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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-04-04
THE LEGISLATURE.
Letter from Hon John Henry Brown

Letter from Hon, John Henry Brown,
AUSTIN, March 30, 1873.
EDITOR HERALD.
1t is quite impossible for mo to
answer all the letters | receive from
Dallas and our district, unless |
cease to DO legislator and become a
corresponding clerk. Yet l re-
ceive letters from valued citizens,
asking information on matters of
Importance to them and the coun-
try, citizens who are entitled to
my time and attention as much 40
individual members Of society
could be. When | left Dallas. |
promised Mr.. Swindells of the Her.
aid, and Mr.. Baylor Of the News,
to write u weekly letter to each
paper, giving u summary of what
the Legislature had done. This
was promise voluntarily made in
good faith. It, became impossible
for mo to do it, without neglccting
duties to the whole people, and par
ticularly to our section, which !
could not ignore. | knew that nei-
ther Mr.. Swindolls nor Mr.. Baylor,
nor tho people of Dallas, would
wish me to neglect these impor-
tant duties, in order only that they
might q little sooner learn our
daily proceedings.
Allow me to speak to all con-
cernod, on two or three points up
on which / have been written by
gentlemen of various parts of our
district :
First-The last general head
right law of Texas expired with
the year 1871, and no person was
ever entitled to a head-right for
coming to Texas after 1871, unless
he was colonist in Peters, Mer-
cer's, Castro's, or the German colo
ny. This answers q dozen letters.
Segond--The State has the right
to sell all the school lands, county,
university, renewed sections of
railroad lands, and hereafter the
renewed or even sections of rail
road lands surveyed under past
or future grants. But no provision
has yet been made for selling them.
A bill for that purposois now pend
ing--indeod two or three bills.
out ofpthem 1 hope we may enact
a just and wise mode of opening
those lands to settlement and sale,
MS fast as they come in demand.
Those in Denton, Wise, Fannin,
Grayson, Hunt, Collin, Cooke, Jack,
Archer, and Other counties, should
now DO put on the market at some
minimum price, giving preference
to the actual settler; and this is
tho kind of bill all Of us from North
Texas will vote for 1t is not pos
siblc now to say whether such
measure win pass, but | hear of lit
tic opposition to the general prop
osition.
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about Is, 100000 already surveyed
total, 100000, which, If wise.
ly administered by patriots in
stead of public plunderers, will
soon constitute a fund, the interest
of which will perpotually educate
the children of the State, Of all
races, without tax upon the peo.
pie.
On yesterday tho Governor
signed the act which unlocks the
prison doors of the people of Tex
as--the new precinct election law.
Both Houses came almost to q dead
lock on this benefcent measure
obout two weeks ago. twas then
that | yielded everything else and
devoted all the powers God had
given me to reconcile differences
and secure this great paramount
boon to the people Of Texas-this
open, honest, simple and just mode
of securing to every man in the
State-ricb or poor, high or low,
white, red or black-the right to
vote his choice, among his neigh
bors, uninfuenced by an ARMED
mercenary police or pensioned
party officials.
l told Governor Davis, in an in
terview on the subject, that the
greatest protection the black man
could have was to induce him to
vote with his white neighbors. who
knew him to be entitled to vote
that not ono Democrat in q hun
dred throughout the State but
would protect all such in this
right, though they had Radical
tickets in their hands, because this
was essentially Jefforsonian democ-
racy. Truth demands that | should
say the Governor received the re.
marks with marks of pleasure, and
expressed himself anxious to have
such y law as would insuro these
objects; and If he never does an
other good act, lot us remember
that he has signed the election bill
at this session, and that he did not
veto railroad subsidy bills of the
last Legislature, which would have
fastened upon us and our children
an infamous debt of fifty millions
of dollars. Let us be just, though
we have u thousand wrongs to
complain of.
Regarding the election law, now
enacted, as the key to future libcr-
ty, | wish the people to know that
1t was originally matured in Judi
ciary Committee No. 1, of which
Judge George W. Smith, Of Colo
RADIO, is chairman, and by him re-
ported to the House. ! was not on
the committee, and only when it
seemed in danger of death by disa-
greemont, did I take n working
share in securing its amendment
and passage.
