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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-02-19
LETTER FROM AUSTIN,
Militia Bill Passed. Rlccsisn BILL
Charter Of Dnilas City y diciai Dis
trict Biil-ihe Printing RillrThe Ten.
dick-Thempscn, Case Trip 10 Calves
ton, Judge Oliver Re u gncd- Psnitcn.
tinry, &c. 9'Hi Iiao iiiF fYiaa
Aysrl,s,, Feb. Il, 1878.

AUSTIN, Feb. Il, 1873.
Dallas Herald: ''H'''Ys
The Senate has passed very good, old
fashioned Militia bill, to supsrcede the
present one. 10 will pass the House in .
few days. taH, s
Tho House will tomorrow pass An OK
cellsnt election bill, fully restoring pre-
cinet elections. 1t has been already en-
crossed. agAeE msi ,sela
The House to-day, by unanimous vote,
passed the bill amending the charter Of
Dallas. II > l,y,os..s
There is no doubt but tho number Of ju-
dicial district will DO reduced from So to
TO about 26. On this important subject
the people will be glad to learn tho Gov
ernor is in favor Of the measure, and
hence there is no danger Of q veto.
II is believed the printing bill will not
be vetoed. II not, in few days we can
elect printer, and then the people can
be better informed Of what ws ere doing.
Great disappointment was felt here by
all Democrats that Senators Broughton,
Pyle and Cole, oil representing strong
Democratic districts In north Texas voted
in favor of the Republican candidate
against Thompson, Democrat, in the con-
test for seat from Colorado county. II
seems to have been proven that Thompson
was fairly elected, and frauduls ptly de-
MED the certificate. ALI tho other Demo-
Gratis voted for Thompson, under this con-
viction. Those gentlemen, however, are
alone responsible 10 thoir own eonstit-
uents. .f..i-,s
The two Houses have accepted the invi-
tation Of Galveston to visit that city on
the 10Th, supposing the Legislature of Mis-
souri, may DO there also to celebrate the r. n.
connection Of Texas with that State. Sope
opposition was made to the visit, but I
thought the people OF Dallas would be
ashamed OF their Representative, II, after
nearly six weeks hard work, day and
night, for their welfare, no should refuse
to vote to acc opt, an invitation, 50 polite
ly rendered, and calculated not to refresh
the weary body, but TO- produce, good
effect on the State at large, and our own
section in pasticular.
The notorious Judge Oliver, Of Lime
stone county fame, has resigned
The subject Of establishing two addi-
tional psnitsntiaries, under resolution
offered by me, is before committee.
An immense amount Of business 10 BIZ
fore the committees and on the table
some Of great importanco--but, as W
much Of local character. N,
a4ao3 ta, Yours,
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GALL RIoHr."--The Vallejo Iadepe ndeni

GALL RIGHr."--The Vallejo Independent
tells the following good story:
A laughable incident occurred one even
ing recently on the up train to Sacrament
10. There were two seats in the car turn
cd 80 as to face each other. Ono was oc.
cupisd by lady and the other by China
man. Evidently the lady did not relish
the presence Of the Chinsmsn, and set her
wits to work to Gust him out She sue
ceeded about as follows: Motioning the
Chinaman to rise, she explained to him
that she wanted to take cushions and their
frames and place them lengthwiss across
from seat to seat. John said "sll rightee,
and got out in tho aisle while she placed
the seats as above described, and then
proceeded to lie down on the bed thus i'm
provissd, with he. head resting on her va-
lise. She supposed that the Chinsman
would OF once take the hint that the lady
wanted 10 take little rest, in the space
usually occupied by four persons. But
John hadn't heard Of the woman's rights
movement, and at ono proceeded to crawl
in and stretch himself by her side, with
his head on o little bundle OF his own
The Chinese are On initiative race, and
like to do as others do, you know. ~
The lady, as soon as she discovered that
she had bedfellow, got up little wildly,
and started for the next car, to the infinite
amusement Of the passengers, who had
been watching tho little scene with some
interest. John took no notice OF the fun
he had created, but went to sleep with the
whole bed to himself.
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Good results are already flowing from

