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INTEREST AND MONEY.

Money Is commanding here in Dali
las from three to five per cent per
month, and is hard to get even at that
rate on the very best collaterals. We
suppose that a person could not bor-
row more than two hundred dollars
Oh warehouse receipt for ten bales of
cotton and not at q less rate than three
per cent month. This condition of
affairs is, of course, calculated to re-
press enterprise and retard improve
ment. And Il great many persons, re-
alizing this effect of the condition OF
the money market, are disposed to crit
icise the course of those who have mon
ey to lend, and speak of them as usur-
ers, ext0rtioners, etc. Now, we have
no sympathy with any such express
sions. We look upon money just as
any other commodity-that tLe man
who has it has the right TO get all he
can for it, just as the farmer does for
his cotton, the merchant for his dry
goods, etc. The reason why money
is commanding such q high rate is
simply because it is scarce. If there
were twice as much of it here the rate
of interest would not be more than
halfit now is. What is needed here is
more banking capital. Dallas ought
to have twice as much AZ sue has.
And, IN our Judgment, the county has
means enough to supply this demand
in a great part, if the right men will
take hold energetically of the work.
The quaint old Scotch phrase, ''many
mickle makes a muckle," is nowhere
better illustrated than in the power re-
sulting from the aggregation of their
capital by small capitalists. An hun
dred men, with a thousand dollars
each, are, while acIing without coop
Grafton, not likely either to make large
profits for themselves or TO advance
the general prosperity to any very great
extent Let them, however, combine
their different resources into one insti.
tuition, aud at once power and strength
result from the combination. The or
ganized capital can make larger re
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HANCOCK's SPEECH.

At the close of the thirty-seventh
ballot in the Brennan convention,
a motion was adopted requesting both
Hancock and Shepard to address the
convention, the one to give an account
of his stewardship, the other to show
his claims to the position to which he
was aspiring. The invitation was ac-
cepted by the two gentlemen, and
Hancock led off in an address of more
than two hours in length, which must
have proved satisfactory to the dele.
gates, as he subsequently received the
nomination.
While we disagree in toto with the
honorable gentleman in regard to his
vote on the "salary grab" question,
we can but admire the manliness with
which he met the issue. There was no
apology for nor any shrinking from
the consequences of his vote on that
occasion. He defended il as the best
vote he ever gave, and said that If he
had to vote again on the same bill he
would vote the same way. The argu-
ments i'm support of his position were
ingenious and forcible, but we doubt
very much If they convinced his hear
ers of the propriety of his course, at
the same time that they caused them
to condone the offense. He laid all
the blame for the Indignation that had
been aroused against the salary grab
bers on the newspapers; said that
they had deceived the people in ref
erence to the matter, and that he
didn't suppose one editor in twenty
in Texas had ever read the bill. He
supposed it probable that his compet-
itor, Mr.. Sheppard, might have read
it. The speaker did not explain how
it happened that ninety-nine hun
dreths Of the newspapers of the United
States, both democrat AMI republi-
can, denounced the bill in unmeas-
ured terms Immediately upon its pas.
sage. The inference would be that the
editors throughout the whole country
are ignorant and uninformed, as the
honorable gentlemen would have us
believe the Texas editors are.
Aside from this position Of General
Hancock's speech, which We think il
would have been In better taste foI
him TO have omitted, we are bound "a
admire its boldness, its siraight-foT'
wardness, and Its manly honesty. The
acton Of the convention in giving him
the pominstiOn BY 50 overwhelming
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CANAL BETWEEN THE RED RIVER
AND THE ETRINITY.

We acknowledge an interesting COM
munication on the above subject. The
suggestion is that Red river near
Gainesville, in Cooke county, ap-
proaches to within less than ten miles
of the upper branches of Elm fork of
Trinity river {; that canal could be
cut between these points and the water
of Red river diverted into the Trinity,
thereby making the latter navigable
stream at least as high up as Dallas
The advantages that would result from
the carrying out Of this scheme are
forcibly set forth. The communica-
ton closes with call upon "our able
and practical city engineer to give this
subject his earnest attention." with a
view, we suppose, of expressing an
opinion rs to the practicability and
cost of the undertaking.
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ELOQUENT EXTRACT.

