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ful of this dcviI's broth would DO re-
voItlng to Our fastidiOus st0mnchs, yet
II considerable proportion Of the in
hnbitants Of this good town are drink
ing water but little better than that In
the tanks of India.
The thiclly populated and business
part of Dallas Is located on II sandy
plateau of II texture so porous ~ to
permit the rain water falling upon the
surface to quickly sink TO the bed of
white rock underlayiug its whole eX-
tent. This bed Of rock prcyentsor inn
pcdrs tine further descent Of the water
which forms subtcrrnnean basin or
tank. That tie wells do not strike
running veins, but tap pond or tank,
Is proven ny the fact that they unfail-
ingly reach water ut II uniform
depth. This subttrrancan tank must
be chiefly, if not entirely, supplied by
the percolation of water from the sur
face. Upon this same surface are
thrown every kind Of decomposable
ollal and filth, animal and vegetable,
solid and liquid substances, already
fluid or largely soluble, and therefore
readily swept into the suhJacent tank.
And moreover, as ii for the very pur-
pose of facilitating this process, privy
vaults, without waterproof walls, or
rather, without walls Of any kind, are
sunk several feet into the ground,
often within step or two of II we'll.
1t may he urged that the views as
given above are incorrect, because the
liltering AMI disinfecting properties of
the soil have not been taken into con-
sideration.
When the earth acts as Il filter, it is
II simple mechanical process which
prevents the scipage, not Of all the in
soluble particles contained inthe fluid,
but only of the larger and coarser. All
''a soluble ingredients contained in
water ana ol'of the more minute
insoluble particles M.0 pass through
the interstices of the iiltelIns Ill.
When the earth acts as II disinfe ;taut, j
it must be either by ABSORPTION or by
working some chemical change. III
either case its powers are Limited, a
point of saturation will be reached,
and the disgusting current, unchanged
and ui.impeded, will flow into the res
crvoir.
A mere outline of the abomination
has been slietched. A pencil stepped in
the brightest colors and yielded by
the most skillful hand, must be used
to complete the likeness. is. G.
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TuuCONsi lONAL LCONVE~TIoN
AGAIN.


Should majority of the voters ol
the state decide that II constitutional
convention is to be called, Of which
there is little doubt, it is quite certain
| in the present conservative temper OF
the people, that ultra views ana eN-
detrimental tampering with well eolah'
lished principles, will have little place
In the deliberations of the convention.
In fact, there will be little more TO do
thanlto rcenact the constitution we had
before the war, with such m Naifications
as may be necessary to put it in accor'!
with our changed relations with the
negro race, and some provision for the
encouragement of emigration.
Without both labor and capital, our
vast natural resources must remain
undeveloped for years to come, ana Il
strict watch ought. to be kept over
theorists and crude doctrindi,cs
to preventive Introduction of any per-
niriols provision that would discourage
the one or drive the other from the
state. Nothing would more surely and
eilectually do this than any tamper-
ing with the rights of corporations, ac-
quired -y solemn compact with the
legislature of the State. The wild idea
that these contracts are subject to re-
vision ly the legislature, without the
consent Of the other party, If carried
into effect ly constitutional provis-
i'm, would strike Il fatal blow 10 the
prosperity Of the state. IT is just here
that cautious and thinking men feel
most apprehension and before we
eau consent 10 east cur votes for any
can litlutc for the constitutional con-
vcution, we must have the most nne-
quivocal expressions from them on
this point.
We know nothing Of the opinions of
Colonel Mccoy, Major John Henry
Brown and Judge Ferris, the only
three candidates who have yet an
nounccd their candidacy, on this sub
ject. With sound views on this point
all three would be well qualified to rep
resent this district. The two first named
gentlemen have spent the larger por-
ton ola generation in this state, and
have had large experience in public
affairs, and in both the framing and
in the execution of the laws. The
same may be said of Judge Ferris, we
LeIieve, although we have no
personal acuuaintance with him.
They are gentlemen of integrity
and culture, and would do credit
to any constituency. But the people
of this district will do well to have II
distinct understanding us 10 their
views in advance OH these and other
important questions.
Again, what are your views on the
usury laws? Our columns are open to
you, gentlemen, for any declars tion of
principles and views you may think
proper to lay before the people Of this
representative district.
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Somewhat struck.

