The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-04
AUSTIN.
Correspondepce of the Herald.

Correspondence of the Herald.
AUSTIN, June |, 1850
Your regular correspondent here keeps
your readers pretty well posted by telegram
rs to all current news TRANSPORTING Mt the CAPT.
tai city, but imagine an occasional letter
from an irregular Quill-driver will not be UNI
acceptable,-Untilt the past few days we
have experienced pleasantly cool weather,
with occasionally day or two of warmer
temperature. 1t isapparent now that we are
just entering upon the cheated term" and
many readers of the old Dallas HERALD
know what Austin is during tho summer
months; dull, hot days, followed by occa-
sional cool nights.--tleavy rains have fall
en- around Austin and in the counties west
during the past week. The Colorado river
on Friday last rose some fifteen feet in few
hours, covering the sand-ilats on the sonth
side, something which has no. happened for
number of years, believe. Onion creek,
some eight miles southeast of the city, rose
forty-fve feet and overtlowed many farms,
am told, doing considerable damage to the
growing crops.---Weather still hot, close
and sultry, threatening more rain. The
rains OF last week were very tim ly and
crops are now almost assured. There
seems to be q lull in politics at present.
We do not hear so much talk of as
pirants for political honors,as we did am nth
ago. Is it the calm before the storm, indi-
eating furious tempest of patriotism when
the Democratic State convention meets
Perhaps 50. The friends and followers of
the various gentlemen named rs candidates
are. it is presumed, preparing for the CAM
paign. Present indications do not SO clearly
point to either of the prominent candidates
for the head of the State ticket. Many are
looking around endeavoring to SEQ if dark
horse will not capture the nomination, and if
so, who the successful man is to be. l heard
it mentioned few days ago, by one who has
travelled some, that if dark horse is run in
at the convention, his local habitation is not
a thousand miles from the business portion of
the city of Dalas.-Rumor hath it, with
what foundation your correspondent does
not know, that Dallas has been decided upon
as the place, and SOM day in the last of July
or first of August as the tme of the meeting
Of the State Democratic convention. It
seems to be conceded by persons from
all parts Of the State that Dslas
should have the honor this year.
Perhaps this feeling may be father to the
thought, that the matter is settled in favor of
Dallas. 1t is felt that the thriving young
city of Northern Texas will do all honor to
the delegates, and that they will leave her
with uni, ersal Communications as to the hos.
pitality of her citizens, If they be not all in
accord as to The nominees, that the convention
may present to the people. Whoever may
be the nominee, it is hoped that harmony
and good feeling may prevail during the
sitting and that a strong ticket may be pre-
serted, such one as will assure an old fash
isned hundred thousand majority over the
united Republican and Greenback factions
The known and acknowledged aspirsnts
Tor the head of the ticket are narrowed
dswn to Gov. Roberts, Lieutenant G overnor
Sayers and Colonel Lang; ut least these arc
ths only names that have been canvassed "a
any great extent among the people-as the
names of Throckmorten, Hubbard and Lang
were tho only names that were before the
peAocracy before the meeting OF the conven,
nsA OF 1878. But that traditional dark horse
mig this year, as in 1873 prove the VICTOR
EC Lieutenant Governor, the nam, of Hon
Jshn IL. Cochran, of your county, Hon. L