Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1870-02-26
Letter from New YORK..
NEw YORK, Feb ., IsIU'

" thf hiltNfe ~ los hsiiA urieas
left New Orleans Tuesday even
ing at 8 o'clock aud arrived here
yesterday friday evening at 10
o'clock, making the trip Ia " hours,
with only one change Of cars, j
came by way Of Louisville, Colum-
bus, Pittsburg aud Philadelphia,
which il the most agreeable route
from New Orleans 10 New York
that have ever travelled.
Passengers who lett New Orleans
at the same, had TO lie over II hours
nj Grand Junction, in order TO 60
by way of Chattanooga and Lynch
burg.
Tho scenery yesterday between
Pittsburg aud Harrisburg was gor-
geous and magnificent, beyond des-
cription, From the mountain tops
| beheld tho valleys below, dotted
over with houses, teams and labor
ers-wilh development and pro.
grcss speaking out earnestly, in the
thousands of smoke stacks, steam
engines, and many railroads, From
the valley beheld tho mountain
tops covered with snow and ice #;
oven the trees from their topmost
twig TO the earth were covered with
leo. On several occasions looking
from the side of tho mountains
(around which the railroad is cut
and laid in stono,) upon the gulf
beneath, / could but feel something
of foarl Had any accident hap.
pcncd and tho cars been precipitated
below, your correspondent would
in all probability have now been
hearing the angels sing, or in the
dark and gloomy regions Of the
lost, ho might now have been weep
ing, wailing and gnashing his teeth
ever the irreparablo errors of an
ill-spent life |
l could but repeat the words OF
tho poet:
"a point Of timo or moments space,
Removes us to that Heavenly place,
Or shuts US up In Hellr'
But after passing out of danger,
where | behcld the superior agri-
cultural improvements Of the coun-
try between Harrisburg and Phila-
dclphia, / thought Of dear, far off,
far behind Texas
When immigration, capital, art
and science have developed her !!
1t makes me think of tho following
anecdoto:
"Sevcral years ago, General Sam Houston
and Judge Williamson, familiarly known
in Texas rs Threelegged Willie, together
uscended Mount Bonnell, which overlooks
Austin, the capitol Of the State, and oil the
surrounding country for miles. After
looking round and surveying the beauties
of nature spread out before them-the
mountain tops in the distance mingling
with the sky; tho thousands Of horses,
sheep, cattle, swine and goats, neighing,
bleuting, lowing, skipping and playing, as
far as the eye could reach; the beautiful
farms, the costly houses Of the rich, and
the humble but neat cottages Of the poor ;
the lovely valley Of the Colorado and Bar.
ton 9 famous creek, dearer to Austinians
than Pharpar and Abana to the people Of
Dnmascus-Gene Houston, filled with
admiration at the transcsndent loveliness
and inspiring grandeur Of the scenery,
slapped his companion on the shoulder and
exclaimed:
"pon my soul, Williamson, this must be
tho very identical spot where the devil
took our Saviour, to show and tempt Him
with tho riches and beauties Of the worldl'
"Ycs, General" responded Judge Will.
hanson; "and if Jesus Christ had been
fallible, He would have accepted his Sstan-
ic Mnjestys propoSition!""
When Texas is known abroad,
others than General Houston and
Judge Williamson will esteem it as
superior to all other countries.
Many Northerners as l passed
along asked me if Texans wished
Northern men to emigrate there.
l answered, "Yes." They do not
know this fact yet. Let me sug-
COST that societies be founded in
Texas for the purpose of encour-
aging immigration to the State, by
sending out publications of statis-
tics, &C., &c. The following ex-
tract from leader in the Now Or.
leans Times of January 18th, pleas
cd me:
ave have been painfully impressed by
the tide Of emigration which sweeps
through our State to neighboring Texas.
Wherein has she the advantage Of US, save
in extent? Our prairies, il smaller, arc
quite as fertile; our navig able streams are
more in numb Der, and incompsrably larger
our deltas unsurpassed in depth and fertil.
ity of SOIL and as for health, our most
miasmaic districts must yield the palm
for insalubriiy to the malarious bottom
lands Of Eastern Texas,
Altogether, it is incomprehensible to US,
that this advantageous wave Of emigration
should be turned aside from our borders by
no superior advantages Of soil, climate, or
social culture. The cause must lie in our
people themselves"
Let Texans and Texas become
tho envoy of the world Let US re-
joice and be erceeding glad! Let
the press of Texas answer the New
Orleans Times Let Eastern Tex
as particularly tell the Times how
many bales of cotton and how
many millions of dollars, she sends
TO New Orleans yearly, from its
malarious bottom lands.
In haste,
M MORpHlS