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Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-02-09
From tho Galveston News January 2,,h,
SuRKvHPDnr. Jan ~,

SHREVEPORT, Jan. 20, 1856.
DEAR NEws ;--pates from Jackson, Miss,
Of the l4th inst, state that Gen. }. II. John
son has been restored 10 the command oil
the army OF Tennessee. The bulk Of this
army 10 ut rnpelo--one corps At Corinih.
Tho favorable accounts given by travellers
OF Hoods success not confirmed.
No movement on the part of Sherman at
the above dates.
The Georgia railroad has been repaired,
and by this time, il in running order through
to Augusta. M. II.
Latest Yankee News.
The New York papars are filled with the
subject Of the negotiations for peace.
The World has most scathiug article on
Butler. The editor says:
alike heap Of ofial flung out Of a win
dow in the night-an odorous warning to
the feet and nostrils Of pedestrians Mt the
dawn-'hs creature, named General by
power, and called The Beast by lips too dain-
ty to be wholly just, lies worse than dead"
The Times denounce, the attempt Of F. p.
Blair TO 60 to Richmond, unofiicinlly, on q
peace mission, and says no good can come
of il.
The Times quotes from the Richmond pa
pers articles ridiculing the peace mission
Of the Blairs. Tn. Examiner says: awe
would not be superstitious, but we seem 10
perceive in the air faint of suphitic odors
of Washington. "By the pricking of your
thumbs you can tell when something wick
ed this way comes" IL is not yet clear, but
will probably be soon made plain enough,
what particular piece of Yankee villainy
and treachery turks under the unofficial
visit OF Blair Sr. and Blair Jr., within our
lines"
The Yankee Senate have under consider
alton the question of giving notice to Great
Britain of the abrogation of the treaty of
1917 which allows each government to have
but one armed vessel on the lakes.
The Tribune says:
"Thc Richmond press seems unanimous
in its depreciation of that visit 10y Mr..
Blair) as at once presumptuous, and per-
llous,--an affront to the dignity, and peril
to the security of the Confederacy." The
editor Gays it is recommended that they
should he treated as spies.
The ;Iat.Bit Of Amer cans through Canada
says the Gazette ia now completely stopped
In the Rebel Senate, on the 9th inst, Mr. .
Caperion intro duced u resolution of thanks
ITO Bricadier General Stand Waite and Co. I
lionel Gano, and the officers and men under +
their command, FOR the daring and skill OK
hibited in the capture of over two hundred
and fifty loaded wagons in the Cherokee
Nation. on the 18th Of September 1864, and
or other brilliant and successful services
n the Indian Territory"
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-02-09

THE MONROE Observation-Disclosures hav-
ing lately been made to what is called the
Monroe Doctrine, it seems proper to state
precisely what Mr.. Monroe said upon the
subject Of foreign int rference on this con-
t;nent, and the occasion on which il was
raj
The Holy Alliance held Congress at Lay
bach in 1921, and there laid down the prin-
ciple that they had right TO interfere in
the affairs of another State, and to reform
its government in order to prevent the effect
of its bad example. The "bad example" in
question was free government, for they had
no objections to urge against despotism,
provided it was Legitimate. In 1872, they
had another Congress at Verona. Ferdi.
nand VII, of Spain, had, in the interval,
been overthrown by popular revelation,
and the Cortez had established free gov
eminent upon the ruins of his despotsn-
I The question of overthrowing the Coriez and
restoring Ferdinand was brought before the
Congress, and Russia, Austria, France and
I Prussia voted in favor of it. England dis
sented and protested, but as usual did no.
thing, so France, to whom the task was COM
mitted, mardhed an army in the spring of
the next year into Spain, to overthrow the
Corfez with very little OrUOSitiOn and res
,orod Rerd;nand
The South American colonies of Spain and
Ma,;co h "A revolted from Snain MANY wears
he fore md thai Power was At the time wa.
~ ,sehla and honelss war againsl Them.
F. nacember 1S18 Ferdinand addressed n
no,s 10 The courts Of 81. Petersburg. Berlin,
W;anno and par;s inviting them tn a sol
ann conference nj Paris. with view of nd.
;',s,;n1 Tho affa;rs of the colonies in such a
wa,,nsr hat thew should he restored to Spain.
nd he anneajei 10 the doctrine laid down
., 1anhach in sunport of his claim to as
49,. The onfercnce did nottake Mace.
T.. .orsso,,ence of tho Arm stand ,aken bv
NJ C.;na a, ,hot time Fore;cn Secre,a-
~ 80 EnalaSd who in October Of thai wear
,,J on ssrence w;,b the French Minister
~ IonSon in which he informed him that
&c 10 Hail. A,l;an.e attemnted To interfere
- ~. ass;rs If The snanisb colonies, Eng
~ ". " r.oaan;,s ,hsm a, once Tn ne.
lAnu "J ",s. Consrsss Of n. GTn;,sd States
IA NJ Menros he,;ev;no maj the nj.
n me'' mi .,,amn, ~ ;r,arvan,;an ;n,;ma.
,na ~, 49, n,a; ',v In b;s MESSAGE that thew
eu a, 90 w;,hou, 6nJine n linn in
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-02-09

