Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-08-10

I'm, there come. not now, as til en- there came,
| Up the gravcled pathway unto mr,
| A maid II was, oh. ~ sweet to name
| A form Il was. oh, such Lliss 10 see
| And, standir here by the gates, misa
Tho livery RUG of her every tone,
The smile aud the look, the greenng t's,
And tho soft white hand within mi ne own.
Nor ever again, at the twilight honr.
| When stars steal out In the heavens above
Al d dew hangs light upon leaf ard flower,
| oh never sgsir shsli meet my lnvel
| Per one May moro, as the eastern skies
| Were nas6iny faint with the dawn, shs died
| And cold, cold now In her grave she lies.
by yen grny church on the bare hill-sid.
Dallas.
This city is now tho terminus of
the Texas Central railroad, and will
pl obabiy continue 30 for the next
two or three months. 1t is ty far
the most lively md enterprising
city on the Central road We had
but a short time to stop there dur
ing our late visit to northern Texas,
but our friend Major John H
Brown gave US an opportunity to
see more of Dallas than we had of
examening any other Of our railroad
towns. This is, however, not mere
ly railroad town, for it was laid
off as town moro than twenty
years ago, by its founder, Mr. John
| Neely Bryan, an old pioneer of that
county, and who is universally res
pected, and who, though Il poor
nun himself, has been the means of
making others richA Dallas is health
fully situated, on tho east bank of
the Trinity river. over which II
company has constructed one ofthe
handsomcst iron bridges VIC have
ever seen, and we are glad to learn
that this bridge is paying the stock
holders well for their enterprise -
Dallas has a decided advantage ov-
er Corscana, in its fine large shade
laees. which are much more appre.
cialed by the traveller in our pres
ent hot summer weather. The
population of Dallas is said to be
about five thousand, and Major
Brown informed us that tho city
has considerably moro than doub
led in it's population ard improve
ments during his short residence
there of only one year. We wit
messed improvements progressing
on all sides. A largo stone Court
house is now being constructed on
the public square. VIII ch will prob
abIy cost near 500 900, and when
completed will compare tavorably
with most of the Courthouses in the
North ! We noticed quite a large
number of new buildings going up,
on what will probably bo the most
important street of the city, the one
leading directly to the depots of the
Texas Central and Texa' Pacific
railroads. The lots on this street,
we are told, have been purchased
chiefly By the merchants of Corsi
can, who are preparing to move up
to do business in Dallas. Lots
somo halfa mile from the Court.
house are said to be worth from
S4OO to $500, having a front Of
twenty foot We visited tho Fair
Grounds, something over a mile
from the cityf The grounds are en-
closed and delightfully."- situated for
the purpose intended. Near BY the
Fair Grounds is the handsome
grove where the recent barbecue
was given to commemorate the AZ.
rival of the first railroad locomo.
tive.
> Dallas has exhibited a public apir,
IL which is the best possible gaur
antee that it is destined to be one
of the largest of the interior cities
of the State. The people nave vo
ted handsome subsidy of 500, ,00O
and given grounds for depot to
tho Texas Central This depot is a
over milo from the city, and
hacks are employed to take the pas
sengers to and from the city. Bu,
no doubt hotels will soon be built
at the depot to save this expense
to those having no business in the
city. We were shown also the de
pot grounds of the Texas Pacific
very near by, which were also do
noted by the city, and a similar
subsidy givcn TO that company
The work on this road is expected
soon 10 be commenced at this and
several other. point. These tw,
important railroads intersecIing nj
Dallas cannot fail to have the effect
Of making il one of the largest in
land cities in the state. But this is
not all. This city has also voted d
subsidy of 100000 to the Dallas
and Wichita Railroad Company -
This road is projected to extend
from Dallas about northwest, about
seventy miles into Wichita county,
the heart of the great copper mins
region OF Texas. If halt is true OF
what is reported of the valuable
minerals OF Wichita and neighbour
ing counties. this road will be one
tho best paying roads of the State
for it is almost in direct line from
Galveston. the port from whenct
this copper ore will be expected
whenever il is brought into the mar
ket. We saw some specimens o
this ore which has the appearance,
Of pure copper, ard are really al
most so. 1t is said to exist in in
exhaustible quantities. We saw
some men who are familiar will
the country, and they inform u
that these puro specimens of cop
per are found almost everywhere
We shall not be surprised if t5'
Texas Central Company make thi
Wichita Road another of theii
branches as soon as they have com
pleted their trunk road to Red riv
err an ovent only a few months die