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Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-12-14


The Boston Post, which fl4Stts5rc-e
gates minor itenis, has ficarly Il
column, on the 22d, about Dickens,
in this style; gn
"Dickcns got up yesterday; Dick"
ems got up IN the morning; Dickens
ate his breakfast. Ailcr that Dick
ems picked bis tecth with7-not a
farl< but pick, expressly made for
the purpose, Dickens read the pa
pers Dickens read thn r-~s"' olis pish-
ems says tho Post is sometime funny;
he don say-what it isat tother umos'
Dickens was called pon'yiesterday.'
Flrc representatives of three ehari-
table societies, called, upon him to-
see if he wouldn't put down solne--
thing. lie did so-pnt down. ms.
foot against all suchjntrndeis' Nc
was also called upon by the editor
O f h Q SunsEine indicator; who
wanted him to write Dickens said
he would; and he wrote him (sditor,
Index O bore. Dickens afler I"
while dined. Dickons osa yasrstbe'
Parker House dinners are almost as
GOOD as the English, always dis
Counting bcefand puttcn. Dickens
contradicts the report that he car
ries a ras rain withssbhn:s Heal
ways finds plenty ofthcm wherever
he gocs Dickens says he is Pleased
viii Boston. SAYS il is a good
place, TO sell tickets for lectpisissf,
This is all we shall venture tors
mark ofDickens to-day s'.i5i.,s
That is rE,lier overriding tho
thing Persons who read. it may
we'll exclaim .thc Dickens you say
= Sal. Balletlsstsfi "a O. ssHsias
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-12-14

took place at Cork, to day. In the
procession were eighteen thousand
men aud fifteen hundred women,
aud several priests, Smaller demon
stratlons were G,adc at Manchester
No disturbance at either,
PARIS, Dec. 1T h Q Marquis
Mousticr told the Senate that tho
stay of the Eronch troops in Italy
would be brief, to ensure the safety
OF the Pope ghe question between
he popo aud Italy was ono Of dis
trust, which the conference Sould
remove,
Austria has issued . circular de-
ciaring that il is necessary to the
peace of Europe that the temporal
power of the Pope be sustained.
Austria and France have conclu-
dod u treaty guaranteeing the in.
tcgrity of the Pope's dominions.
Tho French evacuation OF the Pa.
pal States will be completed by
Monday. .f.E % -a.
4 N al
~ Ief.'n i'apsr d. Sass>, ,'onOs;,,o0 ov % 60
Ausir.a "cceP'eu 'nV P'opo''''o' '0'
u conference, ...,...-..,.
Inc other powers exact eAP'an"'
mons or give evasiVe , answers. =
Bullion IN, tho Dank Oh Ehgianu @
has aecrcaseaa m''i'oh anu 'n'eo
quarters. >..soo rho.o Ia.
b, BERLIN, NOV. oo ,,h 60. 80
Deen u l"rgc H'eet'ns e..ys lo,u "otu ,s,ss;aaa a
lhe purpose ot olseuss'n 'f" H.,
Politics ana llnahcos' g. +. .. 10y
severely uehouhceu ,o'e.ens 10 :"
oemagogue anu rep"u'a.or, ,h hnu oo or
nied tliat ms N'eWs s 1wefo VOL 'Ho'o "
inc American PeoPie. D:..,,,,o.
LonhNoI' y EN- ~. ~ ~ ~ =. Wps.,,.;,,s
rom N"Pies sVasp - 'la, n,',. on rsu' '"'
eo.1s'nuv9 1 :, a on In tho Ro;.b
IihNNA, NV. NV ,G ,I,. 1.,,'s .,o CIV % ~
srhlh ycs.eraay .;a ~. udaS uda..a aJ ,J' oS @ nr
new Cons'lsu.,on = .s '1a;aa,oa ma' ~ ,Es Tihor @
as,re"uoqs fes'ss'So0 ~ '"0 -
ans; .95.,t NJ ..,. On 3. 1.o,, Los
I. ,ILohLsoh, i Hos', ~ 'u,as ,.o,,osoS oon n
soo % "'Ieea omo;ai n' ~ mopu,ua ,,os sont
ierGnce' ga an stanSn omiS,a. MY , m"s oia nI
70 .:dan la,00 iI,Io fnoj onswor of Italy
1".,o,I 1d. - Monnioon,s renlv
'0P fJurnpooI Nov 20 The steam
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-12-14
q. M. RAGBY,


