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HUTCHINS.
A Grand Picnic - Addresses by the
Candldantes s-MusIc-A Gala Day.

The citizens of Hutchins and vicin.
ity, to the number of seven or eight
hundred, assembled yesterday in Il
beautiful grove just north of town, al
Clark's mills, where stand and seats
had been prepared for their accom-.
mediation. The Lancaster Silver Cor
net Band was on the grounds, and
discoured some beautiful music. After
the people had assembled they were
received in neat address by Captain
w. G. Veal, who bid them all an hos
pitable welcome and pleasant and
happy day. He was followed by a
temperance address from Rev. James
Young, which was well received and
heartily applaulded. --s r't.-.
AT the conclusion of DR.. Young's ad-
dress, it was announced that
candidates for the Constitutional Con-
vention would be allowed the privil-
ege of speaking, when Hon. J. w. Fer
ris, of Ellis county, and Colonel John
c. Mccoy, of Dallas, delivered short,
pointed and spirited addresses.
AT the conclusion Of Colonel Me-
Coy's address, dinner was announced,
and such a dinner! A regular, old
fashioned basket-picnic dinner. Groups
of three and four scattered themselves
about the grove, and out of well-filled
hampers spread feast to which am
pie justice was done by all. The re-
porter of The HERALD hereby desires
to return thanks to several parties for
kind invitations:to join them, and can
only express his regret that n due re-
gard for his corporeal welfare prevent
ed him from accepting them all.
at 2 o'clock Mr.. James p. Goodnight
addressed the assemblage, followed by
Captain w. G. Veal, each of whom,
as the other candidates, presented their
claims and merits for the support of
the electors al the ensuing election.
At 4 o'clock, the speaking closed,
and the assemblage began to disperse,
after passing most happy and pleas
ant day. At intervals during the day
Lancaster Silver Cornet Band enliven-
ed the scene with sweet music, and
closed the days merry'making, as the
picnickers wended their way home
ward, with the beautiful strains of
"Home, Sweet Home"
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WASHINGTON AND VIRGINIA.

Virginia gave us this imperial man,
Cast in the might mould
OF those hig gh-staturcd ages old
Which into grandcr forms our mortal metal
ran
What shall we give her back but love and
praise
AS in the dear old unestranged days
Before the inevitable wrong began?
Mother of States and undiminished men,
Thou gaveSt us u country, giving him,
And we owe alway what we owed thee then I;
The boon thou wouldst have snatched from
iis again
Shines as before with no abatement dim.
A great mans memory is the only thing
with influence to outlast the present whim
And bind us rs when here he knit our golden
ring.
All OF him that was subject TO the hours
Lies in thy soil and makes 1t part OF ours
Across more recent graves,
here unresentful nature waves
Her pennons DER the shot.ploughed sod,
Proclaiming the sweet truce of God,
We from this consccrated plain stretch out
Our hands, as free from afterthought or
doubt,
AS here the united North
Poured embrOwnrd manhood forth
In welcome OF our saviour and thy son.
Through battle we have better learned thy
worth,
The deep-set courage and undaunted will,
Which, like his own the day disaster done,
Could, safe in manhood, suffer and he STILL
Both thine and ours the victory hardly won;
II ever with distempered voice or pen
We have misdeemed thee, here we take IL
back
Be to us evermore rs thou was then,
As we forget thou hast not always been,
Mother OF States and unpolluted men
Virginia, fitly named from England s manly
queen -Jdmes Russell L0TeH.
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SOME time ago stranger died in
Corsicana, from exposure and neg.
lect, and because the Statesman told
the truth about it, and called it bru,
tai and heartless, our cotemporary,
the Corsicana Observer, goes into a
long explanation Of "tho Slandcr."
But we don't sec that it makes the
case any better. Captain Marsh
Getty Marshal probably reported
the case in the euening after the poor
devil had lain all day on the rail
road platform, to the Mayor. The
Mayor declined acting because there
was no ordinance requiring him to
do so. Nobody would take the
poor, friendless, dying man within
doors. But one man, by name Har-
deman, if he did not provo himself
to be the good Samaritan, at least
was not the Levito who "passed by
on the other side; for Hardeman did
take some notice of the poor wretch,
and actually had him removed to
tho platform in front of Sol
onions store, put him on his
blanket and gave him some
water" Good for Hardema n.
But the benevolent Hardeman tried
in vain to procure lodgings for the
poor creature, but 1--WE quote from
the Observer) "No family was will
ing to receive q transient sick man,
especially at this season of the
year." So a friendless stranger,
sick unto death, was allowed, in a
Christian city of Texas, to lie out
of doors all night. The merit morn
ing, the Mayor hired room, pro-
cured q nurse, etc. etc., but the neg
lect and exposure had done their
work, and the poor man died and
we think he did wisely if he
couldn get away from Corsicana
in any other way.
We should be very much ashamed
of Dallas If such thing had hap
pened here, and would have re-
gardcd it as stain upon the city
and its people. But as it relates to
the patrons of the "Obseryer" we
leave our cotemporary to deal with
them as they merit, but we pray
not TO be taken sick near Corsieana.
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LET US HAVE UNION DEPOT.