Judge John j. Good, now here,
has been retained by District
Judge Scott, of the Kaufman dis.
trict, in his defence against i'm
parchment. This is a high COM
pliment to Judge Good. Messrs.
Barksdale and Stemmons are also
here in attendance on the Supreme
Court. The Dallas, Palestine and
Southeast Texas railway bill, and
the Dallas and Wichita bill will
como up in a few days. This let
tor is already too long, but 1 hope
you wAkeo me the justice to pub.
fish IL: Your friend,
JOHN HENRY BROWN.
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ThId-As to n hog-law. My
bill for Dallas, Collins and Tarrant
counties passed the House and
went to tho Senate, where it was
amended so as to include the whole
State. While very complimentary
to the bill, it may cause its failure.
The House has also passed q gen.
eral bill, which is now before the
Senate, more stringent in detail
than / thought was best for our
people. So the matter now stands.
Fourth. all | have had four
applications for charters for Build
ing Associations in Dallas. On con-
sultation we merged all the propo-
sed interpretations in one bill,
which is now in the Senate. The
parties concerned, all beingfel low
townsmen, hope will be pleased
with this course.
Fifth-Col. John B. Floyd and
others, wrote me some weeks ago
in regard to certain railroad neg
Iects about crossing public roads,
whereby danger to travellers would
be avoided. | submitted at once
those views to the proper commit
tee, who promised to incorporate
them in n general bill.
Sixth = Several applications
came for incorporating villages in
our county or district. Instead of
that, on consultation with my hon.
ored colleagues, Messrs., Chambers
and Won Zandt,we thought it better
to amend and rovive the law of
1S57,under which the people of
any town can incorporate them
selves, and save the State of vast
expense in that class of legislation
| introduced q bill for that purpose,
which passed the House, and is
now in the Senate. | have always
favored general laws in regard to
interpretations as safer, cheaper
and less liable to obnoxious pro.
visions in the haste, and sometimes
in the carelossness, Of local legisla
ton. | take tho occasion to say
once for all, that | confer constant.
ly with my colleagues, Chambers
and Won Zandt, and our Senator
Evans, and we act in accord in al
most every case. They are gentle,
men whose escutchoons are unsoiled
by any dercliction of duty; and as
Senator Evans served in the last
basely corrupt Legislature, this is
the highest compliment he could
receive. find him as careful o
tho interests Of Dallas and Collins
as if he resided in them-plain
honest and straight forward in al
things and | undertake to say
that no two gentlemen more fully
command the respect and conf.
dence of the House than do Messrs
Chambers and Won Zandt.
Seventh--The Governor lately
scnt in q large number of nomina
tons to the Senate for Notries
Public in differnt points of the
State. Those for Dallas wereJ ames
Bentley, - Boerstler, J. A. Haw
kins and d. Mckay. Over that
matter / had no voice, but I felf il
my duty, when called upon by
Senator Evans, to protest against
the confirmation of Mckay and
Hawkins, as the latter had ceased
Gas | learned) to be q citizen Of
Dallas, and the former was not re-
gardod as identified with our PEG.
plo in feeling or interest, and did
not possess that public confidence
necessary in such an office. Son.
ator Evans knew Mr.Bentley as an
old citizen, and | left that mat.
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CITY AND COUNTY OFFICERS,

DISTINCT OFFICERS.
Hon. HARDIN HART, Dallas, Judge IAN judicial pls
trict.
JSs. 7. AuLr, Esq, Dallas, District Attorney.
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OFFICERS OF DALLAS COUNTY,
JohN D. KERroor, Dallas, J. P. Precinct l.
ROBERT s. Guy, Lancaster, 2.
MEREDITH MrERs, s..
WILLIAM J. HlLsELL, :" +" L.
Q. @. HusrEAs, d" s..
JOHN N. LAWS, Clerk Of the District Court.
T. Il. CooNBEs,
Deputy Clerks.
Henry BOIL,
JERE. NJ, Brown, Sheriff.
III. v. COLE, Treasurer.
MA. KEEN, County Surveyor.
CITY OFFICERS.
BEN. Lone, Mayor Jas. u. FIELD, City Atty
HENRY Bell, Treasurer, Tnos Flynn, Marshal.