III E. A.. IuEDtT. Dallas If1as-
IA uis nate lit-r.i CASH ADVANCES
rn .li errsfErnenfs 81 rafion. uool. hnnr-
se 10 our ionses o. Niiiictn and Bryan
HAsHBLL son.
NHrs,n. July % ls57-4Esn-
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-12-14

How UNCLE SAM SPENDS HIS Mon

Il
EY.AIt has grown to be a provcrb,
that where one dollar is legitimate
ly used by the Government five are
wasted. 10 We find on examining the
reports that the Indian Bureau is
engaged on the construction Of
costly forts at numerous places in
the Indian territory, where they
are of no permanent use, and In
some places where they can be but
Of temporary service. No matter
where the troops may be located,
civilization will soon gather around,
and be able to protect itself. Thus
the line upon which troops are
needed is continually advancing
Troops are needed to-day where
next, year.thore will bo churches,
schools and theatcrs, and where an
Indian will be a rdra auis, Hence
it becomes unnecessary to build
strong and substantial buildings for
& purpose SO temporary. e-s.5g ,,
At Fort -Sedgw;ck preparations
areibeing made forsubstantial build
ines, to cost immense Sums of mon
7ey, Fort Sedgwick is on the oppo-
site side. of the river from Julesburg,
place ofsomeimportance, and we
doubt not will SION be able to take
care of itself. Yet the buildings of
Fort Scdgwick look as If they were
intended to last for all eternity,
Perhaps Fort Sedgwick was es-
tablished before Julesburg, and the
government may not be responsible
| for the planting of the town on tho
other side Of the river but it is a
fact that,it,costs as much to trans
port a pound of freightfr from Jules
burg TO Fort Sedgs'ick as il does
from New York toJulesburg Such
expenditure would not be permitted
in private life e.sloar Dc , !zlefH. iir
i A case exactly TaTallel exists at
North Platte, where Fort McPher-
son is slocated Z under exactly. simi-
lar circumstancesla score of other
posts are kept where they arc mol
necessary, at cost of two millions
leach. Tho red man9is the most ex-
pensive pet that Uncle Sam keeps
l-Gdl. Bulletin. ~ r'rai D. -ash1si
La --s-s ----=ss.s -s-----i Or
q fhe following IS, q skeciA TO th'
| Picaynne Of the 18th; iaT ..eia1
LII hear that after a thorough m
auirv the Radicals have hiled e
/ make out a case against Maryland
| and Delaware, as respects their goy
ernments. These States. il will o.
remembered, were included aHions
those suspected Of having "antl.re-
lpublfcane goyernhents- The
have passed successfully The ordea
of Radical inqaisitiOn as searching
as ii was malignant and Hnneees-
sary
JrDIcIAL- DIsTEcTs The STAT
Gazette says.
Sseeial orders Nc POS. date th
som inst make the. Forth yudicit
4 Dislrjetr as established By tie llt
Legislature. and as changed b
Sree;al Orders No. 6. as the l0i
district and the 17th district
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-12-14
JOHN W. SWINDELLS, PUBLISHER.
rEn,,s--.,n .,G,nHrc.


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Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-12-14


John SHEPPARD, Of chiSsgo, has
been backed 10 walk thence TO New
orleans in twenty days. The wag-
er is a stake Of $1,000. Shepard was
70 start on the 26th, accompanies BY
witnesses at intervels on The road.
The distance from Chicago to New
Orleans isabOut one thousand miles,
and nc will have to average hfty
mics a day, which is considerable
more than any animal conld do for
that long distance. In 1861 shop
hard wsilfed 365 miles in Sc hours
on fhe Garden City Driving PARK
in Chicago, and subsequently be
walked from st. Louis 10 Chicago on
the railroad track. in twodays If
teen hours. Feats Of pedessrianisn
arc an the rrge now, and cham
piOn walkers arc contemplating
several severe journeys.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-12-14

An anccdote is told Of VoFfs'l,
The eminent French surgeon, who
died 4 few years ago, He had sue
,cessfully performed, on Il little child
five years old, u most dificnlt opc-
ration The mother cane To him
and said "Monseur, my son is
saved, and l really know not how to
express my gratitude; allow me,
however, to present you with this
pocketbook, embroidered by my
own hands" ooh madam, replied
Vclpau, sharply, my art is not
merely a question Of feeling My
life has its requirements like yours.
Dress even, which is luxury for
you, is necessary for me. Allow ma,
therefore, to refuse your charming
little present, in exchange for II
more substantial remuneration. -
'But Monsieur, what remuneration
do youdesire? Fix the fee yourself. -
give thousand francs, madam. =
The lady very quietly opened the
pocketbook, which contained ten
thousand franc notes, counted out
five, and, after politely handing
them over to ,Yclpau, retired.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-12-14

