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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-19
raorEorlox VERSUS FREE TRADE

An Intelligent inquirer has request
ed ustn state the views held by Demo-
cratsand Republicans upon the sub
ject offree trade. 1t is rather difficult
subjectto handle since an exhaustive
article cannot be written within the
compass Of daily paper, and we will
only condense the views of leading
\ writers upon this question, without
seeking to advance any original ideas
of ourown.
The power to tax given to the FEEDER.
al government is found in the eighth
section ofthc first article Of the Con-
stitution, and that section authorizes
Congress so lay and collect taxes,
duties, imports, and excuses" This
authority is very comprehensive, for
it confers the power to lay all manner
of taxes; direct tax to be taken i'm
lmediately from the income or pro-
.party, including a poll tax, and an in
4 llireet tax laid upon exported or i'm
Ss:gted goods called duties and regulat-
Ia 6ya tdgG;; a license tax upon GER
Q an trades or occupations, ana al ex-
( else tax upon tobacco, spirits, beer, etc.
The tax with which we have to deal is
hat imposed under the head Of duties
pom either imported or exported
GODS. The principal argument OF
democrats who object to protection
hay be partially summed up as fol.
lows: Manufactures are as yet in the
United states 10 u considerable extent
LOCALIZED; In one region OF the coun-
try Gotten goods are manufactured, In
another iron, Climate, cost and sup
n ply Of labor, and natural facilities OF
various kinds operate to establish and
Alocalize these manufactures. In yet a
Indifferent section OF the country the
raw material Is grown for cotton goods.
This being the case, any law which
operates exclusivelyin favor OF GER
TAIN class Of manufactures is partial,
Wind, therefore, unjust. For instance,
NpIow mag be made In England,
here labor Is low, imported t.
4 inerica aud sold here for five dollars
! Dor Is dearer here, and such pillow
3not be sold with profit for that sum,
Il add duty Of forty per cent aud
no pillow must then be sold for seven
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The Payne bill, which our dis
patches have mentioned as agreed to
by the Democrats, provides for the
gradual resumption ofspecie payment,
making II the duty of the Secretary oil
the Treasury 60 annually retain in coin
ain amount equal to three per centum
yoAthe legal tender outstanding, to con
sliltse resumption fund; also, requir-
ing tn national banks to set aside &C in
equal sks3hree per centum of their cir
Vuias'ns hFses; also, repeating the date
ostiis fesa9aptIon act.
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THE VOTE.
In one hundred and four counties,
officially reported, the vote stands:

In one hundred ana Tour counties,
officially reported, the vote stands:
For the Constitution Cos
Against the COnStitution,........... iS,6lS
Majority for the Constitution. minimum. 5000
Total vote on the Constitution In one hun
dred and four counties.....".,,..",.,....l ,82G
Total vote In 6S,OOO
Increase In lOi counties II ,a26
Leaving the following forty-three
counties to be heard from: Angelina,
Atascosa, Bowie, Burnet, Calhoun,
Chambers, Clay, Coleman, Crockett,
Dewitt, Eastland, Ell Paso, Erath,
Fort Bend, Franklin, Gregg, Hamil-
ton, Hardin, Henderson, Hill, Jack,
Jackson, Karnes, Kerr, Liberty, Me-
dina, Morris, Newton, Nueces, Parker,
Pecos, Preside, RefuglO, Robertson,
Rockwell, San Augustine, Tyler,
Van Xandt, Victoria, Webb,
Wharton, Young, Zapata --43.
We have made u rough estimate of
the vote in the forty-three missing
counties, and conclude they will in
crease tho majority nine thousand.
On this basis, would stand, majority
for the Constitution 500.
Our figures cannot he far wrong but
few days will determine, as the vote
on the Constitution and for Supreme,
Appellate and District Judges will be
Opened and counted at Austin on
Tuesday, the 18th OF April aud as soon
sareceived we will publish the official
vote. The vote already known proves
that a citizen of Dallas has won box
OF cigars from Distinguished citizen
OF Austin. The Dallas han bet TINT
the Constitution would be carried nv
seventy'fve Thousand majority, and
that the whole vote, without registra
ton, would be fifty thousand lurger
than ever before cast In Texas. The
Dallas man won both bets beyond a
doubt. He quantity ,says: 81 know
the people of Texas and the material
they are made of and never doubted
but that when the Infamous 'registra.
ton laws were abolished the people
would ut once come to the polls aud
express their will.n 80.
I
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THE House Judiciary Committee Will
request the Attorney General TO con
yey TO Mr. Marsh the assurance that he
-'wNnhlisot be crlminally prosecuted If he
returns to the United States 10 testify
In the impeachment case of General
,Belknap. There is no prospect thal
the Senate will pass the House bill for
.ho protection OF witnesses.
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Terrell Star: Last Wednesday
morning clap of thunder was heard
which frightened all our citizens. 1t
was a dark, gloomy looking morning,
and adrizzling rain was falling. About
nine o'clock heavy peal of thunder
was heard and the telegraph wire was
struck just opposite Mr.. John Nichols
residence. All Of his family were Sc
verely shocked. The operator, who
was receiving message. at the time,
was also knocked seDseless. Several
Others, whose names we did not learn.
we're knocked down. NJ
damaged.
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COLONEL A. M. HOBBY and j. w.
jennings, Esq, have been appointed
Centennial Commissioners vice Par
sons aud Chew, dismissed. II Is our
pleasure to know one of these gentle
men, Colonel a. NJ. Hobby, than
whom no better selection could have
been made in this broad Slate. Colonel
Hobby is an accomplished wrlter an
elegant speaker and most suava and
courteous gentleman.
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( A RADICAL exchange solemnly OBJ
serves that the defeat in New Hamp
shire Is u proper lesson to "the abct
tors OF the rebellion and enemies o.
the Republic But does It teach The
thieves anything?
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FREE ADVERTISEMENT COLUMN.
FREE no ALL.
Bat No Basiuess Advertisement In
serted without Pay.

