The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-12

Lees surrender and u well qualified 70 judge ints.
shall extend my trip 70 other mines In this sasA -
will write you again should this meet your aoceplanee
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s.n oua GONZALES Correspondence.
Frsn Houston - Gonzales Cetsen Ursp
Failure-The Country Quiet aad Planters
Treating tho freedmen Kindly. sc.
0oxzALE. Toxas, Sept Q, 1so&
Gonzales is thriving little town Of fifteen huntrsl
nhabifant and the county OF Gonzales county NJ
country from Houston to Columbus il chiefly low ~
prairie country with the exception Of the bottom aads
Of the Bsazos and Colorado rivers The former are -
TO be the richest and best cotton lands the Sa and
have scattered along them very valuable and hsx
improved plantatioos The Colombo bottoms arc saso
very rich and produce fine crops The drought does nss
visit these lands on either river Tho prairie lsnlu
between Thorn are devoted TO grazing psrpo-
sss, and arc not regarded BY the old sesasss
as OF much account for agricultural pune
ses yet 10 observer Who has witnessed the raptl
settlement Of the Illinois and Iowa prairie lands din.
cult TO why they should become valuable q soa
az the tide Of emigration this way and railroads
will enable settlers obtain lumber for feuciug sul
building purposes At reasonable rates At present they
paying there $50 70 eco per thousand good lun
edges untrimmed The soil OF this prairie ID baot,
sticky clay, covered with thin surface Of loan an2
mixed In places with sand Il seems 70 be rich enouGh
to produce anything adapted the climate and to vanS
only good drainage and cultivation to make equal any
From COLUMBUS to Gonzales the stage road passs
through higher and more rolling PRAIRIE with loosf
and hcher soil than that just described This -
has hitherto been devoted mostly 10 grazing purposes
but stl parts oithave been reclaimed and
covered with fields Of cotton and Timber moss
streams ntsrsecs this country smptying generally laaS
ry.~ r
Houston Gonzales and Is far north and south = ca
hear FROM has been devastated by the worm and pante
Of 81 ssi' Mash as
on with the LABOR Of the freedmen freely Expressed
and large number OF planters will be hopelsssy ~
courAged and will give up the attempt 10 raise cotton
and sell their lands they can The three per cent -
T. felt heavily, and Is blow TO tho 80
worm. -
Another heavy es.s.nos Of Which The ,oI Iust
am Informed By the collectors Of internal revenue, -
which, q il 4 enforced in sections Colorado county
through tie county seat entang in many double
in treble costs OF freight besides gses
msnse frauds on the part Of cotton buyers wu b ne
result Of the present administration OF the coectoo
town eas sbrossh which passed. Sy cotton SSysr a.
buyers pxd attention to the revenue Law. but boss
cotton on which the tax was unpaid, and run y thro.
without difnculty Onerous laws and roeuasions
breed dishonesty and frauds The revs1Rs ~
50 far a have yet travelled hs,s neshBfe towsrSs
the freedmen q towards Usn ,.s 49, 70 %1 ~,
brui.ed in certain No.sssn pePehe work Of repaissns
H SsP o stS zoo 3 81 70 feel dsposss
TO any sncs being denied representation q
about r. fbe.sSe correctly state tho sentiment q
kbch have pssssl through when ssss i d moi % =
harassed or leased against and to be len in peace -
and they es sas
for emigratio, and invite Investments Of capisal
and ss nv ars dispassS = n, every oraseh e
nnra &. sa.s and the more sbrrwd ana sy
pI.nf ss ssd sSs@ Of rs asr a.u. have
good contracts with the neees and feen,ns shs. rn.s
70 themselves . body Of Suhful and ambitioss
labor.n who viii continue With them rAsy
q an Offensive interference. q en,sdsr nas ss
unauthorized by the constitution md opposed 70 The
spirit and d. principle. Of TIA. nsment The mslo
for those who went with them into secession for May
years ll more urgent interests and Present. win
will not be aggravated by any attempt the part OF thS
federal government to suppress N qsstion worsky
time emil rafon, commercial intercourse ani other psfu
raj nuepcc win DO much safer and surer emoli,ents
General Getty Assume, Command VI the
ee District Of Texas.
KISS wAsnscrss, Oct. II, 1874
Information has been received at TIN war Dcpartu,.S
that Breve Brighter General ceorgew Getty assumed
command OF the military district OF Ixas on the eau
Of september, aud has established his headquarters a
Galveston
Indian Outrage. In Northwestern Texas.
ST. Lous. Oct II, 1853
Captain Barlow, OF General sheruAn's stan. arrived
yesterday from For Dodge, where 10 two Whit
girls named Doye AM the other thirtssa
years old, who had been ransomed rom the kowa In
dams Tho girls say that the 2ss August last the
Kiown attacked their homo in Noshw-tsrn Texas AMI
killed. scalped and burned their faher Themselves.
mother and a sister eight yar Old ssrc carried
OF In captivity and trcsfea IA the most srusi
aud revolving manner. Op arrival al tsc rndIaa
camp the captives knocked scnseless via
clubs, repeatedly ravishsd oy the aends, AID we're
treated In this -four ave times every day On
hearing OF their conditics the commanding onesr q
effected their ransom. nd will send them 70 thsir
friends in Texas soorAs they recover from their tsr-
ribie sufYerinRs whlyn the Indian camp the oaics~
sent 20 arrange ther pnsom the captlves knosksl
down three times sDi violated General Sherman VII
be hers the i6n