Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1858-12-22
Letter from Austin.
lCerresponlence of the Dnla. Herald |

AUSTIN, Dec. l3'h, 1898.
lthas been some time since your correspond.
cnt has gwen you n contribution. As, howev-
er, he is a. privicdged scribbler it matters not +;
the intellectual world is probably not material
! ly advanced by the perusa of his effnsions,
the morals of society not revoluionized, nor
the fashions OF the softer sex changed. The
latter being Of more importance in these days
than any one object as humble an individual
rs your correspondent, cannot hope to rival
Yankeedom in this respect.
Asstin, ought TO be the radiating point one
would suppose, of all the concentrated wisdom
of this great STATE. So it Is. We have lots
of genius, talent, industry, energy and perse.
verance. Why should we not? Is not the
Treasury here the Governor! the Land or
flee? the State Department! the Deaf and
Dumb, and Blind Asylums Don't the Legs.
laturc meet here Haven't we got two able
and efficient journals, the columns of each dis
pensing poitico, intellectual light to the mas
SEES, otfording unequaed facilities for placing
the superior claims to preferment, of our wise
men, before an admiring constituency! Haven't
we got the best Sherfls ! the most efficient
Constabes the sagest City Council! the
ablest Lawyers? the wisest Justices of the
Peace? and the shrewdest politicians Haven't
we got more directory capacity, more official
rim, more "loaves and fishes to distribute,
and more people who think they deserve them,
than any other community! Do we not have
the sage counsellings of those august tribn-
nails, the Supreme and Federal Courts Is
not the embodiment of the principle of an In.
dependent Judiciary here? If we at Austin
having all these GREATER lights can't bore anger
holes with glmbet who can Haven't we
got inventors and inventions Roots window
fastener? Bishops esca pement for time pieces?
and Raymond's new process Of making brick I?
Vain glorious of many things, ought it to be
thought strange, in the dispensations of Prov
idence, if we are occasionally scouraged with
drouth and grasshoppers Didn't our Govern
or appoint Thanksgiving Day, because ii has
been the custom, and because ii seemed 10 him
to be appropriated Did he voluntarily tender
the use of the Capitol 10 the annual Conference?
He seems opposed the union of Church and
State. So am |.
Our District and Supreme Courts are in
session, each dragging its slow length along"
dispatching business much TO the annoyance
oG delay debtors these hard times. There is
considerable interest here upon the subject oil
doing away entirely with all statutory enact
ment for the collection of debts, and making
them matter of honor between debtor and
creditor. The wish being father of the thought,
no telling what may be jumped up in this cleo.
trio and eclectic age. We thought last night
we heard the shrill whistle of the locomotive
from Breubam, but on waking from our sum-
bers found it to be merely an auricular delusion,
one Of those fancy sketches, viewed through
the visual organs of faith-one of those phan-
toms, that ignus fatuus like, play upon the
pleasures of Hope. sxxxx.x
The UNITED STATES SKNArE.-The U. s.
Senate-which convenes in December, 1859
and ends on the 18th of March, 1S5l-wil be
constituted politically as follows:
Northern Democrats, Q Southern Opposition,
Southern Democrats, % Northern Opposition, : 2E
81 p
As Oregon will undoubtedly be admitted in
TO the Union this winter, with her two U. S
Senator'S the Democrats will have twelve ma
jority over the Opposition on all political qaes
tbns. Mhis estimate gives The Oppositisn 9
Senator in Nee leFsry and ono in Minnesota
ahi,.bifis .eir 44ElfYi whether ihcr wi