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The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-01-23
LEGISLATIVE.

G. G. MARRIOTT, of Travis county, has
been elected engrossing clerk of the
senate.
The joint resolution that the state
allow itself to b, sued by the Interna-
tional Railway co:npany, to determine
the constitutionality of the charter of
the company, and determine the va
lidity of its claims against the state has
been referred to the judiciary, commit
tee.
The joint resolutions providing for n
constitutional convention March %,
1875, has been read ant. fcierred.
The bill to amend an act to estab-
lish and maintain system of free
schools, and joiut resolution making
an appropriation to pay all afrearages
due school teachers or any arrearages
due or incurred by the schoc! system
of the state to January i, ,e73, were
both referred to the judiciary commit
tee.
A bill to limit the amount # bonds
to be issued to the international rail-
way, to provide for the payment of the
same, and adjust MI matters % differ
ence between the state and company,
has been read the first time.
A bill to subject shares of sock in
banks and other corporations u levy
and attachment, has been read AND re-
! ferred.
Bills introduced To provide foF two
penitentiaries; incorporating the Cor
sicana and Palestine railway; creating
the Office of county attorney; allowing
justices of the peace to use their notori-
al seals in certain cases; for the publi-
cation and distribution of the general
laws as soon as possible; providing for
the disposal of Texas lands Known as
the Indian reservation; establishing
Monroe county; for the relief of master
builders; regulating mechanics, build
ers and other liens; amending the act
regulating the collection of taxes; to
compromise with the international by
giving twenty sections of .Jan1 for each
mile of completed road, the company
not to be entitled to thia until it re-
lieves the state from all claims for
bonds under an act OF the 18th, the
company to accept and file release in
sixty days;an act ameIo;ng an actestab-
fishing criminal code authorizing
Waxahachie to aid in the construction
of the Waxahachie Tap road an act
amending an act prescribing the time
of holding district courts; regulating
fees in justices courts reducing per
diem and mileage of members; amend
ing article 407 of the criminal proceed
ings authorizing clerks OF district
courts and justices Of the peace to issue
executions for costs during adjourn
ments authorizing county aid to in
ternal improvements; providing for
sale of shares of stock on execution.
Resolutions offered: Appointing a
committee to investigate the affairs Of
the New Orleans, Louisiana and Texas
railway asking congress tn increase
the military ON the Rio GTande, aud 10
refund Texas money expended in de-
Tending said border
The bill to create Crockett county
has passed the house.
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Mule wiIIing 10 Go.

A bad little boy in Portland lit a
pack of shooting crackers and threw
them into the street TO see them ''go
off, One Of Ike Batman's mules came
along and swallowed them before they
event off.n The mule walked about
fifteen feet and stopped. Things wasn't
netting right inside. He began TO taste
the smoke of fire crackers. He laid his
left ear around against his ribs. and
heard something. 1t was them crack
ers having fun. The mule picked out
about three and half miles of straight
road and started. A negro met him
about a mile the other side of the aims
house, going south, white with perspi-
ration. with streams of smoke shooting
out Of his nostrils, mouth and ears,
while his tail stuck straight up, and a
stream OF blue and green smoke about
ten feet long followed in the rear. Ike
found his mule, yesterday morning,
sticking half way through n farm
house near Paddy's Run, still smoking.
The man had got his family out and
put iem up into lot Of trees. Ike
hauled his mule home, when he got
cool enough, on a drey. The man is
going to move his house further back
on the road, and his wife and Oldest
daughter will be baptized when the
water gets wsrm.-lL0uisville Courier
Journal
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AFrNE OLD TEXAS GENTLEMAN.


