Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-12-11
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misl, uhish mstes iufsllnE aeasi
,l.s tiresis ssyihins bui p@lsasanl
everything l. dsmP snd disasros
able, and .lnosl psTfoWs sm
Lousod In the comioHable siiiing
rom q ths city llolel, the homr
Il the TrNan.
This IL the fret day q the hii
meeting at the Meiais course The
nres arc advertised 10 eommehee
al 3 o'elotk lhis 4nem0nh, Niih =
dash of two miles, sweepstakes, "r
all ages, SIS entrance the elab Ia
add $500 $500 to second horse Tor
which there are i've en,ranees The
second race will DO milo heats for
all ages club parse, siooi sl"o To
second horse, For this race there
are nine entrances, Unless the mist
clears OF before three, il will 10 a
rather gloomy time, aud tho 'rask
will hardly DO in good condition
We're our friends Barkley ard Low
ry here, | should probably be In
duesd TO accompany them to the
course and witness the race, but ~
It Is, | shall probably not So
New Orleans is not very busy
Just now-Gll tho merchants | have
talked with complain Of the dull
ness Of trade, caused by various
reasons-lhe low stage ofihe rivers
the decline in cotton and consequent
baekwardness in the receipts ol the
great staple sc, Early in the sea
son trade was brisk, and should
have remained so until about the
fist of January, but from the above
and other reasons, il has fallen oil
suddenly, but, il is believed only
temporarily.
The commercial week closed yes
tcrday evening amer n moderate
business in wholesale trade though
rather more animated toward the
last. Cotton closed Mt 23s g. 23i
for middling, being decline OF ,
a Z, during the week. Gold Is
down, down, and still tending down
ward,-quotcd today ut 1919. The
impression here is that it will stu
farther decline.
Our trip from Dallas TO this city
was pleasant enough, barring some
of the stopping places W. lal TO
make on the route 10 Calvert. IL
will be Il great thing for our part Of
the State, when we can take the
cars ut Dallas and run through to
Houston direct, without the trouble,
ycxalion and loss Of time which oc-
ours on the wdgOn road. Calvert,
the now terminus of tho Central
road is Il busy place, but its location
decidedly bad,-thcrc is II hurried,
weary look about the faccs Of the
people, which brings to the mind
the impression that every u Is
bent on making every hour count
in business. How long Calvert will
flourish rs now, it is hard to say
Some think the railroad will be ran
ming to Brcmond, Is miles north OF
Calvert, by the LIST ofApril, but the
most general impression is TINT the
LIST of September will arrive before
the road is opened to Bremond.-
This latter place is the place ofjunc-
ton with the Waco Tap Road, which,
it is said, is now being graded at
both ends. | met Col. j. Il. Flint,
the new President ofthc Waco Tap,
on the boat from Houston to Gal
weston. lie is very sangni.io as to
the capacity of the company to build
the road, and estimates, l believe,
that two years will sec Waco-he
initial point-in railroad commune
cation with the balance ofthe World,
So mote ii be. We remained in Cal,
vert ono dry, and left by tho train
for Houston on Tuesday morning,
the 23d, reaching tho latter place at
81 7. NJ. From thence on the same
evening, we took tho beautiful
steamer T. NJ. Bagby, of the Hous
ton Direct Navigation Company
Every one who has ever Travelled
from Houston 10 Galveston knows
the comfort and pleasure derived
from a trip on the Bayou boats, ant
the Bagby, under the command Q.
Capt. Pat. Christian, is not behind
any of her predecessors, in any re
spoct. Being detained in the bayo,
we did not reach Galveston unit
Q o'clock A. NJ. on Wednesday, wen
to the Washington Hotel, kept nov
by Capt. J. IL. Collot, where we go
dinner, and then to the steamer
Josephine, of the Morgan line viz
Brashcar City. The steamer being
detained taking in cattle, VIC die
not leave the warf at Galveston un
til after 4 o'clock PM. Our passage
over to the Bay was pleasant, 1
rather stiff N. Il. wind blowing