Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-12-23
The Tran--Cahlissntal


l'itat the Sl'-l'ly 20 the Road, nj
less certain vlews Of thsit managers
were complied with, were ~ last
shown that every consideration af
self inIeres, called upon them III
vote for il, while having liltle prop;
eriy, their burden Of laSalloN c0ll,l
not be materially increased, Tho
whites. who wi have nearly all tbs
inerSised taxation 10 hay, were vii:
ling-nearly every one. Ch lts
closing Oflhe poll, tho vote for lhS
Proposition was 555, being % moro
than was necessary. The whole
number fbsislercd Sas lQe,
Bowie cbihiil;lists on Monday, IN
vote on her PROPOSED subsidy ofst5;
0OO. and wo suppose there Is nd
doubt that II will % carried.
Contracts, VIC lliltik, hro,alycadr
virtually made, whlEll Viii. Brilig
tho road TO Clarksyille tt' the iih
OF July next, although the county
onl Y calls fur IL by tho LIST of sel,
tcmbcr. We arc satisfied that il
can DO constructed without diflicul,
~, by July: 40 much uf tho road
bed Icing already constructed, and
only y requires trimming up. Tia
heaviest work, the bridge over Sui
phur, is now 20 ngo on -ncrgctlGally.
So, all hail! tho advent tp tho Wills
world, which is just before us. Tho
boggy bottom Of the Dovil's Creek
will no longer scare tho wenrE
traveller, and worry him with did.
trcs'ful anticipations many dSys
before he gets To il. Tho gently
rolling pra,riss Of Northern Texas
will rise up in beauty before The
vision of the immigrant, or tho com:
mcrcial travclsr, with no hidcous
morass margining the beauty Of Tho
picture, and intcrposing its muddy
Sloughs between him aud tho land
of promise.
The plahter WHO wishes to soil
his own cotton, can either find cot.
ton buyers ut Clarksville, or he csn
Put his cotton On tho train, and
steam Off on the cars to Jefferson,
Shreveport or New Orleans. with n
reasonable anticipation Of n plcns:
ure trip, rs well us II journey Of bG;
sincss.
The tran fJrmation thst the con-
s;ruc ion Of this road and Other
roads, which at the sums will HATS
entered Northern Texas, froiii the
North and from tie South, will
max c, in three years, in tho snbern:
c;al appearance, and the bustlihg
life Of the people, will be rs great
as that produced by sudden polit-
ical revolution, but far more benif:
cent.
All hail to tho coming change
Those who have waited thirty years
or more for its advent, vii BS sble
to appreciate its long delayed bless
ing.
Ab vb learn, the connecting link
of the road between Jefferson and
Marshall will, by otucr Of ,Mr. Rob
crts, be Immediately put uhder coh-
truct, SO that when we, can start
from ClarksvilIe, we can 90 AT once
to Shreveport, it. not further: prob:
ably by the time onr end of the
rou,c is complete. NE can ,taks. this
International ohd by it and tho Cen
tral. get without delay, to the Gulf.
ella" 4. iStdNddrd.
In recent lottcr to his papsf
from the West, Nj. Samuel Bowlcs,
editor oflhc Springfield Reftblican,
exposes number of tho tricks af
the Indian contractors and ;sbecu.
lators in the Sioux country. in con-
ncction with the furnishingof sup
plies. lie shows, for instalIcs, that
they have frequently turned il
small Texas steers and COWS, weigh
ing 600 to 500 pounds each, at 1,GOO
pouhds each to The Gdtt.Hliscnt for
the Indians, and thei stoleh them
back again, while tho same ton
sand sacks OF flour have been sold
over and over to the same old blind
gcntl man whom wc Conveniently
call "Uncle San And tlipso ats
but samples of the frauds which ara
being constantly pcrrelrated. Mr..
Bowles thinks that the head of the
Indian Burcai should be required
to spend half his, time "in tbs
field, ard believes that If such a
course should be pursued order
might be brought ont of chaos and
hencSly Oft OF Fcorfuption.-Courier-
J0WrRdL.
We tender our warmcst syrpa-
thics to the ndhcrcn nio', journals
Of the State, in this ndGr 81 sad be,
rcag geincnt, tits loss Of the Official
printing! i:d8k ott for changes df
names and politics dliidng this class
ofjourna,s.-C Colorado CtfSet.
PERsoNAL-On Wednesday, wo
had The pleasure Of a call from the
Right Rev Bishop Gregg. and a.
night beard . superb scrmoh delit;
tiNu ~ itn Ni'ttI-t ~ Niflst pnut iba-
tim about 10 bc extended 10 appli.
canis for admission To TIC Church:
This beauliful ant, iimprcss.ge sef-
vice Was administered with ;he
graceful attendance of appropriate
music.
The ishop, whose tratclling SER
vice is ardauus, was in goul health,
save cold from cxpgSntt l5 TIC &c;
we're weather of Tie irst part OF tho
week.
We arc glad 10 learn from him
hat the Uhhrch is spreading heal;
ihils its ihfluenrc. New Parishes
arc being created; new Chapels be-
ing bnili; and altogether ihe prOs-
pect for good work is encouraging.
At Austin. we learn. tlis Episcopal
Church has bcen femodelcd and en-
larged, until il is one Of toe khest
in the State. The Bishop was as-
sisted in his ninistfaiiOns here, by