G. s. MITCHELL, Ssc'y, D. KING, Ass'or &Coil'or
ALDERNys.- II, P. Bryan, c. Capy, G. NJ. srink
Frank Anstin, NJ. Thsvenet, W. n. CASTOR, Jno. w
Lane, A. N. Cochran.
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ITO acres, IL miles north Of Dallas, $40 acres in
cultivation, fine dwelling house, price $l2 900.
sos acres 10 miles north of Dallas 70 acres in cul-
vation, ne water timber and prairie price SO 900.
$50 acres, IL miles nsrth of Dallas 80 acres in cul-
vation, fine spring prairies and timber price 800,
$50 acres, miles north of Dallas. rs acres in cul-
tlyatien, prairie and TIMBER black sandy soil, price
$500:
1875 acres, 10 miles northeast of Dallas, As acres
IN cultivation, prairie and timber, price $4,000.
80 acres 1912 miles north of Dallas, so acres in
cultivation. price SIS per acre.
4S acres miles west of Dallas, 10 acres in cutiva.
ton, price 81 900
l42 acres miles northwest Of Dallas, 25acros in
cultivation, price :. 800,
"a acres miles north of Dallas, mart OF the VIM
Rnrnst survey all fenced but not broke, price $500.
CITY PROPERTY.
DWELLING HOUSES.
Block No Q, Hesston St and Pacific Ayenu.
house 8 rooms.
Lot 8 and block No 2S, corner of Pacific Avenue
and Jefferson street, rooms.
Block Nj IA north half of Houston and Wood sts
rooms
Block No 2s2, sSi Jacpto street and G. Railroad,
orooms,
Block No 243 1OOx2OO feel Howard st, log cabin,
Block No "a lot 4, Houston and Wood SITS, rooms,
Block No 50 Lamar and Polk streets, = rooms
Block Ne 2l7 60xll0 # Ross an Griffin SITS rooms
Block 224 l00x200 # Griffin Patters on SITS, rooms
Block 7sGsmnerce street 1OOx2O0 feet room.
Ilssk 22I east half Ross and Carter SITS, rooms.
AULT, JENKINS & AULT.
March [, 10,
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TEXAS
LAND LOCATING COMPANY,
ONCE with Anlt, Jenkins Ault,
DALLAS TEXAS,
JohR Henry Brown, President, W. +. Cummins,
Vice president, N Hawkins, General
Agent, Pierce W Brown Treasure
W Ault Secretary.
DIRECTORS.
john Henry Brown, W. +, Cumm ms,
j. Il. Hawkins, WR Ault,
O. H. jenkins, 8. w. Duncan.
Pierce W. B.own,
This company was organized and char tered for
the sole purpose of Locating Texas Land Cortifca.
tos on Commission. Commissions one-sixth inter.
est in the lands or, where as UGH as League and
labor 10 given, 10 cents per acre.
All communications should be addressed to
w. R. AULT,
secty Texas Land Locating Company.
HeS73-ly
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i OSTl
A PIN CUSHION, made Of red plush with
Picture In it. The finder will receive 81 by leayng
II at this Office. dn35.6t
6 UBSCRIBE FOR TIE HERALD.
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uto Cohui Hl1blvh VI lhChuJ anu
Hawkins, rs the latter had ceased
Gas | learnedD to be q citizen Of
Dallas, and the former was not re-
gardod as identified with our peo-
plo in feeling or interest, and did
not possess that public confidence
necessary in such an office. Son.
ator Evans knew Mr.Bentley as an
old citizen, and l left that mat
tor to him. OF Mr.. Boerst!er |
know nothing and said nothing,
but have learned he is q worthy
man, quiet, modest and honorable,
and so informed Senator Evans.
He thought, however, that the five
justices OF each county, with the
District Clerk and his deputies,
made notorics enough, and hence
none ofthem were confirmed. They
were not rejected, however, but
simply laid on the table as unnec-
essary officers at this timee. 1t
should be understood, therefore, by
all, that there is no Notary in DIAL
las county, except the five Justices
oftho Peace, the District Clerk and
his deputies.
The billrepealing the odius parts
of the militia law, establishing a
standing army as q State guard,
and taking from the Governor tho
power to declare martial law, has
at last (for which | thank Almighty
Cody become q law.