Desiring 10 make The llolnld the medium
OF communication lOr the general public,
nnd also "a assist inOsI who may need nh-
slstnno0, We have determined a. PRINT ffee
tha hGnd NJ Lost" "Fuund," Wanted"
nFar kalu,n nFOr Kent," "To Lett" OF not
more thnn tnleo lines, viii he inserted IN
THIS column two lines free Of charge, When
excess viii bO charged at the rate Of ten
cents % hue, enGh lnEpltiOn, IN advance aud
when such advertisements are printed more
llnn TWO limos they VIII be- Gliafged M thu
additional Insertion, Seven words maze Il
liuu,
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THE Fort Worth Standard declares
the debt of Dallas to he at least three
quarters off million of dollars. Such
painful economy OF truth constrains
ia to beg the Standard to reflect calmly
upon this assertion, and ascertain II
possi,le whether or not 1t is lying
,unhr mistake. WIN the Stdaddrd
IbSkiud enough to inform us from
Ehat authority 1t makesit statement?
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4 TIhs election In Cincinnati on the
l4th Instant resulted In n consent TO
the Issue Of S0,O0O,OO0 bonds to the
Cincinnati Southern railway, In add
ton to the $l00c0,O00 already Issued
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DALLAS. TEXAS,
SUNDAY MORNING t','j MARCH 10

Two hundred and liny'Ihree thou
sand aud eighiy-elght grave stones
speak the tale of Belknaps mora
death.
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SO Texas Is as large rs all tho six
New England States and has BOG, l0S
squares miles to spare In other words,
Texas IL jour times as large as all OF
the six New England States, with
nearly enough 10 spare to make n
state as largo ~ ithodo Island,
These ARE lncts and figures, aud my
old Andrew Jackson, Felix Grundy,
James X, Polk friend, If he don't bet
on Mcbride, il entitled to his wager
on the territorial grandeur OF Texas.
Very truly, KIT BULLARD.
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TEXAS had q cash balance Of Sl3,-
0O7b0 In currency and Sl,SOGI00 In
specie In her treasury on the first day
OF February Of this year.
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rIEE cons TITUTIONALIFY OF MAY


