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Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-12-22

Or excess, over cost of production of II 80
QUANTITY PRODUCED.
We have no reliable data from which to
form an approximate estimate Of the yield in
Northern Texas, the past year. Had the crop
turned out as its appearance promised, 1t was
estimated that the counties of Dallas, Collin
Denton, Gayson, Cook, Tarrnnt, Parker
Wise, johnson, Hill, Jack, Ellis, Navarro,
Kaufman, Fannin, Red River, Lamer, Palo
Pinto, Young, etc., would have produced ?,
100000 bushel but the yield has fallen ma
teraIy short of that and has, perhaps, not eS-
ceeded 100000. The larger wheat-growing
counties are perhaps, as follows, in the order
in which they are named, to-wit: Dallas, Col
lin, (abont equally Grayson, Fannin, Tarrant,
Parker, Ell S, Navarro, Lamar, Kaufman, Red
River, etc. 1t is estimated that or 6OO,OOO
bushels will bread the counties first named and
furnish seed for the next crop, leaving sur
plus of nearly or quite 100000 bushels. A
portion of this may be disposed OF to the
Southern counties within hauling distance,
but as it will not bear transportation more than
$50 miles, and many of the counties within
that range have produced enough, or nearly
so, for home consumption, large surplus Will
still remain. heavy emigration will doubt
less be attracted by the cheapness of bread
stulfs, and will furnish market for some, and
more still will go to fill contracts for subsis-
tence for the government troops on the frontier,
which will require large amount of -four
At present prices. it will evidently be the in
terest of the government to furnish the posts
on the Northern frontier with Texas -four
Should a surplus still remain, it can be used
prcftably in fattening hogs, or can be kept
safely in the granaries.
Conclusion neIt lCeeh.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-12-22

A STRICT TEMPERANCE NsE--We wcfa
accosed the other evening, -ays The editor of
a Boston paper, by a genHemaniy okiug
man, evidently balancing a clever sized oF.cEin
his castor.
Al say, mis- mister, will yas he kind enoagh
to tell me the way to Broa way p
"No Broadway here, 81 This IS DOT New
York."
"Oh ah ah yes, that a .act Well
beg your pordon-your par rion-parlgn; SHOW
me to Fourth stree.-Nll-- Mi!sys Hnlci.'
Now you're in PhiIadelgha, old boy
Wrong again."
"Ha! ha We'll, I'm daraJ co, .osci- ihal's
fact All right. Pleas 10 ted ms whe--
whether it's left or right I take to Holiday
street g.
That's street that ain GOT ih'y way set.
Perhaps you arc thinking Of he rir Of bai.
timore q
"Well, where the deuce an !, ssfaager~
any how ;"
We told him in Hnsion.
He iarnmcd his fists i.i.' E 90 scis alter
hitting his hat smash, aac si59fcd 'lt OBJ
serving:
aWei1, am darn'd If follow ihis tcf7geE---
ancs caravan anv lOnger.'
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-12-22
Disclaimer,
Disclaimer.
Texas MILITARY TNsTlra-E, !
NoyemJgr 15fb. i~rss

-'nteHhtT lOfH, tH.'
EDs. News PLEASE DO me Il favor 70 pub
lsh for me a disclaimer of au,hoT,h,p or Ics.
possibility, directly or indircctly, .or any Of
the articles appearing in the puojc press IN re-
latioN TO Rutersvillc College.
That institution ceased to exist before my
removal of the Texas Military Institute to c2r'
tain property once under the control ola Board
o, Trustees, bearing that corporate name
That Board, too in like manner, had heea sn-
perceded and abolished by public legislation.
While it would be uncondid in ne to 0Ac;G
blindness or Indifference to the motive and 5p-
rit of this movement, at least on one side, l
have resolved from the first, TO abstain from
controversy not my own, and to depend upoa
a sense Of justice in the Texas public, and 'ho
intrinsic merits of the Institute, 70 sustain our
efforts in the cause Of education md science ~
the State of Texas.
This card is rendered necessafy, .u nF lais-
ment, BY information reaching III from various
sources, that am The rcputed on'hyr ri some
of the articles above referred 10
May ask the Insertion of II card - the
various papers in which the lseuml advert
ses Respectfully, c. G. rORSHAE.
Superintendent 7ercs Military t'5Iiia'e.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-12-22

