I'HI'ii, |ii ll|s| II III IT, ll'iH t'ut'il i i It iti la "IT, m
, b ,ly politic. Monster sa it ia of fright-. •« the auoimer . f 1*,!. w« d-med cr. .lit o( ,, admin,rtratiou) he '.inded ..l • l BI1,l took st, i.s to obt i.u a div. ree from j,"1*'r cu;Ur uf t^ w. tgbt of tw j rupeus,
! fill mein, it is hrst endured and then em- 'hir'y J '.va iu New York, on a
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ineaa.'' aud B't'milig'y forg.'t that in ijiv and no dealu g" were de
U p I even s piiaaive Counlensu.-e thev people, A Stale, hoae credit lots been
sre .lullyitiff wilt a r. plile that " bitetli fritteted a'a y, hecoiuna th. prey of every
i'ke a serpent and sting, lli like nn adder^ | one who dea a w th t, it.,1 a l uge tax 4*
The telep|e of Texsa j ir.spru lence had 1 levied on each purchase bv it, in the way
lieen rear*'.! with esrefel hand* IT-mp • of increiaed pricea for every necessity,
hill, I,,pi ,ojili and Wheeler l,a l been the I'lieao are m it. rtal consider I'loiia. A
maafar arehilecta, snd each atone had i more a. rioUS one he* back of and over
been rsrefnllv m .snn d ,| a.loia'ed sh i.low* them all, ill the eyes of an lion
Their co I ,1m tor* corn) ri-. I neh eminent riltxeu, snd that is, a sei.su of J. gra
I name* a* firav l> vine, U t,. i'* llnvlor. I dation and bumiliatinu tl al the State, in
he anid :
"We eon 11 not sell the bonds of tho
State at this time, rxcept at a rninnjs
aerifi.-rt. The country baa not yet re
oov, red from tho shock of the nnpuralel
from ,
wife : 1 wo women ouo evening aaked a child
and ..id : "Ii. t«y, I have fnlfiih d your "l*Ut 7'"irH 01,1 l" °",UL' ,0 t,u "1 °,J
wish. Y .u said vou wi.hed .on were m"""W f"r ' ",t- f,u'' wt" u p "
*. par ited from mo n. re is the decree ; K' ,ly lb" ouo l,nr whl1"
ol divorce" Ilia «if. was at first anr l-asa-s a rope round her u-ok aud
priaed. but far loo indignant to betray 11""" 't the breath h t* fled in., body
emotion. St e Ri\id she waa re.idjr tn leave. | W<>1 sp. .dily found iu the nudit
She needed only to puck up her go, da
of some tall grn s iieir the house,
aud the s|h11Is coiisiated of a Silver Collar
led financial storm thr .ugh which it l.aa j Mhp wislie , be w„ul,, bo |)reMnt ,0
r.*ently pi.ase.l,aud out of which itcomea I tUl (o ,k n,„billg pt wtl|jt | weirhtng tour rupees.
ai. rcial e. ntr. * will
Hancock, Kiank in. a, I mat t other* on
' ' 1' aim I II Ii. ti. t to inenti 'r? a boat
. . except upon discounts, which no prudent | ont lbp 0|„the«,
vvl.ifti lie tukm utn Inftlnftt pritlf, in u 1
' ' Iminiii mo
b. g^ar tn the great wi rid, and aubj ct ... | nn( w)|1(i ^ >|Jvjlm yon
t'. c"iituniely an I reproach which inxu
ttai'ly attend, wilful pauperism. N ci <
i*"ii can hold up hts head nt aba'h.'d tn '
the centers of tin. world if Ills State has , . ,, . .,
proposed should not receive the sanction
of the Legialittnre, and that b ,dv ahould
is willing to make,
to force th
bonds of 1'. x .a on Mich a market, sud at
| all d. A an rtllce."
11" snggi ta, however, that if the plan
broken ita plighted lal'h, and violated
it* *"letuu contract. II.nice, the financial
operations of an administration am de*
servii g of the most careful acrntiny.