"F. a. D.p In hia communication to
he found ln a different column, IN
forms IA that we are in error IN stating
that mayors of towns and cities, es-
pecally OF those cities incorporated
under the law of 1868, and amended
by act Of May 20, 1873, (not april, 1874
as II. a. d." states) are competent to
exercise criminal jurisdictions, and he
triumphanily points to.a repeal OF the
9th section of the act Of 1858 confer
ring ciM and criminal Jurisdiction.
We opne that 'F. a. d." has arrived
rather hnstily at his dct8rminaion,
and that his Judgment asa lawyer Is
far from being reliable If II springs 50
rashly 10 such erroneous conclusions.
1t Is true that the .ith section of the
act Of 1853 has been repealed and Is no
longer law, nor can n Mayor pretend
to exercise cicH jurisdiction, but al
though that section @as repealed, the
following sections of the lazy remained
to confer upon Mayors the umpIcst
Jurisdiction in criminal cases. The
sections as in Paschsr5 Digest are as
follows:
TITLE III.
Article 1928. Justices Of the Peace
have jurisdiction TO try and determine
criminal action against persons ne
cused of the following oilenses; First,
simple assault and battery, second,
ARRAYS; third violations Of the penal
laws with regard to gaming, where the
highest penalty does not exceed 500 (;
fifth, cuses of Migrants and disorderly
persons.
Article 2jS2 Mayors or
Recorders of Incorporated towns and
cities have the same jurisdiction rs
Justicos of the Peace, within the limits
of their respective interpretations, and
Iall the provisions Of this title have ref
erencc to Mayors and Recorders as
well as to Justices courts.
win our correspondent now rise and
state who Is in error? His reference
to case determined by Judge Roberts
Is so vague in its non-recital Of date,
time or circumstances, book or page Of
reports, that we cannot refer to it, but
we will here affirm with the utmost
confidence that no decision OF this dis
tinguished jurist can be found contro-
verting the position assumed 10y The
HERALD.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-03-19

az IA S9A per day. Agents wanted. All
sexes, young and old, make more money at
work for us, In their own localities. during
their sppre moments, or all their time, than
ut any thing else. Wa offer employment
that Will pay Handsomely for every hours
work. Full particulars, terms, etc., SAINT
free Send MS your address at once. Don't
delay. syow IA the time. Don't look for
work OF business elsewhere, until you have
Portland Maine sssdAwlv
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A No, farm, 40 acres, In tho best neigh
bOrhOOd In Ddllns county. u, q, Ncnnble
lonl Estate Agent, over POstOllicr,
muTlD.d2t
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wanted.

A good man with small capital 10 take
half lntfreht In u rich, paying, travelling
business. Address through POslOtllce
marls.2t u. W. HOSHALL,
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Boys who do not think II IL too cold 10 get
NJ al n, ~. can have chance to sell The
Daily Herald,
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So we see TINT Texas Is az large M
the six States Of Sew York, Pennsyl-
yania, ohio, North Carolinn, Indiana
and Illinois, ani has little more
lhun enough to spare 10 include the
State of Roger Williams, now called
Rhode Island, but II hundred years ago,
IN the councils Of America, known as
Rhode Island and Providence Planta-
lions. SO rcXas " n little larger
lhnn the seven States named,
and has Il right to rear back on her
postcrns and look Gomplacently upon
her diminutivc sisters
But this Is not MI. The six New
England States consider themselves
the hub Of the universe, aud Boston MS
the center OF the hub. The Texas cow
boy laughs in his sleeve at the figures.
! The figures say thusly:
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personal,
Wanted.
Personal,
Wanted.

Al gcrtisod IN fridays Herald, can be seen
corner llurwOOd and san Jncinto-ShultI
place, HchlV'EI
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TeSns ON n:uender.

10 tie Editor Of the Dallas Herald
A day on two since ~ old citizen Of
Dallas, who came hence from Tennes-
seq In the long ago one OF those old
lrOn-Gad Tennesierans VINO stood Wy
Andrew Jackson, swOre by Felix
Gundy, had "A contempt Tor The euuuch
Mcbride, aud stood by Polk Ms an oil.
shot Of Old Hickory, cnme 10 me and
sald III have Just had u dispute with
some gentleman M 10 the size " Texas,
I said Texas, geographically, was ns
large M any I've States eust Of the
Mississippi, They disputed my aSser,
ton anil hoUted ut the lden. Now
spId my nd Andrew jackson, folia
Grundy, james X, Polk friend the
haler Of Mcbride, tho eunucll --'i
wnnt you 10 examine the figures ana
see If nm right or wrong, aud publish
the truth Ia THE DALLAS HERALD"
! promised to DO no, and here are the
! figures;
| AInn Of TeXRs In square mllrSu",yn"El'" 100
! New YORK m,t+,,,,pri'''''. '''f'""'it IlW
/ pVuusylNNnli u,,,,u'ut''if""'''"'""ln
d ONO ,,,u,,,t,st,,,,t, ''''''''"'''"'
| North prOllull,,,'''''at,, ''''rr"""uru
! nlltunr,,,,, ,,,''',,,,"'r''""'la hW ,-.,..-
IllnOisn,,,u,"',,,,, ,'n''"'''n''""Ool ='sio''
| $780,
500
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-11

