Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-05-02

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lloUsToN, April -. 1913
We have bet fts festival days ia which
We take much interest, and hence the i'm
I porianrs AZ preserving the remembrance
OF those We have With care, The Fourth
% Iuly belongs % us as much as ever, bat
somrh0w ,lhes 6l Nc haven't frll much ia
| the hlmor Of celebrating il, and especially
| since lsda, when our socailsl eolured men
aud brsIhrsn took possession Of il, Tie
I Eighth of January is more II satisfaction
| TO as, snd should be observed By every
I Southern community, Il vas peculiarly
I a southern field, aud being the last wherein
| American presses met aud overturned a
| European army, il becomes us 10 bear il in
| perpetual remembrance. Vein Texas have,
| however, da's peculiarly our own, and
which nothing has right TO hinder us In
| celebrating. They are days In which this
I soil was frat bapIisci IN bool In the name
/ Of freedom, the days when rebellion against
Z tyranny was first eonsroi aled on these
I shores, DAYS whose memory Is our prOudcsi
| heritage. or them Is the san lacinio Day
the 2lst Of April. This was this year
! celebrated with spirit upon the battle
ground by barbecue aud by public speak
/ ing. Large numbers Of people were present
| from Galveston aud Houston aud the sur
rounding country. boat was chartered
| ut Galveston and another at Houston Ia
| take the people there. The Houston boat,
the WhiIelaad, took n barge in tow at
| Harrisburg, the deck Of which was eovere !
/ with nm awning, and all down the bayou
| the gallant and the fair kept time TO the
music, in the may dance. At the battle
/ ground speeches were delivered by Colonel
! Carter, Colonel Ashbel Smith, Major Cave,
| Colonel Gillespie, Major Crank and others,
while those who preferred other amusement
to the speaking slrollcd about over the
ground. A match game Of base ball was
played between the c.ack clubs Of Houston
aud Galveston, which attracted no little
attention. The game was well contested,
but it would have been unjust TO history
| for anything bearing the honored name of
| Houston to be beaten on that field, and ac-
cordingly the Houston club handsomely
won the day.
Thus pie SANITY passed the day, much %
the delight of the thousands present, and
| in the night the boats returned TO their re-
spectivc cities, with their loads Of people
/ well SatlSneu WIN their lfOfc.
You will have noticed that the Journal
an Transcript have lately disappeared and
the Democrat taken their place in Houston.
Thi, paper, under the control of Geo. W.
Diamond Esq, bids fair to be the spicest
paper in the State. Diamond is in a posi-.
ton to know great many things, and fire.
auently his thrusts cut much deeper than
the observer is aware Of Such paper is
of great advantage in any community. 1t
puts humbugs on their good behavior. But
| it is power that should be conscicntiously
welded, and when the conductor is in any
degree biased by pecuniary or other per-
sonal considerations, it may be made an
engine of evil. ] have too good an opinion
of Mr.. Diamond 10 imagine that such will
be the case with his paper. The Telegraph
holds its own with vigor, and with its di-
versi6cd range of subjects, and the many
thoughtful articles it publishes, ii is second
to none in usefulness to the people. This
paper has lately passed its irty-fourlh
birthday, which makes it great many
years old for a new country. The Baptist
Herald, published once fortnight, is dis
tinguished for its common-sense views of
things, and for the devotion of its editor to
truth 1t is worthy wide patronage, not
alone among its own religious sect, but
among the people generally, and | wish it
Tay have as many thousand subscribers as
it needs to secure its success.
hear the grasshoppers are doing good
deal Of damage in Central Texas. What a
pity it seems TO us poor shOrt-sightcd NOR
tails that these pests should be permitted to
eat ND our crops. But what if we. had no
et-backs at all in our efforts at production2
Should we be any better OFF, | trow not
We need misfortunes to stimulate us TO
exertion, without which we can attain no
excellence. We need trouble to enable us
to appreciate good fortune. He who eats
regularly from day to day, and he who al
ways has his eight hours Of sleep at night,
knows very little how good food and sleep
can be to human nature. Privation is the
parent of enjoyment.
| saw two little boys not more than seven
or eight years old, to-day, fighting in the
midst of a crowd of laughing and cheering
bystanders. Passion is terrible thing to
see in any person, out the passion of n
fight upon the face Of childhood is one of
the most woful sights | ever saw. How little
to jump at conclusiOn-is the true
doctrine of human philosophy understood
Dy mCu! pOCIulcS piooNu
philosophy when he said, alt is better TO
suffer wrong than TO do wrong" and in
saving il scared into the highest inspira-
ton. Jesus Christ alone, of all teachers
before or since, surpassed him in the utter
ance of this magnificent truth. will men
ever learn to believe it? Those fighting
little boys, with the brutal bystauders-
what chance have they of ever seeing it2
notice San Antonio paper, a few days
since, boosted that there was a rose-bush
in that city that had three hundred full
blown roses upon it at one time. | must
ta'.e that boast down trifle. There were
Coz uted upon a single bush in my garden,
last week, eight hundred and seyenty-five
roses at one time. The bush is compact
standard rose, thrifty, hybrid, perpetual,
white, and is a beauty, tell you. Among
the new roses received since the war it may
interest some Of your readers to know that
the finest aud best are the Alfred de Rouge
ment, the Madame Verdier, the Isabella
sprunt, the Carl Coers, the Eliza Savage,
the Marechel Mel.
Some little talk has been had Of Con-
sentative State Convention. The general
impression seems to be that such n cOnyen
ton should not be held till after the con
stitutiOn-makers have completed their work
at Austin. This | think wise. Indeed,
what good can be accomplished now il is
hard to see. To condemn this constitution
convention in advance Of its action would
be premature. Let the Conservatives see
what the Radicals intend 10 do.
Houston has been written down time and
again as a very rebellious city, and no lit
lie indignation has been written by the
Radical press over the bad spirit attributed
10 our people While do not deny that
there is great deal Of love here for Con-
federate memories, and whoever desires TO
stir up feeling can do go here as quickly as
anywhere, by erovding upon that affection
with a rough tread, still, when people ofad-
verseseutiments treat those they meet with
decent respect, there is no community
wkere these feelings are less apt 10 be
thrust forward. So long as a Yankee
minds his own business, 80 long be vii
hear nothing that viii CRATE upon him
but let him offend, and be viii meet With
ready resentment A portion Of the l4fh
Unifsd States lnfsufry hes been quarterei
here for = year. A more quiet, bsfter be