The Dallas Weekly Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 23, 1874 Page: 1 of 4
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TO 1MM'M TEXAS IlltlU AIK.
During the celebration of tin' tlilnl nniniiil
ri'unlou of 11 nod's IV xiim brigade whieh took
pluco in Uulveston on tin' seventh Inslitnl
llio followliiK poem was read:
I wake my sluinlierliiK lim p iniulii
I sweep oni'i' nioru Iik silent xiiinus;
I truiiilmiiiMuiii'li tin' olili'ii strain
Whose every uuti' siiiiii' iin'inory hiiUKs.
II led to battle nnee your blades
Triumphant drew a trumpet lone
To ylel'ry on your bold In-iHuiles
Will ie banners wuvi'il nml rllles shone.
Hut hushed by Uriel's I iliiri' mil ilium'
Tlie hoiik luitli slept thro' loiiesoine years
Wlt.li Hun neglected oriltiininii'
Whom huming Mlnrs were ipu'iielieil In
tears.
Anil If Its llulitness nil Ih fleil
If broken ehorils alloy the strain
'lis but beeiunte the liopeH are dead
That nave It strength anil nweeliiewi then.
Ye are Come In liw Jl'tlls ' !
A rinn of olil mnsle Is In tlio ulr
Tbut thrills llknu thrill of tlunlavR gone hy
Wttli It martini burden " HV uud lie
Hire."
And tin henrt iisofolil beasts last beats
ThercnrufliiBS on the walls whose ilark blood
RtaillH
Tell mighty talcs of the battle rout
Of the columns llylnij alimu the lanes
Of Honor mid Duty of Hope and Unubt.
There are volees mlUKline that onee nuigollt
IIlKh and eleur thro' the biiitloilln
Hendiim I ho brave with u clarion shout
To where danger with death wiiscIohIiik lnj
There are sears ol a liiindred buttles won
And lost on the fuees Klltheieil here
And the records of the darin need that were
done
On a hundred fields in the dnys that were!
But room for the Demi! Make room for the 7vi.'
There are phantom forms that eoinc crowd-
lnn In
With ritle In hand and sword at knee
A silent army whose battles are won
(Irand and fearless Unit followed Lee!
There blazes the bui nlim orillamme
In the hand that bore it at .Malvern Hill
And here is the group that dealt such shilllio
To the Hying foe ut Uuiues's Mill !
All here! From the blue eyed boy who went
Inn blaze of glory Seven IMnes
To the bearded man whose blood was spent
Unknown und unwnlohed in the picket
lines;
And a ring of the old music is In the air
That thrills like a thrill ot the days gone
by
With llio martial burden "We Do and We
Diircl"
And the heart as of old beats fast beats
bight
Ye are come to the bulls of heroes!
Comrades both living and dead
. arise
And pledge me In sill
Ilenee that Wonderful
With Its bloody fields and its gloomy skies
' And Its hopes sown thick oil the battle
For its Hpl'rlt Is here in our midst to-day
B.ouUIng and blessing the bread of our
pain.
Burely the stone shall be rolled away
And that post shall rise and rejoice again I
.UOLI.IK F. MIHIKB.
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AN accideut occurred on the wentern
bound relief train of the Galveston
Houston and Sun Antonio railroad on
Wednesday last eighteen miles west
of Columbus whereby the engineer
named Hume and a fireman were In-
stantly killed.
Another new paper comes to us
from Jellerson the daily Itcview
published every evening by (ieorgo W.
Watson editor and proprietor. The
Kevlew takes the place of Hie defuuel
Mail radical but is soundly demo-
cratic Iu politics.
. "VYe are Indebted to some friend for a
pamphlet copy of the "History of the
riot ut Colfnx Ciraut parish Louisiana
Anril 13. 1873. with a brief sketch of
the trial of the Grunt parish prisoners
in the circuit court of the United
States prepared and published by the
'committee of Seventy.' "
We have received a prospectus for
another new paper the Ladonia Coil'
rj.rto be started at Ladouiu Fannin
county Texas the lirst number to
make Ite appearance oil the first tfay of
July next. The Courier Is to be demo-
cratic In politics. Subscription price
ono dollar per annum; J. W. Avera
editor anil proprietor.
After a fair trial now In the third
term we think every olio In Wallas
county Is satisfied of the wisdom of es-
tablishing the criminal district court.
By the rapid dispatch of business in
the trial of criminal causes the county
is relieved of a very heavy expense in
keeping prisoners and those wlio prove
to be not guilty are more speedily re-
stored to liberty. It is not possible for
the civil district court to accomplish
these result in additiou to its heavy
mount of other business.
Daily we meet the sad faces of fel-low-citipns
from the overflowed lands
of the Mississippi in the states of Ar-
kansas Louisiana and Mississippi
seeking lie homes among us. While
clad to have them as neighbori the
woes which literally drive them this
fl.f are painful beyond language to
express. Much as we desire migration
to Texas we do not seek It at the cost
VfoursiiE frouiheri Males whether
induced by overflow or negro suprem-
acy. On the contrary we sincerely
desire their prosperity and happiness
and would rejoice to know that our
brethren in them could not only pros-
per there but were In a condition to
Jqvite white migration from the north
and Europe. . .
At It l a their oonditioo at home
eems bopeleas-we invite them
teek shelter under the br-tad a-gis of
Texas liberty and borne ou our vir?
gin soil wbei bones industry ffW;
Htes on abuodwit yield "'-r--
;nr.tr; peace and security to all
fabkling men.