J. NJ. Ussery, near Oakville, Live
Oak county, is "an old Texan'' Of the
old sort. He is big cattle man and
I'm Publishing his list of bran,is, he
says:
The people are notified that any
who may be in INDECENT circumstances
and In want Of the necessities of life,
are hereby authorized to eat my beeves
and milk my cows; and any person
who may sell my beeves and have
them legally inspected, are notified
that / only request an honorable set
Element for the same, anything in the
late law to the contrary notwithstand-
ing.
There Is a fine old lord of the manor
sound about this that y refreshing In
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This suggestion to General Sher-
man is made by the Springfield Re
publican son occasion, General
Sherman has shown that he can
write us good letter as the next
one-and "A little better. Suppose
he should take this occasion to write
one to President Grant, resigning
his commission rs general, and
putting his resignation distinctly
upon the ground that he cannot
reconcile it with his honor as n SOL
dier or his duty as n citizen to con-
nive, even by SILENCE, at the sys-
tematic prostitution of the army to
partisan and personal uses, and still
less its use to violently remove the
old landmarks of constitutional
liberty. He would bo the most
popular man in the country. Moth
ing but special intervention of
divine providence could prevent
him from being the next president. "
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these days. Fancy man with so
many cattle that he don't mind feed
ing all the poor people in his neighbor-
hood and gives them carte blanche to
help themselves. Enterprising parties
who like to dabble in a cattle specula-
tion have only to settle honorably with
this fine old Texas gentleman and it's
all right. They are ut liberty any day
to take up few thousand head, have
them inspected and sell them at a
profit, provided they come up to the
patriarchial requirement of an hOnora-
BILE settlement. Anything in the late
law to the contrary, Notwithstanding"
What place to emig-ate to! There
now, is a place where the poor man
can't starve, at least, as long as this
Ussery law is enforced on this rancho,
in the land OF beef and milk.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-01-23
TEXAS SPEAKS.
Joint Resolution of the Legislature ON
Grant and Sheridan's work.


A joint resolution condemning the
interference with, and destruction OF
the state government of Louisiana by
the. present federal administration
Whereas, II is the right and duty OF
the state, on appropriate occasions, to
give expression to their sentiments on
all questions seriously affecting the in
tegrity of the union and the general
government therefore, be il
Resolved, BY the legislature of the
State of Texas, that we recognize in the
late interference of the federal govern
ment in the domestic affairs of Louisi-
ana and its destruction of The state gov
ernment legally established by the peo-
pie of that commonwealth, a manifest
Intention on the part Of the present
federal administration to destroy the
republican form of government in the
state.
That Texas entertains- profound ap-
probation of the spirited Indignation
expressed by the advocates of freedom
and constitutional government
throughout the nation, irrespective OF
political parties, at the outrage lately
perpetuated in Louisiana by the pres
ent federal administration upon the
dignity of the union and the honor and
rights of the states, and joins in the
national protest against the prOstitu-
ton of the United States army to the
illegal purpose OF making war upon
any state in the union.
That to our sister state, in this, her
hour of oppression and wrongful afllic.
ton we extend the deepest sympathy,
and our firm assurance that the Amer.
ican people will crown the present
usurpers of the powers of the federal
government with the just odium mer'
tied by the insult offered to the entire
nation.
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A Terrible Infamy.
From the Hartford Times, Democrat.