The following note was received by n
young lady of this city, through the
postoilice, few days after attending n
moonlight picnic:
"IN THE BREEzEs AMONG THE TREEsEs."
RESPECTED NYMPII-My pericar-
dium, for hebdomadal season, has
been much fascinated by the transcen-
dent imagery of your magnificent per-
sonality. When | cogitate upon the
ascending, descending and horizontal
oscillation of your effulgent optics, my
heart is elaborated and my eyes are
inundated with profusion of lachryma-
ton.
But my domiciliary propinquity to
your local habitatioD precludes the in
dispensability of cpistolary correspen-
dence. Yours, extamporaneously and
homegeneous!y,
CHARLES AUGUSTUS w.
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AND STILL ANOTHER.

Again is THE HERALD called upon
to record another murder. Really 1T
seems as though we were enjoying
very carnival of blood. Scarcely has
the smoke died away from the murder
Gus discharge of the pistol of one assss-
sin, ere we are called upon to chronicle
another murder, rivaling in blood
thirstiness and cruelty any of its pre-
decessors.
Last night about ii O'Clock a num-
ber of negro boys and men assembled
at the den of iniquity and sin on Main
street, for the purpose of organizing u
q base ball club. OF course, there was
more or less loud talking and discus
sions, as is customary on such occa-
sions. While the confusion seemed TO
be at worst, a drunken negro rowdy
named John Stocker walked into the
room, and, with an oath, remarked
that they were making too much noise
One ofthose present, named Sam Winnr
spoke up and told him to be still, when
the ruffian drew a pistol and fired
striking Winn in the forehead ano
killing him instantly.
In the confusion and excitement
that ensued, Stocker made his escape
and up to the hour Of going to press
has eluded all attempts of the P'iic'
10 capture him.
The authorities shop'd leave no ston'
unturped to csp.dre the william anC
rive him that punishment his bloody
and unprovoked crime merits.
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polual Grant dictatorship. That We
rscnpcd this great danger, which
would have reduced the south
crn states TO the condition Of
military departments, we owe
more to Randall, of Pennsylvania,
than to any other one man in America
IN two continuous sessions of nearly
thirty hours each, the Democratic mi
nority fuicd and Mt last defeated the
most dangerous conspiracy that has
ever threatened republican institutions
In this country. That it would have
succeeded, but for RandGll's consum-
mate tact, slceplcss vigilance and great
familiarity with all the technicalitlcs
Of parliamentary law and usage, is per-
reclly certain. For this great service
to the country, Southern Journal has
no better term for him than "a back
SALARY grnbbCr!p
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WE have received the Southern Gull
tlvator for June, and as usual, 1t is
filed with valuable information for
farmers, gardeners and stock-breeders.
To those interested In those matters we
can sincerely recommend this publica-
tion. 1t is much more valuable to
Texan farmers, etc, than works pub
lished further north, where the soil,
climate and productions are different
from those Of the south.
1t is published at Atlanta, Georgia.
Price, 81 per annum. We could not do
a better service to our farmer friends
than to induce them to become regular
subscribers and careful readers Of this
valuable publication,
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Agricultural a College.

