DALLAS HERALD
January 1860 - May 1865

DALLAS HERALD, January 4, 1860, p. 1, c. 1
               
The following was handed to us by one who knows good "Xtract of korn" when he sees it, with the request to republish it:

Sonnit to Whiski.

Bi a Admirer uv the Beveridge—Ritten immjetly After takin a nip, the Labor Interspersed with Ockshunli Wettin my lips with the same.

Whiska!  all hale!  from erlyist boyhood, I
Hev ardently admyred thi qualities,
Thowst cloathed mi mind with strength—mi noze in richest dyes.
Hale!  whiski, hale!  Hale potent sun of Ri!*
When wus grows wus, and bad grows badder,
When troubles wivs across me buzzum roll,
A nip of thee expands mi shrunken sole,
As wind from boys mouth expands a bladder. +
Water is good, no man of sense denize it,
Serch throe old Nacher, and you will not meet
A article so good for washing feet.++
But as a beveridge I dispize it.
Mi stumick turns, and for relief i fli

To the extract uv corn—to the Red Eye.

*Alludin to the pleasant ficshun that whiski is maid uv rye, which it is not, by no means; on the contrary uv korn.
+A butiful simily, appropriately choz to sho how the elickshur uf life will coz a man to spread himself.
++The liberality uv this sentiment is noble, it is grand.—While assertin the superioriti uv his favurite beveridge, he is willing to allow that sum use kin be maid uv other likwids.  Such noble-mindedness is refreshin. 

DALLAS HERALD, January 4, 1860, p. 3, c. 4

Fine Blooded Sheep.

The undersigned has just reached this section of State, with 100 head of fine thoroughbred Cotswold and Merino Sheep, selected from the best flocks to be found in the State of Kentucky, by himself, which he offers for sale.  Some of these sheep, on leaving Kentucky, weighed over 300 lbs and clipped from 12 to 20 lbs of wool.  Persons wishing to purchase really fine Sheep for crossing will find it to their interest to call and examine this flock.  They may be seen near the farm of Mr. Lewis Shirley, in Collin county.
I have also for sale seven head of thorough-bred Durham Cattle, that have been in this State since last winter, and thoroughly acclimated, and in fine condition, which will be sold at reasonable prices.
               
Address the undersigned at McKinney, Collin co.
               
Nov 23 1859—24:3mo.                                                         Wm. H. Jones. 

DALLAS HERALD, February 8, 1860, p. 1, c. 6

Homespun Parties.

                Old Virginia seems thoroughly aroused to action, by the alarming encroachments of Northern fanatics and their insane teachings.  From being the most conservative State in the Union, one year ago, she has become the most prominent [fold in newspaper] of her rights and institutions.  "Anterior" to the Revolution the ladies and gentlemen of the old Dominion attended balls and parties, and received their most distinguished guests, dressed in homespun clothes, one of the means adopted to show to the Mother country that the colonies possessed within themselves all the elements of independence.  This simple circumstance was significant of a serious fact, and one to which, the stubborn Parliament was stupidly blind.—The signs of the times were visible throughout the land, but "seeing, they saw not, and hearing, they heard not."  At this late day, the same spirit of encroachment that sought to burden and harass the colonies, is seen in the efforts made by Northern Abolitionists to interrupt the progress of the Southern States and their institutions.  There is now as much stubborn blindness in the North, as was then in the British Parliament.  The colonies then acted cautiously and by remonstrance; the South has followed the example; protest after protest has gone up from the Southern States; we have asked to be let alone; and our citizens are now taking the matter in hand, and are speaking by their actions.  The daughters of the Old Dominion have ever been patriotic,--since the days, in which Mrs.  Washington draped in homespun, received her highborn company, arrayed in fabrics manufactured at home and by her own hands partly.  We cut the following from the National Intelligencer.  It speaks for itself and is significant of a great and serious fact.
               
A HOMESPUN PARTY.—Under this heading we find the following in the Richmond Whig:
               
"The movement towards Southern independence is progressing steadily.  The people of Virginia are in dead earnest about this matter.—While we gentlemen have contented ourselves, as yet, with meetings, speeches, &c., the ladies have begun to act.  Without noise they have commenced to give force and color to our resolutions—to put our theories into practice.  We had the pleasure, a few evenings ago, of attending a 'homespun party,' given by [a] patriotic lady of this city, whose excellent good sense prompted her to substitute deeds for words, and to inaugurate at once that system of self-dependence which has been the theme of innumerable public meetings held recently in every county of the State.  The party was decided[ly] a brilliant success.  More than a hundred ladies and gentlemen, belonging to the most respected families in the city, were present, all of whom were attired in part or in whole in garments made of Virginia fabrics, woven in Virginia looms.  It was strictly a Virginia cloth party."
               
At a public meeting held in Alexandria last week it was resolved—
               
"That, by way of giving a practical issue to this meeting, and as the first step towards the attainment of Southern commercial independence, the citizens of Alexandria here assembled pledge themselves to use and wear no article of apparel not manufactured in the State of Virginia; and to buy all our hats, caps, boots, shoes, and clothing at home and of home manufacture, and induce our wives and daughters to do the same; and that the directors of our several railroad companies be and are hereby respectfully requested to pursue the same policy with reference to all articles required by their respective roads."
               
In other cities and towns in Virginia "Homespun Clubs," the members of which pledge themselves to dress in no other than Virginia fabrics, are being organized. 

DALLAS HERALD, March 7, 1860, p. 1, c. 1
                                                                                                               
For the Dallas Herald.

To the Fair "Dippers."
By a Looker On. 

                "She that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh a hedge*, a serpent shall bite him."—Solomon. 

This morning I sat by a maid,
               
And clasped her hand whiter than snow,
And I thought that an angel had strayed
               
From her home to make heaven below! 

Small hands, fair as the shells of the sea,
               
And sweet little fingers—oh, hush!
What is it they hold?  Ah!  I see,
               
'Tis a confounded "dipper"—stick-brush! 

As rich as a half-opened pink,
               
Is the soft, blushing tints of her lips!
They are parting to kiss me, I think,
               
Oh, no! 'tis for—Heavens, she dips! 

How fair are her pearly-white teeth!
               
Compared to them ivory's stuff—
Let me drink the fresh balm of her breath—
               
By thunder!  I'm sneezing!—'tis snuff! 

Great God! and can lips that are sweet
               
As the dew in the cup of the rose,
Take a dose that a dog wouldn't eat—
               
That would make a hog turn up his nose! 

Oh!  beautiful maidens, refrain
               
From that vile, detestable stuff!
Never poison your dear lips again
               
With filthy street-sweepings—called snuff. 

Just think, if your lovers should dare
               
To rub your red lips of a kiss,
And for honey, find snuff hidden there,
               
'Twould deprive you of Love's sweetest bliss! 

Our old Father Adam, we're told,
               
Was slightly deluded by Eve,
But the way we poor fellows are sold,
               
Father Adam could never conceive! 

Gainesville, 1860. 

*Alluding to the great quantities of small timber annually destroyed for snuff mops. 

DALLAS HERALD, March 7, 1860, p. 1, c. 2

Ladies Dresses Artistically Considered.

