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Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-12-09
SoUTu CARoLINA.--It will not be

SoUTu CARoLINA,---lt will not be
surprising to our readers, in and out
Of this State, to learn that we suf-
fered greatly from the recent war,
OF Sl5, 900 900 in bank stock, all is
lost. OF 5000, 900 bills in circula-
ton, the market value is not more
than 20 per cent, or three insu-
rance companies, neither can con-
tinue business. OF $40, ,000,0 in
railroads, no dividends can be cX.
pected. OF five thousand houses in
Charleston, fifteen hundred have
been burned, and others almost IT.
rcparably damaged. OF estates of
deccdants and minors, and Of
property in litigation, four fii(hs arc
represented by Confederate securi-
tbs, and are therefore valuclcss.
OF our many merchants, lately Of
large capital and unblcmishcd credit,
few have assets to pay the small
debts against them at the beginning
Of the war. OF the many large and
valuaclc estates in Beaufort district
and the adjacent islands, all have
been abandone.., -, and many have
been sold for taxes OF the large
cotton estates, still further from the
scaboard, many have been desolated.
OF the cotton on hand at the begin
ming, and raised during the war,
/ amounting in value to ut least $20,.
100000, the larger portion has been
taken or destroyed. OF the stock,
horses, hogs, cattle, farming imple-
ments, utensils, furniture, and silver
ware, all but an inconsiderable
amount have been consumed, de-
stroyed or taken.
or the money in the hands Of our
citizens at the commencement Of the
war, or accruing from the sale Of
property, or the practice of profess
sions, or the payment Of debt, all
has been invested in securities, Of
which nine -tenths have no possible
value. OF the debts uncollected,
few are expected to be paid. Ofthe
debts uncollcctcd, few are expected
to be paid. OF the funds Of churches,
colleges, charitable institutions, and
societies, all, also. or nearly all havs
been sunk. OF the lands of the
State not held by the Government,
little has any market value. Into
this frighttul gulf of ruin has also
beeu swept the value Of 100000
slaves, estimated few years since
ct $2OO,OOO,O00. And thus, there
fore, of the S400,00O,OO0 worth of
property in this State in 1860, but
little more than S50,O0O,000 now re-
Mains Charleston paaef.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-12-09

TIE ECuoLERA.-This dreaded Wis
liant has undoubtedly made its ap-
pearancc in this country, and creates
quite an alarm and excitement in
New York city. There is still rca.
son to hope that New Orleans will
escape its scourgc. 1t does not Of
ten happen that we are exempted
from any of the Affections that cities
are heirs to. In the way of pesti-
lential diseases we usually have our
full share. There is one consola-
ton, however, that we are generally
prepared for such visits, in the more
resigned, self-possessed and philo-
sophie temper aud disposition ofour
people, especially of our older resi-
dents, who have had so large an ex-
perience of epidemics and pesti-
iences. Our citizens do not run away
from epidemics, or fall into panics
and give way to terror which gen
orally proves so potent an ally Of
pestilence. They remain at their
posts, bravely discharging the duties
of humanity, and taking care of
their afflicted fellow citizens. Thus
is calamity stripped much ofits hor-
ror, and the otherwise fearfu!ly de-
structive power Of epidemics limit
ed and restrained within bounds.
The apprehended return ola dis
ease which has paid Us several de
structive visits, will we nope, ind
our people in their old frame IF
mind and moral frmncsss Their
temper and manliness will be com
municatcd to the rest of our popu-
iation, and thus shall we be able to
confront this grim visitant, as he
ought to be met, with firm manly
aspect, and with the full and free
exercise of that prudence, good
sense, and careful observance Of
proper sanitary regulations, which
alone can enable us to wrestle sue
cessfully with him.
These sanitary regulations are
simple and few. They may, indeed,
be all resolved into sober, tempe
rate mode of living, careful avoid
ance of excitement and regularity
of habit. Medicines and artificial
remedies are of little avail. 1t is
in the minds and habits Of the peo-
pie we must find the true and only
resources to disarm and defeat the
power of pestilence.-Ptc.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-12-09

certainty of title and the military
domination and unsettled character
Of the people Of the South, Of all
values, and the consequent worth
lcssness of the measure in a finan.
cial point of view. But further, and
worse, it would show on the part of
the Administration such an utter
disregard of law, Of constitutional
rights and the principles Of free
government. as would lead either to
revolution or the entire wiping on'
of freedom North rs well rs South
Pr0U. r.. ~ Post.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-12-09
An Incident of the War.