How Htrunu' It I ll'"' "I"1'1' "'" I"'""
)lf 111" tlliN Mlltl- llUVO IITOVWll III!'
right of self government und elected
their own ottleers leaving carpet bag-j
iri.ri nml mmiIiiwiIIM Olll III tll Willi
there arc no longer any lylnu riorl j
published (if Iiemnorals burning negro
Hcliool houses andchiirohex. KveniluMTp jarj. KocdlvfR No Stimulus
most brazen-luccd and luipuuoiii i mi
the mercenary dun who iillliotcd us
i ..... ..1 llu'.m vi. nra mm. lltlM nut t IP
I i nu mi. . n--
I Imi'ililiooil hi continue IiIh work of
I Hhiniler (Hi the people. Thut lust great
i black ynrn he publWieil cliarj;lii the
j kukhixdemocracyorHiilhiH with .letting
(In. tn tin only hotiKi the colored
liidthcrH hud for school mid worship in
our town hcciiih to have exhausted his
resources hi the ai t. The darkies have
learned that lth democrats in power
tlicv are better iiroteetsd and less taxed
in time and money that when the
saints come round ollering advice and
instruction und collecting the fraterna
coinri but ions. The old darkles say
they save more money now and have
less trouble than when th(J saints were
in power and always wanting contii'
butlous.
Ax old time unsophisticated demo
criitic fanner said to us yesterday : "I
like your article of to-day on nepotism
When I vole for a man for public
office 1 expect him to select his clerks
from worthy and competent men Irom
different purls of the country ' not
to consider that the ollice belongs to
him individually to bo partitioned out
among his kin people Uo ahciid and
skin every public officer who assumes
to make his place a family affair. Pem-
ncrnts want to leave all that sort of
business to President Grant and his
followers."
That's the way an honest old demo-
cratic farmer talked and that's u part
of our political education. Our present
state treasurer has a mortgage on his
place (unless we get anew constitution)
for four years and may thus long tram-
ple the principle under fool; hut one
thing is certain unless he undoes the
wrong of turning out a faithful officer
to make room for his own son hi) will
never more hold that office by the bal
lots of democrats.
We are glad to see that the United
States government nfter a pruuent
delay has recogni.ed r.axtcr as the
awful governor of Arkansas it is
true that in the election of 1S7U a ma
jority of tlio democrats voted lor
Brooks . the carpetbagger ugainst
Baxter the scalawag. But the legisla-
ture the only rightful authority de
clared Baxter elected although it was
believed by many that Brooks had re-
ceived a majority of the legal votes.
Yet even if this be true it is a grave
question whether it is not better to
abide by the rightful authority of the
legislature than to tramplo under foot
a sacred principle oi our syn.-ui oi
government which underlies the dear-
est liberties of the people.
To ratify the brute force revolution-
ary policy of Brooks is to sanction the
niobocratic doctrine of the communes
of Paris which leads to anarchy and
blood without nny corresponding tien-
fit. Upon thewholo we sincerely be-
lieve it is best for the cause of liberty
iu our whole country that Baxter
should lie maintained as governor. We
neither indorse or defend any previ
ous acts but speak solely as the facts
stood in the interest of humanity.
SEVKRAT.of the men in tills state who
have been eharged with forging trans-
fers to land titles and headright certifi-
cates since tho clau were dislodged
lust winter and the door opened for in
vestigation seem to have sought se-
clusion as writs are out and the parties
cannot be found. There were nuiner
oub parties engaged iu the nefarious
business but they prefer voluntary ex
putriation to a constrained residence in
the state factory at Huntsville. Of ull
the rascals lii the state we have less
charity towards those thus engaged in
robbing absent widows and oplians
than any others. There Is a degree of
cowardly meanness in thut species of
vhlainy at which the soul revolts und
every such criminal should expiate
his crimes in the dungeons of Hunts-
ville. We learn that several faces formerly
familiar on the streets of Austin have
vanished. Iu ft year or so more it is
hoped all the guilty ones will either be
elsewhere or convicted inmates of the
penitentiary.
Why is the bar of Dallas peculiar?
Because firstly it is "Well-born" has
its own "Bower" on the "West" is
not for "Sale" has its own "S(e)ay"
on every point reflects its own "Bay"
can "Cough-an-our" without "Payne"
always "Combes" its own "Hare"
likes "Gold-waite" in all business can
always say a "Good" "Word" for a
youug brother and on top of all such
can embrace a multitude of other mat-
ters persons and things such as
McCoy McClure Sneed Thurmoud
Kinlav. Kurford. Moresn. Williams
Stemmons Edwards and others with-
out losing its Hart. It's a queer bar
ami withal mighty sharp.
THE Fort Worth Democrat of yes'
terday comes out strongly for John J.
Good as the nt democratio candi
date for congress in this the new third
district. As Judge Good is our fellow
townsinan we prefer just now to gel
the' general sense of the district before
taking stock in the issue Qur people
after twenty years continuous resi-
dence know 4udge Good bettpr tfcan
e dq but If wf fl'Mchea; In d
fending the people's rights as a true
democrat we are not aware ot it.
ft is contemplated. In r-move army
lieadqwiw-rt ..oin Washington City
io St Louis. General Sheridan favors
tbe cbang which will not be made
however for snaie time.
DALLAS
DEAL KSTATE.