lJouSlOu iSlesidph'l
BRYAN, June 2.-There was quo
rum of the board of regents, consisting
of Governor Coke, Lieutenant Govern
or Hubbard, Mr.. Speaker Bryan, Hon.
Charles NJ. West and Hon. Il. IL.
Davis.
This board has been in session two
days, and have labored for the best in
tercsts Of this college. They found the
best structure in the state, and in all
its details of construction received the
highest concentrations of the board.
But they found that the college was
not ready for organization-the hall
for steward and presidents and profess
sor's residences not being yet built,
and no apparatus or chemical labora-
tory or furniture even for the imposing
edifice already completed.
The board examined fully into the
finances, and wisely determined not to
put the college afloat until it was ready
in all its parts. They, how ever, estab-
lished course of instruction embrac-
ing all the branches of the most liberal
American colleges, besides agriculture,
mechanics, engineering and military
tactics.
They established also the office of
president and six professors, besides
necessary adjuncts for the present, ana
Governor Coke and Major West as a
subcommittee appointed to advertise
this action and negotiate Subject to the
approval of the boardD for the filling
Of these chairs by the best learning and
ability of the whole country.
They ordained that the salary OF
president shall he 81 1000, with a resi-
dence furnished and grounds. The
position was unanimously rendered
Hon. Jefferson Davis. The salary OF
professors to be $500, with each a
furnished residence and grounds. The
board will prepare a report, with all
necessary recommendations to the le-
gislature.
The citizens of Bryan showed great
attentions and hospitality to the board
of regents.
This evening splendid collation.
was served at the college building, ana
each mem Der of the board being called
OH, expressed great hopes for the future
success of this Institution, which they
intend to make the pride OF Iexas.
1t will be recollected the fund out OF
which the professors are paid Is out OF
Texas frontier bonds. The people are
not taxed. .,.
The AGRICULTURAL interests Of the state
NAV well be proud of the action Of
Governors Coke and Hubbard and their
distinguished associates.
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Ornamental vines and creeping
plants, says the New York Times, are
now cultivated 10y all who make any
prctentions to tasteful gardening,
because they contribute an ele-
brown cottage, but also to the costly,
beautiful villa. 10 he sure, none of
these plants appear to such advantage
rs when associated with rustic archl-
lecture, or in portion of u garden
broken up into dells, with rock works,
wherein vines can ramble eunrestrained,
and present an appearance of free,
natural grace, that is always appre-
ciated 10y true lovers OF nature. If there
is an unsightly wall or fence, these
helps to home adornment, rs they have
been aptly styled, can also be used
with great effect, while the elaborate
decoratedandd decorations of newly built
houses may be mellowed and toned
down by their genial touch. So, my
friends, let us plant vines where
ever there is q chance for them to run
and wreathe our piaZzas, balconies,
and houses with their delicate foliage
and often brilliant flowers, and then
nature and architecture combined will
exhibit their beauties in harmonious
union. Among the most desirable va
reties of vines we give the clematis
the foremost rank, both on account of
its hardness, easy culture, and adapta-
bility to every form of training, and
for the gorgeous hues of its flow rs,
ranging from the pure white to the
most intense blue and various shades
of purple. The clematis requires toll
erably rich soil, with an annual top
dressing of good manure applied early
in the spring before it commences tn
grow; it also needs an open sunny 10.
cation where il has plenty of air
and can grow freely, as it demands
no pruning or other attention mt your
hands, but if used to decorate balconies,
pillars, or where neatness and order
are essential, you should cut back the
old wood every spring before it
sprouts-and cut out all the dead wood;
then as the young branches shoot out
you can tie them into shape, but not
too closely, as that would deduct from
the natural grace of the vine. One
method of growing the rarer varieties
OF the climates is to plant them in
beds upon the open lawn, and loosely
peg down their young growth until the
ground is all concealed, and nothing
but q, sheet of bright flowers and foliage
is visible. A circular bed of twelve
feet in diameter could be planted with
three or four or five different kinds,
which would mingle their colors in
beautiful contrast.
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AS per proceedings published in
another column, it will he seen that
the pioneers of Dallas city and county
will meet in this city on the 18th OF
July.
The Mckinney Enquirer says that
they have had most seasonable rains,
and that all manner of crops are rank
with thrifty growth and promised
yield.
By reference to THE HERALD's spe-
cial dispatch from Houston it will be
seen that Captain Ed. Bower, Of our
city, has been elected Grand Junior
Warden Of the Grand Lodge of Ma
sons now in session in that city.
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The Cincinnati Gazette, which han
dies Sherman very roughly, says
His famovs march TO the sen, which
he accounts the greatest generalship
and glory of the war, was march OF
his army away from the enemy he had
failed to destroy or cripple, leaving 1t
to General Thomas and to troops
which had been widely distributed 10
protect Sherman's line Of supplies.
The decisive victory achieved by Gem
eral Thomas, with the hurriedly gath
cred troops, saved Kentucky, which
Sherman's picnic excursion with the
bulk of the western army had uncov-
cred, and saved his march TO the sen
from the jeers and scoffs Of all future
time. -.
A Washington correspondent Of the
same paper is also very severe on oher'
man, and says Ar.
Judged by the official record, the
verdict OF Washington viii surely Dc
that the work u Throughout bEllllsn''
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Our prospects for the coming year
were never brighter. The largest wheat
crop raised in many years, now awaits
the reaper. The corn crop is simply
glorious in its promise, while cotton,
which has been retarded much 10y the
cold spring, is now rapidly growing,
and with fine prospect of giving a
good yield. The financial condition of
our merchants is equal TO the situation,
and what with large emigration this
fall, the completion of the Texas and
Pacific railway to Fort Worth, and the
constant influx of capital, Dallas will
continue to make more rapid strides
than ever on her road to wealth and
population.
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The Pinch in The ID pariment Of JUS
tfee,

