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BOOTHS THEATRE,
Twenty third street and Sixth avenue-CUY MANNERING,
ats l.. NJ. Mrs Emma Waller.
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OLYMPIC THEATRE
No. ga Broadway.-vARIETY, At T. n.
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COLOSSEUM
Thirty fourth and Broadwa ayPRUSSTAN SIEGE OF
PARIS Open from r NJ 10 I ?. NJ. and from 30 I. NJ
to 10 Z. n.
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PARK THEATRE,
Broadway and Twenty second street-THE MIGHTY DOL
LAR, at 3 r. NJ Mr. and Mrs Florence.
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Portable "Beer POWDER"

An evil future is impartially prepar-
ing for both the apostles of the Permis-
sive Bill and the great public-house in
terest itself. Science, with It's wonted
absence of prejudice, has just dealt
side of the question knock-dOwn
blow. A Frankfort journal reports
that chemist of that city lately given
a public exhibition of his ability -
make delicious beer at moments no.
tice out of nothing but a small qnEnti-
ty of brownish powder and a peil of
water, 1t is said that certain experts
some of them brewers themselves
could not distinguish between the bev-
erage thus made on the spot and that
drawn from the orthodox cask. Ihe
new beer powder can I've sold at hye
pence an ounce, and the ounce ls suili-
cient to produce a gallon oil beer. Az
this rate glass of ale will cost about q
farthing. And the process is so SIM
pie Take some pure, cold water, put
| the powder into it, stir well, and the
beer is ready. The inventor, "1ore-
over, declares that by a slight change
in his Ingredients he can altar the
quality Of the beer and produce any
kind that may be desired. Shortly,
therefore, a great revolution mny he
expected. With few grains of Bass
ia one pocket and pinch or two oi
Ind and Coope in the other, tie thirs y
hut not even bona ilde traveller Of Hie
future will calmly make for the near
est pump aud there contentedly drink
! confusion alike to Sir Wifred Lawson
and to the licensed yictualler.-l Rai
Mall Gazette.
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KInP, IOckpOIi, Invited four men
whitney, Howard, thubburk nno
tinr-ldel from their seats NJ TIA,
banlueting table into nn ADJOINING
apartment, where he Informed them
that hn had an order from the Grand
Master (De wit Clint0nl, the execu'
tlon Of which required their assistance,
This party was then driven To Niagara,
reaching the fort n little before u
o'clock. Upon entering the magnZ ne
Colonel King informed Morgan that
his friends had completed their ar
rangements for his removal to and
residence upon farm Ia Canada.
Morgan walked with them to the
wharf, where u boat was held IN read
mess for them by Elisha Adams, an
invalid soldier, into which the party
passed and rowed away, Adams re-
naming to warn the boat oil by sig
nal { on its return any alarm had been
given. 1t was nearly two o'clock in
the morning when boat came back,
having, as Adams expressed 1t, lost
one man, only five of the six being on
board when the boat returned. When
the boat reached II point where the
Niagara river empties into Lake On
tario, rope being wound around
Morgan's pody, to either end of which
a sinker was attached, he was thrown
overheard. 1t IL due to the memory of
Governor Clinton to say that Colonel
King had no such order and no ali-
thority to make use of his name. 1t
il proper, also, to add that none of
these men survive. John Whitney,
Of pn,houtnr <yhnm | knew well. re-
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-08-21

ACCORDING to IL tabulated state
ment of the vote on the Convention
question, published in the Housto"
Telegraph, of the 18th, it appears
that sixty-six counties, from which
returns have been received, cast a
aggregate vote of 1920 of which
30, ,OS7 were in favor of, and 1888
were opposed to the Convention;
leaving an affirmative majority OF
11,754 votes.
From this it may be safely calcu-
lated that the majority in favor OF
calling the Convention will reach
10000; for it will be observed that
the vote of the counties TO hear
from will give almost an unani,
nous vote in favor of the Conven-
ton, as amongst the counties, al
ready heard from, arc some OF those
having heavy negro and Radical
majorities-
Elsewhere, in these columns, will
be found list of delegates to the
Convention, which are known Il
have been elected.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-08-21

