Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-05-16
ndaOsial Correspondence,

lri GALyEsION, May 81 lsG0,
~. DLAR HERALD, ! wrote YOU last from AaVis,
- ia City, on Wednesday Since then. have speH
J. two days at Houston, where always like to tai
O. ~ Tor a lew days, During my stay there, tll
A. city Was quite alive with the little folks, VIII
have had Inc time AZ their May day celebration
had Intended 10 give your readers the benefit O
y quite lengthy description Of the doings on th
occasion but, On second thought, will refer yoI
and them TO the Telegraph, OF Tuesday. Tho cit,
v was iail OF people, the weather beautiful. an,
Il the celebration by the Sunday schools passed Of
ia IN the happiest manner, In the afternoon,
Witnessed the presentation Of banner 10 th,
hook and ladder company Of Houston, on behal
OF the ladies oi that city. Tho affair was mas
Q pleasing spectacle, and the address well.timeC
aud most happily delivered, Iwish could dwell
do so before the mail closes. While in Houston
stopped with our friend Mohl. of the Rnnin
House, You know, dear Doctor. how well ht
caters 10 the appetite; and il is needless for me
to say more than that the traveller will ALWAYS
Ind welcome smile. and table groaning with
all the luxuries of the season.
} Our friend Gushing, of tho Telegraph, Is pros.
perins, and his paper, | am pleased to say, is
last becoming tho popular medium that il So we'll
deserves lilo designs enlarging il this summer
Success to 1t and 10 its whole,souled, generous
editor.
This morning we have news from Charleston
up TO III O'Clock on Tuesday night. II is SO un-
satisfactory. that prefer to hand you tho tele.
graphic dispatches which we have received, ratt-
or than enter into any speculation as 10 the re-
suit. You will see that no nomination has been
mads; that split has taken place. and in fact,
that we are all at sea, with no point from whence
to take start. We wait further news with
mu.h anxiety.
While at Houston, learned some particulars
| OF the dongs Of the Central Railroad, that gave
me considerable encouragement. The road will
be finished 70 Is miles beyond Navisota, within
three months and preliminary arrangements are
now being made, which. il successful, will result
in putting 100 miles more under immediate con.
tract. The company is doing n heavy business,
and its prospects are aattering.
Houston is improving wonderfully. New bull
dings are seen on every hand, and the spirit of
enterprise that has no sgnally distinguished the
merchants of that city, has not abatcd one iota
The " burnt district =" will soon be covered with
buildings that would an ornament to any city
write hurriedy, and you must excuse this
brief letter. I'll try and be more lengthy and
interesting in my next. Yours, &c. j. W.S
GALVESTON, May 5th, 1860
DEAR HERALD fully expected that we would
have received decisive news of the result Of the
Charleston Convention this morning but the
boat is in, bringing telegraphic dispatches az
late US the evening Of May the 3D. and still the
President makers are quarreling, ballotng, and
endeavoring to force, each, their peculiar views
and candidates. In the regular Convention,
which the Delta styles the l." Rump Convention,
the baotings were continued on the Cd. Thirty
seven ballots were had, with the following result
on the last, viz Douglas, 1901 Guthrie, G51
Dickinson, d Hunter, l6; Lane, IA Davis, |.
The Convention then adjourned to ten O'Clock the
next morning. To nominate him, Douglas must
get 2O2 votes, or q majority of two thirds of the
whole electoral vote there is scarcely shad
ow of II chance for him; and q rumor prevailed
that il no nomination is made by Saturday, Ito
day,) an adjournment would take place, to re-as-
semble at Baltimore, in June.
The scceders from the Convention, held ses-
sion on the 3D. during which, say the dispatches,
they were engaged in a stormy debate on the
adoption of the majority platform-some Goppo-
sing and others advocating its adoption They,
too then adjourned over to 10 o'clock q M, the
next day.
The above is about the gist of the news to-day,
and all that you will get for several days to come.
Aside from the Charleston doings, there is no
news by the steamer, except an arrival from Eu-
rope, announcing decline in cotton.
have been tramping around the streets of this
beautiful city, since Thursday morning, doing
little business and noting the many improve
ments that have been made since was last here,
and others that are now in progress. The char
ucter of the buildings now erected, is an abun-
dant proof of the confidence existing in the fu-
ture Of Galveston. They are such structures as
grace the streets of our more Northern cities,
and provided with all the latest Improvements.
1t would be impossible for me to note each and
every building. Among the number, notice
our friends of the " News have now in course
of completion, fine, four-story, brick building,
- H. a:ol I,,l
them as a printing establishment. 1t is an orna-
ment to the city. They will move into their new
quarters as SOON it can be finished. There
have been several additions made 70 the force of
the edtroial and business departments of the pa
per within the past few months In the editori
al department, we have Mr.. Wharton, formerly
of the New Orleans Picayune, a sprightly and
writer in the business department
is the new partner, Mr.. Illingworth, formerly of
Austin and the :. local." is no other than our
friend of former days, the generous-hearted and
talented Callehan. lie will he remembered by
some of our readers about Dallas. as having So
journed there for several days, some years since
10 all these gentlemen, as well as to the Messrs.
am under obligations for kindness
es, which, to the craft of the State, is habitual
with them. Long may the " News" wave, and ,
deserve the patronage so generously bestowed
upon it.
On thursday nl8nt, MT. george ". frentlce,
of the Louisville Journal, delivered his no party
lecture, at the Casino Hall, to large and atten-
tive audience Not having heard him, 1 am un-
able to give an expression ofopinion even were it
Of any value The Civilian speaks in high terms
Of the lecture, and says, " his style is terse COM
pact aud finished his manner easy and graceful,
ind his articulation distinct" 1t seems little
strange to me, however, how Mr. p, who has al =
ways been 80 intimately identified with the OPP !
position all its phases, could manage to deliv-
,r no-party lecture.
l am, of course, stopping at the fremont
House, the place always seek when in this vi s
Unity. Mr.. Ayers is unremtting in his exer- t