Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-02-17
Editorial Notes.


publican, that the wife of Ex-Gov Reynolds,
OF Missouri, was accidsntly burned to
death. She had been sitting up late, the
night before the sad event, and feeling
drowsy, retired to her chamber to sleep
There her husband left her quietly sleep
| ing, and the servant girl, Afterwards, saw
her twice still sleeping. At length the
barking OF a dog attracted the servants
stienien to the chamber, and on haste n :
ing there, she found Mrs. Reynolds try in
TO wrap q eovelet around her to e1tngu;s h
the flames Of her clothing The fro was
finally extinguish, but too late for the suf-
fering lady. EIGov. Reynolds will be
remembered by many in Texas, whore he
sts'd much Of his time during the war, sHd
has numerous friends, our,elr among the
number
We see statement in some Of our
exchanges, founded on a private letter from
Chihuahua, that this Mexican State has
declared her independence of Tho rest Of
Mexico, and does not intend to be ruled by
either Of the factions now struggling for
the supremacy in that Inflated land.
We are told that, in the noxt Prssiden.
tial Election, the number of electors will
be in accordance with the old npportion-
me nj under the census o. 1860 instead of
the new spportionment under the census
Of 1870. This is c.rtsinly unjust, and
ought not TO be. II so, Texas will lose
two ELECTORAL voies. as she is now entitled
to six members OF Congress, and under
the new apportionment, at the next Presi-
Dental election, she ought to casr eight
votes, the number of her Senators and Rep
resentatives; but, as it is sal to be fixed +,
she will have six only.
! The amnesty bills arc still lingering in
the Senate, and the particular friends OF
Grant are trying to defeat every measure
of the kind, unless coupled with tho most
offensive provisions. Grants recomnlen
dation was a cheat and lie evidently.
1t must have been made with an under
Standing with his friends that they would
oppose it. Could any thing be more dis
graceful in public mani 1t is the very
depth Of infamy.
Some one has been interviewing Victor
Huge, and getting his opinions Of French
politlcs-th.y are not worth dry chip.
His novels are little better. How he ever
became famous is a mystery to us. He is
leveler and radical OF the worst kind.
When, before the war, he compared the
hanging Of that horse thief and traitor,
old John Brown, TO the martyriom Of our
Saviour, we had enough Of him and his
like. II Louis Napoleon could have caught
and hung him, the world would have been
gamer.
We. think the Louisville Courier-Journal
will never get done with recording The
names of youns ladies, Inadvertently LETT
out in its first description Of the Grand
Alexis Ball. "The cry 10 still they come.
Surely, il would be a most awful affair, IL
one lady. who was actually th,re, sh)uld
net have her name so recorded. What
will her grand children think OF herr
The custom Of publishing Sunday Ser
mons by the secular press, will, 10 our
Judgment, do more harm than good 1t was
started, we believe, by that very pious
Journal, the New York Herald. What lie
the effect? Are any sinners converted
thereby 2 II is possible, bu we dOnbt il.
One thing we know, it has set the preach
srs to getting up sensation sermons on al
kinds of subjects, except "christ and him
erucifed." Some Of them we're bad enough
before, and they are now getting worse.
They are trying to show of themselves in
the papers and get ialk ID about.
Since the great fire At Chicago, they
have got after their Aldermen, and are
now fning and imprisoning thsm-fOr bri-
berry and other rsscaliiies. Il seems the
flames did not cover up all The inquiries
Of that thriving place, which ST. Petsr
hsd never hard OF.