FARMING BY MAcALNEE1.--Th"-
correspondent ofe galveston paper
thus writes about the substitution
of mechanical for manual labor:
take the farm Of Elisha Emhgee;,
lying on the fiat, untimkeEed REaiI-'
MO, thYoo or.Eour. .nifos froui Belton.
BY the aid Of the gang plow' and
the 'sulky cultivation, n single hand
on this farm has cultivated t he
present year sixty acres in, corn,
from which will be gathered 25OG
bu hels, and numberless bundles Of
fodder. Just think Of it, the pro-
duet of a single laborcr, and that
laborcr, instead of, like tho ancient
plowmAfl ploddiHg his weary way
he takes his seat rs he would in his
buggy, with his whip in his hand,
and, famed by the brcczes, rides
his crop through from morning tilf
night. Further down on tho Leon,
or, perhaps on the San Gabriel, old
Col, Morgan, (if remember tho
name corrcctly) an old gentichan
who, before the war, was a gentle
man Of great wealth, and lived dur.
ing tho past season, cultivated a
large area of ground by the aid Of
.nachincry, doing the riding ard
driving all by himself at the ago Of
Sixty -fTo years, and has m&lc air
ample crcn." 10 uaa loss
1t h.S taken mankiud sUnuo-foo.-.
thousand years to find out that tho
driver Of u plow had as wei! be-
drawn by the team rs TO walk, Thc
weight Of the man isoail ifsslstent
gravity, useful to kcep'athc faew
down to its work. Tusser's old
maxim that "1Ie who by the plow
would thrive, himself mnst ei;hcr'
hold or drive is improved ON by
our modern machinsts, sThe ptova-
man now both holds aud drives.
We saw that a yoHna lady in Hi
nois cut down some twenty acres.
of wheat in one day. She merely
drove pair Of horses around tho
field until the reaper which they
drew had cut down the wheat.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-12-14
PHILIP WERLEIN,


beg leave to inform my friends and the public
g, ncraiy that have the agency for the stanes OF
Lurs iaud and Texas, of the celebrated new scale
Marschall and Mittauer Plano Fortcs,
which are now the most perfect Pianos, in touch,
tone, durability, Workmanship and finish ofany now
made in Europe or America. am daily receiving
Testimonials Of the superiority OF these Pianos from
The first artists, and even many my most energetic
competitors say they the best Pianos they have
ever seen.
while express my acknowledgment for all past
h,yors. and solicit a contin nance Of the same as
s a nv patrons that their interests shall continue
10 be the object OF my special devotion; ,rrp,r,N
.lrv niece of music or book sent post paid on re-
ceipt of the market prices.
Circulars, Price lists, Illuatrated catalognes oi
Pianos and Organs, catalogues OF usic price ilsts
Of strings (gut and ltalan) and instruments furnish
ed on application.
professors OF music 10 favor me with their orders
which will always he executed with care and prompt
ness at the lowest cash prices. 80
Schools AID Scminaries supplied on the most np-
mr PIP werlein Of the old house will be IN at
tendance and will be happy TO wait On his old friends
"i'a va,sd IN every county In this State, for
sale ~ The celebrated new scale .sarschal Nit
tauer Piano fortes.
De-cription of styles and schedule Of
81 (Carrency) Prices. aa
No -OcTAvE FRONr LARGE RoUND CORNERS,
Moulding on Plinth, Ociagon Legs, carved
Iyre Scroll Desk ...--. -.....-....-..- sooO
No . same as No. I, with carved legs. s5l5
No 4. Z Octave, ront large round corners, mould.
ing on rim and pinih, Gothic legs, carved
Ivr- scroll desk. beveled tOp.......-- SGD
N,.4 same style a. No. 3, with addition OF carved
p. LEGS <r
No q : Ocfave, front large round corners, mould
n Ing and serpentlne moulding on piinth,
T1a carved Iegs and lyre, scroll desk, beveled
ton .....l..-. Soo0
No- G.. : - Octave, front large round corners,
MOULDING on rim and piinth, large seipcn-
- tine rvos1idine on plfnfh. extra carved lef'
anihre.s scroll desk, beveled top ,.---- 500
10 y 7I-s Octave, four vsry large round corners
flushed aIl round. extra heavy moulding
isI on rim and pIintb. serrentine m0uldinl
on rliufh. extra rich carved legs and lyre
extra desk, l,ereied top-------------.--- 700
Ks -T-gn-fa~e. four very large round corners
finished al round. II "a heavy carved
r,suldiues o. rim and p.iuth. elegant ser.
t-ufire moulding On piiDth, superb carved
iers and lire, srtra deck, lcseled iop 500
r7-Ya wE-TnE l. my duly authorized Agent foi
Taflas -aurty. from uhom nuy tuiormafion cen
olfsinea. iss1yl PHILIP "khLhiN.
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-12-14