The bill introduced by myself
setting apart the alternate sections
of the entire public domain to the
educational fund, has become a
law. So under tho constitutional
amendment only one half the pub
lie domain can ever be used in aid of
railroads. This adds to the school
fund 100000 acres, besides
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-02-23
THE sENATE's c. M.
Ian Again Examined-They Have Bad
Memories-John b. Alley Rec allied.

Pf0us Patterson and the Reverend Har-
Ian Again Examined-They Have Bad
Memories-John b. Alley Recalled.
WASHINGTON, Feb. %, 1879
Senator Morrill's special committee to inquire
into the distribution Of Credit Mobilier stock
among Senators resumed its session this morning
at half-past ten O'Clock, and Senator Patterson Of
New Hampshire, was recalled. The letter Of Nor
cept given to Mr.. Ames by that firm published in
these dispatches Of Wednesday, were shown to
the Senator and he testified that he had no recol-
lection Of having seen either OF them; the stock
certificate he never saw until few days ago, when
he received IL rom Messrs. Morton, Bliss Co.
After q secret session OF half an hour John b.
Alley was sworn, and he was asked II he had any
knowledge that the
MONEY GIVEN MR.. HARLAN BY DURANT
was paid by the Union Pacific Railroad Company;
witness replied he had not; he became director
in the road in 1867, and the money was given in
1866; witness heard from either cakes Ames or OH
yer Ames that Durant claimed the money rom the
road, and replied 1t was an outrage for the com
pany to be called upon to pay any such bill had
conversation with Mr.. Harlan about the money,
and Mr.. Harlan said II that Is q company affair
want to pay u back-I don't want to receive any
money rom the company for any such purpose;
Mr.: Harlan said will return 1t at once; witness
had never seen anything on the books OF the COM
pany to lead him to think the money had been re-
matter since; In the conversation with Mr. Harlan
witness told him he had heard that he (Iarlan) had
received checks from DR.. Durant, and that Durant
amount TO the company; Mr. Harlan admitted that
he had received the money, but said he had no
idea that 1t was to be charged to the company 80
he would have returned IL could OF remember the
thought 1t was In the Spring OF 1867; did not re-
member OF having any conversation with Hon H.
L. Dawes on the subject; to the present knowJed9e
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OBsEQUIEs OF THE REV. JOHN BREES,
Great COnc0urse Of Pricsts-Funera
Grafton by DIR. Brann.

Great COncourse of Priests-Funeral
Grafton by DIR. Brann.
On Friday, February q, the Church of the Annun.
citation, Manhattanvile, was draped in mourning
in honor Of the remains Of Its pastor, which re-
posed on a catafalque in the centre aisle. At half
past ten O'Clock priests OF New York and the
neighboring dioceses, to the number OF 1OO clad In
cassock and surplice, took their seats in the pews
on either side Of the corpse and chanted the
solemn hymns OF the ONCE pro defunctis After the
last reQufescdt IN pace the Rev. Father Clowry OF
St. Gabriel, East Thirty.seventh street. celebrated
the mass OF requiem. He was assisted by the Rev.
Martin O'Flaherty deacon, and the Rev. William A.
O'Neil. sub-deacen. The Rev. Dr. Brann, pastor
OF the Church OF st. Elizabeth, Washington Heights
delivered an eloquent panegyric on the learning
and virtues Of the deceased. He reviewed the
career OF Father Breen from the day he left his
native county OF wexford Ireland, to study In the
celebrated college OF Maynooth. He briefly
alluded to his collegiate career and his first mission
in Chicago Of his abors In ManhattanvIlle
during the past fourteen years, Dr. Brann
spoke In feeling and eloquent language. He
said that the best that can be said Of any man is
said when his intimate friends and schOolfelows
refuse to preach his panegyric lest their pent-up
feelings should give way and their sobs choke their
utteTance. And such was the reason why he had
been asked to speak OF the deceased, His lifelong
friends In the priesthood dare not trust their feel
ings to speak Of him In pubic. nobler tribute
could not be paid to the worth and virtue of their
deceased brother In the ministry,
After the last absUlution had been given bv the
Rev. Father Clowry the funeral procession formed
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THE ALABAMA TROUBLES.
Judge Busted ON the Construction Of
the Enforcement Act.


