Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-01-08
eon,ins 90 Tsaas.

N Tsanessoeans are moving lhfif
f,hii,iss westward. net 20 tho s,sls
OF Illinois, put 10 the suuny iands ol
Texas. RolirdT (GssH) Aai's'is,
B0uSB FoR TExAs,-Ws hare
not seen for many years sneh { i.le
of emigrants frOm lhe States be-
yond the Mississippi, on their wsy
10 Texas. as has swept lhru.sl our
town within tho past thirty days,
Wo notice, as might be expected, On
absence Of the black element, We
have seen but ono Of tho element
and no was black boy, promoted
90 the high position Of conductor OF
a lrain OF enr-dOgs !AIFntg9H ga
Ertts
Long wagon trains Of emlgran's
are passing through jackson almost
dailk for tho West. Most OF them
arc bound for Texas, and some wall
stop In Arkansas. They generally
have fino teams and good ou,tiIs'
and tho emigrants are just tho class
Of citizens Tennessee can VI afford
10 spare,-JdeksOa (TsnH) IT'bIhs'
GrRaiAss ron TExAs.-The sa-
yannah Republican announces with
sorrow that some sixty old citizens
have leil Floyd county-One Of tho
hcallhicst and richest in Georgia
for Texas. during tho last Two or
three weeks.
The Franklin, La, Sun says mum
bers Of emigrant parties, Texas
bound, have been passing through
Morehousc. They are mainly from
Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia
Tho Colorado Citizen OF tho 10th
ult. says: About two hundred i'm
migrants recently arrived in Colum'
bus, most of whom will sottlo in
Colorado and Fayette countless
They are able. bodied, healthy-look-
ing Germans.
Tho Bolton Jounal says immi-
grants continue TO arrive in large
numbers. During the week seven
families have stopped in town until
they can procure suitable locations.
These famlics are from Alabama
and kentucky and report large i'm
migration on the way to Texas from
their respective States. Lot them
come. There is plenty of room.--
Provisions of every kind are plcnti-
full and cheap in this section.
The Augustine Beacon says trains
of immigrants are daily passing
through the streets, bound for Nor
thcrn and Western Texas.
The Tyler Reporter of tho 1lth
inst. says There is nothing trans
piring around us now which so
cheers us as the constant appear
ance of immigrant trains upon our
streets. From every direction the
best class of people are pouring in.
10 our great State. We shall soon
have our troublesome labor qucs-
ton settled by having an abun-
dance of intelligent white men TO
till our rich soil. The equally
troublesome political question will
also be settled, by the presence Of
largo majorities of intelligent white
voters in every county in the State
Our land owners should hold out
every induoemcnt to these new
comers to settle among us. Soil
them land on time; rent thom land
on favorable terms; give them a
cheerful welcome here.
The editor of the Rome Courier,
who has been sojourning through
tho Northern countics of Georgia,
writes that he has become sorrowfnl
over the immense and continually
increasing tide Of omigrants that
are flocking from that State. 1t
saws that a great deal of his time
was spent on the cars, and that eve,
ry. train upon Whlch nc tfANc'ct
was filled to ovcrflowing by hud
died crowds of men, women and
children. Although the sight made
the editor sad, he says Of tho cmi
grants: "Most Of them were gay,
lively and frolicsome to q startling
extent. Shouts of laughter and de,
fance answered the warnings OF
those passengers who dcclaimed
against the wisdom of their course.
Arrangements had been made by
which they were transported from
Atlanta to New Orleans for eight
dollars and half. Thousands took
advantage of this tempting propo'
sition,