The following is an extract from the
sneech of Hon. NJ. s. Munson, on TAX
.. 49, ,,.o.;,,v. ~, tLo pro,
ing Ills sea' 10 Ptesi"ei'' VI Wv
ham convention:
Our federal relations just now are of
the greatest import to Texas. With n
state that is almost an empire in its
extent and growing to population of
millions, know none will deem it ir-
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BEECHNUTS.

"The study of anatomy is much facil-
itated by engravings. ~ Beecher.
Tilton is about to celebrate his brass
wedding, and the Herald proposes to
send him leather medal.
The New York Tribune thinks that
Mrs. Stanton, having given her life to
build up the woman's movement, has
in one day destroyed it all.
Some people think it little singular
that Beecher's nest-hiding didn't sug-
gest to Tilton the practical value of
ng.-[CourierJournal.
When you see an old Judy in panta-
looms Jerking his eyeballs heaven
ward and deploring the exposure of
wickedness in high places, give him all
the green watermelon he will hold.
mo, sir" said Susan b., Indignantly,
ono minister ever led me from the path
of duty.n Now, Methusaleh, tell us,
frankly, wasn't Susan a little frisky
when she was young?
Tilton is emptying himself and all
his contents upon the public.-[ New
York World. Woodruff was a little
more considerable. She was quietly
"bailed outn before she left the other
day.
1t is being pointed out that just one
lustrum ago this month, Mrs. Beecher-
Stowe was doing up the Byron business
or, more correctly speaking, that the
Byron business was doing up her.
mo innocent man should suffer
himself to be blackmailed in any
II .r,,fltx, 10 1tly.,lxy
to find resistance better in the end than
surrender" says the Herald, and 1t is
true as Gospel.
There's Just enough weakness in Mr.,
Beecher's conduct to make him hr0ther
to the human race. Men know how to
allow for weakness. They know how
it is themselves. But they don't take
much stock in angels at present.
Tilton gave George Alfred Townsend
four years Of correspondence between
himself and his wife, and the same is
printed in the Chicago Tribune. Deli
cate chap, that Theodore. BY the way,
did he give Mr.. Townsend the inform
alton the latter attributes to Moulton
That must have been a grave meet
ing when Beecher "wished he was
dead,u and Tilton walked in with the
remark that he "wished he was dead, +"
and Moulton gave a responsive sigh
that he '.wished HE was dead, Why
cannot people have their wishes graft
fled ia this world? ~
While q man Is stringing a harp. be
tries tire stfing. not Tor music, but foI
construction. When the work Is fin
Isbed It shall be played for melodies.
God is fashioning the human heart for
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CONCERNING the grasshopper raid,
the Leavenworth Commercial says:
"a terrible calamity has fallen upon
lis as state, it is useless to deny. The
devastating hordes have already WIS.,
tied over .two-thir,ls of the state, aud
wherever they have settled everything
is destroyed. In the southwestern tier
of counties there is scarcely vestige
of the crops left. Cotton, corn, pota-
toes, all garden vegetables, tobacco,
castor beans, and even fruit trees, have
been destroyed. The situation is in
deed terrible. In all the new settled
counties there must necessarily be
much suffering. The farmers were de-
pending entirely on the corn crop, aud
what few vegetables they could raise
for subsistence. But very little wheat
was raised, not near enough TO bread
the people. In the southwestern coun-
ties there was considerable breadth
Of cotton planted, it being a much
more profitable crop than wheat and
this is all gone.
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TENNESSEE DEMOCRACY.

