Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1866-03-31

boy might take TINT instrument aud IN iva
hours 20 amend IL ~ IN hrrmuniye with tho
Constitution Of tho United States, rs a.
mcuiel, ani that h about Nh the people ex.
Ioci or desire, the Convention 10 Do. They
Hrc not legislative budy--ciu ennet mo-
law which shall be- final or binding until
ratified BY the sovereign people They eau
I only propose constitution 10 the peOple,
and we are sure II 10 comes smelling Too
srong Of The negro, Il will be hurled back
upon them, hy tue people, with scorn aud
coRtcmpt. lie people nrc willing that the
negro should be- (rss aud should enjoy every
privilege not Incompatible with the intrtsls
Of the country and established society but
further than this they wW not CO. Every
thing considered, we think, the prospects Of
the country are brigh,ning aud that Dy the
help of God and Andrew johnson The South
will soon roll of the incumbus Of oppression
and resume her quandnm place in the
galaxy Of soyereigutcs under the broad
wgis Of the Constitution,
The Tyler Reporter comes to u0 now reg
ularly but by n very circuitous routo and
is rather old when we receive it, yet it is so
neat and well COTTON up we always read It.
Tie number before US contains the addition
of Religious Department which is controll-
cd By n. 7. Moore, man OF ability, and
wiclds a ready and graceful pen.
The locals of the GalvGstoa News and
Houston Telegraph have had good time re-
Gently sparing and cutting ut each other.
And as the News is about to DO removed
back to Galveston, and leave its local be.
hind, lie takes farewell hit in the follow
ing style;
1.-THE mountain LAHORE and brings forth a
mouse In his column yesterday, the local
Of the Telegraph sets out as though he in
1 tended to demolish us entirely; but on
reading his "column pop We are remind
! cd Of II certain creek we once heard of in
the tar region of North Carolina-so weak
that its waters could not even run down
stream. He, We are sorry to see, bears our
expose Of his musical deficiencies with a
bad grace. lie founders about--half way
defends himself, and makes wild and fruit
less thrusts at US. He is partly on the
offensive and partly on the defensive
neither the one nor the other. Something
like the country miss said of be lover.
"Sorter courtin' an sorter not courtin'-
rather more sorter than sorter not He is
"yery like the fat-boat in gale of wind
"She pitched herself and heaved herself
And up her rudder flung,
Aud every time she heaved herself
A wosser leak she sprung"
But we must bid him farewell, as this is
the last issue of the News in which we can
! ~ 4, 81, ID nj ha
thank his stars for it, as it will doubtless
save him from becoming 'the laughing
stock Of the community" Come over,
neighbor, and take farewell pop with
US, 1.-TWO columns at time, il you can
"face the music
The following Items are from the San
Antonio Express of the 18th inst:
On the 18th instant, man supposed to
be German from New Blaunfrls, was
found hung near the San Pedro Springs.
The Coroners inquest held by Justice
Nordhaus, did not elicit much to explain
the affair. AS about 500 in specie were
found untouched, together with the clothes
done up in bundle; it is probable that
the man committed suicide.
On Wednesday, at French's building a
shooting ARRAY came off between Mr.. Gam
age, the Treasury Agent, and Mr.. VIM.
Elliott, arising from high words that had
! passed between them.
! By the accidental discharge Of gun, in
/ the camp of the 4,h Cavalry, two soldiers
were shot and both died in u few days after
the accident occurred.
The Gazette Of the l7th contains the fol-
lowing items;
BY request tho Hon. L. D. Evans, ad-
dressed our fellow citizens, at o'clock P.
! NJ on yesterday, in the Representative Hall
Of the Capitol, on the political situation Of
the country His speech was on elaborate
one, embracing the political and military
operations Of the past five years. As we
we're unable to hear his entire speech, we
forbear extended comment.
Fine rains have fallen on the route be-
tween here and San Antonio enabling the
planters to get in their corn, with which
they are now busily engaged. The Fall
planting all along the route looks fine,
especially the wheat which seems more
forward than usual.
We see it announced that Gen. Dent
Treasury Agent for this State, has issued
an order prohibiting the furthersezure and
detention of property, and authorizing the
closing up Of all official business through
his su6-agents on the 20,h, inst These in
struetions contemplate speedy termination
of the duties of this Department in the
State. r..
Those inimitsble imitators Of fashion,
the freed women, are coming up to the iates!.
| STYLES of Waterfalls, Balmoral skirts, &c,
with an alacrIty which excites the disgust,
! if not surprise of the beau monde. They dis
/ play variety of taste in their homage to
Fashion, exceedingly ludicrous. To see
them in full paraphernalia as they walk, or
rather strut, our thoroughfares on Sunday
evenings, with their sable attendants, is a
/ sight worthy of the Gods and men. "No
pent up Utica" with the freedmen.
THE EVENING srAR'--Is the title Of
new daily paper to be started about LIST
April in Houston by Il. II. Purdom Co.
1t is to be issued every evening-Sundays
excepted at o'clock. In the prospectus
the proprietOrs say "the destroying tide of
war has swept away old party landmarks,
and we shall advocate only such political
measures as in our humble judgment will
work for the best interests Of tn. country"
Terms in currency: Daily rermonih, Sl,OO,
Six months, IS, SO; One year $1,000. Semi
Weekly, for six months $780, for twelve
months $500.
We infer from what we learn that this
paper will go very far towards filing if it
does not entirely do SO, the vacuum in Hous-
ton, occasioned by the removal Of the News
back to Galveston. The News thus speaks
of Maj. PurdOm:
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