1t seems that in the construction
OF the freight dcpots of the two rail
roads, passing through the corpo-
rate limits Of this city, there has
been disregard of the railroad law
Of the State for the last two years
This law requires that n union de-
pot shall be established at the inter-
section of the Texas and Pacific and
the Texas Central. OF course any
parties having freight to ship by
either road can demand that it be
received at that point. Either Com
pany refusing to receive it there,
renders itself liable to damages.
The following is the law on the
subject:
"Sect. II. The point at which the
roads of two companies intersect, or
connect, is declared to be n depot
for the receipt and delivery Of
freight, and the companies must re-
ceice and delicer treight and passen-
gers to and Tram tie same, under the
same regulations and the same pen
atics rs in other cases. Approved
April 10, 1853"
There can be no question that the
public convenience requires that
there shall be II union depot at the
crossing of tho two roads, and our
citizens ought to SEQ to it that the
law is enforced.
Instead, therefore, of having a
second depot in the heart of the
town, LETT us have union depot,
and relieve our thoroughfares as
much as possible from the obstruc-
tion caused by the frequent passing
of freight trains.
The law is good one-its en-.
forcement would add greatly to the
convenience of the public, and we
trust that our people will see to it
that it is complied with. 1t is well
known that one of the chief OBJ
stacles to the erection Of a grain ell
evator, so much required by the in
terests of our city, is in the non-ex-
istenco of such n depot at the cross
ing.
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narfn oI aprneiult, urthtr ocru
wdiut l4 prnn inlr,d llo hIll T.
lowU huturtc b. pUtouunL EIgin'
Fln9l" gentlemen pnsl rUd rrImeH lU'
llnrn i8nn iuyi'mipu mr lhom ~ iU
1nir" vllhtuur without AllpHlowl
'uI silence M ilo lr.H l.ul the #
lcudnl, gentlemen, tliu rulIlol d,.
Nr"$pu NJ TIM dmnolic mHli IN tl.y
desert ut the corner of Market a.
JncksOn streets the defendants win
have chokrI up the welt, and throHn
nsllcs IN the swad the defendant
who come before you to-day, stiIl rear
their heads with uublcmi.hcd cilrOnt.
cry, and gnIe without sigh on tlr
ruin they have made. Damages, gen
tlemen-lIrnvy damngrs Is the only
punishment with which you can visit
them the only rrCOmpchse YOU rgH
awnld Ia my client. And for tho,y
damage she now appeals 10 nn cn
IL hi.,h-miuIri, 4 ri.ht-frrl.
inR, conscientious, a apnr-iHnaic, u
rnntompIatlve lury o!
her ciyiliIed cOintryuIrn.
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OBITUARY..

