Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-02-02

.|.
U.IH .." .I...I...
.ra |... .... ...
.. .. ...fa.. H.a... .D... '..
H..n
h..H. d. irr 600 fY..r.-. ID.
claims u Hon. ~ n, Potter, " 6al,tsiun, fgr the
nomination fir Congress ia the Western Disiriet.-
No better name could he presented the convention
than that VI Mr. Polter-a reKisn Of twenty years
standing in the prime q life man Of iueproasha-
he morals aud able, experienced working lsgsl.-
Tor, he vopli 10 justice ald honor TO the Posiion
The Galveston News states on What il deeE- ella
u, authority, that Capt : Crosby, vii he eaEdl-
date kr Commissioner u the General Land Ofes. At
the neat elssslon.
Ata meeting Of the members Of the ban In a.ten-
dance at the District Court Of the United States a,
Austin, Ola the 2st inst, resolutions we're adopted
announcing the death Of Oliver Z. Hartley. ESQ
symPaIhsing with the family of the deceased. and
paying deserved tribute 10 his m,mory,
4 correspondence is published in the las, Gazette,
from which We infer that the difficulty between John
Marshall, Esq,, Of that paper, and Geo. W. Pssch"l
Esq,, II the uclliseneer, Is /, course Of adjustment
We graIlac to IL, and hope that the Interior
cnce Of mutual frlcads may prevent any serious re-
suits from their Misunderstanding
The san Antoalo Texan says tina, the stages are
allied with passengers coming into the State. and that
the miserable fare aud treatment on beard Of Harris
/ MOrgan'- steamer, |. the common remark among
most Of them,
The Texan says that the season has opened inner in
Western Texas than for many years, for crops "nd
stock raising and predicts nest productive season.
splendid new hotel has just Teen completed in
San Antonio, called the "Menger Hotel" which the
Texan thinks is the finest building Of the kind In the
State. We guess the editor hasn't been 10 Dallas
lately.
The Anderson Texan says that negro men have
been hiring in that vicinity at from $500 to s225,
aud women at el5O In BraaOria couuty. Gays the
Democrat AMI Planter, ut public auction, one negro
mat, q carpen;er) hired for i95. aud fifteen others
ranged from 1925 to Sl7). This is probably the
highest price ever paid in Texas for negroes.
The Rusk Enquirer says that three prisoners es-
capped from the Jail in that place recently by cutting
hole in the wal of the jail They had previously
freed themselves of their shackles.
The Henderson New Era, adyertises for 500 new
subscribers says it has got supply of ,,rper
on and is anxious to get rid Of it quick rs posi-
bic. The trouble With u. is to gci enough here to
keep going
Pork is selling In Henderson at s6. Quite large
numhca OF hogs was driven into that place from
Hunt county recently, but found no sale
The Trinity Advocate of the Goth says that the river
was falling rapidly. Ne boat had reached Magnolia
this season, except the Swan. The Advocate says
there are several thousand bales Of cotton waiting
shipment at the different landings in Anderson coun-
ty, aud that even IN exhorbitAnt price wtuld he paid
to have it taken of.
- The Bonham Independent is Informed that dis
case called the Black Tongue, i. prevailing in Lamar
and Hunt counties and several persons had died Of
Of it, Mrs. Allen, who lived 10 miles North Of
Grcenyle, had died within two hours after being at
talked.