From the BartfOru 1lmeS, DeHOcTat.I
This case needs no argument.
The facts tell the story. No such
despotic act, no such terrible infamy
has ever before been practiced 1t
is bold and great stride in the
policy which is to subdue states and
people to the will of the central
power. 1t is an act despotic and
usurping in itself, and, besides, it is
in tho interest Of great and shame
less fraud. Are the people of this
country really aware of the real
meaning Of this army work, which
strikes at the heart of free institu-
tions2 Do they realize what must
irevitably follow, unless the people
1t is an issue, squarely
made up, by those who mean TO
strangle the popular voice, and the
people themselves, whose liberties
are involved. 1t is day for calm
reflection and manly decisions on
the part of those who have ballots
TO cast and liberties to defend.
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arrived at Galveston last week.
Many families who have heretofore
lived in western Texas are settling in
Titus county.
Several Presbyterian churches were
recently organized in Clay and Mon
tague counties.
/ Large importatiuns of bloOded cattle
are being made into San Saba, Mason,
Burnet and Comanche counties.
Theo. Noel, says the Statesman, after
selling out the oranges for $500, 900 and
the International for 100000, has left
the capitol.
Work Oh the Henderson and Over
ton railway has commenced. One
hundred and twenty convicts are en-
gagged at it.
The Galveston wharf company have
had meeting and resolved, like
Stanton, "to strike" and, like Grant,
to fight it out OH the present line.
Mr.. Hoist, of Austin, has sold forty
two thousand dollars worth of lots in
the last few months from his tract of
land between Turner hall and the
Honey church.
There is said to be good deal of des-
titution among the negroes in Sherman.
Troops are clearly needed to put this
thing down, for its evidently the work
of "banditti.r Where Is faithful Phil?
The citizens of Travis want the cou-
struction of the Austin and Pacific
railway, and call a meeting of dele
gates from all the counties on the pro-
posed route to meet in Austin, Februa-
ry Sd.
General J. J. Byrne, who has been
out on the frontier some time, much to
the anxiety of his friends, is safe in
Fort Griffin, after walk of one hum
dred and fifty miles, having lost his
horses.
The district court of Ellis county
convened on Monday. In charging
the grand jury, Judge Barksdale made
special reference to the insecurity of
the public roads and the duty of keep
ing them in repair
Riley White, convicted in Corsi-
cana at the last term of the district
court. of the murder of Tom. Tomson,
will be hanged by the neck until dead,
on Friday next, the Odd instant. The
execution will take place quarter of
a mile east of the Central depot.
The members of the bar in Corsi-
cana and Navarro county, are circu-
lating petition for signatures to the
legislature, praying that the terms OF
the district court may be extended un-
til the business is disposed of, instead
of limiting the term to four weeks, as
is at present done under the laws.
Tarrant county wants criminal
court. The Fort Worth Democrat
says that it is not that there is such a
number of criminals in the county that
the civil docket is 80 far behind, but
through the gross mismanagement Of
his predecessor that Judge Barksdale
is not likely to catch up with the busi-
ness for several terms.
On last Friday night about ten
o'clock, Bob Smith, who was arrested
in Collin county few weeks ago,
charged with the murder of DR.. j. r.
Goddy, of Baskerville, was taken from
the guard at Palestine, by party of
armed men and hanged to the jolst of
the building in which he was being
guarded; Smith was desperate char
acter. He was sent to Fosterville and
denied bajl and had been remanded to
the county Jail to await the action of
the grand jury, and 1t was after this
that he was taken from the guard and
hanged.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1875-01-23
An Unparalleled Outrage.


There Is not in the whole business
the smallest redeeming feature. That
kellogg should not only presume to in
terfere, but to dictate which mem bers
should have seats and which should lie
rejected that he should enforce his
edict at the point of the bayOnet, and
that the power to use this force should
have been given him by the president
of the United States, is an outrage that
shoulI intlame popular Indignation
through the length and breadth of the
country. II the republican, party
il to be killed outright, if the
recent reverses are to he but
the precursor of its complete annihila-
tion, and if it il Ia expire amid
the execrations of the nation, this is
just the kind OF thing To do it. Should
this outrage be permitted to pass unre-
buked, Il long step toward this consum-
nation will have been reached. If
there is any hope for the restoration of
republ licanism, it lies I'D the cOndign
punishment of the men who thus pros
titute its name. They are not repuhli-
cans, and they must he driven out Of
the ranks. IL congress is capable of
maintaining the liberty and dignity of
our Institutions, 1t Will take prompt
and decisive action for the overthrow
ofmilitary despotism in Louisiana, and
the restoration To that unhappy state
of republican form of government.
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Crime Against Representative
Government.
From the Albany Argus, Democrat.l