T> xa* ha* not suffered fin in.'ially alto'
hen suddenly
am ( It. r ey. * fell up.,n a very atna I dress,and
quite ovetcome, she broke out int., con- 1
vulaiv.i Weeping. The hlphmi l, hitherto
an md 0'. rent -t.*er*er, remarked her
emotion and discover. ,1 the cause It i n.
the dre*s of their only chil I a da igh'. r
of lhre« veers, who had died aim at t' r." |
' w rtl V *r t jM.ri • c I a Vrt of the bar
> .ii serv. is co'i!,1 not we'I have been
l"p. li*" l with When ra bcal reenn-
-'ru "lion came up >n n* like a .lark a. d
Ir, 'rv night tl a tem|,',. . M |Hf. nt.i,) |
I it. if i ti the b. t > 11 v a ie! ay *u a try of it* per ■
feet ion N> unworthy priistl had , ffl-
; ei tl."i at i'h ill ir«. *,, J no taint of or-
ruplt ut had entered it« portal*. Ua lical
the legitimate pinn> jc^r ..^,eh ss^.n,e ^ | d..m the Legislature should suggest^ ltf divorce into a th, pieces, has
I,.turning nf Coke's admii.i.trstion her! The prupoaition to force holders of t.-ned to .he clerk's office, took ou, a new
finan I situ was simolv deplorable. , ■.? !nl •"J W4" "U
At the time of Governor Datia' incum __
and
der of war. and Walker. Ogdeti an I Mc
A bin defiled the aea's of the immortal
trio hef re them ; snd Oliver held high
•arntval aud delivered hi* insane rav; u-.s
tft the chair once honored bv Bavlor.
deem it best to *i II bond* aud pay oil the y,.u,„ ngn. ] ||t< liuaband wa* not le*aaf.
floating Indebtedneas of the .State, he f.njted by the sight than bin wife. Ue
Would moet cordially cooperate in the | rm braced her with emotion, begged hei
I .It. r plan, or a- y other which the wis- pardon again and a^ain. tore the decree
of divorce itil
The prnpoeition to force holders of t* ned to the ,
.la c, I ti in t.i* d. faced, it* a.lort mrnt* de
atr. t. d, ua verv foundation undermined
Mini ceu ■ ,| to I >,>k u- ou courts as depos
itories of
flittered away, without remedy, upon i i","'"s of bond*
the ignorant or vicious wliuna
ju Ige.
A prominent fes'nro of Oov
in the vaults of the Preaaury a little ov, r
)l
in an 1 justice, it,id rtghta were 4,"l at various intervals
four hundred thousand dollars, iu round
numbers. This mm w.i* s, Kin .1 f si pate I,
for four years, i
re provided for slid
of the made, and th. ir proceeds of sale *i| ian I
dered almost by the time tiny reached ,
Coke's the Treasury. The revenues of the State 1
h,
I ',io "s'e.l i IIIn ' '•!> e.
Cu.r u-if,
j^K T P I'.AKI.V,
(lff".«li|t pri)f Hi t nl *,'i viee* t" lie cltl-
tl" ,i( It utr.o,, |i,,| vl,1 11 >
"I'l P'l- ,\t tin. ilf.g "'ere nf Ksrltr .1
I'id li.ip Pailrn|i \'ii( II' 11
* 111N (i'l'i ,N ll< 11 WI.,
r'«l *ii in, .
"MIN M MMl"If I i ei
tni'1 nil the M'lltif* • | i ntlnti It niW'lt l'« . • a . . n > i * .1 .•
irg.ll that an I hud I in id- " • " "lWM •«« anrrm.ttmg being wt.olly madi-q late to the extrava
t. th' nri*. 111*• I r« ►t.liitinii l y Mr Mi In <lt i)'inriation « f ilio AliAiue which lm«1 ful- 1 nprtodittif the pHymeut f wur
but it Hinply indicated ti e duty of the I h n tifaiti our judicial system. Lawyer I rants soon ceased at the Tteasury, and
rspher and wsa not mall rial to the ,Ul l „UI,HH |„, WMi bo tb(, they pasacd out ill a daily fl >od, into the
\t " u ' .t l i 'I, i i dire extremity to which the people of bauds of speculator*, at a discount al first
j Of a stenographer wit* being f Z,^ o',., , T.-x„a had been brought in this re, pec,, sbght. but gradually and surely ,0-rc,.a Governor's ,-lan.he entered he.rtily upon
! the Convei tion. It was a ipivation of v d on every st.mp he pledged the ing each day. The Treasury onoe empty the tank of making the olh r plan a *nc
, little tiiiport.tt.ee, and h*.l been acted oil ' people that if elected, uo effort would be could never be fillel again Itiug* form •*' every atep of In* progress he
spared lo purge the judiciary of the State <'d at once nt the C tpitol.slid deal. 1 irge'
strewed wuh the wreck? . f a ruined credit : tier owu. j], ,t..pp,Hl lut the adj lining r,l'r**r *u "a" engagrd in
a i l the lies, securities :n the great com- I r0,,ra witil her, where the l.tire.u t!li 00ok,n« bt"r "hen, Recording to her
tio, bring nion.'v, 1 Hotbea pn• « w.-re The wife proceed-.! ' 'u'00^,',• " 1,1111 1 "ut ■" y1'*"
old uuiui to,Idiiug up to her. Suddenly
a thick dai ku -ss envel 'i". 1 her.and a v no
1 .ounded in her eurs, bid,ting hi r a.rauglo
her little v.sitor i lo r. tij,oo *he ee /.i 1
I'll" ohtld by the throat and ftie durkutas
p hM-d away. So sin. d ijr a bole in Uio
II .or of her houae and laid tha body
therein, ttfti r tukiuf: • iT the few valueless
' ruame' is.