fTom the metropolitan Fecord'
ron one occasion, during the war in Vir
ginia General LEE was lying asleep by ih'
W ysidc, when an army Of 10000 mer
passed by with hushed voices and footsteps
lest they should disturb his slumbers.
O'ercome with WEAKNESS and care,
The war-worn veteran lay
On the green turf of his native land,
And slumbered by the way,
The breeze that sighed across his brow
And smoothed its deepened lines,
Fresh from his own loved mountains bort
Tho murmur Of their pines;
And the glad sound Of waters,
The blue rejoicing streams,
Whose sweet familiar tones were blest
With the music Of his dreams;
They brought no sound of battles din,
shrill ffe or clarion,
But only tenderest memories
OF his own fair Arlingtoni
While thus the cheftain slumbered,
Forgetful of his care,
The hollow tramp Of thousands
Came sounding through the air;
With ringing spur and sabre,
And trampling feet ey come,
Gay plume and rustling banner,
And fife and trump and drum;
But soon the foremost column
Sees where, beneath the shade,
In slumber calm as childhood,
The wearied chief is laid;
And down the line murmur
From lip to lip there ran,
Until the stilly whisper
Had spread to rear and van;
And Ger the host silence
AS deep and sudden fell
As though some mighty wizard
Had hushed them with n spell;
And every sound was muffled,
nd every soldiers tread
Fell lightly as mothers
Round her baby's cradle-bed;
And rank and file and column,
So softly on they swept,
It seemed n ghostly army
Had passed him as he slept
But mightier than enchantment,
Was that whose magic wove
The spell that hushed their voices
Deep reverence and love.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-12-09

mans, Italians, Americans and Irish
mon to make crops, in the less fer,
tile and aifluent districts, without
negro labor at all.
BY all means let US encourage
immigration-it is the sur,st and
spcediest road to National power
and wealth, BY supplying the de-
mands of agriculture, it will open
other fields of industry to the arti.
zan and the manufacturer. We will
possess in ourselves all the requi-
sites of life, and where we now use
articles of foreign production, We
will be able to furnish other nations
with them.-N. 0. Delta.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-12-09
ANOTHER PLAN.

The Rev. G. X. Marshall of Mis-
sissippi, whose name has become as
rcvered for practical humanity du-
ring the bloody period just passed,
as it has always been for piety and
eloquence, has lately submitted a
plan to the people Of Mississippi for
encouraging emigration into that
State from the North and from Eu-
rope.
This question of filling up the gaps
in our system of labor, which have
been occasioned by war and emanci-
patton, ought to engross the erieus
attention of our law -givers; and as
the Legislature is to meet to-day, we
deem it our duty to lay before them
all the lights obtainable, in order
that the true way to remedy may
be as clear as experience and inqui-
ry can make it.
Doctor Marshall proposes Joint
Stock Companies, Of whose opera
tions lands must be the basis, and
recommends to the owners to sub
scribe, into a common fund. as much
of their lands as they find them
selves at present without means to
cultivate. By this process hundreds
of thousands Of acres, once under
cultivation, but now choked up with
weeds and briars, and as useless as if
the waves Of the ocean rolled over
them, could by liberal inducements
to the people-who are already flock
ing in from otherregions to the South
as to q common centre-be in a We.
ry few years, made far more remun-
erative than they were ever hither-
to. Doctor Marshall recommends
that the landholders should mass
together in every county, so as to
offer an uninterrupted extent of
soil sufficient for colonies Of one Ian
guage, one religion, and Of harmon
ious social relations; and shows the
advantage of having the lands sur
veyed and properly laid out into lots
and roads, and Of furnishing water
privileges for mill sites for villages,
and eligible grounds for churches
and institutions of learning, ETC.
Agents should be sent to open offices
in Europe, steamers chartered and
emigrants engaged, whilst it is
urged upon the State Legislature to
advance the means for the purchase
of two or three steamers to facilitate
the objects of the companies. The
stock should be transferable, by
which capitalists would invest large
ly; and as soon as great body of
plantations belonged to a company,
it could show solid basis for ener-
gctic and business operations.
Lands, for raising hops in the No
hawk Valley, New York, are worth
from $500 to s60Oper acre; the same
quality of land with us, on which
hops, the castor bean, cotton, sorg-
hum, rice, tobacco, corn, wheat bar
ley, potatoes, peaches, beans, ETC.,
grow to perfection, can now be pur-
chased for SO and SIS per acre. With
liberal and judicious land compa-
nies these acres could in ten years
be made as valuable as those in the
Mohawk Valley.
1t is foolish to say the white la
borer is not stable enough to be re-
lied on for the cultivation of our
great staples. Give him an inter-
est, either for life or for years, in the
soil which he this, and he will give
no reason for complaint on that
score. And as to the belief that the
white man could not make cotton,
DIR. Marshall affrms they have al
WAYS made II; he hss known Ger.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-12-09

