Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-02-22
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eouniTy, absni iwo hundFsd miles long, b
one hnnlrsl aud ssSshiy kss broad, saH
I taihiAg an area Of some huAdrsl ihousans
square miles, more ihan eight ,imss ih'
siIe Of Rhsds Island. Thsrs is bat liill'
diversity in lhe general fraiaTss II iL'
canHiIyi the soil is either a black bnsl
slsi, TssshLlins much ,ha, Of he eoiieu
Lands % Mississippi valley, insAhaasiihl'
II hiiliil, or WhAi is knogu ~ tie shoeo
late lands, Timber is ia sufficient quaint
ties 10 supply the orlinAry wants Of a.
agricultural people, though in localities il
must he transported some distance, a'sTag
ing from two and half 10 ten miles
siuee The attention o. the inhabitants ha'
been attracted, 10 great tSlsni, from sioea
raising TO grain grOwihgi the streams al
all seasons contain sufieisRI wafer for gen
eral purposes,
The surface Of the eOuhiry l. or gentle
undnlaiion-liks the bosom Of maid just
budding. The drainage isPar eIesllsni,-
40 .wamps with deeaying ysgeiatioh,-no
slagnani pools with miasmatie eXhalaiiOn'
to poison the atmosphere and generate
disease. The climate 10 mild, bIaeing aud
salubriOus, subject, however, iOthe Oriina-
ry changes as experienced on the same
line Of latitude, though the air 10 muel
Jrlsr and purer than is 10 DO found any
where eastward.
Potatoes, sweet aud irish, corn, wheat,
small graln'Of every Kind, vine grapes
and fruits grow In magnificent lnSurianee'
The average yield Of whea, is from fifteen
to twenty, OF corn thirty bushels per acre,
even under our hnlf-eivillIsd system OF
cultivation, and proverbial Texan indo-
ience. Indeed, II appears as II God com
batted mans ungrateful inertia aud missr.
ly, fooli-h policy. About eighty miles from
this place, copper mines Of uncqnaled
wealth and inexhausiiblo store, abound,
We have seen some specimens, and in rich
ness Of ore are superior TO that from the
mines along Lake Michigan; the yield be.
Ing about IS per cont. Also crucibles mad:
from the clay found among tho mines has
been shown us, and they are equal in dura-
bility, and will stand rs high degree Of
heat ms those imported such have they
proven by test; nor has this benefit been
given us, without the necessary material to
make use of 1t. No importation Of coal will
be required, for the mines of copper lie
welded TO coal of splendid quality, suitable
for smelling purposes. From these coal
mines the Inhabitants of this whole prairie
country some day will be compelled to pro-
cure their fuel.
At present the facilities and advantages
of education are about equal to those of the
generality of communities in the South;
though at this point there is contemplated,
and efforts are being made to secure, the
erection of male and female University.
Lands can be purchased from dollar to
twenty dollars per acre, price depending
upon locality and improvements. We sim
cerely regret to say that the great obstacle
to the rapid development of this country is
the want Of railroad communication, for
with all its natural advantages of climate
and soil, and political one of the compare
tive absence Of negro citizens, it must attract
to il not only the speculative capital of the
North and South, but an immense industri-
GUS population from oil the Southern States
who are DESTROYS of living among whites
and beyond the pale of the influence of
Accumulation.
AgaihS the pecuniary condition is infin-
itely superior to that Of most sections of
tho South. No bankrupt or pauper popu.
lation. Specie, the only currency, circulates
freely, and is in sufficient quantity to meet
all commercial necessities. In the future
we may give special or statistical informa.
tiou of all the most indisputable and con-
vincing.