A girl, aged nine, herself recently htv-
• r, .1 tied, drowns h. r pi ly fallow n a Intl-
I w tva.ercoiirne, while a boy. fourteen
years old, lead* iu play a youthful colli-
I union to the edge of a tank, smashes tile
-U ill with n tint, p, a.«i'**e* himself of
the scanty ornaments and then lays lite
crime at the door of a .■> ifhbor.
Tkxvh limn.I I^. iv ltii.fii' 1 A
patch troui K arney J inclio:: b •
way of Omaha, Neb., uu,!'r I it* of
l*l;h, ra\ s a patty, about • at tiiyt s
r. cinue iu h.ai nij(h' ai l • itsj■ 1 u th.i
i'latte at the ' ridge. "uiiig ilit t.tgl t
tin ir hors. s got lot ■ a "ru field M
Collins. He to k up !hc hors.':, m,J
i this morrii u ti o , ?i« in 1 a- i titer
i WOO Id Settle. iU'V.'ii i j • r.\ ■ ■,
t drunk a-i ! a ui ba. kill, t. ;.
iin* :lv. itii-a. killing hint aim -ti
ly. '1 e ,ti-.ns have orgsutzci!
r ii p it-.*iit .'f the Tex ,n«.
I.aii.k All ,he Texann 1 r o I ro i
•at uteif but two, and ar. n iv in iail
at Iv- trio v Juiicti in I. . , ' i,|o
mediately.
t,. , . n .— — —. -r. v.. , "A little ehil.l shall lead them.
beiicv, in l.SiO. ,he State was practtcdlv
, Austin, end th.y went to work vigorous- the sacred me. uories which hallow au iu
The ietnple ngoii l re ini % % nollutoil rnin 1 ^,l'1 <fo© tleol, ntui Mirr** tifpoiiiteu , . , ,
' 1 I imif rniii, | ? lo t|,,fent the memnro. Th#Oo?emor * ] fuut * ^uruientn nml mi lcif tut 0 Km?e will
views prevsiled Willi the Senate, bill
when the n ennre cuote before the 11'111*.'
the banker* succeeded The sale of bonds
waa siilwtituted. Slid the Senate yielded
its concurrence. The course lost the
St ite t e diff rrnee betweeu the p ir f,u«
value of the bonds iu gol 1 snd the etghtv
five cents on the dollar in curreiicy. ha*
two per coiit. commissions at.d c ,*t of
transmitting the money lo tho Treasury
from New Y"tk.
th.i failure of the
..(leu awake the nobler affections of the
heart aud a' .v the erring hi th-ir wrong
and downward course, Chrmim Hi'**
in. in.
d is.
tho
."'op.
«rd'
N tivithsbi.iding
An almo*t incteii.o'i .-t y cornea fr un
Birdslowu, Ky. I* seems liiat a certau
inur. previous ,o the w tr, was sn exten
siao sluve own r, mid each one of lis
lav.'s owned one i r more d gs One f i
these d' gs, a .pitnel, m itilf'.-ed symt
loins of bydlophotiiii, and wis *nbai
ipient.j shot. Now com.a the incredi
' il!
au !
wilU ni"re debt . ration than any oli
net befi.ro that b. dy. lie appeal.at <■ . , , u _...
on,,.! the rtile* in or lei i't'Ut tile disgrace which had attached to ly in State warrants
.l it bustic *a might be facilitRi. 1. Th, tt, and tn re establish it in its purity, its ixtended speedily to
nmctidno nt of Mr Mill* did no, altei ini. gritv, and its capacity. It hIhiuI.I be j counties, and tax collector* steadily be
ar I r to the knife, aud the k Ii if.. ,o the li.lt i
UC .llllt' red obstacles and adverse li.llti
Their operations 'nee. The financial agent had hatdly'
T. I...
the oriptt al r.aolution, and iho aulh. ri
lie* ('nailing on ' l< g alative Assein ,
I dies'' Sill. ,iig the re-t that if tin anietd "Rainst dishonesf and incompeletit
tnet'l u ii m i I i i It 11 .rta'il, a "lecoii I reic.il judges, and t lie pledge lots been ledl'iuiw
aiileralioli ■ I the original question colli I „d,
iit.t t>i> l. l j The Governor's jndioial policy hsa cer
Mr. Bi'linger was oT opinion ,but ... ' .