Our Saturday night dispatches
brought the news Of the death, al
Norfolk, Va, Of the gallant Major
General George Il. Pickett, late Of
the Confederate army.
The subject of this brief notice
was n native Of Richmond, Virgin
in, and graduated at West Point in
1916. lie was assigned to the eighth
regiment of United States infantry
as u brovet second lieutenant, and
served with distinction in the Mex.
lean war, winning two brevets for
gallant and meritorious conduct in
battle.
AT the breaking opt of the war
between the States, he resigned his
commission in the Federal army.
and rendered his services to his
native State. He was assigned to
duty in the army of Northern Vir-
ginia, and rapidly rose through the
different grades, until he reached
that of Major General. IU.every
engagement in which his command
bore n part, he won distinction by
the skillful handling of his men,
and the GOODNESS and intrepidity of
his personal bearing. The
repeated charges of "Pickett's
division" on Cemetery Hill,
at Getsysburg, although unsuccess-
full, will go down TO posterity, along
with the charge of the French In
perial Guard, at Waterloo, as one of
the most heroic on record.
One of the bravest of the brave,
the deceased general was yet as
gentle and as guileless as young
girl, and won the devoted attach
ment of his associates, and the love
and confidence of the men under his
command.
Although the conquest of the
South, has given the North telling
advantage in pleading its cause be-
fore the tribunal of posterity, and
assigning motives to the distin-
guished actors in the conflict, yet
we believe when the passions which
it evoked have passed away, the
world will do justice TO the purity of
the motives of the men who, like
Robert. e. Lee, Joseph E, and Albert
Sydney johnson, Stonewall jackson,
George E. Pickett, and others, who
disregarding the large rewards,
which continuance in the Federal
army would have brought them,
chose rather the path of duty as
they understood il. Whatever NOR
Palists may say 70 the contrary, we
hold IL to be true that 20 a certain
extent, meL in general, are not y
sponsibls for their opinionS They
inherit them; they get them uncoh-
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TIE skeleton of II Republican or.
ganization, in hopelsssly Democratic
States, such as Kentucky and Tex.
as, is still carefully maintained for
the patriotic purpose of supplying
an ungrateful people with postmas-
tcrs, District Attorneys, Collectors
Of Customs, Internal Revenue Off.
GERS, etc. What in the world would
we do, here in Texas, for men to
bear these oncrous burdens, were it
not for the handful of sclt.denying
Rndical patriots we still have
among US?
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Fine Fruit.

The HERALD yesterday received
from Mr.. /. b. Conklin bunch o
grapes raised Oh vine in his garden
on the corner of Pearl and San Jacinto
streets. They were Of the Californis
raisin specie, and were raised on vine
but two years old, and which has
grown sixteen feet this year. When
received at the office number of the
grapes had fallen or been broken off
and yet the bunch weighed one pound
They were of most luscious flavor
and clearly demonstrates that our sol
Is capable of not only producing all
the necessaries, but all the luxuries oi
life
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our ultra hamardtWlana, whose
souls arc narrowed by the mere
suggestion Of the whipping Hqsl
say it is behind the age; rcl.ci OF
barbarism; return to the cruelty
of the dark ages that all civilized
countries have abolished it, etc.
'ybe truth il that the most civi lacd
nations on earth have found il nee.
cssary TO restore ii. Thus, in iug.
land, after having been disuse 81 for
"e',Iv n half century, it was tonnd
necessary to reestablish it. In Cam
da, ana 10 believe throughout the
hustraii"n eoio'.'-, IL is considered
the most effective mode of punish.
ment fora certain class of offenders,
The present system of impri,on
ing in the penitentary for term
OF years for petty larceny is filing
our penitcntiary to ovcrtlowng.
Already it has been found nccoesn-
ry to establish two branch pcnitcn-
tiares, and in II worry few years we
shall DC compelled to have another,
and another. We have not the fig
nres J3eforo us, but we believe there
are very nearly thousand convicts
in our penitontiary, and the number
is increasing ut the rate Of two hun
dred year. A very large ,propor-
lion Of these are negroes, condemn
ed 70 confinement in thQ penitentja.
ry for two Or three years for com
parativeIy trivial oilenses. We bave
heard of Il negro in IN adjoining
county being sent to the penitentia-
ry for stealing two chickens, II year
for each chicken, and u white man
in another locality year and Il half
for the theft Of IL pair Of old boots
We do not say that whipping would
have been proper punishment for
these two individual cases, but
we contend that il would have
been more economical, better for
the cause of morality, and !
more humane, to have punished
these yagabonds with few well
laid on stripes than to have sent
them into u living tomb for two or
three years, at Il heavy expense to
the State.
We hear Il great deal said by the
hnmanitarians about the humla-
tion of the lash, but is the wearing
of the mottled garb, the cropping Of
the hair, the sentinel with his loaded
gun, and the civil death of the con-
vict not more humiIiating, and de-
grading by far?
Without going into the psycholog-
cal aspect of the question, the
problem before us is, What are we
10 do with our criminal classes? The
is increasing so amazingly
hat there must be some change.
We think certain class of offend
,rs might be deferred from the
of crime more by the
ear of u sound thrashing than light
work in the penitcntiary on full ia
ions.
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NO INTENTION OF GIVING ITUP.