Sir Walter Scott tells a story Of a
Scotch minister, who, on an icy
winter Sabbath, threatened his con-
gregation with everlasting torment
in thick ribbed ice. Being taxed
with the heretical tendencies ofsuch
a version, the crafty Scot replied:
I'D no try to scare sinners TINS
could weather by making 'ein think
about hot fire. "
GLOW do you like the character
Of St. Paul?'' asked parson Of his
landladv one day, during a conver-
sation about the old Saints and the
Apostles. "Ahl he was a good,
clever old soul, l know, for he once
said, You know, that we must eat
what is set before ms, and ask no
questions for conscience sake. L
always thought 1 should ike him
for = bosrdsr
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-12-09

GOLD DISCOVERED IN MINNESOTA.
Valuable veins of gold are said to
have been recently discovered at
Lake Vermillion, near the Minneso-
ia shore of Lake Superior, as well
as an abundance of iron ore of the
best quality. An analysis of the
gold-bearing quartz by the assayer
of the Philadelphia mint proves
them to be as rich, it is said, as those
Of the famed Nevada mines.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-12-09
REPAIRING SOUTHERN RAILROADS

REPAIRING SOUTHERN RAILROADS.
-Advices state that the work of re-
opening railroads in the South is
progressing rapidly. Railway COM
munication from Georgia, Alabama,
and Tennessee, via Knoxville,
Lynchburg and Alexandria, is now
complete with the North, with
freight tariffs at extremely mode
rate rates. The Tennessee and Geor-
gia, the East Tennessee, the Vir-
ginia and Tennessee, and the Or
ange and Alexandria railroads, con-
Meeting virtually from Washington
to Atlanta Ca, will transport the
remains of soldiers from the battle
fields along this route, free of cost.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-12-09

During the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1865, the number Of dead
letters returned to the Dead Letter
Office in Washington was little
under 100000. These contained
$3.50, 900 in cash, besides many 9TH
er articles of value. One million
three hundred thousand Of these
letters we're returned TO the writers.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-12-09

NEGRO VoTINa.-There are only
two States in the Union where the
negro is allowed to vote without q
property qualification. They arc
Vermont and New Hampshire; the
former of which has only so negro
voters. and the latter, 100.
In Massachusetts, every voter
must, within two years, have paid
a State or county tax, unless cXcus-
ed from taxation.
In Rhode Island, q voter must
own real estate to the value Of one
hundred and thirty-four dollars, or
of the clear yearly value of seven
dollars, over any ground rent.
A colored person is not allowed to
vote in New York, unless he has re-
sided in the State three years, and
is a freeholder in value Of two hun
dred and fifty dollars, and paid tax
thereon.
Massachusetts, which does not, at
home, allow any man to vote who
has not paid State or county tax
directly-for they all pay it indi-
rectly-is very desirous that the
Southern States shall allow negroes
to vote, without such discrimina-
ton. She goes in for universal
black suffrage at the South, while
denying it to her poor whites at
home. This is Massachusetts, phil
anthropy, or preference for negro
to withholding Argus.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-12-09

DIR. Hunter MCGUIRE, a citizen Of
Winchester, Va, and formerly Med
ical Director on the staff of Stone
wall Jackson, has been appointed
Professor of Surgery in the Medi-
cal College at Richmond.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-12-09

A clergyman in Cincinnati cate
chising the youth of his own church
put the first question from a cate
chism to girl:
what is your consolation in life
and death p
The girl smiled, but did not an
swer The clergyman insisted
swell, then" said she, "since | must
tell, it is a young primer named
H, on Sycamore street.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-12-09

A report recently presented to
the London Academy of Medicine
states that since "spiritualism' be-
came in vogue, cases of insanity
have augmented twenty-five per
cent.
The address of the negroes, who
have just left Lynchburg for Libo-
ria, to their former masters, Is very
touching. They say: "We know
you have been our best friends, and
we feel it more now that we are
free" Some of the ablest papers
are advocating a revival Of the At
rican Colonization Society, contend
ing that Liberia is the only place
for our freedmen.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-12-09

(Which, my dear lady, do you
think the merriest place in the
world2 "That Immediately above
the atmosphere that surrounds the
earth. / should think. And why
SO? "Because / am told that all
bodies lose their grarity. "
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-12-09
TIN SHOP.