Can any of our readers tell why
the Governor does not appoint q
public wcigher for Dallas
There was some opposition to the
measure, before it became n law, but
as tho law is imperative and mnnd-
atory on the Governor to
appoint weigher, the Ian.
guage being "authorized and re
quired," we think it ought to be
complied with. The cotton crop
will soon be coming to market,
and rival shipping towns, which
have public weighcrs, while we have
none, will be given the preference
over Dallas by many shippers, on
that account. All we ask is far
chance with our ncighbors in this
matter, and the Governor ought to
see that we have it.
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THE contest between artillery and
iron plating for vessels of war has
been going on for several years,
ever since the memorable combat
in Hampton Roads, between the
Confederate iron-clad Merrimac and
the Federal Monitor. AS fast as
any improvement is made in the
penetrating power of projectlles,
more iron plating is added to the
ships, until the limit has been reach
ed, and no more iron can be added
without sinking the vessel. But
there seems no limit to the capacity
for artillery improvement. The
Italian government is having num-
Der of guns made in England, to
weigh one hundred tons each, and
to throw shot of a ton in weight,
which will penetrate twenty-eight
inches of iron plating.
With two vessels armed with such
guns, the extreme politeness, attribu-
ted by tradition to commanders OF q
French and an English regiment
at the celebrated battle of Fontenoyr
would be rather injudicious. 1t is
related of these chivalric soldiers
that at the opening of the battle
their regiments were drawn up i'm
mediately opposite 10 each othsI
and at very short range. "WIi
Messieurs les Anglais be gooc
enough to fire7" called out thu
French colonel. Not to be outdon'
in politeness, even by Frenchnan
the English colonel replied, "th'
44lh Foot never fire first" Will
vessels armed with guns throwing
shot of tons weight, the soil
Question would be who would ge
the FIRST round. That would proba
bly, end the fight.
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The New Constitution Of Missouri.
From the New York sun.

from tne NeW 1Orh Sun.J
The new Constitution framed by the
Missouri Convention, which is to be
submitted for ratification by the people
of that State in October, is remarkable
for the positive provisions it contains
restricting the Legislature and other
authorities from abusing the powers
conferred upon them. Indeed, with
the exception of Switzerland, there is
probably no State in which the consti-
tuted- authorities are held to such strict
limitations in the exercise of their du-
ties as those of Missouri " ill be ii the
new Constitution is ratified. The Leg
islature is to meet once in two years,
adjourned sessions being absolutely
prohibited and, in order to encourage
Short sessions, it is provided that,
while members may receive five dol
lars day for the first seventy days,
their pay shall be reduced to one dol
lar per day after that period
has expired. The system Of
rules prescribed for legislation is
well calculated to prevent the passage
of laws by means of the tricks which
are often resorted to in order to coll
ceal the real purpose of objectionable
bills. From the Introduction Of a bill
to its final Authorization, it is sur
rounded by safeguards against fraud.
Each different bill must he read on
three different days in each House, and
this rule cannot be suspended. Every
amendment must be Incorporated
with the bill, which, as thus amended,
must be printed before final action can
be taken upon it. And ifa bill Is lost
by the vote on its final passage, it can
not be given new lease of life by the
old track of motipn to reconsider the
vote, thus aitOrding an opportunity for
the application of lobby influences, for
any such motion must be finally dis
posed of as soon as IL is made. But
It is in regard to the collection and
expenditure of the public funds
that the most stringent articles in this
Constitution have been framed. Under
these, until the interest on the public
debt, the necessary items for the sink
ing fund, for public schools and chari
ties and for the pay of public Officers
other than thelmembers of the Legisla
ture are provided for, no appropria
tions can be made. Then the Genera
Assembly may provide for its own pay
and make such other appropriations a
are not prohibited by the Constitution
But they can not give or lend the predl
or money of the State for any purpos
whatsoever, nor can they authorize an.
subordinate authority, such as q eourl
a county, or a municipality, to do SC
nor can they remit any claim which th
public may have. And neither the Leg
, islature nor any subordinate author
ity can add one cent to the public oct
unless empowered to do so by vote G
two-thirds of the people OF the stat'
county, or municipality, as the cas-
may be.
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of Contracts by Telegraph.