                To dress in perfect good taste a lady should thoroughly understand the philosophy of apparel.  Dress is not simply an article of use; a garment which the female sex indiscriminately can wear, and in which each will appear equally well, but it is a means whereby the especial nature of the wearer is clearly displayed.  That which is becoming and appropriate to one is essentially out of place if worn by another; while some costumes—the Bloomer for instance—possess no fitness for any and simply serves to render the wearers ridiculous.  Many things are merely utilitarian in character and have no claim to the slightest beauty, but are stiff and unseemly.  Such garments may be convenient for common use, but with us, grace and elegance of costume are the truest signs of a lady.  A woman of a tall figure, dignified in her carriage and inclining to soberness of spirits, if she would preserve these characteristics, would doubtless, select such stuffs for her dresses, of neutral tints, as would increase this impression, and would have them made up in a simple, chaste style, and wear them with hoops; if the impression she desired to make were more lively, she would probably choose bright colors, and add flounces and other trimmings.  The opposite of this lady, a brilliant, gay, little beauty, would select materials much higher in tone, and probably, with brighter and more contrasted trimmings.  Jewelry is not obnoxious on such persons, and a brilliant head-dress adds to the general appearance of vivacity.  Such a lady can wear hoops of a moderate size with great advantage.  Indeed the present fashion of hoops—which we are glad to see continue unchanged, notwithstanding all the gossips say to the contrary—is becoming to more persons than any style of dress heretofore adopted.  It combines gracefulness and elegance with healthfulness and comfort.  Since their introduction spinal diseases, once so common, have in great measure disappeared; nor has any other complaint arisen in its place.  The latest and most authentic advices, received since the first of January, from the Courts of Europe, state that hoops not only continue in much favor but their popularity is essentially increased, especially since the French Empress has, for weighty reasons, expressed a desire that they should remain in vogue.  All American ladies who consult taste, comfort, health and good sense would not dispense with them on any account.  A slight alteration in the shape of the skirts is the only change at all apparent.  They have become, we perceive, a trifle more moderate in dimensions, noticeable particularly in the upper part of the skirt—the hoops in the lower portion having suffered little diminution.  The fashionable skirt, as now manufactured by W. S. & C. H. Thomson & Co., combines several novel features, not heretofore introduced, which renders it, we think, not only more becoming, but secures for it a permanent existence among the thinking and considerate portion of the community.  We refer to their "new patent Corrugated Springs," which, while they increase the strength and stiffness of the skirt, yet reduce the weight of its nearly one-half, a most important feature, we judge, to their general worth.  This is undoubtedly the greatest improvement made in the skirts since their adoption in this country.
               
So far from the business of hoop skirts declining, we learn that the Messrs. Thomson are extending theirs; and that they are now manufacturing, at their four factories, from four to five thousand skirts daily.  Their "Crown Skirts," so well known to the trade and the ladies throughout the country, have been slightly modified in form, to accord with the new shape just introduced.  These last are said to surpass in beauty and elegance, any yet offered in the New York market.  Among the old favorites of this firm's manufacture, we recall to mind, the "Indestructible," the "Woven," and the "Gossamer," each of which in their peculiar excellencies stand unrivalled.  Their new skirts, the "Double Train," and the "Parisian Belle," have specialities of their own, which must be seen to be duly appreciated.
               
There is no dress a lady can wear, no matter what may be its material, its color, or its fashion, that is not improved in its general appearance by being spread out by hoops.  Through their aid, dignity and grace are attained, and the sweeping line of the skirt preserved in all its purity. 

DALLAS HERALD, April 4, 1860, p.  3, c. 4

Wool-Carding.
We Have Now an Eight Horse Power
Steam Engine,
Attached to our wool-carding machine; situated on
Ten Mile creek, twelve miles South of the town of Dallas.

We are now prepared to give prompt attention, on short notice, to those wishing to have carding done.  The wool must be well washed, and picked, and one pound of lard, to every eight pounds of wool, must in all cases be furnished by those wishing a good article of rolls.  In all cases be careful to furnish at least one sheet, for every twenty-five pounds of wool, as that is as much as they will hold when carded.  Terms, invariably Cash.
               
White wool,          -               -               -               10 cts per lb.
               
Mixed   "                -               -               -               15  "    "    "
               
We tender our thanks for previous patronage, and still solicit a continuation of custom.                                                                                      O. B. Nance & Son.
               
Pleasant Run P. O. Sept. 15th, 1858—12:tf. 

50,000 Pounds of Wool Wanted.

The undersigned wishes to purchase or take on shipment, on the most favorable terms for shippers, the above amount of wool; and wool growers will find it to their interest to call on him.  Washed wool will in all cases be preferred, and a far better price paid in proportion to the loss sustained by washing.
               
A. Shirek, Opposite the Crutchfield House.
               
Dallas, Feb. 22, 1860—34:3mo. 

DALLAS HERALD, April 25, 1860, p. 3, c. 1

Banner Presentation.

                On Monday last, the ladies of Dallas presented an elegant banner to the Dallas County Company of Rangers.  The entire company filed into the Court House, where an immense throng of ladies and gentlemen were in attendance.  Mr. R. W. Lunday, on the part of the ladies, made an eloquent and appropriate address, reviewing, at length, the action of the patriotic women of olden times, and the indomitable courage and unyielding devotion of our Revolutionary matrons to the cause of freedom.  He spoke in glowing terms of the noble influence that women in all ages have exercised over brave men.  He concluded with a glowing eulogy upon the gallantry of Texans and the interest manifested by the ladies of Dallas in the achievements of her gallant sons.  The banner was constructed of white satin, with an azure field, on which glittered a galaxy of silver stars, amongst which the Lone Star shone, the bright and particular cynosure of all admiring eyes.  Miss Virginia Miller, of Dallas, a fair personification of the Goddess of Liberty, in snow-white robes, presented the banner, with the following appropriate remarks:
               
Sir:--Though I am but the instrument through whom this banner is presented to you, as the representative of your brave company, yet I feel impelled while performing so pleasant a duty, to bestow upon you, as the proxy of those ladies, who have smiled in demonstrating their appreciation of your valor, and also for myself, such homage as beauty ever pays to chivalry.  We desire to impress upon you the earnestness of our wishes for your success and safety.  In hours of quiet and repose remember than true hearts at home are beating warmly for you, and fervent prayers are ever ascending for your preservation.  And in the wild tumult of strife, as you cast a hurried glance toward this banner, let it remind you that in performing your duty you are only fulfilling the measure of our expectation and desires.  Now, in conclusion, Sir, we hope that "wild war's deadly blast" may soon cease, that you may again be returned to your happy homes, to which you will be so warmly welcomed, by those dearest to your bosoms, for there is not one of you whose heart within him never turned "as home his footsteps he hath turned."  Farewell, and may the aegis of divine love overshadow and preserve you.
               
The banner was received by Mr. John D. Kerfoot, on the part of the Rangers, in an eloquent and glowing speech, which was frequently interrupted with rapturous bursts of applause.
               
The music was under the immediate supervision of Mrs. Reinhardt, one of the most accomplished vocalists and musicians of America.  The performance of the "Star Spangled Banner" was grand in its execution, and enthusiastically received.  The thanks of the audience are especially due those gentlemen who contributed so largely to the excellence of the exercises by their vocal powers.  The Dallas Light Artillery March, as performed by Mrs. Reinhardt, is one of the finest pieces we have ever heard;--her faultless execution would render even a trite and meagre piece, brilliant and attractive.
               