From the Albany Argus, Democrat.l
If the president of the United
States shall sustain this act ho will
be particeps criminis in the crime
against free government, and liable
to impeachment. He will be en-
rollSanin history among tho odious
tyf,ntys who have invaded parlia-
mtat.s and crushed the liberties of
the peoples representatives. He
will justify the verdict that he has
deliberately determined to emulate
the vices of tho worlds great ty-
rants, and to exceed their despotic
deeds as much as the liberties Of the
American people have exceeded the
liberties Of any other people.
Hencetorward the question as to
whether Kellogg was elected gov
ernor of Louisiana is superseded by
the far graver question as to whether
any governor, de facto or dc jure,
with or without the support of the
president of the United States, can
pcrpetrate such an act with impu.
nifty, Like the frt gun upon Sum
ter, this Louisiana vilainy ought
to startle tho republic from its
slumbers Indignation meetings
should be held throughout the
north. Freeman, awake
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clining from the east and from the
west, form the lovely plateau through
which slowly winds Its serpentine way
the holy river Trinity, and on the
center of which stands this bustling
city, makes picture, when taken as a
whole, that Texas, the south, aye, the
world, can hardly excel. We cast our
admiring eyes down to the streets, al
most Mt CIR feet, and II change comes
over the spirit of our day dream, u
damper is thrown upon the scene for
the mud, so soft, so well kneeded and
so spattery. boils up and runs over the
crossing, so that the "lovely Texas
girls" have to show their pretty ankles
in order to protect their elegant skirts.
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LITTLE CLARA,
by HARRY l.. FEAsH.

She is sweeter than the vlOlets
That blow In hidden places;
And brighter, too, than star or dew
More graceful than the Graces.
| can not doubt she came to me,
To be my special Teacher;
And showed mo truths failed TO learn
From any other preacher.
She taught me more Philosophy
Than all the learned sages-
And led me, quite unconsclously,
Close to the Rock OF Ages;
III cling to II and cling to her,
Mid LIES tempestuous ocean--
To me she's Christ's interpreter
Revealing His devotion.
But thrice the silver orange-buds
Have burst In starry flowers,
Since from the Heavenly Land she came
To light this home of ours
Not yet the Fathers parting smile
Has faded from her features
That sinless glow by which we know
His unpolluted creatures.
Her baby laughter thrills my heart
Beyond Niagara's roaring
Her twilight eyes reflect the skies
Where angel hosts are soaring
The power with which she sways my life,
Is holy and inherent
Reverses facts makes me the child,
And her the guiding parent.
New Orleans, La, 1874.
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Household Hints.

One of the greatest troubles of
the neat and orderly housewife in
the country results from the muddy
boot Of those members of the family
who have to work in the fields, the
stables and the barn-yard. The wet
boots must be dried, and are gener-
ally left under the kitchen stove,
where their presence is very dis
agreeable. Now, to have n neat
kitchen, there should be boot-racll
placed behind the stove, in which
the damp boots may be placed to
dry. Such a contrivance has been
found u great convenience. 1t has
three shelves about four feet long,
ten inches wide and placed foot
apart. At one end n bootjack is
fixed by hinges. so that, when not
in use, it is folded against one end
of the rack and secured by a but
ton. There is also IL stand for
cleaning boots at the front, which
also folds up when not in use, and
the ,blacking brushes are placed on
the shelves behind the stand, and
are out of sight, and when folded
they hang down out of the way.
The rack should be made of dressed
pine boards, and stained some dark,
durable color.
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The minister calmly said that it
must be. He could not marry them
unless they both did truly and duly tell
him their ages-such being the regula-
ton to which he must bow. The
young man mildly responded, "twen-
ty-six !" the young woman-ah, the
young woman! Answer Never !!
'Then you can't be married" Her
soft cheek grew white as the snow
that rests upon the mighty hills, her
eyes were filled with anguish. But
she cried, "Thirty-one." Truth Ike
this should have been rewarded, but it
wasn't. The bridegroom observed that
he had understood the bride was only
twenty-five, and he couldn't forgive
deceit. Farewell" he said. She re-
marked that this was justice, aud they
parted forever. Which ended their re-
mote and melancholy story.
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The Texas ami Pacific Question.
Courier Journal