Bas+ All the water courses have been full
by the last heavy rains, and we hope and
believe that the earth has become thorough
" saturated-a thing which has not been
the case in this section for number Of
years.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-02-09


KEyTuCKY.-The Confederate General
Lyons raid through Kentrcky has been con.
cluded. From Western Tennessee he cross
ed the Cumberland, and moved through
Christian County to Hopkinsville. The
suppressions of the Administration leavs
us in the dark as TO his further movements
through the State, but we now learn that he
has made junction with Hood by way of
McMinnville and .Tullahoma conscripting
troopers and appropriating horses rs he
went. He must therefore have made a
circuit through one half of the State OF Ken
lucky; and in his threatening movement to-
ward the gaps of the Cumberland Noun
taius, must have led to the hasty retreat
from Virginia in which Bnrhridgc aban-
doncd his artillery. Few raids of the war
appear to have been crowned with such COM
pleat and such important success.
The movement OF Lyon into Western Ken
lucky appears however to have taken the
form of permanent results. Guerrillas APP
pear to have sprung up along its track as
fire starts out in the heavens in the wake
of II comet. Colonel Taylor ofthe Confed-
crate service holds part of Central Ken
lucky. His headquarters are on the Ohio
Mt Greensboro. His troops hold that river
for seventy or eighty miles and Occupy on
its banks the important towns Of Hawsville
and Henderson. This war in the rear is
growing into great signlfcancein Kentucky,
and will continue TO do so until II shall as
sumo dimensions which Will make, Us IL has
already do"e in Virginia, operations based
on lines Of communication through that
State an absolute impossibility.-N Z.
Neics, JaM llth.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-02-09

RT"The. attention of all members Of
Bees Qate Ganos) Brigade, on leave of alb
sence or furlough, is directed to Gen Orders
No 10, from that Brigade, in to-days Her
Md
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-02-09

An Alabama paper says: 1--WE noticed
some time sihce in one of our exchanges,
that negro, living, we think, in Savannah
or Augusta, Ca, was changing color and
becoming white. We recall to mind this in.
stance, from the fact that there is an old
negro on one of our river steamers, who has
followed the business Of pilot since 1919,
whose skin is now likewise changing from
Jet black to the fairest white. His eek
and arms, rs far down as his fingers, are OF
smooth, soft, delicate whiteness, that would
rival that Of the tenderest, purest Circas..
sian. His lips are of soft, rudy hue, and
his face and body beginning to show the
same radical wonderful change. His name
Is Peter. and a more faithful, true hearted
servant cannot be found. He had been the
means of rescuing from watery graves sew.
eral persons in cases Of accidents 10 boats
on the Chattahoochee river, and, but few
wears since, saved from drowning lady
new living in our city. The Ethiopian
skin changes, not by his own power, II is
true---stil il changes. What is the eIpla-
nation Of this strange physiological Pitt
nomenonf
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-02-09