Opprntli'im Aggregate Our Hair
Million Uollam Since January
Last.
from Speculation and I Ranctl
upon .No Fictitious Values.
Dallas Mas Lout Its Balloon diameter
nml Is Building up Firmly anil
to Kndiire.
An examination of tlio characternnd
viilnnii. of transactions iu reul estato
ill Dallas for the past four months !
shows a very gratifying condition of
11(111111. The operations are carried on
upon n sound basis as to value the
market manifesting few compara-
tively speculative operations. Lit-
tle improved property is sought or
ollered und u very large part of the un-
improved property changing hands Is
to be put under Immediate improve-
ment. The inquiry and a most
healthy one it is too is principally
confined to lots in the residence dis
tricts and the suburbs and is altogether
governed ry tho demands of a growing
population for homes for immediate
occupation. Within the past lour
months no less than six hundred resi
dences have been constructed and
nine-tenths of the number are occu-
pied by tho owners. Tho market re
ceives no 'stimulus from speculation
either In the business or residence dis-
tricts. The legitimate demand for
property for Improvement is there-
Tore great enough to sustain tlio val
ues that confident Dallusians have
placed upon their real estate and that
is certainly a showing of which we
ought to be proud.
The want of space precluding details
in transactions a comparative state-
ment of sales and amounts negotiated
sinco January last together wttli a
bare mention of the number and size
of business house completed within
that time aud now in course of con-
struction are here noted for the pur-
pose of illustrating the tone and vol-
ume of operations.
The total number of sales of city
property made In January were fifty-
three sales und the consideration
$808&a; of property outside of the city
limits nud within the county thirteen
sales ut a consideration ot b'J(i4i.
The total in January city and county
sixty-six sales; $116280 consideration.
The record for the month or etiru-
... . j. i
ary compares wiin me aoove us un-
lows: Total city sales twenty-nine;-consideration
$00420; total county
snles twenty-seven; consideration
$38901; total sale in city and county
fifty-six; considerutio n $10u414. De-
ficit of total number of sales of the
city and county tinder previous
mouths ten; and of total consid
eration fni same $10800. The opera-
tions for the mouth of March are as fol-
lows : Total city sales seventy-three ;
consideration $05845; total county
sales nineteen; consideration $15424;
total sales in city and county ninety-
two; consideration 110209. Excess
of total number of sales iu March over
previous month thirty-six; and ot
total consideration $4855. Excess over
sales iu January . twenty-lour; unil
uifl'erence in consideration $0011.
The transactions in the month of
April are as follows: loUd city wiles
eighty-seven; consideration $143222;
total sales In county sixteen; consider-
ation $11997; total soles in city and
county ono hundred and three and in
consideration $155219. Excess of sales
over March eleven and excess in con-
sideration $44050. Excess over Jan-
uary $38939.
Total city sales during the first four
months of the year two hundred and
forty-two; conslderrtion $395340; total
county sales seventy-five considera
tion $91852; total city andcouuty sates
three hundred and seventeen; consid
eration $497182. Average per month
sales seventy-nine and a quarter; con-
sideration $124370.
Since Jaunary the following business
houses have been completed and are
now occupied: A double two-story brick
on Main street opposite Crutchfield
house; brick block divided Into nine
stores on Main between Jefferson and
Market streets; two-story brick UIocK
divided into eight stores and ground
floor offices on Market between Elm
and Main streets; two-story brick on
Elm near Market; two-story brick ad-
dition tq Connor 4 Walker's establish-
ment on Austin street; two-story
brick on Main between Austin and
Lamar streets; two-story brick divided
into three stores comer of Main and
Lamar streets; two single-story bricks
on Elm between Lamar and Poydras
streets; two-story brick on Elm be-
tween Poydras street and college
building; two-story brick on Main near
Market house; two-story brick on Elm
at head of Poydras street.
The following business houses are in
course of construction: Two-story brick
stone-trlramed on Elm between Mar-
ket and Austin streets; two-story bt Ick
pn Elm corner of Lamar street; two-
... Anmornf farltot ftnrl F!lm:
- ... .....
Poydras street and college building; two
twA-alnrv brick on Main street adjoin-
Ing theBouthern hotel; twortoTY Wl? j
crete oq ifarkef street bpteen Jimn
and Commerce: double twq-tnr bripk.
tm Main. corner of fmarjSafl Jacinto
hotel three-stqry bncK corner Pi AW.
... a
tin and. pqrarae.rce s4HK
Kv-r characteristic of the pros-
perityofourcity has a direct bearing
upon real estate and it is profitless to
place the real estate business upon any
other basis than that of the material
DALLAS COUNTY
growth nml prosperity of lnlln. Tin
market I now upon I hut basis nml u
heallhy I rude Is experienced. There 1
no undue lullutlim In building opera-
tions ami untiling "di hnlliMMiehiirui'-
ler in Ihevohinieol'liiiiiHiietloiisln real
estate liiislne is extending day hy
day nml now stores are demanded.
Tlie population is Increasing and new
homes are needed.
To supply these necessities require
the present development and Improve-
ments. Tin activity in flic building
trade In the business center and res-
(Icnce districts during the four months
just past as well as ut present Is In re-
sponse to n bona fide ileiiiand for
homes und business houses. There Is
no redundancy of stores or dwellings
no llcllclousness iu present vnlues in
oil words. Dallas is building up
firmly und to endure.
The Itnllronil llonil ueMtinii.
WkatiikuI'OUIi May 11.