Senator Broderick, of California, arrived in
this city, yesterday morning, having travelled
The Overland route by Placervie, Great Salt
Lake City and the South Pass. He left San
Francisco on the lst of October, in the mail
coach, but did not travel IN that line the whole
distance Senator Broderick was suffering,
on his arrival here, from injuries received by
being thrown out of wagon, by which one
Of hi. ribs was broken, and one OF his ieet
Ind also been frost-bitten. The weather had
been intensely cold. though the snow was NOT
Of 60 great a depth as has been represented
Sir. Broderick ief Tor New York IN the a!te'-
nopa train-S Io1is Rr-stEie7r.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-12-22

The streets Of Galveston now present
striking contrast with the silence and y.oou
that prevailed in our city n few weeks sI0ce.---
Strange faces are now seen ir "H, hotels and
stores; some from the interior a' arEowH Stae,
who have been waiting Tor h '...H .Haa'u 80 oe
restored to US; ohcrs are lror ,rNs5 o.
the Union, and others againi t
Atlantic, seeking home j. an'.
beautiful prairies of Texas. '"n.p"ss ae'
tivity manifested all around ~ 10 10
daily increasing, aud while Q aoGt7 0Ee
busiIy eng ged in filling ord' ,hrrs are ro'
suming the sub n al inpro' 'uienia taat have
been suspended during the di rous cpidem.c
that has just terminated, and uaasivc hG'Idnga
Of brick, iron and granite ar nov seen going
mp in various parts of our citr. There are SIX
large three story buildings O. soch mntena,
now in progress on the Straa5 besides many
other Improvements IN other ra.a - 'Ha city
Some of our whaives nre al. ;" enlarged
for Notwithstanding the greal edition Iha5 has
been made annually to our vaar acComm9&a-
tion, tie want of room for II increase in our
shipping is, at this time. NOR manifest than it
has ever been before. No one cen Wines
these costly Improvements, and the increase q:
business that gives rise TO these henvy nve5t-
ments of capital, without being ready to eN"
claim, that there is now beng hid the toUnda>
ton of city that must 500 rank among Inc
first in the Union, and be the empnrium oI an
immense trade.-Neps.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-12-22
The Overland Mail.

TEXAS ROUTE TRluMpHANT.-Th New Or
'eaag Picayune mentions the arrival in that city
i,om Wqshington, of Mr.. Giddngs, of the
uru OF liiddings q Doyle, the contractors Tor
carrying me mail from San Antonio to the
Pacific, The Picayune states that while in
Washington, MIR. Giddings made arrangements
with he r ostmaster General to carry weekly
uaA hrm New Orleans to San Francisco, via
eaa Aatnnio and Ell Paso, to commence the
lsiof lanlary next. The plan Of transporta-
liao, route, etc., as follows:
This special California mail will arrive at
San Antonio in two days and a half from New
Odanns via Berwick's Bay, La, and Galveston
aud Columbus, Tex. In seven days it will reach
r. Paso, and connect with the st. Louis and
Eort Sion Overland Mail, reaching San Dies
go 10 Twelve days. by steamer to San Francis
CO. This is measure, the entire practicable
itv Of which- we do not doubt The only ap
rrcheusiou to which it gives rise is, that 1t will
lead to the abandonment or discontinuance of
the service on the St. Louis route. The Pic
ayuae lea ms, however, that should the St.
Louis mail company fail to maintain its con-
nectione Mr.. Giddngs intends pushing his
m7i through from El Paso to San Diego on
his own account, and he proposes to alter his
route so as to reach the Pacific at Los Angeles,
whIchis only little over days run from
San francisco.
Until he lst January, this special mail will
be carried every fortnight, and Mr.. Giddings
will af5iv, here on Tuesday, (to.morrow,) via
Beurc Bay, with the first mall
10 speaking of this route the Picayune says
truly,
"Ths pew mail route to California has the
advantage over the St. Louis and Fort Smith
route Of more than thousand miles less diff
fcut .and travel and that it is at all seasons
Of the year entirely practicable. As the fore.
runner Of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and
as bringing our city more directly in connection
with California, through our own territory,
this enterprise will be regarded here with deep
interest In MIR. Gidding's hands we feel as
sured Of its s."-CipIian.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-12-22

Ez-Senator Tallmadge, who formerly shar-
Cd with Mr.. Rives the leadership of the con-
seryatiye party, and who played so conspcu-
Gus part as proselyte and apostle of spirit
ualisri, has'given signal proof OF the melan-
choly elects of such contempations by Sc
res Of Communications in the National lntelli-
eencer, opposing the Independent Treasury,
and advocating all the exploded foilies Of the
Wings in regard 10 the tariff and banks
These dogmas may be admirably suited TO the
ssBsntt STATE Of spirits. but are not applicable
TO the terrestial end ordinary concerns Of life
-WcsA Corr. Soidk
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-12-22

The wheat crop Of Northern Texas for the
past season his fallen materially short OF the
estimated yield. and Of What the appearance
Of the growing crops indiealed. Tbs stalks
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-12-22

Weld Of 40 or 40 bushels per acre in the rich
valleys of that delightful region,
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-12-22
Hints on the Whent Cultaro.