Where „ mot, , had ti put. voted | Ulnly heen a snccess. Willi Ills ssaump
tr il ri'c.ni*. I r« I. it n ri t. ,t in nr l-T, t
t i
!• <n rnrtU t n*«
W biii
" ••'! Villi' M
«* t i* I till
ll.i-ir *|i t-'i«ti .•* - | >
I ii-l rliH- ii t
^ i ii > ti i'.l
I xr>
n| | uin
I,' 1 I \<\\ N'TK V I k. ti | 11t M I
* * " 'I .III I . | : |||.| i fJ. fC M I Wltllfl,
* ' I' I' ' "II I . I <| llllt I \ IU lot. I * I .
' "t ■ .,. , 111.111 i t ; m | III fll'i I « '' '.
' suit | | h*n,|. I,lull, lo aii b -I .1 en
!• i. ■ "I 1, i: iin- l. • ii.il
' l'l'< 'Ite | ,1 | -l|
'htn n i I , 1 \ i i '"
J ' ll
repeat the III.ill.".. llllt It waa differ, I •
l , re au ii tin- ii ■ I ii 11-111 Inil I iei u adopted
He dnl nof it mil i .t *iii.l th. is was any
liniita'ioii t ' lhai ml.' He cited liisli.n
ei-a f Volnnillli II I I ill s of 1111 I xpetl
uivo character in a ill eii *ioti on the
titerila of tin pt. tloll, a* u reason why
«n h . \|.en*e nil. i.ld be incurred, In'
did not think it would ii, , r hi tln.i in*
al, tie.
Mr lb-Morse defended I' 0 scoilti, of
the Prillin g t'l 'iiiiiiltn . m n p otienl
ape, ell. lie hud felt ite I the | mill g
f the deb ,' i u e • let ar ' f tin m ,'o
he paper obtain
TIIT *1 ri'.e
the nn at remot.' | reached New York, for tho pnrp .se of
: disposing of the one million in bonds ,..
oatne member* for the inducement of a ' | >v the fi 'aliiig Indobt.altiessof tho State
profit mi payments ranging * imetimcs as 1 an l the other bond* to pav the States in- I
high as ten or fifteen per cent. Th<> debtedness n William* A Gnion for won-I
('omptrollur daily drew hi* wa-rants on ey borrow ed bv Gov. l>ivt*, liefom Nome1
the Treasurer for governmental i spouse*, j f the banker* of Tex .s began lo work
autltUeaewarra.it' went bought up a, against the aucees* of die very measure
,hey h id forced up >n tho St ite. One en
I rprialng goitleman busied him«e!f I.r
d the b. ,1
*i tree jus'
lions of
Iv called, an 1 w'n> had spent a
in the study o' the laws and pirispru
donee of iho State; and Texia once r. ncbing the Cspilol, lie woiihl no
again had an appellate tribunal c tupoaed pr.iool.rd and tuke.i in hand by the *,.■ c- , cutm-anc
a l « 11 I S — ... t.i _ fo id be* .!.%■'
,d judges unapproachable iu inb giity.
slid rivaling 1,1 wisdom the beat in the a per
.lavs m going around among th■> eap'tal.
ii'« ol N w Y rk ainl d un ■>ulritit'g to
lion of ofilce, be a.illeil lo the Sn|u. me prices front fill to 80 cents on the dollar
Bench tho leaders of the Texas Imr un ti j l ate* were, of course, Collected in m.-, ^
who had grown lip under the mit.ielru ey. aud every few months l!io Hhetiff
the old eoiitt," as It I* familiar- , *"«'! to Austin to pay he araount c d
life tune h'Cted Itilo ,1" Tr. a tiry. His cuning them bv figures tha, the del., fth. S' it,.