To the Editor of tho Dallas Herald :
The Age in reply to my last in refer-
once to the International bond ques-
tion puts itself right upon tlie record.
I knew the editor was circuinamiiu-
lating the question and wrote only to
bring him buck to the sticking point.
I confess however to sonielittlealarni
about tho Age which Wits caused ny
tlie compliments of the San Antonio
Herald; hut T see it now the Age was
only playing "hide anil -ei." with the
Herald to get u conipliment. That Is
all right Brother Cook; we have tlio
utmost confidence in your democracy
which lias been tried in the crucible
and came out pure weighed in the bal-
ances and never yet found wanting.
Wliataboiitour state finances'.' Much
Is said about state credit state debt
good faith etc. Has that famous hun-
dred days expired? Hns Colonel Moody
slipped 'from Wall-street with the two
million dollars in greenbacks? Wo
common people out here on the fron-
tier hove grown Impatient with this
farce and believe there is a substantial
remedy for the evil. But don t cut
sltort reader under tlie impression that
we are going to talk about Indians uud
frontier protection because that is
about as big a humbug as tlie famous
hundred day's bulletin; in fact about
as many on this frontier lose their
lives by lightning us hy Indians. But
to the remedy: Had the fourteenth
legislature respected tlio will of the
people anil instead of remaining in
Austin four months at an expense to
the state of S250lXI0 had in the early
part of January called a constitu-
tional convention by March 1875 all
would have been rigid. Our present
constitution remiires that the principal
of tlie school fund should bo invested
in United States bonds and no other
securities. Common sense und reason
would dictate the bonds of tlie state as
a safe investment. Texas is a reality:
has a corpus substance. The United
States government is a huge imagina-
tion a fiction of the mind; exists upon
the bounty and at the will of the states.
For the purpose of this article we will
take It for granted that the convention
has been called the necessary changes
in the constitution made what next?
Pass ii plain law (without machinery)
putting the school lands upon themar-
ket say for oue-hulf ensh the other on
time with interest giving settlers
twenty days in which to made pur-
chase after which sell In lots of
one hundred and sixty acres to any
one that may wish to purchase. By tlie
time designated there would be in
tlie treasury on account of the school
fund at least $5000000 in money; in-
vest this in state bonds running for
thirty years interest at ten per cent
payable unnunlly; this will ruise the
money pay the debt secure the school
fund 'reduce taxation and make the
people happy; besides it will cut short
the flirtations of Wall street with our
governors. To rely upon onytluiig ex-
cept our own resources in tlie laiiguoge
of the preacher "is vanity vanity and
vexation of spirit." If these crude
ideas are good then expatiate upon
and beautity them; if they nro dross
let 'cm rip.
On yesterday we hud a fine rain
throughout Parker county which
secures to us an abundant wheat crop.
It seems to be settled thut tho Texas
and Pacific ruilwoy company will
complete the road from Texarkana to
Brookston on the Transcontinental
line and from Dallas to Fort Worth
ou tlio main line during the present
year. The proposition made by Colo-
nel T. A. Scott to congress iu old of
the road seems to be gaining the favor
of all parties both north and south
and it is lielieved that It will pass the
present congress. If so there is scarce-
ly a doubt but that the road will be
pushed ou at once from this place to
San Diego without stopping by the
way a consummation most devoutly
to be wished for.
Reapeiis will be in the field cutting
What on the west side of the river In
this county this week. We learn from
several farmers that the line growing
weather of the past few weeks has
brought the wheat out amazingly aud
the croD will be excellent. We hear of
some fields that wlU make as high as
thirty bushels to the acre others twen
ty-five and none are put at less than
fifteen to eighteen. The harvest Is at
hand and in a few days we will be
using new flour.
The Yellowstone exploring expedi
tion returned to Boseman Montana
on the 13th. The party encountered
heavy war parties of Indiaus and be
tween the 1st and 26th of April fought
four pitchpd battles In which one bun
dred Indians were sept (o the "happy
i huutine erouuds." Members of the
I t.. in . I.a HI TIrn nifilllltlltnii. hill till.
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jj made prospect
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yiguance o ine
Inn out of the ouestion.
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THK woman'8 prusad.e tkH
ciiriont dlrectif'A 9. shin.1fttt.
MIUI-M TM'ITMtoflVimw 1 '
fiW-n ftPpfSHUtt "me "! the
" ' ' themseVP. pastors and
i Tealing mem bens that the active cu
saders have already taken to tkHiyn.g
for that class hhmu fcf the idlers
meetings have been held and quite an
excitement prevails as to the policy
Indicated. - 1
TEXAS SATURDAY
AIIKANHAN.
Tho Little Knelt Gazelle of Friday
iasi contains u.neriii.r -
sageto (ho legislature. It Is shod and
the oulv recommendation coiiIiiIiiimI in
II after brlellydelailiiiglhe oivurrclieo
which induced liiui Io call the Icyisla-
lure In fXlraorilliiury session Is that
they should at once call a rniiMllu-
tlonal convention which will no doubt
be done.
Tlie Gazette of Saturday has the full
text of PresideMt Grunt's prochnnat ion
which wo give in full below:
Dkpautmknt ok Ji s-rici: t
Wahiiin(itov May 1874.
ToJ. G. Frlersiiii president protein
und Junius 11. Berry speaker pro
teni LII tie Uock Arkunsus:
The following proclamation is sent to
you for publication:
GkoiuikH. Wim.iamh
Attorney General.