Good results .are already flowing from
the abolition Of tho franking privilege.
The Postmaster General has notified the
National House Of Representatives that
the estim ated mount needed for bis depart
ment may now be reduced by one million
dollars, and such reduction will probably
DO made. The House in Committee Of the
whole, in consequence Of such notice,
voted yesterday 10 increase the appropria-
ton for letter-carriers from $780, OO to
Sl,700 900 in order to extend the carrier
systemin cities Of Twenty thousand in
habitants.oi There is every prospect, too,
that the bill to reduce letter postage to two
cents will become q low. Manifsstly,
therefore the loss OF tho congressman and
their immediate friends is to be the peo-
PIES gain.-Philadslphia Press.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-02-19

ID. McCALEB, Editor.
Our gents.
Progress.

The peculiarities Of the ago in
which we live, are marked by fea-
lures of more than ordinary inter
est, and particularly 80 when we
view events by which we are sur
rounded in the light that falls upon
them from times past, Our whole
country, where the blight of politi-
cal corruption has not chilled the
hearts and relaxed the muscle Of
our people, is advancing with strides
that are unprecedented and unpar-
allied in tho history of the world
| Men no longer await the voluntary
disappearance Of obstacles which
stand in the pathway Of their de-
sires before moving on to the goal
of ambition, nor do they pray 10
Jupiter to relieve them Of burdens
which must either be borne, or
shaken off by strong armsand will
ing hands. Scarcely decade has
gone into the shades of the mighty
past, since the bold conception of
spanning this great continent with
iron bands took form in thought
and came into tangible existence
as if from the touch ola magicians
wand. herocky mountains it's
crags and peaks melted before the
advance oflabor, and nowits hollow
caverns send forth every day the
echoes of the iron horse which
dashes through its mighty forests
and over the lonely wales which lie
in grandeur ut its base, bearing
rushing trains Of richest com
merco after it. From the lakes to
the Gulf-from the wave-washed
shores of the Atlantic to the golden
strand of the Pacific, magnetic
tongues speak in electric words the
communions which man holds with
man. The white sails of com merce
have almost disappeared from the
seas to allow the ships, moved by
machinery, to out reach and out
run the winds which once NOV cd
tho argosies of the world. The
stage coach and jaded steod have
gone to the bone-yard together,
where they heed not the rafting
wheels which roll on iron tracks
along the ways they immortalized
by pioneer associations and print
tive labors. In these great con-
summations of our age and coun-
try, let it ever be pride to us tn at
Texas has performed her part, and
with a zeal which commends the
enterprise and public spirit of her
people as second to none on the
continent. We have completed
more miles of railroad within our
borders and with our own capital
than any State of the Union, since
the dark day when the destiny Of
| the South went down in blood, and
have given to every enterprise, cal
culated to advance the interest and
prosperity offs people, moro sub.
stantial encouragement than can
DO seen anywhere else in our com
mon country. We are moving on
ward, and ere long will reach the
summit from whence our people
will look down upon the played-out
regions of their brethren, and will
realize thon, in its fullest sense, tn {
glory Of being Texas:
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THE WEEKLY HERALD
Omcial Directory.

Omcial Directory.
DISTRICT OFFICERS
Hon. HIRpIs HART, Dallas Judge l4th Judicial Dis
trict.
Jso. T. AuLr, ESQ, Dallas, District Attorney.
OFFICERS OF BALLAs COUNTY.
Jous D. KrRroor, Dallas, J. ?. Precinct J.
ROBERT 8. Guy, Lancaster, a.
MEREDITH MuRs, . q
WILLIAM J. II lLsELL, ~ -
O. O. HUsTRAp,
JONI ii. Laws, Clark of the Dstrler Court.
z. n. Co0nBks,
HEHRY BOIL,
JERE. n. Brown, Sheriff.
H. ". CoLE, Treasurer
MA KEEN, County Surveyor.
CITY OFFICERS.
BEN. Loso, Mayor JAS II. FlfIp. CITY Auy
II rsnY Boil, Treasurer, Tnos FLrss, Marshal
G. g. MITCHELL, ssc'y, d. KING, Ass'or colPor
ALpsRMys.- X. P. Bryan, G. Capy, G. III. swink
Frank Austin, N. Thsvenst, W. ii. Gasten Jno. W.
Lans, A. N. Cochran
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DALLAS TEXAS, WEDNESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 10, 1873
To Those We Left Behind.