The truth is there is no proposal for
any subsidy at all. There is no propo-
sal for any outlay of money. There is
proposal for loan of credit on am
pie security, and u very casual inquiry
will show that no possible loss can ac-
crue to the government it is present.
ed to congress by the united CONNER
cial interests of the south. 1t is urged
by resolutions of the legislatures of
Texas, Mississippi and Missouri, by
memorials of the Cotton exchange of
New Orleans, and the chambers of
commerce of st. Louis, Memphis, Rich
mond and Nashville; by petitions from
tie Board of Trade of Louisville, At
lanta, Macon and Augusta and
by the unanimous action of the
state oranges of Texas, Kentucky
and Missouri. Every southern
interest requires it. 1t will build up
our entire railroad system. 1t will
pour through our veins a new and en-
larged current of commerce. 1t will
put us OH a level with the northwest
and help us to equalize the enormous
disproportion of government assist
ance. There is every reason for it and
not one against it, and the south looks
to it as the surest road out of the
financial embarrassments in which
she is involved. In representing the
universal sentiment and interest
around us-a weighty and practical
influence which watches the issue
closely-we have spared no pains to
inform ourselves accurately rs to the
bearings of the measure, aud have
given them in the foregoing state
ment, which may he relied on in every
particular.
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The Havana Diario de la Marina
says that it has information that
Aldama Aguilera, and other gentle
men belonging to the Cuban junta
in New York, are working with
great activity and more secretly
Than ever in behalf of the independ-
ence of Cuba. The Diario is posi-
tive in its assertion that these Cuban
patriots have purchased II consider
able quantity of arms and ammuni-
ton and two steamers, and the eX-
confederate General Jordan has
accepted the proposals made to him
to become the commanderin-chiet
of the Cuban forces now operating
against the Spaniards. According
to the Diario, Jordan is also to be
minister of war and DR.. IIorto min
lister of foreign relations. Senior
Pedro Martin Rivero, II distinguish
ed Havana lawyer, now in New
York, has declined tho appointment
of minister of the treasury. 1t is
to be hoped that if another cxpe-
dition is taken to Cuba, that it may
not partake of the fate of that of
the Virginius.
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From the New York Evening Post, Inde.
pendent Republican,

lFrom the New York Evening Post, Inde
pendent Republican,
Tho employment of the fedora
army yesterday in the organization
Of the legislature of the state O.
Louisiana appears to be absolutely
unjustifiable. The special necessity
for the use Of the army by Kellogg
was as slight as the use itself was
illegal and arbitrary. There wa:
no fighting Or danger of fighting in
the legislative chamber. The fact
stands forth, clear and unmistakable
that the acting governor of Louisi.
ana yesterday used the army of the
United States to interfere with the
organization of the Legislature of
that state without justification in
fact or warrant of law. Mr. Kel.
logg has been set on his feet by the
federal government, as chile
learning to walk is by his nurse, q
great many times. His whole career
has consisted in being Strengthened
up by President Grant and falling
down as soon as the paternal hand
from Washington was withdrawn
The radical mistake was made when
the president undertook the labor OF
teaching him to walk at all.
We do not pretend 30 imagine
what course congress will takc in
view of these astonishing events in
New Orleans, but one thing is sure.
The neglect of President Grant and
his advisers to deal promptly and
satisfactorily with Kellogg will
cause the Louisiana question to su.
percede the financial question as the
most important one before the
country. Passive acquiescence OIL
open assistance in depriving the cit.
liens of any state Of this union oI
the right of self.government will be
fatal to the existence of any poliJ-
ical party. No part of the country
will brook the government Of any
other part of it by military power
in time Of peace, and, unless con
grcss compels the president and his
cOunseiurs TO rctracc their steps,
the republican party is doomed to
ruin from which no "caucus
agreement can save it.
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rEIAs yEWs.

Travis county IL out of debt and has
So, 900 in her treasury.
waxahachie proposes to build rail-
way 10 tap the Central.
The financial condition Of Smith
county II improving rapidly.
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[From the Dallas Correspondent Calver
Texan.I

The big thing of this section is the
Dallas county court house. This is
probably the best court house in Texas,
built of native Texas stone, two stories
high, with dormitory at least twenty
feet above the second story. We as
cended this and took an outlook. The
scene is grand and beautiful. The nice
residences back Of the business blocks
are adorned with beautiful vines and
trees, and present nomelike appear
ance. The country, as seen beyond the
limits Of the city, is truly lovely. The
broad sweep Of undulating land, in'