Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-01-11

carrying ont OF the recanslrutlfOI
Of tho State. Tho death Of tIcr
Griffin put q stop 70 the evident lg
termination Of hat officer to plac
the civil government in the Land
ofloyal men. Gen. Reynolds cam
into command and immciiMtel,
made y clean sweep Of al ,riito
officials in every county AMI town
from which petitions were rcceiYc,
asking relief from rebel ruin. .n'r .
The Errree8 knows, a;i4a 20 doe
cYcrybQdy else in Texas, first, tha
Gov Throckmorton and lhe grca
body Of the people who supported
his administration, w h o it calli
"rcbcls' and "trai;ors, had tal;cr
and faithfully kept the amnesty
oath; second, that GOV. Throck kmor-
ton and the other civil officers O
the State were moro faithful, more
impartial and moro successful in the
execution of the laws ofthe State
and in the administration ofiustice
than any officers we haze had since
their removal; third, that G o V.
Throckmorton tried earnestly O
harmonizc with the military author
tiles in the carrying out OF the re
construction laws, until he was re-
moved, and only advised opposition
when he found that through secret
instructions" the Conservatives Il
the State were to have " fair Shqw,
ing in tho rvgistration; fourth, That
Gov. Pcasc and 'cX Gov. Hamilton,
whom it supports, arc apparently
on friendly termswith tho Conserv-
ativcs whom the Express calls "rcb-
elsp' and ''traitors, and that they
do not support the extreme views
of the universal negro Suffrage Hab
milton" radicals !; and that G c H..
Hancock had he been in command
IN place Of Gen. Sheridan, would
never have removed so faithful II
Governor, and so excellent n corps
of Supreme and District JUDGES, as
Texas then had. All this tho Ij-
press, and all other Texas radicals,
know well! ItGaoms that G en-.
Hancock would ncrcr have removed
Gov. Throcmorton and The judges
None but the radicals arr afraid OF
an investigation Of thciE alwinis-
lad bnttc1r, Insh nm TY@ysi55 ri
~" 80 -, a. r '''
COMMENCEMENT oy THE YEWE.L
By the reformation Of Che calendar
by Gregory. the YEAR began on the
first dny obituary.: and conscouent-
Iv Whenever and whcrcvcrthn now
stvlo of rockoninn time was oloDt..
cd then and there the yc1. com
mcnced on this dav ~ i' +.
Previous 10 the use Of tbc Grca-
orinn Calendar tho yeoys Ind diIitrTr
cnt dovs ocbcgiuinn ~ vorions t;nnrs
in tbc same. and diIIarent co,,otrins
and occafSl;orol,, ot III sor,o t;r,n
in tho somo con1t,,sI, T., r;nst ,.nnn
ir;cs II hcron ~, ~ 6rtLn en-,
inc d.ve III ~,
Christmas dKy. rrc-aso,,-.e II.
cember; 'T'' 'l.r '
Circumcision day. the 1st Of Jan
H<i8 a -. afs
0 Goncentiou dov th0c o5fh q Fl
March and ''i'5 h.n~'i 5ll ri g3r
Easter. dov tho dav Of tho Resur.
rrecti6n Of our Lord sliIrllIg,F nj,
Tn In land sin the Seventh and
20 late rs tbe thirteenth century, 4
Se ycar beoon on Christmas day
hnt n Tho tWclf,h century ,he Anr.
Iicon Church commenced the wear
IN the 25th of March, oas did also
Ibo rivilions Of the fourtecnth cen
Inrv T'bis continued .untiIssi 752.
the time Of adoptiolioftho new style !
Ry ,bis IL anncors thatrtyyo modes
Of reckoning the commencement OF
the year have generally existed IN,
Great Britain anu its colonies 'caus-
ing what are called tho civil, re
clesiastical, orLegaio Year, and the
Historical i ear. Ihe last nameu