Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1859-04-20

Notes from a Stage Coach,

Ay breakfast aud an extra tavern charge,
amounted stage and crossed the Bm2Os, on the
eerry boat The Bn2os at Waco is a noble
Estream, far boldcf and broader than fancy pie
Ntured, thus remote from the Gulf.
y The cascades flowing from the bold springs
Ehigh up the bank Of the Bnzos aud within the
Ecity of Waco, was pleasing feature OF the
Htown. No doubt these bold springs had much
Ito do in the induCement OF the Indians, time
Rout Of mind, when they boldly flowed, TO cen
tire upon that site as permanent village
bAnd surely they exercised both taste and ludg'
Hment in the location, which the early white set
Htler was soon TO discover and appreciate,
\ The North or Eastern bank OF the BrazOs
Eshowed finely fenced farms and we'll cultivated
Some twelve or fifteen miles from the ferry
sthe country became particularly attractive, on
HNnccount of the blending Of small prairies, and
Eadjoinng grass bcuomed Straight growing
Hgroves. Beatty and convenience were united,
Hbut learned from the sett ers a serious draw.
Eback, amid this charming scenery, the contlgu-
! sous prairie and timber-no permanent water
Eand all efforts to obtain it by digging had thus
Mar proved unsuccessful throughout the whole
settlement
4 The last was tedious night, as the stage
gsowly progressed, but not without incidents OF
sin,ercst, or merrment. As We stopped for
supper we found wedding in progress, and
Shad taste of the abundant supper, and took
spnrt in the merrment, slough the bride seem.
sed annoyed by the presence of strangers.-
5This gave the stage passengers no trouble
Though at the wedding unbidden, az this was
} the, usual supping place for them.
The principal town between Waco and Dal-
I las is Waxahachie. AS it was night | can
Snake no note of the town. but having been
Favored with peep at ia gatherings" las call.
fed in this region,) it contained an interesting
snumber of the young, healthfui, and talr, oil
THE fair SEX was my obervation.
From Waco it is one hundred miles to Dal.
1 las; rival town on the Trinity rivet. Dallas
has the precedent of Waco in hotels, finished
courthouse, and shops for mechanics. But
Waco has the lead in churches, in storehouses
land in assortments of Merchandise, both use.
full and fancy. The population from the i'm.
provemehts, should Judge nearly equal or
their comparative moral weight have not the
means of knowing, but in the religious scale,
Waco, with her finished churches t.s, wei
worship God.
At Dallas a neatly finished two story brick
building attracted my attention; thinking III
Ian academy or Masonic hall, drew near, when;
II, aud behold it was only II oacksmith h"hoP.
The Dallas courthouse, large, its neat tinlshI
and neatly enclosed courtyard, tells well fort
the public spirit of the county and the St.l
Nicholas hotel occupied, though not finished, Isl
ian honor to the town, and blessing to thei
Traveller.
now left the stage coach and ruralizeds
:among the citizens of Dallas county.
'Eary in the settlement of the county certaiuS
igentlemen emigrating from the wheat wrow!ngs
regions of Missouri and Illinois to Texas, fxedE
upon Dallas as their homes and their hope inf
wheat growing agriculture Here they haveS
remained, and proved their judgement true
The country having exceed their most iavor-E
,abe expectations. They banter the wholeE
'worIL to beat them in wheat and in bread.-s
iSaid an emigrant from Illinois "Texas beatsI
illinois, not only in more bushels to the acre, /
but in more pounds to the bushel, and moreE
!loaves of bread also. And such bread, so light
land sweat, and white enough, when the flour!
comes from certain new mills"
II would seem in visiting from house toI
house that each housekeeper strove to excel5
Their neighbor in the article Of good bread
fresh and light. The cows be ing pastured I'M
" inter upon the wheat fields, gives to theS
plenty of milk and butter, two;
igrand Accomplishments in the making and en-I
ljoying of bread. This winter pasturage isl
lboth necessary and profitable. Necessary to|
keep back the too early growth of the wheat,
Hest it should receive injury from the FROST and
profitable in furnishing better milk and butter
than the wild range.
will here note that have travelled the from
liter of our country, through Missouri, Arkan-
'sas and Texas and the best livers, taken byS
lneighborhocds, in the whole distance, | haveR
Hound in Dallas county. This comes from thes
settlers being contented with their homes andh
improving them. The soil is productive, andH
1.-The Winter range for stock was told had notE
diminished for the past ten years. And wheres
the native grasses had disappeared the mes.
quit was taking their places, the same as mys
note of the prairies two hundred miles South /
west Of this. I believe the mesquit grass of9
Texas is surer aid to wealth than the gold OF
California, and that it will last equal to theS
old saying, "while grass grows or water runs. 4
At present the wheat growers of Dallas
county have but poor market tor their staple, l
on account of their inland location. But thes
people have their eye upon the extension ofi
the Texas Central Railroad, now in LriskIy
progressive state, and TO run nearly throughs
the centre of their county, and seem patiently
waiting. They reason rightly that the farmer
who has his cribs and bins well filled when the /
Railroad comes, will receive golden harvest. {
To the question "why so few emigrants
stopped In Dallas county" this answer was
given: "There are no vacant lands, and noy
places to rent or sell at prices which emgrantss
jare disposed to give. Good locations wthl
moderate Improvements will bring ten dollars
ner acre. Yours. &c, A CITIZEN. 4
THE GEN Of THE ANTILLEs.-Therc werei
upwards of three hundred vessels in the har- ]
'bor of Havana on the 9th, most Of them OF (;