BRIo. GEs. SrRAHL.-ln the death OF this
officer the army Of Tennessee has lost one
Of lis most promising young officers, and
Tennessee a gallant son. At the breaking
out of the war, Gen. Strahl was quite
young man, and hsd just engaged IN le-
gal practice in Drer county. he was among
the FIRST 10 volunteer, and entered the ser
vice as lieutenant, from which position ne
had meritoriously risen TO the rank he neid
At the time Of his death. His brigade u q
band Of heroes, who will soreiy lament the
loss of their loved commander.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-02-09

BTwe have been compelled to draw on
our old exchanges for nearly all the contents
of o.day paper, not having received any
exchanges for over ten days
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-02-09

In The house Of representatives the nit
ira,y committee reported general eremp-
ton bill. The clause in regard to exemp-
ton Of the press is materially changed;
also that in relation TO teachers, erempting
only teachers OF colleges, theological semi
naries, and military academies; on nevspa-
reis, one editor for each paper, and such
printers and pressnen as the editor VIII
ce,ui, on oath are indispensable.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-02-09

np-Subseripion 20 tae nonsIon Telegraph aud tho
Austin Gazette received at this Office, a, the publish
I'd rates.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-02-09

The BUTLER PORTER ExPEDIrroS,-T
Petersburg Express Of yesterday says From
oil accounts, never did m expedition suffer
more than has this Porter Butler affair,
which has 80 signally failed off tho mouth
of Cape Fear.
Old Neptune tumbled and tossed these fell
lows about ike so many potatoes, and sea.
sick ness became universal. Even the horses,
We are told went overheard along with the
swallowed but undigesied ratons of Buffers
army, and sutch 'cascadng," aud retching
and grooming were probably never before
seen. OF the coast OF North Carolina, from
Hattears TO the Cape Fear, there prevails,
at this season Of the year, what nautical
men term n "cross sea, and its effects upon
persons unused to going down to the sea in
ships are well nigh heartrending. We
have seen men on the boat ti0m Wilmington
to Charleston offer 5000 in COLL to be put
ashore, and we have known ladies so pros,ra-
ted from the sea sickness that they had 10
be lifted from the cars 10 the omnibus in
Petersburg. although they had iravee over
two hundred miles by rail after landing at
Wilmington. Our word for it, that Bntler
the beast, and all his comrades, white and
black, will recollect the expedition to Will
mington the latest day of their lives
Richmond Wing, Jan. 2.
The defeat OF the grand attempt against
Wilmington, for which thank God, is a mat
ter of universal congratuaion among our
CT liens. Everybody is lleas,d and jubi-
liant.
Liberal praises are showered upon the Off
cers in.command, and ventthinksgivings
,lre offered 10 Him who fought for us by SEN
ding his gales upon the deep. The attack
of the enemy, which ceased on the 10Th,
became an escape ON the 9th; on the 2Sth
there great feet of monitors and transports
had disappeared behind the oceans convex
ity. Whittier gone WI, know not yet.
gale on the night Of the 27ih, overlook them,
with what effect we have not heard.-Rich-
nasnd Sentinel Dec. 80.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-02-09

Cato at eighty years Of age, thought prop
m 70 learn the Greek language.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-02-09

TERMs-ons copy, per annum, -Four Dollars pay
sblr IN advance; shorter period In proportion.
ADyERrIsfNI-0np Dollar per square OF ten
Inns or rsa, Chs sI1 iyPe for The hrsl insertion,
and 80 crats 'or ZACH subsequent insertion.
Wheat, or produce Of any Mind that we can usr
taken at the beat market price, for all dues 10 this Of
nes.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-08-10
Iowa State Teachers Association,