Attorney General Pierrepont COM
plains that there is too much wasteful-
ness by district attorneys and United
States marshals, and says the govern
ment cannot stand it. He says that
hereafter the district attorneys will be
held responsible for the number of
witnesses who attend the courts, and
marshals will subpoena such witnesses
only as the district attorney may in
writing direct. The order of the dis
trict attorney directing the marshal to
subpoena witnesses must state the
names of the witnesses and the
time when their attendance is
required. Each marshal must
keep q record of the names of all
witnesses who attend, and the exact
dates when they attend, and he
must obtain O certificate from the
clerk of the court, stating the day on
which each witness testifies. Such
certificate of the clerk and direction of
the district attorney relating to wit.
nesses must accompany the marshal's
account when sent for audit. The at
torney general respectfully calls the at
tention of the circuit and district
Judges of the United States to the act
of February 3, 1875, relating to fees
and costs, and asks the especial aid of
the courts in compelling a strict en-
forcement of the statute. The attor-
ney general will hereafter require
duplicate of every account certified by
the Judge under the act of February
%, 1875, and which is forwarded for
audit and payment, to be filed with the
clerk of the court when such account is
certified, and evidence that the same is
SO filed must accompany the account.
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agrrwrlhN. viEm nmloAND.

General Hooker, known at the North
as "Fighting joe" says most truth
fully of Sherman that "he mad. war
like a brigand, while many other gem
erals never forgot that they were max
ing war on their own countrymcn. lie
did, however, leave black streak in
his rear, but we think it will, some
time or other, be considered disgraceful
by the great Christian world"
Perhaps, now that these Federal
generals have fallen out with Sherman
the world will ut last get AZ the truth
about the wauton burning ofCOlumhia,
South Carolina.
There never was the slightest doubt
in the south, ms To the truth of GeiTe,ss
Wade Hampton's charge against Sher-
man, in this connection but Sher-
mans untnllhlul denial went current
at the north. Now, we are likely to
learn the truth.
The fact is that of all the men who
rose to fame during our lamentable
civil war, for wolfish ferocity, and
needless cruelty, General Sherman had
no peer. His march through the south
was the progress of Il Ghengis Kahn, or
an Attila, rather than that of Chris
tian general. We are glad that the
world is at last finding him out.
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nIsrnEss IN MussOuRI.