Those Republicans who believe,
or pretend TO believe, that Grant
has given up his third term aspira
tions, are either not sincere, or SC
ignorant of Grants tenacity of pur.
pose, as to have boen completely
taken in by his 80, called declension,
That he has never faltercd in his
purpose to be tho nominee of the
Republican party for q third term,
we have never doubted. With the
carpet.bag states secured in the
nominating convention, he would
require not more than sixty to
seventy votes from the States north
of the Ohio and Potomac. These,
by means Of his army of office. hold
ers, he can easily secure, and it is by
no means improbable that about II
year from now the world be startled
by tho announcement of Grants re-
nomination. One of the boldcst
moves in this direction comes from
Ex-senator Carpenter, ofWiUconsin,
who is out for Grant, and says he is
bound to be the "Republican hard
money candidate"
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Mississippi River Steamboat Racing.

Racing is royal fun. The public al
ways had an idea that racing was dam
gerous whereas, the very opposite
was the case-that is, after the law was
passed restricting each boat to so many
pounds of steam TO the square inch.
No engineer was ever sleepy or careless
when his heart was in ii race. He was
constantly on the alert, trying guage
cocks aud watching things. The dam
gerous place was on slow, popular boats
where the engineer drowsed around
and allowed chips to get in the doctor
and shut of the water supply from
the boilers. In the "llush times,
of stcamboating, race between
two nOtoriOusly swift steamers
was an event of vast importance. The
date was set for it several weeks in ad-
vance, and from that time forward,
the whole Mississippi Valley was in
state of consuming excitement. Poll
tics and the weather were dropped,
and people talked only of the coming
race. AS the time approached, the
two steamers stripped" and got ready.
Every incumbrance that added weight,
or exposed a resisting surface to wind,
or water, wGs removed, if the boat
cOulu lOsslb uO hlluOuI IL. line
"spars,h and sometimes even their
supporting derricks, were sent ashore,
and no means left to set the boat afloat
in case she got aground. When the
Eclipse and the A. l.. Shotwell ran
their great race twenty-five years ago,
it was said that pains were taken to
scrape the gliding gofithe'fanciful device
which hung between the Eclipse's
chimneys, and that for that one trip
the Captain left off his kid gloves and
had his head shaved, but 1 always
doubted these things. IL the boat was
known TO make her best speed when
drawing five and half feet forward
and five feet aft, she was carefully
loaded to that exact iignre-sbe
wouldn't enter a dose of homeopathic
pills in her manifest after that. Hard
ly any passengers were taken, because
they did not only add weight, but they
never will trim boat.p They always
run to the side when there Is anything
10 see, whereas conscientious and ex-
perienced steam mboatmap<Swould stick
to the center Of the boat and part his
hair in the middle with q spirit IsFek
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Mammoth Corn.

Mr.. Elihu Newton, living in Tarrant
county, about thirteen miles from Fort
Worth, has sent to THE HERALD some
specimens OF corn which justly enttle
him to the belt as the champion
Granger. Each stalk Of the corn has
two or more full grown ears upon 1t,
besides a "nubbin" or two, and will
not make less than from sixty to seven-
ty-five bushels TO the acre. He also
forwarded two Granger cucumbers,
which ure perfect curiosities, rtsem-
bling in size, shape aud appearance,
immense green snakes. The corn and
cucumbers will remain ON exhibition
at this Office. where parties desiring
to see for themselves are invited 20
call and examine.
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Fine Fruit.