pended BY gahs, ike a sloOp's mainsail.
She is Of considerable size, and is on her
way from the upper lakes 10 the Gulf to
engage in the coasting trade. Owing to
the south wind, she is unable to force her
way down stream At present with a due
regard to safety, the river being very low.
The beautiful snow fell lightly last
Saturday afternoon, but yesterday the
rays Of the sun dissolved it rapidly. 1t
was Burns, we believe, who compared
pleasure to snowaakes:
" Pleasures are like peoples spread-
You seize the hOWer, its bloom Is shed;
VI like the snowflake on the river,
A moment bright, then lost forever"
Those who slam the inner doors at the
theater always succeed in annoying the
audience, and causing them to turn
around and look at the door slammers.
II the latter could only know what
people think Of them upon such
occasions they would enter the theater
in a more quiet and unostentatious man
ner. 1t is not everybody who makes a
noise that is admired by the theater-going
public.
The aisle fend, or mai who has no
engaged seat, but who will take an aisle
chair, has lost bis situation. He was
always in the way Of tho people who had
to climb over him in order to get in or
out, but be didn't mind it much. Now
the order is that no aisle chairs will be
permitted to be used at The theater. This
settles the aisls chair iend, with all the
other fends known to theater. going PEG
pie.
On Saturday afternoon the Old Folks
Of Shelby county celebrated the fftieth
anniversary Of the corporate existence of
Memphis, which Incorporation occurred
on the 9Th Of December, 1926. Many Of
our Oldest citizens attended and a social
reunion was had on Madison street at
the Office Of Mr Lonsdale. The old boys
responded TO toasts 10 the usual style
and drank to the memory of the dead,
the Day we Celebrate, the Old Pioneers,
and other worthless Of the days of yore.
II was decided in our Chancery Court
last week that common law marriages
are not valid in Tennessee. A common
la" marriage is one wherein no license
or ceremony 10 called into rsquisitiou,
but where the man and the m agree
between themselves, and occasionally
before others, to. lvs together as man
and wilef for a length Of time not probably
stated. 1t would be a dangerous expert.
ment and would destroy many social re.
%latiOns If such a contract was recog.
qizsd as legal in Memphis, where COM
mon and very common "law" marriages
are supposed and said to exist in quite a
numerous manner.
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DOG STEALING.
The Supreme COnrf Holds that IL
II Larceny 10 Steal q Dog.


The Supreme COnrf Holds that Il
- Larceny TO Steal a hog.
Sometime since a case came up for
hearing in the Criminal Court that has
become of considerable interest 10
owners of dogs. A negro was arrested
and wal indicted on the charge of steal.
ing a dog and a collar. Judge Adams
sustained the motion made to quash the
count in the indictment charging the
larceny Of the dog, on the ground that
under the common law and under the
laws Of Tennessee 4 dog was not a sub.
ject Of larceny. The negro was tried
before a jury on the charge of stealing
the collar, and was acquitted. The
Attorney General, on behalf Of the State,
appealed from Judge Adams ruling
that a dog was not a subject Of larceny.
After able argument by the counsel the
Supreme Court, on last Saturday, held
that the court belog was in error and
that stealing Q dog was larceny under
thu laws Of Tennessee. This is the first
time that the case had been presented to
the Supreme Court, although the court
had long since decided hal a writ of re.
ple7en would lie in the case wherein q
dog was the subject matter Of contro-
versy. The decision is of i~nterest and
importance to sporting man who invest
largely 10 pointers, settlers, bull purps
and other CANNES Of high degree.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-11
Amusements.

MEMPHIS THEATER. The theater will
not be open tonight, but on tomorrow
night Mr.. Sothern will present himself in
the role of Duudreary," in Our Ameri.
3 Cousin, in which Of course he is in.
imitable. Mr.. Sothern will be assisted
by several good artistes, who accompany
him for the purpose of taking the sup.
porting parts, and depending as little as
possible upon the stock company, except
for the minor business. Those who wit
messed Sothern when las he appeared in
Memphis have q lively recollection Of
his wonderful specially, "Dundreary,"
which to him is what " Rip Van Wrinkle"
is to Jefferson, aud Mulberry Sell
lers" to Mr.. Raymond. Our American
Cousin will be repeated Wednesday night,
and will be followed during the week BY
other dramatic attraetions-A Hornets
Nest, Dundreary Married and Settled,
etc. The price Of reserved seats has been
advanced twenty-five cents by Mr.. Soth-
ern, the general admission bsing the
usual price of one dollar. The general
admission means, get q seat where you
can, or stand up if the house is crowded,
Mr.. Sothern will no doubt draw we'll, as
he is quite an artistic and is deservedly
popular with the public,
WASHINGTON STREET VARIETIES This
place of public amusement continues to
attract good audiences nightly. The
entertainments are interesting and the
company quite a good one, Among the
present attractions are Misses Maggie
Louise, Maggie Hunter, Minnie Hern.
don, May Meacham, Mile Josephine.
Messrs. Fisher, Clifton, 0'Brien and
master Phil Spaeth. A fne bill will be
presented tonight.
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noId Highway Rohhsrr

