Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-06-19

tion that will force him az least 4
reason, Lot us have a railroad L
| New Orleans via pOnaldsonvllle ant
see five cannot Nnl some other way
out Of Texas thar aeross tho Gulf
| And let us, better yet, harry up the
Central 10 Dallas aud Preston, and
meet tho Kansas road. That route
will mako us Independent, aud save
all Texas the Gulf trip in journey
lug 10 the other States.
Tho Central moves slowly as does
everything else. The section from
Bryan 10 Calvert, now being com,
pletod, Is said TO DO the heaviest
work on the whole routet TO Red river,
II is all either cut or I'll, and the
grading is very heavy. Tho pros
poet now Is that Calvert win be
reached by tho middle Of the Gam
mer. Farther location Of tho route
has been made, and il is supposed
contracts will DO awarded early in
tho Fall for tho succeeding twenty
or thirty miles,
I'll remember rightly, Capt, John
ycnturcd an estimate of the cotton
crop ofTexas, o-called-that is, the
crop, shipped from tho Gulfports OF
'Gs-9, somc time last summer, and
placed il at from l25,000 to l50, 900
bales. His estimate was ridiculcd
by some tyfos in tho estimate bnsi-
ness, and was. placed to the account
OF his "blasted ignorance" His re
ply was that The figures might stand
till the winding up Of tho season
and they would show where tho
"blastcd ignorance" was. Present
indications arc that l40, 900 bales
will cover tho crop. Apparently
those who anticipated $4,000 TO
100000 bales allowed their wishes
to sway their Judgment.
But 10000 bales, selling rs il has
at an average, to the planter, Of II
cents in gold, or ss5 per bale, gives
the largest return Of any crop over
raised in tho State, in round NUM-
bcrs, S12,000,000. OF this amount
fully one-third has been added TO
the buried hordes in the interior,
waiting for reconstruction and peace,
Ind settled Condition Of things,
before it is set aloat or invested in
other property. Tho amount of
gold thus buried is now something
enormous. l hazard very little in
putting it at over fifteen millions for
tho whole State, and base my
Judgement solely upon knowledge
of the facts in several counties, and
those not the richest, nor having
the most unsettled condition, of so.
cioty. When all this gold is unlock
ed, as, for the most part, it must be
within tho next two years, we may
expect a return to the prosperity
which is tho normal condition of
Texas. Lands will resume their
values money will DO valued for its
uses, and editors will stop the echoes
of hard times.
l hear OF quito number Of pur-
chascs Of land for Northern account
during the past season. And there
is n orc money at command seeking
an investment. Last winter Col
Morgan u. Smith was q month find4
ing a purchaser for his Brazoria
county plantation, known as Wal
aich. At one timo it was one of the
finest plantations on tho Brazos, and
the machinery upon ID was worth
ovor $50, 900, have known his crop
to scllfor over $4,000 in old times.
He offered tho place for $4,000,
then $4,000, and finally sold for
$4,000 or thereabouts. A half in
torest in the place has since been
sold,for S50, 900. What do you think
of that for an advance in property +?
And let mo tell the horders of gold
that thoro are still as good invest
ments for speculation as was the
Waldich plantation last wintor. But
it requires some enterprise to go in
and risk fifteen or twenty thousand
dollars in Texas lands. Tho leo is
however broken and New York cap-'|
ital is going in slowly at first, but
with q noticeable increasing volume;I
| look to SEQ large investments next
.@ .tfrte,f i
Juno is a sort Of Convention |
month in Houston. The main iea-
turo oftho month will be the meet
ing Of the Masonic Grand Lodge.
This will take. place on tho 14th,
md the brethren here look for q
vory largo attendance. Arrange
ments are being made to afford them
accommodations. Next !
week wc are to have the German
volksfest, Q grand gathering of Ger
mans from the whole country, with |
music, gymnastics, speaking, dane
ing, etc, day and night, Our Ger
nan population are making great
preparations, and win certainly ,
rave a fine time. The same week
will witness the assembling of the
,xtremc partizan wing Of the radi-
,al party--the party whose prihci-
,ics are comprised in the two reso-
utions LIST. That the offices belong
o the Saints, and, 2d, that we arc
he Saints. | have seen parties be-
ore which wcro largely actuated BY |
desire foroflice, but none thatmadc |
heir motive so much the theme of
heir talk. We are after then 10
,ave A Medical Convention, a Den I
al Convention etc. d Altogether
fune promises to be a lively month.
Z OF crops, fruits and flowers much
ould be said, but not much at least,
bout the staple crops of The lower
ou1ry, that could be regarded eer-
ain. So far cotton never promised
'eiter, and corn may be said to be
aadc-,o Boz the cotton worm as
gain making is aPpeannce, and
be AMOUNT Of iniary il may do the
rop cannot yet be forescen. There
J more groumd in cotton than hast ]
ear. Fruit is not abundant. COld {
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