Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1856-08-09

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W. Ch..sm. near Paris The sesihsr vss unusually
favorable ~ this ssason u the year The sun did not
shine With IL accustomed Tovtr, aud nsurslitsd
by refreshing lasslss The rais are in most excel.
lea, condition, On the prairies they are a. smooth
aud hand !, pavement, ioahd the crop. along the
rad much better than sKPa'isl, AMER crossing
the East Fork, Ne Iasssl thnuEh neiEhborhoosl IA
yDrsd gth fHr corn cIvIs, and EONhev hvm there 10
this place they much injured by The drougth
IA portion, u Dallas and Collin, In rannin, lamar
and Rcd River, an average orPof corn viii, pre-
sume, he made, mihese counties the dr,ng,h has mel
been 50 severe ilh and ye' 'ue marked dliie-
renee ain's the attention II travellers pass,ng thrO
these counties al this time, ami that Is the great supe
roriy II Dallas all Collin over ihose other e0uhtis,
in the important Item 0f water, Between nonham
and Paris, We ouni hut One place to water our horses
AMI that out Of well at Honey Grove The stock
have abandoned the prairlss along the road to seek
water somewhere, the Lord knows where, whilst our
Trinity prllrles full Of cattle ieasng on lis meE-
quite,
All along the rad We discovered the evidences Of
largely increased wheat crop Not a farm was passed
In which large stacks Of wheat lid not appear await
ing the thrrsher. The farmers in Collin aud Fannn
are unusually backward In thTeshng their wheat,
many of them, perhaps awaiting the preparation Of
granares for It's reception Wheat In this county is
held at ~ per bushel, In Lamar at 50c,, In Collin at
7jc, There Is great complain, in this REGION Of the
want Of Touring mills, There Is gocd opening, both
in this, Lamar and Fannn counties, for cnterpr'sing
men TO erect good merchant Touring mills,
This county locks old, and indeed Il was settled
some twenty-five years ago, The country around
GAINESVILLE is extremely fertile Il consists 81 belt
Of prairie from to miles wide, aud from 10 TO 10
miles long, On the North of this prairie the country
Ii poor port oak region, diversified into sandy ridges
and unproductive flats. On the South to the Sulphur
Fork, Il Is pretty much the Famc Oroounc the Red
River Bottom Is exceedingly productive, comprising
as good cotton lands as are to lie fund anywhere,
The prairie lands around Gainesville are nearly all
taken up with farms, aud nrc very productive. 4
man whosuscd TO roam through, unrcstr,ncd by
fences ami enclosures, scarcely find his way
from one house TO another. was actually unable to
find the way from the western edge Of town to my ia
fathers, two and half miles, until relieved by the
timely appearance of my old friend, Major Vest
The old ncghborhood roads, where they are not cut
of by fencing, are grown up with weeds and kirtlc
burrs, and arc cut up Mt intervals by deeply washed
and in many instances impossible ravncs. The
people Of this region seem not to lie ambitious to
t,o Ma hat
alone mark where their ncighborlcod roads once were,
that they never visit each other. The grass in this
has entirely disappeared from the prai
ries, and its place is everywhere supplied with rag
weeds, kirtlc burrs, &c.. II presents most UNI
pleasing contrast to noble prarics waYng in their
rich, uxuriant and incxhaustabc mczquit. Although
deficient in attention to roads, the people
have fine farms and are good farmers. Cotton is the
principal crop, though corn and wheat grow well. 4
gentleman of vcracity in this ncghborhood informs me
that he this year measured try-fvc bushels of wheat
from acre Of ground That is equal to our b2st
crops on the Trinity, is it not? ,..
The country along the whole route from Dallas 10
this place, exhibits the most gratifying marks of inn
provement and progress The towns are also being
rapidly built up. Mckinney, Bonham, Honey Grove
and Paris, are all hourishing. The latter place has
greatly improved in the two last years Many hand
some and tasteful buildings haze been erected. It's
decidedly nm interesting and pretty village have
not vet been to Gainesville but will note my changes
in my next.
Politics are running pretty high in this county.-
The question will he made test in the election of
county officers. Although the know-nohngs here,
ola IN,
cry out Justify g Don't run politics in little county
still, they have their men out for every
office in the county, am informed and will doubtless
support them to man. The election was extremely
close in this county twelve months ago, but predict
decided triumph for the democracy on Monday next
have seen no democrat yet who is not well pleased
with our glorious nominees for President and Vice
President. "OLD BUCK and YOUNG BREcK" arc
everywhere creating enthusiasm which is a sure
omen of n most glorious victory in November next
Col Preston predicted in the Cincinnati Convention,
that these nominations would give the American par
ty diarrh1a which would carry it Off The disease
has already seized them, and SAM lately so robust,
vigorous and healthy, is already becoming weak-iont
cd and lantern awed, and exhibits every symptoms
of that utter cmacaton and prostraton which will
mark his final giving up of the ghost i'll November
next.
There is no news here Intelligence is longer in
getting from the States here than it is ut Dallas,
sequently your dispatches will give you much later
items than could send you.
Yours, :pc., L.
c' 1t is instructive to note the reckless absurdtes
into which the Know-Nothng press blindly rush, in
order to traducc the character of James Buchanan
and drive rational men from his support. Some of