The SOmerville Falcon, of the 7th
inst, contains the following;
Last Wednesday, Mr.. William Astip
q welLto-do farmer and worthy citizen Of
this county, who resides in the Oakland
district, brought to Somerville several
bales Of cotton, which he sold for cash.
During the day he purchased several
articles, amounting to only a small sum,
and the remainder of the money. he
tween two aud three hundred dollars, he
had in his ~poeketbook. About seven
o'clock Wednesday night he started
home and had gone but a short distance.
not more than three or four hundred
yards beyond the corporate limits of the
town, when he was stopped on the road
by three negro men. They asked him
for some whisky and be replied that he
had none for them. By this time one Of
them had his horse by the bride and
another had grabbed him By the right
arm, which he had in his pants pocket
Their intention was evidently to DRAG
him from his horse, but in pulling at his
arm his pants pocket was torn and his
pooket.book fell out. This, of course,
was what they we're after, so Selling it
and a new pair Of saddle. bags which he
had purchased that day, they made good
their escape. Mr.. Astin returned to
somerville and made known the facts.
Being confident that ore of the men who
robbed han was a negro named Green
Writ, Mr.. Astin in company with an
odcer and others went to Green's house
hat night but failed to find him. he
was arrested on Monday, however, and
lried before Esquires Grsenway and
dendoD, and was committed to Jail
githout bail to answer before the Circuit
Court,
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Bl ody Death.GrannIs.


Magnolia, Miss, Herald.1
Lorenzo d. Cox, we'll known in Ma.
ron county, left bis house a fey morn.
lngs ago, and went into a new.ground
held to work. AS has been his enstom
tor the last sixteen years, he carried his
gun and other weapons-his constants
companions, He set his gun down bv :
stump and stepped off a few PAGES and
squatted down to build a fire, and as he
raised up he was fred upon hy a man
behind a tree, who was in waiting tbeya
to kill him. Cox fell to he oround AT
the crack Of the gun, and as ne raised
up, was shot down again, but crawled m
the stump where his own gun was, and
discovering the position Of his ON.
ponent, waited his opportunity. Pres.
emily he peeped out from beb;nA
the tree, and as he did 40. Gov
hred on him. This was followed bv
an exchange Of pistol shots. and Coxis
opponent fell to the ground. He then
eraw!ed up to him, and about this time
Coxs little son, who heard the firing.
came up. Cox then took his knife and
stabbed the man through the breast and
l the neck until he was dead. He
proved to be William Morris. Three
balls entered his neck and breast and
sne the forehead. Cox was shot through
both lungs, and al this writing our in
tormant thinks he must be dead, as his
attending physicians, Drs. Ford and
Banks, were of the opinion that he
could not long survive.
This horrible tragedy, we are told, is
the result Of a long.standing feud, and
that Morris came from Texas Ito which
state ne moEed some years ago from
Marion county for the purpose Of kill
ing Cox.
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CITY CIRCULATION.
THE IT
Bondar evening, Zee. IL, 1879.

THE most acceptable holiday present
for your wife is one Of those beautiful
porcelain pictures in a breast-pin made
by Bingham Bros. They also make
those ivory types that are SO much ad.
nired by the young ladies and gentle.
men. They have just received a large
stock OF new styles Of frames for the
holidays; and the Binghams make the
finest photographs ia the country. Their
parlors are at 2l3 Main street, corner Of
Jefferson. l07
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-12-11

EefbOuut.
MIR. John Ainslie, for many years an
esteemed citizen of this city, who went
to California tor his health, has returned
without deriving the benefit he expected,
He lie at present stopping with Mr.. Mar
tin Griffin, on Pontotoc street, but ex
poets to start 10 a few days for Florida,
For some days past he has been improv-
ing.
An important business change is an
announcement whereby Captain Ed
Bessley becomes a partner of General
Cotton Green in the life Insurance bust
ness. General Green is one Of our mes
experienced and successful agents
Captain Reasley ia q widely known snt
popular gentleman, who will bring t.
bear likewise large capacity and fail
business training, The best eompanie,
are represented, aud we wish the new
Arm a career Of uninterrupted prosperity
Radlord, stFatton 4 Co. are selling
choice groceries at the lowest prices.