The wheat crop is Of so much consequence
to the whole community, aud especially TO the
large body Of our readers, that wcnrc not like
ly to make it TOO frequently the subject OF re'
mark.
1t is a rcproach TO our agriculture that
while the very frequent experience OF some OF
our best farmers gives crops of3O and 40 bush
els per acre, the usual product Of our lands
without large direct outlay for fertilizers, are
hardly more than fourth Of these quantities.
The ready excuse is the difference in the quail
ity Of the land. As genera! thing this is on
" an excuse. The very lands now so prodnc-
tive have been, within the memory OF many
now living, as the poorest; and of those now
so poor, who will undertake TO say that their
natural constitution makes them incapable OF
the highest degree of improvements There
are, no doubt cases Of this sort, but they ore
exceptional; generally there is nothing want
ing but the proper use Of the right means.--
When land holder finds that on all his pos
sessions, he has not so much rs garden or
iavorite lot which pays the cost OF the manure
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-05-27
PEasrvEaNa Su1Tos. .-An Ohio paper
tells a story of Q couple Of lovers whose union

PERsrYIR1Na SUIToR. An Ohio paper
tells story of couple of lovers whose union
was objected to by the young lady's father.
While aRobert" was waiting for the old man
to become reconciled, she accepted a tempt
ing offer, and was married, but in three
months her husband was killed by a|kiok
from a horse. Robert waited fifteen months
for decensy's sake, and then offered her his
hand, but found thatshe was already engaged;
in three months she was married again, and
in two years her second husband died'of
Cholera: Robert now thought be would only
wait year; but at the end of that time he
received an invitation to her third wedding;
she was about to be married to her late hus.
bands partner; andshe was. This husband
was lost on steamboat; she was saved, but
before he had time to claim her, she married
the preserver Of her life. In the course OF
a year or two Robert come into her husbands
store, in time to see him just crushed to
death BY the fall of heavy cask, which ne
was hoisting.s Resolved to lose no tmen enow,
be started for the lady, house but the frati
clerk was ahead of him. A tollbEidge was
before them. Robert paid toll BY the year
the clerk had to stoptomaks change. Rob
esrt won the race, and thewidow, who atthe
end of the ysar-which was rsoently-gsSs
him. her hand, and;with is thsaccumulstsd
fortunes of -four husbands, slfof2whom died
rich. 1s- l-o3 "1sE Ha.."a: o. ~. $50. :.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-05-27
q Stm.pof DAage Rl R&l
HASKELL'S SECOND WIFE.
BY CLARA AUGUSTA.

Gracious airth what is the world comm
to! Miss Perkins, have you heard the aw-
full, awful newsv
Aunt Sally Walkers green sun-bonnet
popped through Mr.. Daniel Perkins door
way, and aroused that lady from profound
revery over a hot Aat-iron, and prim rose
tinted piece of muslin which had once
formed part and parcel of her go.to-meeting
cap. .'.@ ---f| - '" -
.Sakes you liked to scared me out Of my
wits, aunt Sally! My nerve has been rath-
er week since I had the neuralgia. Dew
set down and take off your bonnet, dew! I
am in furry, you see ironin'-but what is
the news?
The news 1 say it is shameful He
ought to be ashamed of himselfp
i don't doubt it, if you say SO, aunt Sal
"; but dew illuminate me, as sol, Josh al
ways says when he wants to find out any.
thing .... s.. . .-..
wall, Miss Perkins, it'll make your heart
ache to hear it, but sooner or later evil must
git out, and I might as we'll tell you Of it as
anybody. Our minister, Leonard Haskell,
is agoin to git married again!
sGit married again? Leonard Haskell
git married again? Why, l shouldn't a
been more surprised if the world had fell in,
to the oshuu! Poor Mrs. HASKELL! Poor,
dear, dead woman Amt been dead more n
three years, if she has SO long. All! dear,
'the heart is desateful above all things, and
wondrously wicked, and who shall know it 2
That means the heart of man, aunt Sally
not the heart of woman ....
you might as we'll say so, Miss Perkins
you may as we'll call 'em desateful and them
as is rid of them folks may think themselves
we'll off. I've blessed my stars all my life
time-though to be sure, its been a short
one-that I didn't git tangled up with any
of 'em when was a gal. It's a wonder,
though, I hadn't, for there was Thomas
Turpentine, as lively a feller as there was
in town anywhere, a fussin' after me the
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-05-27
M1ToHFLL,s SOUTHERN TOUR