The annual meeting of the Iowa State
Teachers Association for 1885 will be held
ut Oskaloosa, August CPS.
The following is the general order oil
business:
Addresses during the evening by the
President Of the Association, Hon. q. Fa-
willie, State Superintendent; Prof. VIM. +.
Phelps, A. NJ, Principal State Normal
School, Minnesota, and late Principal State
Normal School, New Jersey; and Hon. n.
Batsnan, late Superintendent of Public
instruction, Illinois.
Addresses during the day by L. NJ. Has
tings, Superintendent of Decatur county,
and w. o. Hiskey, Principal Davenport
High School.
Subjects for discussions:
GLOW are we to obtain supply of good
teachersi'' ..
1.-THE education Of the freedmen of the
State
"The relationship of State Teachers As
sociations to County Institutes and Depart
ments of Public Instruction" ...
Other work will be announced, when the
of daily exercises appears.
THE citizens OF Oskaloosa have made lib
eral arrangements for the entertainment of
teachers during the week. ...-.
+. NJ. WITTER, Chm Ex. CON-,
Muscatine. Iowa.
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Sheriff Derby. who is frequently called
upon to visit different parts ofthe county,
has kindly consented TO raceive sribScrip-
tons for the Weekly Courier, and we hope
he will be able in a short time to furnish
every citizen OF the county an opportunity
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tant recommendation of giving county
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The Daily Courier, containing the news
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found especially interesting and valuable
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general news of tho day, il will furnish full
reports of all county news. markets, &C.,
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Intending to spare no effort or expense
to promote the interests of this locality and
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we ask circulation corresponding to our
endeavors to promote the public Interests
and such as we may deserve.
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Republican Convention.

