Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-08-10
washington cOrosponaoaas Of Tho Eorald,
MANnNoT0N, JIM, IN.


ice, with the agreeable variations Of coLbcrs,
smnshcs and mint iuleps. There is perfect
! rush for tho Springs and poets with long
hair, and old maids, and unclcs, auuts, cousins,
and all that class Of good looking vol dressed
people, who are always somewhat uncertain in
almost everything, except being mon OF genius,
and being out OF money, are Hooking pcll nell,
to the various watering pmccS. When they get
there il would bG wOll for th1m to cOnlue them
selves to the drinking of water alone. | somc-
times wonder how such folks live They never
do any work, always 20 finely dressed, and have
sort of wise look that scarcs common people,
and enables them to keep up an air OF mystery.
am told they often change hotels and being
abstract and mcdtative, forget thcir bills
They tulls on strange subjects, and often speak
of the failing health OF distant relatives, ana
with significant winks, remind you OF the vast
fortune which in this very probable course OF
"human events" will fall to them, as tho pecu-
liar lavorito of the dying friend.
Washington looks almost deserted. The
President is gone to Bedford on his annual pill
grimNge to that Arcadian retreat; several mem.
bers of the Cabinet are temporarily absent, aud
the "nothing doing condition Of things here,
give the poor hotel runners and hackmen, II dole
iul look that would excite your pity. These
lean. hungry, thiovish, unprincipled wrotches
are, perhaps, possessed Of less moral principle,
and are governed less by honesty and common
decency, than any class Of men living. They
are moral reptiles, gloating and fostering in their
own corruption; lying on the banks Of this great
social Nile, through tho long dreamy days OF
summer, waiting Tor the annual tide Of human
victims that will come with the meeting of Con
gress
The great Washington tragedy" | thought,
had become history, and like the Burdell agony,
had ''died into an echo" But the last scene in
this strange drama of human SORROWS, j.. that
Mr. Sickles has relented his feelings towards the
fair Teresa and in letter thus vindicatcs his
course in restoring to his bosom the iral Mag
dalin, who has resolved to ''go her way and sin
no more"
| "lr | ever failed to comprehend tho utterly
dcsolate position of an offending though penitcn5
woman--thc hopeless future, with all its dark
possibilities of danger to which she is doomed
! when prescribed rs an outcast-l can now sec
plainly enough, in the almost universal howl OF
denuncation with which sho is followed to my
throshhold, the misery and perils from which 1
have rescued the mother Of my child. And al
though it is very sad for me to incur the blame
of friends and the reproaches Of many wise and
goDd people, shull strive to prove to all who
feel an interest in me, that if | am the first man
who has yehtured to say to the world an errlng
wife and mother may be forgiven and redeemed,
that in spite q all the obstacles in my path the
good results ol.this example shall entiGo 1t to
! the imitation OF the generous and the co!nnen-
S-ti,IttJtI OF SIR ts<%~l----'a---
What theme for the pen Of q Shakespeare !.
| The discoyery-tho confession Of Teresa-the an
guish Of Mr.. Sicllcs--the waving Of the hand
kerchfef-the sudden change in Mr.. Sickles
countenance-t shooting of Key-the inquest
! the iail-the clcrgy-thc trial-tho witnesses
tho verdict--popular demonstrations-roturn
| to New YOrk-secr9J meetings at BlOOmlngdale
-Teresa's tears--tho reconciliation Here is n
| Ila Ia, slni irng1
be pardoned for q prolusion Of ''agony'
=, | need not say that, during the interval be-
tween the adjournment OF the old and the meet
| inc of the new Congress, ang ers for the Presl-
dency are busy with their baits in catching the
public sentiment, and the result will doubtless
| prove true the old saying that "the longest polo
| takes the persnnons." Let him be tor the Un-
' ~ RALPH RUBY,
E75- The following address delivered by b. j,
OspuRN, ESQ, before the students, of the KauG-
man Female Institute, at the annual examina-
ton, June 50, lo59, was received some time
since, but owing to press Of matter, was una
voidably crowded out until now.
KAUFMAN, Texas, July Cd, 1859
Dear Herald Our village was very much en-
livened by the exercises of the examination o
the students Of the Female Institute and by the
exhibition, concert and addresses on the lass eve
ming, (lrriday, June 30th.) One good old man
was SO much gratifed at the performance Of some
little girls that he expressed a wish that Mrs
Tompkins could live always to teach school for
us. .
The large and attentive audience was address
ed extemporaneously by Esq. Manion and Col
| A. B. Norton, from Athens, and by ESD. Porter,
of this place B.. j. Osborn. according to pre-,
! II, 4 al, arn1o, od1
the following is brief copy which l send you
by request of the teachers and patrons.
Yours truly, GAbE.
ADDRESS.
Respected audience and young Ladies -
! While / regret that the invitation to address
YOU on this occasion had not fallen upon one
possessed of more forensic eloquence than have,
! in which to meet its requirements, L am tru-
y glad of the opportunity which has thus been
afforded me, to testify my continued interest in
the great cause Of education, and my sincere
regard for those great purposes of science and
of virtue which it is the fortunate Office of an
American Academy to promote. Turning aside
from our accustomed pursuits we meet here to
exchange the greetings of friendship in halls ded-
I icated TO religion and truth. We surrender our
selves to the mild influence of the day and the
occasion. We forget the discords OF profession
al strife, the hard competitions of business, the
| feyerish thirst for fame and hushing all the
thousand voices of party zeal, we bow ourselves
in unresisting submission to the divinity of the
place. In such influences we find our best prep
Grafton for the occasion we celebrate. This is a
festival less of the head than of the heart. 1t
has more concern with generous impulses and
warm affections, than with the cold deductions
of reasoning or the dry speoulations of meta
physics This examination is wisely intended
NOT SO much for the exhibition of boarded knowl-
edge and the discussion of abstruse thoughts,
as for the promotion of kind feelings, the
strengthening of good resolves, and the awaken
ing and quickening of a spirit OF improvement
in ourselves as well as in others We are here
on this occasion to encourage the rising genera