The democratic state convention of
Tennessee met at Nashville at the 10Th
instant, and was presided over by Gus
tavus A. Henry, known as "the eagle
orator." The contest for the guberna-
torial nomination was between Hon.
James d. Porter, of Henry county, ana
James +. Bailey, of Clarksv!lle. On
the fourteenth ballot the vote stood
Bailey 359, Porter $50. The two-thirds
rule having been adopted, 632 was ne
cessary to nomination, On the vote
being announced Mr.. Bailey withdrew
his name and Judge Porter was unaui-
mously nominated.
A platform Of five planks was adopt
ed. The first four were glittering gen.
eralities, the fifth was as follows:
Fifth-That we favor the abolition
of the present odiouo national banking
system, and the payment of the bonds
Of the government by the issuance of
its non bearing interest notes according
10 the contract expressed and implied
at the time of the creation of such obli-
cations, and iepeal of the present op-
pressive federal tariff and the enact
ment of law solely with view of
raising the necessary revenue; that we
denounce all legislation that seeks 10
interfere with the individual rights OF
citizens i'm their associates, and particu-
larly what is known rs the supplement-
AIRY civil rights bill pending before the
federal congress as palpahle violation
of the constitution, intended 70 vex,
harass, oppress and degrade the people
of the southern states, and productive
of untold social hid political evils q
both races, and whicbiwe should resist
by dl'legal and Ncohstitutiopal means
u y oqr power.
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DIR. KING.

We had the pleasure OH yesterday of
meeting DR.. King, who was the commits.
sioner sent from New Orleans to Ken
lucky, Tennessee and Missouri to seek
relief for the sufferers by the over
flow, and of hearing brief statement
of the result of his labors. The doctor
says that he was authorized by the
mayor of New Orleans to cease his eff
forts, as already more money had been
received than was necessary. The es-
innate is that after supplying the he
cessities of all those who are destitute
until the lst of January next there will
remain surplus of at least fifty thouS-
and dollars undisposed of. This will
be turned over to the Howard assOcia-
ton, and will materially aid that or
ganization in its future work of charity
and mercy.
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turns for its individual owners, and
can at the same time afford to assist
in developing he general welfare.
This, of course, is upon the assumption
that it is managed with honesty and
with ordinary capacity.
Is there not unemployed capital in
Dallas county that could be organized
into banking institutions If the proper
steps were taken to secure it" From
the idea we have Of the wealth and re-
sources of the county, we have no hes
itation in expressing our opinion that
there is abundance of such capital, If
it were properly utilized, to supply the
demand for money, and lower the rate
of interest that bids fair to choke
manyia good enterpriseto death. .,,,a4
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VOL. XXI, NO. so
THE CROPS.
CONDENSED kilograms TO the Galveston
NpNySl


CONDENSED Telegrams to the Galveston
po ,,.,s, ., Tho dro,,b
n,,.,' pUni,A"' h"Suav 1a,,cnt. sar Nv roi' ara
oont'u' oon, ,h; uu, pao'PPrhh,' PPrho @ shnnners
soo' oIa vn,' uaunrtaSi uautSii ~ soot;nms of thn
county, doing considerable damage to
! the crops. Those who know, say
that the cotton will yield about one
fourth of IA crop.
p, ,u,a. ., coo,o, .,,r,,
,;,'s ,i,,, nMi 1,S"'v ~ aa, whioh ,yare nr
great benefit to the upland crops. Bot
tom crops doing well, and but few
worms. AS yet, no damage of any
consequence has been done by them.
,,o,, ,,,o, ,u,s. ., e,;r,,t
oNha uho' ',, FL, T., ususv Az sST"ndo,, hnt Snt
snomei % ~ iain I & ieai on ou n9,,t J"' tn oonI
thousn W nv Io iuUn SoI & oMoepj ;,,o W. I'M ~,
om one III an. tho pian ma'u 80 s'eI haIf "If
a.l noPe " manning 'h''o '-'' " "'''
'fop Vi oo''o"'
ooLt;,, noNn V lew, aueus, o 49, I hoIf 'ou oron
ccl.inues. Hoe inoie ;naL III iia,a ot; v,UP
1r eu'von WI oe ihaue ", WI,Io,, W. .n,n
,, ,4o, ca...,,o
MAhhlN' nuSusi fa"', So..on 20 -;
:S -,
Ill the last week.
MCDADE, August 2l.--Weather still
hot. No rain. Worms are reported
in some parts of the county, but as vet
they nave dohe no oamage'
NAvAsoTA, August 2l.-No material
change in the cotton crop prospects in
the past week, Picking goes on stead
ily. We have had two severe thunder
storms, accompanied with splendid
rains, IN some parts OF the county.
New BRAuNFEIs, August 2l.-The
weather is still extremely hot. No rain
since June. Saturday last was the hot
les, day that has been known here for
twenty wears. Cotton crop suffering
very much, and the estimates must be
reduced 10 ohe-thlru Oh "laI was en-
pectea. Ihere are no worms mere, SO
Iar, nor IS tnere any collon III the
market as yet Corh crop splehoi"--
'e'''"s' '' '','' w
PALESTINE, August 2l. - Rain is
needed. Farmers are not as sanguine
as they were two weeks ago.
p,rurp EI,;s oountv Auo,st o1-
ma nnttnn ornn is cnt sEnrt by the con.
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HOW THE GATES CAME AJAR.
AN ITALIAN LEG EN- d.

