The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-23
AUSTIN AFFAIRS.
Correspondence of the Herald.

The past week has been dull one in the
capital. Nothing of exciting interest has
transpired, and the denizens of our little city
have pursued the EVEN tenor oflife with quiet
ness, except that on Monday night last our
citizens of Greenback proelivites enthused a
littleover th6presidential ticket, by firing a
salute of twenty one guns. The general YER
diet is that it was ammunition wasted
His excellency the governor, accompanied
byHon. 0. N. Hollingsworth, secretary OF
The board of education, and Hon. John d
Templeton, secretary of state, left the CITY.
on Monday morning, for Huntsville, to at
tend the commencement exercises of the Sam
Houston normal school, at that place. This
was the clio ing exercises of the first session
Of the school, and the occasion is said to have
been quite success. The address of Hon
o. N. Hollingsworth, on Wednesday, in pre-.
ssnting the Peabody medals to Misses Hard
wick and Huffman, was happy effort and
should be read by all friends of education.
His well-timed tribute to the memory of
Sam Houston, whose name the institute
bears, 10 George Peabody, the philantropists.
to whose generosity it is indebted for timely
and substantial aid. and to Bernard Mallon.
the first principal of the institute who gave
up his honored life Just as he had
organize the school, were appropri. |
ate and eloquent. An experienced educator
hi M alf Of uVa intn /
rare attainments and gentleman of integ- |
rty and devotion to the cause of edu alton. !
Professor Hollingsworth, to use a bomely |
expression, sis the right man in the right |
place" As long as the educational de- |
partment of the state government Las him at
Che helm, our people can rest assured that |
her interests in that direction will not fac,
Professor III. returned to city on Thurs
day.
From Huntsville the governor went TO
Houston, on Thursday, and thence TO Alta
VISTA" or "Prairie View normal school for
oolored pupils" at Hampstead, and thence to
Bryan, where, it is understood, he spent yes
terday. Secretary Templeton has gone to
his home in Fort Worth.
The violent death of Colonel w. S. Cole
man, at Marshall, was deeply deplored in
u Il
as one of our own citizens. Whatever may
have be his faults he was brave, warm
hearted gentleman.
The census enumerators have about got
Ten through their work, and to the great dis
gust of our citizens, it is said they will not be
able to foot up over II 800 people, within
the city limits So Dallas and Galveston
have company in their misery.
Tho International railrood oban al o., |
schedule last Monday. the incoming train
now reaches here ut 3:45 a. m. This gives
US the HERALD at our breakfast.table the
morning after publication Quite an i'm
provement.
An occasional correspondent of the Gal
weston News, writing from this city, pays a
deserved compliment to the present comp.
troller, Hon. Stephen Fl. Darden, when he
says: "No one that knows the man would
charge him with doing an unfair thing in
private or official position. He is among
the few men that cannot be influenced from
the strict letter and spirit Of the law and his
Zine of duty as an official and as man."
Those who know Colonel Darden most init
Vnately will say "amen" to this for if there
ever was an official in this state who retired
deserving the appellation of "well done,
thou good and faithful servant" be is one.
Let us trust that his successor may be as
honest and as competent.
Major A. j. Dorm, formerly state treasurer,
and at present an officer of the United States
senate, reached his home, in this city, few
days ago, looking in fine health. He is an
ardent admrer of Hon. Horatio Seymour
''the noblest Roman of them alP'-and thinks
he will surely be the Democratic nominee for
president
Among the visitors at the capital the past
week were John j. Good, jr., of your city,
and also Hon. Il. Il. Flewelen, of Harris
county, the latter an able and working mem
Der of the Sixteenth legislature.
Emancipation day" was appropriately
celebrated here, as elsewhere, on Saturday.
The "colored troops and their friends spent
the day pleasantly in grove near the city,
where they were addressed by several persons
of their own color. Everything passed off
quietly.
Independence day" is to be appropriately
celebrated by the fremen of Hope hook and
ladder company, of this city. There will be
fireworks, speech-making and any quantity OF
fun at Preston's garden, nea. the city.
Tomorrow, the ODD inst, the great Demo-
cratic party of the country meet at Cincin-
natl to name the next president and vice.
president of the United States. As
che day approaches it ems to be more and
and more certain that Horatio Seymour,
New York's great statesman, will be placed
at the head of the ticket. The feeling here
among leading Democrats is largely in his
favor, and it is hoped that he will permit his
name to be used. The editorial of the HER
AID in last Saturdays issue WIS well-tmed,
and it is thought reflects the sentiment of
large majority of the Democratic votes of
this state and of the whole union. With
Seymour, and Hendricks or Thurman or
Davis, the Democratic columns will march
onward to sure victory in December next
Let us trust that harmony, which is so much
10 be desired, will control the action of the
convention. Before this letter is in print the
wires will bring us the doings o. the first days
!leliharations which will nrnttY vol Indicate