Hy the president of llio fulled States of
America:
A I'ltot'I.AMATlO.N.
Whereas Cerluiu turbulent und dis-
orderly persons pretending thut F.lishu
Baxter the present executive of Ar-
kansas wits not elected have com
bined together with force and arms to
resist his authority us such executive
ainl other authorities of said state; and
wliereas said Elishu Baxter has been
declared duly elected by the general
assembly of suid state us provided in
the constitution thereof and litis for a
long period been exercising tlie func-
tion's of said ollice Into which he was
inducted according to the constitution
and laws of said stale and ought by its
citizens to he considered as tlio lawful
executive thereof; and whereas it is
provided iu tin constitution of the
United Stales that the United States
shall protect every state iu the union
ou application of the legislature or of
the executive when' the legislature can-
not be convened against domestic vio-
lence; aud whereas the said Klislut
Baxter under section four of article
four of the constitution of the United
States and the laws passed in pur-
suance thereof has heretofore
made application to protect said
stale aud tlio citizens thereof against
domestic violence ; and whereas the
generul assembly of said state was con-
vened iu extra session tit tho capital
thereof onthoHth instant pursiitiiil
to u call made by said Elislia Baxter
and both houses thereof have passed a
joint resolution an upplying to me to
protect the stuto nguinst domestic vio-
lence; und whereus it is provided In
the laws of the United States that iu
all cases of insurrection in any state or
of the obstruction to the laws thereof
it shall hc hiwful for the president of
the United States on application of
the legislature of such state or of the
executive when tlie legislature cannot
be convened to employ such part of
tlie land uud naval forces as shall be
judged necessary for the purpose of
suppressing suen insurrection or cunn-
ing the laws to be duly executed; and
whereas it is required that whenever
it may be necessary in the judgment of
the president to use the military forces
for the purpose aforesaid he shall
forthwith by proclamation command
such insurgents to disperse and retire
peaceably to their respective homes
within a' limited time.
Now therefore I Ulysses S. Grunt
president of the United Stutes do
hereby make proclamation und com-
mand ull turbulent und disorderly per-
sons to disperse and return peaceably
to their respective abodes within ten
dnys from tills date and hereafter to
submit themselves to the lawful au-
thority of said executive and the other
constituted authorities of suid state and
I invoke the aid and cooperation of ull
good citizens thereof to uphold law mill
preserve public pence.
In witness whereof I have heieunto
set my hand andcaused the seal of the
United States to lie aflixed. Done at
the city of Washington this fifteenth
duv of May in tlie year of our Lord
oiirliteeii hundred and seventy-four
and of the independence of the United
States the ninety-eighth.
U. H. HHANT.
Upou this Governor Baxter issued a
congratulatory address to his troops
aud the people. The Guzette also pub
lishes a correspondence between M. T.
Sunders adjutant-general of the
Brooks forces and General It. C. JSew-
ton of Baxter's troops In regard to the
disbanding of the troops of the former.
On Saturday says a dispatch the
commission composed of two officers
and a citizen from eacli side met
to arrange a cartel or agreement
as to tho disbnndment of forces nud
nfter considerable discussion it was
agreed that the state should provide
transportation for the Brooks soldiers
who live outside the county and those
who live In the county should bo sent
home without arms under a discreet
otlieer and provided with necessary
protection by Governor Baxter home
of them go by the train and some by
the bout to-morrow.
General Fagan one of the Brooks
commissioners suggested that Baxter
should rankeBomw provision for the
disbmidmeut of his owu forces; but
Baxter's commissioner would not en-
tertain that claiming that they needed
them to protect Brooks' men. Tlie con-
ference ended with the agreement stat-
ed aliove. By Tuesday perhaps they
will have all been sent bouie.
Secretary of state Johnson went to
the capitol' this morniiig and took posr
session of his oflice ; not however bo-
tore his chief clerk who has been a
Brooks man consulted with Brooks
wliose order Was that Johnson should
hnve the oflice and tbe clerk vacated
tbe same Mr. Johnson remaining all
day and attending to business.
The keys of both halls of the legisla-
ture were also delivered to Mr. John-
son and by him turned over to the
legislature this evening.
'Plio wrireant-at-arnis of the senate
called on Mr. Brooks this evening but
the object of tno visit l not Known.
The two houses of the legislature
met. but there was little done. In the
senate a joint resolution was passed
authorizing the calling of a cous'ltu-.
tlonal convention. wb.lch also passed
its final reading- n the house.
vldes for a general vote of the
J-J noc
i awry pwvWon for bo-! of three
psiry prov
' "UPwWsors as well i county
town pervlqrs and ondouWly
ine win oe presiu--it of the
: rst Lamed board.
1 And thus ends t e npeck of war" in
ArkBnros. WR nmA m.
; ing by !'. over the adjustment of the
I aim.dties and the people generally
I approve of President Grant's action In
thi premises.
MAY L3 187-1.
A Nble flrlur.
Prom the Austin HIiiIhmuuii.