Altogether the day passed off most harmoniously, and showing that the ladies of Dallas have crowned themselves with laurels of grateful remembrance from the band of gallant Rangers.  Long may they wave! 

DALLAS HERALD, May 2, 1860, p. 2, c. 1
               
It is with unfeigned pleasure that we acknowledge the periodical visit of that chaste and ever-welcome journal, the Lady's Book.  It is always pure, and the vehicle of chastening thoughts.  It rises above the vulgar passion of the sectional strife that actuates too many of our Northern magazines.  Godey has never touched that thing, as we have ever heard; and we have read and heard the Lady's Book discussed since we were a boy in the Old Dominion, where every centre table and every boudoir is graced with this indispensable work.  Godey is always welcome in the sunny South. 

DALLAS HERALD, May 2, 1860, p. 2, c. 1
               
The Home Journal is again on our table, with its rich fashion plates, and its fund of interesting reading matter.  This, too, is a valuable work.—The last number contains some striking plates of the new coal scuttle shaped bonnets—singular-looking things, compared with the impudent, kiss-me-if-you-dare head gear, just going out of style.  Hurrah for the hoops and the scoops! 

DALLAS HERALD, May 2, 1860, p. 2, c. 5

Mabies'
Circus and Menagerie United!!
Splendid and liberal design for the amuse-
ment of the people, in the wonderful
combination of these
Two Great Companies!

                In the Equestrian department may be found the following Stars, culled from the leading Circuses of Europe and America.
               
Mr. W. Waterman, the celebrated four and six horse rider and general performer.
               
Mr. J. DeMott, the principal Equestrian of the world, will exhibit those daring feats, upon his spirited charger, which have astonished the world, and placed him upon the pedestal of equestrian fame.
               
Mr. J. Conklin, the modern Hercules, in his graceful sports, juggling cannon balls weighing 80 to 45 pounds.
               
Herr Jennings, the man of Iron, and most astonishing leaper and vaulter in the world.
               
Sig. Bushnell, the wonder of the world, in his great feats of light and heavy balancing, and juggling knives, balls, etc.
               
The Conklin Brothers, in their classic Poses, with a host of auxiliaries and juveniles, too numerous to mention.
               
Last but not least, is the celebrated American Clown I. Huyck, whose rich gems of genius, spicy anecdotes, local hits, quaint delineations of men and manners, have rendered him the brilliant star from Maine to Mexico.
               
Also the largest collection of living animals in the United States; and exhibited with the Circus, under one pavilion, for one price of admission.
               
Among them are the following:  Ten magnificent Lions, Royal Bengal Tigers, Brazilian Black Tiger, Panthers, Leopards, Cougar, Ocelot, Tiger Cats, stipped [sic] and spotted Hyenas, Grizzly and Black Bears, Camels and Dromedaries; Lamas [sic], Burmese Cow and Alpacas, Gray and Black Wolves, white Coon, Badgers, Porcupines, and a wilderness of Birds, and Monkeys.

Professor Colson's Cornet Band.

                Will be heralded through the principal streets on the morning of the day of exhibition, drawn by a team of Colossal Elephants.
               
During the performance, Sig. Woodruff, the world renowned Lion Tamer, will enter the

Den of Lions, Tigers, etc.,

                And display his wonderful power in subduing and bringing into subjection those terrible monsters.
               
Mons. Craven, will introduce those highly trained Elephants, Romeo and Juliet, whose performances have been received with unbounded demonstration of applause wherever exhibited.  Truly they must be seen to be appreciated.
               
Mr. W. Waterman, will introduce his

Educated Mules and Trick Ponies;

                All of which will go through with a variety of chaste and pleasing performances.
               
Will exhibit at:

Dallas, Wednesday, May 9, 1860
Lancaster, Tuesday     "     8,     "
Breckinridge, Thursday,   "  10,    "
[rest illegible] 

DALLAS HERALD, May 23, 1860, p.1, c. 1
               
Taking the Census.—The Buffalo Express or Cleveland Plaindealer, (it is found in both,) is entitled to the credit of this capital take-off of the questions proposed to be asked by the takers of the census of 1860:
               
What is your age?
               
Where were you born?
               
Are you married, and if so, how do you like it?
               
How many children have you, and do they sufficiently resemble you as to preclude the possibility of their belonging to any of your neighbors?
               
Did you ever have the measles, and if so, how many?
               
Have you a twin brother several years older than yourself?
               
Have you parents, and if so, how many of them?
               
Do you read the New Testament regularly?
               
What is your fighting weight?
               
Which do you like best for light reading, "The Gunmaker of Moscow," by Cobb, or the President's last message, by J. B.?
               
How many times has your wife "wished she was dead," and did you reciprocate the wish?
               
Do you use boughten tobacco?
               
Were you and your wife worth anything when married, and if not, what proportion of her things were your'n, and your things were her'n?
               
Were you ever in the penitentiary?
               
Are you troubled with biles?
               
How many empty bottles have you in the house?
               
How does your meerschaum color?
               
Have you all of Thayer's speeches on the horse railroad?
               
Are beans an article of regular diet in your family, and if so, how does it go?
               
State whether you are blind, deaf, idiotic or have the heaves?
               
How many chickens have you, and are they on foot or in the shell?  Also, how many sucedanums?
               
Is there a strawberry mark on your left arm?
               
Which food do you prefer, rum or mixed drinks?
               
State how much pork, impending crisis, Dutch cheese, popular sovereignty, standard poetry, Gaiety paper, slave code, catnip, red flannel, Constitution and Union, old junk, perfumery, coal oil, liberty, hoop skirt, &c., you have on hand?
               
Persons liable to be "censussed" will do well to cut the above out and put it up in a conspicuous place. 

DALLAS HERALD, May 23, 1860, p. 2, c. 3
               
The Late Fashions.—A Correspondent of the Telegraph, writing from New York, thus speaks of the new popular style of bonnets and hoops:
               
I would you might see the fashionable bonnets as I see them every day.  There is no lady that promenades Broadway, without a coal-scuttle affair placed on the top of her head, and in many instances the front is so high and large that it makes the wearers face look like a little picture in a large frame.  The women must all have them, though a year ago you could scarcely see the bonnet, now you can see nothing else.  The weaker vessels are very fond of extremes.   The reduction of the hooped skirts does not seem to meet with such a decided success.  In some instances you will find ladies with scarcely any, and dressed up in something which looks very like a man's overcoat.  They look as slim and lanky as a sickly herring, and it is impossible for them to walk with the ease and grace that women do who wear large hoops.  They can spread themselves. 

