Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-08-22
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and hIeaihes ssTsue Ia eAim ssiisiasiien
that the 9oIli TsEolNrs, and ia happy
LsIs iLsi il The silver liAiHg ever dsss aP'
Iear be may a. there 10 sc, MsaHshils
The roliiirs Nse with accustomed faFi
Ihrse burning sumHsF suns sii 10 the ek-
eilsmsni, and il Radical talk eoaid hs
believed, the AaF Of ~ mUsi be fought
ever asain, ! dsn't alpgshend that Ihs
lInih is the DAYS Rf Radical aseendaney
are huiahersl, aud by as niueh a. they &C.
s0Ti 10 these desperate threats By - mach
do they confess the desperation Of their
cause, We ia Texas are Oui u The battle,
s1ill il is hard TO keep quiet While the
eouniel RACES abroad, and hence With equal
pace ailh those Nho are really ia i oar
Poliiiea.pF0isssoFs arc going through all The
noiions here, one geod thing Is resulting
A better understanding 10 beins had be-
tween the whites aud blacks, and the IoFm-
alton of eoloTsl Democratic CLUBS iseNeTy'
where going on,
am eralihei to report a most snesllshl
condition OF hsalihnilhess Ia both Houston
aud Galveston. Last year Al this llme
the Pesiilsnee .was upOn us Rnd funerals
hlled our streets, Now not as many die IN
u month as thin were daily carried OF, aud
the diseases show a remarkably small pro-
portion Of cases Of fever Of any Kind. Ia
NeW Orleans the report Is equally favor
able, IL Is nov the middle OF August, !
do not remember any year when anepidem-
ie followed the appearance Of the fever
after this time. Il Is highly probable,
indeed | might almos, say certain, that We
shall escape tho pest this year
Aud this Is not the only good thing. The
cotton crop promises we'll. Oecasional re-
ports Of the cotton worm reach ns, but Its
appearance Is In no manner general, and
IL Is believed Il will do but little damage.
or course estimates OF the crop, nj this
season, are uncertain, and subject TO many
contingencies. The best opinion Is that
under no probable circumstances can II
fall below l25,000 bales, and II Is very
likely TO 60 to 100000. This will find
market at nearly double the figures Of the
beginning of the season last year, and will
place Ia the country three times tho money
that was realized on last years crop, or
| from ten to fifteen millions in gold, the
price does not fall too much. Another
good thing is, the cotton tax is Of, and
| that will make difference OF over n mil
lion Of dollars to our people on this crop
alonel
But this is not all. Corn is abundant
and promises TO. be cheap, and with II all
other provisions must be at aproporiienate
rate, With good,sized commercial crop
and an abundant crop Of breadstuiis, 1t
would seem that Texas presents about the
most inviting field to the emigrant hny-
where TO be found-if only you people in
Northern Texas would stop killing every
body Not Radical paper in this part Of
the State but talks Of murders without end
away off in the distant regionsl Did you
ever notice, Swindells, how far their ma
. lignnnt reporters are with their distant
murdcrs2 Not one of them ever locates |
political murder within hundred miles of |
its place of Issue!
But corn is not the only cheap thing. |
The effects OF bankrupts at auction are |
about the cheapest things you ever saw.
Think of over $4,000 in notes, consider
able proportion against good and solvent
men, selling at $l0l Think of good arabic
land with perfect title selling for cents
per acrel Think of goods going at tenth
of their valuel Somebody is making some |
very fortunate investments during these
days, and you need not bo surprised to see
milionaires turn up within ten years from
very moderate circumstances. Bankrupt |
sales are better than petroleum and shoddy. |
Yesterday was the warmest day of the
season. The thermometer at 3 PM. stood
at 94o and scarcely breath Of mir stir
ring. | do not remember warmer day in
years. My thermometer hangs where the
sunshine does not affect it, either direct or
reflected, and shows the true condition of
the atmosphere. Others not properly To-
Gated went up to 9S0 or lOO0
II is said that Thaddeus Stevens died
yesterday at Washington. 1t is pity the
evil he has done could not oil die with him.
Mr.. Stevens came on the political stage
about the beginning of the late war. With
neither genius wisdom or statesmanship,
he came TO be the most powerful political
leader in Congress that body has ever
known. BY the mere force Of hts will he
ruled the House of Representatives for
years, and made it obedient to his nod and
TO tremble at his sneer. Though he had
been in Congress earlier, his first active
appearance was, if | remember rightly, in
1860. lie rapidly established himself and
by 1862 was the foremost man in the
House, and soon gained the title Of "the
great commoner' title given as was
somewhat the fashion at Washington dur
ing Mr.. LincOln's administrations, aping
the titles of British monarchy. From that
day till 1867 he ruled the roast and never
undertook o measure which he did not
carry. For the last year his faculties
seemed to have weakened, and he has
gained nothing in reputation either from
his efforts to establish the confscation and
utter ruin of the South, or from his ven
omous endeavors to secure the impeachment
Of the President. 1t is safe to say in the
light of impartial history, that while in
some respects no greater man-because no
stronger man-has ever sat in the lower
House of Congress, none has ever accom-
plished as little good, or dying left worse
fame, and none whose power has been at
all felt in that body has ever been so soon
forgotten as will be Mr.. Stevens, because
none ever welded power so much through
the fears of those about him.
1t is gratifying to see your accounts of
the revival of your Agricultural Society
and the programme Of your October Fair.
I would make considerable sacrifice to be !
IN DHilaS on tIlht OCCusiOn, DHb ~ 10 u iOHB
way to 60, and the time set bids fair to be
our busiest season here. l hope you will
have large assembling, and know every
thing will ge off well.
Yop will be glad TO hear that there is
some prospect Of a good agricultural paper
being established this fall. Col. George H. (
Sweet, of the San Antonio Herald, has sold [
his interest in that paper, and has a strong
idea of building up a irst-class agricul-
tursl and literary paper in Houston. His
well-known energy and tact will secure ;
the success OF whatever he undertakes. {
Mr.. Thomas Afieck, also, has publication ,
in view that will prove Of great value. /,
His long and varied experience, and thor
ough knowledge Of agricultural and horti- {
cultural matters, gives him en- advantage
in publication Of this character over sll /
others. | trust be may carry outhis views, !;
and that Afileck's Southern Ruralist may
become q regular visitant 70 the farmers Of
Texas. Certainly no man in the United
States is better qualified b. education and
.r,..rfe,ro a edit a r rcf-r-rfe rural iourua1 =