The Union ole ctors OF wapelic county win meet
In Delegate Convention on Saturday, the 18Th day
Of August, 1868, a: the Court House in Ouumwa, a,
o'clock of said dav, for the purpose of nom.
mating candidates for the following Offices, viz:
One Senator two Representatives, County Judge
County Treasurer: Sheriff, and Coroner.
The quota Of representation will be Eve delegate,
from each Township.
The several Townships in the county will meet In
mass convention in their resp Give townships, on
saturday, the 18th day of August. and select dele.
gates to represent them In said Convention.
All who have given a hearty support to the Ad.
minstra'ion in the suppression Of the Rebellion
the punishme mt Of treason. and who desire the
t'ration of the Union upon the Arm principles OF
right and justice, are invited to participate.
JOSEPH HAYNE Cen Com
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We learn from the Oskaloosa Herald
drowned on Saturday last in North skunk,
near Cox's mill, while attempting to cross
the river in a canoe. Thecanoe hit a snag
andhe fell overheard and was drowned.
Abraham Hawkins, Of Mahas1a county,
sheared from ayoarling eve ~ pounds and
ounces of wool-carcass 50 pounds. That
beats Arson Moore, of Washington county.
We CLEAN from the Oskaloosa Herald.
The Capitol Building, under the dircc-
ton of the Census Board, consisting Of the
Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor and
Treasurer, is undergoing some radical re-
pairs. The roof, which had become de-
pressed in places, has been Strengthened
up. The ceiling of the Hall of Represen-
tatives and Senate Chamber, is receiving
a new coat of plastering, and the inside
wood work will be painted and polished
up until it shall look rs nice as a new pin.
The different offices are to be repainted.-
The old carpeting on the floors Of the Halls
has been transferred to the Supreme Court
Room, and it's place will be supplied by a
splendid quality of mating, imported from
Chicago. Register.
Our distinguished felIow-c citizen Major
General Curtis, reached his home at this
place "Wednesday evening. For four years
he has given to the cause of the Union an
able and efficient support. Whenthe full
history of the rebellion is written, to the
services Of General Curtis will be given a
marked place, and his march through Ar
kansas and Missouri to Helena will ever
I'LL bright page in the record Of brilliant
military achievements.-GateC rtv.
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.aBThe Township meeting To appoint
delegates to represent Center township in
the County Convention to be held on the
10Th inst, will be held at the Court House.
at o'clock p. m, next Saturday, the 18th
inst. Don't forget it! ST..
Wewould remind the Union men through
out the county that Township Meetings are
appointed in every township on Saturday,
the 18th inst, TO choose delegates to attend
the County Convention. Let every Union
man attend, and select such delegates as
will fairly reflect the will OF the VOTERS
Don't neglect these meetings and then. af-
Ter the Convention is over, complain that
not in favor of.
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The soldiers who have perilled their lives
n rigbtto exercise a potent voice in the ad-
ministration of the Government. and we
hope the soldiers who have returned and
resumed the duties of civil life, will duly
appreciate the duties and responsibilities
devolving upon them. They have eX-
changed the bullet for the ballot, il is true
but we hope they will rccollect that the
ballot now is as important and potent an
instrumentality as the bullet was while the
war lasted. We have faith in the soldiers.
The men who have barred their breasts to
the hail Of battle i'm defense OF liberty, are
not the men to abandon and betray that
oause at the polls. They come back to
their homes on the eve Of an important
election. in which they will be called upon
to participate. We trust they will interest
themselves i'm the election. that they will
attend the primary meetings in their soy
eral townships, and that they will he large
ly represented in the county nominating
convention. So far AZ the offices are con
cerned, we recognize the right and justice
of comforting upon those who have been
disabled by woundsand ncapacitated from
following the ordinary avOcations OF life.
the offices in the gift of tho people. This
is jttst rule. These men have saved the
Countrywide country should now take care
oi them.
We have been much pleased with the
department and bearing Of the soldiers
who have returned from the war. They
have been through a. hard school it is true,
but they haze had experience, have seen
life in its various phases, have been sub
jected to discipline, have learned while de-
Tending their own rights to respect the
rights of others; in short they come ont of
the war more manly, cultivated. intelli-
gent, and, We are sure, better nien than
they went into into it.
We have limited above, and We repeat,
that the duties and obligations Of the sol
diers 10 the country were not terminated
when Richmond was taken and Lee cap
tured. The war leaves the country in "a
condition very far from one OF safety and
security. Hostile forces no longer con
front each other on the field, but the .ic-
mpnts OF mischiri are still actively al work
and threaten destruction iii some new form.
The rebel States must be Reconstructed;
the Union sentiment which has carried us
through the war, must he np.'Orted; Tia,
public credit must he maintained, and es-
pecially the willy arts of denagogues, VIII"
are always Omnipreseut vt such times a.
these, must be thwarted. We shall look
for potent assistance in the political work
before the country, from the soldiers who
have been spared.
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The President is not granting pardons to
rcdcls by The wholesale As some newspaper
correspondents at Washington would have
the public think. Thus far, i'm fact, only
about tifsy pardons have been granted by
the President.
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The publisher Of the new Chicago City
Directory, whose canvass Of the city for
names has been concluded, estimates the
Increase Of the population Of the CITY, du-
ring the past year at about 5000. Accord
ing 10 this estimate. the population of Chi
eago is in the neighborhood of go, 900.
Journal. ....
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THEIR PLATFoRM.-The Copperhead De-
mocracy are giving us their platform by
installments. They had private con-
vention in New York the other day. The
platform as ii now stands is; f.. -...-
LIST Plank.-Jeff. Davis must and shall
be preserved. -.I. .. -.a. .ngtra
I'd Plank.-Failure Of the rebellion but
temporary. .... f.#W'
3D. Plank.--The rebellion must and shall
he revived ''in another way gr.o
4th Plank.--Mrs. Surratt's Indignation
has excited the Indignation of the ''worJd."
5th Piank.-Emancipati IA farce--slave-
~ TO be restored. -.-. f..t.. .'at.
9th Plank.-"The South to be represented
in Congress by none who are not soul and
body in favor of Southern Independence"
Iowa and Ohio papers please copy.
For further particulars address j. D.,
Fortress Monroe, or j. b., Wheatland, Pa
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no healthy man ought to remove into
Caledonia county, Vermont. The afflicted
people there required 3,lH gallons OF liquor
Ia Al wear as medicine.
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Nashville. August !

At tho convention of colored people of
Tennessee, held in this State to-day, Nelson
Walker was elected chairman. He stated
the object of the meeting to be to petition
the Legislature and send delegates to Wash
ington, asking the privilege of the elective
franchise, and to lay their grievances be-
fore the people of the State.
Several speeches were made I'm further
ance of the object of the meeting. A COM
mittce on resolutions will he appointed
tomorrow. .......