DALLAS HERALD, October 31, 1860, p. 2, c. 6
List of Premiums Awarded by the Ellis County Agricultural and Mechanical Association, at the Third Annual Fair Thereof.
To Mrs. M. E. Meredith, on cotton quilt                          $               3 00
To Mrs. J. E. Prince, on pair blankets                                               5 00
To Mrs. Sarah Burgess, on fine jeans, 10 yards                                5 00
To Mrs. L. W. Connor, on negro jeans, 10 yds                                2 50
                                               
on flannel                                         2 50
                                               
on woolen carpet                             5 00
                                               
on plaid linsey                                  2 50
To Miss Maria Sims, on pair woolen hose                                        1 00
To Mrs. Sarah Duneway, on woolen half hose                                     50
To Miss Maria Sims, on pair cotton hose                                         1 00
To Mrs. Sarah Duneway, on pair mitts                                                50
To Mrs. John M. Hines, on silk quilt                                                5 00
To Mrs. P. C. Sims, on coverlet                                                      3 00
To Mrs. A. A. Foster, on worsted quilt                                            4 00 

DALLAS HERALD, November 7, 1860, p. 3, c. 3
Dallas County Agricultural and Mechanical Association.
Second Annual Fair, Occupying 3 days.
Mrs. R. L. McKamy, jeans                                                  $              3 00
W. W. Wheat, linsey, plaid                                                                   2 50
W. W. Wheat, flannel, white                                                                 2 50
Mrs. W. T. Edmondson, blankets, pair                                                 3 00
Mrs. E. J. Hawpe, coverlet, wool                                                         3 00
W. W. Wheat, carpeting, wool                                                             2 50
Mrs. H. Thomas, carpeting, rag                                                            1 00
Mrs. E. J. Hawpe, counterpane, cotton                                                1 00
Mrs. M. E. Dixon, tufted work                                                             1 00
Mrs. E. B. Durgan, quilt, silk                                                                5 00
Mrs. E. B. Durgan, quilt, cotton                                                           3 00
Miss S. E. Crow, shawl, wool                                                             2 50
Mrs. R. L. McKamy, hose, wool                                                        1 00
                                               
hose, cotton                                        1 00
Mrs. N. P. Taylor, half-hose, wool                                                         50
Mrs. N. Harlan, mittens, wool                                                                50 

DALLAS HERALD, November 21, 1860, p. 1, c. 1

The Lone Star Flag.

                We were asked by a friend, yesterday, what were the colors of the Lone Star Flag.  Not being able to answer at the moment, we have though perhaps a correct answer would be interesting to the great majority of our people who never saw it.  The first revolutionary flag raised in Texas was, if we are correctly informed, the celebrated flag of Independence, at Goliad, by Capt. Wm. Brown, in 1835.  This was a white arm, in the attitude of striking with a bloody sword.  Its significance was that the white man should rule where that flag waved.  In the same year, a company of volunteers was raised in Harrisburg in this county, and presented by Miss Sarah R. Dobson with a flag of white, red, and blue, and with a white five-pointed star set in a ground of red.  This is believed to have been the first lone star flag in Texas.  In the same year, as Col. Ward was marching with his command from Macon to Columbus, Ga., on their way to Texas, a daughter of Col. Troutman, of Knoxville, presented a flag of white silk, with an azure star in the centre, to the company.  The inscription on one side was "Liberty or Death." on the other, the Latin motto, "Ubi Liberatas habitat, ibi nostra patria est."  "Where Liberty dwells, there is my country."  This flag was unfurled at Velasco, in January, 1836, and floated from the same pole with Capt. Brown's flag of Independence, which had been brought in from Goliad.
               
The Lone Star was adopted as the national standard of Texas by Congress, then in session at Columbia, December 10, 1836.  We copy the description from the Telegraph of December 22d, 1836:
               
"Be it further enacted, &c., That for the future, there shall be a national flag, to be denominated the National Standard of Texas, the conformation of which shall be an azure ground with a large golden star central.
               
"Be it further enacted, &c., That the national flag for the naval service of the Republic of Texas, as adopted by the President at Harrisburg, on the 9th of April, 1836, the conformation of which is Union blue, star central, thirteen stripes prolonged, alternate red and white, be, and the same is hereby ratified and confirmed, and adopted as the future national flag for the naval service for the Republic of Texas."
               
The glorious flag of the Lone Star is dear to every Texian.  It waived proudly over a free country, which true men wrested from the dominion of the savages.  Tears flowed from eyes all unused to weeping when it was hauled down from the flag staff at the Capitol, on the consummation of annexation.  It may yet be raised again.  If so, it will not be dishonored.  There are many of those sturdy spirits still left, who gloried in that banner.  Thousands of others have been attracted hither by the history of this country, by the unexampled advantages, by the love of liberty that dwells among our people.  Many of them love the Union, but all of them, we think, love Texas more.  Whatever may be the action of Texas, whatever steps she may take, whether to stay or go, that step once taken, she will be supported by a united people.—Telegraph. 

DALLAS HERALD, November 21, 1860, p. 2, c. 3
               
The South West Extra, of the 16th, says that a torch-light procession was had in Waco, on the previous night, at which "Old Abe" was rode on a rail—the rail being cheerfully borne by two stalwart sons of Africa.  The enthusiasm at Waco on the news of the determined stand taken by the Cotton-growing States, on the announcement of the election of Lincoln, was intense and the Lone Star Flag floated in the breeze over a large number of buildings. . . . 

DALLAS HERALD, November 21, 1860, p. 2, c. 2
               
From every exchange on our table, we see notice of the simultaneous and unanimous movement of the people of Texas, upon the announcement of the late Presidential election.  At various points in the State, the Banner of the Lone Star floats proudly in the breezes of Heaven, indicative of the will and desire of our people to assert their independence rather than remain in vassalage and a State of dependent inequality under a Black Republican rule. . . . 

DALLAS HERALD, November 21, 1860, p. 2, c. 6
               
The flag that waved in the thick of the fight at San Jacinto, was yesterday flung in the breeze from the tallest flag staff in the city, in token of the love which many of our citizens feel for the "Lone Star," and their wish to see it again take its place independently among the nations of the earth.—Houston Telegraph. 

DALLAS HERALD, November 21, 1860, p. 2, c. 6
               
The Savans of Paris have discovered a new color, produced from coal tar.  It is called dianthian, and varies from a deep purple to all the shades of a bright rose color. 

DALLAS HERALD, November 21, 1860, p. 2, c. 6
               
Outlawing the Weed.—The Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church has taken another step forward.  It has outlawed tobacco, and tobacco users.  At its late session at Gampolis, it adopted the following preamble and resolutions:
               
"Whereas, The use of tobacco is a great evil, and leads to other evils; therefore,
               
"Resolved by the Ohio Conference, That after the present session, we will not receive any person into full connection who persists in the use of tobacco. 

DALLAS HERALD, November 28, 1860, p. 2, c. 4
               
The Telegraph says that the "blue cockade," has made its appearance in the streets of Houston.  It consists of a blue rosette, with a five pointed silver star in the centre.  It is worn on the side of the hat and means that "the wearers pledge their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor to resistance to abolition encroachments, and that they can see no way of successful resistance but in the withdrawal of their State from the Union." 

DALLAS HERALD, November 28, 1860, p. 2, c. 3-4
                                                                                                                     
Correspondent of the Herald.

Court Week in Kaufman

                                                                                                                                  Dallas, Nov. 26, 1860.
               
Messrs. Editors:  We have had the pleasure of attending another term of the District Court of Kaufman county, which terminated on last Saturday.
               
The people of Kaufman are intensely interested in the political state of the country.
               
On Monday of Court, a meeting was held for the purpose of considering the subject. . . . On Tuesday, a preamble and resolutions were reported. . . In the mean time the Lone Star had been hoisted on the new Court House.  It was now circulated that, on Friday, the ladies of Kaufman would present to the people of the county, through the Judge of their District Court, a Union Flag—the star spangled banner—the stars and stripes, or National Flag.  This appeared to absorb public attention, or allay the excitement and give place to other business for two days.
               
