The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1873-02-14

Z. McBrayer, q banker ofHarrods-
burg, Ky, which we clip from a
Kentucky paper of the 10th ult,-
Tho letter was written in Decem-
Der, and as it is fully calculated to
represent fairly and justly tho mag
niiicent interests, resources and ad-
vantages of our State, we hope that
every true man in our city who
takes the HERALD will, after read
ing the letter, enclose it in a wrap
per and send to some of his friends
in other States who are thirsting
for tidings from Texas, the great
objective point of live men and true,
who are unwilling to cndurelonger
the expressions entailed upon their
existence by the miserable admin
istrations of all the rest of the
States of the South. The letter
reads y 1.a., D0a HAc.r
"Dallas must become tho largest CON.
meroial point IN North Texas Capital
and population rapidly pouring in. Cot
ton, hides, wheat, stock, etc, bring enor-
NOUS amounts Of money. Mercha nts and
Bankers tell me the business OF the. season
has exceeded their xpectations ten times,
and you would not know the city if placed
in it suddenly, Wagons Of cotton, etc :,
keep the streets constantly blcckaded
much:so that the police are often detailed
to force a pass way. This is almost daily
necessity on Elm street. around the square,
and on Main street the crowd is general y
as thick and busy as in y city Of $4,000
population or more. ,
81 wish TO answer your letter Seriatm
but imagine in an oilice---in part oc.
cupied by large railroad lie con tractors,
whose clerks IRE kept busy from 'early
morn to dewy eve'-yeo, even to the 1--WE
sma hours by a constant incoming and
outgoing of an army of subs aud their
satelities--uuder such circumstances you
will overlook The much jargon which may
appear before close.
awhile on the subject of Dallas-will
say, to day we are almost connected with
st. Louis by rail. The NJ. X. & T., mag
nificent road with all the modern palatal
comforts Of sleeping coaches, etc., will
bring you in haste and safety this side of
Red River to The town of Denison, thence
little relief by n stage coach--a short
distance, and the Texas Central will dump
youmost elegantly precisely in the right
place--the young American city--"Dal-
las, Texas" All this will be done in II
brief space of time from that favored blue
grass Heaven of Kentuckians--yea, from
that beloved spot of yours TIL, fort Of
"Old Harrod;" yet the dear old town, we
love it, and its noble people, We love
them well. Again, in an almost iucredi,
bio space Of time, wo can ship you, via the
Texas Pacific, in good order and condi.
ton, over one of the best roads in Ameri-
ca, on which no defective cross lie is plac-
ed--whosc Hing and bridging will stand
the test and weight of time and Tonnage
as tle work across the Trinity and its
valleys assures your humble writer. In
deed, you may "tell it in Gath, you may
publish it in the streets Of iAskelonn that
with the rail road brains Of Scott, Dodge
and Bristow, the energies and indomita.
bio will Of their Directors, together with
such men, means aud material rs they
alone will or could control-llerculean as
the job may be--time, space and obstacle
will yield them sway; and 'elc long" from
the white cup of the Atlantic, over the
turbid Father of waters, across prairie,
plain, desert and mountain, on the 32nd
parallel to the occident, stayed only by
the golden shore-near The wave of the
dark and blue Pacifc-- will this enterprise
Of the 18th century go on to grand and
glorious completion. And may health and
longevity be allotted by Heaven to all
those whose conceptions gave the project
birth, and whose skill, industry and ener-
ny shall follow it up, till the last spike is
driven from East to West, and its consum-
nation re.echoed from the Golden TO the
Oriental Shore,-tbat grateful poserity
1.-THE then present living, and millions yet
to come--may honor their names as bene.
factors of their age and generation. For,
Sir, do you conceive what remarkable de-
velopement is already progressing and
will continue in more than geometrical
ratio rs these enterprises 60 forward p
Already o teeming population of wealth,
enterprise, skill and intelligence is pour
ing upon us throughout Northern Texas.
And let me impress upon you the fact that
N,~th Tavaa n uhnla nil
the country north Of an air line from
Shreveport to FL Paso, is capable Of yield.
ing constant stream OF health and wealth.
The first is easily procured by railroad
ride Of q few hours from any malarial or
infected district, either in the direction Of
the M. X. & 7. along the Ozark wales and
mountains, or westward on your road, the
7. p. &where l an informed from
eminent sources, that sickness Of any
form Is rarely or never known. Second
ly, agriculture, stock raising, mining,
banking and merchandising generally, all
prove profitable. Dallas has bright fu-
ture. The Wichita railroad will certain
ly be built If our present Legislature will
only act justly by giving q fair subsidy.
At this writing, work is going on along
the line, and with such resources and
ma ghetto infue noes ahead, along the
wichitas in the way Of copper, silver,
lead coal and other minerals, together
with fertile, well watered and healthy
country all the route, as also through a
delightful climate and large and thrifty
colonies being rapidly planted, the "scalp-
ing aborigines" must give way TO steam
and the Anglo-Sa1on, and retire to his