was known I'. fore Ins advent, and on | "•>* U'.t isSHHH) iusteud of P l.issi nOO Pits
. .~i i... ran.i .1 lis« iut!.1 lm mm, jmt|n " « W4H ohfinnIf vr it tn f..h
i f im n*. .! (In i'ioo, t > ?i i||
ilia,or, who could well afford , > pay liim further depress St ite wurranls snd seem
tl,. for the |uivi'"g« of paying rities S. ,ha, they tu'gh, ' e b light up
i w i'm! >f f 'i'
I H ♦
lull 1. As vacancies enured oil
Ire-t Bench, tl". Ilk. ma,i ml was in vat i
,i ly sehs'te I, .md lo .lav tt . lisv > Walk, i
III*
till. I)|S- the SI.I t ff'.a money into the Treasury, ' from original holders ut half their rules
bei .'lie he was eiiabli I ,o ill aw it on, !|enc.>. "the loin Ire I lays' proittim of
imiiie liele'y an I ,• i h Ins warrnn's a, ( lovemor , .kc, which ha I the T-C t >
11 tossenro h dde's np.? bi nrc'enl ticp i-
.,,, 1 f | , I't. n 1. • M- i istea.l of1 Ihoir full fsoo vslue, w'lich pcrlists lis .
I Ie p.rt ..f the *tory. Itu'uidiiti lr :if'et
the shooting all tie d"ga on tl • pi 'Ce
colli eird around the b It of the r d, a.
compa ion, at d, after u pr I I h w|
ing. pri j iiri'd f T i ftin> nl t'ne iarg. st
and fii rceat ,lo^ t "It tho body in hi*
motuh, and s'arled f r u wo.nl* Tin
other dog* f it ui" I into i regular pteces
a|on, atld 111 MlII,: tl* file f ill «
to the Wood*. 1 11. v selected
on,side ol a fence, i ,1 it the foot f it
Ing a griVi. lii which the be ly una de-
po*tli I an I the ib ,'s j no d in eol 'ting
with ."trill tile fetn tl s, after whl di the!
ail united III more howling, which was
kept up for some ten i t tlfleea unnuti s
when they di-| rsi ,|
- —
I'll!1 I Plill >' ■' 'I l! tells i f I '
lag.' ch'tgynau tvho visin -.j. t | 11 ■ >>i■ -u
■•r o|ff,rnigfr in a it ge'in^ di. ..e, e\
pressed 1" 111' wife th" Il r<> Ih.it *!•••
aouteiini. s spoke lo Irm .f file futur"
1 ' 1 do, Hide" I. "If, l i i M " ; e| ! "f
tell a. I ill ten. t with . il I ill Hi th" i, lo
i and say*. 'Jolni, Joho, J u little think
■ f the t rm .is aa ,< p. ,.t in- 1 ( . von. "
th' J Will III V bed I
. III.;',,.
•i hear
tuam-
U.le ,J
Bather Y.igue — "Km, iti t
th it I idt's 11 title I'l tl • lis
n ' ' "Yea, Ml 1 Al,,.; • 1 1,
; i■ s the un,(tier of it - -•• ts I . a ui*mmtl
I I iis if- mill ,,||" f III. tn was t' augl: * v
v...I know, and k. Ie I lo« I r the.-.
| "Whst ii"i ,. i,.., I;*, ■ W'.v, ,hat ui.
I ."lied el er so
body, she in ,
il l ;
• bo
I
tl
If she* iiv
ci ii Ini .ib"t
e llllt/.
•g <1
I ' -II
• ItU.I.S,
pt a."
Miss . ,| 1>|U ■> f .Ilk- 1
(la , II",! Oil III" .'I of
i I' e'e«l< v< ,ir-. S1 * had t ' V'
a word, liefer llll I fiy l.« f I,
I e III.I net r p.rtake .,( i y f I
t tt us gi, n t ' • r from a t,-a • m, . I a,I
■ ' '. .1 .1 i, U t . IV" til • ' .1 ' | IS I t
l"'l b Ml, I 1 .' V.'r W 'ie Ii 1 ex e lll
twenty tlv- i i|. 1 i
\ II I* -II I' t t* I ' ' HO | t., ' "■, if 1)..|,
o"r re.'. v I"' ■ I ■ -r, i it go I a bov
' ■ t ■ 11 11'a I -it t |i, ■ wr, i. i \ «
ill"1", r tl nVi-r tl n f..|,on
III 1 lift, h, t- • I III I lie" I np. anl al,o
tien' rig f ai nv *ii I iu ■ I 4 ile-g
ch* 1 s I'-1 F't r-f
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