Friday noon, (unlucky day!) the bells of two churches and the hotel were rung, and the current of the populace was towards the churches, both of which spacious buildings are on the same side of town.  The ladies assembling at one, and the people gathering in large numbers at the other.  Soon the ladies came in procession, bearing a handsomely wrought flag, the workmanship of their own hands, and were loudly cheered upon their entrance.
               
Though the Union of these States may be dissolved, and a bloody revolution succeed, the principles adopted by the individual colonies will survive, the stars and stripes will ever thrill the bosoms of those who remember the glorious triumph of these principles over British tyranny.  And the fair ladies of our country may be led into error, and lavish their toil in an unfortunate cause, but our gallantry will ever prompt us to cheer their efforts though we chide their object.
               
His Honor, Judge Reeves, took the stand, and Miss Kate Parsons addressed him in behalf of the ladies of Kaufman, in a lengthy speech, well adapted to the occasion, abounding in elegant allusions to the Union and the star spangled banner; discharging the duty with much grace and elegance; presenting to His Honor and through him to the people of Kaufman the cherished ensign of our liberties and once happy country.—The Judge responded in one of the ablest speeches we have ever heard in the State.  Paying the respect to the fair lady at whose hands he had received the beautiful banner, and complimenting her and the ladies of Kaufman upon the interest they were manifesting in what they conceived to be the good of our common country, he proceeded to point out the misfortunes that were about to befall us and our institutions, and to suggest a remedy, and the course for Southern men, Southern women and Southern States to pursue.  He told the ladies that each State of the Union was an independent sovereignty; that he was a freeman and citizen of Texas; that every other State in the Union was alike sovereign and independent; that the rights of individuals and property were regulated alone by the State authorities; and that one State had no right to interfere with the domestic affairs of another State.  That the Federal Union was a creature of the States, and not the States of the Federal Union.  That the federal compact was entered into for specific purposes; Congress only exercised a delegated authority—only held the capacity of an agent of the States, and would only exist as long as the terms of the compact were faithfully observed.
               
The Judge entered fully into the relations of the States and the Federal Union, and told the ladies that the preservation of them was greatly to be desired, but that a fearful crisis had come upon us.  He examined the course that had been pursued by the Abolition fanatics of the North; traced the origin of the Black Republican party to that, as its issue; spoke of its tendency and ultimate designs upon the institutions of the Southern States; hoped that we might be spared the fearful and much to be lamented consequences, but said, the time might come, and at no distant day, when it would become us as freemen, true to ourselves, our institutions and our rights under the Constitution, to strike for the liberties achieved by the blood of our fathers.  He would accept, however, from their hands, with great pleasure, the banner under which so many glorious victories had been achieved on sea and land; under which our country had risen to so much distinction; under which our citizens had been respected in every land and upon the waves of the ocean; and he would say to the people of Kaufman and the South, present it to the Black Republicans of the North, and demand of them the respect that has been accorded to it by the nations of the earth, and tell them that under its broad stripes and bright stars we have our rights under the Constitution, or die in the defense of them.
               
We can only give you a glance at the elegant address of the Judge, which was vociferously applauded at the end of almost every sentence, and often with deafening shouts from the delighted and enthusiastic auditors.
               
A procession was then formed of ladies and gentlemen, to the stirring strains of music, and proceeded to the store of Mr. J. W. Johnson, over the walls of which it was thrown to the breeze with a shout from the crowd below.
               
Such is the second flag of the people of Kaufman.  We have heard it rumored that the first—the Lone Star—was forcibly torn down.  Such is not the case.  It was too small, and thought to be inappropriate for the important occasion, and was taken down as soon as the resolutions were passed.—There was no violence or ill feeling manifested during the week.  All seemed to bent upon inquiry, and anxious to see and hear.
               
On Friday evening it was rumored, that on the next day a Southern Confederacy meeting would be held, and a banner presented with fifteen stars.  Accordingly, at noon again, the bells rang out their inviting tones, and the Methodist Church was the scene of another patriotic display.
               
Soon after the concourse of ladies and gentlemen were assembled, Miss Sallie Gibbs was conducted to the stand.  A flag of azure, bespangled with fifteen white stars, one more prominent than the rest, waved gracefully over her head, and she tendered it to the people of Kaufman, accompanied by an appropriate address, the concluding words of which brought down the house in thunderings of applause.  Our own talented and highly respected citizen, Col. E. P. Nicholson, had been selected to receive it, and he did so in his usual gallant style.  He paid the fair lady but a part of the complements that were due to her and her compeers at Kaufman, but he did that in manner and language prompted alone by the heart of a true and chivalric son of the South.  He sustained the cause of Southern institutions by sound logical reasoning that was well received, the audiences signifying their approval by hearty cheers.
               
General Good, of our place too, was called upon by the ladies, and responded in his usual happy and eloquent tones.  He paid the ladies many well deserved compliments, and invoked the frowns of Heaven upon Abraham Lincoln and all the Black Republican party and Abolition fanatics who would advocate negro equality with the fair daughters of the South.  The General's appeals to Southern patriotism were evidently grateful to the hearts of those who heard him.
               
After some other speaking, the flag was borne in procession and placed on the top framework of the roof of the new Court House, and streamed away to the north under the pressure of a brisk wind, ominous of the defiant attitude of our people. . . . 

DALLAS HERALD, November 28, 1860, p. 2, c. 4
               
The Waco South-West of the 21st says:--
               
"To-day a magnificent staff 160 feet in height, braced by wire guys, will be raised in Waco and the State Flag ascend aloft to flaunt proudly in the winds of heaven.  An immense crowd will be in attendance, and the colors will be saluted with military honors." 

DALLAS HERALD, November 28, 1860, p. 2, c. 5
               
The Lone Star flag has been hoisted at Rusk. . . 

DALLAS HERALD, December 5, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
               
Many of our citizens appear on the streets of Dallas wearing the cockade of our national colors, blue ribbon with a golden star.  Some wear cockades of red.  An aged farmer said in our presence that "he wanted to wear it over his heart and in front, that all the world might see it and know his position."  He would wear it with more pride than the "Cross of the Legion of Honor.". . . . 

DALLAS HERALD, December 5, 1860, p. 3, c. 1

Enthusiastic Meeting at Dallas
Glorious Demonstration!

                Last Saturday, according to previous notice, the people of Dallas county assembled at the Court House to give a continued and renewed expression of their sentiments in regard to the position that Texas should how assume.  Farmers from every portion of the county, with their wives and daughters, came up and united in one of the grandest demonstrations ever witnessed in Dallas.—It was by far the fullest meeting since the great barbecue in October.  The deepest interest was manifested in the proceedings, by both men and women.  Fifteen young girls, innocent and pure as the early spring flowers of our prairies, were selected as the representatives of the Southern States, bearing white banners with the names of each State emblazoned thereon, with the motto "Sovereign and Independent" beneath.—New Jersey was also represented with the flattering and appropriate motto, "The Bright Particular Star of the North."
               
The procession was formed at the Dallas Hotel, headed by the young girls with banners, followed by a large crowd of ladies and gentlemen, then proceeded to the Court house under the inspiring strains of music, & filed into the spacious hall, which was now densely packed with hundreds of eager and expectant auditors.  Gen. N. H. Darnell was called to the chair and A. Harwood acted as Secretary. . . 

