The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-07-18

7%rsgY IN TEXAS.

I'm A graphic account u nl' - ,0on,.
S' T.1s, which he calls "tho white man m .1s
IoIsaT' He writes in admiration Of the
country country. the people, the climate and the the
c lssn5syial capacities Of the SOIL A 10"
' "9aSs will b. pleasant reading; g.. .
eR :, wv, enyied genius Ike George S3g,s y
HITIiSrd, Of Boston, whose 10 Oh tb e tbird
10 ltay VA u hose descriptions Of the scene en-
I'll t IA SI tSe habits Of The people o. /! !n nW
bes1Iiiul country reCat 70 t%S I should
pcsu, TN 10 Be- clothed with Bis peculiar
now %.su t0piysuch gifts could DO Justice
faculties . 05,J Of tho last two weeks
70 70 Ts,ss Tits true that one nell lik Ell, =
IL, n. n' halter after he has quaTleIe y. "l IN
man ho OSS' rteconciled to him, then the re-
snu p GSSsrenccs between the sections con-
een ,,1 mn lie Northern visitor 70 the South
e t upSIT advantage. There Is an evident
IIisa ui on both sidS to please and 10
~ SS pSssSed We see human nature OF Us
T ps and the favorable impressions lelt
US1% mr. ar party were due in large degree
", KIN The courtesy and cordially with which
W. were welcomed by those who were
accustomed to regard the most oil us as
their enemies.
Everybody talks politics in Texas You !
csTn6 more avoid the air than polltlcSa!!
S SIscussions. Hound that was quite well
n not tsyorably known, and generally had
",alu(e after tbs fashion: "lFemember
uoH well when you edited the Union Of
Washington and the PenayEraHian at
PbIadcIphia, and saw you change into q
Rsn6SIlcan with regret" To which l
siTSyp answered: "And now have 70
return your compliment as ! sec you oil
"oinc over 70 Mr.. Greeley, the Oldest and
sblest and fercest Of all the Republicans"
A hearty laugh followed the retort, and
copious inquiries about Uncle Horace.
Thew arc not quite sure Of him, "but any
thing 10 beat Grant" Before the war
number Of lawyers, On their overland, way
to Austin, got into high controversy
about The issues of the hour, and as they
StoDped TO water their horses, they con.
Guided they would ask the first person
they met how he felt on'the subject. At
lhs moment a long, tOw.headed youth Of
abOut seventeen came out Of one Of the
cabins, and the question was put to him.
Twas evident that he could neither read
nor write, yet his reply was indignant and
quick: @All know about it, IS that Pm
damned II amt going to have my rights
in Tie Territories"
ROBERT f. LEE.
General Lees likeness is in every house.
lie Isl the cherished idol. Sometimes he
is side by side with Washington; but
saw Jefferson Davis nowhere hut in one
restaurant ut Galveston. He seems to
have fallen under cloud.
THE CoLoRED PEOPLE
are happySnd comfortable, hard at work
COntented with their lot, and, though all
Republicans, kindly tolerated by theil
heretofore white slperiOrs. The truth is
whatever may be said to the contrary
the freedmen are rapidly improving, and
are assisted by the benevolent white men
A STRIKING SCENE.
took place just before we reached Shreve
pOrt, when the Lotus No. 8 hauled up tC
Discharged large quantity OF corn for tht
use OF the hands who lived on a planta
ton Of Colonel Cummings, a wealthy
planter before the war, and still man O.
substance, who was among the passen.
gers, The COldred population rushed for
ward 10 meet him. Several OF the plea
ninnies were stark naked, and they were
only made conscious OF their condition
by the laughter Of the passengers. Colo
nel Cummings works his vast, estate il
shares, and told US that post of his people
were doing well, and comfortable. SINH
lar cases were mentioned, all going t
prove that the negroes of the South are
an Industrious and improving race.
CHTNANEN.
There arc several thousand Cinnamon il
Louisiana. Some Of them are on Oakel
Ames' extensive plantation near New Or
leans, They are good hands but keeI
Aler thelfg own Interests. and ready Il
demSad gu increase Of wages on any
Pretext, In the counties Of Smith, Tyler
Van zaut, Dallas, Collin, Tarrant, thl
whites predominant, and there the wOrl
= Sole mainly by them; but the reliable
nela hanG is the negro everywhere. TIT
one TACT that more cotton has been PRO
Iqced since the war than ever before, ant
commands higher prices, concludes al
controversy Us to the usefulness Of tn
cOlored man.
TEXAS PRAIRIE.
wish ! could fifty describe the seen
anu It's effects upon my companions. A
nave since noted by the Philadelphi,
and New York papers, YOU were thel
smltlen down In the streets or driven int,
yG our homes by the intense heat, vet here
"OW miles from Philadelphia, in the OK
IRENE southwest, VIC rested our horse
anu mules upon an elevation which com
F Ennu ue prospect unSpeakably glorious
I raj as ihe eye could reach there wa
aotnIng 0nt living green interspersed viii
groves. Herds Of " ~
CATTLE, OMEN AND HORSES.
were browsing on the rich nos,,,ro 81
t ,Sa fI moving a!g names and tails waving i
s Ge lEg 9 ali. ! felt as l have often fel
at'St leaving Philadelphia on Saturda
S afternoon for the healthy breath Of oil
ocean at Cape May, Atlantic Civ or u ,o ~,
Dta1Ch. We literally bathed in III
, wholesome atmosphere. A striking COZ
s GSsI was presented between our irwin
I rugs over rough roads and The hpovenl
% HSpsIIs mat coursed around us on IN
In SerIes prairie. Not the level and carr
I pIy MacC4Mdamized paths Of Fairmour
p rMS al philadelphia, the Druid III
S%S T At Baltimore, nor the Central parI
v VIEW lorE' surpass these natural boulI
=, ADVICE 7" YOUNG FARMERS.
v; There a. are 10000 young farmers in II,
; 1lauie States who could do more II r.
i %e@ W and Tor their country by nc
v w. on these suggestions than by any ot IN
' SG!9Fe, They must not be- afraid
Sclal oStraClsm. Let them c %' ""t
Ss slpm ,Ss.I or Democrats. Nobody wi