The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-08

In the Bradstreet cotton statement published
Sunday Texes instead Of Louisiana should
have been credited with 1,l2JOOO bales pro-
duced in 1880 And Bradstreet's calculation
fell about rs 600 bales short. Texas was omit
ted by our angel from the table, but. like Ben
Adams name which was not in the Book Of
Life. 1t nevertheless leads all the rest,
As southern planters have no longer the
privilege of governing Their surplus cash into
darkles, they ought to put it into cotton iacto-
ries. This is the true path TO regain all our
fonuer wealth, glory and ascendency In the
councils of the government, from which tho
south Is virtually declared.
Durih & January s ,O76 immigrants arrived at
New Yor k, or S,loO more than In thai month
last year,
OF Peter Cooper'a idea of taking $50 600, 900
Of the idle co. in now in the treasury and iasu-
lag $3.50 900, 90, treasury notes, and with these
pay OF 5000, 900, 600 of the national debt vt
once, % tho Chcag Times says ITO begin
with, there is not $50, OOO,C COO Of surplus and
idle coir now In tie treasury, or anything
approaching that sum. There Ia about SiO.-
900 O0Q in silver dollars, but more than Si5,-
900 900 of this Ia held for the redemption of
silver certificates being less than $1,000 600
''surpl us and Idle" OF gold coin the treasu-
ny helc only about t6l 200 90 on the st OF Jnnu-
AIRY, an d 1t does not hold much moe than thai
now. here was about SOS 100000 worth Of
gold bul Lion but % that does not bear the
fiat star ap of government, Mr.. Cooper Is the
lust ma to call 1t money available for pay
mlent Of any debt. But calling coin and bull
II onb si h money, the whole of II Is HELD In the
L reasur at this moment 90 pay debt of one
ind auothsr-inerest coupons, matured
'and cal led bonds, ana demand notss, aud the
whole amount is not more than 40 per cent.
of he demand obligations As 20
retirf Ig the bank 0tes and Issuing
$780, 100, 900 oftreasury notes using the lattorto
payo bonds, II is not necessary to say more
than that there Ia not bond Of the United
Stat IS excepting tho s6i, 500, 900 issued In aid
of & h, Pacific railways) that Is payable in
trea sury notes, or anything else but gold or
silv er coin. To issue some hundreds of mil
liorls of treasury notes bearing no interest is
not TO make provision ior the redemption OF
bonds bearing interest, which the government
has promised to redeem IN coin The holders
ofthe uonds might consent to take notes in eX-
change, but they have the right to demand
coin, and If they should do so the notes would
not help reduce the debt 10 the amount of one
dollar. Something could be saved, Of course
by forcing bondholdcrs to take $3.50, OOO,OlO Of
treasury notes or nothing; nut a good deal
mors might be saved by forcing them to take
sl,t5O, 0nO,0OO of treasury notes ornoih cg, or by
repudiatng the entire debt"
The first transaction of the national govern.
ment was draft ON the bank of New York for
900 to the credit OF ssmael Meredith,
10, a., n
ton, secretary OF thu treasury Tuis was the
first money Uncle sam ever received. a few
months later he got 40 900, most of which he
had TO disburse at one to his congressman,
The annual revenue Of the thitteen colonies
We're not equal to two days receipts to-day
The debt brought about by the war OF inds-
pendence was paid of under Jackson. Up tC
the time OF the rebellion the sum total of tn,
national Indebtedness ranged from S37, 600 OO
to Sos, 000O
experiments In multitude no man eau mum
Der, have bsen made since the world begal
tosecure cheap, durable pavement Flttee
years Ego the whole rage was for the Nicho.
son, and after millions had been expended b,
cities quitting 1t down, 1t was SO vigorously at
tackled by doctors and sanitary commission
1t had to suceumb. Brick are not durable roel
too costly and noisy, concrete too weak, ror
too dear, and so runs denunolatlon until al
natures ingredients ara condemned. Now
comes forward the 'ereosoted tile, " or woodel
block soaked in that antiseptlc pyro
lignous acid, long sovereign remed,
for aching incisors and molars and
why not for hoof and heel? Hut as the Mich
olson was dipped in tar, and as creosote is tn
essence of that leading nomination in the as
sets and commerce of North Carolina az wei
as the label upon her every good citizen,
heel, may not doctors aud health boards stil
get in their fatal work? Before the subscrln
ton committee takeS the lsld, some "Bi
Medicine" will please rise and explain,
We imported from France In 1880 2l4 1852 case
of champagne. The brand Of G. IL. Mumm
90. lead the let with 50 SOS, then Plper-IIeid
ssck 3i,9al, Roederer 1875, Pommeroy
Gre 0 l66l0, Vve. Chlcquot 4,725, and SO on
This constitutes not exceeding per cent. ,
the stuff we drink with these labels upon IN
bottle, or there 10 genuine TO 90 counterfol
Getting bottle of pure French wine ia In
running your haRd Into basket Of snakes
get o. oeel
The state OF Trade,
Meats arc higher scarce and very firm
We quotes Dry ealts-.s1 to cents. Bf
con Ok to Of. Breakfast bacon lOX 10 lo,.