Attention Is called to the lutonim-
. . .... ...... . r.rurJ
to
as.
mvhuso. IV jfll0 brhiiiiln
soi-lallnti of the lieaiitilul picture "Lee
at the Wilderness." 'l his aircuiiy eoio-
hi'iiled piece the work of a Texas artist
Mr. Mi-Anlle of WashlngtoN county
does not only great credit to theutithor
but rises equal Io tlie heroic moment
It will be
which ll so viviuiy depicts
remembered that ut tlie uatiie ot ine
Wilderness at u moment when tlie
I'm tunes of wur were weighing heavily
uuaiiist the gallant soiilhern army
under the eye of Ihat greatest of
christian soldiers General It. Lee
it noble band of Texaus com
manded by (ieiieral Gregg were or
dereilto push forward upon theei.e-
my to save If possible the day. The 1
feileral uruiv. with ten to one were I
pushing forward upon the weary and
worn confederates when to Hood's
brigade was uscribed the honors of the
field. As these brave men were mov-
ing in tlio charge General Leo dashed
to their front to lead them on through
tlie storm of bullets. Death was hang-
ing upon every motion of tho passing
breeze but the good man witli tears of
love uud the lire of a soldier upon his
brow called upon tho members of the
brigade to follow him.
It was n terrible moment and ono In
which the precious life of the com-
mander was momentarily Imperiled.
Heroes are often born of a moment and
the hero of this wus the resolute Texan
who boldly advanced to the side of
Lee and seizing the bridle of his horse
declared thut ho must return to the
rear. This moment is the ono upon
which the artist has seized to create
his splendid picture and he hns suc-
ceeded. It displays the tire of genius
mid portrays with the sternest reality
a memorable scene upou a most mem-
orable field.
It lias been our pleusure to look upon
the works of the greatest mast ei-s iu the
noted galleries of both tlieold and new
worlds and wo cannot after several
times having exumined the picture
critically fail to pronounce "Lee at tlie
Wilderness" worthy an honored place
anywhere. We tire glad to know the
brigade lias secured it und hope they
may realize their expectations.
Texas nud 1'iH'illc Knllroail.
In congress on Wednesday the sub-
stitute reported by Scott from tlio sen-
ate committee on railroads for the bill
relating to the Texas and Pacific rail-
road introduced by him on tlio 23d
tilt. was presented. It proposes to em-
power the Texas and Pacific railroad
to secure by one or more mortgages
upon the whole or any portion of Us
line the construction bonds heretofore
authorized to bo issued and to cancel
tlie mortgage now on record with the
secretary of the interior so far as the
same ctin he done without prejudice
to tlio existing rights and to substi-
tute therefor the mortgages which
shall expressly reserve all rights which
may have been acquired under tho
existing mortgage; provided that
tho aggregate of tho said bonds to be
issued under and secured by said
mortgage or mortgages shull not ex-
ceed the limit heretofore fixed by con-
gress and suid mortgages for the di-
vision east ef Fort Worth shull em-
brace the roads and properly of tlie
Southern Transcontinental railway
company heretofore merged iu und
consolidated with said Texas Pacific
railway company under tlie laws of
Texas" and which roads so merged
shall for that and for ull other purpos-
ses bedeclured und tnkeu to be a part
of tlie said Texas Pacific railroad and
shull hereafter be subject to all the pro-
visions uud limitations ot the act of
congress incorporating said company
and of the supplement thereto.
Ah I'.iiKllsnwouinil Hearing dirts Io the
l'oe.
Lady Herbert of Lea had a private
uuilienceofthepope on April 8 when she
presented offerings umountingto 91184
francs in tho name of thegirlsof Great
Britain and Ireland.
An address having been read by La-
dy Herbert the pope replied as follows :
' "It is with very grent pleasure that 1
accept this beautiful oflering from my
ebili ren of the British isles. Amid the
numberless manifestation ot tiuection
for the holy see which have consoled
me In my tribulations those of the
English people have been conspicuous
and are very dear to my heart. At this
moment revolutions disorders aud
every species of infidelity are rampant
over tho whole world and yet England
is giving me every day fresli proofs oi
her fidelity and devotion. When I
look back to fifty yearn ugo no oue
could huve believed that such an ex
pression of feeling as tins womu nave
emenated from a i-ountry which had
been for three hundred years torn from
the tiue faith and given up to heresy
and schism.
In the gospel of this duy you have
read how our Lord appeared to St. Ma-
ry Magdalen in the garden and thus
rewarded her faithful love. He ap-
peared to her under the form of a gar-
dener. And so he is in reality tending
the flowers and plants lie Has cnosen
fur himself and weeding out carefully
from the soil all that is noxious aud
fa nlr T.p1. iis recommend ourselves
then to this good gardener that be
may root out of our hearts all that is
displeasing to him. But I see by your
address that the same thought has
passed through your owu minds and
that you seek for me as for yourselves
that oue only source of consolation
m I united with our suffering Lord.
Gladly then do I bless you and your
families and all those who have taken
art In this generous and graceful otter-
lug.
Ami vmi. dear daiurhter of mine
mnur lw mv Interpreter to all those
Hr nhllHron. and tell them how
much I value not bo much the amount
f tboir ffift. i though it is very large)
as the affection and devotion to the
holy see of whioh It Is the expression.
m.v iiorl abundantly bless you and
them and all who have contributed to
this touching oflering."
We have -reputedly urged for years
past the importance of turning locks
of sheep aud swluc Into orchard at the
time the young and wormy fruit ta
I dropping. These animals Wt g m
. pof
" u..lds I
iu AuriTOin"' .. .triking
-ntages of the prse-
tha imllinff moth in
c'" in one orchard by pasturing It
with sheep. Another orcn.u.".j
years old has always been "
hoir pasture and tbe apples are entirely
frHm m T codling' moth. Outside
the orchard in which the sheep ninls
a row of seven trees wbh-h produced
lsst year from two to five barrels of ap-
SnTm'aJ. from the codling moth all the
rood apples from these seven trees
nut Into one barreL Inhlsgarden
Vnm
where the animals can not run
les there N
(From Wedncdiij' folly HvruM.)