the Enforcement Act.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Feb. %, 1873.
Both houses Of the Alabama Legislature have ad-
journed until Monday In honor Of Washington's
Birthday.
Judge Busted last night in the case of the
United States upon the af1davit OF Hunter. men,
Der Of the Legislature, charging L. E. Parsons
Speaker. and williams, member OF the Legislature
with conspiracy to prevent the election of United
States Senator, refused to quash the proceedings
He said, ION ten occasions in Alabama this
Ku Klux cases. This community at FIRST
was startled at the idea that SO wide and
comprehensive meaning could be attached to
this act The editors Of various newspapers said
~ was TOO terrible TO be borne but this Court re-
iterated the opinion advanced until that opinion
became ITS settled law. There is no considerable
right which may be enjoyed by citizen Of which
ne may be deprived by the act or others that this
act does not apply to. Whoever In any such man
ner as set forth by said act Expresses, threatens
or interferes with that right, comes under the
law The Court still holds this position. The only
question In these cases Is, have two or more
c0nspired to deprive any one OF rightly A
issued on the aefdavit on the ground that
the crime charged in the same does not
come under the act OF Congress. The Court cannot
take the view presented by defendants counsel
that the right OF representative to vote in the
vidual right; and to say that o Legislature can
corruptly deprive people OF the right to represent
tation In Congress is prepostcrous, and the motion
to quash Is Denied
Judge Busteed has discharged Parsons and will
liams. arrested on charge OF cOnspirng to pre-
vent the election of United states Senator.
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OF witness DR.. Durant never made any claim upon
the road to have the money returned.
Recess until half-past one O'Clock.
The committee reassembled at halfpast one
O'Clock, and the examination OF Mr.. Alley was
sumed. He had no means OF Rxing the date Of the
CONVERSATION BETWEEN MR.. HARLAN AND HIMSELF.
The witness was examined at some length as to
the operations OF the Credit Mobilier, but his tes
timony was only repetition OF that before the
House Committee.
Senator Harlan was recalled and testified that he
never was . formal candidate for the Senate DIR.
Durant, in his conversation with witness said he
wanted to contribute towards the Iowa election;
IL was understood among the friends Of witness
that his name was to be used for the Senate.
Adjourned until ten O'Clock on Monday.
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AN INTERESTING CASE OF INsAN1
A Brother OF Hon. T.. A. n. Nelson In q
Tennesaee Asvlum.

tennessee Asylum.
correspondent OF the Louisville COuy1e1-JOtv-
nal recently made visit to the Tennessee Lunatio
Asylum, In Nashville, and reports the following in
teresting case:-
Moses Nelson has been confined IN the asylum
here for three years past. He Is brother
OF Hon. 7. A. X. Nelson, Is fifty years OF age,
sided at the time. The exciting cause OF his In
sanity Is the ownership OF several thousand acres
OF "white-t0p ands'' in East tennessee, which he
Is anxious to dispose OF at good round sum-.
am told that he Is really the owner OF
these broad tand Steep acres yet they are
valuable only on account or their unde-
veloped mineral wealth. He remarked to one OF
the committeeman that he mad been ofYered
inadequate. This same committeeman-au old
acquaintance OF Nelson-thnks the patient IL quite
as sane as he has been for twenty years past, ana
that he Is confined more especially on account Of q
morbid disposition for blood-letting, his family.
during mis- paroxysms OF insanity, being in great
danger OF bodily harm. His appeals to the com.
mittee to release him from confinement borderetA
on the eloquent. III know" said he, .you
have come here on purpose to turn me
tees me an impartial trial by q Jury OF
my peers, yet I have been incarcerated
without an opportunity to confront my
accusers." he demanded to be released; but IL
TINS was denied him he must be furnished with
nothing but whispers OF desire to murder him;
DAY anu night his enemies were on his track, and
pistols and ammunition he must have. One cause
OF their enmity was that he had recently been ap-
Army. and his enemies were determined to fore-
stan MS promotion. He had heard IL Whispered
that ne was General Beauregard's pup" Dat ma
would pore some OF them" II they didnt ieava
MIN alone. Nelson's case presents slgnlncany
phase Of insanity. or rather Of the predisposina
cause.