John Mitchell has been making tour
through the Southwestern States, and has
published his notes of travel in a very graph.
ic and able series Of letters printed in the
Southern Citizen. The last issue of that
journal brings the series to close, and in
concluding it he sums up his impressions Of
the South and Southern society in the fol.
lowing paragraphs: ..'
"First, then, Southern society, wherever
its elements are IN equilibrto, or nearly
that is, where the slaves are numerous enough
to occupy the field of toll, or nearl rly-is the
most perfect form Of social polity now exist
ing anywhere in the world. Those condi-
tions are attained only in some extensive
rural planting districts, and, among States,
only in South Carolina, where the negroes
are much more numerous than the whites.
When these States concurred in prohibiting
the slave trade from Africa, they did it not
for sentimentality, utbecause they then had
slaves enough for the strip Of land they oc-
cupied, and never dreamed of the beundless
capabilities, of the Mississippi valley. Since
then, great influx of white immigrants,
and none of negro slaves, have resulted in
population of 100000 whites to $780,
600 slaves, and this, with the high price of
negroes, has made it impossible to interest
enough of the people in the actual working
Of the system, though they all, in fact,
derive all their means of support from that
system. The tendency, however, of this
want of equilibrium, is to accumulate great
estates in few hands, and to leave on the
outskirts of society considerable rural pop
ulation, not artisans, not traders, and hardly
farmers, who are of no use to themselves or
to the State. This once recti6ed, or put
in progress of rectifcation, and of all Re.
publics and Monarchiss on the earth, an
cient or modern, I shall choose the Southern
States.
"1Rird. noted, during my tour,-and,
indeed, had often noted it before-a peou.
liar gentleness of demeanor and quiet cour-
tesy, which, asI said, was attributable to the
institution of slavery. It is because the un-
questioned possession of great power, involv-
ing great responsibilities-which responsible
tiles are fully recognised by public opinion,
trains man to habits of self.restraint If
a man be brute, yet he has a strong in
terest in habitually controlling his violent
passions; if he be gentleman, he will con.
troll them because he is gentleman If
something intermediate, he will find himself
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-05-27
SMllist&uuaoll1s SMlli Y&aan1g,

THE Babe.
Nae shoon to hide her tiny tae,
Na6.stocking on har feet; =,
Her supple ankles whiteas snaw,
Or early blossoms sweet.
Her simple dress Of sprinkled pink,
Her double, dimpled chin,
Her pucker'd lip and haumy mou,
With nae one tooth between.
Her cen, sac like her mither's cen,
Twa gentle, liquid things;
Her face is like an angels face
We're glad she has no wings.
She's the budding O. our love, .
A giftie God gie'd US;
We munna luve the gift ow'r wsel,
'Twad be nae blessing thus.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-05-27
How CHESS HELPED goIuMBpsro DIS

How CHESS HELPED CoLuMBusTo DIS.
COVER AMER1eA.--According TO the old
Spanish tradition, Columbus discovery If
America il mainly duetos hard fought tgme
of chess: Ferdinand Of Spsin Wasted the
latter hours of the day over the eheqpefed
board, his principal antagonist being niold
grandee, whose skill put The monarch pow.
ers to severe test. Ferdinand wasoue of
those .matter-of:fast men, who objectFto fur
theriug the schemesof enthusiasts, and with
heldshis consent to asNew World expeditions
being formed. 9,,a crss! a i,s.;sif s. ~
{ The day arrived when ntheigreat nagigatos
was to receive his final answer heweRdsd
his way towardsthe palace atnighaalls more
with the intention of bidding adieu To- bis,
royal patronsss, than fromany hopeaof sus:I
cess with Ferdinand. Isabella had NOT, how;
ever, resigned herself and. Columbus ito.de.,
feat, and onsfhe letter g arriving, she imue.,
diately sought the King, when Ferdinand
told her that her protege should be success-
full or otherwise, according as thegame re.
suited. Sheimmediataly bent all herenergies'
upon the board, and so thegsmes went !pu,
which was to decide che ,diseovarysof anew.
world, until Isabella leaned towardshershnE
bands, ear and: Whispered, ssyou can check
matesbim in four movea"a The King re:s4.
amined his game, found that his 5yifss ass
sertion. was correct, and announced stfaE:
minutes subsequently that Columbus should,
depart on his voyage Of discovery ,s,,sA.s'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-05-27

breakfasted so much that she was obliged to
return to Lancaster, for fear of gout and dys-
pepsia. .-..
Mr. Haskell is q widower to this day, not
withstanding the fitness Of aunt Sally for a
clergyman's wife; aug Bridget, the acute
Trisher," who set all httletown by the ears,
still presides over.his Household. E. p
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-05-27