Al cunning W Ihis, eur adopted
State, we came in good faith and
with the firm resolve to link our
destiny with whatever fate might
await her, determined to find and
satisfied to mako q homo upon her
fertile soil, whether prosperity
should smile throughout the whole
extent of her limitless confines, or
adversely should cast its blighting
gloom over her youthful aspira-
tions. 1t was no small task to re-
lease ourselves from the seductive
allurements, and endearing attach
ments that old associations I'M
remittingly presented, and an effort
was required to exchange the land
OF bitter, and yet still sadder mem :
cries, for the brighter fields of hope
that awaited us. The siren song
of loneliness, depicting in melodi-
GUS strains, the endless and varied
beauties of this happy land, COM
handing at all times our enrap.
tured ear, has proved not an "emp-
ty sound Her fields are as pleas i.
ing as those which gave life to the
lilies of France, and her wo men
as fair as Andalusia's proudcst
daughters.
Beauty's ensign is crimson on their lips,
aud in their checks,
And deaths pale flag has not advanced
there"
the glow Of health suffuses each
blushing face, and vieing in beau ty
with the tain" Helen offabled TROY. !"
they possess all the refinement to be
derived from metropolitan associa-
tons without even knowing tho al
most resistlcss influences of its vices.
In this LAND ofpromise, every tasto
finds some attraction, every mind
matter for refection-every hopo
prospects of realization. A fair or
land "was never seen since first
the world began" each passing
zephyr bears upon its ladencd bo-
som delicious odors of q thousand
flowers, silent messengers Of God 8
great goodness, which, in the
bright savannas that claim their
nativity, lift their modest but con-
scious heads--in mute but clio quent
admiration ola canopy rivalling, in
grandeur, any that Italians skies
can boast. Comrades of our child
hood, and friends of our mature r
age, why will you hesitate to SEQ k
deliverance from the thraldon that
besets you? where wasted ener-
GIGS are your only reward, and
Borrowing hearts your only portion;
leave the fast decaying moments Of
your former greatness 10 the tender
cares of merciful oblivion, "let
tho doadpast bury its dead" buckle
on anew the armor for the battle Of
life, and casting aside vain repin.
ings, rush into tho hattering future
offered you, resolved "to do or to
die" Hospitality,i"open as day.
will greet you from every quarter,
and Texans, both old and young
will freely extend the hand Of good
fellowship. Here success is the por
ton of the brave, and merit the
only measure Of success
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-02-19

The trial Of Mrs. Wharton has been one
Of the most remarkable on record. We
now notice that on her second trial for an
attempt to poison Mr. Van Nes,, the jury
disagreed and IS discharged. But she
is he d to bail on another charge Of at
tempting to poison Van Ness. The fail
urc to convict her after so many efforts, is
having tho effect to cause some surmises
that she Is more sinned against than sin.
ming, and that she is the victim Of much
prosecution rtn
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To Be HAsoED.--Ben. Shelby; Arthur
Shelby, Ball Woods and Vim. Smith are to
be hanged at Burnett, Burnett county, on
the 18th inst. for the murder Of Ben. Nc
Keever, who was shot from his horse o.
night near the residence Of the Shelbys
last month. ~ p
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GEO. W. GRAVES,

Agent for s. II. Ransam 4 Co., stovo Manufacturers
Albany, New York, Ia In this part Of the State and
reports the salo Of their GOOD WILL CONSUL 4
CONRAD COOKING STOVES az having a large
sale, and giving perfect satisfaction. W. A. JONES
CO., ofthis city are solo agents for tho stoves in
this section. n3dlt
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The Lexington (Ky.) Press has the fol-

0Hnu '"~'HnVo" N"JI :. W. =" a'' NV '0'
lowidg: = p tGAh eat f% .. g,
10, 70 gods give US supply Of young
men who ore not too dainty to sweep out
o store, who are not afraid to carry bnn-
die through The streets, and who will not
faint if thcir lady friends SOC them roll.
ing wheslbsrrow. Give us young men
who have the spirit 10 do something more
than to wear out:the seat Of this .qreaches
on goods boxes and nail kegs, and then
will the day Of Loxington's delivorance
be at hand" sa.n1u4n'
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INSURANCE DEPARTMENT.