The rule of law which declares that
proposition made by mail is finally ac-
copied when the acceptance is depos-
tied in the postoilice, has also been eN-
tended to contracts made by telegraph.
When party makes proposition ny
telegraph he designates the medium by
which the answer is to be sent, and
the contract, which becomes consun-
mated by depositing with the telegraph
company the copy for the telegraph,
can not be affected by any errors III
transmitting the acceptance. When
the party accepting the contract should
be called upon to prove his contract, ne
would do so by means of his original
copy, and not by the telegram actually
received. The contract can not be al
fected by the failure of the telegram tu
arrive in time. This again follows the
analogy ofcontracts by mail. The loss
by the postoflice department OF let
ter of acceptance does not render the
acceptance any the less effective, and
the same effect is given to notices OF
dishonor OF bill or note, deposited in
the postofiice, addressCd to an eudorser,
which notices may never reach the en-
dorser. 1t may be added, that the tel.
egruph can not be used to cCuntermand
an acceptance consummated by de-
posit of acceptance in the postoflice.-
| iSt. Louis Trade Journal.
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VOL. XXI. NO. o..

torney, Mr. u. NJ ApperOn, of lliiscily
~ exc utOr ~ WHdr II. llUlluu, paid
over Ia Mrs. T.. j. Jackson the sun Oi
$1,000, half the sun hcuuHthrd 10 hci
husband, General StOncwall JncEsOn,
who fell IN action nt Chanccll0rsvillr,
Va, In 1861, while commanding u corp
OF COME elenrntc troops, At an inter.
view on the subject with Mr. Appcrson
yesterday, he stated that the heirs OF
the Bolton estate have been In ltign
tlon for some time past concerning the
of the property, aud whit
the legal contest remains undecldeC
the attorneys deem IL unwlsc for him
to pay any bequcsts not ordered by th'
courts. Contrary to the this nd vice,
however and solely because Mrs. jack
son stated that she sadly needed the
money, the executor has paid her hall
Df the bequest as above noted. He has
also paid the several heirs considerable
sums on account of their respective in
heritances.
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ACCORDING to Professor Mansell,
who seems TO be on terms OF int-
macy with the clerk of the weather,
we are 10 have q series of fearful
storms from now TO the end of the
year. He predicts that on the 18th,
18th. 2Oth, 2lst, 22nd and 26th OF
August; on the 9th, 10Th, 22d, 23d
and 29th of September; besides sum
dry days in October, November and
December, there is 10 be a terri
BILE conmotiOn amongst the ele-
ments.
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A scr.p a, Anu.MasonIc History.

From Weeds Letter 10 the New York Her
ald1
/ did not personally know William
Nor ,ap, who was for more than two
months writing his book in a house adj
Joining my residence at Rochester.
When applied to by Mr.. Dyer, my
next door neighbor, where Morgan
boarded, to print the book purporting
10 disclose the secrets of Masonry, i de-
cIinei to do so, believing that man
who had taken an oath to keep secret
had no right to disclose IL. Although
not a Freemason, / had entertained
favorable opinions of an institution to
which Washington, Franklin and La
fayette belonged. On my refusal to
print his book, Morgan removed
to Batavia, where he made
the acquaintance of David G. Miller,
editor of the Advocate, also a Mason,
who became his publisher. L pass
briefly over q series Of facts which
were judiciously established, embra-
cling the arrest Of Morgan, bis convey
ance to and confinement In the county
iaiI at Canandaigua, from which be
was released and conveyed by night In
closed carriage through Rochester
| Ciarkson and along the Ridge road tS
Fort Niagara, i'm the magazine o.
(which he was confined. While thu
confined Knight Templar eneamP
meut was Installed at Lewiston. NNher
at supper the zeal and enthusiasm o
the fempiars having been aroused b.
speeches and wine, Colonel william
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fdoslt fhof w. muyny bg tHfaf ln ihg
tuy eefem1hy U mf y Hrgioa NimyeJ
ira. in gnnfn li tn NlnD III nntf
.NymnH VIII
what peflInus UntnuuI.uH rnYinun
lun iHiuWy mmfa IHdfui MmN
Wntfh llnl4 mud aruliI VI HnuHht i0flnUioI
ThO Dlnfciinoii, pre- ludlOei und Hnnhhgt
Iienlpd hlut entrance 40 tlir NhuONt
Aud whpfofpf0 al iisrtufo, lUfsuuilii
In dnyHu shdm iie wrote thetf1th
Wrote N win hneiit Indignant lfci
." '''''' W. "Crcdo Byron"
When HAT stuna a1ul hogan 10 ire On
lts upward nlght, IT. naughty way
lntOthe worlds there HtnF lihlh HWnlt
liH, fhlukinV ul liiH nuu rrd,
DfeHiiit nf TIE pluUr itr i0ttu ll' h'Hlt
IsOupcd tiiHt HOli rtftil should 'ihlhh'"'I
nm t.t.
WIrf'' alppt ltla pngeiuuptrr rare before llln'
Nothing thereon uNrrpl hi uiihr-
"Crrd' iyrnn'
Hay mingled with HE strength uf iron,
Iiut hc WIS if rutU" ltr tipu turN
VINO dare Ia cull mia wholly clHN'
II Englnnd Wishes -pWUthinG uuiio
For her last ages strongest som,
he II his statue. Ut'iu AMI Gttndt
Hy the first sCulp ur Of iilr luuh'
Touch not MS hniu'ly cuulrlNhld Ioh'-
"My monument my name nlnuu;
"Irrde Byrnul'
-lPunch
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RELICS or THE PAST.