Twas whispered one morning In heaven
How the little child-angel May,
In the shade of the great white portal,
sat sOrrOwing night and day
How she said TO the stately warden--
He of the key and bar
"Oh, angel, sweet angel, pray you,
Let the beautiful gates aiar,
Only u little, pray you,
Let the beautiful gates aJar.
d" can hear my mother weeping;
She Is lonely she cannot see
a giimmor OF light In the darkness
Where the gates shut after me.
Oh turn me the key, sweet angel,
The splendor Will shine 50 far"
But the warden answered: 81 daro not
Let the beautiful gates aJar!
Spoke low and answered: II dare not
Let the beautiful gates ajar!"
Then up rose Mary, the blessed,
sweet Mary, the mother of Christ;
Her hand on the hand of the angel
She laid, and the touch sufliced.
Turned was the key in the portal,
Fell ringing the golden bar;
And 10 in the little child's fingers
Stood the beautiful gates ajar!
In the little child-angels fingers,
Stood the beautiful gates ajar
And this key for no further using,
To my blessed son shall be given"
Said Mary, mother of Jesus
Tenderest heart in heaven.
Now, never sad-eyed mother
But may catch the glory atar,
Since safe in the Lord Christ's bosom
Are the keys OF the gates aiar!
Close hid i'm the dear Christi bosom,
And the gates forever ajar!
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InITonIAL CONVENTION.


In another column will he found the
oificial call for the second annual meet
ing Of the editorial convention and
press association of Texas. The call is
made by Vice President G. A. Cutler,
Of the Dallas Commercial, Judge Nor
t,n, of Norton's Intelligencer, and {.
G. yogle, of the staats Zeitung. COL
O aeI DeMorse, president Of the associa-
On, has been aud still is so much oc-
lpied with his congressional canvass
lat he has delegated to the vice presi-
snts the duty of making all the neces-
slry arrangements for the meeting.
as will be observed from the published
call, Thursday, the tenth day Of Sep
tsmbsr, . the appointed time for the
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THE RIGHT SPIRIT.

Messrs. Giddings u Giddings, bank
ers of Brenham, have expressed u
willingness to purchase portion of
the state bonds now on the market,
and at the request of the governor have
undertaken to dispose of from 100000
to, Sl50,00O in the state.
The above appears as special dis
patch from Austin to the Houston
Telegraph. We are glad to chronicle
it, as we believe it to be step in the
right direction. 1fTeXas wants to es-
tablish her credit in the money mar
kets of the world she must first estab-
lish it at home. Let her people DEM
onstrate their faith in the promises of
the state by takinga n million of state
bonds, and there will be 10 difficulty
in inducing outsiders to give credit for
any amount we may need.
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majority, shows that these qualities
are appreciated by Texans, and that
the delegates in convention assembled
felt that the same couscientiousness
and boldness that scornedto seek their
favor by receding from what he be-
lieved to be right, would characterize
all his actions in congress, and would
secure for General Hancock n proud
and influential position in the ma
tional councils,
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FROM the reports Of the agricultural
department we learn that the wheat
crop of this year has been larger than
an average, both in the amount planted
and in the yield per acre. Twenty five
states produce more than an average
to the acre, two an average, and
scarcely any less than ninety per cent.
Corn promises about as well, and is es-
timated to be six per cent larger thnn
the area of the srop Of 1873, OF slialt
two millions Of seres increase. The
increase in Texas l. sei down at two
hundred thousand acres.
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"Frpsh I.ips,"