The FORCE OF TRUTH.-Our ar
ticlc last week on the Registration
Figures has hurt the "howlers' of
the Austin Republican, and they
writhe and sqpirm under this kccl
of truth. ThcJ cam not escape us.
The Throckmorton and Pcase elee-
ton will not do. The compliments
to the patriotism and bravery OF the
soldiers of Texas, coupled with their
wholesale slaughter, will not con-
vince these men that they have not
been unjustly excluded from the
ballot box. The white population
Of this State isfully 100000. Ifany
ono doubts it, let him consides the
difference ofthe popuiatiat of Gal.
WESTON and Houston in 1850 and
now. The increase in those cities,
alone, IS equal to 10000. Wewhite
population of the State in 1850 was
400, ,S91. Add the increase of bat
two cities and we have upwards OF
4bo, 600, leaving all the other cities,
towns and counties in the State to
make up the balance. The great
white immigration all ldover the
State, and especially inaits north
eastern portion, cannot be Ftresttc.nc :
cd. Fally 10000 white citizens oil
Texas have been excluded from
voting and moro than Al, ,0o0 FeSroes
are registered to make Constitutions O
Z and laws for them. This is the true
state Of the case, and neither soph-
istry nos bluster can conceal or sns-
I tain it.-Sfdfe G0zetfe %, inst. sri
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-12-14

! JrDIcIAL- Districts -Ihe '>lA'e
Gazette says. "a.
e0tR inst. make the.Forth yudlciai
oislrie.,r as established By he llth
I,egislature. and as changed by
Sree;al Orders No e5. as the l6ih
d:si:ict and the l7th district
Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-12-14

| beg leave to inform my friends and tho public
e, ncraliy that have the agency for the btanes OF
louisiana and Texas, of the celebrated new scale
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-04-12

into temptation.
" We clip the following items
from that sterling Union paper. tho
Nashville Press & Tmes.t N
ELECTIONS IN TUE WEsT-The elec. s
tion returns from Western cities show
a remarkable Repub lean Strength
Cincinnati has elected q Republican
Mayor 1880 majority. The average
majority is over 5000. The RepubIi.r
can gain is over6O0. III indianapolis
We sweptthe field. Next fall we sban
have the pleasure of adding Nashville
to the list Of Republican cities By elect
ing q municipal ticket, by at least
1900 majority, Weare certain Of it.
" Hon, W. B. Stokes addressed a
fine crowd at SmithvilIe on Monday
for one hour. His speech was well
received. ~, y.
SUFFRAGE IN OHio.-Ohio is follow.
ing the policy marked out by this
State on the suffrage question. Her
Legislature has adopted constitu-is
tional amendment enfranehisine ne,
groes and disfranehising deserters
from the Union army and rebels. The
Republieans supported the amend.
mont, and the Conservatives opposed
it. .l-
GObion county in 1861 cast 2 ,996
votes for secession and GA for the
Union. True to her shame, that coun.
ty is now the prosecutor ofloyal men
and the bitter enemy of Gov. Brown
low, Her rebels threaten all cOlored
men with death who may join Union
Leagues.
GrGlorious St.. Louis has elected
her Radical city ticket by majority
of 2,700. .,.
NOTE TINS The resolution to sttiko
out the word "white" from the Con-
stitution of Ohio, passed the Senate of
that State, on Wednesday last, by
vote of 28 to IL. Every Democrat
voted to retain tho word, and voted
against colorod suffrage, and only one
Republican voted against striking it
out. Is it not plain that Democracy
is everywhere the foe of the black
man, if it have the power to act az
one2
p6r The President Is offended ut
General Sheridan for removing that
villain and murderer of Union men,
Mayor Monroe, He would rejoice II
every city in the South was ruled by
a Monroe.
G-C. W. Davis is the nominee Of
the Conservatives for Representative
of Williamson county in the next
Legislature.
CAPT. WELSH, OF SULLtvAs.~-Tbis
brave officer and fearless legislator,
who represented Sullivan county in the
Legislature with so much honor to
himself and profit to his loyal eonstitu.
ents, was In the city yesterday. He
is deservedly popular, and We doubt
not that his county will re-eleet him
almost unanimously. He is an hon
est faithful. progressive man, guided
always by q sound judgment and
pure conscience.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-04-12
[Trom tho Knoxville whig.l
More CaIumnieS,