We are agents fer tho following First Class 10
surance Comp anies and take risks at rates e''ao
'shed by the Dallas Board OF Underwriters:
Of Phii.dsipSia Hss.ts..........."~ss ,,lc IS
HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE. CO.. M
Of Hartford, Conn, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 10
STATE INSURANCE. Co., ...t..
OF Hannibal, Mo, Cash Assets......S $500, goo 90
hERCHANTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE No.,
Gilveston, Cash Assets full paid $3.50, goo 90
TFXAS BANKING AND INSURANCE CO.,
Of Galveston, Cash Capitalize. ..-...$300,o 600 %
PLANTERS INSURANCE CO., ...s..l
Of Houston, Texas, Cash Capita...$2t 900 90
r. G. JORDAN u 60.
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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-05-30

A Boston correspondent Of the
Springfield RepaHiean gives the fol-
lowing interesting account Of an inter-
View with Oakes Ames, n short time
before his death:
He pulled out his pocket diary, and
showed me the resolution Of censuro
aud the names Of those who voted for
1t. He spoke with contemptuous
phrase. if not with bitterness, OF men
who censured him, aud came TO his
scat to implore him not to give hls
vote for tho salary grab. This. he said:
he could not do; though he admitted
that he good.humoredly. and out Of
his weakness towards those beggars,
withheld his vote on one or two subsi-
dary questions. He said he had done
no wrong, and never dreamed for
moment of bribing any member-and
on this point he was ever emphatic
and decided In his language, appar-
emily having no regret or sense OF do
Ing wrong thing, however imprudent
his language might have been. -G Z.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-05-30
VIRGINIA AND TRUckEE
RAILROAD. sar
L7a51g issG siI 10 e-ola Tu ''e' "N'h

IN AND AFTER FEBRUARY i, ,r,,
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AT THE LAST.

Three little words within my brain
Beat back and forth their one refrain,
Three little worde, whose dull distress
Means everything and noihingness:
Unoidden move nv lips, tnstead
or other utterzncc: She is dead
Here, lingering, We talked Of late q Z
Z Beside tho hsdYe-grown garden gate;
TIL, smiling, ere the twilight fel,
She hade me take . last farewell.
These were the dual words .he said
Bot yssterdAy-an she Ia dead.
I see the very gown she wore,
The color had praised before;
The sxaying length, where she would pass,
Aads light rustle on the graz;
There In the porch she turned her head
For one last smlle-and she 10 dead
Could have known what was 70 come.
These hour had not been blind and dumb! !!
Iwol.d have followed close with Death,
Rave striven for every glance and breath
But now the nnai word IL said.
The last look taken-shc 10 dead.
We were not lovers-snch as they
Who pledge . faith TO lAst for aye;
Yet seems the universe 10 mo
A riddle now without key;
What means the sunshine overhead.
The bloom below now she Is dead!
30 new my grief. It's sudden haze
BewIlders my aecustt med ways;
And ret 30 old. II SCENE my heart .H
Wac never fron Its pain apart;
What WAS, and 10. and shall be, wed
With that one sentence-Shs is dead.
...-.-........ Aidins for Juas.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1873-05-30

.DocroR.' said sick man. what ia
tho matter with me?' 'Cerebo-spinsl
meningitis said the doctor solemnly.
sAhi' cried the patient with sigh,
and Instantly fell back and expired.
No man could be expected to hold out
against such a disease rs that. He
died Of dictionary.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-22