THE IiKltAI.U nlllce yesterday wu.-i 1
the recipient ofu distlngul-dioil honor..!
There halted before It for inspection j
three thoroughbred slnirt-hoiiis t wn
heifers fifteen iiionth-i I'lnl a male
.thirte - en months as pretty uniiiials of
the kino kind us a Kentucky bhie-
grasser could wish to see. They had
just arrived from the dark and bloody
land and were delivered here by
Messrs. Mathews Kingsbury oi Co.
of Kansas City Missouri to Mr. Tilgh-
i. i - .!.. i i..t...u....
l u" l1' "' " "'. ""- '"
county whereupon per contract ho
spunked dowu $580 tin uveragu of
$105 33J per cul f which sounds big to
us old residents who used to sell nice
ycurlings for from one dollar to three
dollars nccording to tho necessities of;
tlio unfortunate buyer. If he wus
flush we went heavy on three dollars
but If a ponr emigrant "with nine
small children and one nt the breast"
we turned over the calves at one dollar
each. But innovations will come. Old
fogies may hung up their fiddles (on
black Jacks if no willows are near) und
cease to fight ngninst progress. The
world must move on with its ever in-
creasing knowledge nud in nothing is
this fuct more manifest than in the
great Improvement made iu tlie breed
of cattle. This is ono innovation
which meets our old fogy approbation
and we uro glnd to witness the renewed
Interest lately aroused in Texas iu
favor of improvlug our.liye stock. We
congratulate our pretty sister Johnson
county on this accession to its already
strong claims to admiral inn. We
trust Messrs. Mathews Kingsbury &
Co. may repeat the operation very
often. We look forward to the early
day when north Texas will eclipse old
blue grass iu the size beauty and flesh-
iness of its stock and In turn become
a nursery from which the vast country
west shall bo supplied with choice an-
imals both of tlio horse and of the
cow kind.
We yesterday dropped into tlio stu-
dio of Professor Jacob Boll nt his resi-
dence on Swiss street and were grati-
fied to sec the progress he has made in
the collection of specimens in llio in-
sect nnd other branches of animated
nature. It will repay the curious to
spend half an hour iu viewing the pro-
ductions of our own region beautifully
arranged in glass cases.
The professor as a naturalist seeks
to turn his knowledge to practical ac
count by a study of Insect life and tlie
best means of destroying-such as are in
jurious to crops inis niciuues ine
cotton worm uud we hope lieu lie may
suggest a more eillcacious mode of rid-
ding the country of that destructive
pest. When here four years ago he
advanced the theory that tho eggs of
the insect were deposited on the cotton
stalk nud therefore that by burning
tho dry stubble ufter gathering tlie
crop their progeny would be vastly ro-
duced nnd possibly in a few years ex-
terminated. Should this prove to bo
sound theory which can easily be test-
ed tho planting interest will bo inesti
mably benefitted.
Professor Boll brought with him last
winter some eggs of tlio Japanese silk
worm which feeds upon post ouk
leaves. They hnve been successfully
hatched and appear healthy and vigor
ous lie retains some in u pavilion
for experimental observation und hns
placed some on oak trees to h'st their
adaptation to the country.
Among the sundry derwlictions of the
fourteenth legislature some or its
members in due time will hear a
squull on the mileage question. Why
should tho mileage of the fourteenth
be five thousand dollars greater than
any previous legislature? Answer
AscrewlooBe. Why should a senator
and a representative from tlio same
county living in sight of each other
draw the one two hundred and oue
dollars and the other only one hun-
dred and eight dollars? Answer A
screw loose.
Why should a four aud six years
senator vote against a constitutional
convention and a two years tnuu
vote for one? Auswer The screws
still out of joint
The screws are loose aud the way to
place them all right Is to clear away
the splinters and let the people see
who loosened them. We shall do our
part at odd times hoping that next
time the sovereigns may be more for
tunate In selecting their law makers.
From tlie foundation of The Dai-is
Herald nearly a quarter of a century
ago when Dallas was mere back-
woods village and the country scarcely
settled enough to be self-sustaining
down to this date It has been a truth-
ful paper always conservative but
also always independent in thought
Often in that long time the Herald's
onnoervatlsm may have seemed. ulJ
(bgylsra but we can safely luteal to
the final judgment of m 'est "citizens
to say If in the " the course of the
HEHAWV4Tot been forthe best in-terert-
the country. So feeling and
Sieving we desire to remind our
of public interest first seek to ascer
tain what is riKht and wen ....-.
I. .kkw nnnular or Dot It is our
business to seek the truth and when
found to stick to it
Wk were pleased yesterday morn-
inir to meet in our city Major E. A.
Blanche one of Texas' oldest and most
estimable citizens a resident Tor io
these many years of Marshall and a
civil eneineer of large experience and
practical ability. Major Blanche run
fifty sorts or dwnrr apples
HLurcely a fair specimen. .
VOL. XXI NO.
the lirst preliminary line" ofliieold
Southern Pacific railroad some twenty
year ago and again run the line from
MiiMhall tothi-i place Iu 1S7I. lie N nt
present connected with tin- land de-
partment of the Texas Pacific railroad
uiul is In mirciiv on business of thut
ill-pin t incut.
