Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-08-31

' N-'' s-'" what s.'iir uI uur ut 5hH'r1 IAluls
The Es.s-' y.e,i.ou iu Tcya,,
+. HARMONY.
Give as harmony Ia the Democratic PARTY. L.
n lSe election Ia IrEas serve as . warning. ltha.
fully eS'rlIllei tlat a TeTty divided against q
Il s1l1 nHst Ial We eluicss We have NOT lad az
Intense desire a. SO Runnels elected Governor q
Texas, The platform upon which he stood a.
, eaH4idal7 llF huFafnor Was not one that q tho
Fo1 ih AMI consistent democrat could approve; 'u
Two evils chose the lesser and we wished for IN
/ r'-eleaGlla OF Rnnnels, because no came nearer
! being democrat than Houston, who has yiruIent
~ denounced democratic measures, demoera,i,
men sh' hc'n"cra'ic usNse5 since the American
/ party cano into eZi7linee, Cui,uralmant will no
eiievl any sy0l--a clustering hFavado vii! nn
/ hide the fact, that tho "opposition partyn il
I slrnnge: to day ia the Southern States than IL,
Amcrictn was ~ any time. This badgeless assp
cia'ion combine all the elements 10 form u reyolu
uoU-thc escaped conVicts from the Democracy
| the majority OF the wings, the American party
"a io'o, have centralized by strategy, what the,
cannot accomplish by u fair and oren warflr,
Texas was ono Of the strongest democratic Stat's
in the Union, Yet how came she 40 c0mplotelyrS.
vola;ionlyol Why have the Democracy beer
garymnndercd out heir ,oyernorl How can't
Mr.. Eppcg ln (who, doubt, our friend Mr.
N'.rr .gmemhers,) Iu he elected political
',".,.s, q trucEstcr OF fence man in politics are
thr most dangerous character. political asso
uihIiuu- 4 no0.o5mmit.ai %, a lEdcftnco man,
who il neither pro or eer, but hp s.s pGssvoly
and awaits Tor ropg 'rcrla a. blow .ltp popular
myur j. r. more drspiriby DIR garggs than an
open and candid opponent. We know where he
Is, 20 cannot be deceived. We ish e. wEs pos
,il,e 20 reconcile the conflicting lomou. display
iur them~slr"a in oar own 20 Sta fc: these
hnii-mlchod troubles, thut will, like the rolling
bal! %! snow, gather magnitude L they proceed,
until the Democracy OF Arkansas rG,One engag gad
IN an lnternecine warfare that perhaps, it will
take years 10 disengagg and free her rom the in
,uriJuS elects Ot the same. The people OF Ark
nnsas'must hold some person or persons respon-
she for them, and woe be unto tho unlucky in.
diyilual whose conduct hns called down the curses
OF m injured people upon his head woe 10 tue
ruler who has violated his compact with the
people, who has mounted his steed and witt whip
and spur, gallops over the welfare and wishes of
those who have honorcd him; who refuses to bo
rurhG! ny tho check-lincs of party allegiance;
who, wIit with his owo rlncied powers, will not
bc,rcstrictod by party laws, party government.
Harmony we want in the democratic ranks;
yes i'll Arkansas. Texas was largely more dem. /
ocratc chan this State, yet Houston who two
yous ago wGg an object Of lctcstation to two.
tGris ut the people oF that State, has beaten
Runnols-and badly beaten him. Shall our own
State become go ilctiouiacd that an Opposition
Governor shall be seated on the gubernatorial .
chair Shall the Ene hair and sleek-cDmbed locks
'i some Opposition man take the place Of the
jGistiJ Haired head Of the Governor! We trust
not; We hope the future has in store for this
gP s9GR M siffE vi, f have no SUCK sahV {" "ta"
ecordcd in her history. We must have harmony
n our ranks to prevent this. We have no time
% palter or to play tricks now. We have no de-
ire to experiment, when we have seen one Of the
Ir,n 49, Il, tin tntn I,- "a man
,ncc boldly awoved his love and adhesion to the
Anow Nothing faith No man, however pamper- |
I'd with praise, shalt cause us to forget the duty
We owe our State, shall cause US TO disremomher
he Obligations due From us to our party. The
Iireing sycophaut may rawn for pel-ho may
lbuse the nOblest attributes Of mnn--n3 lndc-
Dendcnce; he may dcadcn his sensibtie5--stilo /
lis conyictions; he may uphold mistaken poiltI-
,ians in Il state Of subordipatiOn; may warp and
,wiGt his mind until his expression breathe not
he purity and noblcncss Of free-rnen. Ii is such
IS those that have given Texas to the opposition;
t is such us these that have created schisms i'll
he party; it is such as these that have placed
,ur Rooster into the clutches OF the Coon, lie ma.
iciousy insulting him, crying "CRow, CHAP
IAN. CRow." We are candidates for confusion
md defeat, and unless union aud harmony are
,est0rcd to oar party, we will surely be success
'ul. May some power, adequate to tho tcmpes-
from the effects Of such an event.
cs7- We take from the Rockingham Register
the following concerning the prices of negroes at
Richmond, and the model duel between two
blacks.
.Tnere never has been time when slaves com
manded such high prices, in this market, as at
present. In fact 1T is Il small fortune TO pet
..l. -, Va. I,ll lnNKrn N {
table, taken from the dispatch Of July 70, show
the price for negroes here
No. men, 20 to % years old, from 81 ,l5O to $1,-
800 a-.
Best grown girls, II to 20 years old, from sSl'273
% s 1926. o,,ogo
Girls from Il to 10 years old, 81 900 to l,lOo.
Best plough boys, II to ~ years DID, Sl'ooo "
r. 1925. a,o-,o-
Bows from IS to Il years old, 81, $50 to 81 1870.
Bows from II to Is years old, 81 900 to s ,2oo.
Likely families, and also boys and girls commahu
,ph prces as there are several gentleman in market
who are purchasing fer their own plantations IN tho
SOUTH
"As all insults must be settled by powder ana
cad. about here. all classes--black and whlte-
Engage in this favorite pastime. One aay Ig'
veal two negro servants belonging to Mr.. H.
Hancock, of Chesterfield, passed challenge, aad
rent ont to fight, but on arriving at the pace
mt one rislol was found They threw up for the
irst shot, and then stepped of the ground One
,ool shot at the other, and struck him on the
,sal; @ but that being too hard for the bullet, it
danced upward At this stage of the proceed;
nos the master appeared upon the ground, ana
ainicably adjusted the affair Tours. Et9lI,c,, ;,
P,.rrye C.Lr.-"lats play calf" said our
;rbtb 10 tbe ninth one day last week. Ihe
intb arrced and eight, having placed u piece Of
gire in the fire, drew it out, and with the help
f the seventh, throw nine dcwn, held him there,
nd proceeded 10 apply the branding iron, as he
allied tho wire. The cries Of nine brought the
mother, when ali three explained that Pa brand