Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-07-18
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liant oiirrr'i a resolution that In
tho minre sprIrw,ii"ns lar TsqaiT,'l
give 10 soHl f6r the accomplishment
81 the Pnrp,s,s II their crcalion.
Referred,
kelly-A resolution TINT ihre
hundred aud twenty arres of land,
not To exceed Eve Thousand dnllar'
in value, be sci aside ia each eonniy
rs a home FIR the Po0r, the l.egisla-
tare TO pass necessary laws lie
ferred.
Horn wanted declaration h h.
reported by eommi,ioe, hSing ihs
qualification Of grand and petit iu,
rors, Referred,
Davis offered a resolution that
Caldwell aud Morgan Hamilton 81
~ Washington aud make report
ask for loyal State officers, and the
organization III n lnyal militia I"
suppress lawlcssncss and crime
Lies over.
Tue division or the State was dis
eussed. No action,
Adjourned Ia attend the cclcbra'
tion Of the 18th of July,
AusrIs, July d,-Evans. Of Titus
offered resolution that the commit
tee on Lawlcssnrss aud Crime eN'
hibit 10 any member o. the conven'
ton who may cnll for Il, the cvi
doncs on which their report is based
The House refused In suspend the
rules in order Ia pass IL,
Hamilton, of Travis, said that the
sworn statements before tho sai'l
committee were not signed by the
applicants.
Davis resolution appointing Cald'
we'll aud Morgan Hamilton n COM
mittcc TO 20 10 Washington to urge
the adoption of law that will I'LL
mp the provisional offices with loyal
men, and the organization of loyal
militia, to be placed under the con.
troll Of the loyal provisional author
tiles, TO secure the authority Of this
Convention to appoint Boards OF
Registration and To try and get Con.
gress to do everything this Convcn
ton wants them TO do, came up.
A heated debate cnsucd. j.. ID. Er-
ans is unqualificdly opposed to their
Jacobin movements, and denounced
thom in whitening terms. The res
olution will undoubtedly pass.
Davis resolution passed by vote
Of sixty.thrce TO fifteen. Eight
hundred dollars were appropriated
10 pay expenses of the messengers.
AUSTIN, Texas, July Nothing
done to day, except to discuss the
declaration consolidating the Hen
derson, Marshall and Jefferson rail
road, under the name of Internation'
al Pacific Railroad. There is no
telling what the Convention will do
with it.
A telegram was received appro-
priating one hundred thousand dol
lars to defray expenses of Convcn-
ton. They wanted twenty-five
thousand dollars more.
The Convention does not seem
disposed to do business rapidly.
The excitement Of yesterday, in re-
gard to negro militia, is subsiding.
1t is thought that Congress. is too
shaky at this time over Grants clee-
tion to sanction SO infamous prop
osition.
AUSTIN, July S.-Patten offered q
resolution cutting off all newspapers
and the official reporter, and want
ing to lessen the number ofemployes
about the Convention. Referred.
Mundine introduced declaration
giving the right of suffrage TO race,
sex or colon:
Sqpabbling and fun cnsued. Buff
fington proposed to amend by inser
ting that female voters should have
ten children, which was lost and the
declaration referred.
Munroe presented a declaration
declaring null and void all notes
for the purchase of slaves, since
the proclamation of emancipation.
johnson, (colored) Of Harrison,
reported q declaration that no person
shall be eligible to a Judgeship, I'M
less he be an, attorney of the Su-
preme Court. Referred.
From a motion fixing time on n
bill it seems the convention will sit
until August, at least.
The Washington committee, to
instruct and'petition Congress, left
today.
Tie resolution dispensing with
all newspapers except five hundred
copies of the Austin Republican,
oame up for engrossment. Gen.
Davis, the president, favors it. He
charges that certain papers have
mistrcatcd him.
Jack Hamilton opposes the rcso-
luton. He and his friends filibus-
tered until the hour of adjournment.
Numbers appear to be against him.
AUSTIN, July 9.-Tbe resolution
cutting down the allowance ofnews-
papers to 500 copies of the Austin
Republican, passed to the second
reading. Upon the third reading
a motion to commit prevailed.
Yhe subject of the ccssion of FL
Paso to tho United States is set for
Saturday at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
The question of the division Of
the State still hangs fire.
AUSTIN, July l0.-The newspaper
question is again settled. The Con
vention takes one thousand copies
Of tho Austin Republican, at eight
cents per copy. No debates to be
printed. The German paper TO con
time as before agreed on.
The day was consumed in discuss
ing the motion to reconsider the vote
indefinitely postponing C division
of the State. Less interest was