Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-05-07

tres, al seeming 60 gay and happy
in the OlleA time at this season oi
the year, locked for in vain, Sill
the crowd is here, bat hOe difsf-
eRt in appearance ami habits Ihs
city has grown and Is greatly ih'
( proved in It's buildings and streets
| Its population 10 now said % bs
500, 300, aud, when Texas Is hllei
nI with a working, busy people, As
Il soon will be, and the pF0rsf Fail'
roads and steam vessels afford tie
needed facilities iOF commerce and
travel, Il will reach ever half = mil
lion IN 4 low yearS, Canal Street,
now rivallng Broadway, iR its show
windows, will ts0oEie tie sios,
magnificent on tho Continent
As was MY intention, ] stepped
awhile in MissiSsipPi 10 visit my
old friends in that once noble bet
now humiliated State and hrst al
yaekton, where found tho Legls'
lature in session. The Hall OF tho
House OF Representatives, where !
once thought il an honor TO have =
seat, reselnbled eheeksr.bosFd with
alternate white and black checks,
the number Of negroes and whites
being about equal and sitting pro.
iniseionsly in charming variety. !
fear that poor Mississippi, tho once
proud homo or statesmen aud SOL
diers, Is doomed 10 fetiain for years
under negro domination, for the
blacks arc coming In from Virginia
and tho Carolinas and tho whites
are ihst emigrating 10 Texas. Tho
new Governor, Alcorn, though
elected by tho uugroce, 10 said by
some Of his friehds 20 entertain
moderate views and Intentions, but
tie proof will be rs in Texas, when
tile Judges arc appointed. With d
good judiciary, the people can man
Sge ID 1.-Two tinder much bad legibla.
ton, ouch as inust bo expected when
The ighorant and corrupt bear sway.
rho many changes from afiluence to
poverty and a hard struggle for n
livelihood, which that portion Of
the State presents, were very sad
to contemplate. But "the Lord
givoth and tho Lord taketh away,
blessed b6 tho name of the Lord"
l made a still lOhger stay at Holly
Springs, and wac greatly surprised
and gratifed with its rapid pfogress
III Reconstruction since It's Burning
durihg the war. a fine new Court
House, costing aBout $4,000, Is
nearly finished, and almost the
whol6 square. ID rebuilt with hand
somor Houses than the old ones,
Tho cotton business is lively 4nd
Tie trade 10 much Interested. The
bffect of. emancipation tndoabtSdl5
10 TO build Up the SouthCri towns.
As trade is localized, the towns in.
crease in size and importance. l
was told the cotton crop of Mar
shall county, tho last year, was
aboiit $1,000 bales-bef6te the war
il reached $4,000; but, with the
present high pricce, the return Of
morley will be emo nearly f inc si! saias; :, j.,
Washitigtoii,, ftoni whonco l am
Writing tbis letter, was By the lines
Of raj !road, along which some Vi .no ~
fought, but thf traveller theots but
little to remind him r!: OF those aJ nftols 81 ss
struggles, EXCEPT mere ,,. anu IN SholS ;a',
tho remains, OF eaifthWolks' ,''.' wh,cn
may bo notiGod ,tY at Corln'n, p! d.. Onasta- ,,u,M
nooga and Man9ssa' 3ne iseSs npsH. Li3sH.
Ing, IN passing along 10 snow 0 ". Mnere ~
blood was poured out as w"'et,
where 3 stloqIsanae I!III o1 .ne 1ravess M anu u,.,
best OF both sectlons ni' mel IN oeau,y
encounter. Iilne ra1! ana tne creme e.ome"ss "
are fast oblitefat'ng the marks ol
conflict; so that1n Anew more yeaIe.
everything will look as II notliing
had transplred TO oring sCrroW, :,,. anu m
desolation to the hearts OF miIllohs; iirI
Would that the feelings .lfi5S u genera 11e ~
by the unhappy, war; co"ld DC ~
easily obliterated', ,'ti Hy.
Ihforgh nas1 Ienheeseo ;'.u ~
Virginia. tho wheat crop seemed 70 v,
mo promising ana, ior inc mose vi
tlie way along the ra''roao' nt3 tnS
fences were rebuilt ana hne soou
| lopda hninp cultivated. But from