DALLAS HERALD, December 5, 1860, p. 3, c. 2
               
We have just conversed with Hon. A. G. Walker, of Tarrant county, who reports the people of Birdville as thoroughly aroused on the great questions now agitating the country.  The citizens of Birdville recently held a meeting and passed resolutions memorializing the Governor to call the Legislature and expressing strong secession sentiments.  Mr. Walker is deeply imbued with the same spirit, and says that the signs of the times are unmistakable, and that every patriot must act.  He ways that the flag of the Lone Star has been floating at Birdville for weeks.  McKinney Messenger will please note this fact. 

DALLAS HERALD, December 12, 1860, p. 1, c. 3
               
So many "Lone Stars" were never before seen in this city—not even in the days of the Republic—as have made their appearance within the past week. [rest illegible, but the article was originally probably in a Galveston newspaper] 

DALLAS HERALD, December 12, 1860, p. 1, c. 4
               
Texas for Secession.—From our Texas exchanges we learn that the Lone Star flag of the Republic floats in majestic splendor from housetop and from steeple, in almost every principal town and city n that State.  This can be indicative of but one thing, and that is secession. . .—Turner's Southern Star. 

DALLAS HERALD, December 26, 1860, p. 1, c. 3
               
A silver star worn on the hat may now be seen in great numbers on the streets of Kaufman.  Let them shine on, gentlemen, brighter and brighter unto the perfect day. 

DALLAS HERALD, December 26, 1860, p. 1, c. 3
               
The Tyler Reporter has the Lone Star at its mast-head.  Motto, "The Lone Star of Texas, may it never grow dim."
               
The Lone Star Flag that was raised at Houston on Friday was in the thickest of the fight at San Jacinto.—Galv. News.
               
The State Rights Sentinel gives a long list of counties that have taken prompt action in the secession movement.  A hundred others could be added to the list.  The Sentinel has the Lone Star at its mast-head, with the appropriate motto, "She will never submit to Black Republican rule."  [note—the Sentinel was published in Tyler] 

DALLAS HERALD, December 26, 1860, p. 2, c. 2

Christmas!

                Once more we are in the midst of Christmas festivities—once more we hear the ringing notes of happiness from girls and boys—once more we hear the kindly greetings of friends and see their joyous faces radiant with hope and joy, and hear on all sides, from old and young, that sound so welcome to our hearts, "A merry Christmas."  The Yule-log burns brightly on every hearth—the Christmas dinner, so carefully prepared by the "gude woman," smokes on every table and all hearts are ready and willing to be happy.  Our annual and time-honored holiday comes upon us at this time amidst scenes of national gloom and disquietude,--amidst scenes of unusual interest, and in times that are well calculated to try men's souls.  But notwithstanding the alarm that pervades the entire country, we are glad to see that we are not cast down, nor our souls disquieted within us.  Altho' a nation is about to absolve itself from its allegiance to a government that might be used to oppress us, as a people we should rejoice that our independence will be achieved before the bonds are placed upon us, and that we are not called upon to carol our Christmas lays nor to sing our joyful songs in a strange land, nor to sit down by the waters of Babylon and weep when we remember our country; nor to hang our harps upon the willows like the captive daughters of Israel.
               
We have much for which to be grateful during the last year, and especially for that inestimable blessing, a love of Independence and hatred to oppression.  The recurrence of Christmas at this crisis seems to be symbolical of the birth of a New and Great People, as it is the anniversary of the birth of the Savior of mankind.  We trust that we may, as a people, be a light, a bright and shining light to the nations of the earth, as the home of Liberty, Science and Christianity.  We say then, let not this glorious festival pass by unheeded, nor let the prayers of Patriots and Christians for our country's good, be silenced on our altars.  Let the hearts of our people send up an incense, as acceptable in its purity and sincerity as are the swelling anthems that to-day peal from the proudest sanctuaries in all christendom.  We are reminded, in our hours of ease of happiness,--in the festive hall and solemn church, in prayer and thanksgiving, in joy and sorrow, that the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, directs the ways and destinies of men as well as of nations, and that God, in his Goodness, has spared us another year and permitted us to enjoy the innocent pleasures of another Christmas.
               
To our readers and patrons, our friends and neighbors, we wish a happy Christmas, and that their lives may be indefinitely prolonged to enjoy unnumbered Christmas dinners and countless bowls of Egg Nogg. [sic] 

DALLAS HERALD, December 26, 1860, p. 2, c. 2

The Lone Star Flag.

                We are indebted to Gen. J. J. Good, of this place, who has just returned from Austin, for the annexed copy of the Act of the Congress of the Republic of Texas, establishing the National Standard of Texas, &c.—We published, several weeks ago, an article from the Houston Telegraph, giving what the editor believed to be the flag of the old Republic; but the act given below was passed and approved January 25th, 1839, as an amendment to the act quoted by the Telegraph.  It is taken from the records in the State Department, and copied verbatim, and we publish it for the benefit of our friends who wish to have a real Lone Star flag flying:
               
AN ACT, amending an Act entitled, "An Act adopting a National Seal and Standard for the Republic of Texas, approved on the 10th of December, 1836."
               
Sec. 1.  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Republic of Texas, in Congress assembled, That from and after the passage of this act, the National Arms of the  Republic of Texas be, and the same is hereby declared to be, a white star of five points on an azure ground, encircled by an olive and live oak branches.
               
Sec. 2.  Be it further enacted, That the National Great Seal of this Republic shall from and after the passage of this act, bear the arms of this nation, as declared by the first section of this act, and the letters, "Republic of Texas."
               
Sec. 3.  Be it further enacted, That from and after the passage of this act, the National Flag of Texas, shall consist of a blue perpendicular stripe of the width of one-third of the whole length of the flag, with a white star of five points in the centre thereof, and two horizontal stripes of equal breadth, the upper white the lower red, of the length of two-thirds of the whole length of the flag; anything in the act to which this is an amendment to the contrary notwithstanding.
               
Sec. 4.  Be it further enacted, That the President be and he is hereby authorized and required to establish such signal and other auxiliary flags for the naval, revenue and land services, also for the use of pilots and costing traders, as the said services may require and he may deem necessary and expedient.
               
Sec. 5.  Be it further enacted, That the National [this should be Naval] Standard of this Republic shall remain as was established by an act to which this is an amendment.
                                                                                                               
John M. Hansford,
                                                                               
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
                                                                                                               
David G. Burnett,
                                                                                                                               
President of the Senate.
               
Approved January 25th, 1839.
                               
Mirabeau B. Lamar. 

DALLAS HERALD, December 26, 1860, p. 2, c. 3
               
A subscriber at Black Jack Grove, Hopkins County, who has been a life-long and consistent Whig and Union man, up to the late election, writes us as follows:  . . . "We will have a Lone Star Flag here in a few days, and a public meeting, and I will post you up on the proceedings." 

DALLAS HERALD, December 26, 1860, p. 4, c. 1

Cakes for the Holidays.

                A lady correspondent of the American Agriculturist gives the following receipts for making good cake for the holidays:
               
Welcome Cake.—Stir a cup and a half of sugar and half a cup of butter together, with three well beaten eggs.  Sift a teaspoonful of cream of tartar, and half a teaspoonful of soda with three small cups of flour; this, with half a cup of milk, must be mixed with the above, and baked in a moderately quick oven.  By adding raisins and currents, ½ lb. of each, a very good fruit cake may be made.
               