II P. HILL would respectfully in
% FORM the eitzsns Of Dallas and The surrounding
oou.try. that be has opened a TN SHOP u the
room Main street, formeriy occupied b. the Gov.
srnneut - . t.ddls-trse shop where he is prepared
% Do al vsrk IN his line and will in short time
nave On hsni = fun sssortment Of al kinds Of
Tin-ware, Cooking stoves, sc.
Espsirins done and rev work made to order ct the
He respectfully solicts shars Of public patronage,
srd hs-inr srpsrsncs of hftsen years, fssls
b-slfntigr IN Eusrtntesing al v0rk 70 Be done IN
bslss. TsTss. y-'- ita isg--4sf
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-12-09

FASHIONABLE PRovERBs.-"Pride
must have a WATERFALL =
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-12-09
MALE AND FEMALE SCHOOL.
DALLAS, TEXAS.
BOARD OF INSTRUCTION.

DALLAS, TEXAS.
BOARD OF INSTRUCTION.
r. D. COUGHANOUR, Principal.
Mrs. Lou. C0UGHAN0UR, AsssfdnL
TIIE above institution was open
Il ID on
Monday, sept. 4. 1900.
Rates Of Tuition per Session ofIWenty "eehs'
m,,.bIn and rirs, Principles ofArithme'ie, SIS 90
sElpSD rLAss-Englsh Gr.mmaT, Ge9gra,
g. .t,,, Language, Mental and Written
hv'bme,i, and ,omp0sili 10 w
r.s' ~. tss-Aigcbra, Geometry, Astron'
omy ChSmistIy. Mental ana Mora, rhGs' In,. o, IN
OCCIDENTAL ""
The above prices are in Legal Currency, Specie Ia
Each student viii be charged from the time of en-.
erng school until the close Of tho same, with posi-
i.sIy no deduction r lost time, except IN cases " pro-
The school will DO taught In the brick building re.
Gently occupied by Rev. Charlie, Carleton.
Daila,, Toxss, Aug 18th, ls65-4s;ly
NAT NJ. BURrORD.........JoHN C. MCCOY.
,URFDRD g. MCCOY,
attorneys e. nounsellOrs at Law,
DALLA2, TEXAS.
avg u. l6.5 --t3.tt,
GEO W GUESS ................J. X. p. RECORD.
GUESS g. RECORD,
Attorneys & COunsellOrs at Law,
DALLAS, TEXAS.
WILL practice their profession in all the coun-
w ties Of the 10th Judicial District, and in tho
Supreme Court at Austin.
Dallas, Texas, September l, lsG6-5l:f.
E. PrLLor........A. LASoTrE. .......L. b. MIcnArD.
E. Pilot s. Co.,
General G-TOCcrR
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Congress Street, opposite sydpor's Auction Store,
HOUSTON, TEX AS,
IIAVING established ourselves in Houston, to do
III General Grocery, Factorage and Commission
Busn ess we respectfully solicit share of the pat
ronags OF our friends throughout the State.
We will give our attention particularly to Texas
produce. Cotton, Wool, and good Flour wanted
We are prepared to make CASH advances on all pro.
dnce consigned 10 us.
Texas, and Western Produce, and Imported Groce-
ries, Wines and Liquors, always on hand.
F. PILOT co
Rsferences--T. W. House, and j. Kennedy, Hous.
ton, and Messrs Horton Newton, Dallas.
fsep 23-2:6moal
The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-06-14
immigration.

The N. Y Tribune attributes the in.
crease of immigration since the lst Of
May to "the inducenent of high wages
and that of free homesteads held out
by the United States Government
through the new bureau of immigra.
tion." Accounts from Ireland and
Germany all agree that immigration
during the next few months, will be
very large. A recent letter from Ham.
burg says
"On the 2Sth of April, the throng oi
emigrants from Mecklenburg was Sc
large that an extra train on the railway
from Hagenan to Hamburg became ne
cessary. Five thousand emigrants from
the different parts of Mecklenburg
had been collected at the former place,
all young, fresh, and merry people.
This number was chiefly recruited from
the rich, feudal districts of Malchin,
Gustrow, and Butzow, where the social
and political condition of the people,
with the exception Of the MOBILES, is
greatly depressed"
The improved character of the pres
ent immigration is also noticed, and
the fact that 60 per cent. of the aggreo
gate number now arrive in steamers
proves that most of the emigrants have
some pecuniary means"
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The Hand of God in Great ETents,

