Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-04-04
Editorial Corresponding.
Waco. Wednesday. March 2s


pEAI HtsAID Our party left, yeu know. In high
spirits which never eaggvi 20 long as We kept NOV
ing. We reached NsIAhaehie by o'clock P, m,
took supper With cur excellent friend Rogers. Who
gave us all that hungry moTals need desire for resor
styss after q hatiguing aud rapid travel % several
houTs lie khoNs AVw 10 make hiInsef interesting u
the travelling puble, and succeeded With US in the
mes, admirable manner, We here changed the pan
Drama Of our proceedings. In deciding to take Saw
ysrs fs line shl Sc, through to NayisO'a by sa'ar-
day morning Consequently Ne started soon after 'sA'
under the special surveillance ola gO0l diver and Win
the pleaAufabe emotions of perfect safety 'ull'hs US
to sleep, as ne urged Un over the moonlt prail
Mrs a. hal been very SIGH during the day. but after
taking fun luse II Rogers medicine, she grew bet
ter, aud has eouliuuel 10 improve rapidly M 10 The
4 present time,
Amer travelling some ten miles, We met our friend
Col NJ r. johnson. in the returning stage, en- route
for Dallas I had short chat with him, and could
have ehstlsl agreeably several hours, had We have
had sufficient time, lie will proceed forthwith to
CANINE his company Of rangers for frontier service
Al along the road We heard general satisfaction at hi
appointment. and hope that he will succeed in rails
ing company in Dallas county. There is but littl'
enthusiasm manifested In frontier matters. the MeXi
can question seeming swallow up everything else
Mr. Buchanan receives universal support for his &C
t,ity in ordering troops TO the Rio Grande. Some
! thing is said about the Ks, G. C. aud the Tamoour
ines, but nothing deayts is known about them so la
as the uninitiatei could discover, am one Of that
number, and am therefore left 10 conjecture theI'
purposes
| We reached llillsborough about SUNRISE heavy
frost whitening the praires Ms far as the eye could
reach, and tho ice on the ponds being one quarter
an inch thick. Alas for the gentle flowers, an'
the grass that " was rising so gradually to the de
light Of numerous focks and herds Of lean cattle.
We looked out Of the coach window, in the early hou
Of the morning. was truly wintry scene that me
our gaze and sad forebodings of its disastrous effect
upon our crops seized upon us. ! am almost afraid
| to hear from Dallas.
Stiff and almost frozen We alghted and entered the
comfortable quarters of host, Mr.. Cook, Of the
HisborOugh House, who, though not yet arisen from
his ma,utina nap. had bright fire blazing on the
hearth and plenty Office cGter ready for use Water
is good for purposes of navigation and "seh," but
unf, for any other earthly purpose that cold morn
irg. So VIC declined,
We took h7sty plate Of bread and eggs coffee and
cheesefarcd sumptuouslypaid four bits for it, and
started of again.
We saw no injurious effects from the frost until w
reached the Brazos bottom, and there We found tn
magnificent field Of Mr.. Arnold in ruins. The youn,
lcorn lay low, as if the angel of destruction ha'
| "a, H. in tbo piUht Thos
broad acres were deprived Of all their beauty, with
out any living thing visible save an old negro woman
who seemed to be digging promiscuousy and planting
something, but what we could not tell.
We reached Waco about four o'cock-stopped nj
Smiths Hoodwinked around-got cigar-saW
some beautiful girls on the streets--met some old ac
ouaintances-came back aud determined to write you
what had done.
| cal ed to see Mr. Clark, the editor Of the South
erner--found him busy as only editors can be-se-
cured one Of his readable papers, and then went
down TO the office of the Southern Democrat-saw MI
Shook and friend Crockett, who recently with VI
in the Herald oice--borrowed some papers and thei
returned to the Hotel to make myself comfortable
Waco hc vastly improved since | was last here
and bids fair to be an importanftown The District
Court is now in session. and the city hronged will
visitors. Judge Battle seems to be very popular
have this evening met with our old friend Frank
liz. who looks for all the world like man going It
be married pretty soon. word to the wise is suti
| cient
The delegation from McClennan will leave with u
tomorrow and, if no accident prevents US, we vii
reach Galveston Saturday night.
large attendance is expected at the Convention
and we have heard of great many delegates already
started and starting.
| will write again from Hollandale Z. Il. L.
| A New CANDIDATE FOR TIE FAVOR sf THE CRAFT