New Year's Cake.—1 cup of butter, 1 of sugar, 1 teaspoonful of cream of tartar, ½ teaspoonful of soda, and caraway seeds to the taste.  Flour must be added till the dough is fit to roll—these require a quick oven.
               
Spice Cake.—1 cup of sugar, 2 of molasses, ½ cup butter, a teaspoonful of spice, and one of soda dissolved in a little milk; add flour till it is quite stiff; then roll thin and cut in cakes.   Bake quick.
               
Wealthy Cake.—Take ½ pound of butter, ¾ pound of sugar, the same of flour, 4 eggs, 2 lb. of seeded raisins, 1 pound of currants, ¼ pound of citron, 1 gill of brandy.  Spice well with nutmeg and ground cloves.  Bake slowly three hours.  This cake will keep six months.  Icing for the cake:  beat the white of two eggs to a froth, then stir in half a pound of powdered sugar.  Flavor with a little essence of lemon, and spread on with a knife when the cake is cold. 

DALLAS HERALD, January 2, 1861, p. 1, c. 8

Public Meeting at Plano, Collin County.

                Agreeably to previous appointment, a public meeting was held at Plano, in Collin County, on Thursday, Dec. 18th, 1860. . . . Meanwhile, a flag with a single star and stripes representing our sister Southern states floated proudly to the breeze, from a liberty pole 50 feet in height. 

DALLAS HERALD, January 9, 1861, p. 2, c. 1
               
For the Ladies.—Enormous sleeves are now fashionable in Paris, for full dress and promenade.  They are said to be very light even when built to the size of a moderate balloon.  As the sleeve is magnified, crinoline diminishes.  This recalls the good old days o' lang syne, when a fashionably dressed lady measured six feet across the shoulders, that is if any of the present generation are so candid as to admit that they lived in those days. 

DALLAS HERALD, January 16, 1861, p. 1, c. 6
               
The Ladies Forever!—The Florence Gazette brings us the following, which is entirely too good to be confined to the circulation of one paper.  We wonder if the submissionists will refuse to put themselves under the protection of the ladies?  Everybody read, and if you have a submission neighbor, read this to him:
               
The good ladies of Barbour county, we learn, held a meeting, and made up twenty-five cents for each of the members of the Madison county meeting who repudiated the military tax and also resolved to present the Chairman of that meeting with a hooped skirt.
               
In a like manner, the patriotic ladies of Columbus, Georgia, upon hearing of a Union meeting in a neighboring county, met and passed resolution offering to go to that county and protect all of those who participated in the said Union meeting, in the event of war.  This kindly demonstration of the ladies brought out the cavilry [sic] of this county, and they held one of the largest, and most enthusiastic secession meetings ever known in the county.  Their resolutions were so full of fire that one could see to read them distinctly at night. 

DALLAS HERALD, January 23, 1860, p. 2, c. 2
               
Our associate, Mr. Lane, spent several days of the past week at Lancaster and Waxahachie, both of which places he found [fold in paper] there was some complaint of dull times.—Several new and beautiful residences and business houses have been erected in Lancaster within the past few months, and a large establishment is in contemplation by Messrs. Moffett & Nance, for a carding, spinning, and weaving factory.  They expect to have it in operation in time for the next carding season. 

DALLAS HERALD, February 13, 1861, p. 1, c. 1
                                                                               
From the Huntsville [Ala.] Democrat.

Secession Song—Dixie Land.
by Max. Greene.

Away down South, in the CAROLINA,
               
They have guns and the ready rhine; [?]
Look away!  Look away!  Look away!  Dixie land.
They have the men to do the fightin'—
               
They've no use in scratchin' and bitin';
                               
Hooray!  Hooray!  Hooray!  Dixie Land.
                                                               
CHORUS:
O, I'm glad I am in Dixie!  Hooray!  Hooray!
In Dixie Land, I take my stand,
               
To live and die in Dixie!
Away!  Away!  Away down South in Dixie!
Away!  Away!  Away down South in Dixie! 

The Sovereign State of ALABAMA               
               
Will try her hand before the lam her;
Look away!  Look away!  Look away!  Dixie Land.
So will our MISSISSIPPI brother,
And GEORGIA, too, our mortal mother;
               
Hooray!  Hooray!  Hooray!  Dixie Land! 

And LOUISIANA, then will come,
And TEXAS, too, will help us some;
               
Look away!  Look away!  Look away!  Dixie land,
And ARKANSAS, with her tooth-picker,
Will help us out a little quicker;
Get away!  Get away!  Get away!  Dixie Land. 

And next old NORTH CAROLINA State—
And, after that, what's good and great;
               
Hooray!  Hooray!  Hooray!  Dixie Land.
When Lincoln gets on a Southern break,
We'll give hum a touch of the Rattlesnake;
               
Get away!  Get away!  Get away!  Dixie Land. 

DALLAS HERALD, February 20, 1861, p. 2, c. 1
               
Wool Carding.—We ask the attention of our readers who are interested in Wool, to the advertisement of Mr. Wm. T. Nance, which will be found in to-day's paper.—Mr. N. has the machines which were recently owned by O. B. Nance & Son, Ten Mile Creek, 12 miles South of Dallas, and having added considerable new machinery to his establishment, solicits the patronage of all who have wool to card. 

DALLAS HERALD, February 27, 1861, p. 4, c. 1
               
Woman at Work.—The matrons of Ellis county are aroused by the present aspect of affairs and have resolved to show their spirit, that they can imitate their grandmothers in days of yore, when oppression forced us from beneath the British yoke of bondage, almost as degrading as that of the servile masters of the North at present.  The women of Ellis have formed what they call "home spun societies."  They say that the immense sums of money sent on North, to purchase finery to decorate their persons, can and ought to be expended in encouraging home industry and home manufacturers.  Hence they propose to wear and use all such articles of Southern make as they can possible [sic] obtain, in prefence [sic] to the Northern articles, even though our home article be inferior.  As far as articles of dress go they propose to wear nothing manufactured at the North.  If this is adhered to and the societies become large, many a poor man's pocket will feel the weight of coin it never felt before.—Crockett Printer. 

DALLAS HERALD, March 6, 1861, p. 1, c. 2
               
The Lone Star is being raised in various towns and villages in the State of Virginia. 

DALLAS HERALD, March 6, 1861, p. 4, c. 1
               
Last Saturday amidst the booming of cannon and the shouts of the people, the Lone Star Flag, made for the occasion by the Ladies of Dallas, was raised above the Court House, and floated triumphantly to the breeze.  It is a beautiful piece of work and reflects the highest credit upon the fair ladies who gathered together and wrought his fine emblem of Texas Independence.  At night, there was a brilliant illumination and a thousand lights were shedding their rays upon the enthusiastic crowds that promenaded its streets.  The establishments of Messrs. Simon, Wells & Bro., Caldwell, Jeff Peak Jr., the Dallas Hotel, Crutchfield House, Nevill's, Baird's, and the Court House were perfect blazes of light.  Appropriate transparencies were gotten for the occasion and had a fine effect. 

DALLAS HERALD, March 13, 1861, p. 1, c. 3
               
Southern Coin.—We were shown this morning a very pretty and well executed medal made here, either in commemoration of the secession of the Southern States, or suggested as a model for the coin of the future Southern Confederacy—we could not learn which.
               