Rev. DIR. McAnnally, Of st. Louis,
Mo-, is well known in this country
He was formerly o citizen of this State
and O member of the Holstoi Confer.
ence ofthe M. y. Church, South. He
certainly ought to know East Tennes.
see well enough to represent them
truthfully. Yet, as conceive, he has
grossly slandered them. The circum-
stances ara these: A few months
since, be was here on q visit Of several
weeks, during which he Travelled from
Bristol to Chattanooga, stopping also,
at intermediate points. lie was in
Knoxville some time. lie had, there.
fore, q good opportunity Of observing
men and things in this State. He
could not have been ignorant of what
had transpired in East Tennessee be-
fore, since, and during tho war. Yet,
on returning to Missouri, he writes an
account of bis visit here, in which We
have the following language; .t
al am amazed and distressed at the
manifest want of sterling, unainohing
integrity on the part of many people.
They are such lovers Of ease, so much
afraid Of DIFFICULTIES or prosecutions,
that, in many instances, they will com
promise principle and do things which
neithep their consciences nor their
sense Of propriety approve, that they
NAV for the timo being, pass along
more smoothly. And this, agreeably
to the best information | can get, Is
precisely the condition Of a large pro.
portion-indeed large majority
some say nine-tenths-of all those ma
tive East Tennesseeans Who have uni
ted with the Northern Meth. Church" "
What will loyal Mo.hodists Of East
Tennessee think Of thati They cor
tainly cannot be charged with swami
Of sterling, unflinching Integrity" az
uersons loyal to God and their country.
The trouble with them is, they were
not advocates and abetters of seces.
sion they could not be dragoonsd
into it, By aattery nor BY fear.--
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-04-12
Girls!

. Girls are articles I've always had
fancy fur, but I've never yit found one
phoOl enufto hava fancy fur me. The
fust wun l fnd who is pEool enuf to
bav Sicb u fancy, l am goin tu hitch
up with her in the holy bands of pad.
lock, rent the northeast corner ov sum
old garret, furnish it with three -leg-
ged stool and six cats, and 70 intu
housekeepin. / will, by jingo?
Girls have caused thisidentical chap
(me, | meah) tn loose considerable
amount ov sleep in hiz lifetime; so haz
the feas / don't know which haz
eausedme to loose the most, but |
think the feas, if the whole thing wuz
summed up, wud hav rather bad
show.
But sum ov them ar girls are sweet
creturs, thar's no mistake about it,
I've saw sum so sweet that if they
looked intu a cup of tee they made it
so sweet that you had tu put vinegar
intu it tu counterakt the effect before
you kud drink it. | kissed wun ov
them kind ov gala ohoe, and ! had tn
drink vinegar and eat krab apples fur
too weeks tn keep from turnin intu
loaf sugar Sweet girl that, she wuz,
by jimminty. Reader, here fcllors a
tender seen for yu.
.Twaz q bootiful mite in August,
when your humble survant, AlphonsO
IL sSnooks, Jr, accompanied BY Su-
sanna Louisa Jemima Ann Peeehblo,
bootifal and refined damsel ov nine.
teen summers, with bewitchin' eyes,
bewitchin' nose, bewltchin' mouth,
ETC., walked forth To WI the buties ov
natur by munolight. After walking
sum distance Susanna seeted herself
on q benche, and invited me tu sit by
her side-and 1 dun so. No sound in,
terrupted our tranquiliti, but the boo
tiRul howl ov distant dorg.
Susanna Louisa said /, with a
Sigh, "du va think yu kud ever luv q
bein sich az III She said nothin', but
pressed her hand tn her bussum, and
shet ber eyes. ooh, Susanna" | con-
tinued, gitlin' hold ov her hand, 81 no
yu Low me, because you press your
hand on yonr hart. Look up and tell
me 90 my deerest."
She looked up, her purity mouth all
puckered up, aud still pressin' her
hand tn her buzzum, shO said;
PTain't lav, Smokes, that ails me,
it's pain. eat three oowcumbers fur
my supper, and they hay disagreed
with me-"
Reader, q fond adoo'