THE HERALD was yesterday present
ed by the Messrs. Ross Brothers with
seven peaches, the aggregate weight O
which was fifty-eight ounces. They
were grown in their garden on Ross
avenue, and were fair sample of the
entire yield of the tree. The Messrs
Ross challenge anybody in the State
except Judge Nat. Burford, for an ex'
hibition of fine fruit.
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when the owner applied to the com.
mandcr Of the Fort hc WAS told that
he had no soldiers for such n pur.
pose ! About the same time " train
loaded with -four Tor the troops at
Fort Davis, was captured by the In.
dians near EagIo Springs, and one
man badly wounded, The men in
charge Of The train managed to es.
cage with their mules, but the saw
ages got the flour. Should not Gov
ernor Coke call ont the militia for
the protection of the military posts :?
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-08-07

ONE of our very best weekly ex-
changes is the East TeraS Patron,
published at Crockett, by e. W,
beaverton e. Go. In both its edi.
tOrial and selected matter the editor
evinces taste and judgment. 1t may
not be so thought by tho unini,
tiated, but it is nevertheless true,
that it requires almost rs much lit,
terary ability and judgment to make
proper selections, as to write good
editorials. In this particular our
Crockett cotemporary evinces good
taste, its selected matter being ad-
mirablc.
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The Mississippi Valley Fair, to be
held at Quincy, Illinois, during the
latter part of September, and for cir
cular of which THE HERALD is indebt-
ed to its secretary, offers $4,000 speed
premiums. Here is something for
owners of fast stock in Dallas to let out
their "lightning heels" for.
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4 EsTIUS.
lfiiirrr hra land

If there he u land
where our lUugiuES stand
Like angels strong and sweet,
with wings AZ head ana feet,
Released nom their long ward
ANA durance, put on guard
For strength and mcetnCSs,
All the stronger for their sweetness,
All the Swcrtur lOr their strength
In such u land at length,
! wonder, would IL ever be
That could give II little love to thee.
If in such II place
| should see n face,
Seen now 80 long ago,
That should scarcely know
II 1t might be the same,
And ii one spoke my name,
However family,
In the old way--stcaling sanity,
Like ii chant upon my ear,
In such IL place, fear,
1t could, never, never be
That thou cuuldst have Il little love 10
me.
Elizabeth stuart Phelps.
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RESTRICTION UPON SUFFRAGE

Our esteemed cotemporary, the
Democratic Statesman, in reference to
our recGut article on the necessary
restrictions upon suffrage, says:
THE DALLAS HERALD goes even a
b0wshot beyond TIE Statesman. We
haze never proposed to restrict suf-
frage save i'm local county, and city and
towE elections. These elections con-
,cern i,othing but property and taxa,
tiOn. ST is the State that projects life
undiliberty and property, and men are
interested in laws made by the State
whether tbey own property or not.
Sudh lis not the case, however, in ref
.erence to their relation to corporations.
Therefore, the Statesman has only
sought to protect towns and counties
against The frigitful mob which has
already sent TO ,IerditiOn the lairest
cities of the South.
The HERALD requests our cotem-
porary TO reeXamine our article,
and Ihe will see that our endorse
ment of Mr.. Miners propositions
was by no means unqualified. Our
exact language is "M the main, we
heartily approve Of the above sug-
gestions," as we do npon further
examination and reflection but we
did not then, nor do we now APP
prove of all his suggestions. We
believe that SOme restriction should
bc placed upon the exercise of the
suffrage by the ignorant and the
vicious. As to what that should
be is matter for profound
consideration on the part
of our law makers. As to Mr.. Mi
.ncr's freehold qualification, and two
years residence, we would not bo
willing to go to that extreme. We
should, for the present, be content
with declaring that all persons rhO
are unable 10 redd and ,rrjte, and
hare not paid the poll tar shall not
bc entitled 10 UOte.
OF course this, or any other re-
sstrieticn, would be opposed by por
vtions .sf both parties. By the dema-
gogues of the Radical persuasion be-
cause, thsfeby, they would lose all
chances of obtaining Office, and by
the dcmagegues, styling themselves
democrats" in order thereby TO
gain the applause and support of
the vicious and the thriftless. We
have only to contemplate the pitia-
bile condition of the whites Of Mis-
.sissippi, to.sce the Legitimate conso-
auences of unrestricted use of the
ballot box. Every white man who
ean sell his property is leaving that
State and many who are unable TO
sell are abandoning everything and
fleeing the State, as did Lot and his
family from SodOm. That Texas is
not in the same situation, is owing
to the fact that we had healthy eau
caaian blood sufficient 10 resist the
malaria of universal suffrage.
Our cotemporary, the Statesman,
is scarcely logical when it proposes
te restrict Suffrage "iH local, cOun-
", city and town elections, and
leave it free TO al che world in elec,
tions fer State officers. Ne cannot
zee the difference, in principle, be