Correspondence oftho Couri"r-J"urnnl)
RICHMOND, VAp August 9th
RELICS OF THE PAST.
Sharp architectural contracts are fro-
quent and suggestive. IL Is hit n short
ride from the imposing religious cii-
llces of Grace street To the venerable
st. Johns church, where the crude
| fOrefathers of the hamlet Sleep in
closely crowding mounds, which cch-
oed the defiant clOquunce OF Patrick
Henry, and which, in its primitive
simplicity, modestly nestles upon tho
| leafy heights which il crowns. y few
minutes walk from st. paul's adj
iacent to the Capitol Square,
bring lis to the Monumental
church erected upon the site of the
thealer that burned in lSll, and COM
memorative of the holocaust ol human
life that then occurred. Almost in
sight of the neighborhood of the post
Office where rise splendid buildings for
the varied purposes of business, Is The
Old Stone House, built rudcly of the
commoncst rock, apparently IN the
pre- -Adnmite period, but sacred in its
revolutionary memories; for mere
Washington and Lafayette had their
Headquarters in the decisive campaign
of l7Sl, and here Arnold passed aH Ia"
descended Church Hill to repeat in
Richmond the arson and rapine lhnl
marked the traitors campaign IN Con
necticut and in the Virginia counties
vi the Chesapeake.
SOCIAL CHANGES.
Walking the streets of the old Capt.
toline city, the native, much absent in
the wears of sad change that have fol-
lowed the civil war, is even impressed
more than by the evidence of material
Improvement, with the story OF social
fluctuations, of impaired fortunes, OF
families long known in the history of
the city and now become almost cX-
tinct, of names once familiar sounds
now forgotten, of changes almost m
credible in community once the
most conservative III the country. Kip
| Van Wrinkle, after his awakening and
return to his old haunts, could hardly
have realized more painfully the work
of Time and Death among the people
he had known than ! have felt during
the few days of my sojourn here, what
| few years have accomplished III II
community whose history for fifteen
wears epitomizes the losses and griels
of the whole South.
AN EXAMPLE OF PUBLIC VIRTUE.
In this connection, even at the risk
of incurring censure for intrusion upon
private life, | give you an incident,
upon good authority, in the recent life
OF that representative old Virginian,
ex-senator r. NJ. f. Hunter. a little
more than twelve months since, Mr.
Hunters name, without connivancc
of his own, was earnestly pressed for
United States Senator in the protracted
struggle resulting in the election of Co
lionel Withers While the struggle was
pendlng, Hunter was struggling with
poverty down in Essex, just as he had
been struggling since the war, running
n little mill, performing much of the
Labor with his own hand, and, with re-
sources limited to IL degree almost be-
vond credence, wrestling with cruel
hut honorable poverty. More than
forty years in the public service,
with distinguished service in the
Legislature of Virginia; Speaker
nf the national House of Representa-
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-08-21

lS our issue Of this morning we
give fall return ol tho delegates
elect, Of the Constitutional Convcn.
ton, prepared with great care en-
pressly for TuE HERALD. For con
voncncc of reference, the names OF
delegates ara arranged alphabet
calIy, instead of by districts.
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HOW THEY SERVE VAGRANTS IN
MISSOURI