The medal is the size of a five dollar gold piece.  On one side is a Palmetto tree, with cotton bales, sugar hogsheads, and a cannon at its based, beyond which appears the rays of the rising sun, and forming a semi circle immediately outside of the rays, fifteen stars.  The motto "No submission to the North"—1860.
               
On the reverse rice, tobacco and cotton plants form a tasteful group around the graceful sugar cane, and mix their varied leaves.  Around are engraved the words:  "The wealth of the South—rice, tobacco, sugar, cotton."
               
The finish of this pretty medal is as good and well executed as that of any gold piece issued by the mint.—N. O. Picayune. 

DALLAS HERALD, March 13, 1861, p. 1, c. 8

Flag of Louisiana.

                We, the people of Louisiana, in Convention assembled, do agree and establish, That the flag of the State of Louisiana, shall consist and bee composed of thirteen horizontal stripes, of the color hereinafter described, and to be disposed in the following order, commencing from the upper line or edge of the flag, to wit:
               
The first stripe, blue, 2d white; third red; fourth, white, fifth, blue; sixth, white, seventh, red; eighth, white; ninth, blue; tenth, white; eleventh, red; twelfth, white; and the thirteen, or bottom strip blue.
               
We do further ordain and establish, That there shall be in the upper of chief corner of the flag a square field, and color whereof shall be red; and the sides thereof equal to the width of seven stripes; and that in the center of said field there shall be a star of due and proportionate size, having five points or nags, and that the color of said star shall be a pale yellow.
               
We do further ordain and establish, That the said flag and no other, shall be the national flag of Louisiana. 

DALLAS HERALD, March 13, 1861, p. 2, c. 1
               
The Lone Star Flag floats from the dome of the Capitol at Austin! 

DALLAS HERALD, March 13, 1861, p. 2, c. 1
               
United States Flag.—We tender our thanks to Lieut. Miller, of Lancaster, for the present of the United States Flag, the genuine Stars and Stripes, taken at Camp Cooper, at the time of the surrender of that post to the State troops.  This was the first flag surrendered to the State of Texas, in her new sovereignty, and we accept it from our gallant friend, with feelings of mingled pride and sorrow.  This glorious old banner that once floated so proudly o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave, now tattered and torn, shall always be honored as the proudest trophy of the late contest.  The Stars that shine in its azure field, although with lustre dimmed, still shed their mournful beams as if in sorrow o'er the fate of our once glorious union.—The memories that cluster around the dear old banner, shall ever be held sacred, while we feel a buoyant pride in the consciousness that our first allegiance is due the sovereignty of Texas.  We do not exult and rejoice that the Stars and Stripes are lowered, but the heart of the patriot should leap for joy, to know that the Lone Star of Texas is now in the ascendancy, and our banner floats over men as brave and homes as free, as o'er in times of old.  All thanks to the gallant Lieutenant—we will preserve the dear old flag, with pride and affection. 

DALLAS HERALD, March 13, 1861, p. 3, c. 1
                                                                                                               
For the Dallas Herald.
               
Palace Hill, Texas, March 9th, 1861.
               
Dear Herald:--According to previous notice there was a goodly number of citizens met at this place, Saturday, the 9th Inst., for the purpose of hoisting the Lone Star Flag.  At about one P. M. the crowd being pretty well collected, they began the work, by sinking a pit, after which we began to raise the Pole, every man taking active part in the work.  The Staff being raised and well braced, the flag was soon seen floating to the breeze, on a pole seventy feet high, amid the enthusiastic cheers of our citizens.  It waves as if it knew it was and would be supported by the brave and the true.  It will be remembered that on the 8th of Jan. last this Precinct went strong for the Union Delegates, nearly six to one.  On the 23d. Feb., last, the vote stood, Secession 18, against 25, quite a falling off on the Union side.  And there was present to day several who voted the Union ticket, and who were willing and took active part in raising the Banner of Liberty.  Every person present seemed satisfied with the present state of affairs, and especially the inauguration of Jefferson Davis to the Presidency, and Stephens to the Vice Presidency of the Confederate States. 

DALLAS HERALD, March 20, 1861, p. 2, c. 4
               
The Flag of the Confederate State.—Mr. Howard, of the firm of Howard & Buchardt, showed us this morning a neat silken model of the Flag of the Confederate States of America, originated by the Congressional Committee, and adopted unanimously.  It is as follows:
               
Blue union, with seven white stars; three horizontal stripes, red, white and red.  The first red and white extending from the union to the end of the flag, and the lower red stripe extending the whole length of the flag, occupying the whole space below the union.  The stripes are all of equal width.
               
The new flag was hoisted on the Capitol of Montgomery, on the 4th inst.—Galveston News. 

DALLAS HERALD, April 3, 1861, p. 1, c. 6
               
"Old Virginny."—The Augusta (Geo.) Dispatch says:
               
The negroes employed in grading the Macon & Warrenton Railroad, near Warrenton, have hoisted secession flag on their dirt carts, bearing eight well executed stars.—On being asked why they added the eighth star, the reply was "Ole Wirginnys bound to come." 

DALLAS HERALD, April 3, 1861, p. 3, c. 3
               
The flag of the Southern Confederacy was raised at Ferry Point, near Norfolk, Va., on the 20th ult., amid loud and prolonged applause. 

DALLAS HERALD, April 10, 1861, p. 1, c. 6
               
The Flag of Our Country.—Last Thursday two or three hundred troops from the posts above marched through town on their way to the coast.  We did not see them, but we are informed by a paper published in town the next day, that they marched under "the flag of our country."
               
We knew there was great disaffection generally among the Federal troops in this State, that many were friendly to the Southern cause, and had joined our standard, refusing to return to a Black Republican country.  But we must admit that we were somewhat surprised to learn that the companies in marching out of the country, had adopted our flag.—S. A. Herald. 

DALLAS HERALD, April 10, 1861, p. 2, c. 1
               
We hear of balls and rumors of balls, among the young people about town.  The Waco South-West announces that a "Calico Ball" was to come off in that city last week.  In these hard times, we think it would be more economical for the young ladies and young gentlemen "to wear out" all their old party rigging, and save the expense of even a calico dress.  We see no evidence of hard times, in the splendid toiletries that are exhibited daily on our streets, proving there is no necessity yet a while for calico parties. 

DALLAS HERALD, May 8, 1861, p. 4, c. 1
               
A handsome new Flag with eight stars was made by the fair hands of Miss E. M. Lane, and presented to the Davis Light Infantry, on the morning of their departure for the Indian Nation.
               
It was an affecting spectacle to see the streets thronged with the wives, children, friends, brothers, and sisters, fathers and mothers of the volunteers, cheering and waving handkerchiefs as the company filed out of town.  Many an eye was moistened with tears, and every heart swelled with prayer for their safe return and a decisive victory. 

DALLAS HERALD, May 8, 1861, p. 4, c. 1
               
Hurrah for the Ladies!—The fair Ladies of Dallas have been as busy as bees the last few days, literally making the "lint fly."  Our beautiful young friend Miss Lizzie Thompson, has sent us the first pound of lint better than the prepared charpie, for the use of the companies just gone out.—Nothing more useful or indispensable could have been prepared; and we take pleasure in returning the thanks of the Surgeon, and of the whole company for her valuable contribution.  Other ladies likewise sent in