YORK. He conclndes that tt is sfur Of me-. srr
that there is very Inuch in 1t that cannot oe ,"m
planned OF; but, as q WHOLE he thinks IL "a bE q
pill for q good reform democrat TO swaIIow a.
therefore says he will pOte against It unIess it b
made less partisan. He is In favor OF the Tiemann
BILL and applauds the idea Of giving the power Ia
he Mayor OF absolute appointment and REMOVAL
Mr.. RYAN,
democrat, from the Fourth district. 10 opposed ~
the charter and in favor OF Tenants measure He
thinks the republicans claim too much in their
bill He too wants the Mayor to be supreme and
wholly responsible for the government OF the city
in the matter OF appointments and REMOVAL Of
officials.
MIR. A. d. CORNELL,
from the Eleventh district, Is head over heels n
love with the Custom House charter. In mis- Oprn-A
ion 1t L. the acme OF reform and needs only to be-
tested, not to be detested. He has an IDEA that
the republicans are the only real refOrmer who
know how to do what they aud the people will ap~
prove or and so scouts the notion that there Ia any
thing over-partissn In the way the charter -
drawn up.
Mr.. SMITH,
republican, from the Eighth district, believes the
charter good enough for anybody, republican orr
democrat, and intends to go just whatever way thQ
party whip will indicate he should 60.
MR. CRARY,
democrat, from the Twenty-irst district thinks the
charter is q very good one in the main, but ought
to be pruned OF MANY Objectionable features before
1t is allowed to become alaw He is not, therefore.
in favor OF 1t as IL now stands and says that he 70
in favor OF putting all the power OF appointment
and removal In the hands OF the Mayor.
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mouth ana about six miles above the towns of
Ierryyille and Havre de Grace, on either side OF
the river, where the Phiade phia, Wilmington and
naIumuie Railroad crosses lis great bridge.
1t is very old town, built upon the
off. to the west contains between Iouff
and five hundred dwellings and stores
nearly all OF frame, and has popula-
ton OF about two thousand. The principal
trade OF the place is In lumber, railroad to
Philadelphia, the Maryland Central Railroad, in ad-
dItion to the connection with the Wilmington and
Baltimore road and the vessels by the river. AFFORD
ing ready transportation facilities and the opera
lions annually are very large in the lumber traic,
as also In granite, which is quarried in large guam
titles from the hills near the town.
PREVIOUS DISASTERS.
1t has been several times badly damaged by the
river freshets. but the trade attractions have al
ways kept together q fair population, despite the
dangers. In 1857 the lower town was nearly de-
strOyed. there being both loss OF life and OF prop
erty. Since that time no such destructive freshet
has occurred until now, when similar scenes OF de-
structiOn are presented.
Although the people represent their losses as
amounting to over one hundred thousand dollars
in the aggregate, think it doubtful II the total will
reach that sum, yet the people who have lost their
all are dependent on their daily exertiOns for their
bread, ana their suferings will probably appeal
more strongly to The sympathies Of our people than
the language can find tn tell you and the first i'm
pulse would seem to be that immediate help should
be rendered such need IL. There at least
two hundred and fifty families in this place now in
actual want OF the necessaries OF life.
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Confirmation of the Befogged Bat.
tie of Friday.
THE TROOPS COMPLETELY ROUTED
Fourteen Whites Killed and TWEEN.
ty-three Wounded.
Reinforcements Ordered to
the Scene of War.

WASHINGTON, Jan. q, 1873.
Oficial dispatches have been received at Army
Headquarters from General Candy dated Portland,
Oregon, January 90 giving account OF the attack
OF Colonel wheaton upon the M0doc stronghold on
the 18th inst. The details are substantially the
same as contained in the regular press report.
The fight lasted from eight O'Clock In the morn
ing until dark. force OF artillery and infantry
has been ordered from the Department Of Co
lumbia into the district Of the lakes, and CON-
pany of cavalry was ordered into the district for
the protection of the Surprise Valley.
Reports reaching General Candy from the interior
posts as to the disposition Of the Indians are en-
t1rey satisfactory, although they appear to be
fully apprised OF the difficulty with the Modocs
Additional Partic ulars Of the Fighting
Desperate Accuracy OF tho Indian
sharp-Shooters-Pick On the United
States Troops from the Rocks.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 20, 1873.
Additional reports from the scene OF Fridays bat
tie with the Modoc Indians represent that ten OF
Lieutenant Roberts, of Fairchild's command, can
not live.
The Modocs fought naked and with the greatest
desperation, springing from rock to rock, picking
OFT the soldiers and obliging many OF them to hide
themselves till darkness afforded means for their
escape.
The troops made several charges along the line
OF the lava beds, but were repulsed. The howit
zers could not be used to advantage owing TO q
dense fog.
captain "Jack" has the strongest natural posi-
ton in the country