For more than forty years they
have had law in Missouri, under
which vagrants, white or black, may
be put up at auction and "knocked
down" to the highestsadder. These
sales are for a specified time, gener-
ally six months, during which period
the vagrant is forced to labor for the
purchaser; receiving only the neces-
sary food and clothing. Some OF our
exchanges, in noticing recent sales,
under this law, speak of it as OF late
enactment, ssauRcckk tire vagabondage
of tho freedmen. This is mistake,
1t is an old law, and tho writer,
more than thirty years ago, remem-
bers to have seen white men sold to
the highest bidder at the court
house door for vagrancy. 1T
was the usual device to free
a community from the presence
of professional gamblers, and one OF
our early recollections is being pres
ent at the sale of regular "sporr'
a splendid looking fellow, dressed
in the height of the fash'on, and
adorned with any amount of flashy
jewelry. At such sales, only cll''
xens of the county and household
ers could become purchasers, and
this kid glove and diamond breast
pin vagrant was knocked down tc
an honest blacksmith, at the price
of fifty cents for six months u
course he absconded tho first oppor
tunity, and that community was
not infested with gamblers for
long time afterwards.
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He loved the Union, Ne desired to
save it; but it Is impossible to COM
prehend how Ia statesman OF Mr..
Breckinridge's school could give bis
support to the proposition that the
General Government had the right to
employ military force to compel
State to submit to its authority. Not
only was no such power conferred In
the Constitution, but the resolution
which proposed to grant the authority
was rejected in the Convention that
framed tie governments There were
thousands of men in the eSouthernStates
opposed to secession, denying the right
and denouncing the principle /; men
who loved the Union and earnestly de
sired to save it, but who at the same
time saw that the authority claimed
for the general government when IL
menaced the States with war, and un-
dertook to coerce them into obedience,
was fragrant violation of the funda-
mental principles OF our free political
system. Like Hampden, some OF them
entered the army raised 10 oppose
usurpation while they loved the gov
erumept. After the war, when peace
was restored to the country, 1 urged
this view on Mr.. johnson. He was
then President of the United States,
and we were discussing the powers Of
the government The only reply thai
he could make was, No government
can be maintained without force
No man Is more attached to the Union
ef the States than L am; / rejoice tha
the whole country rests under thu
sanetity Of the constitution, and Is pro
tected by the flag of the republic, bu
that Federal government comiscse'
, OF essqial States may be-snaintaine'
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TuE uANNEr caUSTy AM r"h
uANNru DISTRICT

IL is evident that in the vote IN
favor of tho Constitutional COnycn-
ton, Dallas in the banner county
of tho State, and il is equally Ger
tain this, tho twentieth, is tho ban
ncr district of the State, Tho fig
urcs stand
Dallas, official, majority for Convention i1l
Tarrant official majority Tor Convention l2l'
Ellis, official majority for Convention l'"'
Total majority" '''
The whole vote in the district IN
opposition TO the Convention is only
eighty.thrco.
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Those of the alchoholic fraterni-
ty, who may have read in Bleak
House, about the spontaneous com.
bustion ofone of its bibulous char
actors, and have sometimes been
haunted by an underlined dread that
they too might some day go up in a
bIae blaze, may now sleep souDdly,
Mt CassagniOl, of France, after a
thorough examination Of all the
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-08-21

TnE Palestine Adr0cdte, like THE
DALLAS HERALD, is in favor Of
restoring tho whipping post, for II
certain class ofoflendors.
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conflicting accounts On record, de.
dnres that no such occurrence ever
took place.
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Mn. j. w. GRAVES has retired
from his connection with the Cte-
burne Chronicle, which will hereaf-
ter be conducted by Messrs. w. H.
Graves and A. II. Yeager, as editors
and proprietors. 1t is a good
newspaper aud ought to be literally
supported.
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Majority for Convention..,...l2,03O

Majority for Convention......l2,o3O.
Considering the meagreness oi
most of tho returns and that there
are ono hundred and iorty.scven or
eanized counties in the State, with
only four decided negro counties to
hear from, (Brazoria, Ma;agorda,
Fort Bond and Wharton,) ii is safe
to say, despite some unnecessary
alarm on tho subject few days
since, that fully II hundred thouS-
and votes have been pollcd and that
the majority for the Convention
will reach twenty-five thousand.