Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1873-05-03

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bealsn down 6fmly and permanently The
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dtlIs liz rich valleys aud bouodless
pralrlss.
Your correspondent took In The Indisn
Territory with Ito gorgeous landscap'
pcensrios, Kansas with her we'll Tiled
farms, and Missouri with her magnificent
fields, In his route 10 81. Louis, but failed
anywhere 10 sec finer country, happier
people or better cultivated estates than
those which lie along the railway from
Dallas to Sherman.
The green wheat-helds, so fourishing In
your section, are leading of the harvest
lance Of the nation, and will be In at the
hutumnal feast long before those Of the
mighty West Is ready 10 sit down with
the money changers. They are just be-
ginning TO break ground In Missouri,
where chilling winds still blow, and icy
csldness fingers con the lap OF earth" AT
81. Louis the writer fingered for one day
only, went ION Change" and saw On
abundance Of sights, "too numerous to
mention !" bu. St. Louis is the coming
metropolis of the continent, and already
has her banners on the outward walls,
ready to contend with the morts Of the
East in centeriug tho trade Of the whole
country within her bounds. The bridge
being built across the Mississippi there is
one of the wonders Of the age, and when
completed will present as much of strength
and beauty in its proportions as can be
found anywhere in the world.
A gradual waking to the fact that
Texas is rising in the commercial scale is
being experienced by its merchant princes,
who are getting ready to control the
trade Of the whole State. Many Of them
who are strangers to our people, will soon
Tell their own stories through the columns
Of the HERALD, thus inviting that liberal
interchange of ideas essential to the mu-
,ual interests of traders.
From St. Louis the Iron Mountain rail.
way furnished quick transit to Colum-
bus, KY, where your correspondent en-
countered the south. bound train on che
Mobile and Ohio road, which brought him
safely to Humbolt Tenn, whore he took
the cars on the Mississippi Central, now
owned and managed by The celebrated
MoCombs, whose success as railroad
King is second to no man on the CONT
nent.
| On Monday morning ut six o'clock he
left the railways and took hack for the
Homestead roof" where wife and chill.
lrsn and kindest friends made his wei
come not only hearty but glorious. Since
then, he who now burns midnight oil fol
the delectation of your readers, has beer
constantly subjected to cross-fire o.
questions, in which Texas, her interest.
md her people have figured with pre-
psnderance truly exhilarating to one fresf
from the future great city of the State
| No exaggerated statements of its prospects
nave been detailed, Notwithstanding the
fact that -four fresh from our mills has
been promised the merchants at the season
in which the Northern "reapers 60 out tc
reap" This is the biggest item in all The
interests which Dallas possesses, and the
one great aim her live men should strive
to attain.
Let the grain elevators and the grea'
mills go up at encs; lot the heavy surren
oy Of Dallas seek investment in manufac-
lures Of this sort, and her influence will
become as psrceptibls upon the hungrey
mouths in this section az that Of st. Louis
The purchase of the North Louisiana rail
road has been effected by Col. Tom Scott
and ere twelve months more shall 60 into
the shadows o: the past, Dallas and Vicks.
burg will DO bound together with indis.
soluble bands Of iron. Then our aours
will DO sought by merchants here, and eur
vide acres by the furnishing farmers Of
this country, who labor most faithfully for
the enrichment of carpet-bag masters, into
whose hands the "policy of the administers
ton. has committed this whole section
where good men and true once looked out
from their mansions on fertile fields new
untitled by the worthless negro, who
olives and moves and has his being" in
The magnificent privileges of citizenship,
conferred upon by the fortunes Of war,
aud resulting in a>conssqusnce absolutely
disastrous to the whole country.
Were your correspondent the official
adviser Of the people of Dallas County, he
would say to them, let cotton be the small
est crop you plant. Keep back from your
doors the breadstuffs and meats of foreign
markets, and never cease to be, as you
now are, q self-sustaining people. More
money can be made by saving than by
spending; therefore spend none for that
which you can raise, easier, quicker and
cheaper than any people in this whole
country.
But too much has been said already,
and about that which is Of little interest
to yeur readers. You shall hear from mo
again; till then, goodbye. Present me
most kindly to your readers, among whom
| an longing to return. DE.
Letter from Hon. Jehn Henry Brown
| AUSTIN, April 2e, 1873.