New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-05
LETTER FROM TEXAS.
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Settlers.

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Settlers.
DALLAS, March 25, 1872.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN,:
The natural resources of this great State,
with its progress and future prospects, are
inexhaustible themes, and topics upon which
love to dwell, for 1 deem them of such
vast Importance to the thousands of ambi-
tiOus men struggling tor fortune in lands
impoverished and exhausted of their native
wealth, or in countries crushed under the
blighting hand of war and poverty
We do not claim for Texas an Eden of
luxurious fruitage, offered without labor
and without price. She is no fairy land,
paved with storied wealth of fable, nor is
she the bag of gold which bangles from the
rainbow's tip. God has seen fit, in His
providence, to furnish man with no Aladdin's
treasure hole of fortune. The smiles of the
tickle goddess can only be won through long
and assid uOus tolls; but God has blessed
this great State with untold natural beau
ties and vast resources of wealth, inviting
the industry and enterprise of honest labor
ing men from all parts of the globe and
yielding rich harvest of plenty IN return.
Her richness of soil, healthfulness and
of climate, with her great va
riety of vegetable products, we have
in former letters dwelt upon. Her great
railroads now in preparation, to ira
verse and transverse her territory in
every direction, like so many arteries
through which must flow her hearts wealth,
we gave quite a detailed account of in our
last communication, but of her great min
eral wealth we have not told you. 1t is
well known that coal of the finest speci-
mems abOunds in many portions of the
State, yielding an abundance of fuel as long
as the State exists, and making ample
amends for the scarcity of timber in many
regions. For building purposes, in those
vicinities where timber is so scarce, there
abounds species of granite stone, which is
durable and exceedingly handsome. Dallas
Will soon boast courthouse of this stone,
which may well make some of the old States
blush.
Northwest of us some short distance lie
the counties of Archer, Young and Wich-
ita. These counties are now the abode of
the Indian and the wild deer, but the Wich-
ita railroad, now under contemplation, will
connect with the Central and with the
Southern Pacific roads at this point, and
thus open an outlet to the millions of
wealth which lie entOmbed in the bowels of
these counties.
The great copper and silver mines of this
region, now disembOw weled, taken in hand
by enterprising capitalists, may be made to
disengOrge vast quantities of pure silver
and copper ore. Fortunes untold lie hid
den in the womb of mother earth in this
portion of the State. The searching eye of
science has pierced these hidden regions of
treasure and pronounced the ore of the
purest cast: and the eager longing after
gain of few of the far,seeing and saga
cious has already been directed to these
mines of wealth.
President Grant has purchased large
tracts of land in these regions, and stock
are rapidly buying up the sur
plus 1t only needs now the action of capi-
tai and labor to develOpe the unfathOmable
wealth Of this country.
This ore has been examined by some of
the most scientific men of learning, North
and South, and is pronounced as pure as
ever our mother earth poured forth from
her rich bosom.
The Wichita railroad, now under cOntem-
plation, will connect with these mines di-
rectly, and thus prove the hOOd-gate
through which will pour millions of wealth
from every mOney-stream of the State.
coCJETy IN TgyAS
This is a point but little appreciated by
very many who view the State from afar.
She is stigmatized as being the home of
outlaws and renegades, the refuge Of those
lawless creatures who flee from justice in
all parts of the Union. This is vast mis-
take / have travelled over much of the
State, and l have ever found good, law
abiding citizens; communities well charac-
terized by all moral and religious inhn-
ences, and mi Ch of that refinement ana
hospitality which Is supposed only to belong
to the old States.
Education is by no means at low ebb in
the State. Good schools and colleges, pre-
sided over by men of intelligence and
learning, abound in every district; men
gifted with great talent and energy are de-
voting their lives to the improvement and
extension of these institutions, while the
purse Of the people is ever open for any
scheme of mOneyed, moral, or intellectual
in the State. Not far from
us lat Tchuakana Hills) is the State Uni
a magnificent structure of pure
white stone, which towers in strength, a
solid monument of greatness which will
stand for years and ages, splendid tribute
TO the peoples wealth and generosity. This
institution is presided over by the best of
professors, and crowded TO OVertlOwing
with students, to such an extent that we
are forced to extend the building to well
nigh double its present size.
The public school fund of Texas is a most
educational basis. After the
of Texas a portion of her terri
tory was ceded to the United States for a
of $4,000, ,000 a portion of
which was set apart for school purposes.
Among the early statutory enactments we
find one donating these and another four
leagues of land to each county, all looking
to the same great Obiect-educatiOnal ad-
The constitution of Texas,
article nine, section six, provides that "the
Legislature shall set apart, fer the benehG
Of public schools, Oue-fOurth of the annual
revenue derivable from general taxauon,i
and shall also cause to be collected a poll
tax on all male persons in this State; and
no law shall ever be made, apprOprlating
such fund for any other use or purpose
whatever"
Private institutions of learning are
encouraged and wherever they
nave undertaken the instruction of the indi
yent poor they have been paid from the
interest on such public school fund due the
county, With our magnificent school fund
'or basis, with SO large and valuable a
portion of the public domain set apart for
school purposes, and with the proportion OF
pur taxation, it will be perceived that Texas
can establish school system second to
none.
We can not draw our letter to a close
without giving you a poor picture OF the
eEanisiteiv beautiful face Of this portion Of