The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-01-11
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! tho IlEEAL Jf Il ., returns tilanii ioT the
remains o. one Of Us ilustrioGs ancestors
born Janrry 9gu, 1889, in De torn on'
tattered columns Of wh'cb are u be found
srme in.sresLn, "reminiscences Of lay
agonl wi "a the rumpets cliusor and thr
cannon roar ware first heard tLroppa
oul the and, whoa wars rod g'ar u y;
the sky, where brother met bIothe
face 10 Glce, and happy houes emp,igi taei
manly inmates into The tented ields oy thC
Thousands. Our ancestor OF ~ was Of
good .Ianding and vas uader the able
guardih nship of Colonel Charles Pryor
now a)resident of the Crescent City. 1t was
q five3colump, single-page quarto edition
and held its head as high as a heightened
but powerful poor family. 1t is an index
of THE then north Texas, the city and age in
which it flourished. The HERALD Of 1888 feels
proud Of its ancestor, which exhibited such
enterprise in such troublesome, yea, terri.
BILE times when the tocsin OF war was
sounded in the land, in giving the news as
best it could and maintaining in such a
manly, yet unprejudiced way, the rights OF
the people, as seen through the telescope oil
1862. 1t was a weekly edition, but it
bore to the homes of the good
people of Dallas county national,
State and county news, as cleaned by its
management. Among other interesting
matters In its columns is general order No.
issued by Governor +. r. Lubbock, now
bur state treasurer, in which he kicks the
Lone Star Stale out of the gal
Iaxy that constituted the Union.
The paper is somewhat faded and the print
imperfect from the ravages of age, bad ink
and paper, yet we give few extracts of
general order No. l, which will cause the
memory of many of our citizens, who
fought, bled and all but died for the "Lost
Cause" to revert, we trust, with pleasant
feelings, if possible, to the time when the
south had hopes of freeing herself but this
has nothing to do with our ancestor, and
we came near forgetting That
the bloody breach had been
healed, so to speak, as it were, and we clip:
Estate of Texas. Headquarters Adjurant
Generals Office, Austin, December 30, 1851
l. Whereas, The government and people
of the United States in prosecuting this un-
natural war which they have forced upon
us, have departed from the recognized
usages of civilized warfare; true valor no
longer characterizes their military leaders;
for persecution ana insolence, dire>oppres-
sion and the most savage plunderings mark
their footsteps; and,
II. Whereas, their armies OF aggression,
recruited by hordes of rutfiians melted by
lust, rapine and undying hatred to us and
to our institutions, now threaten by inva-
sion on the integrity and safety of our
state as effectually opposed by energy and
numbers, may involve the very existence
of our government;
III. Therefore, impelled by due sense
of the impending danger, the legislature,
Al .t,,la <.f; to- ,p1N ut &c
ent session has passed an act which has
obtained the approval of the executives:
ITO perfect the organization of the state
troops and place the same on war foot
lns.u
". This law enacts that all white male
inhabitants not'spe9. lily exempted shall be
liable to military ddtS-&etween the ages of
eighteen and fifty years.
". Each senatorial district, exocpt the
first, shall be constituted into military
district. 1t is made the duty of the senior
justice. OF the peace, an each precinct in
every county, by authority of the brigad'er
eenerqls IN enroll ~ rer51na liable % miii
tsry GllY lnier heavy fines apd penalties
FOR eglsut.
VI l0is incumbent GA captains 10 enforce
The n itsry laws gt this stalC, 10 assemble
lli- companies 40 least once 10 u'lry two
weeks uriug ne existence mo the prasev
WlE, and hal Untrue, them lp lD- school
of lAs ,uid.r and 'ae company.
VII. They shall report 3l' aeLg..srs To-
utsl..t ofmilitarv dutY, " the rj court
mag. ~ gu,hoiaad 90 try the same and 60
uHU gCh offenders 10 De summoned Ga at
tenn said calrE, which be lEiI .lTlish with
tnt evidence % such summons.
VII Jne snail have the power IF 10.
enrolment Us g.aH SO .aey may deem ugC-
fsslv anc iAr Cwer iD iupu such EVH-
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