The Boston Post, in an editorial I'M
der the head Thoughts for the Day,
says with great force:
No people was ever taught tie lesson
of direct dependence upon Heaven
more thoroughly than we. The course
of war has inculcated it at every stage
Where we felt the most assurance we
have as often failed We have been
directed into paths which ourselves We
should not have elected to follow. Oul
unwilling steps have proved the most
direct tc the place of safety. The
wisest councils of our wisest men have
been thwarted by events again and
again. Unlocked for instruments o.
deliverance have been placed upon oul
hands. The humble have succeeded
in confounding the high and mighty
Devices which were built mainly or en-
tirely on human skill have been put
aside as child puts away its toys
Wherever we have looked for help, i
we have averted our faces from HEAVIER
we looked invariably in vain. Th'
Ruler of the universe has visibly led VI
through the miraculous maze of ou
national peril; and to Him we mus
continue to appeal for safety an'
guidance if we would continue one peo
pie, and enjoy lasting prosperity anc
happiness.
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Crops.
v-,,, ~. rv,rs,ins Ind , Journal

From the ENhnhNlle kAnu soutAai.
We are gratifed to learn from in
teIligent farmers that the wheat crop
in this region of country looks very
nrounisiug Our friend Geo. B Dennis
informs US that his wheat is as fine as
ne ever grew, and will be ready for har-
vesting next week His corn, which
was planted early, is knee high, has
been thrice gone through, and looks
as well he thinks as any he ever sa "
Generally corn planted early looks well,
unless on very low ground; late planted
has not advanced sufh oiently TO de-
ternine its ststus
The Vincennes Sun says
Crops in this vicinity look remarka-
blv promising. Wheat oats and barley
are particularly hne, and large yields
are confidently anticipated Corn Is
sonewhat backward, but there is ample
time for il 70 come out and farmers are
generally hopeful
Saws the Jeffersonian: The farmers
have been very busy planting corn dur.
ing this week The great majority Of
them sre through with this process
Wheat harvest will soon be here. The
wet weather has damaged great deal
of the wheat, and there viii hardly b'
an average crop in johnson county the
present season
Saws the Delphi Times. The prospec'
of the hay crop is said BY the farmer
to be exceeding gly aattering. Noreaily
correct idea OF the corn crop can ye
be arrived st. but the present indica
tons are good. The fly, we understand
has commenced on the wheat and ha
made fearful ravages in some sections
The prospect for q nne crop OF frui
was never better. Potatoes and 81
, other kinds of vegetables look splen
, did.
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Reciprocal Duty.

We extract from an article in the
Boston Journal of Monday lest the fol.
lowing very commonsense and prac-
tically just view Of the duties of "con-
citation"
"We observe that nearly all the rebel
chiefs who have given their views on
the subject insist strongly upon the i'm
portance of conciliating the people Of
the South, and our own papers have
had much to say to the same effect. 1t
is all well so far as it goes. We ought
to take every rational and proper meth
cd to conciliate the Southern people at
this time. But are they not under some
obligation to conciliate us2 Does the
mere fact that they have been defeated
ed in the conflict of arms, into which
they dragged the Government, obliter-
ate all the Just indignation which their
unproVoked and bloody course
fraught with the death and misery of
hundreds of thousands of innocent
peoples too well calculated to. keep
alive in every loyal hear2 This IS no
plea for vindietiveness, which we abb
nor We hold that the North ought 10
forgive and forget with the utmost
Christian alacrity and heartiness. But
we maintain that there is nothing
which makes charity and kindliness
the duties of the North towards the
South which does not also require re-
ciprocation of the same duties by the
South towards the North"
We would respectfully commend the
above remarks to our ''erring brothers
who have returned from the South, and
seem to regard it as their prerogative
to require their friends and the govern
ment to make conciliatory advances to
them-some of them saying. "if we are
let alone, we will behave ourselves as
good citizens. But, if disturbed we viii
not stand it. They make very grave
mistake as to their status. They have
no right to demand anything. They
involved the nation in war, and sought
to take its life. They were foiled and
whipped. If they wish any one, who
has a proper love of country, to treat
them respectfully and conciliatory, it is
their duty to show themselves worthy
of such treatment. They can make
nothing by dogmatical, or domineer>
ing airs. The time for all description
of plantation manners has passed never
more to return.