Amo.no (he old veterans who have
passed down we niel yesterday Captain
Itai klcy M. Ihillar.l.uf Kaufman coun-
ty who with his wife was hound for
Houston. Wc were glad to have ll in
our power to hand him a free puss to
and from tlie nssociiition.
Captain Ballard was olio of the bahd
who went out uuder General Tarrant
to Inter the remains of John B. Den-
ton who fell In tho Indian fight on
Village creek now In (lie northwest
part of Wise county. Ho also served
in the perilous days of 1830 and re-
eeived luui'Kcd evidence oi me t-oiiu-dence
of General Houston. On notic-
ing his nuino on the books of the Com-
mercial hotel we felt ti thrill as we
read tlie word "donation" knowing
that the proprietors of that house are
new comers to Texas. Wo mention
tlie fact without their knowledge.
.it ii. . tt
We lenrn that two of the prisoners
confined iu tlie Shreveport Jail on the
charge of murdering young Elliott on
Wednesday night of last week-C. T.
Jones and Oliver Hill were taken out
of prison on Saturday night and hung.
It is reported that Jones made a con-
fession In which he stated that he held
the man Elliott while tlie negro
"Ed." who escuped shot him pluciug
tlie muzzle of the gun close to his body.
The man Hill it is stated took tho
money from the pocket- of the mur-
dered man.
It Is said that there is a movement
on foot among the congressman from
the south nnd west for a convention to
lie held at St. Louis next full to tuke
into consideration the material ques-
tions nllectiug those sections. The call
for the convention will state that its
objects uro to consider tho questions of
tai-ill eheup transportation nnd the
improvement of the Mississippi levees.
This is intended to lie a movement
outside nnd independent of Xew En-
gland and New York which is becom-
ing to be regarded by tlie south und
west us antagonistic to their interests.
U is not to bo expected any legis-
lation will bo devised at this session
which will meet the demands of tlie
country on these questions and they
propose to make ample preparation for
tlio next session of congress. It is
lield by these gentlemen that neither
New York nor New England has nny
interest in them unless it bo to loan
them capital for which as they allege
they demand a high rate of Interest.
To use their own phrase they propose
to devise means to take euro of them-
selves. In this movement lepublicans
and democrats are alike united and it
is not improbuble that before the close
of the present session a cull will bo is-
sued forthe mcetingof this convention.
It is intended to have an eltect upon
the political cunvus next fall and will
meet some time before the November
elections. The movement is au im-
portant one and the wonder is that it
lias been so long delayed. Federal leg-
islation has been controlled by the
eastern states for the past fifty years to
the great damage of the west and south
which have been oppressed and plun-
dered though they have the power to
relieve themselves. What the west and
south need is organization and should
tho movemeut ultimately secure this
tlie proposed convention may justly be
regarded as the most benificent that has
assembled iu this country during the
present century. Sympathy for op-
pressed weakness is a noble emotion
but no people deserve or will receive it'
u-lm Imve Hie nower to protect them
selves and fail to do so. Courier-Jour-
nul.
The Xew Orleans Picayune speaking
of the death of Admiral Buchanan
nays! . . ..
The telegraph announces tne deatu
of this distinguished otlieer in Balti
more on the lth inst at tlie age ot
seventy-four. A noble gentleman and
agullunt commauuer nas goiiemuis
last rest No mun holding its commis-
sion served tlie confederacy with so
much devotion and purity of motive
and his marvelous fighting of the ram
"Tennessee" against the whole federal
fleet In Mobile bay under the daring
Farragut attests at once to his skill aud
resolution. His countymen will cher-
ish his memory with tenderness and
pride.
While heartily endorsing thegrange
movement as a whole we have been
disiHised to doubt the successful accom-
plishment of oue of the ends in view
that of conducting their merchantile
transactions through agents. In this
connection we notice iu the St. Louis
Democrat the statement that the grange
store started last fall at Wiuona Wis-
consin has fulled. Liabilities $13000
with no assets. It is also said that a
similar store at Otuma closed up after a
loss of nearly $20000. Shreveport
Times.
( attic Arrived at ltswrtl.
The first Texas cattle driven to Ells-
wort li Kansas arrived at their destin-
ation tlie sixth of May. The following '
are the herds :
Willis McCutcheon 1000; W. G.
Butter 1200; Murphy 1000;
Hurd Powers 800 ; Buck & Crabb 700 ;
T. McDermld 20(1' liichard May 500.
Herd belonging to tlie following
?entleme arrived the next day: J.
fX'rabb Alex May William Butler.
vf..vnh. Mrfhitcheon A Field and
Peppni: 'Toial 8800 bead.-Denison
News. "
The Comanche Chief says that Co-
manche county is to have a court house
of brick forty by fifty feet The con-
tract is for brick if brick can be made
from the soil at hand ; If not of rock
the building to cost twelve thousand
dollars.
Os Saturday last we came down fronv
Waxahachie in company with CsptaiQ
Griffin Colonel Aldredge and Judge
Barksdale who was going to Dallas to
see bis family and returned on las
Monday n eoutinue court We found
hArksdsle a most agreeable and
companionable gentleman and he has
Impressed our people with a convene
in The court anil Jaws of tta. eoMtry.
And let ft be so for there to f Jr 7
for bones civilians
mlnbrtratlon of the !-( ni ArT'
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