But the kiss of all kisses is the eli
matte one-the lovers kiss-the first
touch of lips together that are hence
forward to be all in all to each other,
and for this kiss who would not ask
for fresh lips? Who cares for lips that
have been common to lovers before2
al always meant to be the first conner
i'm a woman's heart. Fresh lips or
none for me-" lisa sigh from a mans
heart; more pitifal in that he is strong
and not young. Into his pure heart
and life one day, pair of wistiul blue
eyes, two rosy lips and a girlish voice
crept i'm, but crept in only TO make for
themselves grave In the before I'M
broken ground, where, nesting down
in its depths, they were left to lie ull-
disturbed. 1t Is the old story. Other
lips pressed hers after, as they did be-
fore his turn; and still another had the
better right to weep over her coffin; /;
but she, in that hour past, had crept in
and buried herself i'm one mars heart
forever. How many lives we know
not of are lowering over an open grave,
into. which has nestled the form of
something loved the best.
Common sense dictates that we must
not expect too much Oh lDOrtal man or
woman. Weare all tainted with the
original sin, and total depravity has
been a catching disease for some time>
] doubt not that, though the number
may I've small, there are more fresh girl
lips to be kissed to-day than fresh manly
lips to kiss them. What man has \
right to demand more than he can
gives
Alas! but the girls do, not echo the
cry! They know there is little use TO
expect fresh lips. aud wise in their gen.
Grafton, cease 10 ask for them. They
| take The goods the gods offer them and
ask not who has had them before.
Thank God, there are men who
can ask for fresh lips May blessings
rest On the pure, rosy ones that shall
/ be lifted to meet theirs IN the old FASH
( ioned betrothal kiss Jean Gold.
I ---=-H---ss--
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FAIR.

In reply TO our inquiry Of several
days ago as to whether or not We would
have fair this fall, we are authorized
by Colonel w. b. Miller, president of
the Dallas fair association, to state that
there will be no fair held this season on
the grounds belonging to said assOcia-
tion.
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future joy. He only sounds string
here and there to see how far His work
has progressed.-[Beecher.
Mixed up in the Brooklyn scandal
now is Winslow, of the firm who make
the Soothing syrup" with which so
many babies are yearly drugged to
death. But alas for Beecher and Tilton !!
Not poppies, nor mandragora, nor all
the "soothing syrups" of the world can
medicine them to the sweet sleep they
knew yesterday .--ICourier-Journal.
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TRANSCONTINENT RAILROAD.

The Sherman Courier says: "Mr.
GeOrg Noble, general superintendent
of the Texas and Pacific railroad, was
in the city last Saturday. He express
ed confidence that work on the Trans
continental branch would begin by
October ] and the road be completed
to Texarkana during this year"
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WEEKLY HERALD
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY ~
s sWINDELLS & SIMMONS.
II &c Il NJ =:

per annum In adNance''""s2g
six months, ''''' N
ADVERTISING-One square Uen lines OF
thls size typel 81 10 for the first, and 70 cents
tor each additional insertion.
U5-Our charge for announcing u cuhdlante
for any office is sl5, payable invariably wheh
{ he announcement Is inserted.
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Fatal. DUEL.

DIR. Charles Gray and Deputy Sheriff
Richard fought duel with reyolvers,
distance fifteen PAGES, in st. James
parish, Louisiana, Oh last Tuesday.
Both fell at the third fire, aud expired
in few minutes.
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CHARLEsToN, s. C., August 24.-The
first receipt Of the new crop Of sea is
land cotton arrived here to-day from
Florida, consisting Of two bales.
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UNITED STATES MAIL AGENT GALA
HAN arrived here ON Sunday morning
from Austin. Hewill use all means 10
ferret out The posiOfiice robbery,
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SWEET potatoes ia this city make
people look sour al one dallafand hftE
cents a peck,
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ArRrcOTs are the latest arrived szcu,
lents,