Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-01-19

ed Documents ae not disposed Of, there Is dus OPEN
ipg ~ Lnl ia the laoidl ie'sDs,
u Gen. Janes GsislsH, 'rmsrly U. 3 Minister
~ MEXICO, i.el ~ ChMl,sl,n, c. In the 10Th
year q h,s age Tie was The satemIoray u the IL
lusirlous Statesman, John g. Calhoun, and was edu-
Gated With him a. Yale College. lie participated In
al the active operations 9! ID. war Of 1919 on the
Canada border rs Capt, II DE q, = Engineers, wa.
Nth Gen Jlelson in his Seminole campaign, and az
forwards asgysi IA ,a,os military and civil stations
In 1854 he negotiated viii Mczio' the celebrated
treaty u ersloh by which We seqy 1sl vlAtis knOwh
as the "G,i,len purchase" Since his re,rcmsnt
from diplomat, lie, aea. Gilslsn has tasea 10 &C.
I tl.e part IN pstlonal si,ir,
~ Tn, Unlt,i Sa.s District Court Cor the Wcst-
ern Disir!9: Of Texas isiu se'si at Adstin, The
Iutelligcpscr says is sessions becoming quite
event, bringing jurors, t,ors aud lawyers from re-
mote arts ofhe District Judge puyal presiles, and
Il D, Hubbard Is District Attorney.
| ~ Gen. Thon-s Green, Clerk VI the Supreme
Court has been rc-appointei ly the Judges, his term
having expired. There is no wortlsr man, or better
llcrk IN the sats but we observe that many Of our
most Intelligent Attorneys are in favor Of a chanseor
the law providing for tic appointment OF resident
Clerk at Tyler.
railroad accident occurred on the train from Co.
lumbus to MacCi, Ca. on the Slst ult, by which
thirty persons were killed and drowned
Senator Douglas was received in Philadelphia on
his landing there with great demonstrations of joy,
large crowds welcomed him ut tho wharf lie also
had triumphant entry into Washington City.
II We publish the suljJnel letter from friend
in Houston, an old Texan, ard gentleman of con-
sisent democratic record far We know, Noh the
exception Of Judicial nomination "ragrancy." We
express no opinion as to the views he Announces on
political matters, We must say, however, that
weenterGin strong hopes that the Houston conventional
may be mir and honest reflex Of tho will of tho 4
Of the State, II 20 it matters little With
us who rs nominees may he. Whether they be John-
son. Lubbock, Bee, Il host Of other "gOod mon and
true for Governor, or HAMILTON, Cone, Scurry,
raschal, oldham Drtton, Gregg or scores of others
FOR Congrcssin the West, Reagan, Wgflll ;Ochil-
tree Murrnh, Graham, or others for Congress in the
East What we want is good democrats, and true
southern mcn- devoted to the righ,sof the South, /
Innd imbusi With love Of the Union aud respect for
the Constitution - II
letter from Houston.
Houston, Jan. 9TH 1859.
En-. HERALD:
Christmas aud its froIics with the old year
and all lis events, are among the things that
were What waste of ink and paper to pen
and print that sentence and this also; and Of
time 10 write aud read what everybody knew
before. What bad economists, and simple sim.
pe;on we are 10 commit such wa ste and indure |
such 5jrings. But letter wii'fost an INTRO.
duction would be like speech without an ex-
oydinm, song without prelude or dnnerI
without grace. |
This city, whIlom of OK teams, teamsters /
popping thongs, "whoe Bright and come here
d-n you Logan" now of IRON horses, snortinN
fire, and steam whistle, waking you up at pref
mature hours, and impodunate hackmen knock
ing you down for the privilege of charging
you Two bits for ride, is Houston still. There
is just as much mud and just as p DOR beef as of
Did. Corn is as high, whiskey as bad, fish as
soft and butter as rancid as ever, and that Lager
Beer is as far down in that deep muddy cellar
IS when you ventured that perrilous journey in
o the fearful abyss so weIdescribed after your
Miraculous escape. But one good thing is be.
run here, Of which Gushing has Dragged so
much, viz n she'll road, the completion Of which
looked for sometime in the present genera.
ion. In the way Of railroads several things
re being done. The rascally managers Of the /.
Central are receiving iron and preparing to Ia
racks norhward from Hampstead But they
want squirting. Miller and Wright ought to stif
hem UP again with their sharp sticks. The
3razoria road is progressing, some two miles c
i new track being laid, and preparations com $
'Iete to finish TO Columbia bv summer. The !
IA weston road is in sight Of Main Street, and
will probably be completed to the she'll road by 9
he last ofthe week The indcfnt,gable Gen {
ry has bought all the IRON for the Houston and
Sew Orleans road and promises to compete it e
0 the Sabine, about 100 miles, by the fst off
anuary 1861. This done, and the Opelousas n
Dad also completed as they have promised, and
iouston is only twenty-four hours frou, New 0
,reans. This great work will settle The des- e
ny of Houston as the great centre of CONNER. !.
g, travel and exchange in the State The j
Washington county brunch Of the Central road U
also progressing, the grade is completed sev- y
n miles from Hampstead, towards Austin,
nd the iron and cars have arrived, and BY the
pring the road will reach the BRACES rivcr.-to,
his done and much Of the upper Colorado u
ade will return to its old channel. So much n
II railroads. a
There is little stir in this end of the Dis o
let in the political world; public: feeling, and P
OCCASIONALLY would be member to Congress. CT
nts his arm very familiarity across wire pull 8 8
neck, besmokes, honey, fugges and leans up u
J him as il ne were pillars to support---
, ass or course the state is upheld by the
re and why not some of its productions.
mokey has baited his hook for convc ntion mi
,ws Horace Cone is out for the chances,