"a HARP. OF A THOUSAND STRINas."-
From time to time, for the last four or five
years, we have observed going the rounds OF
the press, articles ridiculing and blackguard-
ing large and respectable, as we'll" as pat
riotic and pious church organization Of Chris
tians, correctly entitled the Baptist Church ;
but denominated. in these articles, which g.
mount to little less than impiety and positive
blasphemy, "Hazd Shellsy@~ isEen- Gallon
Baptist" and the like expressions-expres.
sions which no one having correct knowl-
edge of the character of the church organi.
zation,. combined with correct feelings, will
use in the light manner they are generally
spoken. And so far as we are concerned
though not Baptist ourself-we always feel
hurt to hear this branch of the church Of
Christ blackguarded, derided, and persecu-
ted. 1t is stated--though we have never
seen it authoritatively given-that the great
apostle of American democracy, the immor.
tai Thomas Jefferson, said he owed his demo-
cratic teaching and principles-his whole
theory of republicanism: and his early love
of the absolute and relative rights Of man,
to the Baptist Church of Virginia; and that
the Baptists everywhere in American during
the time of the Revolution, IN accordance
Nth the true Christian charity, 6eneuolence
and humanity of the church organization,
and in democratic tendency, were patriots
not one of them tories. This Of itself
ought to be enough to endear the "Hard-
shells" (what unfairness and derisionr to
every lover Of his country. But there is
another thing to consider. Not any of the
epidemics of the country, which periodically
agitate the public mind and absorb popular
virtue, shake this organization of meek and
humble followers of "Him who spake as
never man spake," in the same manner as
other church organizations are shaken. And
while We have the Methodist Church North
and the Methodist Church South, with the
Presbyterian and other prominent denomina-
tions equally divided, the "Old Hardahell
Baptists" play the music Of patriotism and
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-05-27

The DAUGHTER OF AARON BURR,@Aa
item Of news just nov going Tie rounds re-,
lstes thata sailor who diedrscentIy Ia Tens
confessed on his death bed that he Vas org
of crew Of mutineers who some forty years
ago took possession Of brig, On its passage,
from Charleston to New York, and cansef
all the officers and ,passeugsrs 70: :salf shs
plank For forty years the wretchsd msni
had carried about with him the dreadful soS
oret; and died at last in auyagony@of desc
pair. - ,s,:as4j' -. ~ tt"Sss>.s5s~ss-s ~
What gives this story additional lintsrtss
is the fact that the vessel referred to isrthei
one on.which Mrs. ;Theodocia Allst6n, the
beloved 'daughterso Of Aaron Burr took pas
sage for New York, for the poipose ofahests
ing her parent the darkest days Of fhisexs
tistence, and which; never having been heard
Of; was supposed to have fouhaered aksea..
The dying sailor professed stoaremshbers
her we'll; said that she was the list Who
perishei, and,that he never forgot her LOOK
Of despair as she took her last step from the
fatalplank. On reading this. account, Irezi
garded it asa fiction; but, on conyersing to-.
day With an oficersof the nayys he, assures
me of its probable truth, and steses that ron,
one of his passagesho home somey years ago his;
vessel brought two piratss mirrors who ,yers
subsequently executed ct Norfolk tor recent
offences, and, who,, before their exscuiep,.
confessed that they had been members ofthe
same cre#, and participated in the murder
| of Mrs Allston and her companions. =.
What chiefly caused lay, skeptieisp On tie
subject nas t6e ,faet that Mr., artop, The
recent biogaphsr Of Bpn, The iatsd
the daughter epysloped ins apd
closes the record Of her noble and Bssdt
life with her em6arkatien1 board the brig;
which he declares hasneye SihSe been heard
from. '~s ssss' - s.'s''f !, =
T am 1T i loss . now " II to understand, If tBs
confession alluded %, BY my naval friend
was rnadsS public, Is II Il undoubtedly xas,
how Mr.. Patton sodfd have failed, smo6g
his extensive and industrious researches, 70
discover tie fact Whatever opinion may
be entertafued' Of tRs fsshef,a Che memory II
the daughter must ever bsrevered ss one IF
the ']oveiiesf and excellent Of american
women, and the revelation of.fier untfmely
fate can only serve TO invest thst memory
with a more tender aad;melancholy interest.
IL : So Pennsylvania Enaairs':ss~