There i great distress in some Of tie
western counties of Missouri, occo-
stoned hy the ravages of the grass
huppurs. ln.Jackson, and some of the
other western counties, meetings OF
citizens have been held and relief COM
mittccs appointed. Some idea of the
extremity of distress to which hun
dreds in Jackson county have been re-
duced may be formed from few pas
sages of an appeal of the relief COM
mltee of that county TO the people of
the state: -
alt is with feelings of Sadness" says
the appeal "that we behold our bare
fields aud pastures. All efforts to seed
our farms have proven futile; all
means resortcd to to destroy the pests,
although thousands of bushels have
been buried and burned, make no per-
ceptible difference in their numbers.
The cropping season is fast passing
away and still no prospect OF being
soon relieved of this plague. Myriads
of loeusts still cover our land, stripping
ii of every green blade, and myrads
are still Matching. Our stores, buth fer
man and beast, by reason OF previous
short crops are about exhausted, and
many. among us are verging to the
point of starvation, which invariably
bring, with it despair, lawlessness and
violence. A dark cloud is oyershad'
owing the future OF Uur people"
On The other hand, Il correspondent
of the Kansas City Times, writing from
Parsons, Kansas, May 3lst, says, that
since Governor Hardin's Proclamation
for day Of fasting and praying was is
sued, the grasshoppers have com
menccd to leave in countless sWarms.
For three days the air WAS filled with
clouds of flying insects going towards
the northwest. The Fort Scott papers
give the same report, and say that be-
fore the Sd of June, (Jle day OF fast
ing and prayer there will not be
grasshopper left to pray for. So mote
Iutf
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VOL. XXI, NO. 80

intensely egotisilcal, unreliable, and
cruelty unjust to nearly all his dis
tinguished associates. II IL now the
turn Of these latter aud their friends to
be heard.
Our erratic general tbrusts his pen
recklessly through regulations which
are rs dear to the country rs his own.
He detracts from what rightfully be-
longs to Grant; misreprcscnts and be-
Titles Thomas; withholds justice from
Buell.; repeatedly loads failures for
which he was responsible now upon
Thomas, now upon Schoiield, now
upon Mcpherson, and again upon the
three jointly; is unjust in the extreme
to Rosecrans; sneers ut Logan and
Blair insults Hooker and ISLANDERS
Stanton.
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An Abomfnafion, A
he Editor of The Dallas Herald:

To the Editor OF The Dallas Herald:
In large districts In Hindostan,
during the wet season, water Is secured
in tanks or artificial ponds for use in
the coming time of drought. Being
uninclosed, these tanks are resorted to
at will by man and beast and hogs,
dogs, cattle and men may be seen
wading, washing and wallowing
therein at pleasure. 1nnumerable
moving and creeping things, visible
and invisible, multiply and swarm In
this filthy fluid; in it float the eggs of
the tape-worm, trichin@, and other
man-eaters that live within and fatten
upon the human body; in it is found
the food aud other necessary require
ments for the indefinite reproduction
of the living germs Of ty-
phoid fever cholera and other
infectious maladies. The bare
thought Of swallowing a single mouth
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SUFFERING KANSAS is bound to lose
her unplcasantly suggestive desig-
nation this year, ani will be known
as the land of plenty and prosperity.
The acreage of wheat crops, accord
ing to the last monthly report of
the state board of agriculture, is
about thirty per cent greater than
that of any previous year, and the
general yield of wheat promises to
at least thirty per cent greater than
ever before. Other crops, and
cattle generally, are nearly up to
the mark of former years, and fruit
promises more than u three.fourths
crop.-[St. Louis Democrat.
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WE have received some poetical
verses, from lady contributor, but we
have room for this only:

awe went to the low shore, where grow
mass of moss and river weeds;
We heard the waters flow and dance,
And dance and flow among the reeds.
Said !, ah would ii not be sweet,
flour two lives coula meet and go
On one long dreamy starlit dance,
Just as the shining waters fiow?"
This is very pretty and poetical, so
much so that we are not willing to
spoil the effect by giving the conclud-
ing lines of the original.
Lovers do and say many silly things,
no doubt, in their green youth, but,
after all, it is by no means certain that
even that is not better than the sordid
pursuits and cold cynicism that often
comes with age and contact with the
world.
Our young poetess evidently has
some talent for versification, but she
will pardon us for suggesting that the
true poetical faculty is not to be ac-
quired by an attempt to make what Is
pure and true ridiculous. The tree
of life bears so much bitter fruit
that we can not afford to spoil the odor
of its spring flowers.